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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Dustin Daniel Fichter, Lexington, KY (US);
Derek Masami Inouye, Lexington, KY (US);
Stacey Vaughan Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael James Shanor, 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);
Stacey Vaughan Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael James Shanor, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Tonges, Versailles, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A detachable reversible pick mechanism for a media input tray. The pick mechanism comprises a reversible drive transmission having a drive shaft gear operatively connected to a pick axle gear, the drive shaft gear slidably engageable onto a cantilevered drive shaft extending from a housing, a pick axle having a pick wheel at each end, the pick axle operatively connected to the pick axle gear; and a transmission housing consisting of a top, a bottom, and a side surface defining a cavity therein for containing the reversible drive transmission, an opening in a front portion and in a rear portion of the transmission housing through which the pick axle and drive shaft, respectively, pass, the front portion dimensioned so that the pick wheels each extend beyond the top and the bottom of the front portion, and a releasable latch mounted on the side surface for rotatably engaging a free end of the cantilevered drive shaft to axially position the pick mechanism on the drive shaft, the latch allowing a user to readily dismount the pick mechanism for service or replacement.