Imaging system and media supply for use in imaging system
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsSamuel F. Swayze, David R. Gotham SR., Christopher J. Lundgren
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Abstract
A media supply is provided for use in an imaging device having an entry port. The media supply has a housing defining a media storage area to hold media, an opening to receive media, and a device engagement surface shaped for insertion into the entry port A media enclosure is mounted to the housing and is movable between an open position wherein the media storage area can be accessed through the opening and a closed position blocking the opening. Wherein the media storage area, media enclosure, and engagement surface are arranged so that the media enclosure can be moved between the closed position and the open position when the engagement surface is inserted into the entry port.
Claims26
A media supply for use in an imaging device having an entry port, the media supply comprising:
- a housing defining a media storage area to hold media, an opening to receive media, and a device engagement surface shaped for insertion into the entry port;
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- a media enclosure mounted to the housing and moveable between an open position wherein the media storage area can be accessed through the opening and a closed position blocking the opening,
- wherein the media storage area, media enclosure, and engagement surface are arranged so that the media enclosure can be moved between the closed position and the open position when the engagement surface is inserted into the media supply entry port.
An imaging system comprising:
- an imaging device having an entry port;
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- a media supply comprising a housing defining a media storage area to hold media, an opening to receive media, and a device engagement surface shaped for insertion into the entry port;
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- a media enclosure mounted to the housing and movable between an open position wherein the media storage area can be accessed through the opening and a closed position blocking the opening;
- wherein the media storage area, media enclosure, and engagement surface are arranged so that the media enclosure can be moved between the closed position and the open position when the engagement surface is inserted into the entry port.
An imaging system comprising:
- a housing means said housing means having an area for storing media and an engagement surface adapted for insertion into the entry port of an imaging device;
- an enclosure means joined to the housing means and movable between a position permitting access to media in the housing means and a position preventing access to media in the housing means;
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- an imaging means for performing imaging operations on stored media the imaging means adapted to receive said housing means, to extract stored media from the housing means and to perform said imaging operations thereon;
- wherein said enclosure means is movable between the position permitting access to media in the housing means and the position preventing access to the area for storing media in the housing means when the imaging means receives the housing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.