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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2013
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Stefan Mark Atay, Lexington, KY (US);
Timothy L Brown, Dayton, OH (US);
Daniel Lee Carter, Georgetown, KY (US);
Marc Alan Herwald, Lexington, KY (US);
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeremy Keith Payne, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A media stiffness sensor assembly for an imaging device. The assembly comprises a translation mechanism coupled to a contact member, a drive mechanism coupled to the translation mechanism and a position sensor for providing a signal indicative of the position of the contact member. The assembly is mounted within an imaging device so that the contact member is moved into bending contact with a cantilevered portion of a media sheet in the media path. The energy used to translate the contact member from a home position into the cantilevered portion of a media sheet in the media path to deflect the cantilevered portion is used to determine a weight of the media sheet.