Movable guides for media trays
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlan Williamson, Clinton Troy Jensen
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Abstract
According to examples, an apparatus may include a guide frame, a standard position pawl movably attached to the guide frame, the standard position pawl to engage a standard pawl detent. The apparatus may also include a custom position pawl movably engaged with the guide frame, the custom position pawl to engage custom pawl teeth of a rack. The apparatus may further include a switch in movable engagement with the guide frame, the switch being movable between a first position at which the custom position pawl is maintained at a disengaged position with respect to the custom pawl teeth of the rack and a second position at which the custom position pawl is free to move between the disengaged position and an engaged position with respect to the custom pawl teeth of the rack.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a guide frame;
- a standard position pawl movably attached to the guide frame, the standard position pawl to engage a standard pawl detent on a media tray;
- a custom position pawl movably engaged with the guide frame, the custom position pawl to engage custom pawl teeth of a rack on the media tray;
- and
- a switch in movable engagement with the guide frame, the switch being movable between:
- a first position at which the custom position pawl is maintained at a disengaged position with respect to the custom pawl teeth;
- a second position at which the custom position pawl is free to move between the disengaged position and an engaged position with respect to the custom pawl teeth;
- and
- a third position at which the custom position pawl is locked into the engaged position.
A media tray comprising:
- a set of standard pawl detents positioned at predefined locations along a first direction;
- a rack having custom pawl teeth;
- a movable guide having:
- a guide frame;
- a standard position pawl movably attached to the guide frame, the standard position pawl to selectively engage the set of standard pawl detents;
- a custom position pawl movably engaged with the guide frame, the custom position pawl to engage the custom pawl teeth of the rack;
- and
- a switch in movable engagement with the guide frame, the switch being movable between:
- a first position at which the custom position pawl is maintained at a disengaged position with respect to the custom pawl teeth of the rack;
- a second position at which the custom position pawl is free to move between the disengaged position and an engaged position with respect to the custom pawl teeth of the rack;
- and
- a third position at which the custom pawl is locked into the engaged position.
A system comprising:
- a guide frame;
- a standard position pawl movably attached to the guide frame, the standard position pawl being biased toward a first direction;
- a custom position pawl movably engaged with the guide frame, the custom position pawl being biased toward a second direction that differs from the first direction;
- a release lever rotatably supported in the guide frame, the release lever being movable between a first lever position at which the custom position pawl is movable between the second direction and a third direction and a second lever position at which the custom position pawl is moved in the third direction;
- and
- a switch in movable engagement with the guide frame and in selective contact with the standard position pawl and the custom position pawl, the switch being movable between a first position at which the switch maintains the custom position pawl at a raised position, a second position at which the custom position pawl is free to move in the second direction and the third direction, a third position at which the switch maintains the custom position pawl at a lowered position, and a fourth position at which the switch contacts the standard position pawl and prevents the standard position pawl from moving in a fourth direction that is opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.