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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
Glen Alan Reidhaar, Lexington, KY (US);
Glen Alan Reidhaar, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A media actuated, media diverter mounted on a guide member positioned between the output of a simplex path and the entrance of a duplex path in an imaging device. The media diverter comprises a first plate having a media contact surface, a biasing member for biasing the first plate, and a second plate having a media guiding surface. First plate and second plate are movable in a slot through the guide member and are biased in first positions where media contact surface extends into the duplex path and media guiding surface extends into the simplex path while second plate remains movable from its first position to a second position. A media sheet fed into the duplex path moves first plate to its second position blocking movement of second plate from its first position allowing a following media sheet in the simplex path to the exit of the imaging device.