Patent ID: 8636277
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A media picking device for an imaging apparatus having a reference edge surface and a movable media input support that moves into and out of the imaging apparatus, the media input support including a media storage location and a media edge alignment guide moveable to a selected position within a predetermined range of travel with respect to the reference edge surface, the media picking device comprising: a shaft for receiving torque from the imaging apparatus; a pick arm mechanism rotatably and slidably mounted at a first end thereof on the shaft; a pick roller mounted at a second end of the pick arm mechanism for contacting a topmost media sheet of a stack of media sheets and drivable by the shaft to pick the topmost media sheet of the stack of media sheets in a media feed direction; and a translation mechanism coupled to the pick arm mechanism, the translation mechanism comprising: