Patent ID: 6139008
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A printer tray for eliminating a curl from paper to be printed by a printer, the printer having a paper feeder including the paper tray for storage of the paper on a top surface of the paper tray and for feeding the paper into the printer for subsequent printing, the printer tray comprising:a curl eliminator having a heightened portion comprising an elongated strip disposed at the top surface of the paper tray such that it opposes the curl of the paper thereby tending to flatten the curl; anda mounting means for mounting the elongated strip to the top surface of the paper tray;wherein the top surface of the paper tray is ferric and the mounting means is a magnetic strip fastened to the elongated strip whereby the elongated strip is mounted to the top surface of the paper tray by a magnetic attraction between the magnetic strip attached thereto and the top surface of the paper tray.