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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310491 | Non-gouging sheet stripper assembly A non-gouging sheet stripper assembly is disclosed for stripping copy sheets from a surface of a moving fusing member. The non-gouging sheet stripper assembly includes (a) at least one baffle forming part of a sheet path; (b) a finger shaft having a first end attach... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7125183 | Recording apparatus and method thereof and removing claw therefor A removing claw 164 has a width W1 in a cross direction of 5 [mm] and a rectangular cross section with a height reduced toward a tip, and both ends of an upper side of the rectangle are chamfered to have a chamfered portion with a radius of r=1 [mm]. C... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092666 | Roller mechanism for separating paper A roller mechanism for separating paper has a fusing roller, a following roller, and at least two paper-separating rings. The fusing roller is formed with at least two annular grooves on a periphery thereof. The two paper-separating rings are respectively mounted in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6963717 | Fuser stripper baffle and a printing machine including the same A fuser stripper baffle exit minimizes differential gloss marks due to paper contacting the fuser exit baffle. Portions of paper that touch the baffle cool differently than portions that don't, resulting in differential gloss in the paper path or spanwise direction.... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6909870 | Fixing apparatus for a printer having a paper separating unit A fixing apparatus for a printer includes a paper separating unit. The fixing apparatus also includes a heating unit which fixes an image on paper by heating paper passing through a developing unit, a pressing unit which contacts the heating unit, presses paper pass... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6678496 | Skive mechanism for reproduction apparatus fuser rollers A fuser apparatus having a pair of rollers in nip relation to transport a receiver member therebetween to permanently fix a marking particle image to such receiver member, and a skive mechanism for stripping a receiver member adhering to a fuser apparatus... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6658229 | Recording material separating apparatus of which separating member is retractable in operative association with guide A recording material separating apparatus has a rotary member contacting with a recording material, a separating member for contacting with the rotary member and separating the recording material from the rotary member, and a guide member for guiding that... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6650862 | Image forming apparatus having sheet separator and sheet separator for use in image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that enables to transversely move a sheet separator without a dedicated drive source and with a simplified construction to thereby reduce production cost of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a thru... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6293545 | Stripper blade assembly A stripper blade assembly for an ink jet offset printer has a thin blade fixedly mounted on a top surface of a blade holder. The blade holder includes at a trailing edge flexible eyelet portions that extend downwards to snap over protuberances on mechanic... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6208827 | Dual function air skive assembly for reproduction apparatus fuser rollers A fuser apparatus having a pair of rollers in nip relation to transport a receiver member therebetween to permanently fix a marking particle image to such receiver member, and a dual function air skive assembly for stripping a receiver member adhering to ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203000 | Escrow storage device A currency note storage device (10) for an ATM (50) comprises an endless rubber belt (12) carrying a multiplicity of outwardly-projecting flaps (22), the edges of the flaps attached to the belt being contiguous; the belt (12) runs around a pair of rollers... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6137982 | Fuser stripper apparatus A fuser stripper apparatus for use in a machine which imparts an image to paper being fed therethrough. The apparatus has: a fuser roller rotatably fixed in the machine and having a surface treated with a coating for effecting the impartation of the image... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5997965 | Stripping finger A stripping finger, for use in an electrophotographic apparatus, formed by molding a glass polymer consisting of phosphate glass and resin. The stripping finger does not attack the peripheral surface of a roller of the electrophotographic apparatus. The m... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5970305 | Electrophotographic apparatus having a film for separating printed media from a photoconductive drum An electrophotographic development system preventive of a rolling of paper on a photosensitive drum includes a charging roller for charging the surface of the photosensitive drum with high voltage by a rotation with the photosensitive drum, an exposure un... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5926683 | Image forming apparatus with two-potential-level electricity removing member The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus which comprises an image bearing member for bearing a toner image, a transfer charger for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member to a transfer material, and an electricity rem... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5911100 | Image forming apparatus having transfer drum with peeling member An image forming apparatus includes a movable member carrying a recording sheet bearing a non-fixed image and a separation device for separating the recording sheet from the movable member. The separation device includes a peel member made from resin and ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5779370 | Apparatus for printing labels and a self-releasing print roller therefor An apparatus for printing labels having a tacky side and a non-tacky printable side. The apparatus comprises a print head for printing indicia on the printable side of the labels, and a print roller disposed in close proximity to the print head. The print... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5727466 | Method and device for holding substrates on a transport belt of a printing press A device for holding substrates on a printing-press transport belt successively transporting the substrates closely past an impression cylinder includes at least one stripping device disposed in an exit part of a nip between the impression cylinder and th... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5666621 | Sheet separation device, sheet separation method, image forming apparatus and image forming method The invention relates a sheet separation apparatus including a sheet carrying member which is capable of holding a sheet thereon, a device positioning a sheet on the surface of the sheet carrying member, a device separating the held sheet from the sheet c... