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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177232 | Methods and apparatus for stacking tickets in a ticket printer with an alternate ticket exit An alternate ticket exit is provided in the event of a blockage of the primary ticket exit of a printer. Printed tickets are fed from a stacking nip into a ticket bin via a first ticket exit. A second ticket exit is provided which leads away from the ticket bin. Tic... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8146918 | Paper sorting apparatus and electronic device with paper sorting apparatus A paper sorting apparatus for an electronic device includes a chassis with a control module disposed therein, a paper transporting module accommodated in the chassis, and a plurality of paper trays attached to the chassis. The paper transporting module has a first e... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8109511 | Paper discharger and image forming apparatus A paper discharger is configured so as to perform paper conveying process to a first stacking tray and paper conveying process to a second stacking tray by a driving force from a single motor capable of reversible rotation in both directions. An image forming appara... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7942413 | Image forming apparatus provided with output tray and control method thereof In an image forming apparatus, a sheet is discharged onto an output tray. The image forming apparatus includes a ranging sensor which measures a distance to an object from a position located away by a predetermined distance from a bottom surface of the output tray i... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942414 | Image forming apparatus and method of managing discharged sheets In so-called an image forming apparatus of an in-body paper discharging type, a technology which improves convenience of handling of sheets discharged from the apparatus is provided. The holding unit holding a sheet received by a predetermined sheet receiver ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7762551 | Paper feeding module and multi-function peripheral having the same A multi-function peripheral includes a main body and a paper feeding module which includes a paper outlet structure, a tray and a gate. The paper outlet structure is disposed at the main body and has a first paper outlet and a second paper outlet below the first pap... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7458578 | Mailpiece fabrication system A mailpiece fabrication system including a source for providing sheet material having mailpiece data printed thereon. The mailpiece fabrication system further includes at least one spatial positioning device adapted to direct the sheet material along one of two fabr... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441773 | Image forming system having plural sheet stackers and image forming method thereof An image forming system includes: a first and second stacking sections arranged at a position different from each other for stacking a sheet with an image formed thereon by an image forming section; a first conveyance path and a second conveyance path longer than th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440710 | Image forming apparatus including paper ejection unit An image forming apparatus comprising a main body having a copy function of printing an image read from a document on a paper sheet, a printer function of printing an externally input image on a paper sheet, and a paper ejection port to eject a printed paper sheet. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7396012 | Flexible paper path using multidirectional path modules A modular flexible media handling apparatus includes an input module (28) through which flexible media enters the apparatus, at least one main path module (28, 30, 32, 34) through which flexible media passes along a main path (24), at least one ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7226049 | Universal flexible plural printer to plural finisher sheet integration system A multifunction printed sheets interface system with plural sheet input areas for receiving printed sheets from plural printers, plural sheet outputs areas for plural outputs to different sheet processing systems, a sheet position sensing system, and a sheet transpo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210681 | Paper discharge unit and printing apparatus employing the paper discharge unit A printer having a plurality of printing engines that eject papers to a common chute box is provided, wherein papers are discharged in an aligned state, even in the case that papers of different sizes are ejected. Papers of different sizes are inserted through slots... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210682 | Sheet distributor, image recorder, and a sheet distributing method The invention provides a sheet distributor and a sheet distributing method. The sheet distributor with which supplied sheets of a specified length are distributed to a plurality of lines of sheets, has a transport unit which keeps transporting each supplied sheet in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7121201 | Printing press folder with air knife The folder of a printing press includes an air knife assembly to reduce damage to signatures as they travel through the folder and to guide signatures through the folder. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7099605 | Optional apparatus for image forming apparatus An optional apparatus for an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a print medium, which is detachably connected to the image forming apparatus and performs predetermined optional processing for a print medium supplied from the image forming apparatus, is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093992 | Versatile collator and system incorporating same An efficient collator. The collator includes a first mechanism for selectively separating physical output from a device. A second mechanism is coupled to the first mechanism and facilitates angling and/or rotating the first mechanism based on the physical output. In... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7048457 | Document delivery system apparatus and method A document delivery device for delivering a document such as a receipt or transaction record to a user at a kiosk or other automated device significantly reduces “pushing” of documents, increasing reliability and robustness. The document delivery device includes... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044902 | Printing press folder and folder components A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a cutting motor that is operable to drive the cutting cylinders. A delivery a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6972426 | Radiographic image reading apparatus A radiographic image reading apparatus for reading radiographic image information from a photostimulable phosphor sheet after a cassette including the photostimulable phosphor sheet is loaded into the radiographic image reading apparatus, comprising: an insertion op... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955263 | Method for processing sheet material A method for processing sheet material, in particular papers of value such as bank notes, checks, etc., wherein different groups of sheet material are processed one after the other, the different groups of sheet material being separated for processing. A container f... