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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362460 | Techniques for managing automatic folding functionality in facsimile protocol Support for automatic folding functionality in facsimile (“fax”) machines is described. In one aspect, a method for managing folding by a fax machine comprises sending a signal from a receiver fax machine (“receiver”) indicating that the receiver has folding... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7354037 | Stapler for a finishing device having a variable start pulse A stapler is incorporated in a finishing device associated with a document creating apparatus. The stapler has a control circuit with a memory and is driven by a variably powered motor. An end user inputs the job parameter information at the control panel of the doc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7213809 | Translation table for sheet feeder A linear translation table for use in conjunction with a sheet feeding machine and a conveyor for laterally translating the sheet feeding machine over rows of product receiving portions of boxes or blisters in sheets of bubble packaging such that the sheet feeding m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7201524 | Media path direction control device and method of reversing a media path A media path control device has two sets of parallel arms with opposing rollers to manipulate the movement of print media. The arms are moveable in a substantially vertical plane through motors. The arms can be of different lengths to establish an optimal trajectory... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198265 | Imaging apparatus including a movable media sensor An imaging apparatus includes a printing mechanism having a media path. A print media source is provided for supplying a sheet of print media to the printing mechanism. A drive unit is provided, with a drive shaft coupled to the drive unit. A media sensor device is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182339 | Thickness measuring system, having improved software, for use within a mail handling system, and method of using same A thickness measuring device for measuring the thickness dimension of an article being conveyed along a conveyor system comprises a rotary encoder, and a lever arm pivotally mounted upon the shaft of the rotary encoder. The lever arm has an end portion thereof dispo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7104538 | Sheet post processing device A sheet post processing device receives, sheets on an inverter structure which causes initial sheets supplied to the inverter to be overlayed first sheet on the second sheet, and moves the overlayed first and second and subsequent sheets to a sheet transport path fo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7025348 | Method and apparatus for detection of multiple documents in a document scanner using multiple ultrasonic sensors An apparatus (10) for detection of multiple documents (42) in a document transport system comprises a first transmitter (13) emitting a first signal at a first interval through a document feed path (40). A first sensor (14) detects... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021616 | Vertical transporting sheet treating apparatus A sheet treating apparatus for treating a sheet having an image formed thereon includes a pair of transport rollers for transporting the sheet in a substantially vertical direction, a sheet post-treating portion having an intermediate treatment tray, provided to exe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004396 | System and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter A mailpiece sorter system including a mailpiece feeding assembly operative to selectively feed mailpieces singularly or in groupings of mailpieces consisting of more than one mailpiece and a mailpiece sortation assembly operatively coupled to the mailpiece feeding a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6915893 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device includes an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a single output receptacle for receiving the bills afte... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6804473 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has an abnormality detecting device for detecting the abnormality of the sheet, an abnormal sheet containing portion for containing therein the sheet of which the abnormality has been detected, a normal sheet containing portion for tempora... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6574013 | Facsimile machine with paper sensor for stacker A facsimile machine has a stacker to which printed pages are delivered, and a paper sensor that senses whether the stacker is empty. The facsimile machine clears an internal page count to zero when the stacker is empty, increments the page count as each p... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6357743 | Sheet set position adjuster means for moving sheet indexer A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sende... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6334611 | Paper discharging apparatus for printer A paper discharging apparatus for a printer includes a movement path having a first movement track and a second movement track for independently guiding paper printed in an image forming unit in a printer body and means for branching the movement path and... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6250627 | Selective sheet delivery apparatus A printed sheet transporting apparatus has a sheet inlet adjustable to selected heights and including an optional inverter for incoming sheets, a sheet feed path leading to selected positions in which a deflector may be adjustably positioned for deflectin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6246926 | Sheet sorting apparatus and sheet sorting method A sheet sorting apparatus capable of changing the discharge priority bin in accordance with the number of sheets. The sheet sorting apparatus discharges sheets from a specified discharge port into a corresponding bin. The bins are constructed so as to be ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6244594 | Apparatus for storing sheets driven out of an image forming apparatus An apparatus for storing sheets carrying images thereon and sequentially driven out of an image forming apparatus in consecutive bins thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes a deflector for deflecting a sheet toward the inlet of a preselected bin and... