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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942415 | Mail sorting machine with improved diverter panel A diverter panel comprises an elongated rectangular panel made of a substantially flat plate made of clear plastic. The plate has fasteners mounted at its front corners for mounting the panel to a frame of the sorting machine, a rear upright flange extending from th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7883090 | Bill processing device A bill processing device comprises a hopping part 101 for receiving a placed bill, a carrying part 202 for carrying a bill received by the hopping part 101, a plurality of stacking parts 104 for stacking a bill carried by the carrying par... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7389985 | Tray locking system for accepting sheets A multi-bin sheet collection system comprising at least one secured stacking bin operatively configured to secure imaged sheets from general purview. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7311303 | Apparatus and method for distributing print media Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for distributing print media are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus for distributing print media includes an accumulator that is pivotable about an axis. The accumulator has a print media inlet, a print media ou... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7195326 | Image outputting apparatus for printing an image on a recording material A photo print is produced from image data. A system controller classifies the photo prints on the basis of additional information of the image data under a classification condition recorded in a smart medium. The photo prints are discharged to sorting trays. The sys... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7106461 | Image recording device and image recording method Attached information is designated, and it is discriminated whether or not there is a paper output port corresponding to attached information read from a storage unit for storing image data and attached information about the image data. If it is determined there is ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103442 | Motor driving apparatus, control method therefor, control program therefor, storage medium readable by computer storing control program and image forming apparatus A CPU for a motor driving apparatus of an image forming apparatus excites a predetermined phase winding among plural phases of a stepping motor for a predetermined time period. Thereafter, before a rotation of the motor is started, it is judged whether there is the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6952548 | Charging apparatus with auxiliary member and image forming apparatus having the charging apparatus A charging apparatus has a discharging member with a plurality of protrusions and an auxiliary member for assisting discharges by the discharging member, and an insulating member formed among the plurality of protrusions of the discharging member, so that discharge ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5407192 | Sorter having a pivoting non-sort bin A sorter for sorting sheets successively supplied thereto, comprising: a fixed frame; a movable frame movable vertically with respect to the fixed frame; a plurality of bins arranged one over another at a predetermined distance and each having an upper su... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5308058 | Mailbox security door with automatic set lifter A dynamic "mailboxing" unit and system for separating by users the sheet outputs of various users of a shared users printer (including facsimile receivers, copiers or combination units). It provides for stacking the sheets sequentially outputted from the ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5154411 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a sorter, includes a plurality of bins for accommodating sheet materials, the bin each having sheet material sheet inlet portion, a discharging device movable along the inlet portions of the bins to discharge the sheet ma... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5101240 | System for aligning a printer with a finisher A modular, customer installable bypass paper transport allows printed output from a printer to bypass an output tray of the printer and pass directly into a separate finisher so as to ensure no detrimental impact on the IOT of the printer when the units a... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5098083 | Multiple sorter A multiple sorter includes several sorter units disposed in series at a paper discharge outlet of an image forming apparatus. Each of the sorter units includes a paper distributing mechanism for distributing paper to several sort bins, and a first path ch... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5096181 | Sheet feeding and delivering apparatus having stack replenishment and removal for allowing continuous operation Sheet stack loader and sheet stack unloader arrangements provide load-while-run or unload-while-run capabilities. In a stack loader, a pusher element laterally pushes a stack or receiver into a sheet feed receiver. In a stack unloader, the pusher element ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5090687 | Method of sorting printing plates A sorting device includes a plurality of shelves placed one above the other in a frame, each adapted to receive a printing plate in sorted fashion. Located in front of the insertion opening of the shelves is a transport device for moving the printing plat... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5080348 | Customer installable bypass sheet transport for connecting a printer to a finisher A modular customer installable bypass paper transport that allows printed output from a printer to bypass an output tray of the printer and pass directly into a separate finisher. The bypass transport fits into an output tray of the finisher and is powere... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5011131 | Sorting apparatus A sorting device includes a plurality of shelves placed one above the other in a frame, each adapted to receive a printing plate in sorted fashion. Located in front of the insertion opening of the shelves is a transport device for moving the printing plat... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4893152 | Copying apparatus having a sorter with a sheet binding function A copying apparatus includes a sorter which has a plurality of bins, a binding unit for binding the sheets taken-out from each of the bins, a first path for transporting the sheets ejected from a copying machine to the sorter, a second path for transporti... