Patent ID: 7591463

Claim:
A media cassette for an automatic media dispenser, comprising: a media seat for supporting lower edges of media aligned in a stack in said media cassette; and an adjustment device for allowing a user to select and fix a height of said media seat from a bottom of said media cassette, so as to accommodate a size of media having a given dimension from its lower edge to its upper edge, wherein said media seat includes a first surface supporting side edges of the media at one end of the media and a second surface supporting side edges of the media at an opposite end of the media, and wherein said adjustment device includes: a base plate forming said bottom of said media cassette, said base plate having a first guide piece provided with a first guide slot, a second guide piece provided with a second guide slot, a third guide piece provided with a third guide slot, and a fourth guide piece provided with a fourth guide slot; a first link mechanism positioned between said first and second guide pieces, said first link mechanism having a first elevating leg rotatably connected to a first connection link plate proximate a first end of said first elevating leg, and rotatably connected to a first connection pin proximate a second end of said first elevating leg, wherein said first connection pin is moved along said first and second guide slots, and a height of said first connection link plate can be user adjusted relative to said base plate; a second link mechanism positioned between said third and fourth guide pieces, said second link mechanism having a second elevating leg rotatably connected to a second connection link plate proximate a first end of said second elevating leg, and rotatably connected to a second connection pin proximate a second end of said second elevating leg, wherein said second connection pin is moved along said third and fourth guide slots, and a height of said second connection link plate can be user adjusted relative to said base plate; and a support mechanism for retaining said first and second link mechanisms, such that said first and second connection link plates remain at a user's adjusted height relative to said base plate.