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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Troy A. Giese, North Hugo, MN (US);
Troy A. Giese, North Hugo, MN (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A media supply system () suitable for use in an imaging apparatus () to remove sheets of imaging media from a stack of one or more sheets of imaging media. Media supply system () includes a pickup assembly () and an actuator system (). Pickup assembly () is moveable between at least a first position and a second position, wherein at least a portion of the pickup assembly is configured to selectively engage a first sheet of imaging media of the stack when the pickup assembly is in the first position. Actuator system () is selectively coupled to pickup assembly () and is configured to move pickup assembly () between at least the first position and the second position and to vibrate at least the portion of the pickup assembly engaging the first sheet of imaging media at a desired frequency after moving the pickup assembly from the first position, wherein the desired frequency is based on characteristics of the sheets of imaging media.