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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Seng San Koh, Singapore, SG;
Wui Jein Richard Koh, Singapore, SG;
Wei Chun Lim, Singapore, SG;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for sensing the status of a media stack tray which dispenses media to a printing device, the media stack tray being associated with a dispensing device which dispenses media from the media stack tray. The mechanism includes a probe having at least two positions such that the probe is located in a first position when the media stack tray has an empty status and is located in a second position when the media stack tray has a loaded status. The probe is mounted relative to the media stack tray so that when the media stack tray has a loaded status the media is normally located between the probe and the dispensing device. The mechanism also includes a detector for detecting the position of the probe.