Catch tray for receiving spooled output media from an electrographic printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid M. Mayer, Thomas C. Fedyna
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Abstract
A catch tray for receiving individual spools of output recording media, having a nominal outer diameter, which are dropped therein and which is capable of maintaining and enhancing their tight tubular form. The tray comprises a pair of walls spaced from one another by a distance less than the nominal outer diameter, and the surfaces of the wall have different coefficients of friction so that said spools of output recording media roll between the walls.
Claims4
A catch tray for receiving individual tubular spools of output recording media, having a nominal outer diameter, which are dropped therein from above and for maintaining and tightening their tubular form, comprising
- a first upright wall having a first surface with a first coefficient of friction.
- a second upright wall having a second surface with a second coefficient of friction less than said first coefficient of friction, said first and second surfaces facing one another, said second wall being spaced from said first wall by a distance approximately equal to said nominal outer diameter, and
- a bottom wall extending between said first and second walls for supporting said spools,
- whereby said spools will be held instantaneously stationary by said first surface and will slide downwardly along said second surface so that said spools of output recording media roll between said walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.