Patent ID: 9663318
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A re-drive assembly for a media sheet in a media path of an imaging device, the media path having a simplex path and an duplex path with the re-drive assembly positioned between an exit of the simplex path and an entrance of the duplex path and an exit of the imaging device, the re-drive assembly comprising: a frame having a left and a right side positioned on opposite sides of the media path; a diverter gate pivotally mounted to the left and right sides of the frame, the diverter gate having a first position where the media sheet can be directed into the duplex path and a second position where the media sheet can be directed to the exit of the imaging device; a reversible drive motor mounted to the frame and having a drive gear on an output shaft; a sector gear having a first end fixedly mounted to an end of the diverter gate and a second end coupled to the drive gear, the sector gear when driven by the drive motor via the drive gear rotates the diverter gate between its first and second positions; the sector gear having a slot therein positioned between the first and second ends of the sector gear, the slot having opposed inner side walls and opposed first and second ends; at least one dampener depending from a first of the inner side walls into the slot, the dampener having two free ends spaced from the first inner side wall, each free end having a flexible dampening finger depending therefrom into the slot and spaced apart from an adjacent end of the slot; and, a stop pin mounted to the frame and in the slot, wherein, as the diverter gate is rotated from its first position to its second position, the stop pin engages with the dampening finger adjacent to the second end of the slot prior to the second end of the slot hitting the stop pin, and, as the diverter gate is rotated from its second position to its first position, the stop pin engages with the dampening finger adjacent to the first end of the slot prior to the first end of the slot hitting the stop pin.