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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
Darin M. Gettelfinger, Lexington, KY (US);
Franklin Joseph Palumbo, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Philip David Jones, Lexington, KY (US);
Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
Darin M. Gettelfinger, Lexington, KY (US);
Franklin Joseph Palumbo, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Philip David Jones, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed to methods and devices for aligning media sheets in an input tray of an image forming device. The input tray includes a support surface and at least two spaced apart side walls. A first side wall includes a reference surface to align the media sheets. A second side wall includes a plurality of biasing members. The biasing members bias the media sheets toward the reference surface.