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US 7,591,463 B2Granted
Media support apparatus for media cassette of automatic media dispenser
AssigneeLG N-Sys Inc.
InventorJoong-Ho An
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Abstract
A media support apparatus for a media cassette of an automatic media dispenser includes a base plate having a guide piece which is provided with a guide slot. A link mechanism has at least one connection pin, which is moved along the guide slot, and two connection link plates, the height of which, relative to the base plate, can be adjusted. A media seat is seated on each connection link plate. The horizontal spacing between the media seats can be adjusted. The apparatus is advantageous in that a single media cassette can be adapted to supply media of various sizes.
Claims12
A media cassette for an automatic media dispenser, comprising:
- a media seat for supporting lower edges of media aligned in a stack in said media cassette;
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- an adjustment device for allowing a user to select and fix a height of said media seat from a bottom of said media cassette, so as to accommodate a size of media having a given dimension from its lower edge to its upper edge,
- wherein said media seat includes a first surface supporting side edges of the media at one end of the media and a second surface supporting side edges of the media at an opposite end of the media, and wherein said adjustment device includes:
- a base plate forming said bottom of said media cassette, said base plate having a first guide piece provided with a first guide slot, a second guide piece provided with a second guide slot, a third guide piece provided with a third guide slot, and a fourth guide piece provided with a fourth guide slot;
- a first link mechanism positioned between said first and second guide pieces, said first link mechanism having a first elevating leg rotatably connected to a first connection link plate proximate a first end of said first elevating leg, and rotatably connected to a first connection pin proximate a second end of said first elevating leg, wherein said first connection pin is moved along said first and second guide slots, and a height of said first connection link plate can be user adjusted relative to said base plate;
- a second link mechanism positioned between said third and fourth guide pieces, said second link mechanism having a second elevating leg rotatably connected to a second connection link plate proximate a first end of said second elevating leg, and rotatably connected to a second connection pin proximate a second end of said second elevating leg, wherein said second connection pin is moved along said third and fourth guide slots, and a height of said second connection link plate can be user adjusted relative to said base plate;
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- a support mechanism for retaining said first and second link mechanisms, such that said first and second connection link plates remain at a user's adjusted height relative to said base plate.
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A media cassette for an automatic media dispenser, comprising:
- a media seat for supporting lower edges of media aligned in a stack in said media cassette;
- and
- an adjustment device for allowing a user to select and fix a height of said media seat from a bottom of said media cassette, so as to accommodate a size of media having a given dimension from its lower edge to its upper edge,
- wherein said adjustment device includes:
- a base plate forming said bottom of said media cassette, said base plate having a first guide piece provided with a first guide slot, a second guide piece provided with a second guide slot, a third guide piece provided with a third guide slot, and a fourth guide piece provided with a fourth guide slot;
- a first link mechanism positioned between said first and second guide pieces, said first link mechanism having a first elevating leg rotatably connected to a first connection link plate proximate a first end of said first elevating leg, and rotatably connected to a first connection pin proximate a second end of said first elevating leg, wherein said first connection pin is moved along said first and second guide slots;
- a second link mechanism positioned between said third and fourth guide pieces, said second link mechanism having a second elevating leg rotatably connected to said first connection link plate proximate a first end of said second elevating leg, and rotatably connected to a second connection pin proximate a second end of said second elevating leg, wherein said second connection pin is moved along said third and fourth guide slots, and a height of said first connection link plate can be user adjusted relative to said base plate;
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- a first connection lever connecting said first connection pin to said second connection pin.
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