Output tray fins
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRene Octavio Valenzuela-Rivas, Ryan M. Smith
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Abstract
Examples of alignment fins for output trays of media dispensing devices are disclosed. In an example, an alignment fin is coupled to a support surface of an output tray of a media dispensing device. The alignment fin is to transition between a first position wherein the alignment fin is disposed below the support surface, and a second position wherein the alignment fin is exposed through an aperture in the support surface. When the alignment fin is in the second position, the alignment fin is to align the media dispensed from the dispensing device into a stack on the support surface.
Claims18
An output tray for a media dispensing device, the output tray comprising:
- a support surface to support media dispensed from the media dispensing device;
- and
- an alignment fin coupled to the support surface;
- wherein the support surface is to transition between:
- a closed position wherein the support surface is co-planar with a housing of the media dispensing device and the alignment fin is disposed below the support surface;
- and
- an open position wherein the alignment fin is exposed through an aperture in the support surface;
- wherein as the support surface is transitioned from the closed position toward the open position, the alignment fin is to:
- extend through the aperture in the support surface;
- and
- align the media dispensed from the media dispensing device into a stack on the support surface.
A media dispensing device, comprising:
- an output port to dispense media therefrom;
- an output tray comprising a support surface to receive the media dispensed from the output port;
- and
- an alignment fin coupled to the support surface, wherein the support surface is to transition between:
- a closed position wherein the support surface is co-planar with a housing of the media dispensing device and the alignment fin is disposed below the support surface;
- and
- an open position wherein the alignment fin is exposed through an aperture in the support surface;
- wherein as the support surface is transitioned from the closed position toward the open position, the alignment fin is to:
- extend through the aperture in the support surface;
- and
- align the media dispensed from the output port into a stack on the support surface.
A media dispensing device, comprising:
- an output port to dispense media therefrom;
- an output tray comprising a support surface to receive the media dispensed from the output port, wherein the output tray is rotatable between:
- a closed position wherein the support surface is co-planar with a housing of the media dispensing device and is to occlude the output port;
- and
- an open position wherein the support surface is to receive the media dispensed from the output port;
- and
- a first alignment fin pivotably coupled to the output tray, wherein the first alignment fin is to rotate relative to the output tray to transition between:
- a withdrawn position wherein the first alignment fin is disposed below the support surface;
- and
- a deployed position wherein the first alignment fin is exposed and extended through a first aperture in the support surface;
- wherein rotation of the output tray from the closed position to the open position transitions the first alignment fin from the withdrawn position below the support surface to the deployed position extended through the first aperture in the support surface;
- and
- wherein while the first alignment fin is in the deployed position, the first alignment fin is to align the media dispensed from the output port into a stack on the support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.