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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Jesse Philips, San Diego, CA (US);
Matias Negatu, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexander M Nameroff, Vacouver, WA (US);
John Pruyn, Vancouver, WA (US);
Joshua Peter Yasbek, Vancouver, WA (US);
Michael A Fairchild, Vancouver, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Some examples include a media level state indicator of an image forming apparatus. The media level state indicator including a gear assembly of interconnected gears including a first gear, a second gear, and a cam fixedly disposed on the first gear, the second gear coupled to a media lift system and rotatable with a shaft of the media lift system, the first gear and the cam rotatably coupled to the second gear, a cam follower to selectively contact the cam, the cam follower moveable in response to contacting rotational movement of the cam, and a signal device coupled to the cam follower, the signal device having a first media level state and a second media level state, the signal device to move between the first media level state and the second media level state as the media lift system changes a position of a lift plate.