Patent ID: 7674056

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a media path having a media transportation direction; a media transport element within said media path, wherein said media transport element is adapted to move media along said media path in said media transportation direction; a drive motor operatively connected to said media transport element, wherein said drive motor is adapted to provide drive force in a forward direction that causes said media transport element to move said media along said media path in said media transportation direction, and provide said drive force in a reverse direction opposite said forward direction; and a one-way drive transfer device operatively connected to said drive motor, wherein said one-way drive transfer device only transfers said drive force from said drive motor when said drive motor operates in said reverse direction, wherein said media path includes an access element operatively connected to said one-way drive transfer device, wherein said access element is adapted to allow jammed media to be removed from an interior of said media path, and wherein when said drive motor operates in said reverse direction, said one-way drive transfer device causes said access element to open and when said drive motor operates in said forward direction, the one-way transfer device causes said access element to close.