Patent ID: 8944428
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A removable media input tray for a media feed device, comprising: a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls extending between the front and rear walls, the walls extending upwardly from the bottom, the walls and bottom defining a media storage location for holding media to be fed by the media feed device; the front wall having a front portion having a first height, a rearwardly extending top portion, two side portions extending rearward from the front portion and downward from the top portion and a rear portion, the rear portion extending vertically from the bottom to a second height that is less than the first height, the front portion, the top portion, the two side portions and the rear portion defining a cavity in the front wall; a mount disposed on one of the side portions of the front wall; and a removable media dam structure removably mountable within the cavity in the front wall, the removable media dam comprising: wherein pivoting the separator roll positioner angularly rotates the separator roll to and maintains the separator roll at one of a retracted position, one or more intermediate positions and an extended position with respect to the media contact surface where, when in the retracted position, a radial surface of the separator roll is at a first height with respect to the media contact surface, where, when in the extended position, the radial surface of the separator roll is at a second height with respect to the surface of the media contact surface that is greater than the first height and where, when in the one or more intermediate positions, the radial surface of the separator roll has respective heights that are greater than the first height and less than the second height.