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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4381705 | Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes a signal processor for providing print signals to indicate information to be printed on the tickets and write signals to indicate information to be encoded on the tickets; a pri... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4373848 | Method and apparatus for exposing contents of an opened envelope with gravity assist A method and apparatus is disclosed for exposing the contents of an envelope which has two opposing panels wherein the panels have been separated from each other along all but one edge portion where the panels remain connected. The envelope is gripped on ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4373713 | Diverter mechanism A sheet diverter in the path of a stream of cut sheets to be diverted in predetermined sequence in different directions in which a pair of rotary diverters having cam surfaces thereon divert and guide the sheets in the predetermined sequence relative to a... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4373710 | Apparatus for inserting supplementary material into newspaper jackets A method and apparatus for high-speed in-line or off-line insertion of newspaper supplements and the like into newspaper jackets is disclosed. In in-line insertion, the jackets are indexed and transported through a sensing station where a diverting convey... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4365797 | Speed compensated timing circuit for actuating a sheeter machine A speed compensated timing circuit which detects the velocity of a moving sheet which is to be cut or otherwise processed and which automatically calculates the time delay for actuating a mechanically operating device which controls the cut sheets and whi... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4352490 | Deflecting device for sorter or the like A deflecting device for a sheet sorter includes a sheet receiving and transporting assembly having a conveyor system for receiving recording sheets and for transporting the sheets to a collating device, and a main sheet tray overlying the conveyor system.... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4343582 | Banknote dispensing apparatus A currency dispensing apparatus has a plurality of customer receipt openings to which an ordered number of banknotes can be sent from a store of banknotes in response to an order signal. The banknotes are dispensed to a collector station through a first f... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4306712 | Document shunt mechanism for a document transport system A document entering a document transport system is assigned an address identification corresponding to a storage location in a shunt command storage member and the shunt command information at the designated location is addressed as the document approache... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4302198 | Odd copies bundling system in connection with fixed copies auto-bundling process In a counter stacker for stacking and dividing every predetermined number of printed copies including a counter disposed on a first path of convey along which said copies are successively conveyed partially superimposed one on the other at a constant pitc... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4298117 | Apparatus for discharging articles from conveyor belts Apparatus for diverting articles from a belt conveyor at an article-discharge zone, wherein a diverter is moved from a position at the side of the belt to a position wherein it extends at an angle to the direction of movement of the belt transversely of t... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4283048 | Device for separating out folded spoiled copies in web-fed rotary printing machines Device for separating out copies in web-fed rotary printing machines at a delivery of a folding apparatus having a main conveyor belt whereon a stream of folded copies are transported in overlapping, fish scale-like arrangement includes a roller pair adja... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4277061 | Apparatus for classifying photographic prints or the like Apparatus for classifying photographic prints which are severed from the leader of a downwardly moving web of exposed and developed photographic paper has side walls which define a downwardly extending channel whose upper end constitutes an inlet for desc... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4264067 | Duplexing auto document feed for copying machine A conveyor belt (14) conveys a document (19), (32) over a transparent glass platen (10) to a scanning position. An automatic document feed unit (22), (26) feeds documents (19) from a stack one by one between the lower run of the belt (14) and the platen (... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4251000 | Front and back stacker for high speed sorter/reader apparatus Demountable, modular, apparatus permitting item/documents, such for example as checks, to be stacked at high speed on opposite sides of a linear main-line item feed-through pathway. Indicators are included for indicating in which direction, forward, right... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4248413 | Sheet stacking apparatus Stacking apparatus for stacking sheets in corner registration to form sets positioned with respect to a finishing device such as a stitcher or stapler. The apparatus comprises a stack support surface which is inclined downwardly towards an endless belt ex... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4245940 | Method and apparatus for sorting and stacking conductor plates tested in a conductor plate tester and an apparatus for carrying out the same Sorting and stacking tested conductor plates by forming from the bottom up a stack of conductor plates which have passed the tests, raising from the bottom the entire stack each time a tested conductor plate approaches the bottom of the stack, feeding eac... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4245833 | Device for feeding and stacking forms in a box A device for feeding and stacking documents in a box uses a driven endless belt arranged to sweep tightly along an open side of the box whereby documents may be taken in succession from a feeding station along the belt to the box. The open side of the box... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4221379 | Copy stacking tray A copy receiving tray having a general vertical orientation with a bottom stop member a first vertical stacking portion inclined to the horizontal, a second vertical stacking portion on top of the first portion further inclined to the horizontal to provid... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4192607 | Apparatus for selectively copying documents from two different document feeders Documents are fed to a platen of a copier from two different feeding apparatus, one of which is a recirculating feeder adapted to sequentially feed a plurality of document sheets from one document to the platen for copying each sheet in a known manner. Ty... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4166030 | Apparatus for handling sheets of paper A sheet handling apparatus for documents requiring secure handling, such as banknotes. The documents are fed one at a time along a main flow-line in which they are sensed to determine whether they are in a fit condition or in an unfit condition. If unfit,... