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US 2022/0001683 A1Published application
Automatic Document Feeder With One Belt And One Tensioner For All Drive Rollers To Keep Them Synchronized And Reduced Scan Image Errors
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRene O. Valenzuela-Rivas, Ryan M. Smith
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Abstract
An automatic document feeder includes a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder, a plurality of opposing roller pairs to route media along the media path, and a serpentine belt drive system to drive a roller of each of the opposing roller pairs.
Claims15
An automatic document feeder, comprising:
- a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder;
- a plurality of opposing roller pairs to route media along the media path;
- and
- a serpentine belt drive system to drive a roller of each of the opposing roller pairs.
1 more element
A drive system for an automatic document feeder, comprising:
- a drive pulley;
- a single, continuous belt to be driven by the drive pulley;
- and
- a plurality of roller pairs to be driven by the single, continuous belt, the roller pairs spaced along a media path of the automatic document feeder to route media along the media path.
1 more element
A method of driving rollers of an automatic document feeder, comprising:
- driving a serpentine belt;
- and
- with the driving of the serpentine belt, driving a plurality of roller pairs with the serpentine belt, the plurality of roller pairs spaced along a media path of the automatic document feeder to route media along the media path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.