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948711 | Sheet ejection apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and sheet ejection unit A sheet ejection apparatus which is built in as a part of a processing apparatus main unit for ejecting a sheet processed by a processing section in the processing apparatus main unit to a sheet stack section placed on the top of the processing apparatus main unit. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6910690 | Positive control lower folder A positive control signature transferring assembly, for use in a lower folder, transports and diverts signatures under positive control. The assembly has a first positive control deceleration device having grippers for transporting some of the signatures of a stream... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906831 | Scanner device having a sheet handling path with a reduced bending angle A photography scanning device is provided for automatically scanning either photographs or transparencies. The scanning device is provided with a sheet feeding and handling mechanism that does not bend a photo or transparency to a degree that it is damaged as it pas... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874782 | Sorter exit sensor A sheet detection system comprising: a first sheet transport for transporting a sheet along a first sheet transport path; at least second and third sheet transports for selectively transporting a sheet transported along the first sheet transport path along second an... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6793218 | Fast inkjet printer having multiple output trays An output mechanism for use with an inkjet printer for printing a multi-page document, including plural paper-receiving output trays; a controller for determining the total number of pages, the number of copies of each page to be printed, and the paper-receiving tra... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6788426 | Image forming apparatus Record sheets on which an image is formed on the basis of image data supplied from a terminal apparatus, are efficiently discharged to a bin. A post-process section of a digital copier which is used in conjunction with at least first to third computers includes firs... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6731903 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus having an image reading portion for reading an image, an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet, and a sheet delivery portion provided above the image reading portion, the image reading portion is provided with an origina... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6644661 | Post-printing processor for printer The present invention aims at providing a post-printing processor in which a user can easily find his/her print job. Rotary coils 2 are arranged at the sides of a discharging roller 101 of a printer so as to hold sheets of a single print job in a gap between t... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6612571 | Sheet conveying device having multiple outputs A sheet conveying device having multiple directional outputs with multiple registration options having no fixed registration wall for sequencing single sheets or two approximately identical sheets arriving in a two-up configuration, includes a first, seco... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612570 | High speed stacking apparatus A high speed material processing and stacking apparatus and method for overlapping and slowing the linear progression of material pieces in a continuous stream. The apparatus may include a doubler conveyor for separating material pieces in a stream permit... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6561505 | Paper feeding apparatus In order to provide a paper feeding apparatus which is miniaturized by inclining a conveying passage and can quickly feed a manuscript even if the manuscript is thick, there is provided a paper feeding apparatus in which a conveying passage for a manuscri... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6515735 | Stacker apparatus and printing apparatus A stacker apparatus is disclosed which includes a plurality of trays for receiving sheet-like media discharged from two or more medium exits. Between two upper and lower medium exits (4C, 4D) included in the two or more medium exits (4A to 4F), a tray hol... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6487379 | Control system for paper feeding apparatus and/or paper discharging apparatus In a system wherein a plurality of paper feeding devices can be serially connected to a recording device body, where the recording device body is regarded as an electrically upstreammost device, an electrically downstreammost paper feeding device controls... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6443449 | Paper sheet discharge apparatus and printing apparatus A paper sheet discharge apparatus comprises a transport roller for transporting paper sheets discharged from an image-forming apparatus, a plurality of switching flappers for guiding the paper sheets to desired bins, and a plurality of delivery rollers fo... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6364312 | Method and arrangement for removing air inclusions when forming stacks from sheets A method and arrangement are provided for removing air inclusions between sheets in a stack when forming the stack from sheets fed successively by a sheet feeder to the stack to be formed and deposited thereon in a sheet feeding region. Air out is suction... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354590 | Rotary bin sorter A multiple bin sorter for use with an image forming device in which the bins rotate through a sheet receiving position and, as may be necessary or desirable, through other positions to accommodate a variety of different finishing operations. The sorter in... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6302392 | Sheet diverter for collating signatures and a method thereof Provided is a sheet diverter for directing signatures moving in serial fashion along a diverter path to one of a plurality of collation paths. The sheet diverter includes a pair of diverter rolls for directing a signature to one of the plurality of collat... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6283472 | System for automatic disposal of canceled paper output A system for automatic disposal of an unwanted output includes a print engine for generating a print job having an output; a finishing device connected to said print engine for finishing said print job, wherein said finishing device includes: an intermedi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6257572 | Image forming apparatus having sheet post-processing unit An image forming apparatus comprises a main body and a sheet post-processing unit. The main body has a first discharge path, a second discharge path, a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion. The sheet post-processing unit has a first sheet ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254093 | Sheet diverter wedge including air discharge ports A diverter wedge for a pinless folder is adapted for cooperative association with a diverter guide mechanism operating to direct the lateral disposition of the leading edge of a signature relative to the wedge to one of a plurality of collation paths. The... | 07/03/2001 |
