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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Peter D. Schuller, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Thomas G. Lindblom, Claremont, MN (US);
Peter D. Schuller, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Thomas G. Lindblom, Claremont, MN (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A rail support for a print media output receptacle, such as a paper tray, and a drive system for moving a print media output receptacle. In one embodiment, a frame for supporting a print media output receptacle includes a top, a bottom opposite the top and parallel side rails extending between the top and the bottom. The rails are configured to guide movement of the media output receptacle. In another embodiment, a print media output device includes a frame, a pair of vertically oriented rails disposed parallel to and opposite one another, each rail defining one side of the frame, a reversing motor supported by the frame, and a horizontally oriented output receptacle operatively coupled to the motor. The receptacle extends between and is mounted to the rails for movement thereon up and down at the urging of the motor.