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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2007
Applicants:

Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);

Darin M. Gettelfinger, Lexington, KY (US);

Franklin Joseph Palumbo, Nicholasville, KY (US);

Philip David Jones, Lexington, KY (US);

Inventors:

Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);

Darin M. Gettelfinger, Lexington, KY (US);

Franklin Joseph Palumbo, Nicholasville, KY (US);

Philip David Jones, Lexington, KY (US);

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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