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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061710 | Bill position adjustment method and system for bill acceptor A bill position adjustment method and system for bill acceptor is disclosed to include a body with an insertion slot and a bill passage, a transmission mechanism for transferring an inserted bill, a recognition device for recognizing the authenticity and value of an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7918452 | Sheet width aligning device, sheet transport device and image forming apparatus A sheet width aligning device includes two width aligning members which respectively contact widthwise ends of a sheet to regulate a widthwise position of the sheet. A first detector detects one widthwise end of the sheet and a second detector detects the other widt... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7762547 | Bill processing apparatus A bill processing apparatus comprising: movable pieces that are movable toward a center of a bill traveling route through which a bill is conveyed by a driving source, and regulate side edges of the bill to be conveyed so as to make the bill aligned in parallel with... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7690648 | Sheet aligning device of a printing press and method of controlling the same A sheet aligning device includes first and second aligning plates disposed on opposite lateral sides of the feeder board, the first and second aligning plates being capable of being reciprocatingly moved in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction and e... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7637499 | Sheet feeding apparatus and recording apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus to which a cassette accommodating a sheet is detachably mountable includes supplying means for supplying the sheet from the cassette; a reference member having a reference surface for regulating a position of a lateral edge of the sheet bei... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7434801 | Versatile paper feeding device of image forming apparatus A versatile paper feeding device of an image forming apparatus includes a pick-up roller, a paper support tray under the pick-up roller to stack paper on, a paper support expansion tray to be able to freely slide toward or away from the paper support tray to support... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7325802 | Aligning device and image forming system including the same An aligning device in accordance with the present invention is arranged in such a manner that a feed section for feeding a sheet and a release section for releasing a pinching force exerted to the sheet by the feed section are driven by a single motor. With this arr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7240780 | Apparatus for discriminating valuable papers with centering means An apparatus for discriminating valuable papers is provided wherein a validation control circuit 56 (i) drives conveyer device 8 to inwardly move bill along passageway 9 when inlet sensor 13 detects bill, (ii) ceases driving of conveyer d... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7156222 | Magazine apparatus for retaining flexible bags A powered magazine apparatus for retaining and transporting flexible bags comprises a base conveyor, and a pair of first and second digitated conveyor belts positioned on respective opposite sides of the base conveyor. Each of the digitated conveyor belts comprises ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7100811 | Web guide and method The present invention relates to a method of production and an arrangement for feeding and guiding web materials in laterally separate paths from a web supply to a machine for producing packing blanks. More specifically a web guide is disclosed, capable of controlli... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7063015 | Sheet support for printing press A sheet support bridging a pair of parallel longitudinally extending and transversely spaced guides has a stack of substantially identical and transversely extending support elements having transversely opposite ends slidable along the guides and a flexible connecti... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063472 | Sheet skew correcting apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet skew correcting apparatus, incorporated in a printer or the like to correct a phenomenon of obliquely feeding a sheet called skewing. The apparatus includes a transporting path in which the sheet is transported, a pair of registration rollers, a pair of timi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040855 | Blank support device A device for handling blanks, comprises a blank pallet-receiving portion to be positioned downstream of a blank forming machine. The blank pallet-receiving portion defines a plane substantially parallel with a blank-receiving surface on a pallet positioned on the bl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971647 | Media registration mechanism for image forming device In one embodiment, an image forming device is provided that includes a media path configured to carry print media through the image forming device, an alignment mechanism including a plurality of alignment walls, and an image forming mechanism configured to form an ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6945530 | Device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper In a device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper, each stack is caused to advance along a pre-set path inside a pocket, which has a resting surface for supporting the stack and is provided with at least one pressure member designed to grip the stack on the restin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926456 | Guiding device for a marking arrangement A device for guiding a continuous strip past a marking unit, which is arranged to non-mechanically provide markings on at least one strip surface, includes a longitudinal channel for receiving the strip. The channel is at least partly defined by guiding elements tha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926267 | Sheet transport apparatus A sheet transport apparatus includes a paper feed stacker for stacking a sheet; a first sheet control device for abutting against an edge of the sheet to control a width direction of the sheet and being movable in the width direction; a discharge device for discharg... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908083 | Recording plate or film loading device A recording plate or film loading device for use with an image recording scanner. The device comprises a platen (6) arranged at an angle to the horizontal and onto which a plate or film is manually placed. A loading mechanism includes one or more first pusher... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6889976 | Image recorder An image recorder is provided. For mounting two plates on a drum, two side-to-side adjustment sections are used. Each of the side-to-side adjustment sections includes an outer nut portion and an inner nut portion movable by respective ball screws in a first directio... