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US 2022/0041387 A1Published application
ADF With Automated Trays
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRene O. Valenzuela-Rivas, Ryan M. Smith, Michael V. Leman
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Abstract
An automatic document feeder includes a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder, and automated media trays to supply the media to the media path and receive the media from the media path, with the automated media trays to be positioned based on a presence of a user at the automatic document feeder.
Claims15
An automatic document feeder, comprising:
- a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder;
- and
- automated media trays to supply the media to the media path and receive the media from the media path,
- the automated media trays to be positioned based on a presence of a user at the automatic document feeder.
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An automatic document feeder, comprising:
- an input tray to support media input to the automatic document feeder;
- an output tray to support media output from the automatic document feeder;
- and
- a media path to route media from the input tray to the output tray,
- both the input tray and the output tray to be stowed or deployed based on a proximity of a user to the automatic document feeder.
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A method of operating an automatic document feeder, comprising:
- sensing a presence or an absence of a user at the automatic document feeder;
- with sensing the presence of the user at the automatic document feeder, establishing an open position of both an input tray and an output tray of the automatic document feeder;
- and
- with sensing the absence of the user at the automatic document feeder, establishing a closed position of both the input tray and the output tray of the automatic document feeder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.