Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Development, L.p.

Shannon Lai

Ryan M Smith

Eric L Andersen

Rene Octavio Valenzuela-Rivas

Michael Janczyk

Jennifer Waskow

Mikah Chou

Eric Anderson

An automatic document feeder includes a media path to route media through an image read area for the automatic document feeder, and a media ramp supported along the media path after the image read area, with an end of the media ramp to rotate in a direction transverse to the media path.

Rotatable media ramp for automatic document feeder

Examples disclosed herein relate to a device including a media ramp, in examples, the device includes a scanner disposed in a scan zone to image a medium traveling across the scan zone; a transparent member disposed over the scan zone; a media ramp disposed adjacent to the scan zone to direct the medium to an exit; and a film element disposed underneath the transparent member and adjacent to the scan zone at a first end and disposed to extend over at least a portion of the media ramp at a second end.

Media ramp with film

In one example, an apparatus includes a transparent platen to receive a document to be scanned. The transparent platen includes a scan line, an ingress edge positioned prior to the scan line in the document path, and a chamfered egress edge positioned subsequent to the document path. A light source is positioned to illuminate the document with light while the document passes across the scan line, and a focusing mechanism is positioned to focus a portion of the light that is reflected by the document onto a sensor that senses the portion of the light.

Transparent platen with chamfered egress edge

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Shannon Lai