Multi-positional, rotatable/large substrate backstop guide
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJoseph Marasco, Eugene F. Miller, William D. Milillo
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Abstract
A substrate tray includes a tall backstop guide that is attached to the bottom of the feed tray and which rotates about a vertical axis into three positions 45° apart, presenting four different surfaces to a stack of substrates in the tray. Each surface accommodates a different substrate size and thereby accommodates four different widths of substrates. The backstop guide includes a cam member that is flexed against a back wall of the tray when a load is applied to the backstop guide by the stack of substrates shifting inboard if the tray is pushed to forcefully into a machine after loading, in order to prevent skewing of the substrates.
Claims18
A tray for holding a stack of substrates and being adjustable to accommodate substrates of different lengths and widths, including:
- a base member for supporting the stack of substrates thereon;
- a back wall connected to said tray;
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- a backstop guide adapted to provide registration for a rear edge of the stack of substrates, and wherein said backstop guide is rotatable and adapted to flex against said back wall of said tray when substrates are shifted against it.
A multi-positional, rotatable, substrate backstop guide adjustable to accommodate substrate stacks of different widths, comprising:
- a guide member, said guide member including multiple surfaces for contacting and registering substrates of different widths;
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- wherein said guide member includes a cam member, said cam member being adapted to flex due to substrates shifting thereagainst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.