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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954818 | Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus A discharged sheet is conveyed, by a sheet conveying portion movable above sheet stacking portions while supporting a sheet, to selected one among plural sheet stacking portions. When the sheet is conveyed to the selected sheet stacking portion by the sheet conveyin... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7566054 | Stacking device for tissues, napkins and the like A stacking device for sheet products, comprising at least one wheel associated with rotary actuation means that has at least one plurality of tangential peripheral receptacles for accommodating already-folded products fed by a conveyor to at least one pick-up statio... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7543816 | Diverting stacker wheel A stacker wheel is described which has two different types of slots defined by the tines. The first type of slot has an end which is positioned closer to the centre of the stacker wheel than the second type of slot such that the first type of slot can hold media clo... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7441773 | Image forming system having plural sheet stackers and image forming method thereof An image forming system includes: a first and second stacking sections arranged at a position different from each other for stacking a sheet with an image formed thereon by an image forming section; a first conveyance path and a second conveyance path longer than th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7396012 | Flexible paper path using multidirectional path modules A modular flexible media handling apparatus includes an input module (28) through which flexible media enters the apparatus, at least one main path module (28, 30, 32, 34) through which flexible media passes along a main path (24), at least one ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7137234 | Vertical flat stacking apparatus and method of use A device and method for stacking product into a container in a vertical orientation. The device includes at least one pivoting mechanism pivotable between a loading position and an initial/final position. The at least one pivoting mechanism retains a container there... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7097725 | Placement device A placement device, comprising: a guide section for guiding an elastic member; a first nip roll and a second nip roll for pressing together the elastic member and a web; a transfer section capable of transferring the guide section across the web; and an indicating s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6994220 | Mixed mail sorting machine A mixed mail sorting machine includes a feeder that receives a stack of incoming mail pieces and outputs the mail pieces one at a time in a vertical position; a scanner which receives mail pieces from the feeder and scans each mail piece in a vertical position to re... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6746202 | Method and arrangement for the production of crossed stacks Flat objects (7) to be stacked in a stacking device (2) are supplied serially, individually held and aligned with one another. Cross stacks (12) are produced by subjecting alternating groups (11, 11′) of the supplied objects (7) ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6691874 | Sheet stacking device A sheet stacking device, comprised of a sheet support bed having a plurality of side-by-side rollers that are freely rotatable about an associated roller axis. A drive assembly moves the sheet support bed in a predetermined direction along a closed path. ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6669192 | Method and device for transforming a conveying stream of flat articles A conveying-in stream in which flat articles (4) are conveyed held gripped individually is transformed into a conveying-away stream in which the articles (4) are loosely lying overlapping one another in an imbricated manner and in alternating groups orien... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6659453 | Delivery for a machine processing flat printing materials A delivery for a machine processing flat printing materials includes a suction belt conveyer having conveying runs forming a support surface. To remove rejects or proof sheets as required, the delivery transports the materials along a transport path over ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6641133 | Delivery for a sheet-processing machine A delivery for a sheet-processing machine for keeping the extent thereof required downline from the delivery pile as short as possible, includes a frame and grippers revolvable, during operation, along a gripper path within the frame. The grippers seize s... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6623003 | Sheet material stacking device and automatic exposure device for a printing plate A sheet material stacking device and an automatic exposure device for a printing plate, capable of stacking a number of interleaf sheets stably and efficiently. A pair of skewered rollers are provided at the sheet material stacking device used for the aut... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612571 | Sheet conveying device having multiple outputs A sheet conveying device having multiple directional outputs with multiple registration options having no fixed registration wall for sequencing single sheets or two approximately identical sheets arriving in a two-up configuration, includes a first, seco... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612213 | Double-cut lobed belt diverter A method and device for diverting signatures is disclosed. A first cutting device partially cuts a web, while a second cutting device downstream of the first cutting device fully cuts the web so as to form a plurality of signatures. At least one first bel... