Patent ID: 8567775

Claim:
A media conveying system for aligning a media sheet in a media path of an apparatus comprising: a reference edge positioned along a side of a media path, the media path having a starting location and an ending location, the media sheet moves in the media path in a media feed direction; a first roll mounted across the media path; a second roll mounted relative to the first roll so as to define a first nip between the first roll and the second roll, one of the first and second rolls being a rotationally driven roll; a drive mechanism coupled to both first and second rolls for translating the first and second rolls in a first direction other than the media feed direction such that a media sheet positioned in the first nip moves in the first direction towards the reference edge, the drive mechanism including: a motor; and a cam gear positioned to receive rotary power from the motor, the cam gear having a cam portion, the cam portion defined by an arcuate profile from a smaller radius portion to a larger radius portion, the cam gear being coupled to the first and second rolls.