Patent ID: 8348268
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A media path in a printer comprising: an elongated member having a first end and a second end, the elongated member having a length and a width perpendicular to the length, the elongated member having a first surface that is non-linear along a portion of the length and the width of the elongated member, the elongated member being configured along a portion of the length of elongated arm at the first end to curve away from the media path in the printer; and a protrusion positioned at the first end of the elongated member, the protrusion being configured to bend the first end of the elongated member toward the media path to position the first end of the elongated member at a predetermined distance from a nip formed by a roller pair positioned in the media path at the first end of the elongated member in response to a pivot member directly contacting the protrusion.