Feeder tray adjustable leveling assembly for specialty media
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsKenneth D. Sanders, Arthur H. Kahn, Dara Nanette Lubin
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Abstract
An adjustable leveling assembly for engaging a stack of a plurality of sheets in a feeder tray of a printing device, including a first wedging element slidably arranged on the feeder tray and operatively arranged to engage the stack, wherein when the first wedging element is disengaged with the stack, a top sheet of the plurality of sheets is non-parallel to the feeder tray, and when the first wedging element is engaged with the stack, the top sheet is substantially parallel to the feeder tray.
Claims15
An adjustable leveling assembly for engaging a stack of a plurality of sheets in a tray of a printing device, comprising:
- a body including:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface operatively arranged to engage the tray;
- a first side wall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface;
- and
- a second side wall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, the second side wall being spaced apart from the first side wall;
- a first wedging element including:
- a first cross-member engaged with the first side wall and the second side wall;
- a second cross-member engaged with the first side wall and the second side wall, the second cross-member spaced apart from the first cross-member;
- and,
- at least one surface that extends between the first cross-member and the second cross-member;
- wherein, the first wedging element is slidably received within the body and operatively arranged to engage the stack;
- wherein, when the first wedging element is disengaged with the stack, a top sheet of the plurality of sheets is non-parallel to the tray;
- and,
- when the first wedging element is engaged with the stack, the top sheet is substantially parallel to the tray.
An adjustable leveling assembly for engaging an unlevel stack of a plurality of sheets in a tray of a printing device, comprising:
- a body, including:
- a top surface comprising an aperture;
- a bottom surface operatively arranged to engage the tray;
- a first side wall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface;
- a second side wall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface and spaced apart from the first side wall;
- and,
- a first wedging element slidably received in the body and having a portion thereof that extends through the aperture;
- wherein the first wedging element comprises:
- a first cross-member engaged with the first side wall and the second side wall;
- a second cross-member engaged with the first side wall and the second side wall;
- and,
- at least one surface that extends between the first cross-member and the second cross-member;
- wherein, the first wedging element is operatively arranged to engage the unlevel stack to form a level stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.