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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128086 | Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet discharged from a sheet discharging portion arranged at a distance from a sheet stacking portion, to a stacking portion, is conveyed along the sheet stacking portion while the sheet edge on an upstream side in a sheet discharging direction is held. A shiftin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8083227 | Sheet alignment apparatus and sheet post-processing apparatus An object of the invention is to provide a sheet alignment apparatus that is excellent in alignment properties in the conveyance direction and operates stably without being affected by various conditions, and a sheet post-processing apparatus having therein the shee... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8038147 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same A sheet processing apparatus includes an intermediate stacking portion which temporarily stacks, thereon, a sheet conveyed thereto; a discharge portion which discharges sheet stacked on the intermediate stacking portion; an aligning member which is provided downstre... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8011654 | Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet stacking apparatus including: a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked; a sheet conveying portion which conveys the sheet onto the sheet stacking portion; a first aligning member moving along a sheet conveying ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7874558 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same A sheet processing apparatus includes an intermediate stacking portion which temporarily stacks, thereon, a sheet conveyed thereto; a discharge portion which discharges sheet stacked on the intermediate stacking portion; an aligning member which is provided downstre... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7784785 | Apparatus for forming sheet stacks and delivery of a sheet-fed rotary printing machine having a stop An apparatus for forming stacks in sheet-processing machines, in particular printing machines, includes side stops moving back and forth. The stops are divided into upper and lower parts. The lower part can be displaced vertically or in slotted guides and can intera... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7744085 | Image forming apparatus including sheet processing unit capable of aligning sheets An image forming apparatus may include an image forming mechanism configured to form an image and transfer the image on a sheet member, and/or a sheet processing unit. The sheet processing unit may include a sheet aligning unit, an ejection sheet tray configured to ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7708272 | Device and method for forming a stack of sheets on a delivery surface A method and device for forming a stack of sheets including a delivery surface, and also a stop and a pusher element movable in the direction of the stop, and also a guide which can occupy a first and a second position, in which the first position a sheet can be rec... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7681881 | Sheet aligning device and image forming apparatus A sheet aligning device includes a sheet feeder that discharges a sheet in a first direction, a sheet tray on which the sheet is stacked, a sheet jogger that aligns the sheet on the sheet tray in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a sheet d... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7588249 | Signature hopper with flexible guide A hopper is provided including a pile plate, a backstop, a jogger opposite the backstop, the backstop and jogger being separated to permit a signature stack to be placed therebetween on the pile plate, and a flexible guide located opposite the jogger, adjacent to th... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7562869 | Fixed side edge registration system Disclosed are embodiments of an edge registration system and method. The embodiments employ a compiling tray with a fixed side edge. A movable backstop stops each sheet as it is fed into the tray. A tamper tamps each sheet against the fixed side edge. The registered... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7341248 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus This invention provides a sheet processing apparatus for passing sheets between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a binder fixed on an intermediate stacking portion and for binding the ends of the sheets, wherein binding processing is possible for a large number of sh... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336921 | Sheet finisher with sheet folding capability and image forming system using the same A sheet folding device for folding a sheet or a sheet stack conveyed thereto of the present invention includes a path along which the sheet or the sheet stack to be folded is conveyed. A fold plate is movable in a direction perpendicular to the above path for formin... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331573 | Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet treating apparatus for treating a sheet having an image formed thereon is provided, which includes a pair of transport rollers for transporting the sheet upward, a sheet post-treating portion having an intermediate treatment tray, provided to execute post-tr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7300052 | Sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus A sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with a pair of arranging members 102a, 102b, and these arranging members 102a, 102b have both arranging function for arranging pap... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281708 | Sheet handling apparatus and image forming apparatus When the rear end of a sheet bundle S is brought to reach the clamping portion between a rocking roller and a rear end aligning wall by conveyance means, the individual timings, at which the rocking roller and the rear end aligning wall move to the escape position, ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264237 | Sheet stacking-aligning apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The sheet stacking-aligning apparatus or the sheet processing apparatus includes a substantially horizontal stacking tray, a rear end aligning unit for aligning a rear end of a sheet bundle on the stacking tray, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7195240 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus comprising a stack means for stacking sheets to be fed; a feeding path comprising guide members for feeding the sheets to the stack means, disposed facing with each other; a discharging means for discharging the sheets to the stack means... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172186 | Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet transport path for transporting a sheet; a discharge device disposed adjacent to the sheet transport path for sequentially transporting the sheet; a support tray disposed adjacent to the discharge device for temporarily su... