Patent ID: 6421312
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting seating of a medium on a media tray comprising:a conductive element having a first terminal and a second terminal and forming an interrupted circuit between the first terminal and the second terminal, the interrupted circuit located in the media tray; a spindle structurally supporting and integral with the conductive element and integral with the media tray, the media tray having a receiving area that is mechanically and electrically coupled to the spindle and the conductive element, the spindle and the receiving area of the media tray adapted to receive the medium, the medium causing completion of a conductive pathway of the interrupted circuit between the first and second terminal when properly seated upon the spindle and the receiving area; and the conductive pathway between the first and second terminal of the interrupted circuit remaining incomplete when the medium is improperly seated upon the spindle and the receiving area.