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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1995
Richard C Jackson, San Jose, CA (US);
John Avery Howard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher O Lada, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald S Minami, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Lan Hao-Jui, Taipei, TW;
Tsai Cheng-Liang, Fu-Chien Province, CN;
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for feeding distinct feed stock through a roller driven tray device to an information transfer device (i.e., scanning, facsimile, printing, copying) or a multipurpose information transfer device for processing feed stock, the roller driven tray device comprising a first tray and a second tray each tray capable of holding an item of feed stock for processing through the same port of an information transfer device from either tray without manual intervention. Also, an apparatus for maintaining alignment of feed stock in a roller driven tray device comprising a cam radially coupled to the first end of the roller shaft, a cam follower seated on the cam, a cam shaft with one end coupled to the cam follower and a second end slidably coupled to the tray housing, and a cantilever finger crank coupled to the cam shaft, and having a first position to not impede the path of the feed stock and a second position against the feed stock.