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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7611145 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder, which is capable of feeding a document for double-sided reading, includes a document feed path connecting an input tray and an output tray, a bidirectional feed path connected to a connection position of the document feed path, a bypass... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7516958 | Auto document feeder An auto document feeder includes a housing unit, spatially interconnected first and second paths, an inverting path in spatial communication with the first path, a bypass path spatially inter communicating the second path and the inverting path, a feeding roller uni... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7416185 | Inverter with return/bypass paper path A printing system and method is provided incorporating inverter assemblies for not only selectively inverting media during transport through the system but also to register the media and provide a velocity buffer transport. The selective inverter assemblies include ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410163 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a first path through which a sheet passes; a switchback member that switches back the sheet passing through the first path and conveys the sheet; a second path through which the sheet switched back and conveyed by the switchback... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400855 | Winding media Embodiments of device and methods for winding media are illustrated and described. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398048 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a first driven roller that forms a first nip portion with a driving roller; a second driven roller that forms a second nip portion with the driving roller at a downstream side of the first nip portion; a first transfer passage i... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7379678 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus that is capable of normally performing second side printing on a transfer material, even if the transfer material put on standby after completion of first side printing is pulled out by a user. A transfer material having image formed on it... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7331573 | Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet treating apparatus for treating a sheet having an image formed thereon is provided, which includes a pair of transport rollers for transporting the sheet upward, a sheet post-treating portion having an intermediate treatment tray, provided to execute post-tr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7275743 | Multifunction output tray for printer and paper handling device A representative embodiment provides for an imaging apparatus including an output tray supported by the imaging apparatus and configured to receive sheet media from a first source and a second source, wherein the first source and the second source are respectively s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7259346 | Progressive modularity assortment system with high and low capacity bins A modular bin or pocket has an integrated transport assembly and mail piece diverter assembly and is usable in a bin stacker section in mail handling and sorting systems. The modular bin is individually removable, interchangeable and replaceable from the bin stacker... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7222955 | Both-side recording apparatus The recording paper is transported to a paper inversion unit in such a manner that, when recording of a first surface of a recording paper is performed, the recording paper is transported to a position where a rear end of the recording paper is released from a pair ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7193735 | Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium This invention provides an environment in which, for example, even when the operation mode shifts to a specific one after a standby state for a predetermined time, a discharge tray corresponding to this operation mode functions to smoothly perform the next operation... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192026 | Duplexer having an auxiliary roller that exhibits slippage This invention relates to a duplexer, comprising; a media input nip, an auxiliary roller nip located downstream of the media input nip such that the auxiliary roller nip comprises an auxiliary drive roller that exhibits slippage so that the auxiliary roller nip main... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168701 | Paper transporting apparatus A paper-transporting apparatus is used for transporting recording paper. A paper-transporting device is movable between a loading position where the paper-transporting unit has been completely attached into a chassis and an unloading position where the paper-transpo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154615 | Image forming apparatus capable of adjusting paper ejection tray height An image forming apparatus to which image data output is requested by an operation of a terminal unit, the apparatus including: a paper-ejection tray part which stores an image formed sheet, and is disposed at a sheet-post-processing part in a vertically movable man... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145164 | Media routing control based on a characteristic of the media A media routing control device and method for qualifying media for use with a sheet-fed device includes a sensor configured to detect a characteristic of a media sheet. The device further includes a usable sheet media path and an unusable sheet media path. A sheet-i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134654 | 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... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7092111 | Information processing apparatus, print data forming method, print control program, and memory medium An information processing apparatus for forming print data to be print-processed by a printer is constructed by: designation receiving means for receiving designation of a duplex printing, discriminating means for discriminating the number of pages in the case where... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090215 | Printer paper path plural nips releasing system A system for automatically releasing selected plural sheet feeding nip sets spaced along a print media sheet feeding path of a printer, wherein the idler rollers are rotatably mounted on common idler shafts and a selectable partial rotation system driven by a single... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7044464 | Apparatus for reversing sheet An apparatus for reversing a sheet, such as a banknote, from a front face to a rear face. In the reversing apparatus a first end of a common path communicates with an exit of a first conveyance path, a second end of common path communicates with an exit of a second ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021620 | Image forming method with stacking control An image forming method for stacking sheets in an apparatus that operates in a first mode or a second mode and includes discharging bins in which image-formed sheets are stacked. Sheets are discharged face-up in the first mode and face-down in the second mode. The m... