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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Julian Ariel Bell'Albero, Lexington, KY (US);
Jayron Malicsi Dela Cruz, Lapu Lapu, PH;
Kevin Matthew Johnson, Georgetown, KY (US);
Brian Keith Owens, Lexington, KY (US);
Roel Firmeza Pantonial, Cebu, PH;
Marvin Aliviado Rodriguez, Talisay, PH;
Donald Norman Spitz, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A media diverter system for an imaging device including a single motor coupled to one of a plurality of diverter assemblies for sequentially directing media sheets from an input path to one of a plurality of output destinations. Each diverter assembly includes a gate moveable between a first and a second position for opening a path between an input and a first and a second output, respectively, a pivot arm coupled to the gate, and a drive gear providing a lobe having up and down camming surfaces on which the pivot arm travels. The single drive motor rotatably is coupled to the drive gears, and, as the drive motor is driven, the drive gears synchronously rotate and corresponding gates are moved to one of a first and a second position for providing a media path from an input of the system to a selected one of the output destinations.