US 11,753,267 B2
Output tray fins
Rene Octavio Valenzuela-Rivas, San Diego, CA (US); and Ryan M. Smith, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/298,584
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029648
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222741, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041396 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 31/34 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 31/34 (2013.01) [B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 2405/115 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1117 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1144 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11151 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1412 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An output tray for a media dispensing device, the output tray comprising:
a support surface to support media dispensed from the media dispensing device; and
an alignment fin coupled to the support surface;
wherein the support surface is to transition between:
a closed position wherein the support surface is co-planar with a housing of the media dispensing device and the alignment fin is disposed below the support surface; and
an open position wherein the alignment fin is exposed through an aperture in the support surface;
wherein as the support surface is transitioned from the closed position toward the open position, the alignment fin is to:
extend through the aperture in the support surface; and
align the media dispensed from the media dispensing device into a stack on the support surface.