Patent ID: 8469359

Claim:
A media actuated, media diverter mountable on a guide member for a media sheet in a media path of an imaging device, the media path having a simplex path and a duplex path with the media guide member positioned between an exit of the simplex path and an entrance of the duplex path and an exit of the imaging device, the media diverter comprising: a plate having a media guiding surface along a first portion of an edge of the plate and a media contact surface along a second portion of the edge; and the plate sized to be movable in a slot through the guide member such that in a first position the media contact surface extends into the duplex path and when in a second position the media guiding surface extends into the simplex path, the plate biasable in the first position; wherein a media sheet fed into the duplex path contacts the media contact surface actuating the media diverter to move the plate to the second position wherein a following media sheet in the simplex path is directed to the exit of the imaging device.