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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857307 | Sheet accumulation apparatus and image forming system having same The invention is to provide a sheet accumulation apparatus enabling to uniformly load tabbed sheets into a train of sheets for load and store the sheets on a tray. The sheet accumulation apparatus has a sheet outlet for successively discharging the sheets, a tray me... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7793932 | Wire stacker tray with movable bands or springs The present invention provides a paper collecting tray that reduces or eliminates paper curling. The collecting tray has a wire structure using springs or movable bands to support various size papers. These springs are provided in one embodiment to support paper she... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7464930 | Sheet stacking device and image forming apparatus including the same A movable sheet stacking device including: a sheet receiving section which is provided with respect to a sheet exit section of an image forming apparatus and is for receiving ejected sheets being ejected from the sheet exit section in an ejecting direction and movin... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7401775 | Apparatus for aligning sheets which are deposited on a sheet stack In an apparatus for aligning sheets that are deposited on a sheet stack, there are sheet leading edge stops disposed so as to be vertically displaceable by a common leading edge shaft. An auxiliary stack carrier that is to be introduced into the stack region for non... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7344135 | Sheet-material carrying device A downstream edge of a first guide plate has a convex shape in a carrying direction such that a width thereof gradually reduces from both lateral sides toward the center. A central portion of the downstream edge is formed with a protrusion, a width of which becomes ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7300053 | Sheet storage device for image forming apparatus A sheet storage device improved in terms of its performance in aligning sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus. In the sheet storage device, a plate-like shock absorber is superimposed on a surface of a fence member forming an end fence, and a lower end p... | 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 |
| 7243913 | Standby tray having curl correction A sheet post-process apparatus of the present invention, when sending sheets of paper collected on a standby tray to a processing tray, has a standby tray realizing an improved lining capacity of sheets of paper and a pair of tray members for loading ejected sheets ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7011306 | Sheet processing unit and image forming apparatus The present invention discloses a sheet processing unit which can control the timing in conveying successively fed sheets to a sheet ejecting mechanism in accordance with operating conditions. The sheet processing unit comprises a sheet overlapping mechanism which o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004384 | ATM currency dispenser with belt tensioning 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... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991228 | Sheet depositing device A sheet depositing device for depositing sheets or sets of sheets fed sequentially from a paper processing apparatus onto a depositing platform and against a depositing registration barrier, the sheet depositing device including a sheet catcher adapted to rest on sa... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6918733 | Hold down clamp for holding down sheet material A hold down clamp for holding down a stack of sheet material, preferably on a transportation trolley selectively in operative association with a printing machine. The hold down clamp has a vertically adjustable holding arm selectively lockable along a substantially ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6666136 | Paper-feed roller and fabrication method thereof A paper-feed roller and a fabrication method thereof in an office automation machine, such as a photocopier, a printer, and a facsimile machine, etc, includes forming a plastic roller along a general stainless shaft by a molding and forming a ceramic coat... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6588744 | Apparatus and method for handling stacks of sheets A device is provided for holding one or more stacks of sheets, especially stacks of sheets that are stored offset to each other, for example by offset collating, that are output to an output station by a sheet processing device. According to an aspect of ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6572102 | Catch tray for sheet feeder with adjustable depth feature An adjustable sheet tray for receiving sheets of material from a sheet feeding machine which counts out a number of sheets to be added to a stack. The sheet tray receives the sheets and allows the stacks to be easily removed. The sheet tray is easily adju... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6527501 | Apparatus for accumulating and transporting stacks of paper sheets and the like An apparatus for gathering successive sheets of a scalloped stream in an adjustable receptacle has a pivotable first stop in front of and a longitudinally adjustable second stop behind the receptacle. The second stop is shifted, together with the conveyor... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6494450 | Paper discharge base of image forming apparatus A paper discharge base is applied with a sponge sheet as a damping plate of an impact wall. A protection sheet is pasted on a surface of the sponge sheet. When the damping plate is impacted by a print sheet, the impact force is transmitted from the protec... