Patent ID: 9090418
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A media picking device for an imaging apparatus having a removable media input tray configured to hold a plurality of media types of different widths, the media input tray having a reference edge surface and a media edge alignment guide moveable to a selected position with respect to the reference edge surface and further moveable to an edge of one or more media sheets disposed in the media input tray to restrain the one or more media sheets between the reference edge surface and the media edge alignment guide such that a distance therebetween corresponds to a width of the one or more media sheets, the media picking device comprising: a pick mechanism slidably mounted on a torque supplying shaft in the imaging apparatus; and a translation mechanism comprising: wherein, when the media input tray is being inserted into the imaging apparatus, the media edge alignment guide engages the actuator member to translate the carriage and the pick mechanism along the shaft so as to position the pick mechanism between the reference edge surface and the media edge alignment guide about a centerline of the width of the one or more media sheets, and further wherein the pick mechanism and the carriage translate in the same direction as the actuator member a distance that is substantially half of a distance traveled by the actuator member.