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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Neal Douglas McFarland, Versailles, KY (US);
Angel Macuha Alagos, Cebu, PH;
Joe Carlo Enoc Bacon, North Cotabato, PH;
Dustin Daniel Fichter, Versailles, KY (US);
Pat Marlon Limosnero, Cebu, PH;
Katherine Mary Mulloy, Georgetown, KY (US);
Edward Joseph Walden, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A removable media tray with an adjustable rear tray extension operable by a rear media restraint. The tray extension is slidably attached to a front section of the tray via a cam having a locking arm engaged in a J-slot. When in the curved portion of the J-slot the front section and tray extension are locked together. A rear media restraint slidably latching to a track in the bottom of the tray has a locking lobe that engages with a locking notch on the cam. As the media restraint is slid toward the rear, the locking lobe initially rotates the cam moving the locking arm to the straight section of the J-slot, then the locking lobe engages with the locking notch, locking the media restraint to the tray extension. Thereafter, the media restraint and tray extension move together until the end of the J-slot is reached by the locking arm.