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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186666 | Conveying device and image forming device A conveying device includes: a main body; a holding unit that holds media that is attached and detached to and from the main body; a third conveying member that conveys a single medium among the media held in the holding unit; a first conveying member that conveys t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172218 | Paper feed system In a paper feed system where a first paper feed mechanism takes out and transfers one by one a plurality of papers placed on a paper feed table in a stack and a second paper feed mechanism transfers the papers transferred by the first paper feed mechanism to an imag... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8100396 | Media sheet exit baffle An apparatus for directing media sheets from a media tray to a feed roller may be coupled to a feeder module. The apparatus includes a support member, a coupler, and a media director. The support member extends across a portion of a media tray width. The coupler ext... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087659 | Conveying device, method of controlling the conveying device, and recording device using the conveying device A conveying device in which positional displacement of a sheet may occur due to, for example, backlash of a mechanical system is provided. In the conveying device, when the speed of an encoder is decelerated to a predetermined speed after an edge of a sheet abuts ag... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8056894 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a feeder unit, and a frame unit. The frame unit includes a pair of plate-like metal frames, each plate-like metal frame having an inner surface extending in a parallel direction to a sheet feeding path and i... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047528 | Image forming apparatus To provide an image forming apparatus that can highly accurately position and convey, even if an inter-sheet distance of sheets to be conveyed is reduced, the sheets from registration rollers to a transfer position when a toner image on an image bearing member movin... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8028986 | Gears for manufacturing printer, method of using the gears, and the printer A printer having a switch gear, first driven gear and second driven gear. The switch gear has a spur gear and is slidable along a direction that is parallel to a rotation axis of the spur gear. The first driven gear has a first spur gear and a cylinder fixed to the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016282 | Transport for singulating items A method of singulating overlapping items includes receiving the overlapping items in a singulation device, the device including a first transport element configured for rotation in a first direction and a second transport element in opposing relation to the first t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7992858 | Sheet conveying apparatus, image scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus A disclosed sheet conveying apparatus includes a first conveying unit configured to convey a sheet in a first sheet conveying direction; and a second conveying unit arranged on a downstream side of the first conveying unit in the first sheet conveying direction and ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971867 | Sheet feeding apparatus and medium detecting method A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding unit capable of feeding a sheet-like medium, plural speed detecting units capable of respectively detecting a speed of the medium fed by the feeding unit, at plural positions along a width direction of the medium orthogon... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7946571 | Method for controlling the feed of sheets to a sheet-fed printing press A method for controlling the feed of sheets to a sheet-fed printing press is provided for a sheet feeder unit comprising an individual drive assigned to each of a plurality of components provided for supplying the sheets in a stack, separating the sheets from a stac... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7900908 | Automatic paper feed device, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus An automatic paper feed device is provided, including a cover member that has a paper insertion opening in a nearly rectangular shape, the paper insertion opening having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to both a transport direction of the paper and a thicknes... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7780161 | Method of picking media in printer A method of picking sheet media in a printer is provided. In the method a pick-up roller is caused to contact with sheet media of a supply of sheet media, the pick-up roller is rotatably driven with a motor via a gear assembly so that the pick-up roller picks up the... | 08/24/2010 |
| RE41513 | Paper-separating mechanism A paper-separating plate is adapted for a paper-separating mechanism having a paper-separating roller. The paper-separating plate placed around a side of the paper-separating roller comprises a main body and a cushion. The main body has a surface and a plurality of ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7726642 | Large capacity bottom feed dispenser A dispenser for dispensing flat media comprises a media storage bin at a first end and a discharge chute at a second end, with a coarse media separator located adjacent the media storage bin and a rear conveyor which is intermittently driven to convey the media towa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7703760 | Method and a device for processing and separating an imbricate formation of flexible, flat objects The invention relates to a method and to a device for processing and separating an imbricate formation of flexible, flat objects 10, in particular of folded printed products. The imbricate formation is influenced by way of a guide means 1 which at leas... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7681876 | Printer having disengageably gear driven media pick-up roller A printer comprising: a sheet media transport mechanism for transporting sheet media past a printhead; a pick-up roller arranged to be rotated so as to contact and pick-up sheet media from a supply of sheet media and deliver the picked sheet media to the sheet media... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7628393 | Device and method for taking out sheets A sheet takeout device includes a takeout belt brought into contact with a sheet set in a takeout position to generate negative pressure to adsorb the sheet, and traveled in a direction of an arrow T, and a separation roller which separates second and following shee... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7611139 | Item transport with singulation detection A method of transporting items includes receiving a group of one or more items in a singulation device, implementing a singulation routine, measuring a speed of a first portion of the group, measuring a speed of a second portion of the group, and comparing the speed... