Sheet inlet and outlet
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCarlos Putin Burgos, Carlos Clavel Marques
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Abstract
Examples include a sheet transport apparatus comprising a sheet inlet facing a specific side of the apparatus. The sheet transport apparatus also comprises a sheet outlet facing the specific side of the apparatus and located below the sheet inlet, the sheet outlet comprising a ceiling between the sheet outlet and the sheet inlet. The sheet transport apparatus further comprises a sheet driving mechanism configured for driving a sheet of media on a media path from the sheet inlet to the sheet outlet, and a flexible and resilient device connected to the ceiling and partially obstructing the sheet outlet.
Claims14
A sheet transport apparatus comprising:
- a sheet inlet facing a specific side of the apparatus;
- a sheet outlet facing the specific side of the apparatus and located below the sheet inlet, the sheet outlet comprising a ceiling between the sheet outlet and the sheet inlet;
- a sheet driving mechanism configured for driving a sheet of media on a media path from the sheet inlet to the sheet outlet;
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- a flexible and resilient device connected to the ceiling and partially obstructing the sheet outlet, whereby the flexible and resilient device comprises a spring, and wherein the spring, having a compression axis substantially parallel to a direction of the sheet of media at the sheet outlet, is capable of contacting the sheet of media.
A printer comprising:
- a scanner;
- a sheet inlet for the scanner, the sheet inlet located on a first side of the printer;
- a sheet outlet for the scanner, the sheet outlet located on the first side of the printer, the sheet inlet being located above the sheet outlet;
- a sheet driving mechanism;
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- a spring loaded member attached to an upper wall of the sheet outlet, wherein the spring loaded member, having a compression axis substantially parallel to a direction of the sheet of media at the sheet outlet, is capable of contacting a sheet of media.
A method to transport a sheet, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a sheet inlet, a sheet of media along a first direction;
- transporting, by a sheet driving mechanism, the sheet on a media path from the sheet inlet to a sheet outlet, the sheet exiting the sheet outlet along a direction opposite to the first direction and under the sheet inlet;
- and
- guiding the exiting sheet away from the sheet inlet by applying a guiding force on the exiting sheet with a flexible and resilient device partially obstructing the sheet outlet, whereby the flexible and resilient device comprises a spring, and wherein the spring, having a compression axis substantially parallel to a direction of the sheet of media at the sheet outlet, is capable of contacting the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.