Patent ID: 8794624

Claim:
An apparatus for directing a cut media in a media feed system comprising: an incoming media path; a first outgoing media path; a second outgoing media path; a curved baffle positioned between the incoming media path and at least the first outgoing media path; an air input configured to input air along the curved baffle, wherein an interaction between air supplied through the air input and the curved baffle causes, at least in part, a media fed through the incoming media path to take one of the first outgoing media path and the second outgoing media path; another curved baffle opposite the curved baffle, the another curved baffle being positioned between the incoming media path and at least the first outgoing media path, another air input configured to input air along the another curved baffle, a first air input device configured to cause air to flow into the air input when in an on-state; and a second air input device configured to cause air to flow into the another air input when in an on-state, wherein the media is drawn toward the curved baffle when the air input device is in the on-state to cause the media to be fed from the incoming media path to the first outgoing media path and the media is drawn toward the another curved baffle when the another air input is in the on-state to cause the media to be fed from the incoming media path to the second outgoing media path; wherein the curved baffle is positioned above the incoming media path with respect to a direction of gravity, the apparatus further comprising: an air input device configured to cause air to flow into the air input when in an on-state, wherein the media is drawn toward the curved baffle when the air input device is in the on-state to cause the media to be fed from the incoming media path to the first outgoing media path and the media is caused to fall away from the curved baffle when the air input device is in an off-state to cause the media to be fed from the incoming media path to the second outgoing media path, wherein a controller controls the air input devices to determine the outgoing media path.