Patent ID: 7708262

Claim:
A media handling system comprising: a first media driver; a first gear operably coupled to the first media driver; a first gear carrier; a second gear rotatably coupled to the first gear carrier; a third gear rotatably coupled to the carrier and in engagement with the second gear, wherein the first gear carrier rotates between a first position in which the second gear engages the first gear and a second position in which the third gear engages the first gear, wherein the second gear and the third gear are carried by the first gear carrier, wherein the second gear directly contacts and is in direct inter-meshing engagement with the first gear when the first gear carrier is in the first position and wherein the third gear directly contacts and is in inter-meshing engagement with the first gear when the first gear carrier is in the second position; a first surface coupled to the first gear carrier; and a second surface coupled to the first gear, wherein the first gear carrier and the first gear are configured to rotate between a third position in which the first surface directly contacts the second surface to space the first gear from the second gear and the first position in which the first surface and the second surface do not directly contact one another and in which the first gear directly contacts the second gear.