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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428083 | Document reader and image forming apparatus An improved document reader is provided, including: a platen for an original document to be placed thereon; and a hold-down member capable of opening and closing relative to the platen and operative to press the original document against the platen so as to make the... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7110150 | Transparent media adapter, template, system and method for automated selection of media type and scanning routine A template for a scanning system that comprises a template body and an actuation device for actuating a switch is provided. A transparent media adapter for a scanning system comprising a switch actuatable by an actuation device and an adapter housing having a signal... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6937230 | Newton ring prevention film and touch panel A Newton ring prevention film comprising a transparent film in which projections are formed by surface roughening, a transparent film in which projections are formed by providing a projection coating layer, or either of these transparent films wherein a transparent ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6785025 | Collage making apparatus and method for making a collage Collage making apparatus for assisting in the production of a collage by duplication apparatus may comprise a layout area contained within the collage making apparatus. The layout area accommodates at least one object that is to be contained in the collage. The coll... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6529295 | Image scanner utilizing rollers to bias an original in a holder against a support such that the holder enters the image scanner by a nibbling action of the roller and support An image scanner in which an original is scanned by a trilinear CCD array, i.e. the original is scanned line by line, three lines at the time, one line for each color. Thus, at a specific time "only" the area of the original that is scanned by the triline... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6016752 | Print image positioning A method for recording a rectangular image along helical tracks on a plate, while the plate is mounted on a cylindrical surface in an imagesetter, so that an edge of the image, corresponding to a reference edge of the plate, essentially parallels the refe... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5715071 | Paper supply apparatus for image reading apparatus and image reading apparatus with paper supply apparatus as well as paper supply apparatus The invention provides a paper supply apparatus for an image reading apparatus, an image reading apparatus with a paper supply apparatus and a paper supply apparatus which can be used suitably with an image scanner wherein a large amount of paper sheets c... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5604609 | Light reflection type detection device in facsimile machine A facsimile machine has various detection devices. One of the detection device detects a sheet medium. The detection device includes a reflection type sensor directly mounted on a control board. An actuator is pivotally movably supported in a main frame o... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5583664 | Sheet holding mechanism for an image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, a sheet holding mechanism has an outlet roller and a presser member cooperative to nip a sheet having a unit length and undergone predetermined processing in the apparatus. When the outlet roller is rotated, it drives the sh... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5579115 | Scanning apparatus for scanning a partially supported media A scanning system which includes a medium support unit for supporting a medium in a generally curved orientation by contacting substantially less than the entire surface area of the medium and a scanning unit for scanning the medium.... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5440402 | Method and apparatus for recognizing paster portion of web According to a method and apparatus for recognizing a paster portion of a web, each pixel data of a printed matter serving as a reference is stored as reference image data. Each pixel data of a printed matter serving as a test target printed on the web is... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5431389 | Hand scanner support and paper guide apparatus A hand scanner support and paper guide apparatus is provided for mechanically scanning a thin sheet using two scanners originally designed to be hand-held. The apparatus includes a base assembly, a top assembly, and a hinge assembly connecting the base as... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5422737 | Device for mounting an original onto an image reading drum The invention provides a device for efficiently mounting an original onto an image reading drum in an image scanning system. The mounting device includes a lower holder section and an upper holder section, each made of a flexible but hard plastic sheet. T... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5162926 | Registration method A sheet carrying assembly comprises a platen and a carrier secured to the platen by a vacuum. The registration of the carrier on the platen is achieved by use of magnets. The magnets have fixed positions on the platen so that the carrier will always be pr... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5142305 | Apparatus for clamping and ejecting a receiver in a printing operation A printer uses a rotating platen to transport a sheet of print media receiver across a print head. The receiver is held to the platen with a positive receiver locking clamp at the beginning of a print cycle. The clamp is released prior to the completion o... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5103322 | Scanner with retractable roller feed A scanner is operative with an imaging system for inducing a mechanical movement of a subject during an optical scanning of the subject to provide an image of the subject. The subject which is in the shape of a card is advanced along a travel path past an... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4973991 | Clamping roller for a sheet medium A drum used as a clamping roller for mounting a substrate, such as a sheet of paper, in a device in which the surface of said substrate is treated. The clamping roller is of use in a device such as an electrojet printer. The roller comprises a thin metal seaml... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4933779 | Image scanner apparatus of the drum type having an efficient line-of-light illumination system Image scanner apparatus includes a drum having an aperture rotatable about an axis. A mechanism clamps a border of an exposed photographic film to the drum, with the film image aligned with the aperture substantially in a surface of revolution of the drum... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4723134 | Apparatus for wrapping paper via a tape cutter around a cylindrical drum Disclosed is an apparatus for wrapping paper on a cylindrical drum for use in a recording or reading system. The apparatus includes a roller for pressing the paper wrapped on the cylindrical drum. The roller is disposed in the vicinity of the cylindrical ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4670794 | Electronic print board An electronic print board is provided with an endless or continuous writing medium, on which a transparent sheet-shaped writing medium (3) is removably mounted. Any characters and figures written on both the writing media are combined, scaled down, and co... