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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Luis Elenes, Camas, WA (US);
Wesley Schalk, Camas, WA (US);
Allan Olson, Camas, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for supplying media to a device. The novel system includes a first tray for holding a first supply of media, a first mechanism including a shaft adapted to feed media from the first tray to the device when the shaft is rotated in a first direction, and a second mechanism for moving the first tray from a first position to a second position when the shaft is rotated in a second direction.