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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7611144 | Guide device for sheet A sheet guide device has: a delivery chain for holding and transporting a sheet; first and second piles for piling the sheets transported by the delivery chain; a sheet release mechanism for switching between a first state, where the sheet held by the delivery chain... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7267053 | Delivery device for a sheet-processing machine The invention relates to a delivery device for a sheet-processing machine. The object of the invention is providing a delivery device on a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, that can be universally used and permits quality control of the printed and/or laminated she... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251047 | Virtual media tray A virtual media tray causes a print device to perform one or more operations in response to a request to print a document. The operations may include storing, emailing, or faxing a copy of the document to another location. The operations may also include adding text... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245871 | Image forming system having switching section for stackers and image forming method thereof An image forming system including: an image forming section for forming an image on a paper; a transporting path for transporting the paper on which the image has been formed in the image forming section; a plurality of stackers for stacking the paper transported by... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231171 | Image copying apparatus and image copying method The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226050 | Discharge sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a firs... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7198268 | Sheet finisher and image forming system using the same A sheet finisher for executing preselected processing with a sheet conveyed thereto of the present invention includes a first processing tray configured to temporarily store the sheet and deliver it. A first and a second path are positioned downstream of the first p... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200748 | E-mail printer and e-mail printing method having authentication procedure An e-mail printer having an authentication procedure includes an e-mail receiving unit that includes a storage device to store e-mail which is received in a predetermined memory area allocated to each user and an authentication device to authenticate the user so tha... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156479 | Image forming apparatus to which attachment unit can be connected A plurality of sheet feed units 11, 12, . . . have the same circuit structure with each other. One ends of sensors 113 through 116 which detect whether there is a sheet and the size of the sheet are connected in parallel with sensors which are d... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6973285 | Discharge sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a firs... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6900902 | Image determining apparatus capable of properly determining image and image forming apparatus utilizing the same A copying machine performs a panel operation necessary for copying at a step S601 and performs ACS determination for determining whether an original image is a color image, a monochrome image or an indefinite image at a step S603. Then, the copying mac... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6456386 | Image forming system including sorter unit An object of the present invention is to improve an efficiency in using bins in a sorter of an image forming system, to which a plurality of personal computers are connected. If the number of the receptacles appointed in accordance with the receptacle app... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6325368 | Sheet output device and image forming apparatus capable of transporting discharged sheets from multiple discharge bins to stack A sheet output device having a stack for storing sheets and a plurality of discharge bins includes a sheet transport device for transporting a discharged sheet from a discharge bin to the stack and an indicator for indicating that the sheet has been trans... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6305858 | Multi-color printing device having ink and laser printing units The invention relates to a sheet-fed printing press which includes at least one high performance printing unit, especially a laser printing unit, and several ink jet printing units which are each situated on one of several parallel sheet conveying channel... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6295081 | Recording medium discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with recording medium discharge apparatus A recording medium discharge apparatus includes bins for storing sheets of paper therein. The apparatus also includes level sensors for each detecting one of the bins having been filled with paper sheets. Each sensor consists of a light emitter and a ligh... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6206369 | Sorter A sheet passage changing apparatus includes a plurality of swingable changing devices for changing a sheet transporting direction; common drivers for swinging the plurality of changing devices; a controller for actuating the drivers, before a sheet reache... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6009804 | Printing device with sorter having a plurality of bins A printing device with a sorter is provided having a plurality of bins, capable of enhancing the practicality of a configuration where a plurality of bins are used for both a mail printing and a sort printing. According to the printing device, when, in a ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5822075 | Image forming apparatus having multiple sheet stacking units An image forming apparatus is provided with a first sheet enclosing unit to enclose sheets in a first direction, a second sheet enclosing unit to enclose sheets in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an image forming unit to form an i... