Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113510 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus that processes sheets transported in a transport direction and stacked on a tray, including: a sheet moving device configured to be brought into contact with an upper surface of a sheet stacked on the tray and to be moved in a width dire... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7420703 | System and method for flipping a media sheet A system and method for flipping a media sheet. The novel system (10) includes a first mechanism (12) for receiving and holding a media sheet (16) and a second mechanism (118) for rotating the first mechanism (12) about an axis par... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7357303 | Bill handling apparatus When using an inexpensive deposit box in a provided bill handling apparatus, bills that can be deposited are increased irrespective of a limit in the number of bills that can be stacked in the deposit box. In a bill handling apparatus including a bill deposit/withdr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7055818 | Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet treating apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same which are excellent in durability and exhibit excellent sheet transportability while allowing saving of space, in which a large number of curled sheets can be stacked in an aligned state. In t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6901239 | Media reject device of media dispenser The present invention discloses a media reject device of a media dispenser including a media reject box being positioned in a receiving space of a main body and having a reject hole for inserting defective media, a door unit for opening/closing the reject hole, and ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6827347 | Sheet container A paper sheet processing device that accommodates various types of paper sheet performs a smooth accommodating action by accurately performing a full-state detection action in respect of the accommodated paper sheets. Full-state detecting unit 2 of the paper ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6382616 | Aligning device for sheet finisher A sheet treating apparatus has a discharging device for discharging a sheet with an image formed thereon to a sheet stacking device, the stacking device having an abutment reference member disposed on the leading end side of the sheet stacking device and ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6361042 | Sheet alignment device for use in a sheet handling device A sheet alignment device is provided with a movable aligning member and a variable push member, movable to push one or more sheets fed onto a tray toward a sheet aligning reference surface defined on the tray, thus to align the sheets. The sheets of large... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6116591 | Paper supply tray of printer A paper supply tray of a printer, including: a main body, for receiving sheets of paper or other printable material, insertable into and detachable from the printer; a guide, for supporting an edge of the received sheet, capable of sliding in the main bod... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6102385 | Finisher A finisher includes an additional-working tray and a leading edge stopper and trailing edge stopper for aligning folded and unfolded sheets fed into the additional-working tray. The leading edge stopper contacts a leading edge of each sheet when it is fed... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6065748 | Sheet stacking An item processing arrangement transporting items at ;a prescribed nominal speed along a given transport track, with one or severed sort-pockets and associated diverters disposed therealong, whereby, in each sort-pocket, there is provided inject-reaction-... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6024359 | Sheet stacking techniques A document processing arrangement transporting sheets at a prescribed nominal speed along a track, terminated by sort-pockets, each with an associated diverter plus a guide assembly for guiding and driving a so diverted sheet into its pocket, the guide co... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5772201 | Method of and apparatus for dampening sheets stacked into sheet pile A damping apparatus has a first damper mechanism positioned at a leading end of a sheet which is introduced into a sheet stacking region, for movement in the direction A away from the sheet stacking region to absorb shocks produced by the sheet when the s... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5711520 | Document stacking Disclosed is a method of stacking documents in an arrangement for transporting checks at a prescribed nominal speed along a given transport track, with one or several storage-pockets and associated diverter means disposed there-along, one for each storage... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5419545 | High speed document stacking assembly A document processing arrangement transporting checks or like financial documents at a prescribed nominal speed along a track, terminated by sort-pockets, each with an associated diverter plus a guide assembly for guiding and driving a so-diverted documen... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5374051 | Relief device for offset stacker tamping mechanism A relief device for the tamping mechanism of an offset sheet set stacker. A sheet set stacker is provided having a plurality of retractable tamping mechanisms for alternately offsetting sheet sets within the stacker. Each tamping mechanism is provided wit... