Patent ID: 6536968
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A tray for holding a stack of sheets of paper for feeding into a printer, the tray including a bottom support and two side paper guides at least one of which is adjustable relative to the other to vary a spacing between the two paper guides for accommodating different paper widths, wherein the at least one adjustable paper guide is slidably mounted on the tray, and wherein a releasable means including a tooth is mounted on the adjustable paper guide, the bottom support including a toothed rack, whereby the tooth normally engages within the toothed rack to lock said at least one paper guide in selectable positions thereon, wherein the at least one adjustable paper guide includes a lever which is pivotally mounted on the paper guide and which provides the tooth, and the lever is resiliently biased relative to the paper guide for the tooth to normally engage within the toothed rack of the bottom support.