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US 11,796,952 B2Granted
Automatic document feeder with automated media tray extender
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRene O. Valenzuela-Rivas, Ryan M. Smith, Nash S. Stanton
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Abstract
An automatic document feeder includes a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder, at least one media tray to one of supply the media to the media path and receive the media from the media path, and an automated media tray extender at an end of the media tray, the automated media tray extender to be positioned based on a presence of the media in the media tray.
Claims16
An automatic document feeder, comprising:
- a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder;
- at least one media tray to one of supply the media to the media path and receive the media from the media path;
- an end of the media tray, the end having a surface being substantially perpendicular to the media path;
- a sensor located on the surface of the end of the media tray to sense a presence of media beyond the end of the media tray;
- and
- an automated media tray extender located at the end of the media tray, the automated media tray extender to be positioned by the automatic document feeder based on a detection of the presence of the media beyond the end of the media tray by the sensor.
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An automatic document feeder, comprising:
- an input tray to support media input to the automatic document feeder;
- an end of the input tray, the end having a surface being substantially perpendicular to a media path of the automatic document feeder;
- an input media sensor located on the surface of the end of the input tray to sense a presence of media beyond the end of the input tray;
- an input automated media tray extender at the end of the input tray;
- an output tray to support media output from the automatic document feeder;
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- an output automated media tray extender at an end of the output tray,
- both the input automated media tray extender and the output automated media tray extender to be stowed or deployed by the automatic document feeder based on a detection of at least one of media beyond the end of the input tray and media in the output tray.
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A method of operating an automatic document feeder, comprising:
- sensing a presence or an absence of media beyond an end of a media tray of the automatic document feeder, the end of the media tray having:
- a surface being substantially perpendicular to a media path of the automatic document feeder;
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- a sensor located on the surface of the end of the media tray to sense the presence or the absence of the media beyond the end of the media tray;
- with sensing the presence of the media beyond the end of the media tray, establishing, by the automatic document feeder, an extended position of an automated media tray extender of the media tray;
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- with sensing the absence of the media beyond the end of the media tray, establishing, by the automatic document feeder, a retracted position of the automated media tray extender of the media tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.