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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109498 | Sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device, having a sheet feeding mechanism and an image processor is provided. The sheet feeding mechanism includes a base structure, a first roller, and a second roller. The first roller includes a first shaft and a first roller body fixed to the firs... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104762 | Feeding device with feeding roller and transport rollers A feeding device includes a feeding roller and a pair of transport rollers. The feeding roller picks up stacked recording medium and feeds the recording medium downstream direction. The pair of transport rollers transport the fed recording medium to a recording sect... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8038141 | Document feeder and image scanning device provided with the same A document feeder includes a sheet tray loaded with sheets stacked thereon in a predetermined direction, a pickup unit pulling in sheets on the sheet tray and feed the sheets, a separation unit that separates a sheet from the sheets fed through the pickup unit and f... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7735819 | Automatic paper feed apparatus having improved paper separation device An automatic paper feed apparatus includes a paper pickup roller (21), a paper feed roller (31) and a paper separation device (10). The paper separation device is a compound gear consisting of a first paper separation gear (11) and a seco... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7673870 | Image forming apparatus provided with feeding roller having play in rotating direction A feeding roller is configured to be driven to rotate both in a forward direction for conveying the recording medium to an image forming position along a conveying path and in a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction. A conveying roller is configured to... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7628394 | Feeder and printer This invention is related to a feeder for transporting a print medium from a tray along a U-shaped transporting path. The feeder includes a movement member coupled to a feeding roller. The movement member includes a first portion located at a position such that the ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7441763 | Automatic document feeder A document feeder for multifunction printers or scanners offers high reliability and speedy paper-picking, -separating and -feeding functions. It comprises a picking module, a separating module and a feeding module. Since the three modules take turns to deliver pape... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7401913 | Recording apparatus A conveying roller and a paper expelling roller provided upstream and downstream, respectively, of a recording portion in a conveyance direction are connected via an idler gear so as to be able to perform drive transmission, a rotation drive amount of the idler gear... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387297 | Printing system sheet feeder using rear and front nudger rolls A printing system sheet feeder apparatus and method is provided. The printing system feeder includes a front nudger roll positioned near the leading edge of the top sheet of a sheet stack and the front nudger roll is capable of advancing the top sheet. In addition, ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370858 | Apparatus for and method of preventing paper double feeding in printer An apparatus for and method of preventing paper double feeding in a paper feeding unit of a printer include a stripper which is installed to be inclined at a predetermined angle and attached to at least one front side of a plurality of paper guides, a lever which is... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367553 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording head for effecting recording on a recording material in accordance with recording information; first feeding means including a grip roller and a pinch roller disposed downstream of the recording head with respect to a recor... | 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 |
| 7364152 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus In the course of sheet feeding by a sheet feeding roller, a depressing arm is depressed by a sheet feeding cam provided coaxially with the sheet feeding roller, whereby a depressing pawl is moved in a direction to be engaged with the stacking plate pawl of an stacki... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347419 | Sheet supplying device, image reading apparatus having the same and method of detecting overlapping sheets A sheet supplying device includes a stacker for placing sheets; a delivery device for separating and feeding the sheets on the stacker; a register device for temporarily holding a sheet; a sheet conveying guide for guiding the sheet from the register device to a pro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347415 | Paper feeding apparatus of image forming apparatus A paper feeding apparatus of an image forming apparatus has a paper setting unit that includes a knock-up plate raising/lowering portion raising and lowering a knock-up plate with respect to a pickup roller, a paper guide slidably formed on the knock-up plate to gui... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293769 | Sheets separation/conveying apparatus A sheets separation/conveying apparatus has a pick-up roller to take out sheets in the piled up state on the conveying path. The sheets taken out on the conveying path are checked when passing the first roller and plural sheets being conveyed in the overlapped state... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278634 | Device for controlling printed products A tape transport system for printed products includes a tape having a tape width, a pulley, and a lever arm supporting the pulley, the lever arm having a first side and a second side. The pulley has a first section disposed on the first side of the lever arm and a s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277668 | Sheet feeding unit and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding unit according to the invention includes a sheet stacking tray on which the sheet is stacked, a sheet feeding device which feeds the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking tray, and a unit frame which supports the sheet stacking tray and the sheet feedi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270325 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and method of detecting double feed A sheet feeding apparatus includes first and second transport devices disposed at a transport guide with a distance in between for nipping and transporting a sheet, and a double feed detection device disposed between the first transport device and the second transpo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261289 | Automatic document feeder for image forming apparatus An automatic document feeder for an image forming apparatus comprising a separation roller for separately carrying a plurality of paper sheets picked by a pickup roller, a feeding roller for carrying the paper sheets, a discharge roller for discharging the scanned p... