Patent ID: 8905537

Claim:
A media handling device for a printer comprising: a base structure including a slot; and a first assembly engaged with the base structure, the first assembly comprising: a carrier structure having a first end that is coupled to a pivot point of the base structure, a second end that is engaged to the base structure, and a middle region between the first end and the second end, the carrier structure being capable of partially moving inwards from an original position and being biased to return to the original position, the carrier structure including a pin in the middle region that extends perpendicularly out from a side of the carrier structure; and a starwheel engaged with the pin of the carrier structure to rotate while contacting a media sheet during a print operation, the starwheel being positioned within the slot of the base structure; wherein the carrier structure includes a second pin in the middle region that extends perpendicularly out from another side of the carrier structure, wherein the first assembly includes one or more additional starwheels engaged with the pin or the second pin, and wherein an equal number of starwheels are provided on each side of the carrier structure.