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5655452 | Method and apparatus for an automated plate handler with slip sheet removal mechanism The primary function of the optional handler is to make plates available on demand to the imaging engine. A multitude of plates are stored inside cassettes and these cassettes are loaded into the handler. There may be up to four cassettes residing in the ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5600428 | Sheet separator for an image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus of the type developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier by using toner having a softening point of 80° C. or below and transferring the resulting toner image to a sheet, a sheet separator separates, a... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5562281 | Leading end stacked position regulating apparatus in thin sheet material stacker An apparatus for regulating a leading end stacked position in a stacker for successively stacking thin sheet materials. The apparatus for regulating leading end stacked positions of thin sheet materials which are introduced into a thin sheet material stac... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5537193 | Image forming apparatus with recording sheet separating device In an image forming apparatus in which when separating a recording material from a recording-material conveying sheet, the recording-material conveying sheet is pressed and deformed by a pressing member, the pressing member has a convex curved portion con... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5518781 | Stripping fingers for copying machine Stripping fingers for use in a copying machine, molded of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition made up of a liquid crystal polyester having a flow temperature of 340° C. or higher and titanium oxide whiskers. The stripping fingers have excellent ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5517292 | Fusing apparatus having a paper separating unit A fusing apparatus 14 for fusing toner onto paper includes a heater roller 2 and a separating unit 15 with a separation claw 16. The separation claw 16 is provided with a paper guide member 17 having a curvature in a direction opposite to the curvature fr... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5459562 | Recording apparatus for printing both faces of a recording medium using an electrophotographyprocess A development process and a fixing process are carried out on a front side of a recording paper. The paper recorded on the first side is transported toward a returning transportation device. The development process and the fixing process are then carried ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5448347 | Fuser skive mount A skive for a pressure roller fuser separates a receiving sheet that has a tendency to stick to one of the rollers in the fuser. The skive includes a finger having a tip which is spring urged against the roller. A mount for the finger permits the tip to m... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5405482 | Labeling machine A labeling machine in which pressure sensitive adhesively backed labels are releasably adhered to a backing strip moving along a path from a dispensing roll to a take-up roll. The labels are removed from the backing strip onto a rotating applicator drum a... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5344521 | Coating film separating device and coating film separation method using the device A coating film separating device includes a substrate holding device for holding a substrate, at least one side of which is covered with a coating film, a roller unit equipped with a roller and a device for pressing the roller against an end portion of th... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5287156 | Fixing device capable of separating an end portion of a recording material by a bearing An image fixing device includes a fixing roller, a bearing for rotatably supporting the fixing roller, and a backup member to form a nip between them. The bearing extends to reach within a maximum recording material passage area of the fixing roller.... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5282009 | Reproduction apparatus having a process control skive device A reproduction apparatus having a series of process stations and a logic and control unit for controlling the operations of the process stations includes a fuser and pressure roller-type fusing apparatus. The fusing apparatus includes a member for oiling ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5244294 | Apparatus for transporting wet print media and method for same The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for transporting print media with wet ink out of a printer without smearing the ink or requiring the user to adjust the margins of the document to avoid the smearing of the ink. The apparatus compris... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241354 | Symmetrically flexible sheet stripping apparatus A symmetrically flexible separator device is placed immediately after and removed, by a pair of pads, from the nip between the fuser roller and the pressure roller in order to intercept the leading edge of an image-bearing receiver and thus reduce the ris... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5221952 | Means for separating image recording medium in electrophotographic recording apparatus An electrophotographic recording apparatus including a light-sensitive drum for carrying toner images developed thereon, and a transfer unit arranged at a prescribed distance from the light-sensitive drum for transferring the toner images from a light-sen... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5217220 | Diverter for a printing press A diverter (10) for a printing press having a cylinder (14) for sequentially carrying printed matter (22), a device (16) for rotating the cylinder (14) a device (42) for passing the printed matter (22) along a first usual path (32) when the printed matter... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5181076 | Jam prevention mechanism A jam prevention mechanism is provided, adapted to be positioned in a device including a pair of rollers through which a sheet is to be fed, for preventing the sheet from being caught around one of the pair of rollers. The jam prevention mechanism compris... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5161796 | Transfer paper separating device A transfer paper separating device for use in an image forming apparatus includes a separating claw for forcibly separating transfer paper passed through an image transfer process from a surface of a photosensitive drum. The separating claw is supported t... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5160130 | Thin-tip stripper finger for use with a fuser roll in an electrophotographic apparatus A stripper finger separates a substrate from a fuser member in an electrophotographic printing apparatus. The stripper finger is a member defining an edge in the form of a symmetrical convex arc across the width of the member. The thickness of the member ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5125644 | Separating device for sheet-like member including separating pawl coated with amorphous carbon layer This invention relates to a separating pawl installed in a copying machine wherein at least an edge of the separating pawl is composed of an amorphous carbon layer; the edge of the separating pawl being in contact with a surface of a photosensitive member... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5098627 | Method for producing a paper-releasing guide-claw of copying machine The present invention relates to a paper releasing guide-claw for a copying machine and a method for producing the same including molding a material containing from about 50-90% by weight of a polyimide consisting essentially of recurring units of the for... | 03/24/1992 |
