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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Keith Jariabka, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kieran B. Kelly, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/32 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/16 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/32 (2013.01); B65H 3/0661 (2013.01); B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); B65H 3/565 (2013.01); B65H 5/068 (2013.01); B65H 5/16 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 9/10 (2013.01); B65H 2402/46 (2013.01); B65H 2403/422 (2013.01); B65H 2403/5321 (2013.01);
Abstract
A media transport assembly includes a loadstop drive assembly to gather and compress a media stack in a media tray before a pick and feed cycle, and a pick drive assembly to pick a sheet of media from the media stack and feed the sheet of media to a media path. The loadstop drive assembly is positioned on one side of a gear wall and the pick drive assembly is positioned on an opposite side of the gear wall such that the pick drive assembly is driven by the loadstop drive assembly through the gear wall.