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6601847 | Flats bundle collator A method and an apparatus for collating a plurality of groups of mail items, such as flats mail, each group being pre-sequenced according to prioritized delivery addresses, into a final sequenced set of the mail items from the groups, utilizing the priori... | 08/05/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6341698 | Sheet stacking device A sheet stacking device comprised of a sheet support bed having a first end and a second end. The sheet support bed is comprised of a plurality of side-by-side rollers, each of the rollers being freely rotatable about an associated roller axis. A drive as... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6170822 | Leaflets handling apparatus A paper currency reception/delivery machine having a high degree of general-purpose utility and implemented in a simple structure of a small size at low cost and capable of handling foreign paper currencies of different sizes and other leaflets is imparte... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6155562 | Method and apparatus for diverting and separating sheets of a printable medium The present invention is directed to providing a method and apparatus for diverting and separating sheets of printable material, such as signatures severed from a web, in a cost effective, efficient manner which does not create the potential for damage to... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6135448 | Sheet conveying apparatus A plurality of sheets are fed along a plurality of rows of conveying paths in a state in which leading edges of the respective sheets in the conveying direction are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, and fed from an outlet of the co... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6086065 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from a sheet store An arrangement for feeding sheets from a sheet store to either one of a plurality of stations includes a movable carriage which receives sheets fed from the store and which has driving cogwheels for coaction with a fixed cog railway outside the carriage. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5988632 | Apparatus for stacking and storing sheets A staple sorter comprising a large-capacity non-sort tray. Sheets are stacked one by one on a plurality of bins so as to make collated sets of sheets (sort mode), and each set is stapled by a staple unit. A sheet conveyer gate has rollers and is capable o... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941522 | Printer with auxiliary operation An identification card processor receives cards from a hopper, and passes them through a graphic imager for printing, and either prior to printing or subsequently the cards are positioned on an index table that permits moving the cards about an axis to di... | 08/24/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5927712 | Sample signature delivery having alternate transport path away from deceleration device A device for selectively extracting samples from a folding unit is provided. The device includes a signature transport system for transporting signatures to a deceleration device. The deceleration device has a plurality of rotating arms with gripping elem... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5765827 | Sorting compartment arrangement for flat items A sorting compartment arrangement for flat items includes a conveying section for conveying the flat items successively in a vertical position. Switches are disposed along the conveying section. A plurality of individual stacking compartments are arranged... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5724626 | Photosensitive material transporting apparatus A photosensitive material transporting apparatus includes a transport passage for transporting a plurality of developed photosensitive materials in parallel with each other with a phase difference therebetween in a transporting direction thereof, a photos... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5716190 | Transport process and apparatus for use in bookbinding Continuously accumulating printing works products are transported, over a comparatively long distance in a manner which consumes minimum manufacturing facility floor space, by being serially fed to clock-pulse controlled grippers of a continuously driven ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5695071 | Small flats sorter A system and a method for sorting are provided for distributing articles, such as mail pieces or other flats, to predetermined destinations. At the destination, the particular article is raked by a raking assembly from a carrier for placement into a conta... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5678111 | Method and apparatus of processing recording media A method of processing recording media includes the steps of recording, on a second recording medium, image information recorded on a first recording medium; and effecting a parallel conveying operation for conveying the second recording medium on which t... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675836 | Method of processing recording media and apparatus for processing recording media An apparatus for processing recording media includes: a recording device recording image information recorded on a first recording medium onto a sheet-shaped second recording medium; a conveying/processing device effecting a predetermined processing while... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5660383 | Sheet recording material transport apparatus A film transport apparatus (3) for sheet film is provided on the rear side of a cassette loading/unloading unit and a processing unit (2) positioned next to the latter. Film transport apparatus (3) comprises a transport table which can be moved back and f... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657980 | Sorting feed mechanism A document sorter for a document dispenser comprises a feeding apparatus for feeding documents to a document feed path, a conveyance apparatus mounted along the document feed path for conveying documents along the document feed path, and a directing appar... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5649483 | Device for the automatic singling-out of sheets in the delivery of a sheet-fed rotary printing press Individual sheets are singled out in a delivery of a sheet-fed rotary printing press. The delivery has a chain delivery with gripper bars extending transversely to the sheet-transport direction. The gripper bars are disposed on revolvingly driven transpor... | 07/22/1997 |
