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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Richard Campbell, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventor:
Richard Campbell, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include a composite feeding mechanism configured to process one or more jobs using a stack of feeder trays. The composite feeding mechanism can include the stack of feeder trays, a base unit, and a feeder unit. The feeder trays can hold substrate media to satisfy jobs and the base unit can support the stack of feeder trays. The feeder unit can remove the substrate media from a feeder tray located at the top of the stack to satisfy a job requirement.