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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110031675 | STAPLING UNIT, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, AND STAPLING METHOD Certain embodiments provide a stapling unit including a stapler, a processing tray, a stapler moving mechanism, a sensor configured to scan sheets in a sheet width direction, and a controller configured to drive the stapler. The controller measures sheet width of the sh... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100171256 | Sheet Processing Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus that can prevent, with higher certainty, lift of the trailing end of each sheet placed in sheet stacking portion. This apparatus includes a first holding member and a second holding member that prevent lift of ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20090057974 | SHEET/PAGE BUFFER FOR SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS A page buffer for receiving and holding, in queue, pages prepared by a printer and subsequently processed by mailpiece inserter. The page buffer includes pairs of vertically-aligned rollers defining a plurality of page stations therebetween. Each pair of rollers is spac... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080308986 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING SYSTEM A sheet folding apparatus, including: a sheet folder configured to fold a sheet bundle; a sheet tray configured to support the sheet bundle folded by the sheet folder; a first frame configured to support the sheet folder; a second frame configured to movably support the... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080296826 | INTERMEDIATE CONVEYING APPARATUS A conveyance control device of an intermediate conveying apparatus calculates the number of sweets finished in terms of processing, based on information about the number of superposed sheets for one set and about the number of sets finished in terms of processing receiv... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080237964 | Post-processing apparatus and image forming system having the same apparatus A post-processing apparatus, including a stacker which stacks sheets, including a sheet stopping member which aligns the sheet and an urging member which urges the sheet to move toward the sheet stopping member, an accumulating section which is positioned upstream of th... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080185765 | Device for counting printed products of an imbricated stream of products A device for counting printed products of an imbricated stream includes a first measuring unit for detecting a printed product edge directed transversely of the conveying direction of the imbricated stream and with an evaluating unit which receives signals of the first ... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080099975 | SHEET STACK LOADER AND SHEET LOADING METHOD A sheet stack loader includes a loading table to support a first folded sheet bundle, an elevator to lift the first folded sheet bundle from the loading table, and a conveyer to convey a second folded sheet bundle into a space between the loading table and the first fol... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080054544 | Document sorting machine A document feeder system for use in a document sorting apparatus is disclosed. The document feeder system comprises upper and lower portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper, the upper and lower portions being movable relative ... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080012196 | FINISHER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A finisher for an image forming apparatus includes a pair of rotatable downstream rollers and a pair of rotable upstream roller between which a path on which an imaged medium travels. The finisher determines when a trailing edge of the medium is about to leave a nip of ... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070145660 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING METHOD A sheet post-processing apparatus of the present invention has, above a processing tray, a standby tray for making a sheet stand by. The sheet on the standby tray is dropped and supplied onto the processing tray, so that a sheet feeding path between the standby tray and... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20060279036 | OPTICAL SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL SHEET A method for manufacturing an optical sheet, comprises: (a) discharging a first lens material in liquid form being a material for a micro lens on a sheet in a dot array; (b) semi-curing the first lens material arranged on the sheet; (c) discharging a second lens materia... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060280521 | Paper delivering device and image forming apparatus A paper delivering device to deliver printing paper, including: a lower frame; an upper frame rotatably coupling with the lower frame by a hinge part and rotating between a driving position in which the upper frame is disposed to parallel with respect to the lower frame... | 12/14/2006 |
