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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109499 | Methods for moving a media sheet within an imaging device A method for moving a media sheet within an imaging device includes moving a media sheet along a media path by rotating an at least one roller. While the media sheet is moving, a first sensor is activated with the media sheet and then a second sensor is activated wi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7828282 | Pick-arm member to detect media amount An imaging system includes a media holder configured to hold a plurality of sheets of media. A pick arm, including a pick roller, is positioned to contact an individual sheet of the plurality of sheets of media in the media holder. A member has a measurable property... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7753360 | Measuring device, sheet-shaped material transporting device, image formation device and measuring method A measuring device, wherein a feed-out member feeds out an uppermost one of plural sheet-shaped materials stacked on a base by rotating in contact with the uppermost sheet-shaped material, has a detector that detects a force imparted to the base and the sheet-shaped... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731175 | Image forming apparatus and paper feeding method used with the same An image forming apparatus and a paper feeding method used with the image forming apparatus. An image forming apparatus includes: a paper feeding unit to accommodate a plurality of papers loaded thereon; a pick-up roller which picks up the papers loaded in the paper... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717415 | Paper feeding device A paper feeding device which includes a pickup roller assembly picking up a sheet of paper and transferring the paper, a stopper controlling the paper so that a front end of the paper is located on a lower portion of the pickup roller, a sensing unit sensing whether... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7677554 | Recording medium transfer apparatus A recording medium transfer apparatus includes a motor control unit for controlling the motor to rotate at higher speed when the recording medium is fed to the liquid ejection area than that when the recording medium is discharged out of the liquid ejection area, an... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7635127 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus for separating and feeding stacked sheets one by one, includes a separation roller which rotates and applies a feeding force to a sheet of stacked sheets, a friction member which opposes the separation roller and which applies friction agai... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7481421 | Sheet feeding apparatus There is provided a sheet feeding apparatus including a first feeding member that feeds at least one of the sheets from a feeding tray; a second feeding member that feeds the sheet fed by the first feeding member; a separating member, wherein a nip portion is formed... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7461840 | Sheet supply device and image forming apparatus A sheet supply device including: a device main body; a storage cassette having a stacking portion on which a sheet is loaded; a lifting mechanism that lifts up the stacking portion by using driving power supplied from a driving source; a delivery unit that is dispos... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7431286 | Media stack measurement and method A system and method include a printer input, a feedhead assembly, first and second sensors and a controller. The printer input is configured to hold a stack of media. The first sensor is coupled to the feedhead assembly and configured to measure at a first location ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431283 | Card-feeding mechanism A card-feeding mechanism has two rollers positioned before a limiting device, and a roller and a sensor positioned after the limiting device. When a motor rotates clockwise, a transmission device drives the three rollers simultaneously to deliver a card from a front... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422205 | Original feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus An original feeding apparatus includes a feeder tray for stacking originals, a separating device for separating the originals into a single sheet, and a feeding device for feeding the original to the separating device. The feeding device is raised or lowered between... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413185 | Paper sheet takeout apparatus A paper sheet takeout apparatus has a memory which has several processing modes, and stores parameters of a supply speed of a supply unit, a pressing force of a delivering roller and a separating force of a separating roller for each processing mode, a setting unit ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410159 | Paper feeding device with independent pickup rollers A papers feeding device, comprising first and second feeding units 10 and 20 in which pickup rollers 12 and 22 are mounted on two or more independent shafts 11 and 21 disposed on the right and left sides of the device to be ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7384032 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller and a separation pad, and the sheet feeding apparatus sequentially separates and feeds a sheet one by one in a nip portion formed by the feeding roller and the separation pad. The sheet feeding apparatus includes a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370857 | Paper feeding apparatus A paper feeding apparatus includes a housing accommodating a plurality of papers, a pickup unit, a rotation transmitting member and a torque transmitting member. The pickup unit has a pickup lever, a driving shaft rotatably supporting the pickup lever, and a pickup ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367555 | Recording medium transfer apparatus A recording medium transfer apparatus includes a motor control unit for controlling the motor to rotate at higher speed when the recording medium is fed to the liquid ejection area than that when the recording medium is discharged out of the liquid ejection area, an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357387 | Sheet feed device for feeding cut sheets while interposing shortened interval between successive fed two sheets A sheet is firstly fed only by a sheet feed roller and then relayed to a transportation roller. When the transportation roller starts conveying the sheet, a motor coupled to the sheet feed roller is deenergized so that the sheet feed roller is not rotated by the pow... