Media transport jam prevention
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWesley R. SCHALK, Jeffrey G. Bingham, Justin M. Roman, Andrew T. Davis
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Abstract
According to an example, an apparatus to prevent media transport jams may include an actuator to load and advance a media within a media path width. The apparatus may also include a first sensor and a second sensor to detect respective edges of the media, in which the first sensor and the second sensor may be positioned outside of a media action area and on opposite sides of the media path width. The apparatus may further include a controller to prevent the actuator from advancing the media along the media path in response to a detection of one or both of the first edge of the media by the first sensor and the second edge of the media by the second sensor.
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An apparatus to prevent media transport jams, comprising:
- an actuator to load a media into a media transport apparatus and to advance the media within a media path width;
- a first sensor to detect a first edge of the media;
- a second sensor to detect a second edge of the media, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are positioned outside of a media action area and on opposite sides of the media path width;
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- a controller to determine whether the media is correctly loaded into the media transport apparatus in response to a detection of one or both of the first edge of the media by the first sensor and the second edge of the media by the second sensor and to prevent the actuator from advancing the media along the media path in response to a determination that the media is not correctly loaded.
A method to prevent media transport jams, comprising:
- determining, by a controller, that a media is loaded within a media path width of a media transport apparatus;
- receiving, by the controller, a notification from an offset sensor that a side border of the media has been detected, wherein the offset sensor is positioned outside of a media action area, and wherein the media action area is within the media path width;
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- halting advancement of the media through the media transport apparatus in response to receipt of the notification from the offset sensor.
An apparatus to prevent media transport jams, comprising
- an actuator to advance media that is loaded within a media path width of a media transport apparatus;
- at least one of a first sensor and a second sensor to detect an edge of the media during the first loading and advancement of the media, wherein the at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor is positioned outside of a media action area, and wherein the media action area is positioned within the media path width;
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- a controller to calculate a skew rate to determine the advancement of the media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.