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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091885 | Mail doubles detection and correction system A mail doubles detection and correction system for a mail processing system with a feeder includes a mail support configured to support at least two mail pieces in a detection space downstream of the feeder, a pair of vacuum belt assemblies disposed on opposite side... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7815184 | Paper sheet separating and take-out device A take-out device includes a take-out mechanism which takes out postal matters supplied to a take-out position at one end of a deposit section one by one, a separating mechanism which separates second and subsequent postal matters that are carried along with a posta... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806400 | Image forming apparatus A loosening fan provided in an air blowing unit blows at sheets stacked on a tray to loosen the sheets. When, during a sheet feeding operation, a multi-feed detection unit detects a multi-feed condition, the loosening fan is controlled such that an air pressure that... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7753358 | Tabbed sheet support unit, sheet feeding device, and image forming apparatus A tabbed sheet table is detachably attached to a lifting and lowering tray when a tabbed sheet is fed. A tabbed sheet regulating member is provided in a side surface on an upstream side in a sheet feeding direction of the tabbed sheet table while being movable in a ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7562868 | Imaging apparatus with media supply system employing vibration for media separation A media supply system (40) suitable for use in an imaging apparatus (30) to remove sheets of imaging media from a stack of one or more sheets of imaging media. Media supply system (40) includes a pickup assembly (50) and an actuator syste... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7527257 | Method and device for lifting individual flat objects, particularly printing plates to be exposed A method for lifting individual flat objects from a stack of objects includes providing at least two suction elements spaced apart from one another for lifting a respective object, alternately lifting the respective objects with the suction elements, and either forc... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7367554 | Member for preventing feeding of a plurality of sheets at a time A member for preventing feeding of a plurality of sheets at a time including a composition containing a resin component. Not less than 10 parts by mass nor more than 100 parts by mass of a polyester thermoplastic elastomer is contained in 100 parts by mass of the re... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364151 | Plate supplying apparatus A plate supplying apparatus 1 allows, when taking out a plate P from a cassette 2 and transporting the plate toward an image recording apparatus 8, a support section 33 to operate such that the pivot angle of the support section 33... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328896 | Apparatus for separating a sheet of print media from a stack of sheets An apparatus (32) for separating a sheet of print media from a stack (30) of porous sheets includes a sheet conveyor for conveying a topmost sheet (30.1) of print media which has been separated from the stack (30) to a printing station ( | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320552 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, which is able to output menu items and set values provided for the respective menu items, outputs the set value changed from the factory default set value and the menu item corresponding to the set value distinctly from unchanged set valu... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7303188 | Document separator A document separator for use in a document processing machine. The document separator has a flexible loop of material adjacent to a document transport mechanism so that it holds one or more documents back from being transported along a transport path while allowing ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290764 | Modular guide apparatus for tab stock received in a feeder tray A tab guide is provided for aligning tab stock in a paper tray of a printer having a trail edge guide including a substantially planar sheet-engaging face and a stack height finger extending from the sheet engaging face in a process direction for engaging a top surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7222846 | Sheet take-out apparatus and method of taking out sheets A sheet take-out apparatus is disclosed that includes a sheet-feeding member on which sheets are placed. The apparatus includes an air spout unit to spout out air towards a right or left side of a front portion of the sheets with respect to a take-out direction of t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198264 | Sheet supplying device In a sheet supplying device for feeding a sheet from a sheet stack configured by stacking plural sets of sheets collated by page order, each of which corresponds to one volume, for each set of sheets, in a state where the sheets are superimposed on one another so as... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172116 | Automatic dispensing machine of cards and card like goods Dispensing more than one card or card like good is prevented to prevent issuing a duplicate with an automatic dispensing machine of card or card like good having a table which supports the piled up card or card like good. A sucking device is located over the table a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168698 | Sheet sucking/removing method and sheet sucking/removing device In a sheet sucking/removing device, suction cups are controlled to a state of a first negative pressure which is a minimum pressure needed to suck and remove only one uppermost printing plate, and sucking/removing is carried out. Thereafter, the suction cups are con... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7128317 | Moveable media dam A moveable media dam comprises a media dam rotatably connected to a dam shaft, the dam shaft extending from a lever. An arm has at least one camming member and the lever is engaged by the at least one camming member. The arm operably engages a gear train and further... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108257 | Sheet-supply device A sheet-supply device supplying sheets one at a time from a stack of sheets in a sheet feeding direction. The device includes a slanting plate on which a stack of sheets is mounted. A sheet feed roller is positioned above the slanting plate applying a force to an up... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108258 | Apparatus for feeding flat items The invention relates to a device for the delivery of flat objects to a friction/suction picking device with a suction head, the objects standing in a stack on a thin edge thereof on a support surface arranged on a stop surface and transported in the direction of th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080832 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; a sucker bar device having at least one sucker for contacting the sheet material, the sucker bar device having a pivot axis, and an actuator for pivoting the sucker bar de... