Patent ID: 7007947

Claim:
A media storage bin for receiving printed media, the media storage bin comprising: a floor and a pair of spaced apart walls, at least one of said pair of spaced apart walls including a top wall surface, the pair of spaced apart walls spaced to receive pieces of media and to retain said pieces of media in a stacked condition; a drop control flap mounted to an individual one of said pair of spaced apart walls, the drop control flap projecting into the bin, for engaging a piece of media, to delay the fall of said piece of media; a platform for supporting a stack of pieces of media, said platform being disposed in said bin between said floor and said wall top surface; and a spring disposed between said platform and said floor for maintaining the top of said stack at a predetermined distance from said top surface to provide thereby a constant fall distance between an individual one of said pieces of media and said top surface.