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7591457 | Printing medium transport apparatus and method and printing apparatus A printing medium transport apparatus and method and printing apparatus which is capable of properly transporting a printing medium by the cooperation of two rollers under independent drive without incurring the complication, size increase and price increase of the ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584951 | Conveyance control device, recording apparatus including the same, and convenyance control method A conveying device which can determine whether an error occurred therein. When a transmission unit is in a transmission state, a sheet feed roller is driven by a DC motor to perform first driving for conveying a sheet up to a conveying roller. The occurrence of an e... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7494119 | Image recording apparatus When an image is recorded on a recording medium conveyed by a conveyance mechanism, prescribed information is set in accordance with an interval between a first medium detection unit that is provided between a supply mechanism that supplies the recording medium and ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7458569 | Device for separating the individual sheets of a print medium Sheets (12, 14) of a print medium kept in a stack (10) are individually fed into an office machine. The edge of the uppermost sheet (12) is raised off the corresponding edge of the following second sheet (14). At least one band (32... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458568 | Method for compensating a gear backlash and apparatus for carrying out said method An electrographic printer using a print web medium is provided with a web adjusting apparatus having a geared motor for adjusting the web position. A method and apparatus to compensate for backlash in the geared motor includes a sensor to detect an end position of r... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7429039 | Hinge device, automatic document feeder, scanning unit, and image forming apparatus A hinge device is configured that when a cover is opened, a support-section-side pivot shaft is guided upward by a fixed-section-side guide groove; and a fixed-section-side pivot shaft is guided while being restricted in downward movement by a support-section-side g... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425001 | Sheet handling apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet stacker for stacking sheets; a separating device for separating and feeding the sheets stacked on the sheet stacker; and a register roller disposed adjacent to the separating device for correcting a skew of the sheet. An u... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7410166 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a platen which is set at an image reading position, a loading guide portion which is arranged upstream in a convey direction of an original to be adjacent to the platen and guides the original to an upper surface of the platen, a ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404552 | Paper sheet handling apparatus, automatic transaction apparatus, and paper sheet conveying apparatus Paper sheets or the like inserted in a bundled state from the outside are conveyed in that state to an advancing section. Then, the paper sheets or the like, advanced on sheet by sheet basis from the advancing section, are conveyed to temporary holding section and r... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392980 | Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus A sheet feed device includes: a conveyor roller that rotates in a first direction; a separation roller rotatable in a second, reverse to the first direction, that nips a sheet with the conveyor roller; a sheet detector provided at a detecting position to detect a nu... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7367731 | Feeding accuracy adjustment apparatus, recording apparatus, liquid ejecting apparatus, feeding accuracy adjustment method for recording medium The printer 1 includes a controller 32 for feeding at least a sort of recording medium P to a feed mechanism, obtaining a tendency of degradation of feed accuracy with respect to at least one sort of the recording medium, calculating an adjustment valu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367556 | Sheet-handling apparatus A sheet-handling apparatus includes a base, a second motor and a sheet-fetching assembly driven by the second motor. The sheet-fetching assembly has a passive gear and a floating gear. When the passive gear rotates, the floating gear revolves around the passive gear... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360959 | Printer apparatus A printer body of a printer apparatus is provided with paired bearing portions such that the paired bearing portions face each other, while a paper support for supporting a paper sheet is provided with paired rotating shaft portions, which are rotatably journaled by... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360485 | Planographic printing plate feeding apparatus In a planographic printing plate feeding apparatus, a load W applied to a stack of plates by a pickup roller which feeds a planographic printing plate from the stack is adjusted. If the load W is increased and exceeds a single feeding threshold, and if a conveyance ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7339654 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus is provided including a sheet feed tray on which sheets of a plurality of sizes are placed. A conveying unit conveys a sheet on the sheet feed tray to a predetermined processing position. A sheet position detector has a plurality of light... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328897 | Card printer and method of printing on cards A compact system adapted for card imaging, card laminating, or other card processing, comprises a card processor positioned on a horizontal card feed path and configured to process one or both faces of a rectangular card such as a plastic credit or debit card. A car... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324242 | Photographic processing system A photographic processing system comprises: a printing unit 3 for forming photographic prints based on image data read out from a negative film; a CD-R writing device 2 for writing the image data in a CD-R; a sorter 14 having numerous trays 1... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320462 | Automatic document transportation device An automatic document transportation device includes a shutter, a stopper and a shutter releasing mechanism. The shutter is provided at upstream of a document feed roller and suspended from a cover under a freely swinging state. The stopper is provided on a pickup a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320464 | Original reading device with controller An original reading device includes a registration roller located upstream of an original reading position in an original transport path for adjusting the timing of feeding an original to the original reading position. There is at least one original feed roller for ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320463 | Device for feeding a processing section A device for feeding a processing section with printed products includes a magazine and a feeding mechanism that includes a gripping mechanism and a conveying mechanism for removing the printed products from the magazine and feeding them to the processing section. T... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309005 | ATM cassette adjustable to hold different sized currency An ATM currency cassette is adjustable to hold currency of different heights. An assembly is removably connected to the inside of the cassette lid. With the lid in the closed position the currency is maintained in a proper position by the assembly. The assembly is a... | 12/18/2007 |
