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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141869 | Arrangement for stacking sheets The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for conveying of sheets (2a, b), comprising upper and lower receiving rolls (3, 4), an upper belt element (5) and a receiving surface (6). The belt element (5) extends in a ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8113507 | Image forming apparatus with variable-position guideway of a pair of position guide rollers A pair of conveyor rollers arranged in an image forming apparatus to convey a recording sheet which has been subjected to a fixing process toward outside of a body of the apparatus is configured to be shiftable relative to the body between a first position and a sec... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100400 | Sheet ejecting device with sheet strengthener A sheet ejecting device has a pair of ejection rollers, a strengthener arranged in the sheet ejection device, for strengthening a sheet, a driver for moving the strengthener to advance into and retreat from a sheet ejection route, a sheet sensor, and a tray for rece... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8042804 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet having an image formed thereon includes: a first rotator; a second rotator that comes into pressure contact with the first rotator and contacts a surface of the sheet having the image formed thereon; and a plurality ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8002271 | Image forming apparatus with curl correction using guide ribs An image forming apparatus that includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a surface of a conveyed sheet; a guide that guides the sheet conveyed from the image forming unit; a correction roller located downstream of the guide in a conveyance direction of... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992863 | Apparatus and method for temporarily increasing the beam strength of a media sheet in a printer A media sheet deformer provides an adjustable amount of media sheet deformation. The media sheet deformer nonpermanently deforms a media sheet in a printer to increase the beam strength of the media sheet temporarily. The device includes a deformer, a support member... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7802787 | Sheet discharging device and image forming apparatus A sheet discharging device and image forming apparatus are provided. The sheet discharging device includes a sheet discharging port; a sheet discharging tray which is provided correspondingly to the sheet discharging port, a sheet discharged from the sheet dischargi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798488 | Paper sheet conveyance method and paper sheet conveyance device with common blower duct An equipment for conveying sheet-shaped members, including a plurality of blower ducts being arranged in parallel; a common duct connected to outlets of the blower ducts; an air stream unit for generating air streams in the blower ducts; a plurality of sheet feeding... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7748703 | Device for stacking flat, flexible postal items in a stacking compartment A device for stacking flat, flexible postal items in a stacking compartment in an upright position includes a stacking roller positionable in proximity of the stacking compartment. A covered belt system feeds the postal items consecutively to the stacking roller, wh... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7686295 | Paper ejecting device Curling of a printed sheet is corrected, friction is reduced on a paper transport surface, and the shape of the printed and ejected sheet is adjusted to a predetermined shape. ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7681880 | Sheet delivery apparatus Provided is a sheet delivery apparatus for delivering a sheet to a delivery tray, including: a pair of delivery rotary members for nipping and delivering the sheet guided by the guide portion; and a projection that rotates about an axis being the same as an axis of ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7654519 | Image forming apparatus and sheet material conveyance device used therein An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet material; a curl correcting mechanism which interposes and conveys the sheet material on which the image has been formed by the image forming section. Pressure applied to... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7597319 | Sheet handling using a ramp and grippers on an endless belt An apparatus and method transport a sheet on a tray. In one embodiment, feet carried by an endless member contact a bottom and edge of the sheet to move the sheet off of the tray. In one embodiment, the sheet is arced while it is being engaged by the feet. ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7556260 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a driving roller for transporting a medium; a follower roller disposed to face the driving roller for transporting the medium; a guide member for guiding the medium to change a transport direction thereof by an angle greater than ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7434802 | Sheet discharging apparatus and sheet treating apparatus provided with the same A sheet discharging apparatus has a sheet conveying path on which a sheet is conveyed, a discharge port for discharging therethrough the sheet conveyed on the sheet conveying path, a discharging tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is stacked, ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431289 | Sheet delivery apparatus Provided is a sheet delivery apparatus for delivering a sheet to a delivery tray, including: a pair of delivery rotary members for nipping and delivering the sheet guided by the guide portion; and a projection that rotates about an axis being the same as an axis of ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429038 | Finisher for image forming apparatus A finisher for an image forming apparatus includes a pair of rotatable downstream rollers and a pair of rotatable upstream roller between which a path on which an imaged medium travels. The finisher determines when a trailing edge of the medium is about to leave a n... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422095 | Bill handling device and bill accommodating unit It is an object to provide a bill handling device, the control of the entire device of which is simplified. The bill handling device comprises: a bill validator including a bill sensor for discriminating the validity of a bill inserted into a bill insertion slot and... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413189 | ATM currency dispenser with convex roller arrangement An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the open... