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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 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 system for feeding and separating media in an image forming device according to one embodiment includes a pick mechanism having at least one rotatable pick roller for feeding a topmost media sheet from a stack of media sheets in a media storage location in a media process direction from an initial pick position into a media feed path. The system further includes at least one rotatable separator roller positioned opposite and spaced away from the at least one pick roller downstream from the initial pick position. The separator roller forms an open nip with the at least one pick roller. The at least one separator roller is rotatable counter to the media process direction for separating the topmost media sheet from an adjacent media sheet and returning the adjacent media sheet to a separation point upstream from the at least one separator roller.