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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113513 | Sheet processing apparatus with cross-directionally moving device A sheet processing apparatus including a cross-directionally moving device for moving a sheet in a direction crossing a sheet discharging direction, and a cross-side restricting member for receiving one side edge of the sheet moved in the crossing direction by the c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7992867 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus of the invention has: a movement blocking unit for blocking a movement of a sheet which is moved to a side edge aligning unit by a moving unit, thereby allowing the moving unit to position adjustment slip move on the sheet so as to adjus... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7810809 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus in which with a guide surface that is disposed upstream of a reference guide and is oblique so as to come close to a central portion in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction of a re-conveying path as it extends from u... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7665730 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet processing apparatus including a cross-directionally moving device for moving a sheet in a direction crossing a sheet discharging direction, and a cross-side restricting member for receiving one side edge of the sheet moved in the crossing direction by the c... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7644920 | Image forming apparatus with offset feed roller from separation portion The image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a paper guide, a paper feed roller, and a paper supply portion from which the paper feed roller is configured to supply paper. The paper guide is supported within the chassis and has a base portion and a first separati... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7490829 | Sheet registry device A sheet processing device wherein sheets are deposited in a staggered configuration relative to one another, which includes a paper path, a first and second sheet edge guide fitted substantially parallel to one another in the feed-through direction, and a transporta... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7441772 | Sheet-conveying device A sheet-conveying device includes a sheet conveying path along which a sheet is conveyed, a conveying roller, an inclined roller, an inclined-roller-supporting member that supports the inclined roller such that the inclined roller can rotate around a rotational axis... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416183 | Postal weighing platform with integrated feeding and deskewing functions The present invention includes apparatus and methods for handling mailpieces. A mailpiece handling device includes a substantially horizontal deck for receiving a mailpiece. The device also includes a substantially vertical registration wall that extends upwardly fr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392983 | Sheet post-processing unit and image forming apparatus There is provided a sheet post-processing unit and image forming unit, which is capable of stably conveying sheets discharged one after another to a tray to form a bundle of sheets and to staple the bundle. A sheet conveying means is provided for selectively conveyi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7374164 | Configuration for the transport and simultaneous alignment of sheets A configuration for the transport and simultaneous alignment of sheets has a straightedge, at least one conveyor belt disposed slightly at an angle to the straightedge in the direction of movement of the sheets, and an air suction device. The conveyor belt exhibits ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357390 | Devices for aligning sheets and a method for aligning sheets transversal to the direction of travel of the sheets A device is provided for use in the alignment of sheets transverse to a direction of sheet travel. A sheet retaining device, which conveys the sheets, is displaceably mounted for holding the sheets against a side guide. At least two sheets are situated one above the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311234 | Vectored air web handling apparatus A web control device is provided as a generally cylindrical hollow bar having a plurality of holes disposed thereon. Each of the plurality of holes is capable of providing fluid contact between the central portion and the outer portion of web control device. The web... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306221 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus with a skew feed correcting device including a first guide supporting one side edge of the sheet, an aligning device provided in the first guide and having an abutment portion and a first roller pair for causing the sheet to abut the abut... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300046 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet processing apparatus including a first sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets thereon, a second sheet stacking portion provided downstream of the first sheet stacking portion with respect to a sheet conveying direction, a sheet holding device for holding... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281711 | Blowing-air holding-down arrangement and sheet-aligning device provided therewith The holding-down arrangement for holding down a sheet (24) in a sheet-bearing region of a sheet-processing machine, in particular of a folding machine, includes a plurality of blowing devices (19, 21) which, during use, are directed toward a sheet (... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261789 | Method of producing paperboard product with an even thickness A method is disclosed for producing a multilayer paperboard product, as well as an assembly suited for implementing the method and a paperboard manufactured according to the method, whereby the paperboard is made from at least two, advantageously three layers (4,... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255342 | Anti-skew device for mail processing machine In a mail processing machine comprising a reception plate for receiving, in the form of a stack of items, the mail items to be printed, a jogging means for jogging this stack of items against a reference wall, a selection means for extracting the mail items to be pr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7209872 | System for simulating the conveyance of a flexible medium A design support system is provided, which accurately simulates the behavior of a flexible medium in a convey path even if the flexible medium exhibits different flexural stiffness in different bending directions. In a design support system which supports the user t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201369 | Vertical justification system A device and system for registering or justifying product such as mail pieces in a vertical position for future processing of such mail pieces. The system includes a mounting block having an angled bore and a driven alignment mechanism mounted within the angled bore... