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Media guidance system for a scanning system

  • US 5,867,199 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1995
  • Issued: 02/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an optical scanner including a media support surface and a media loading system for directing a supply of recording media onto said media support surface during a media loading procedure, a media guidance system comprising:

  • means for guiding said recording media against said media support surface during said media loading procedure;

    means for positioning said guiding means a predetermined distance away from said media support surface, thereby forming a gap through which said recording media is directed by said media loading system during said media loading procedure;

    wherein said media support surface includes an exit aperture toward which a leading end of said recording media is directed by said media loading system during said media loading procedure, and wherein said media guidance system further includes means for flattening the leading end of said recording media against said media recording surface at said exit aperture to prevent the leading end of said recording media from jamming at said exit aperture.

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