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US 7,243,915 B2Granted
Input/output trays for hardcopy device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHoward G. Wong, Peter Hwang
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Abstract
The illustrated input and output trays are pivotally attached to the hardcopy device and are movable between a processing position and a storage position.
Claims14
A hardcopy device for processing media, comprising:
- an input tray configured to pivot about a first axis between a first position and a second position and including a movable media guide;
- an output tray configured to pivot about a second axis between a first position and a second position, the output tray including an opening configured to receive the guide when the input tray and the output tray are in the second positions;
- wherein the input tray and the output tray are parallel in the first and second positions.
A hardcopy device, comprising:
- an input tray connected to the hardcopy device and pivotally movable about a first pivot axis between a processing position wherein a top surface of the input tray is horizontal and a storage position;
- an output tray connected to the hardcopy device above the input tray and pivotally movable about a second pivot axis between a processing position so as to receive media discharged from a front of the device and a storage position;
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- wherein the first pivot axis is offset relative to the second pivot axis and wherein a terminal end of the input tray extends on a first side of a vertical plane containing the first axis in the processing position and on a second side of the vertical plane in the storage position so that when the input tray and the Output tray are in their storage positions the trays are held in their storage positions.
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