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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsWill Fetherolf, Curtis Gregory Kelsay
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Embodiments of an improved media output paper control system are described, the improved system including a mechanical linkage between a housing door of an image forming device, such as a printer, and a media diverter that changes direction of the media exiting the print engine. The mechanical linkage provides a sure method of switching the media path from a face-down output mode to a face-up output mode, by directing media to the housing door whenever it is open, thus, allowing, the housing door to become an output tray. The preferred mechanical linkage includes a member pivotally connected to, and extending between, the door and the diverter, in such a way that pivoting the door also pivots the diverter to a lesser degree. The preferred linkage member includes an elongated slot or channel at one end for pivotally and slidably receiving a portion of the diverter, so that the linkage member may pivot and slide relative to the diverter, when the door is being opened and closed, until a point where the linkage member engages the diverter to rotate the diverter the required amount.
On an image-forming device comprising a housing, a print engine, a media path with a direction of media travel exiting the print engine and connecting to a first path branch and a second path branch at a junction, the improvement in said device comprising:
On an image-forming device comprising a housing, a print engine, a media path with a direction of media travel exiting the print engine and connecting to a first path branch and a second path branch at a junction, the improvement in said device comprising:
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