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7156390 | Devices for aligning sheets The invention relates to devices for aligning sheets (1), which are overlapped with an offset and supplied to the device by a stream feeder and which can be transferred to a device (63) that is located downstream, after alignment of the front edge and ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158256 | Method of recording image and image recorder An image recorder and a method of recording an image on a printing plate are provided. A punch unit for forming punched holes and the like for use in a printing apparatus in the printing plate positions the printing plate by bringing a pair of reference pins into co... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147223 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device includes a drive roller having a shaft, a driven roller having a shaft, a biasing member that rotatably supports one of the drive roller and the driven roller and biases one of the drive roller and the driven roller against the other one of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121545 | Independently activatable side pull for lateral alignment of a sheet A device and a method for lateral alignment of a sheet (5, 6) in a sheet processing machine, in which the sheet (5, 6) is movable essentially across its direction of transport (7) into an alignment position (4); a side pull lay device is ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104540 | Sheet handling method and apparatus An apparatus for handling a sheet of material comprises: a paper accumulator that receives at least one sheet of paper, and at least one first roller that applies a force against a first edge of the sheet in a first direction parallel to the first edge, so as to mov... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090213 | Outlet roller of sheet stacking device and an image forming apparatus including the same A sheet stacking device of the present invention includes a receipt tray for stacking sheets sequentially driven out by an outlet roller. The outlet roller has a cylindrical portion and a conveying portion, which is contiguous with the end face of the cylindrical po... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7055816 | Method of processing sheet-like products, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for processing a stream of sheet-like products, such as printed magazines and newspapers, whereby the orientation of the products in the stream is changed to facilitate subsequent processing. The products are conveyed in an imbricated stream, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011305 | Device and method for aligning sheets A device for aligning sheets prior to transferring the sheets to a sheet-processing machine includes at least one sheet-gripping device by the aid of which the sheet to be aligned is displaceable, the sheet-gripping device having at least one positioning table displ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6951429 | Feed assistance member and a medium processing apparatus Provided is a medium feeding aparatus having at least one align roller to align medium in a path, wherein the align roller is positioned below the medium and is driven to transport the medium in the path. A feed assistance member includes a shaft and a feed assistan... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950787 | Apparatus and method for simulating transportation of flexible medium, and computer-readable recording medium having flexible medium transport simulation program recorded thereon The present invention enables real-time and three-dimensional display of transport of a flexible medium by a simple method. To this end, in the present invention, a position/posture computation section computes a three-dimensional transport position of the flexible ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942214 | Mail registration and feeding apparatus This invention concerns a feeding and advancing apparatus in a document processing machine for aligning and registering flat articles against a registration wall. The articles are advanced through a first feeding apparatus that pushes them towards a registration wal... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6896256 | Sheet transport apparatus and image formation apparatus therewith A sheet transport apparatus comprises a predetermined number of transport members 2 disposed in a sheet transport passage 1. At least a part of the transport members 2 is a multi-direction transport member 4 for variably setting the trans... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6866261 | Device for laterally aligning sheets in sheet-processing machines, especially printing presses A device for laterally aligning sheets in sheet-processing machines includes a pulling device having a drivable transport roller and a dabber roller mounted on a pivotable lever. A spring system cooperates with the lever for adjusting a pressing force between the ro... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860204 | Image exposure apparatus An image exposure apparatus has a rotating drum for winding a printing plate on which an image is recorded; a punch unit for forming punched holes to be used for positioning in printing processing on the printing plate; a conveying guide unit having a guide section ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6840514 | Media alignment mechanism A media alignment mechanism of a printer having duplex capabilities has two spaced elements (33, 34) defining a predetermined return feed path. Two reference edge segments (50, 61) are disposed between the spaced elements and separated from each other ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837492 | Universal deskew feeder for a mailing machine The present invention includes a deskew mechanism for a mailing machine. The deskew mechanism includes a horizontal feed deck and a vertical registration wall. A roller is mounted for rotation and located spaced from the registration wall so as to extend upwardly fr... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811152 | Method and device for controlling the orientation and alignment of individual sheets of paper passing on a conveyor A method of and a device for controlling the orientation and the alignment of individual sheets of paper travelling on a sheet conveyor are provided. Each sheet passes over a pair of closely spaced rotating disks inserted between upstream and downstream sheet convey... | 11/02/2004 |
