Patent ID: 6072515
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image marking device adapted to reduce an exterior envelope thereof, comprising:(a) a housing having an outside surface and an opening formed through the outside surface;(b) an image forming location disposed in said housing for printing an image on a recorder medium;(c) a supply tray capable of supplying the recorder medium therefrom to said image forming location and sized to be received in the opening, said tray being movable in the opening from a partially inserted position to a more fully inserted position, said tray and said housing defining the exterior envelope, whereby the exterior envelope is reduced as said tray more fully inserts in the opening; and(d) a guide aligned with said tray for defining a guide path extending from said tray to said image forming location, said guide initially interfering with sliding said tray from the partially inserted position to the more fully inserted position, said guide being movable for subsequent interference-free sliding of said tray from the partially inserted position to the more fully inserted position.