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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167305 | Transporting device and transporting method A transport device and a transporting method. The transporting device includes a transporting unit, a plurality of medium sensing units, an encoder, a paper management module, a determining unit, and a transport controller. When the determining unit determines that ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8141871 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a conveyance unit; a motor; a stop order unit that orders stoppage of the motor; a detection unit, which detects a rotated number of the motor or a conveyance distance during a post-order period, and the pos... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8118304 | Stopping device and multi-function peripheral using the same A stopping device and a multi-function peripheral (MFP) using the same are provided. The stopping device disposed in a track having a recess includes a driving unit, a forcing unit, a first restricting point, a second restricting point, a rotating unit, and a stoppi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7828290 | ADU transport roller driving device, image forming apparatus, ADU transport roller driving method An ADU transport roller driving device, an image forming apparatus and an ADU transport roller driving method, in which a phenomenon of a warp does not occur on a succeeding sheet, are provided. There are included one drive motor that drives plural transport rollers... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7438288 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus for effecting recording by a recording head on a recording material which is fed by a plurality of pairs of feeding rollers, the recording apparatus, includes a first feeding roller for feeding the recording material with a first feeding force;... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7380789 | Methods of moving a media sheet from an input tray and into a media path within an image forming device The application is directed to methods for moving a media sheet through the media path of an image forming device. In one embodiment, the media sheet may be moved by a pick mechanism having a pick roll from an input tray. The pick roll in the input tray may maintain... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334786 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet feeding tray, a lock mechanism that locks the sheet feeding tray, a sheet feeding unit that feeds sheets from the sheet feeding tray one by one, an opening and closing unit that opens and closes a conveyance path, a sheet d... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7288059 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray on which sheets are stacked in a bundle form, an intermediate portion stapler which staples the intermediate portion of the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, a sheet bundle conveying member which con... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284918 | Recording method, computer-readable medium, and recording apparatus A recording method, for example, which allows a recording medium to be carried with high carrying precision is to be achieved. A recording method includes a step of changing a carry command value, when carrying a recording medium, according to a state of bending of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7252286 | Compact printer paper path manual access improvement with collapsible air ducts Increased manual access spaces are provided even within a more compact printer for the movement or removal of printer components such as paper path baffles to be moved for the removal of jammed sheets and/or other hand or tool insertions by printer users and/or repa... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7201372 | Sheet accumulator systems and methods Sheet accumulator systems and methods are provided for forming a stack of under-accumulated sheets. The method can include advancing sheets in a predetermined sequence and under-accumulating a first portion of the advanced sheets in a first stack. The method can als... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195239 | Printer and paper feed controller High accuracy is achieved in paper feed control without increasing the size of an encoder, which would result in an increase in cost. The velocity of a paper feeding mechanism is calculated from an edge signal that is generated by the encoder in response to the moti... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193380 | Method for rotating a printer paper-feed roller A method for rotating a printer paper-feed roller wherein the roller is driven by a DC (direct current) motor. A feedback-control signal is applied to the motor until the roller reaches a desired rotational position. The feedback-control signal is a function of an e... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168700 | Sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control A sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control. By varying the speed at which sheets are fed from a supply, the sheet feeder apparatus and method assures that the throughput capacity of a downstream operation is never exceeded. Speed is varied based upo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131645 | Device for separation of folders in a layer of folders A device for separation of folders within a layer of folders includes elements for blocking the advance of a folder in the layer, elements for unlayering the folders preceding the retained folder, and elements for retaining the blocked folder and the folders followi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128259 | Detector A detector (10) for detecting an object (42) in a media item (40), such as a check or banknote is described. The detector (10) comprises first electrically conducting means (14), such as a roller, disposed on one side of a media pa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7102800 | Methods and apparatus for providing imaging media in imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus has a primary media tray, a priority media feed tray, and a media feed mechanism configured to extract media from the priority feed tray and the primary media feed tray. The imaging apparatus further includes a priority media release device conf... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7014378 | Printer and paper feed controller High accuracy is achieved in paper feed control without increasing the size of an encoder, which would result in an increase in cost. The velocity of a paper feeding mechanism is calculated from an edge signal that is generated by the encoder in response to the moti... | 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 |
