Movable arms for printer input trays
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJavier Onecha Celestino, Ricardo Sanchis Estruch, Eduardo Martin Orue
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Abstract
Examples include a device for offsetting printing media in a printer input tray. The device comprises a support, a movable arm extended along the media advance direction, a spring for generating a spring force urging the movable arm against the support, and a releasable actuator for compensating the spring force and for selectively offsetting the movable arm away from the support in a plane parallel to a base of the input tray. The movable arm is maintained parallel to the media advance direction during movement of the movable arm.
Claims15
A device for offsetting printing media in a printer input tray, comprising:
- a support;
- a movable arm extended along a media advance direction;
- a spring for generating a spring force urging the movable arm directly against the support;
- and
- a releasable actuator for compensating the spring force and for selectively offsetting the movable arm away from the support in a plane parallel to a base of the input tray, whereby the movable arm is maintained parallel to the media advance direction during movement of the movable arm.
A printer comprising:
- an input tray for printing media;
- a movable arm located along a side of the input tray along a media advance direction;
- a spring for generating a spring force pressing the movable arm directly against the side of the input tray;
- and
- a releasable actuator for overcoming the spring force and for shifting the movable arm away from the side of the input tray, whereby the movable arm remains parallel to the media advance direction during shifting of the movable arm.
A method comprising:
- shifting a movable arm away from a side of an input tray of a printer by overcoming a spring force using a releasable actuator,
- whereby the movable arm is located along the side of the input tray along a media advance direction,
- whereby the spring force is generated by a spring directing the movable arm directly against the side of the input tray, and
- whereby the movable arm remains parallel to the media advance direction during the shifting of the movable arm;
- placing a printing medium on a base of the input tray and adjacent to the shifted movable arm;
- and
- releasing the releasable actuator such that the movable arm returns directly against the side of the input tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.