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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Dustin Daniel Fichter, Lexington, KY (US);
Derek Masami Inouye, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Tonges, Versailles, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Dustin Daniel Fichter, Lexington, KY (US);
Derek Masami Inouye, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Tonges, Versailles, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for indexing a lift plate in an image forming device according to one exemplary embodiment includes driving a motor in a first direction to drive a pick mechanism for feeding media from a stack of media sheets on a raisable lift plate such that as media is fed the height of the pick mechanism decreases. When the height of the pick mechanism falls below a predetermined level, the motor is driven a predetermined amount of rotation in a second direction opposite the first direction to raise the lift plate in order to raise the pick mechanism to a desired pick height.