| 6988726 | Method and apparatus for overlapping sheets in a sheet feeder and providing the overlapped sheets to a printing press The present invention is directed to a sheet feeding apparatus and method. In particular this invention comprises a sheet feeding apparatus having a first conveyance member, a second conveyance member, and a sheet bending member. The first conveyance member conveys ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6978991 | Streak free apparatus for processing and stacking printed forms An apparatus for processing, stacking and thereafter collecting printed forms, includes: a dual registering stacking interface, that stacks and accumulates forms in a stack or in a continuing feeding as separate forms; and, a sequencer merger that receives the forms... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6880819 | Sheet feeder capable of immediately detecting a paper jam A sheet feeder capable of immediately detecting a paper jam includes a housing, a motor attached to the housing, a driving roller, a driven roller, a rotation speed detector and a control circuit. The motor drives the driving roller to rotate, and the driving roller... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6874963 | Driving apparatus having a feeding part power-engaging removal device in image forming apparatus An image forming machine driving apparatus includes a first one direction power transfer part transferring or cutting off a dynamic power of a driving motor to or from a feeding part according to rotation directions of the driving motor, and a feeding part power-eng... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6702281 | Device for loading a feeder rack In a device for loading a feeder rack (5) in further-processing machines such as gather-stitcher machines or gathering machines (6) for folded sheets (1), sheets, booklets or similar printed products, which has a first conveyor arrangement (15) extending ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6672586 | Sheet processing apparatus and method of controlling same, sheet processing method, and storage media therefor A sheet processing apparatus is provided, which is capable of achieving high quality processing and maintaining high productivity without giving rise to problems such as sheet jam or damage of sheets even when various sheets having different attributes ar... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6619647 | Device for loading a feeder rack In a device for loading further-processing machines with printed products, in particular a feeder rack (5) in gather-stitcher machines or gathering machines (6) for folded sheets (1), sheets, booklets or the like, which has a first conveyor arrangement (1... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6508464 | Method and device for intermediate storage of documents In a method for intermediately storing documents being supplied in a supply cycle by an upstream system to an intermediate storage device, the documents supplied by the upstream system to a downstream system are transferred in a transfer cycle that is ind... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6464217 | Method and apparatus for limiting torque in a feeder A method and device for reducing the maximum torque to rollers mounted on a drive shaft of a drive roller assembly. By using a plurality of slip clutches, each for engaging an individual roller to the drive shaft and setting a maximum torque for the indiv... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6422556 | Reproduction apparatus An electrophotographic apparatus stop device that prevents actuation of a gear and feed shaft when a tray is not substantially inserted in an apparatus. The electrophotographic apparatus stop device includes a mechanism slidably positionable between a fir... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6390467 | Transfer sheet conveying device for image forming apparatus with improved operability of removing a jammed sheet A pair of grip rollers forming a slack in a transfer sheet by impinging the transfer sheet against a pair of registration rollers that are at a standstill, includes a one-way rotating clutch. A coil spring biases the one-way rotating clutch such that proj... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6338479 | In-line processing of flat objects In the in-line processing of flat objects (S1 -S7), the flat objects (S1 -S7) are fed from a device (4) and serially transferred to a downstream system (5). In the system (5) the objects (S1 -S7 | 01/15/2002 |
| 6327543 | Method of judging truth of paper type and method of judging direction in which paper type is fed Random components for each characteristic amount of a paper type to be examined are extracted on the basis of characteristic amounts of the paper type which are read from a plurality of portions on the paper type and reference data previously found with r... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6253158 | Method of judging truth of paper type and method of judging direction in which paper type is fed Random components for each characteristic amount of a paper type to be examined are extracted on the basis of characteristic amounts of the paper type which are read from a plurality of portions on the paper type and reference data previously found with r... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237485 | Stencil printer having paper supply controller A stencil printer includes a printing drum which is rotated bearing thereon a stencil master, and a press roller which is pressed against the printing drum. A paper supply system supplies a printing paper to between the printing drum and the press roller ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6157895 | Method of judging truth of paper type and method of judging direction in which paper type is fed Random components for each characteristic amount of a paper type to be examined are extracted on the basis of characteristic amounts of the paper type which are read from a plurality of portions on the paper type and reference data previously found with r... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6105959 | Overlapped feed detecting device Overlapped paper feed can be detected easily and promptly. Along a paper feeding path, a light emitting element 1 and a light receiving sensor 2 are placed face to face and a detection signal corresponding to the light transmissivity of paper is output. T... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6062556 | Method and apparatus for merging sheets Apparatus and method for merging sheet streams conveyed in side-by-side streams in a conveying direction into a single stream. An infeed conveyor conveys at least two sheet streams side-by side in a direction toward a merger. The merger separates and sepa... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6019362 | Sheet transfer apparatus A sheet transfer apparatus includes a sheet receiver for receiving a plurality of sheets, and a transfer mechanism for successively transferring each of the sheets from the sheet receiver along a predetermined transfer path. The sheet receiver has an open... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5944645 | Finisher A finisher includes moving devices, which are movably mounted relative to a conveying path for applying additional-workings to a sheet having an image formed surface, such as a folding stopper which adjusts the position for folding the sheet, an aligning ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5897237 | Power transmission mechanism for a sheet supply apparatus The present invention provides a sheet supply apparatus with a supply device for supplying a sheet, a drive motor for driving the supply device, a power transmission switching mechanism for permitting or inhibiting transmission of power from the drive mot... | 04/27/1999 |