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4162733 | Article stacking apparatus Stacker apparatus includes a bottom support platform movable downwardly from an upper elevation for receiving and forming a stack of flat articles such as newspapers or the like. The support platform in its upper elevation first moves generally downwardly... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161312 | Card feeding mechanism A card feeding and ejection device having supply guiding, input and ejection channels intersecting at a forked channel portion at which a movable deflector is located. In a first position of the deflector one card can be passing through the forked portion... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4157822 | Document feeder with recirculation and unloading A large capacity input bin for a copier/duplicator is capable of receiving a multiplicity of stacks of sheets requiring processing. Control data describing the job to be done for the first stack in the input tray is introduced as by header information, op... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4155842 | Document hold and view station for high speed item sorter apparatus An item/document hold and view station for use with high speed item sorting apparatus wherein a diverter is provided for diverting selected items out of the mainstream item pathway and into an open ended receptacle area for visual viewing by an operator a... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4151986 | Sampling apparatus of printed papers from conveyor line thereof An upright conveyor belt is made to run only at one side of the row of papers. A section plate is operatively arranged to be inserted into the line of the conveyor, for retaining subsequent papers within the row. A blade is adapted to be moved across the ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4149622 | Mail selection and metering device A device is described for capturing certain predetermined types of mail pieces from a moving mail flow and for regulating the subsequent delivery thereof to processing equipment. The device is comprised of a receiving station and a delivery station linked... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4146215 | Horizontal collator-sorter A sheet handling machine having the dual capability of either collating or sorting sheet material into individual booklets or collations. The machine has a plurality of sheet receiving bins operatively associated with infeed and outfeed locations of the m... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4143771 | Device for removing a selected box from a succession of moving boxes An apparatus for withdrawing a predetermined box from a flow of folded boxes traveling in a plane in a device, such as a box folding and gluing machine, which has conveyors for moving the folded boxes in the plane characterized by a detector for detecting... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4120491 | Sheet stacking apparatus Sheets coming from a rotary printing press are conveyed to a drum mounted for rotation adjacent the delivery end of the sheet conveyor band. The drum comprises a plurality of like axially spaced discs, each disc having a series of spirally extending, equi... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4111411 | Sheet stacking apparatus A stack of sheets is formed in a paper cutter by feeding spaced sheets from a first conveyor to a second and slower conveyor to overlap the sheets which are then fed onto a pallet, the latter being lowered as more sheets are fed. When a stack is near comp... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4102253 | Counting and stacking unit A counting and stacking unit having a delivery path for delivery of forms from the collating and gluing unit to two stacking units, and in which the delivery path at a predetermined point is divided into two delivery paths, one going to one stacking unit ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4084805 | Sheet handling device particularly useful as ledger feeder and stacker for accounting machines Sheet handling device useful for handling sheets to be processed by data processing apparatus, such as a ledger accounting machine. The device includes a main hopper compartment into which documents to be processed are manually deposited, an auxiliary hop... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4073585 | Sheet removing device for use in electrophotographic copying machine A sheet removing device for use in an electrophotographic copying machine which removes unstripped sheets from the photosensitive body by providing feed rollers which rotate in reverse upon a stripping failure to pull the sheet off the photosensitive body... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4072420 | Microfilm card duplication A microfilm card duplicating machine is arranged to feed master cards sequentially to a copying station. The master cards have images thereon for duplication by the machine. Copy cards are fed by the machine one by one to the copying station for producing... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4068212 | Method and apparatus for identifying characters printed on a document which cannot be machine read A method and apparatus for identifying a character which cannot be machine read so that an operator may observe the identified character and make the necessary correction. A document such as a bank check or the like which has a field of encoded characters... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4050591 | Stacking apparatus and method Stacking apparatus for generally flat objects, particularly useful for the stacking of magazines by zip code. According to the invention, a continuous input stream of the objects is alternately diverted in preselected numbers pursuant to a shift signal to... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4046259 | Stacking method Stacking apparatus and method for generally flat objects, particularly useful for the stacking of magazines by zip code. According to the invention, a continuous input stream of the objects is alternately diverted in preselected numbers pursuant to a shif... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4008891 | Distributor of sheets in wads An improvement in a distributor of sheets in wads, comprising a detector for the simultaneous passing of several sheets in the vicinity of the output of a distributor, the detector controlling the directing of the sheets towards a particular receptacle an... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4004694 | Extractor assembly for extracting and/or diverting a selected number of signatures from a stream Signatures arranged in overlapping fashion are typically delivered from a press at high speeds (at the order of 80,000 per hour) to be stacked in bundles of a predetermined precise quantity, bundled and shipped to desired locations. During the delivery of... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3997263 | Bi-directional copier output In a copier in which a document handling system alternatingly recirculates documents in forward serial order and then in reverse serial order relative to the optical imaging system to provide bi-directional pre-collated copying in which the copies form co... | 12/14/1976 |