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6801302 | Plate registering system and method of operation A substrate manager for a substrate exposure machine is used, in one example, as a platesetter. As such, it comprises a substrate storage system, containing one or more stacks of substrates, such as plates in one implementation. A substrate picker is provided for pi... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6772688 | Imaging system with automated plate locating mechanism and method for loading printing plate In an external drum imaging system, a plate locating mechanism and method for operation of same are provided for automatically locating printing plates of various sizes in a staging position so as to be mounted on a predetermined position on external drum of the ima... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6682068 | Document alignment mechanism for currency recycling automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transport (70... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6644875 | Printing device Before stopper members (25) of a skew correcting mechanism (10) are evacuated from a sheet conveyor path, sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) rotate a set angle in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction such that a sheet is separated from the sto... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6626430 | Device for stacking sheets An apparatus for stacking sheets has a conveyor for delivering a succession of the sheets in a longitudinal transport direction on a conveyor plane to an upstream side of a stacking station with longitudinal edges of the sheets extending parallel to the d... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6561502 | Double-layered width-adjustable inserter tracks A document transporter apparatus for use on an envelope inserter comprises a first track, for moving a first type of document, mounted to the envelope inserter, a second track, for moving a second type of document, mounted above the first track, and a mec... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6527269 | Method and apparatus for sheet finishing capable of performing an effective jogging process A sheet finishing apparatus including a sheet tray, a pair of jogging fences, and a case. The sheet tray stacks a plurality of sheets that have been sent from an image forming apparatus. The pair of jogging fences hold the sheets stacked in the sheet tray... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523822 | Aligning device for document feeder This invention relates to an aligning device for a feeder of a mailing machine, comprising a first rear aligning guide mobile in one direction of advance of the mailpieces and a second lateral aligning guide mobile in a direction perpendicular to this dir... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6510670 | Packaging apparatus and method for wrapping flat articles, such as books The invention relates to a packaging apparatus for wrapping flat articles, such as books, in a cardboard-made flat package blank, including first flaps remaining on the inside and second flaps remaining on the outside. The packaging apparatus comprises a ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6481709 | Device for the longitudinal alignment of plate elements within an infeed station of a machine working them Device (1) for the longitudinal alignment of plate elements (2) within an infeed station of a machine working them. The aforementioned device is secured by two lateral brackets (9, 10) between which is settled a conveyor track for the said plate elements,... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6454256 | Device for laterally aligning sheets A device for laterally aligning a sheet on a feeding table of a sheet-processing machine, wherein a sheet is moved transversely to the sheet-transporting direction by a pulling device, and a multiple-sheet monitoring device activatable during the pulling ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6454257 | Article jogging apparatus An article jogging apparatus for the lateral straightening of sheet material located on a conveyor includes a pair of vertically opposed timing belts. One belt being adjustable per product width as well as stream throat. The other belt oscillating between... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6446960 | Sheet feeding device Roller pairs comprise respective upper rollers and respective lower rollers. The lower rollers are associated with respective displacement members connected thereto. The displacement members have oblong holes defined therein, and eccentric shafts fixed to... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446959 | Device for aligning sheets laterally A device for aligning sheets laterally on a feed table of a sheet-processing machine, having a side stop, includes a suction pull nozzle movable transversely to a sheet transport direction and being formed with a plurality of suction openings, the suction... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6412773 | Paper feeding apparatus A paper feeding apparatus has a fixed-side paper guide 5 and a movable-side paper guide 6. A tubular portion 7 of the movable-side paper guide 6 is slidably attached to a guide shaft 4. The guide shaft 4 is rotated by the power for feeding the paper to a ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6402139 | Sheet material feeder with guides and lateral position adjusting means A sheet material feeder and an image forming apparatus in which, even when a sheet of thick paper is transported through a sharply curved sheet material guide, the sheet can be adjusted to a lateral registry position. A base plate, a movable lower guide a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6357739 | Recording sheet package and sheet supply cassette for printer A thermal printer includes a thermal printer component for image recording to a thermosensitive recording sheet. There is a loading opening through which the thermal printer component is supplied with the recording sheet. Plural guiding projections positi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6299161 | Apparatus for guiding a paper in a printer Disclosed is an apparatus for guiding a paper for printing, which includes guide arms for guiding the paper carried between a transferring device and a fixing device. In the apparatus for guiding the paper for printing, the guide arms are mounted and spac... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296248 | Sheet conveying apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a rectangular sheet includes conveying device for conveying the sheet while contacting a bottom surface of the sheet on a conveyance surface and a pair of elastic members disposed on two sides of the conveying dev... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6279900 | Sheet guide device with sheet position adjusting mechanism and image forming apparatus using the same device A sheet guide device to guide a sheet being conveyed in a sheet conveying path of the device includes a device to adjust widthwise sheet positioning by regulating side edges of the sheet. The adjusting device is provided in a curved part of the sheet conv... | 08/28/2001 |
