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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438287 | Mechanical device for receiving documents A device for receiving documents is described and in one example, a device for stacking media in a mail creation inserter system is described including at least one document support member (30), adapted to receive documents and to be moved along a longitudina... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7392982 | Accumulator for sheet handling apparatus A sheet feeder for feeding sheets one-at-a-time along a path having: a feeder/separator for engaging the sheets and feeding them one-at-a-time along the path whilst remaining sheets not being fed along the path are halted by the separator; and a clearance mechanism ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7344134 | Large envelope on-edge stacking conveyor A stacking apparatus for stacking a plurality of flat articles on edge is provided that receives articles in an article receiver that includes a stop wall to receive the front edge of each article and stop horizontal motion of the article and a rotatable segmented r... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7306220 | Movable sheet guide An accumulator apparatus for paper collations having an accumulation chamber for receiving sheet material, the chamber defined by a fixed guide on one side, a movable guide on the other side and a movable stop member at one end. Rollers are included for driving the ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275743 | Multifunction output tray for printer and paper handling device A representative embodiment provides for an imaging apparatus including an output tray supported by the imaging apparatus and configured to receive sheet media from a first source and a second source, wherein the first source and the second source are respectively s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7243914 | Paper gathering and feeding method and device therefor, and rotation member Proposed is a paper gathering and feeding method, a device therefor, and a rotation member acting sufficiently also on any deformed notes at the time of gathering, and at the time of feeding, feeding is not prevented irrespective of the plasticity deformation, and a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237773 | System for feeding and transporting documents A system for feeding and transporting documents includes a feeder stage and a transport stage. The hopper assembly includes a hopper floor that carries the document stack and a flag that provides a force to move the documents along the hopper floor toward the feeder... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216865 | Sheet conveying device for an image forming apparatus A sheet conveying device of the present invention includes a conveying member for conveying a sheet, a switching mechanism for switching the direction of conveyance of the sheet being conveyed by the sheet conveying member, and a shifting mechanism for shifting the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215922 | Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray A rotary shaft is provided in association with a distal end face in a transport direction of a sheet held on a waiting tray, the sheet being retained in a waiting mode. Then, a distal end lower end support member and a paddle member are mounted coaxially, and the ro... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212751 | Image forming apparatus To provide an image forming apparatus including: a discharge tray which can moves between a first position capable of loading a discharged sheet and a second position that is separated from the first position; and a sheet loading amount detection sensor which has a ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207560 | Pile compartment for flat postal articles The invention relates to a pile compartment for flat postal articles placed in an upright position, comprising a pile compartment bottom (7) and a pile compartment wall (6) perpendicular thereto. The postal articles (1) inside the pile compartme... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7114717 | Print media registration device and method The invention is directed to a print media registration device. More particularly, and by way of example and not limitation, the invention is directed to a printed media registration arm that sweeps an arc while carrying a document output to a tray or other receptac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080969 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080831 | Sheet-sorting apparatus A sheet-sorting apparatus has a stacking tray to stack sheets formed with indicia thereupon, a processing tray to receive said sheets in the process leading to said stacking tray, and when necessary, a path to discharge directly to said stacking tray and a path to d... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070180 | Method and device for stacking flat mailings The present invention relates to a method and a device for stacking flat mailings, in which the thickness of each individually conveyed mailing that is to be stacked is detected within a main control loop. The underfloor belt is displaced away from the stacking loca... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7050751 | Image forming system with temporary storage trays between sheet storage units and image forming apparatus An image forming system has a sheet deck assembly, an image forming apparatus, and a feeding buffering apparatus with plural feeding buffer trays for temporarily storing sheets of printing paper fed from plural printing paper decks of the sheet deck assembly. The fe... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032899 | Print media feed alignment mechanism To maintain quality printed images in high speed photographic quality printing it is necessary to ensure accurate registry of the print media with the printheads. To ensure this result an alignment mechanism is provided for the stack of print media to be fed to the ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032900 | Document feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus A document feeding apparatus in which the vibration of a document by the shock when the trailing edge of the document has passed an ante-reading roller is prevented to thereby prevent the misregister or distortion of a read image. More particularly, a document feedi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029008 | Accumulating device and circulating type bank note depositing and dispensing machine To provide an accumulating device 71 that is capable of securely accumulating sheets or the like P having dimensional differences on the basis of the rear ends in the taking-in direction thereof. The stopper 111a advances from upward to t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014184 | Systems, devices, and methods for feeding sheet material to a disk separator Systems, methods, and devices for preventing the misalignment of sheet material in hoppers adapted to feed sheet material to disk separators are disclosed. In one aspect, a floating backguide is provided. The floating backguide moves independently of the hopper with... