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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7469896 | Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming system equipped therewith An image forming system includes: a first sheet stacking device including a rack, provided downstream of an image forming apparatus in a conveyance direction of a recording sheet and connected with the image forming apparatus, for stacking the recording sheet delive... | 12/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7364150 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus using heating member on sheet tray An air duct is disposed in the vicinity of a heating member generating the heat for heating sheets stacked in a sheet tray, and the air in the air duct is heated by the heat generated by the heating member. The air duct is connected to an air blowing portion blowing... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357391 | Device for selectively stacking sheets A device (10) for stacking sheets and a device for depositing notes, which comprises a plurality of such devices (10), are shown. The device (10) comprises at least one carrying face (16, 18) for carrying a sheet stack, the carrying face ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7216863 | Sheet processing apparatus above image forming means and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus, which is configured in a simple construction and at low cost, includes a first sheet stacking portion for temporarily stacking a sheet discharged thereon, an alignment member for aligning the sheet discharged on the first sheet stacking... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7059628 | Cover for air bag device A cover for an air bag device that enables an emblem to be secured to the cover in an extremely simple manner. The cover (module cover) has a recess for receiving the emblem. An extension of the emblem is extended through a hole in the cover. A distal end of the ext... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055849 | Cover for air bag device A cover for an air bag device that enables an emblem to be secured to the cover in an extremely simple manner. The cover (module cover) has a recess for receiving the emblem. An extension of the emblem is extended through a hole in the cover. A distal end of the ext... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034951 | Printer collator facility and method A method of printing a plurality of documents includes generating a page file for each page of each document, generating a control file for each page file, and operating a number of printers to generate printed pages based on the page files. The method includes scan... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6920031 | Static charge neutralizer A hydrocarbon fluid filter monitor cartridge having apparatus for neutralizing the electrostatic charge in the transient fluid including a mass of filter material, and electrical conductor having a main conductive path and a plurality of cooperating electrically con... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6641135 | Device for storing and issuing sheet-like material, in particular, bank notes, and a guide unit and a transport unit for said device The invention relates to an apparatus for the storage and/or dispensing of sheet-like material, in particular bank notes 23, comprising a compartment module (10) having a plurality of compartments (11), a slider (6) which can be travelled into and out of ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6567722 | Device for storing and issuing banknotes The invention relates to an apparatus for storage and dispensing of bank notes, preferably having a device connected in series to verify genuineness of bank notes inserted. To provide the apparatus which is characterized by a simple and therefore economic... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6547501 | Device and method for binding printed products A device for preparing a book spine includes a plurality of movable pockets, each pocket having an angled back, a packer and a spine stop at a lower end of the pocket for receiving the spine. The spine stop has a first collect position, a second position ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6481711 | 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-re... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6364548 | Transfer apparatus for transferring pre-processed sheet materials, and photographic processing apparatus using the same A transfer apparatus for transferring pre-processed sheet materials discharged from an outlet of a sheet processing apparatus includes a transfer unit provided outside of the outlet for receiving the sheet materials discharged from the outlet and transfer... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6331003 | Recording medium discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus provided therewith A recording medium discharging apparatus which can be mounted on top of the image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording medium storers and a locking mechanism for locking the discharging apparatus to the image forming apparatus when the disc... | 12/18/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6250631 | Sheet handling unit A sheet handling unit including a processing station having a stapling mechanism for stapling a plurality of sheets; a plurality of mail trays for receiving sheets transported from the processing station; and a bulk tray for receiving sheets transported f... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6170822 | Leaflets handling apparatus A paper currency reception/delivery machine having a high degree of general-purpose utility and implemented in a simple structure of a small size at low cost and capable of handling foreign paper currencies of different sizes and other leaflets is imparte... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6149148 | Hurdle or rack board for sheet-fed printing machines A hurdle board assembly for separating sheet piles in a delivery of a sheet-fed printing machine includes a hurdle board. A plurality of spacer elements are connected to the hurdle board at locations in the vicinity of the border of one surface of the hur... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6003865 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes a main assembly having an upper frame and a lower frame, the upper frame being rotatably openable with respect to the lower frame; a sheet accommodating device having at least one sheet receiving tray for receiving a ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5970228 | Method of maintaining security in a common output means and system for maintaining security A common output unit such as a print server maintains security when an output request unit, serving as a client, sends a job to be processed to the output unit. The output unit accepts and puts the job in queue. The output unit then creates a collation ke... