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US 7,111,841 B2Granted
Mechanism for adapting cassette guide movement for size detection
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJos W. Jacobs, Fred T. Mattern, Paul Marttila
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Abstract
Systems and methods for adapting cassette guide movement for size detection includes, in exemplary embodiments, a one-piece member that transmits and rotates a movement of a guide member placed on a side of a sheet to a sheet size detector that detects a position of the guide member, wherein a first end of the connector is connected to the guide member and the second end of the connector is connector is connected to the sheet size detector.
Claims16
A sheet cassette, comprising:
- a guide member that is placed on a side of a sheet and is movable between a first position and a second position;
- a sheet size detector that detects a position of the guide member and is movable between a third position and a fourth position;
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- a one-piece connector with two ends, wherein a first end of the connector is connected to the guide member and a second end of the connector is connected to the sheet size detector, wherein (a) when the guide member moves between the first position and the second position by a distance, the one-piece connector moves the sheet size detector between the third position and the fourth position by the distance, and (b) the connector transmits and rotates a movement of the guide member.
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A method of assembling a sheet cassette, comprising:
- placing a guide member in a body of the cassette, wherein the guide member is placed on a side of a sheet and is movable between a first position and a second position;
- placing a sheet size detector on the body of the cassette in order to detect a position of the guide member, wherein the sheet size detector is movable between a third position and a fourth position;
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- connecting a first end of a one-piece connector to the guide member and a second end of the connector to the sheet size detector, wherein (a) when the guide member moves between the first position and the second position by a distance, the one-piece connector moves the sheet size detector between the third position and the fourth position by the distance, and (b) the connector transmits and rotates a movement of the guide member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.