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5752154 | Sheet post-treatment apparatus of line-up free type The present invention provides a sheet post-treatment apparatus for receiving a sheet material on which an image was formed by an image forming apparatus and for post-treating such sheet material and for sending the sheet material to a next post-treatment... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5734480 | Recording apparatus capable of sorting image recorded sheets An image recording apparatus includes a printer for recording a received image on a sheet, a sorter for sorting the sheet by stacking the sheet recorded by the printer in one of a plurality of bins, a determination unit for determining a bin in which the ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5704609 | Integrated inter-mailbox modules bypass transport and purge tray system A plural function sheet interconnect module for serially connecting plural multiple bins printed sheets job separating units, such as mailbox modules, with the output of a printer for feeding printed sheets jobs into selected bins. The printer also has a ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5692877 | Means and method for stacking thin sheets The present invention is for a method of stacking of thin sheets and a device for stacking of thin sheets according to the method. The sheets can be made from paper, plastic film or the like. The invention is primarily intended to be used in connection wi... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5531430 | Copying machine with sorter unit According to a copying machine with sorter of the present invention, discharged papers on which an image of an original is copied through a main body of the copying machine are sequentially contained in each paper tray of a first sorter, which is provided... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5513013 | Facsimile output job sorting unit and system Separating the physical sheets outputted from a shared users printer, especially, a facsimile receiver, into separate job sets for separate designed recipients, with an independent "mailboxing" job sorting accessory unit, not requiring any electronic conn... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5441252 | Method for separating and stacking lanes of sheets The instant invention provides a method for reliably separating a selected sheet from a spaced array of sheets transported on a conveyor. The invention continuously maintains vacuum on the conveyors, and uses selectively activated jets directed at the und... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5328169 | Mailbox or sorter bin use sensing system In a multi-bin sheet collecting system for a reproduction apparatus, in which printed sheets may be directed an array of bins for job separation, sorting, and/or user mailboxing, to stack on a tray in a selected bin, the removal of printed sheet from indi... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5248136 | Sorting apparatus with two sorters A sorting apparatus of linkage type, which sorts a plurality of recorded sheets which are ejected from an image forming apparatus. The apparatus has at least two sorters, a plurality of bins and a stapling unit in each sorter respectively to store a stack... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5206695 | Image forming apparatus having sorting function An image forming apparatus is disclosed. In this apparatus, setting of documents on a document table, and designation of a numeric value more than "1" as the number of copies are detected. In accordance with this detection, a message for inquiring whether... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5182607 | High-volume duplicator system and method providing efficient tower and duplicator operation and facilitated unloading in the collated duplex mode A copy system has a duplicator with a limited capacity duplex tray and a high-volume sorter that has 10 towers with 60 bins in each tower. Transport and directing mechanisms are operated to distribute copies to the various bins. A microprocessor control s... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5177546 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of this invention has a sorter which includes a first document tray on which first documents are placed, a second document tray on which second documents are placed, and two paths which can be switched. When an interrupt copying... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5172162 | Apparatus for connecting an image recording device to a sheet processor An apparatus for connecting an image recording device having a sheet outlet opening with an external sheet processor having an inlet opening. The apparatus includes an intermediate transfer unit interposed between the image recording device and the extern... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5086320 | Paper conveying mechanism in image forming apparatus A paper conveying mechanism in an image forming apparatus has an image forming body section of a manual operating type provided with a forward conveying path for conveying a discharged sheet of recording paper having an image thereon on front and rear sid... | 02/04/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5013027 | Sheet sorter There is disclosed a sheet sorter with plural sorting bins, in which a selected bin is automatically switched, when sheets of a predetermined number which varies according to the sheet size, are stored therein, to another bin in order to prevent breakage ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4984692 | Optical character reading apparatus with sorter An optical character reading apparatus includes a scanner section and a sorter section each having an independent housing. The housing of the scanner section has a rear wall and a discharge port at the upper end portion of the rear wall through which slip... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4973041 | Sorter for accommodating copy paper sheets A sorter for accommodating copy paper sheets which is arranged to receive copy paper sheets from a copying apparatus main body for classification and successive accommodation of the copy paper sheets onto a large number of trays, and characterized in that... | 11/27/1990 |