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4787616 | Sheet stacking device and image forming apparatus provided with same A sheet stacking device and an image forming apparatus provided with the sheet stacking device. The sheet stacking device has a sheet sorting function, and in addition, sheet re-feeding function so as to make it possible to produce a duplex copy or superi... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4750731 | Sheet storing appartus In a serial connection of plural sheet sorters, each sorter is capable of checking the state of downstream sorters and, in case an assigned sorter is not in a normal state, the sheets are stored in an immediately preceding sorter. In this manner it is mad... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4676499 | Sheet sorter There is disclosed a sorter provided with transporter for transporting sheet members supplied with a first speed at a larger second speed along a transport path and plural bins arranged along the transport path for storing the sheet members transported by... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4601396 | Method and device for sorting flat and indexed articles A method and device for sorting flat and indexed articles are disclosed, the method involving two passes. In the first pass, articles having a destination common to a very large member of articles are sorted and distributed to N/2 receptacles (10), the re... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4515458 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus including a copying machine having a sorter connected thereto, the copying machine is operated in selected one of book mode or sheet mode while the sorter is operated in selected one of sorter mode and collator mode. When the... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4498665 | Paper sorting/storing apparatus A sorter is provided, which has: a transfer direction switching section for selectively switching a transfer direction of a conveyed paper sheet between first or second transfer directions; a first paper transfer section for transferring the paper sheet i... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4469323 | Collator with collate mode, non-collate mode and job separation mode A collator includes a series of twenty bins arranged in parallel with each other. A copy feeding member feeds copies supplied from a copying machine along inlets of the successive bins. First and second deflecting devices are arranged at uppermost two bin... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4352490 | Deflecting device for sorter or the like A deflecting device for a sheet sorter includes a sheet receiving and transporting assembly having a conveyor system for receiving recording sheets and for transporting the sheets to a collating device, and a main sheet tray overlying the conveyor system.... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4333641 | Duplex printing/paper handling apparatus for cut sheet printing A modular assembly for selectably changing or diverting sheet items from an input pathway into a selected one of a number of output pathways. Three irregularly shaped one-way gate members, actuated by the passage of the item, act to prevent return movemen... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4297025 | Document feeder system having a suspending/commencing mode A document feeder system, interfaced with a copier system having, inter alia, a semi-automatic document feeder (SADF), an automatic document feeder (ADF) a document queue, and an associated logic control system that allows the suspending of a prior task b... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4248525 | Apparatus for producing sets of collated copies Apparatus for producing sets of copies from a set of document sheets, some of which can be produced in a collating mode by means of a recirculating feeder and others cannot be produced in a collating mode. The copies that are produced in a noncollating mo... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4221379 | Copy stacking tray A copy receiving tray having a general vertical orientation with a bottom stop member a first vertical stacking portion inclined to the horizontal, a second vertical stacking portion on top of the first portion further inclined to the horizontal to provid... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4204727 | Multimode reproducing apparatus Multimode reproducing apparatus with a first copy catch tray and a bin sorter for collecting and sorting letter and legal size copies and also a generally vertically inclined external copy catch tray adjacent the sorter for collecting oversize copies of o... | 05/27/1980 |
| 3990695 | Sorting apparatus A sheet sorting apparatus having a main bin and a plurality of sorting bins. Multiple vertical transports advance copy sheets to the main bin or to the sorting bins according to the desired mode of operation. A horizontal transport advances the copy sheet... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3988018 | Paper sorter A fully automatic paper sorter designed for use as an accessory to an office copier or copier/duplicator machine. The sorter bins have a concave configuration which takes advantage of paper curl developed in the copier to provide more efficient utilizatio... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3977667 | Sorting apparatus A sheet sorting apparatus including a main bin and a plurality of sorting bins positioned adjacent to the main bin. A sheet transport including a horizontal conveyor and a vertical conveyor advance copy sheets from a copy processor past the inlets of the ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3973769 | Compact sorting apparatus A compact sheet sorting apparatus having a first modular assembly which includes a plurality of bins and a second modular assembly which includes a sheet transport for transporting sheets along the inlets of the bins. The second modular assembly is juxtap... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3944217 | Tower type sorting and collating apparatus Sorting and collating apparatus for use with copying and duplicating machinery for distribution of flexible sheet material to designated stations or series of stations. The device has an interface unit for accepting paper sheet copies and which selectivel... | 03/16/1976 |