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6170821 | Sheet sorting device An automatically sheet sorting device has multistage trays for storing sheets fed from a copying machine or the like, which each incorporate a sheet detecting mechanism including a sheet-empty detection lever of sheet-empty detecting means for detecting t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6154268 | Photo-processing apparatus A photo-processing apparatus having an exposing section and a developing section is disclosed. In this photo-processing apparatus a predetermined treatment of the photo-sensitive material is executed by conveying it along a conveying path through the expo... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6142469 | Sheet ejecting mechanism with contact member and advance descending of tray to prevent direct return of contact member A sheet ejecting mechanism is provided with a sheet ejecting sensor which detects a sheet to be ejected onto an offset tray and an upper-surface position-regulating section which regulates the position of the upper surface of the sheets in accordance with... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6126162 | Sheet distribution device There is disclosed a sheet distribution device in which by using a junction conveying means for conveying sheets from a main sorter unit to a slave sorter unit also as a first conveying portion of the sheet distribution device when sheet distribution devi... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6019367 | Printer mailbox compiler-finisher carriage safety stop system In a multi-bin printed sheets distribution system, a simple safety system solution is provided for protection from accidental dropping of the vertically moving sheet distribution carriage by failure of its movement system. A safety stop member connects wi... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6010129 | Sheet stack ejector mechanism for sheet sorter A sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins arranged in a vertical direction each of which receives a plurality of sheets discharged from an image recording apparatus and forms thereon a stack of sheets. A sheet transfer mechanism transfers the sheets dis... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5984304 | Method and device for processing of sheet material Individual sheets of a sheet material to be treated which arrive in an arrival sequence, are distributed on two or more adjacently located conveying tracks. The sheets are conveyed along the conveying tracks through a processing station and are sorted the... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5931464 | Sheet sorting device having sheet pressure members In a sheet sorting device for distributing sheets consecutively fed from an image forming device such as a copying machine to sorting trays aligned in multiple stages at high speed, there are disposed sheet pressure members for pressing down preceding she... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931463 | Sorter and image forming apparatus having the same A sorter for sorting a printed sheet discharged from an image forming machine, comprises: a plurality of bins arranged in a vertical direction; a conveyer provided vertically along the plurality of bins to convey the printed sheet vertically downward; an ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5884910 | Evenly retractable and self-leveling nips sheets ejection system In a sheet handling system with a supporting frame, a sheets compiling tray, and a sheets ejection system including an drive shaft with plural sheet drive rollers and a pivotal mounting system for pivoting the drive shaft between a first position for shee... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5865434 | Sheet conveying apparatus and sheet sorting apparatus using the same A sheet conveying apparatus for feeding sheets or sheet bundles of differing thickness and a sheet sorting apparatus using the same includes a rotatable belt convey member, and a sponge roller arranged in an opposed relation to the rotatable belt convey m... | 02/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5823529 | Single stack height sensor for plural sheet stacking bins system In a sheet stacking system with an array of plural sheet stacking bins with sheet entrances for stacking plural flimsy print substrate sheets from a printed sheets output path into selected bins, with a sheet feeding input path system for feeding selected... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5810689 | Transmission planetary gearing A transmission includes a first simple planetary gear set having first, second, and third elements, the first element of the first gear set receiving rotational motion input to the transmission, and a second simple planetary gear set having first, second,... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5806850 | Sheet sorter A sheet resident space is provided on an indexer of a sheet transfer system, and a controller stops the image recording apparatus upon detection of a sheet jam about the indexer and stops the sheet transfer system after keeping it operating for a predeter... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5720479 | Sheet sorting and containing apparatus The present invention provides a sheet sorting and containing apparatus for conveying thin sheets or thick sheets to a plurality of containing portions and for sorting such sheets into the containing portions. The apparatus includes a first path for distr... | 02/24/1998 |
