Patent ID: 11891259
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A method comprising:
printing pages in accordance with a user print job via a print engine;
accumulating printed pages of the user print job from the print engine into a movable paper tray;
moving the printed pages of the user print job from the print engine to the paper tray via a finisher process tray;
selectively holding down, on the paper tray, printed pages of the user print job by a plurality of retractable hold down fingers;
moving, via a motor, the retractable hold down fingers from a retracted position to a forward hold down position and back to the retracted position during printing of each of at least a portion of the printed pages of the user print job, wherein a plurality of gears are associated with each of the retractable hold down fingers, and wherein the plurality of gears are in communication with the motor;
moving, via the plurality of gears, the associated retractable hold down finger in a substantially elliptical path from the retracted position to the forward hold down position and back to the retracted position;
rotating a drive shaft configured by the motor;
selectively disengaging, via a drive coupling, the motor from the drive shaft, wherein each plurality of gears are in communication with the drive shaft, wherein a rack gear is associated with the paper tray and wherein a cylindrical gear is associated with one of the retractable hold down fingers and configured to engage with the rack gear when the paper tray is moved upwards when the retractable hold down fingers are in the forward hold down position; and
moving, via the cylindrical gear and rack gear, the retractable hold down finger into the retracted position as the paper tray is moved upwards.