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6402138 | Stop assembly for a sheet pile edge An assembly of at least one stop for a sheet pile edge in a sheet-processing machine, the stop being constructed as a rotatably mounted, adjustable-format roller, comprising a vertically pivotable link whereon the roller is disposed so as to be adjustable... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6354588 | Discharged paper receiver unit A discharged paper receiver unit for receiving papers discharged from an image recording apparatus has a bottom plate on which papers discharged from the image recording apparatus are stacked and which is positioned with its one end held lower than the ot... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6206365 | Sheet receiving apparatus for sorting and stacking sheets on a tray with friction-free horizontal reciprocation A sheet post-processing device of the present invention conducts post processing on sheets and then ejects the sheets on an offset tray. Upon the ejection, the sheets are sorted by a sorting drive section reciprocating the offset tray horizontally. The sh... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6073925 | Image forming apparatus A pair of paper delivery side fences is provided within a paper delivery unit so as to approach each other and move away from each other. A drive unit drives the pair of paper delivery side fences so as to change an opposite interval defined therebetween.... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073926 | Sheet discharge device There is disclosed a sheet distribution device in which by making various the modulus of elasticity of a stopper member and a sheet matching member, a stopper function at the time of discharging a sheet and a matching function at the time of matching the ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6032948 | Apparatus for stacking sheets A bill stacker (30) to handle bills of different sizes in an automated teller machine (10) includes two matched sets of different length arms (60a-e) with returns (62a-e) that act as bill stoppers where the arms are pivoted about a common shaft (64). Bill... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6022018 | Arrangement for positioning flat articles An arrangement for positioning flat articles, transported inside a container with straight sides. For a gentle positioning of flat articles of varied thickness and mass, which are transported at high speed into the container having a pivot bearing is prov... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5961114 | Mailpiece stacking structure An apparatus for stacking mailpieces received from a mail processing machine includes a deck; a sloped wall extending from the deck; a plurality of continuous belts each extending along the deck in a first direction and positioned at substantially equal i... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5931461 | Paper sheet receptacle having transversely elastically supported barrier wall plate The barrier wall device for paper sheets flying thereto with one edge posing as a front edge as discharged from a printing portion of a copying or printing machine to collide thereagainst is constructed to have a barrier wall plate elastically supported f... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5890713 | Device for forming a sheet pile in a delivery of a sheet-fed printing press A device for forming a sheet pile in a delivery of a sheet-fed printing press includes jogging plates for jogging edges of the sheet. The jogging plates are disposed perpendicularly to a lateral surface of the sheet pile and are drivable so as to move in ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5518229 | Negative film accumulating apparatus Disclosed herein is a negative film accumulating apparatus for accumulating therein a plurality of negative films successively fed from a photographic printer or the like. The negative films fed from the previous process such as the photographic printer o... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5499811 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A sheet post-processing apparatus includes bin trays for stacking sheets; sheet discharger for discharging sheets to the bin trays; an aligner for aligning the sheets received by the bin trays by urging them; a controller for controlling the aligner: wher... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5449159 | On edge envelope stacking apparatus with adjustable registration surface In accordance with the present invention apparatus for stacking flat articles, such as envelopes, on edge, comprises structure for transporting the envelopes on edge along a transport path and a deck plate having an upper side adjacent the transport path.... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5407188 | Classifying tray apparatus A classifying tray apparatus is provided with a plurality of sheet end receiving rollers for arranging each rear end portion of the sheets stacked on a sheet discharge tray. Each sheet end receiving roller stands rotatably on a main body of the classifyin... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5332210 | Variable size envelope drop stacker having means for assuring envelope sealing The envelope drop stacking apparatus receives envelopes ejected from a mailing machine in a seriatim manner to the stacker. The mailing machine ejects envelopes from an exist along an exist plane to which the drop stacker entrance is aligned. The stacker ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5215301 | Stacker In a stacker, where a stopper for aligning the front end of the papers to be stacked being detachable within a bottom plate of a paper receiver by a magnetic force, a paper feed means being provided along the paper feed direction in a manner such that the... | 06/01/1993 |
