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US 2009/0020940 A1Published application
Sheet Feed Apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMurray Learmonth, William H. Schwiebert, Tsai-Yi Lin, Dentarg Huang
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a sheet feed apparatus are disclosed.
Claims20
1) A sheet feed apparatus, comprising:
- a mount pick arm that pivotally moves closer to a stack of media as media is picked from the stack of media;
- a pick arm pivotally connected to the mount pick arm to pick media from the stack of media.
8) A method, comprising:
- moving a mount pick arm toward a stack of media each time a piece of media is removed from the stack of media;
- picking the media with a pick arm that is pivotally connected to the mount pick arm.
14) A sheet feed apparatus, comprising:
- a pick arm that picks pieces of stacked media;
- a mount pick arm that moves the pick arm toward the pieces of stacked media;
- a sheet feed gear system that locks the mount pick arm into a stationary position before the pick arm picks a piece of the stacked media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.