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338042 | Sheet supplying apparatus The uppermost original of a bundle of originals placed on a stacking tray is photographed by an area sensor, and on the basis of chroma saturation information of image information thus obtained, whether the original to be separated is a color original is discriminat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331575 | Printer and method for feeding sheets in a printer A printer apparatus and method for sequentially withdrawing sheets loaded into a cassette and printing images on the sheets is provided. The printer includes: a pickup roller for picking up a sheet from a plurality of sheets in the cassette; a resistance member for ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325801 | Method and apparatus for detecting an absence of print media A method and apparatus for detecting the absence of print media in an imaging device, such as a printer. The printer includes a print mechanism, a media tray for supplying sheets of print media to the printer, and a pick mechanism for moving the sheets of print medi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320296 | Animal entertainment device An entertainment device for use by pets. The entertainment device can have a hollow enclosure with access openings and exit openings. The hollow enclosure may have one or more play items with diameters larger than the access openings and the exit openings within the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308853 | Bulk paper feeding device with intermediate conveyor for image forming device Provided is a bulk paper feeding device with an intermediate conveyor comprising a carrier capable of carrying a large quantity of paper, a paper feeding mechanism for picking up and feeding one sheet at a time of the paper from the carrier, and an intermediate conv... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275740 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets A system, method and article for adjusting the time interval between feeding of successive sheets of media in a printer or copier. The method comprises initiating a first pick signal for a sheet of the media and identifying a feed time for the sheet of media, and id... | 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 |
| 7258340 | Sheet registration within a media inverter Parallel printing systems and methods incorporate inverter assemblies for not only inverting media during transport through the system but also to register the media and to provide a velocity buffer transport with different drive velocities. The inverter assemblies ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255343 | Media sensing method of media dispenser A media sensing method of a media dispenser is disclosed capable of discriminating various media and accurately discriminating whether a media is normal by using the least sensors. The media sensing method of a media dispenser includes: setting an initial reference ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252283 | Paper-pickup clutch of automatic paper-feeding device A paper-pickup clutch of an automatic paper-feeding device includes a clamping member and a clamping-force adjusting member and can be applied to image processors such as printers, copiers or scanners. The automatic paper-feeding device includes a shaft and a paper-... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240899 | Sheet feeding device and sheet processing apparatus A sheet feeding device includes an elastic support member, a following movable member disposed so as to contact an uppermost sheet of a stack of sheets stacked on a sheet tray and can follow and move in accordance with the change in the stacking amount of the sheets... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240817 | Residual staple amount detection device of electric stapler In an electric stapler which is attachably and detachably provided with a staple cartridge 2 attached and detached to and from a magazine portion of a stapler main body 1 and in which in the staple cartridge 2, sheet-like staples a each constitu... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222847 | Feeding apparatus and recording apparatus having the same The feeding apparatus includes a pressure plate cam gear which contacts and separates a pressure plate with and from a feeding roller rubber in a forward rotation of a stepping motor, then interrupts the drive power transmission to the pressure plate, then transmits... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213988 | Image forming device An image forming device is provided in which erroneous printing on a sheet of paper rather than the rear surface of the desired paper during manual double-side printing can be prevented. An image forming device for executing manual double-side printing in which a us... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199891 | Image processing method and apparatus, printing method and apparatus, image printing system and method and recording medium In equipments interconnected over an interface pursuant to the IEEE 1394 standard, the information indicating the detailed printing state is transmitted/received to prompt the user to take proper measures. An image printing system, proposed to this end, includes an ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198265 | Imaging apparatus including a movable media sensor An imaging apparatus includes a printing mechanism having a media path. A print media source is provided for supplying a sheet of print media to the printing mechanism. A drive unit is provided, with a drive shaft coupled to the drive unit. A media sensor device is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197273 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus In a sheet feeding apparatus, a contact-type sensor for detecting sheet-like documents stored in document tray is separated into upper document detector and a lower document detector arranged at upper and lower sides of the document tray, respectively. The sheet-lik... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193380 | Method for rotating a printer paper-feed roller A method for rotating a printer paper-feed roller wherein the roller is driven by a DC (direct current) motor. A feedback-control signal is applied to the motor until the roller reaches a desired rotational position. The feedback-control signal is a function of an e... | 03/20/2007 |