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7021887 | Singulator for stacked work pieces An apparatus and associated method for singulating a first work piece from a plurality of stacked work pieces, the plurality of stacked work pieces comprising a second work piece adjacent the first work piece. A stripping member is engageable against the second work... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994340 | Sheet feeding apparatus having an air fluffer A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a stack of sheets in a direction of movement to a process station, including: a sheet tray for holding the stack of sheets; an air plenum, positioned above the stack of sheets, for picking up a sheet from the stack of sheets whe... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971645 | Device for selecting mail items The present invention relates to a selection device for separating one by one, or singulating, the items of a stack of mail items, comprising a support surface, conveying means for driving these mail items over the support surface, a mobile presser plate cooperating... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969168 | Media loading and separation system for printer A media loading and separation system includes a spring pick block with an inclined surface having a lower end; an indentation, formed near the lower end of the inclined surface, having a substantially vertical surface; and a spring arm movably disposed in response ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6932529 | Method and systems for accessing a separation pad in a printing device A printing device including a feed roller assembly, a separation pad located adjacent to the feed roller assembly, and a printer housing having an access plate. The separation pad is user-accessible when the access plate is opened. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918581 | Paper sheet take-out apparatus A paper sheet take-out apparatus comprises a paper feed table on which paper sheets are placed as a stack, a take-out rotor which absorbs and takes out the uppermost paper sheet placed on the paper feed table, and a positioning mechanism which positions the uppermos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6893175 | Method and system for high speed digital metering A system and a method to control the motion of envelopes within a postage printing module to accommodate the use of slower print techniques and to achieve continuous high speed throughput in a mail processing system. At least two print heads in series are utilized t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893013 | Input tray mechanical blocking apparatus A media block system for the input tray of a media processing device. A barricade is provided in the input tray and is movable between blocking and retracted positions. The barricade is moved by an arm and a lever connected to a feed roll shaft whereby rotation of t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883797 | Swapping feed and separation rollers A sheet feeding system has a pick roller, a first roller, and a second roller. The ends of the first and second rollers are coupled together. The pick roller acquires, or picks, a sheet from a stack of sheets and passes the sheet to the first and second rollers. One... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883796 | Film supply system for using with a photosensitive film imager A film supply system for use in an imager to separate sheets of photosensitive media from a film cartridge and deliver individual sheet of the photosensitive media to a film transport system. The film supply system comprises: a frame for attachment of the film suppl... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6843474 | Method and device for application of thin objects The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for separation and application of thin objects of a non-porous material or of a material of low porosity on a surface. The invention also relates to a package for the thin objects. With the aid of a pick ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6827436 | Ink jet recording apparatus A recording apparatus is capable of recording images in high quality by supporting and operating each member in good precision despite the use of inexpensive and simple structure for the supporting member thereof. A recording unit is provided with a chassis made in ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6817606 | Packaging material of photothermographic image recording sheet and detecting method of presence/absence of residual photothermographic image recording sheet The problem of the present invention is to clear the packaging material and the presence/absence detecting method of the residual photothermographic image recording sheet, which are improved so that the concave section or the notched section provided on the bottom p... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6793213 | Feeding apparatus for material sheets In a feeding apparatus for material sheets, package blanks (B) are stored stacked in layers in a hopper (2) that opens downward, for example. A plurality of stopper guides (20) are arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the package blan... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6779793 | Device for decollating flat objects, preferably printing plates The invention relates to a device for decollating flat objects from a stack, in particular objects individually separated from one another in the stack by interlayers, preferably printing plates. The object of the invention is to ensure that only one object is taken... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6769678 | Sheet separating device A device for separating a lowermost flat product from a stack of flat products including at least one sucker cup moveable so as to removably attach along a front edge portion of the lowermost flat product and to separate the lowermost flat product from a next adjace... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6742779 | Automatic document transport method and device using suction to retain unfed documents during feeding In connection with a method for automatically inserting documents to be displayed on a display device and/or copied in a digitizing device, such as microfiches, microfilm jackets or the like, in which process one document at a time is transported from a stack of doc... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6718875 | Apparatus for extracting and conveying printing plates An apparatus for extracting and conveying a printing plate. The apparatus includes separation plates disposed at corners of a cassette accommodating at least printing plates. Air enters between an uppermost printing plate that is extracted and an underlying printing... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6705606 | Bag placer magazine A bag placer magazine such as for feeding flat pleated paper or plastic bags to a bag filling apparatus. The bag magazine accommodates flat pleated bags stacked horizontally on a moveable conveyor platform which circulates around the stacked bags. Bags are removed o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705605 | Methods of and apparatus for feeding sheets of material An apparatus for feeding sheets of material, such as paper, sequentially from the bottom of a stack of sheets comprises a suction chamber, a perforated belt movable over the suction chamber, a sheet restraining gate above the downstream end of the suction chamber, a... | 03/16/2004 |
