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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Stacey Vaughan Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Stacey Vaughan Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A removable input tray assembly for an image forming device according to one embodiment includes a media tray having a bottom surface defining a media storage location, a wall extending upward from the bottom surface and a housing having an opening therein to receive the tray. An inclined media dam having a media contact surface is formed in the wall. A channel extends the height of the wall and has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom opening and a top opening. A separator roller is rotatably mounted below the media contact surface and has a first portion of its surface radially extending through a corresponding aperture in the media dam and a second portion radially extending through a corresponding aperture in the rear wall of the channel. A roller nip is formed in the channel within the media tray by the separator roller and an opposing backup roller.