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4637711 | Process for rolling a drum with a photosensitive film A method of rolling a photosensitive film on a drum wherein the film is wound on the drum being held at the seam by a double-sided adhesive band and then heat shrunk into a smooth surface on the drum.... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4637710 | Drum type image scanning and recording apparatus A drum type image scanning and recording apparatus, with a drum around whose cylindrical external surface a film is fixedly wrapped and a drum-driving apparatus mechanically coupled to the drum for rotating the drum, has a string tensionally stretched nea... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4591904 | Picture image input/output system A picture image input/output system which can obviate defects encountered in prior art systems is arranged such that plural original color pictures are enlarged or reduced at a predetermined magnification ratio respectively by a picture image scanning dev... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4589033 | Method and apparatus for interrupting a facsimile transmission Disclosed herein is a facsimile transmitting apparatus including a sensor for detecting the dark/light variations in a document and a transmitter for generating and transmitting transmission signals including signals representing those dark/light variatio... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4551766 | Optical reader An optical reader contained in a portable case includes elements for rotating a chart containing indicia and for moving a lens and photo-responsive member substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the chart. These elements are controlled so that t... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4547810 | Portable facsimile transmitter A portable facsimile transmitter suitable for use by reporters and photographers in the field, for sending high quality pictures to an unattended remote receiver, by telephone or wireless. A rotating drum to which the original is affixed is initially scan... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4517575 | Recording paper clamping apparatus The present invention relates to a recording paper winding apparatus for winding a recording paper on a rotary drum, by providing a bar for pinching a front end of a recording paper between the bar and the outer surface of a rotary drum, whereon a recordi... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4492984 | Drum scanners A roller for drum scanners is described, consisting of a hollow cylindrical element which is arranged for rotation at its ends and provided with suction openings for reception of a record carrier or of an original. The cylindrical roller element is assemb... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4479148 | Method and apparatus for insuring that the transport of a scanning system is contiguous with its support The transport, that carries the material to be scanned to and from scanning position, is held against its support by suction. After the transport has been moved into scanning position the suction is applied progressively starting at one end of the transpo... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4451855 | Relation density calculation system A relative density calculation system, principally and preferably used with a color scanner, for detecting a surrounding frame of a photographic transparency to be scanned to produce signal information for application to the color scanner to be utilized i... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4440491 | Photographic transparency supporting device A device, which is especially useful in color scanning equipment and the like, for supporting a photograhic transparency on a scanning cylinder, in which the cylinder surface is provided with a window and a layer of magnetic rubber surrounding the window,... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4404598 | Copying and engraving apparatus In an engraving machine a scanning head on the carriage is positioned adjacent a reader drum, and an opposite cutter head is positioned adjacent an engraving drum. The scanning head is movable sideways so that test runs may be conducted along the side of ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4330798 | Electronic stencil cutter An electronic stencil cutter having a rotatable drum with an original subject sheet and a stencil sheet mounted side by side thereon. Scanning and stencil cutting heads are mounted on a common carriage for simultaneous movement along the original and sten... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4317138 | Method and apparatus for facsimile sheet handling Disclosed herein is a facsimile apparatus with an improved sheet transport means including a transport path and a feeder in the path for moving sheets along it to a scanner. A sensor is situated in the path for sensing the length of the sheets being fed t... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4268869 | Electronic stencil cutter having means to vary size of reproduced picture An electronic stencil cutter having a rotatable drum with an original subject sheet and a stencil sheet mounted side by side thereon. Scanning and stencil cutting heads are mounted on a common carriage for simultaneous movement along the original and sten... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4259695 | Facsimile sheet clamping device A facsimile device of a type having a rotary drum and clamping bars movable toward and away from the drum surface to cooperate, when moved toward the drum surface, together with the drum surface in clamping therebetween the leading and trailing ends of a ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258264 | Method of and apparatus for reading out a radiation image recorded in a stimulable phosphor A radiation image recorded in a stimulable phosphor sheet or plate is visualized by stimulating the phosphor with stimulating rays. Being stimulated by the stimulating rays, the phosphor emits detectable light. The emitted light is detected by a photodete... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4174176 | Device for detachable attachment of a print original to a cylinder In the non-mechanical printing art relating to equipment for reproducing a negative on a photoelectric data carrier, a mechanical device for readily detachably applying a negative to a cylinder in such a manner as to assure flush application of the negati... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4135198 | Sheet clamp apparatus The sheet clamp apparatus is for clamping a sheet of original paper, recording paper, photosensitive paper, master plate, or the like on a drum usually provided in facsimile apparatus, copying apparatus, or the like. The apparatus comprises a single plate... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4134136 | Paper carrier for facsimile machine The disclosure is of a facsimile machine having a carrier for a sheet of paper, the carrier comprising a cylinder having a longitudinal band secured thereto by springs so that the band is normally pulled downwardly onto the surface of the cylinder. A shee... | 01/09/1979 |
