Media storage bin and method of using same

Details Media storage bin and method of using same Media storage bin and method of using same

2006-03-07

2006-03-07

Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3651)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

To receiver for pack of sheets

C271S217000, C271S215000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07007947

ABSTRACT:
A media storage bin including a floor and a pair of spaced apart walls specifically spaced to receive pieces of media and to retain the pieces of media in a stacked condition. A drop control flap is mounted to an individual one of the spaced walls for delaying the fall of a piece of media into the bin. This wall includes a top surface. A platform for supporting a stack of pieces of media is disposed in the bin, between the wall top surface and the floor. A helical spring is disposed between the platform and the floor for maintaining the top of the media stack at a predetermined distance from the wall top surface to provide thereby a constant fall distance between an individual one of the pieces of media and the wall top surface. This is accomplished in a manner whereby the spring rate enables the platform to drop the thickness of one piece of media for each piece of media added to the top of the stack.

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