Patent ID: 8011653
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet-feeding device comprising: a tray for holding sheet media of various widths; a shaft extending across said tray; and a plurality of pick assemblies mounted to said shaft, a first end of each of said plurality of pick assemblies mounted to freely pivot about said shaft independently of one another, and said plurality of pick assemblies being spaced along said shaft so that a second end of at least one of said plurality of pick assemblies contacts sheet media in said tray depending on the width of said sheet media, and so that a total offset of pick assemblies in contact with said sheet media relative to a centerline of said sheet media is sufficiently small enough to avoid skewing of sheet media for a variety of different media widths, wherein said first end of each of said plurality of pick assemblies is upstream of said second end relative to a feed direction of said sheet media, wherein when sheet media having a first width is loaded in said tray, one of said pick assemblies contacts said sheet media substantially at a centerline of said sheet media and two other of said pick assemblies contact said sheet media on opposing sides of said sheet media centerline, substantially equidistant from said sheet media centerline.