Peripheral with adjustable input and output trays
View Patent ↗A peripheral, such as a printer, includes a peripheral body, a first tray arcuately moveable about the body, and a second tray arcuately moveable about the body allowing for various media feed path arrangements between the first and second trays.
1. A peripheral device, comprising:
a body having a substantially circular cross-section;
a first tray rotatably connected to said body, said first tray rotatably traveling around at least a first portion of an exterior surface of said body;
a second tray rotatably connected to said body, said second tray rotatably traveling around at least a second portion of the exterior surface of said body, said second portion around which said second tray travels overlapping said first portion around which said first tray travels; and
said first tray defining a first portion of a media feedpath and said second tray defining a second portion of said media feedpath with the rotatable travel of each of said first tray and said second tray about the exterior of said body allowing the media feedpath to have a multiplicity of configurations.
2. The peripheral device of claim 1 wherein one of said first tray and said second tray is rotatable through an arc of about 200 degrees.
3. The peripheral device of claim 2 wherein the other of said first tray and said second tray is rotatable through an arc of about 100 degrees.
4. The peripheral device of claim 1 further comprising a media feed mechanism in at least one of said first tray and said second tray.
5. The peripheral device of claim 4 further comprising a media feed mechanism in each of said first tray and said second tray.
6. A printer, comprising:
a printer body;
a first tray arcuately moveable around a first portion of said printer body, said first tray defining a first portion of a media feedpath; and
a second tray arcuately moveable around a second portion of said printer body, said second portion overlapping said first portion, said second tray defining a second portion of said media feedpath;
wherein said overlapping allows said first tray and said second tray to be moveably positioned allowing said first tray and said second tray to be placed in one of a multiplicity of configurations forming one of a multiplicity of media feedpath configurations.
7. The printer of claim 6 further comprising said body being substantially cylindrical.
8. The printer of claim 6 further comprising said body having a display.
9. The printer of claim 6 further comprising said first and second trays being configurable into a U-shaped media feedpath.
10. The printer of claim 6 wherein said first and second trays are configurable into a L-shaped media feedpath.
11. The printer of claim 6 wherein said first tray and said second trays are configurable into a straight-through media feedpath.
12. The printer of claim 6 said first and second tray configurable into various positions spaced about said body.
13. A peripheral, comprising:
a body;
a first tray movable about an exterior surface of said body through a first path; and,
a second tray movable about said exterior surface of said body through a second path, portion of the second path overlapping with a portion of the first path allowing said first and second trays to positioned in one of a multiplicity of feedpath configurations.
14. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein said first and second trays are arrangeable in a vertical U-shaped feedpath configuration.
15. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein said first and second trays are arrangeable in a horizontal U-shaped feedpath configuration.
16. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein said first and second trays are arrangeable in a straight-through feedpath configuration.
17. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein said first and second trays are moveable to an L-shaped configuration.
18. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein said first and second trays are moveable to an acute angled feedpath configuration.
19. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein said first and second trays are moveable to an obtuse angled feedpath configuration.
20. The peripheral of claim 13 wherein at least one of said first tray and said second tray includes a feeding mechanism.
21. The peripheral device of claim 1 wherein the multiplicity of configurations in the media feedpath include a straight-through, a C shape, an L shape, and a U-shape.