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7380790 | Trailing edge rotating deflector with center passage for sheet handling apparatus A sheet handling apparatus for feeding a sequential plurality of sheets having a sheet feed path for guiding sheets in a sheet feeding direction through the apparatus, the apparatus comprising rollers for driving sheets along the sheet feed path, and a trailing edge... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383017 | Curl correcting device and image forming apparatus A sheet curl correcting device and an image forming apparatus incorporating the same. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image transferred by an electrophotographic image forming unit to a sheet, a pair of rollers having different ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7361249 | Apparatus for applying a removable cover to a ticket substrate A covering apparatus (10) includes a cutter (12), an applicator (14) and a continuous length of removable cover material (16). The cutter (12) is adapted to cut off a discrete section (50) of cover material, and the applicat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356303 | Image forming apparatus and a sheet conveying method of the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having: an image forming portion to form an image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the image to the sheet by heating; a conveying path switching member to switch a conveying direction of the sheet, which is provided on downstream of the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7310495 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can perform stable sheet conveyance, regardless of whether a sheet processing apparatus is connected thereto. The image forming apparatus can be connected to a sheet processing apparatus that performs po... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300051 | Rippler for a paper deliverer A rippler may be installed on a paper deliverer used in conjunction with a paper sheeter, in between the vacuum belts of the sheeter. The rippler includes an upwardly projecting ridge, causing paper passing over it to develop a ripple, thereby increasing the rigidit... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300055 | Image forming apparatus The object is to provide an image forming apparatus in which the copy sheet can be transferred with stable velocity and high accuracy even if there is variation in diameter due to machining tolerance. A pair of roller for feeding copy sheet pinching the sheet betwee... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299004 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, including: an image forming section for forming a toner image on a transfer sheet; a fixing section for fixing the toner image on the transfer sheet; a sheet ejection se... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293592 | Forming and applying linerless labels Self-adhesive labels are formed by repetitively cutting linerless web material which is fed from a roll into and through a rotary knife cutter. The labels are then transported to and applied to articles. To improve cutting of the web and labeling, the web and or lab... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284918 | Recording method, computer-readable medium, and recording apparatus A recording method, for example, which allows a recording medium to be carried with high carrying precision is to be achieved. A recording method includes a step of changing a carry command value, when carrying a recording medium, according to a state of bending of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264239 | Feeding device for feeding recording medium A feeding device for feeding a recording medium in a feed direction, including: a drive roller having an annular recess; and a driven roller rotatably held and positioned such that a radially outer end portion of the driven roller is positioned within the annular re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249761 | ATM currency presenter gate arrangement An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the open... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246962 | Exit roller system for an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a print engine having a print zone. A print media feed system transports a sheet of print media in a media feed direction along a media feed path through the print zone. The print media feed system includes a plurality of exit rollers p... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232269 | Recording apparatus Ridges and grooves are alternately formed on a platen in the direction of transporting sheets. Wave holding spurs are rotatably supported by torsion springs downstream of a recording area, and pressed against the grooves. Sheet discharge roller pairs are disposed ge... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204485 | Media thickness detecting device of media dispenser A media thickness detecting device of a media dispenser comprises: a feed roller through which media passes to be contacted thereto, a thickness detecting portion contacted to a surface of the feed roller by a point and rotated when the media passes through the surf... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200356 | Discharge roller device A discharge roller device includes at least one roller pair, at least one first free roller and at least one second free roller. The roller pair includes a driving roller and a pressure roller pushed against the driving roller. The first free roller is disposed at a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7166191 | Curl straightening method for image receiving paper for sublimation dye transfer and curl straightening device therefor To provide a curl straightening method for image receiving paper for sublimation dye transfer, which is capable of realizing a smaller roll core diameter of the roll paper. The curl of an image receiving paper 100 for sublimation dye transfer having stiffness... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150454 | Method of conveying flat, flexible products and apparatus for implementing the method The invention relates to a method of conveying flat, flexible products, in particular printed products, in which the products are conveyed continuously by means of a conveying device in an overlapping formation to a transfer region and are picked up there by an outw... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7083346 | Paper discharge unit for an inkjet printer A paper discharge unit for an inkjet printer which ejects a sheet on which image printing is completed by an ink cartridge out of a printer main body. The paper discharge unit for an inkjet printer includes paper discharge rollers rotatably mounted in the printer ma... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066462 | Method of and apparatus for stacking sheets of paper and the like A stream of successive sheets of paper, foil or the like is converted into a series of piles at a stacking station where successive sheets are caused to descend onto a pallet which is adjacent a monitoring device serving to transmit signals denoting the levels of su... | 06/27/2006 |
