Patent ID: 8262081

Claim:
An apparatus for a media feeding system comprising a trail edge guide, a frame, an elevator, a feed head and a stack of media comprising a plurality of sheets of media disposed on the elevator, wherein the plurality of sheets of media comprise an uppermost set of sheets of media located at a top portion of the stack of media, the apparatus comprising: a trail edge deflector comprising a body having an angularly disposed lower surface, at least one opening, and at least one stopping surface, wherein the angularly disposed lower surface being shaped to contact and thereby shingle the uppermost set of sheets of media, the at least one opening being shaped for complimentary sliding engagement with the trail edge guide thereby permitting the trail edge deflector to slide along a portion of the trail edge guide and the at least one stopping surface being shaped to limit downward sliding movement of the trail edge deflector along the trail edge guide the apparatus further comprising at least one of the following: the trail edge deflector further comprising a locking tab arranged to limit upward movement of the trail edge deflector along the trail edge guide; and, a frame deflector having at least one generally arcuate edge and a stop surface, the frame deflector being securable to the trail edge guide, wherein the at least one generally arcuate edge being shaped to preclude the trail edge deflector from contacting the frame when the trail edge guide and elevator are moved to a loading position, and wherein the stop surface being shaped to contact the at least one stopping surface of the trail edge deflector thereby limiting downward movement of the trail edge deflector along the trail edge guide.