Patent ID: 8297612
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A media picking device for a media input tray of an image forming apparatus, the media picking device rotatable within the media input tray, the media picking device comprising: a media pick mechanism having a rotatable pick member including a housing for picking a media sheet, the rotatable pick member including a pick shaft extending from the housing, the pick shaft having a pick tire on each end thereof for picking the media sheet, and a flag mounted on the housing adjacent to the pick shaft, the flag moveable between a first position and a second position when a leading edge and a trailing edge of the media sheet being picked passes by; and a media sensor mounted on the housing of the rotatable pick member adjacent a media sheet pick point, the media sensor having an output signal change upon sensing movement of the flag when the leading edge of the media sheet being picked passes by the flag, and having another output signal change upon sensing movement of the flag when the trailing edge of the media sheet being picked passes by the flag.