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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186671 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus with rear end restriction members A sheet cassette includes a cassette main body, an intermediate plate, a pressure spring, and a first rear end restriction member provided slidably along a sheet feeding direction and restricting a rear end of a sheet. The sheet cassette also includes a second rear ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172223 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus with an abutment member on a movable guide A sheet feeding apparatus includes a placement surface on which a sheet to be transported is placed; a fixed guide which abuts against one side edge of the sheet; a movable guide which abuts against the other side edge of the sheet; a sheet feeding roller which abut... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8141868 | Sheet guiding apparatus A sheet guiding apparatus assembled on a shelf includes two guiding members, two adjusting plates, a first spring, two push bars, a second spring and two rotating members. The guiding member has a base board. A front of the base board defines a guiding portion defin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136809 | Image forming apparatus with moving first and second regulating members A trailing end of a sheet stored in a cassette body is regulated by a first trailing end regulating member and a second trailing end regulating member. the member is provided to be slid in a cassette case where the sheet is stored, and the member is provided in the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128084 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, in which a trailing edge regulation portion is moved to a position according to a sheet contained in a cassette body to regulate a position of the sheet. A positioning lever is swingably provided to the trailing edge regulation portion to... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123213 | Sheet size detection device A sheet size detection device for detecting a size of sheets which are held in a sheet tray is disclosed. The device comprises first and second guide members, first and second brackets, and a plurality of switches. The first guide member is movable in accordance wit... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113506 | Sheet supply apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet supply apparatus is provided with a print medium storage device for storing a print medium. The print medium storage device includes a guide member for guiding the print medium thus stored; an engaging portion for engaging the guide member at a specific posi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109504 | Paper feeding cassette The paper feeding cassette 10 has the cassette frame 10 for loading and storing paper, and the width-wise cursor 20 which is disposed in the cassette frame 10 and movably carries out the positioning of paper in the paper-width direction i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087664 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus An apparatus includes a housing unit in which sheets are stacked, and a regulator in the housing unit including a body that has surfaces at which ends of the sheets are regulated. The apparatus further includes a stopper in the regulator, a retainer in the housing u... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083224 | Tray assembly for a print production resource A tray assembly for a print production resource may include a tray and a guide assembly. The guide assembly may include a first width guide configured to contact a first side of a media stack at a first location below a top sheet of the media stack such that a first... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074981 | Paper holding device and printer with paper holding device A printer includes a main body and a paper holding device. The main body is capable of printing and outputting paper. The paper holding device is secured to the main body and includes a paper tray, a connecting mechanism, and a sliding mechanism. The paper tray is c... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070154 | Paper holding device and printer with the paper holding device A paper holding device includes a paper tray, a sliding plate, and a driving mechanism. The paper tray is configured for receiving printed paper. A shaft is secured to the paper tray. The sliding plate is slidably attached to the paper tray. A main gear member is di... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066277 | Image forming apparatus with width reguating member The present invention provides a sheet feeder apparatus in which a regulating member can securely be fixed without generating lateral slip of a sheet and an image forming apparatus. The regulating member regulates a sheet position in a width direction, and a fixing ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061708 | Sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device includes a sheet support, a restricting portion, a displacement section, and a link section. The restricting portion slides along a line passing through restricting points. The restricting portion restricts the position of the sheet when the r... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052141 | Recording-medium storage device and image forming apparatus A first engaging member makes a first engagement with a first locking member to lock an edge guiding unit. A second engaging member makes a second engagement with a second locking member to lock the edge guiding unit. The first locking member is movable to a first r... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042802 | Transporting device, image reading device, method and program storage medium The present invention provides a transporting device that includes: a transport unit that transports a document placed on a document tray; a detector that detects the width of the document placed on the document tray; a controller that controls the transport unit to... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025287 | Sheet material feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus The sheet material feeding apparatus according to this invention comprises a sheet material stacking unit selectively located at a feeding position for feeding a sheet material and at a standby position for non-feeding a sheet material; a first holding force applyin... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020855 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus including: a regulating member movable so as to regulate a position of a sheet in a sheet regulated position corresponding to the sheet to be contained in a cassette main body; a holding mechanism for holding the regulating member; and an o... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020854 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image processor and sheet feeding method A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a transporting unit that transports a sheet; guiding members that regulate side portions, in a sheet transporting direction, of the sheet, and that guide the sheet being transported; a distance changing member that is configured t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002270 | Media tray with media restraint assembly adjustable between and lockable at multiple closely spaced positions A media tray includes a housing and a media restraint assembly mounted in the housing having a position selection mechanism for placing respective floor portions of the housing in a selected one position of a multiplicity of closely spaced apart positions. The posit... