Patent ID: 8651476
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A media handling assembly, comprising: a pick assembly to select a medium from a media stack within an input tray of a printing device; a feed assembly to transport the medium to a printing mechanism of the printing device; and a separator assembly to singulate the selected medium, the separator assembly including a ramp located above a floor of the input tray to guide the medium from the media stack to a feed assembly of the printing device and a corner relief feature on either side of and below the ramp, each of the corner relief features comprising a recess having a bottom surface that is curved to provide a space beneath a plane of the ramp into which corners of the medium may drop and travel below a remainder of the medium as the medium is guided from the media stack up the ramp and to the feed assembly of the printing device, wherein the space beneath the ramp plane is provided in a direction perpendicular to the ramp plane and away from the guided medium.