Aaron W Billings

US Patent:

6688590, Feb 10, 2004

Filed:

Dec 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/732640

Inventors:

Aaron Wendell Billings - Versailles KY
David Allen Crutchfield - Lexington KY
David Vincent Iorio - Lexington KY
Galen Arthur Rasche - Lexington KY

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc. - Lexington KY

International Classification:

B65H 344

US Classification:

271 905, 271 911, 271 912, 271 913

Abstract:

A mechanism ( ) which can be used in a printer ( ), for example, for selectively moving sheets from first and second sheet stacks, including a rotating shaft ( ), a mechanism for causing the rotating shaft ( ) to rotate in first and second directions, and first and second media picks ( ). Rotation of the rotating shaft ( ) in the first direction causes the first media pick ( ) to move a sheet from the first sheet stack ( ) and rotation of the rotating shaft ( ) in the second direction causes the second media pick ( ) to move a sheet from the second sheet stack ( ).

US Patent:

6371611, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Mar 2, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/517034

Inventors:

Aaron Wendell Billings - Versailles KY
David Vincent Iorio - Lexington KY
John Dennis Zbrozek - Lexington KY

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc. - Lexington KY

International Classification:

B41J 201

US Classification:

347104, 400624, 400625, 271264

Abstract:

A printer having a media path through which a media sheet having a first surface and a second surface is transported. The printer includes a printhead, and a media frame having a base and an extension portion angularly extending upwardly away from the base. The base has a first edge spaced apart from a second edge. The first and second edges are located for contacting the media sheet on the first surface. The extension portion has a support surface for providing support for the media sheet at the first surface. The printer further includes a roller assembly having a roller positioned opposed to the extension portion, the roller engaging the second surface of the media sheet to define a line of contact with the media sheet. The line of contact defined by the roller and the first edge of the base determine a first curvature of the media sheet having a first radius, and the first edge and the second edge determine a second curvature of the media sheet having a second radius.