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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Glen Alan Reidhaar, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A media actuated, media diverter mounted on a media guide positioned between the output of a simplex path and the entrance of a duplex path in an imaging device. The media diverter comprises a plate having a media guiding surface and a media contact surface along portions of the edge of the plate. The plate is received within a slot through the guide member such that in a first position the media contact surface extends into the duplex path and when in a second position the media guiding surface extends into the simplex path. The plate's center of gravity moves the contact surface of the plate into the first position. A media sheet fed into the duplex path strikes the media contact surface moving the plate to the second position where the media guiding surface directs a following sheet in the simplex path to an exit of the imaging device.