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5903284 | Sheet sorting apparatus with memory for sorting or storage position data A sheet sorting apparatus is equipped with a control device for controlling the sorting of sheets from a sheet processing device and a memory for storing data concerning the number of sorted sheets. The memory has a back-up power source that is independen... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5862307 | Communication apparatus used with a plurality of different circuits An object of the invention is to provide a communication apparatus connected to a plurality of circuits in which recording paper on which received image data is printed is discharged to discharge trays which are individually provided for the respective ci... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5833232 | Apparatus for accumulating and directionally reorienting sheets An apparatus for accumulating sheets from a secondary source and changing their conveyance direction 90°. The accumulator is a group of vertically stacked bins that discharge batchwise and are loaded from the secondary source alternately by way of a dive... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810353 | Modular output stackers for printers A printer has one or more stacked sheet output units on top of it for increasing the printer's output capacity. Each unit includes a housing having a diverter as does the printer. The position of each diverter is controlled by a diverter/drive mechanism i... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5778300 | Sheet processing device A sheet processing device which is mounted on an image forming apparatus having a both-side copy mode of forming an image on each side of a sheet member, including a bin module provided with a plurality of bins for accepting sheet members exhausted from t... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5709525 | Envelope stacker In an envelope stacker, a pusher mechanism continuously applies a force to the envelope flap for sealing the envelope. The stacker is comprised of a horizontal deck, a rear wall, and a plate for supporting a stack of envelopes. Upon receiving an envelope,... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5678818 | Sheet post-treatment apparatus The present invention provides a sheet post-treatment apparatus comprising a sheet bundle convey unit including at least one sheet receiving tray unit capable of accommodating a sheet, a convey unit for conveying the sheet on the sheet receiving tray unit... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5653573 | Sheet bundle discharge-handling and guided stowing mechanism In a multi-bundle stacker having an inclined bundle-discharging mechanism for frontward discharging of copy-sheet bundles from adjacent upwardly inclined sorting trays of a sorter disposed on the side of a photocopying machine, a stowing bin is provided h... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5630578 | Low manual effort system for removably mounting paper handling modules to reproduction machines A system and method for manually removably locking a paper handling module to a reproduction apparatus with greatly reduced manual force, wherein the reproduction apparatus and the paper handling module have respective sheet feed openings which are operat... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5593153 | Tray configuration for sheet receiving apparatus A moving tray sorter has a set of trays configured to extend upwardly from a horizontal plane at the point of sheet entry and each tray has progressively from the sheet inlet end a back stop against which the trailing edges of sheet are aligned, a horizon... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5535012 | Information transmit/receive apparatus onto which a sorter can be mounted via an adapter An information transmit/receive apparatus comprises a printer having a sheet feed portion and a sheet discharge portion, an original reader having a sheet feed portion and a sheet discharge portion and a sorter having a sheet entrance port which is connec... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5331389 | Image forming apparatus with sheet discharging device An image forming apparatus is provided with a rotatable upper cover, one surface of which serves as a first exit tray on which recording sheets are discharged with image sides face downward, the other surface of which serves as a second exit tray on which... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5263706 | Mechanism for discharging sheet materials A discharge unit is provided on one side portion of the image-forming machine body to turn between an open position and a closed position. When the discharge unit is at the closed position, a discharge passage to the tray is defined over the discharge uni... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5221953 | Copying apparatus including a sorter with a sheet binding function A copying apparatus with a sorter having a plurality of bins and a stapler for stapling sheets distributed to each of the bins. The stapler has a sensor for detecting staples. The stapler is moved along the bins and stopped at a side of each bin to staple... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5201518 | Sheet transport mechanism having flapper A sheet transport mechanism includes a plurality of transport paths, a transport roller provided at a branch section at which the transport paths are branched, a flapper provided at the branch section to select one of the plurality of transport paths and ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5141215 | Sorter-finisher provided for an image forming apparatus A sorter-finisher wherein sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are distributed among a plurality of bins in a sorter unit, and thereafter the sheets are taken out of each bin and transported to a finisher unit to be finished. The bins are put... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5136343 | High-volume duplicator having efficient operation in the uncollated duplex mode A copy system has a duplicator and a large capacity sorter. The duplicator has a limited capacity duplex tray that supports copy processing in the duplex mode. The sorter has up to 10 towers with 60 bins provided in each tower. The maximum bin capacity is... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5108086 | Printing press shunt assembly A shunt assembly has a shunt segment which is pivotably supported for rapid movement between two signature outfeed paths. The shunt segment has spaced tines at its ends with these tines interdigitating with spaced signature transport tapes and rolls.... | 04/28/1992 |