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007947 | Media storage bin and method of using same A media storage bin including a floor and a pair of spaced apart walls specifically spaced to receive pieces of media and to retain the pieces of media in a stacked condition. A drop control flap is mounted to an individual one of the spaced walls for delaying the f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997454 | Paddle and paddle support in on-edge mail stackers An on-edge stacker having a deck surface to support a vertical mail stack, which is allowed to expand from the upstream end to the downstream end. A paddle, movably mounted on a linear support member, is used to support the downstream end of the mail stack. The line... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994342 | Banknote handling device A banknote handling device capable of positioning and stopping a banknote at a constant position as accurately as possible without jamming of any banknote. A projection (32) is disposed so as to curve a side of the banknote carried in a slit (9) and th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991229 | Paper stacker for use with image forming apparatus The present invention is to provide a paper stacker for use with an image forming apparatus of a high copying speed. The paper stacker comprises a paper conveying means for conveying a paper with an image recorded thereon to a stacking position, a top end stopper pr... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6986511 | Finisher for an image forming apparatus A finisher for finishing papers sequentially driven out of an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of trays selectively movable to a single paper outlet. The finisher reduces a period of time necessary for designated one of the trays to reach the paper outle... | 01/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6918736 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6905449 | Bundled sheets processing apparatus and bundled sheets processing method A bundled sheet processing apparatus has a chute unit tilting between the first and second positions. A downstream side in the chute unit conveying direction, there is provided a stopper that has the contact surface narrower than the thickness of a bundle and stops ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877739 | Vertical stacker input method and apparatus An on-edge stacking machine having a mailpiece input device to release mailpieces, one at a time, to a stacking deck for stacking. A speed monitoring device and a sensing device are used to monitor the moving speed and the arrival time of a mailpiece from the input ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6840513 | Mail tray loader for inserters The invention is directed to an automatic mail tray loading device that is adapted to receive envelopes from an inserting machine or from other mail-processing systems and place them in mail trays. The device has a two-stage envelope buffer, which buffers the envelo... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6810231 | Sheet transfer apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet transfer apparatus transfers a sheet to a predetermined position. The apparatus includes a discharge tray; a support device for rotationally supporting the discharge tray; an interconnecting device that activates according to a rotation of the discharge tray... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6808329 | Paper ejection apparatus in a print apparatus A paper ejection apparatus equipped on the latter stage of an image formation apparatus in a print apparatus. The paper ejection apparatus includes a paper stack table to stack papers transported in a paper transport direction from the image formation apparatus, a t... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6736393 | Medium stacker A medium stacker is disclosed, which has a structure that effectively processes load externally applied to a stacker tray so as to prevent damage of the medium stacker and an external object from occurring and increases the ascending range of a stacker tray without ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6735414 | Paper ejection unit in a print apparatus A paper ejection unit included in a print apparatus for stacking printed paper to provide a print apparatus for making it possible to provide compatibility between large-capacity stacking of short-size paper frequently used and easiness of handling printed paper of ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6682067 | Offset device for an on-edge stacking apparatus An apparatus for stacking articles on edge is provided which has a discharge magazine for stacking the articles face-to-face and on-edge. The magazine has an article edge receiver having a non-offset position and an offset position. The article edge recei... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6666445 | Sheet discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet discharge apparatus of the present invention is equipped with a discharge device for discharging a sheet from an image forming apparatus, a storage device for storing the sheet discharged from the discharge device, an elevator device for raising a... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6663102 | Sheet discharge control method and sheet discharge apparatus A configuration controls the height and the inclination of a stacking tray according to the number of sheets discharged and controls the height and the inclination of a stacking tray when discharging sheets and when discharging sheet bundles to improve al... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6631902 | Media storage bin and method of using same A media storage bin including a floor and a pair of spaced apart walls specifically spaced to receive pieces of media and to retain the pieces of media in a stacked condition. A drop control flap is mounted to an individual one of the spaced walls for del... | 10/14/2003 |
