Media bypass for a printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJavier Onecha, Ricardo Sanchis Estruch, Eduardo Martin Orue, Marc Garcia Lleixa, Isidoro Maya Agudo
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Abstract
A media bypass for a printer, the media bypass comprising a convertible media support to hold a substrate and to switch between an active and an inactive configuration, wherein the convertible media support pivots from the inactive configuration towards the active configuration to extend into the printer and to guide the substrate into the printer.
Claims9
A media bypass for a printer, the media bypass comprising:
- a convertible media support to hold a substrate and to switch between an active and an inactive configuration,
- wherein the convertible media support pivots from the inactive configuration towards the active configuration to extend into the printer and to guide the substrate into the printer and wherein the convertible media support telescopically extends into the printer in the active configuration;
- and
- wherein the convertible media support comprises a latching mechanism to prevent the convertible media support from pivoting towards the inactive configuration, when the convertible media support is telescopically extended.
A media bypass for a printer, the media bypass comprising
- a convertible media support to hold a substrate and to switch between an active and an inactive configuration,
- wherein the convertible media support pivots from the inactive configuration towards the active configuration to extend into the printer and to guide the substrate into the printer;
- and
- the media bypass further comprising a pivotable door, wherein the convertible media support is inset into a pivotable door forming a periphery of a printer, and wherein the pivotable door is to pivot with respect to the printer, and
- wherein the pivotable door comprises a locking mechanism to prevent relative movement between the printer and the pivotable door in a first configuration and to prevent relative movement between the pivotable door and convertible media support in a second configuration.
A media input to supply a rigid substrate towards a printing zone of a printer, wherein the media input comprises a substrate support,
- wherein the substrate support is pivotally hinged to the printer at a pivot point,
- wherein the substrate support connects to a mounting element to supply the rigid substrate towards a printing zone of a printer in a first configuration and in a second configuration, and
- wherein the substrate support is to pivot from the first configuration towards the second configuration when the weight of the rigid substrate exceeds a weight threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.