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6966037 | Method and apparatus for scrollable cross-point navigation in a calendar user interface Method and apparatus for displaying an electronic calendar in a scrollable cross-point navigation image having two bars, each containing panels corresponding to a separate folder or entry of the calendar's hierarchy of folders and entries. At the intersection of the... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6947088 | Image pickup apparatus having a common amplifier To implement a solid-state image pickup element in which the peripheral circuit is downsized, there is provided a solid-state image pickup element including a plurality of pixel blocks each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of tran... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942206 | Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same An aligning device movable to a first position constituting a first sheet stacking portion for supporting a delivered sheet and a second position in which the sheet is not supported is provided downstream of a pair of delivery rollers, and the pair of delivery rolle... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918585 | Paper conveyance guiding apparatus for duplex printer A paper conveyance guiding apparatus of a duplex printer has an entrance passage disposed at one side of a printing unit to form a predetermined image on a paper and guide the paper to enter into the printing unit, a discharge and reverse passage formed to connect a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6814353 | Automatic document feeder and image forming device An automatic document feeder comprising a reversing device and a discharge device is disclosed. The reversing device and the discharge device are disposed such that the distance in the horizontal direction from an original document reading position in the automatic ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6808171 | Inverter having a slow speed drive mode for improved reliability A substrate inverter, comprising: an inversion channel having an input path having an input nip and output path having an output nip; input drive means for driving a substrate into the inversion channel means in an initial incoming direction so that a leading edge a... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6786484 | Sheet inverter Stacks of flexible sheets, such as printed slotted and scored corrugated paperboard box blanks, are inverted during travel along a sheet stacker. A plurality of sheet inverter fingers, each with a friction enhancing surface on a free end, are interdigitated between ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6769685 | Image forming apparatus having a plurality of sheet stacking means An image forming apparatus includes discharging bins in which image-formed sheets are stacked, and uses a bin elevating motor to switch discharging of sheets into a selected discharging bin. The image forming apparatus is provided with a sensor for detecting the amo... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6746013 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder is combined with an optical machine module, and feeds a document to be scanned into the scanning area so that the optical machine module can capture the image on the document. The automatic document feeder according to the invention is d... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6729780 | Color proofer with registering means A printing apparatus is described for two-sided colour proofing with improved registering of front- and back-side images. Improved registering is performed by: web feeding device with de-curling system tumbler unit for turning the receiving medium ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726199 | Switchback device and switchback method The switchback device has two switchback portions for inverting the conveying path of paper-like materials and a detour conveying path. The switchback portions receive paper-like materials in the nip between the switchback rollers and the pinch rollers, clamp the pa... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6702284 | Method and system for directing an item through the feed path of a folding apparatus A method and an apparatus for controlling the traveling direction of a piece of folded material in the feed path of a folding machine. A first roller nip is used to ingest the folded material into the front end of a turn chute. If the traveling direction ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6669190 | Double-side automatic feeding apparatus A double-side automatic feeding apparatus comprises a paper feeder, a first paper holder, a second paper holder, a document traveling path and a paper flipping unit. The paper feeder, the first paper holder and the second paper holder are arranged apart i... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6644652 | Motion control for sheets in a duplex loop of a printing apparatus In a printing apparatus capable of producing duplex, or two-sided, prints, print sheets which have received a first-side image move to an inverter and a duplex loop which re-feeds the sheet to receive the second-side image. The sheets move through the dup... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6580966 | Image forming apparatus capable of inverting sheet, control method thereof, and recording medium recording program for such control In an output control method for an image processing apparatus which has a function to invert a recording sheet and continuously performs image forming and outputting for the plural recording sheets in order to prevent that the recording sheets inverted an... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6513805 | Automatic document feeder and image reader The invention provides an image reader provided with an automatic document feeder which has a switchback path and can perform a both-faces processing operation, and which makes it possible to simplify the control of a switchback operation and handle a lon... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6474387 | Sorting device A sorting device for reversing a sheet fed from a printer and adhering the tag on the sheet, which includes rollers for conveying the sheet in a forward or backward direction, a sensor for detecting a position of the sheet conveyed by the rollers, a flapp... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6459879 | Original document processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to an original document processing apparatus for conveying and delivering mounted original documents to a prescribed position that includes a conveyance section, an original document delivery section and a reverse-delivery se... | 10/01/2002 |