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5226642 | Delivery pile at a printing machine Apparatus for forming a sheet delivery pile in a printing press, the apparatus including a sheet receiving surface for the formation thereon of the sheet delivery pile, a rotatable shaft, a sheet stop member attached to the rotatable shaft and extending a... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5183250 | Mechanism and method for laterally aligning an accumulation of sheets An apparatus for producing items in selected configurations and a system and method for controlling the same. More particularly, an apparatus for producing mail pieces and a system and method for controlling it to produce mail pieces in a variety of confi... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5152622 | Printer with improved anti-skew mechanisms The invented printer includes a paper drive and mechanisms which hold paper in proper alignment in the drive. Specifically, it includes a pressure plate capable of bringing a sheet of paper into contact with a drive roller so that the paper is properly al... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5060929 | Sheet delivery device with auxiliary deposit table A pair of back sheet stops are pivotably mounted on a sheet delivery assembly and move in an oscillating manner to align a stack of sheets on a main pile board. As an auxiliary deposit table is inserted above the main sheet pile to allow removal of the ma... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5054766 | Paper positioning device A paper positioning device having a paper positioning member which is pivotable in abutment against one edge of a paper sheet loaded on a receptacle for moving the paper sheet to a positioning position for thereby positioning the paper sheet. By a simple ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5044625 | Active tamper for bidirectional sorter A bi-directionally vertically bin indexed multi-bin sheet sorter, for a fixed position sheet output, such as a copier or printer, with a sheet edge alignment registration jogging system for tamping sheets which are in the immediately previously loaded bin... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5039081 | Squaring and aligning assembly for a corrugated sheet unstacking and feeding apparatus A squaring and aligning assembly for the transfer frame of a corrugated sheet stacking and feeding apparatus is mounted within a transverse guide member in the form of an elongated channel. Separate squaring shoes at each side of the machine are selective... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4925172 | Small inexpensive finisher A low-cost finisher that creates stapled books includes a tray that is tilted at an acute angle backward and away from the direction of incoming copy sheets. Copy sheets are fed into and slide down the copy sheet support surface of the tray and against a ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4867436 | Sheet aligning arrangement A sheet aligning arrangement adapted to accommodate a plurality of sheets fed into it for aligning, and to feed out the aligned sheets one sheet by one sheet. The arrangement includes a feed roller, a first aligning member movable between a first position... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4730821 | Device for separating prefolded, foldable sheets The device includes a side wall (13), which leaves open a slot (15) of a variable width relative to a support (11). The flaps of letter envelopes are inserted into the slot (15) angled at 90 degrees, where the letter envelopes rest in a stack on the suppo... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4431177 | Sheet offsetting and registering apparatus Sheet offsetting and registering apparatus including a sheet transport to transport a sheet to a receiving station; sheet restrainer to restrain the sheet during a portion of the transport path adjacent the receiving station, an offset registration member... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4319744 | Jogger for the lateral alignment of sheets in sheet deliverers A jogger for lateral alignment of sheets in a sheet-delivering device of a sheet-processing machine, such as a printing machine, has displaceable diaphragm; resiliently yieldable member; and a pusher member connected with the diaphragm and the resiliently... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4318541 | Devices for the lateral alignment of sheets A device for positioning sheets in a stack in a sheet-processing machine includes a number of stops positioned at the front edges of the sheets being stacked for aligning the front edges of the sheets, and two joggers located at lateral sides of the stack... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4147340 | Double stream stacker and jogger Apparatus for stacking and jogging cut sheets or carton blanks continuously includes a pair of side-by-side chambers comprising two side walls and a central divider panel and being open at the front, rear, top and bottom. A U-shaped elevator is disposed i... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4033576 | Paper feeding and receiving systems for presses and duplicators A paper feeding and receiving system for use on presses and duplicators, such system including a paper feed regulator assembly which has a microswitch mounted on a supporting arm above a vertically reciprocable feed table for sensing the height of papers ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4025069 | Apparatus for automatic microphotography An apparatus for straightening a stack of cards is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame, an arm pivotally secured to the frame at one end thereof, a spring biasing the arm away from the stack of cards, a leaf spring secured at one end thereof to the ... | 05/24/1977 |
