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Class 271/4.09 - To endless belt conveyor


Subclass of Class 271 - Sheet feeding or delivering
Definition: Subject matter wherein the conveyor is a continuous band
No. of patents: 24
Last issue date: 04/29/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7364157Compact backnote dispensing device with banknote length sensor
A compact banknote dispensing device including a storage section for storing one or more banknotes, a discharging unit driven by a first motor for discharging banknotes one-by-one at a first speed, and a transporting unit driven by a second motor for receiving the d...
04/29/2008
7278634Device for controlling printed products
A tape transport system for printed products includes a tape having a tape width, a pulley, and a lever arm supporting the pulley, the lever arm having a first side and a second side. The pulley has a first section disposed on the first side of the lever arm and a s...
10/09/2007
7172116Automatic dispensing machine of cards and card like goods
Dispensing more than one card or card like good is prevented to prevent issuing a duplicate with an automatic dispensing machine of card or card like good having a table which supports the piled up card or card like good. A sucking device is located over the table a...
02/06/2007
7118102Rocker plate for separating sheets
A sheet feeder includes a bin into which items are stacked. The items are sequentially removed from the bottom of the stack as the sheet feeder operates. The items travel a longitudinal path of travel to a separator wheel that staggers the items as they exit the she...
10/10/2006
7103206Method and apparatus for detecting doubled bills in a currency handling device
A doubles detection system for detecting doubled documents. The system comprises one or more light sources disposed on a first side of a test document and one or more reflected light sensors disposed along the first side of the test document. The reflected light sen...
09/05/2006
6902162Non-marking accumulator and related methods
A sheet accumulating apparatus accumulates inputted sheets into a stack registered on all sides, wherein the sheets are controlled with minimum contact by components of the apparatus to minimize or eliminate smudging or marking of the sheets. The apparatus can be se...
06/07/2005
6776406Feeder and separator for separating and moving sheets from a stack of sheets
A feeder/separator apparatus for separating and moving sheets from a stack of sheets is described. The feeder/separator includes an input area for positioning the stack of sheets; a first and second series of rollers for jointly feeding a sheet on the bottom of the ...
08/17/2004
6761351Registration system effective drive roll radius compensation
Systems and methods of registration system control are provided that compensate for differences in physical properties of various substrates being transported through the system that impact velocity of the substrate. Exemplary systems of the Invention include at lea...
07/13/2004
6123327Cash dispenser
The automatic cash dispenser has the following elements, a safe (18) for receiving at least one banknote cassette (32) and a separating device (34) for drawing off the banknotes out of the banknote cassette (32), of a banknote-dispensing compartment (50),...
09/26/2000
6113091Automatic document feeder
An automatic document feeder for use with an image forming apparatus, for conveying a document on a platen of the apparatus, includes a rotating conveyance belt for pressing the document to the platen thereby conveying the document along the platen; a pre...
09/05/2000
6029969Automatic document feeding device
Documents to be imaged which lie one upon another in a prescribed order of page on an automatic document feeding device are automatically fed one by one to a scanning reference position defined in an image scanning position of an image processing device a...
02/29/2000
5655761Reversible sheet feeder accumulator
Apparatus for accumulating paper sheets singulated from a paper sheet feeder on a registration deck. The apparatus includes: a sheet feeder for feeding the topmost paper sheet from a stack of paper sheets; an accumulator having an accumulation deck for re...
08/12/1997
5013022Apparatus and method for assembling signatures
An assembly system for demographic binding of signatures into a book on a collating and binding line includes a device for reading coded information printed directly on selected signatures, a feeder for supplying the coded signatures to the collating and ...
05/07/1991
4846455High speed envelope feeding apparatus
A high speed envelope feeder is provided with a pair of pinch rolls for extracting an envelope from a stack of closed envelopes in a magazine. The flap of a closed envelope is opened by raising a cam surface under the flap to position the flap between a f...
07/11/1989
4640502Envelope hopper for feed and delivery
An attachable feed and delivery system for envelopes in a high speed, batch printer (14) environment is described. Included is a hopper (10) having input (30) and output sections (32) separated from each other by a spring loaded bail (34). The transport p...
02/03/1987
4600929Apparatus for handling paper in a printer
A paper transport apparatus is illustrated which strips a single sheet of paper 16 from a stack 18 using a stripping roller 20 and cooperating fingers 22. The sheet of paper 16 is directed between the nip of a pressure roller 26 and a transfer roller 28. ...
07/15/1986
4477068Automatic duplex document feeder
A document feeder for automatically inverting a duplexed original so that the second side may be copied. The inverting mechanism is a turnaround roll located at the exit of the copy station. The inverting mechanism cooperates with rollers located above th...
10/16/1984
4285607Apparatus for feeding single sheets from a magazine to the printing cylinder of a printing office machine or data processing machine and for stacking the single sheets arriving from the printing cylider
The invention relates to an apparatus for feeding and stacking single sheets for a printing office machine. Singel sheets (32) may be selectively called up from a plurality of magazine units (30), which are disposed vertically one after another. The singl...
08/25/1981
4264067Duplexing 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
4004941Cleaning method for automatic document handler
The platen belt on an automatic document handler is treated to minimize the variation in frictional characteristics between a dirty belt and a clean belt by applying silicone oil to the belt after it has been cleaned with solvent....
01/25/1977
3952183Sheet counting apparatus
A neat arrangement such as a pack of bills or like sheets to be counted is placed on one of their longitudinal edges in a sheet stand formed on the top of the casing of a sheet counting apparatus. An infeed mechanism comprising first and second infeed rol...
04/20/1976
3941376Automatic document handler
An automatic document handler for supplying documents singly to the platen of a processing apparatus such as a copying machine. Following copying, each document is returned to the document supply where the used documents are kept separated from documents ...
03/02/1976
3937453Single document transport
Banking machines for dispensing paper currency require a document transport for accurately and reliably delivering a single bill or piece of currency from a storage bin to a customer. The document transport includes a feeder unit for delivering single pie...
02/10/1976
3936041Automatic original supply device for electronic copying apparatus
An automatic original document supply device for electronic copying apparatus including a detection and control system, interposed between the original supply roller system and the original conveying and holding belt, which detects the passing of the trai...
02/03/1976
 
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