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258335 | Eliminating drag of media sensor in printer media transport Drag from media sensor (80) of a printer is eliminated by it being pivoted through a slip connection off of pivoted media feed system (19) to briefly contact papers. The pivoted media feed is then moved in reverse a limited amount at which a rotatably ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240900 | Recording medium transport device and image forming apparatus A recording medium transport device includes a transport roller unit nipping a recording medium and transporting it to a recording area, the transport roller unit including a sheet detection lever coming in contact with a leading end part of the recording medium to ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234369 | Continuously adjustable self-lubricating mill roll drive Described is an adjustable roll drive including a fixed drive cylinder having a fixed drive gear, a fixed intermediate gear rotated by the fixed drive gear, a movable intermediate gear rotated by the fixed intermediate gear, and a movable driven cylinder having a mo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225985 | Optical scanner An optical scanner is provided with a carrier, a casing, a driving unit and a transmission unit. The carrier has a connecting unit and an optical system mounted thereon. The casing has a guiding rail formed as integral unit on the interior wall. The guiding rail has... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216864 | Paper supply cassette for an image forming device A paper supply cassette includes a separately formed case, accommodating unit cover, and handle part. A separating mechanism for separating and conveying paper stacked in the case one sheet at a time is supported in a support unit provided on the front side surface ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210677 | Paper feeder and image scanning device A paper feeder includes a sheet supply unit that feeds sheets placed on a sheet placing part, a separating roller the separates the sheets fed by the sheet supply unit one sheet at a time and supplies each sheet to a sheet transportation path, a transportation rolle... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204486 | Sheet discharging apparatus A sheet discharging apparatus is constructed of a sorting device and a reversible conveying device. Normal sheets are fed by the sorting device and conveyed in an arrangement in zigzag in two rows and conveyed on a primary path. Near an exit of the primary path, the... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195237 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method An automated banking machine (10) includes at least one of sheet dispensing mechanisms (34, 36, 38, 40, 210). Each sheet dispensing mechanism includes a picking member (72, 212). The picking member rotates, and with each rotation generally cause... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192024 | Sheet material processing A feed mechanism feeds sheet material sequentially on demand to a take-up mechanism of processing machinery. The feed mechanism has a feed table with a gate. Sheets may be stacked against the gate, which allows only the lowermost sheet to pass therebeneath. Rollers ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182336 | Paper feeder, recording apparatus, and method of detecting a position of a terminal edge of a recording material in the recording apparatus A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turn... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182337 | Paper feeder, recording apparatus, and method of detecting a position of a terminal edge of a recording material in the recording apparatus A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turn... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172091 | Mop dispenser A flat mop dispenser having a container comprising a holding pan and at least one roller proximate the pan. The roller is positioned proximate to a stack of flat mops in the pan and the roller rotates to engage a flat mop and dispense the flat mop out of the dispens... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172190 | Paper feeding mechanism for an inkjet printer and method for using the same A paper feeding mechanism for an inkjet printer having a rapid printing speed and which continuously supplies and discharges sheets of paper during alignment operations of the feed roller. The paper feeding mechanism includes a drive gear coaxially coupled to a shaf... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165765 | Sheet feeding apparatus and recording apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus for separating and feeding a plurality of sheets stacked on a sheet stacking portion one by one includes feeding means for feeding the plurality of sheets stacked on the sheet stacking portion, separation means for separating the sheets one... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152859 | Sheet separator A sheet separator for a printer includes a plurality of inclined separator strips, with a feed mechanism for urging a sheet from a stack toward the separator strips. The separator strips are oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the sheets of the stack, and at lea... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152858 | Guiding and positioning apparatus and method thereof A guiding and positioning apparatus for accurate guiding and input of a print media sheet to a business machine. The guiding and positioning apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a retaining member, a guiding member, a sliding member, a roller, a first spring, a seco... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144006 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method An automated banking machine (10) includes at least one of sheet dispensing mechanisms (34, 36, 38, 40, 210). Each sheet dispensing mechanism includes a picking member (72, 212). The picking member rotates, and with each rotation generally cause... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125013 | Automatic feeding device and recording apparatus provided with such automatic feeding device An automatic feeding device for feeding plural number of recording sheets stacked on a pressure plate by separating them one by one is provided with a sheet-feeding roller for carrying the recording sheets stacked on the pressure plate; a separation roller for separ... | 10/24/2006 |
