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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventor:

Reid W. Gunnell, Wilsonville, OR (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B41J 13/0018 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00604 (2013.01); B65H 2551/00 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A media feeder including a tray arranged to hold media, a motor arranged to move the tray in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, a sensor arranged to detect at least one position of the tray, a processor arranged to execute a set of steps, and a memory element arranged to store the set of steps. The set of steps includes: receiving a first input from a user selecting a first loading preference; moving the tray with the motor in the first direction a first distance from the first position to a second position; loading a first quantity of media into the tray; and, moving the tray in the second direction until a first sheet of the first quantity of media is in a feeding position.


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