Output tray nudging mechanism
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorBrent Rodney Jones
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Abstract
A printing device includes a recessed output tray having a nudging mechanism including a nudger component that engages a stack of paper such that when the nudger moves, the stack will move with it and an actuating mechanism to move the nudger, thereby moving the stack of papers. The nudger may be automatic or may be controlled manually. The stack may be moved in a particular direction or may be rotated.
Claims18
A printing device comprising:
- a single housing having an opening in a wall of the single housing;
- an output tray located within the single housing and positioned proximate the opening in the single housing, the output tray being configured to hold printed media within a perimeter of the single housing;
- a nudging mechanism having a nudger proximate the output tray and positioned to engage printed media resting entirely within the output tray;
- and
- an actuating mechanism configured to move the nudger in a direction towards the opening in the single housing to move at least a portion of the printed media resting entirely in the output tray to the opening in the single housing to facilitate removal of the printed media from the output tray through the opening in the housing.
A printing method for use in a printing device with a recessed document retrieval area, comprising:
- printing a document with a printing device located within a single housing;
- sending the printed document to a document retrieval area recessed within the single housing, the document retrieval area being located at a terminal end of a document path within the single housing;
- and
- moving the printed document in the document retrieval area in a direction different from the direction from which the document entered the recessed document retrieval area to position the document nearer an opening in the single housing to facilitate retrieval of the document from the document retrieval area recessed within the single housing.
A printing method for use in a printing device with a recessed document retrieval area, comprising:
- printing a document with a printing device located within a single housing;
- sending the printed document to a document retrieval area recessed within the single housing, the document retrieval area being located at a terminal end of a document path within the single housing;
- and
- rotating the printed document in the document retrieval area to position a portion of the printed document nearer an opening in the single housing through which the printed document is retrieved from the document retrieval area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.