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US 2022/0024711 A1Published application
Assisted print medium receipt
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEzequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Lluis Valles Casanova, Joan Marti Velasco Figueras
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Abstract
A method of operating a device to receive a print medium is disclosed. Rotation of a receiving device to receive a print medium is detected, whereby the rotation is caused by an external force. An assisting force is applied to further rotate the receiving device in response to the detected rotation.
Claims15
A method, comprising
- detecting rotation of a receiving device to receive a print medium, the rotation being caused by an external force;
- and
- applying an assisting force to further rotate the receiving device in response to the detected rotation.
A method, comprising
- providing a receiving roller to receive a print medium and an electric motor to rotate the receiving roller;
- applying a bias voltage to the electric motor, wherein the bias voltage is below a threshold voltage, wherein the electric motor is to set in motion when powered at least by the threshold voltage;
- detecting rotation of the receiving roller caused by an external force;
- in response to detecting the rotation of the receiving roller, applying a driving voltage to the electric motor to generate an assisting force to further rotate the receiving roller;
- determining a current rotational speed of the receiving roller;
- and
- controlling the driving voltage according to a predefined function of the current rotational speed of the receiving roller.
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A device, comprising
- a receiving device to receive a print medium;
- an actuator to apply an assisting force to the receiving device;
- and
- a control unit to control the actuator and to detect rotation of the receiving device,
- wherein the control unit is to operate the actuator in response to detecting the rotation of the receiving device caused by an external force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.