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992862 | Sheet size detecting mechanism for use in automatic document feeder A sheet size detecting mechanism includes an adjustable module, a sensing module and a controlling unit. The adjustable module includes a first sheet guide, a second sheet guide, an adjustable part and a circular gear. The adjustable part is a moved to a position wh... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984903 | Device for automatically jogging mailpieces A jogging device for a feeder of a mail handling machine, which jogging device comprises a side jogging abutment mounted to move, under the action of a drive motor, along a guide rail that is disposed perpendicularly to a referencing wall, said side jogging abutment... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980555 | Sheet guide apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet guide apparatus including a sheet tray in which a sheet is placed and a side guide having an abutting portion that abuts the sheet placed in the sheet tray. The sheet tray includes a groove formed along a direction perpendicular to an abutting surface of the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976017 | Sheet-supply apparatus, and image recording apparatus including sheet-supply apparatus A sheet-supply apparatus, including a sheet accommodating portion which includes a support portion that supports, on a support surface thereof, a plurality of cut sheets such that the cut sheets are stacked on each other; a sheet-supply roller which is adapted to su... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967288 | Paper supply apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus with abutment member provided on movable guide A paper supply apparatus includes: a placement surface on which paper to be transported is placed; a fixed guide that guides the transport of the paper; a movable guide whose distance to the fixed guide in the widthwise direction of the paper is capable of being adj... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967287 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus and an image forming apparatus, in which a sheet can stably be fed with a simple configuration without decreasing strength of an intermediate plate. A fixed member 19 and a movable member 13 | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954807 | Sheet-feeding device and image forming apparatus provided with the same A sheet-feeding device includes a sheet-feeding cassette with a sheet holding surface for holding a sheet. A side wall extends up from the sheet holding surface. A sheet-restricting plate is in the cassette on a downstream side in the sheet-feeding direction for set... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946575 | Medium feeding unit and image forming apparatus having the same A medium feeding unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes: a cassette frame to load a printable medium; a guiding member disposed inside the cassette frame to move in a widthwise direction of the printable medium, and to guide the printable medium; and a ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942404 | Device of supplying paper medium A medium supply device includes a receiving portion including a support plate to form a bottom surface of the receiving portion, a support portion being formed on the support plate to support a central portion of a bottom surface of paper medium, and a guide being f... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7922171 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A slide cassette is slidably provided in a main cassette of a sheet cassette. When a sheet with a size larger than that of a sheet which may be stored in the main cassette is stored, the slide cassette is sled and moved to extend the sheet cassette. There is provide... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918448 | Sheet supplying device and image forming system A sheet supplying device, including a sheet stacking member which can stack various sized sheets, a side edge alignment member which moves perpendicular to a sheet supplying direction and aligns at least one of side edges of the stacked sheets placed on the sheet st... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913998 | Recording material guiding device and recording apparatus In a recording material guiding device, a second guide member is comprised of a hopper swinging surface, an edge guide member including a second side end guide member, and a liftup preventing guide. The hopper swinging surface is engaged in an opening provided in a ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7900911 | Image forming apparatus with width regulating member The present invention provides a sheet feeder apparatus in which a regulating member can securely be fixed without generating lateral slip of a sheet and an image forming apparatus. The regulating member regulates a sheet position in a width direction, and a fixing ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887048 | Paper feeding apparatus with paper size detectors A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883085 | Guide devices and image processing apparatus A guide device includes a pair of side guides configured to guide a sheet in a first direction, and a sliding mechanism configured to support the side guides and to slide the side guides in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between a first posi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878501 | Edge regulating device, printing medium cassette, and printing apparatus An edge regulating device that regulates edge of a printing medium by an edge guide includes a first holding unit that is able to hold the edge guide with a predetermined pitch along the direction of displacement of the edge guide and a second holding unit that is a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7866660 | Sheet storing device and image forming apparatus provided therewith A sheet storing device capable of storing a plurality of sheets, which feeds a sheet of the stored sheets, includes: a side regulating member which regulates a side portion of the stored sheets that is in parallel with a feeding direction of the sheets; and a side r... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862037 | Sheet feed cassette and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a sheet feed cassette to store a sheet supplied to the image forming apparatus. The sheet feed cassette has a cassette body and a cassette cover. The cassette body stores the sheet and has first and second cassette portions coupled adj... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862036 | Media restraint device for an input tray A media restraint device in an input tray of an imaging apparatus includes a movable partition including a primary section and a secondary section. At least one locking mechanism selectively locks the primary section to the input tray, and the secondary section to t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854427 | Paper feed tray unit for a printer A paper feed tray unit for a printer comprises: a paper sensor for detecting a paper on a support; a guide position sensor formed of a reflection photosensor for detecting the position of slide guides; and a paper width detection sheet with marker lines having refle... | 12/21/2010 |
