Three state shifting device for multi-function office equipment

Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Multiple supplies

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271 911, 271 913, 271 1011, 358498, B65H 344

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059543264

ABSTRACT:
A multi-function sheet handling system including an automatic document feeder (ADF) for automatically feeding sheets of a document held in an ADF input tray. An ADF pick roller selectively picks a sheet of the document and advances the picked sheet along an ADF path. The system includes an automatic sheet feeder (ASF) for automatically feeding sheets of a print media held in an ASF input tray. An ASF pick roller selectively picks a sheet from the ASF input tray and advances the picked sheet along an ASF path. The system further includes an ADF gear for driving the ADF roller, an ASF gear for driving the ASF roller, and a motor drive including a gear train, the motor drive including a stepper motor or other motor with position control. A three-state shifting device couples the motor drive gear train to the ADF and the ASF gears. The shifting device has a neutral state wherein neither the ADF gear nor the ASF gear is driven, an ADF state wherein only the ADF gear is driven, and an ASF state wherein only the ASF gear is driven. The shifting device includes a cam swing arm having a plurality of cam surfaces, and a ratcheting cam follower. The shifting device is shifted from one state to another by operation of the motor in a sequence of reverse and/or forward motor drive operations.

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