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US 7,540,491 B2Granted
Automatic, lockable, engageable and disengageable media tray
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRaymond C Sherman, Luke Sosnowski, Louis Barinaga
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Abstract
A media handling system, comprising: a media pick means; a media holder that interacts with the media pick means; and a selectable, lockable, automatically movable media tray located substantially adjacent to the media holder, wherein the movable media tray is engageable/disengageable with the media pick means.
Claims19
A media handling system, comprising:
- a media pick assembly including a pick motor and an idler gear driven by the pick motor;
- a movable media tray selectively operated by the pick motor of the media pick assembly via a media idler gear mounted on a pin for rotation about an axis of the pin;
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- a media tray lock having a first end engaged in direct physical contact with the idler gear of the media pick assembly and a second end selectively engaged in direct physical contact and disengaged from direct physical contact with the media idler gear,
- wherein the media tray lock locks the media tray from operation by the pick motor when the second end of the media tray lock is engaged in direct physical contact with the media idler gear.
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