Aligning sheets in a sheet restacking tray using rotating helical brushes
US9004486B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/06
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Devices and methods to collect and align print media sheets. According to a device herein, a tray has a base and receives print media sheets. Registration guides are connected to the tray. The registration guides define a corner in the tray. A tamper mechanism comprises a rotating helical brush extending perpendicularly from the base adjacent to a side of the tray opposite the corner. The tamper mechanism is positioned to tamp the print media sheets against the registration guides causing a stack of the print media sheets to be squared against the corner.
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