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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Arjang Hourtash, San Diego, CA (US);
William H Schwiebert, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Kemplin, Poway, CA (US);
Charles W Dodge, Escondido, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A paper tray assembly for a computer controlled printer has an angled paper discharge wall and a paper stack skewer which automatically urges the leading edges of each sheet of paper in the stack against the slanted wall as the paper tray is inserted into a tray receiving slot in the printer. The reason for doing this automatic skewing is to prevent paper misfeeds. Optionally, paper length and paper width adjusting slides are used with the automatic paper stack skewer being pivotally affixed to a length adjustment slide, if used. The skewer is operated by interengaging cams and followers which are actuated as the paper tray is inserted into or removed from a tray receiving slot in the printer.