Media Dam and Media Path for an Imaging Device
OwnerJennie Ellen Campbell, Walter Kevin Cousins +1inventors
InventorsJennie Ellen Campbell, Walter Kevin Cousins, Edward Bros Fowler
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Abstract
A media dam for a media path of an imaging device along which a media sheet traverses according to one example embodiment includes a plurality of inclined rib members. The rib members form a contact surface for engaging and deflecting the media sheet along the media path. The contact surface has a top edge that includes at least one sloped portion.
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A media dam for a media path of an imaging device along which a media sheet traverses, comprising:
- a plurality of inclined rib members forming a contact surface for engaging and deflecting the media sheet along the media path, the contact surface having a top edge that includes at least one sloped portion.
A media path for an imaging device along which a media sheet traverses, comprising:
- a media tray having a media storage location for storing a stack of media sheets;
- an inclined media dam adjacent to the media storage location having at least one member forming a contact surface for engaging and deflecting a media sheet from the media storage location into the media path, the contact surface having a first height at a first location and a second height at a second location different from the first height;
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- a media guide downstream and spaced away from the media dam such that the media sheet transitions from the media dam to the media guide as the media sheet traverses the media path.
A media path for an imaging device along which a media sheet traverses, comprising:
- a media dam having a contact surface for engaging and deflecting the media sheet along the media path, the media dam being dimensioned such that a time at which a first point of a trailing edge of the media sheet disengages from the contact surface is different from a time at which a second point of the trailing edge of the media sheet disengages from the contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.