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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434798 | Grouping of film-like or sheet-like materials The invention relates to a method for grouping a multitude of film-like or sheet-like materials, which are stacked in a magazine (20) and which consist of at least one material layer, using at least one suction apparatus (42), which suctions the film-l... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7243916 | Apparatus for feeding sheets of media from a stack An apparatus for feeding porous sheets of media from a stack of such sheets includes a support structure for supporting the stack. A gas conduit is mounted on the support structure and has an outlet that is oriented so that, when the stack is positioned on the suppo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222845 | Printer with a picker assembly A printer includes a support structure. A printing assembly is mounted on the support structure. The printing assembly includes a feed mechanism mounted on the support structure for feeding sheets of media along a feed path. At least one printhead is mounted on the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188834 | Grouping of film-like or sheet-like materials The invention relates to a method for grouping a multitude of film-like or sheet-like materials, which are stacked in a magazine (20) and which consist of at least one material layer, using at least one suction apparatus (42), which suctions the film-l... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7007940 | Banknote store A banknote store can remove banknotes individually from a stack by light air pressure extending over a substantial area of the banknote, the banknote then being transportable without needing to move the source of the reduced pressure. Banknotes are added individuall... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6918588 | Device for separating printing products transported in an imbricated formation into a succession of spaced printing products A device for separating an imbricated formation (2) of continuously conveyed printing products (1) into a succession of spaced printing products (1), comprises a first conveyor (3) driven at a first velocity (v1), a second conveyor... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6883796 | Film supply system for using with a photosensitive film imager A film supply system for use in an imager to separate sheets of photosensitive media from a film cartridge and deliver individual sheet of the photosensitive media to a film transport system. The film supply system comprises: a frame for attachment of the film suppl... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6786479 | Banknote store with a rotatable structure having banknote-storing regions A banknote store comprises a rotatable structure such as a drum which has a number of banknote storage regions arranged around its periphery. Each stores a stack of banknotes, the stacks growing inwardly as banknotes are added. The drum can be rotated to bring each ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 5996987 | Device for feeding printed product to a further processing point The uppermost printed product is lifted from an intermediate stack, that was loaded from below, by a suction arrangement. The lifted product is fed into the active range of a pushing arrangement that is driven in synchronism with the suction arrangement. ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5908188 | Apparatus for feeding original document with improved speed and reliability In an apparatus for feeding an original document, the time which is needed until the first original document is transported onto a transportation path after storing original documents is shortened. The original documents stacked on an original document su... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5803445 | Arrangement for delivering printed products to a removal conveyor An arrangement has a rotor with rotor arms that are arranged in a drum-like manner around an axis of rotation and project on one side from a carrying element that is driven in rotation. The arrangement also has a sucker arrangement that includes a carryin... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5716046 | Apparatus for feeding original document with improved speed and reliability In an apparatus for feeding an original document, the time which is needed until the first original document is transported onto a transportation path after storing original documents is shortened. The original documents stacked on an original document su... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5664770 | Apparatus for delivering printed products to a further-processing location Folded printed products are conveyed in a first imbricated formation up to a stop by a first conveying device. In the first imbricated formation each printed product rests on the following printed product with its leading bottom edge formed by its folded ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5553839 | System for handling curved form media and cassette therefor A media handling unit is a selfcontained device which is capable of being moved to existing photoplotting structures to transport media sheets from a supply cassette housed within the unit and advanced into the plotter for conducting a plotting operation.... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5280896 | Sheet refeeding device An apparatus for repeatedly feeding a pile of sheets to a copy section, including a feeding device to feed a sheet from the top of the pile of sheets to the copy section; a returning device to return a sheet from the copy section to the pile of sheets; an... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5116037 | Apparatus for receiving and issuing sheets An apparatus for the fault-free receiving and issue of sheets has guide rollers which are arranged on a carriage and which engage into belts to alter the geometry of the belts when the carriage is displaced on a rail over a stack by means of a drive. In t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5092576 | Recirculating sheet feeding apparatus A stack of sheets contained in a containing member is loosened at the downstream edges in the feeding direction by air injected from an air injecting device, and fed one by one seriatim from the sheet on top in a predetermined feeding direction by a vacuu... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5076559 | Separation member for an improved recirculating document feeder An improved recirculating document feeder wherein the initial topmost document sheet of the document sheet stack is separated from document sheets in such stack returned to such stack as document sheets are fed along the feed path. Such separation is prov... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4893804 | Apparatus for feeding sheet articles An apparatus applicable to a sheet article processing system for temporarily accumulating sheet articles which come in arbitrarily one by one or in a bunch and sending them out one by one at predetermined intervals. The apparatus includes a drive mechanis... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4762314 | Envelope feeder Envelopes are fed in a mutually overlapping state one by one toward a stopper provided at the front side of a transfer conveyor. Upon abutment with the stopper the envelopes pile up so as to be temporarily stored. An envelope feeder device is provided so ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4703923 | Recirculating automatic document feeder A document feeder is disclosed wherein a document stack is bent or curved when it rests on a fixed curved stackholding tray. A stack of paper becomes rigid when curved, and therefore, capable of being raised by applying an upward force along the curved ed... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4597573 | System for handling discrete sheets A system for handling discrete sheets including a nozzle for simultaneously lifting the sheet from a surface by suction and propelling the sheet in a direction generally corresponding to the plane of the sheet.... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4204667 | Semi-circular stack sheet feeding apparatus A semi-circular stack sheet feeding apparatus for supplying an imbricated stack of sheets to a sheet folding machine or the like is disclosed. The sheet feeding device has a delivery and diverting device for transporting the imbricated stack of sheets in ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4181078 | Automatic recirculating duplicator There is provided an improved automatic recirculating duplicator adapted for duplicating from a master or plate selectively onto one or both sides of paper sheets. It is characterized by a single printing couple. Sheets are fed from a paper table to a pri... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4010945 | Continuous feeder This disclosure relates to a continuous sheet feeder in which a stack of sheets arranged sheet-by-sheet are transported by conveyor belts from a lower loading tray, around a reversing cylinder and onto a discharge tray. In the region of the discharge tray... | 03/08/1977 |