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156799 | Folding machine with stacking arm A paper folding machine is provided including a housing having upper and lower fold plates constructed for quick and easy removal of the upper plates from the machine so that repairs may be made. The machine includes an automatically adjustable stacking arm movable ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147221 | Rotational cable shortening device A rotational cable shortening system for shortening the effective length of a cable by bending a section of the cable. The shortening system comprises a rotatable bridged channel through which the cable is threaded. Upon rotation of the bridged channel, the cable is... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7118102 | Rocker plate for separating sheets A sheet feeder includes a bin into which items are stacked. The items are sequentially removed from the bottom of the stack as the sheet feeder operates. The items travel a longitudinal path of travel to a separator wheel that staggers the items as they exit the she... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108256 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A feeding path with opposing guide members. One of the guide members is divided into a plurality of parts in a sheet width direction. The parts selectively open and close portions of the feeding path. The parts move in a space where a sheet processing device moves. | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021616 | Vertical transporting sheet treating apparatus A sheet treating apparatus for treating a sheet having an image formed thereon includes a pair of transport rollers for transporting the sheet in a substantially vertical direction, a sheet post-treating portion having an intermediate treatment tray, provided to exe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017901 | Paper treating unit and image forming system using the same A paper treating unit includes: a paper loading table for loading paper; a first paper aligning member that regulates position of the paper by sliding back and forth in the paper proceeding direction; a second paper aligning member disposed upstream of the first pap... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7007948 | Sheet stacking/aligning apparatus, sheet handling apparatus, and image forming apparatus In order to reduce the stack failure of a sheet bundle, there is provided a sheet stacking/aligning apparatus comprising: a stack tray for stacking sheets thereon; and a rear end aligning member for pushing and aligning the rear end of a sheet conveyed onto the stac... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994339 | Sheet stacking-aligning apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The sheet stacking-aligning apparatus or the sheet processing apparatus includes a substantially horizontal stacking tray, a rear end aligning unit for aligning a rear end of a sheet bundle on the stacking tray, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6941086 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system for forming an image on two sides of a recording medium A photoreceptor transfers a first image to a first side of a paper, an intermediate transfer belt transfers a second image to a second side of the paper. The intermediate transfer belt also conveys the paper. A conveying unit directly conveys the paper, with the ima... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6921069 | Sheet finisher and image forming system using the same A folding device of the present invention includes a fold plate and a fold roller pair for folding a sheet or a sheet stack conveyed thereto. A controller causes the fold roller pair to move back and forth while nipping the folded portion of the sheet or that of the... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908078 | Sheet processing with sheet inserting device A sheet processing device has a sheet conveying section for conveying sheets to a sheet processing section. The sheet conveying section has a sheet standby unit including a stacking device for stacking a predetermined number of sheets in a linear state, and a bundle... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6871851 | Sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus A sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus including a pair of arranging members. The arranging members have both an arranging function for arranging paper piled on a tray after being discharged in a discharge direction from a paper discharge roller at a fixed posit... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6848688 | Automatically elevating sheet tamper and sheet input level for compiling large printed sets Multiple sheet set compiling in a compiler of the seriatim output of printed sheets from a printer with a sheet entry position and a lateral sheet tamping system for laterally tamping the sheets being stacked in the compiler, in which the accumulated stack height of... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832759 | Sheet-shaped medium aligning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and sheet-shaped medium after-treatment apparatus A sheet-shaped medium aligning apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a sheet-shaped medium after-treatment apparatus where an arranging device is moved from a position predetermined to arrange sheet-shaped mediums on a sheet piling device to a position receivin... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6783125 | Stapler processing apparatus for paper collating machine A stapler processing apparatus includes a paper jogging tray 6 for a collated sheet 3, a paper jogging unit 7 for jogging the collated sheet 3 by pressing it on the tray 6 by a presser jogging member 13, a stapler 8 f... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6767012 | Sheet post processing apparatus A sheet finishing apparatus has a stacking tray for stacking sheets formed with indicia; a processing tray on the stacking tray for receiving sheets; a movable aligning plate on the processing tray that moves traverse to the direction of discharge of the sheets; wit... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6702279 | Sheet treating apparatus A sheet treating apparatus includes a stacking tray, a delivery rotary member, an endless belt member, and a traction device. The stacking tray has a stacking surface for receiving and stacking sheets thereon and a stopper portion for regulating the end p... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698573 | Apparatus for centering preferably flat objects An apparatus for centering preferably flat objects, in particular, printing plates, includes a centering device with portion that can be moved, in particular, can be driven, in opposite directions with respect to one another. The portions are coupled to o... | 03/02/2004 |
