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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997576 | Equipment for processing banknotes in stack Equipment for processing banknotes in stack, as an example for a banking deposit, including a transport mechanism for banknotes or similar sheets, and a receiving section the banknotes or sheets are transported at a given transport velocity (Vt) and the receiving se... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7434804 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of discharging a sheet at the optimum sheet discharging speed without stopping the conveyance of the sheet irrespective of differences in sheet conveying speed according to sheet types. A sheet discharging motor is contr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431280 | Method and device for forming groups of flat articles Groups are formed from flat articles being supplied in a plurality of supply streams by combining the supply streams to form a group stream, and by separating article groups from the head end of the group stream through clamping and accelerating aligned leading arti... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7410164 | Discharging device and ink jet printer When a print process is started, discharge speed of recording papers is first set to a first discharge speed set based on the case in which a recording paper receiving unit for placing recording papers is in a reference state. Then, when a record instruction is give... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7383016 | Electrophotographic device capable of performing an imaging operation and a fusing operation at different speeds An electrophotographic imaging device comprises generally, an image transfer station configured to transfer a toned image to a substrate, a fuser assembly configured to fuse the toned image to the substrate and a transport device configured to transfer the substrate... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364158 | Conveyor apparatus A conveyor apparatus includes a receiving clearance adjustment mechanism for adjusting the vertical clearance between portions of downstream-side upper belts, the portion being located furthest upstream with respect to the conveyance direction of signatures, and ups... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7225731 | Sheet punching and embossing machine A sheet punching and embossing machine includes a device for stripping waste from a punched and embossed sheet at a stripping station, the device having a stripping plate for supporting the sheet. Also included are gripper carriages fixed to revolving chains, for gr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213808 | Enclosure-collating device, in particular for mail-processing installations In an enclosure-collating device, in particular for mail-processing installations, a shorter dimensioning of the enclosure-conveying compartments on a collating path in the direction of the enclosure conveying on said collating path is achieved in that enclosures ar... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210679 | Method for conveying sheets through a printing machine and apparatus for implementing the method A method for conveying sheets through a printing machine and an apparatus for conveying the sheets permit adaptation of a sheet brake to various sheet thicknesses by reducing a speed of the sheets in the direction of advance by bringing the sheets individually one a... | 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 |
| 7188414 | Method of assembling a flat electrical cable A flat electrical cable and a modular rotary anvil for assembling a flat electrical cable wherein the flat cable includes an upper and lower layer. The upper layer has ribs protruding along its length that are substantially parallel to one another, and continuous su... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178800 | Device for establishing an imbricated stream of flat articles A device comprising a dancing roller (1) and a stopping means (2) is used for establishing an imbricated stream of flat articles (4), in particular of printed products such as newspapers, magazines or brochures, from a supplied imbricated stream... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168699 | Sheet-processing machine with a sheet brake A sheet-processing machine includes a conveyor for transporting processed sheets at a processing speed and for releasing the sheets for braking to a depositing speed. A braking element serves for the braking of the released sheets to the depositing speed. A drive is... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168700 | Sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control A sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control. By varying the speed at which sheets are fed from a supply, the sheet feeder apparatus and method assures that the throughput capacity of a downstream operation is never exceeded. Speed is varied based upo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131645 | Device for separation of folders in a layer of folders A device for separation of folders within a layer of folders includes elements for blocking the advance of a folder in the layer, elements for unlayering the folders preceding the retained folder, and elements for retaining the blocked folder and the folders followi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114369 | Systems and methods for residue collection Systems and methods for the detection of substances (particularly particulate substances) within mail pieces, specifically letters and other “flats” of mail. In particular, the systems and methods are for the detection of residues of Chemical or Biological Warfa... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104388 | Conveyor system for stacked product An apparatus and method for conveying stacked product from an infeed conveyor that conveys the product in multiple rows and at irregular intervals onto a transverse outfeed conveyor, wherein the product is in a single row and spaced at regular intervals, wherein the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100422 | Systems and methods for residue collection with improved letter handling capability Systems and methods for the detection of substances (particularly particulate substances) within mail pieces, specifically letters and other “flats” of mail. In particular, the systems and methods are for the detection of residues of Chemical or Biological Warfa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073371 | Systems and methods for residue collection Systems and methods for the detection of substances (particularly particulate substances) within mail pieces, specifically letters and other “flats” of mail. In particular, the systems and methods are for the detection of residues of Chemical or Biological Warfa... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040616 | Method and system for high speed digital metering using overlapping envelopes A transporting system and method for use in a high velocity document processing system using lower velocity print technology. The invention including an upstream transport conveying spaced apart documents at a first transport velocity. A deceleration transport decel... