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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Rene Octavio Valenzuela-Rivas, San Diego, CA (US);

Ryan M. Smith, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/34 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/34 (2013.01); B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 2405/115 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1117 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1144 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11151 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1412 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples of alignment fins for output trays of media dispensing devices are disclosed. In an example, an alignment fin is coupled to a support surface of an output tray of a media dispensing device. The alignment fin is to transition between a first position wherein the alignment fin is disposed below the support surface, and a second position wherein the alignment fin is exposed through an aperture in the support surface. When the alignment fin is in the second position, the alignment fin is to align the media dispensed from the dispensing device into a stack on the support surface.


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