Patent ID: 7811017

Claim:
A media feeding apparatus comprising: a media feeding mechanism; a non-gated media path crossover comprising: a first crossover pathway comprising of a first input path and a first output path on which sheets of print media are conveyed across a four-way crossover junction without interruption; a second crossover pathway comprising of a second input path and a second output path on which sheets of print media are conveyed across the four-way crossover junction without interruption, wherein the junction connects the first input path and the first output path and connects the second input path and the second output path, the second crossover pathway intersecting the first crossover pathway at the four-way crossover junction, and wherein the first and second input paths intersect at an angle of greater than 90 degrees, the first and second crossover pathways are defined between baffles, the first input path being defined between a first baffle and a second baffle, the second input path being defined between a third baffle and a fourth baffle, the first output path being defined between a fifth baffle and a sixth baffle, the second output path being defined between a seventh baffle and an eighth baffle, the second and third baffles intersecting, a wall connected with the sixth and seventh baffles, the wall being substantially perpendicular to an imaginary line which intersects the second and third baffles at an opposite side of the junction; and a control system which controls the media feeding mechanism to control the arrival of the sheets of print media at the four-way crossover junction whereby a sheet on the first crossover pathway traverses the junction in an intersheet gap between sheets traversing the junction on the second crossover pathway.