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021450 | Device and method to correct uneven spacing of successive articles A device for correcting uneven spacing of successive articles includes a first conveyor belt having a plurality of articles spaced thereon. At least one article is unevenly spaced. A second conveyor belt is located downstream of the first conveyor belt upon which th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021184 | System and method for providing sheets to an inserter system using a rotary cutter An inserter input system including a web feeder providing a web of printed material to be split by a web slitting knife along the web's direction of travel. The split web is then cut transverse to the direction of travel by a rotary cutter operating at a first veloc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011302 | Vertical pocket feeder Vertical pocket feeder signature handling equipment which supplies signatures in an on-edge orientation one at a time to bindery equipment. The vertical pocket feeder particularly cooperates with a hopper loader apparatus which transfers and separates individual sig... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6976674 | Method of, and apparatus for, conveying sheet like products The invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, conveying sheet like products (10, 10′), in particular printed products. In each case two or more products (10, 10′) are gripped together, in the region of their leading edges (10 | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969059 | Dual modulated vacuum shingler A shingling apparatus for sheets of paper or paperboard includes a pair of independently operable vacuum plenums in a gap between an in-feed conveyor and a reduced speed shingling conveyor. One of the vacuum plenums decelerates an incoming sheet to shingling conveyo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959923 | Method and device for improving stacker conveyor speed in a mail stacker A method and device for stacking a plurality of vertically oriented mailpieces into a stack, wherein mailpieces are sequentially received into the back end of the stack. A paddle is used to support the front end of the stack in order to prevent the top mailpieces fr... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945385 | Square bale feeder attachment for flat-bed vehicles A preferred embodiment of a bed assembly for flat bed trucks has a square bale retriever at the rear of the flat bed that includes a pair of lift arms adapted to grasp a bale by its opposite ends and lift it up off the ground and onto a transverse feeder located at ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945531 | Device for the separation of a series of products that are superposed in a scale-like fashion A device for achieving the separation or extension of the scale of products in a conveyance in superposed copies in which means are provided that are capable of increasing the speed of the belts (12, 17) conveying the separated or extended scale relative to t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945529 | Conveying arrangement for sheet quires and method for combining sheet quires A conveying arrangement for sheet quires includes successively arranged conveying devices of which a downstream conveying device as seen in a conveying direction has a lower speed than an upstream conveying device and at least one ionization device for electrostatic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6895303 | Process for controlling the conveying speed of a transporting track In the case of a method of controlling the transport speed of a transport and gathering unit, wherein filling-material stacks are moved from an inlet to an outlet of the gathering path making use of at least one transport means and wherein filling-material units can... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883409 | Device for cross/cutting material strips, in particular cardboard strips A device for cross cutting a cardboard web in which, both the blade drums, a sheet transport conveyor accelerates the sheets and then the sheets are positioned to shingle the sheets on a further conveyor. The sheet transport conveyor has a rerouting roller at the ou... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880823 | Sheet collection apparatus A sheet collection apparatus has a stacking portion to stack mails in the standing position, a back-up plate in contact with one end of stacked mails in the stacked direction, and take-in rollers arranged at the positions contacting the other end of stacked mails. T... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6817608 | Method and apparatus for stacking mailpieces in consecutive order The present invention provides a method and apparatus for stacking mailpieces received from a mail-processing machine in consecutive order. There is a receiving conveying section positioned at a greater height than the following stacking conveying section. A stackin... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814351 | Method and device for arranging at least two sheets in a shingled mode of arrangement The present invention relates to a method and a device for arranging at least two sheets in a shingled mode of arrangement, wherein a first sheet is moved in a paper travelling direction, and a second sheet is simultaneously moved in a direction at an angle relative... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6758472 | Method and system for high speed digital metering using overlapping envelopes A transporting system and method for use in a high velocity document processing system using lower velocity print technology. The invention including an upstream transport conveying spaced apart documents at a first transport velocity. A deceleration transport decel... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6726201 | Method and device for the horizontal positioning of serially conveyed, flat objects For the horizontal positioning of serially supplied, flat objects (1) to be conveyed onward, the objects (1) are supplied suspended, one of their main surfaces (10) facing downstream and the other main surface (11) facing upstream. Prior ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6691874 | Sheet stacking device A sheet stacking device, comprised of a sheet support bed having a plurality of side-by-side rollers that are freely rotatable about an associated roller axis. A drive assembly moves the sheet support bed in a predetermined direction along a closed path. ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6672582 | Delivery and ejection device for flat elements into a machine working them A device for stacking sheets delivered on a first conveyor in a plurality of parallel streams of overlapping sheets, includes a second conveyor moving slower than the first conveyor that compacts the streams as they exit the first conveyor; a third convey... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6659445 | Arrangement for forming a third stream of first and second streams comprised of printed products An arrangement for forming a third stream of at least one first and one second stream of identical printed products has a first transport device synchronously conveying in a first conveying direction the first and second streams adjacent to one another. A... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6650436 | Automatic sheet feed control A printer in which the speed at which the recording medium is loaded into the printer prior to printing, at which the recording medium is moved through the printer during printing, and at which the recording medium is ejected from the printer after printi... | 11/18/2003 |
