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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4718658 | Sheet feeding system using detachable sheet storage unit in image processing device A sheet feeding system for use in an image processing device composed of a desktop type image forming unit such as an electrostatic copying machine and a pedestal for permitting the image forming device to be placed thereon, which comprises a sheet storag... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4713550 | Document size detection apparatus A document size detection apparatus having a plurality of sensor portions including light emitting devices and photodetector devices disposed in the vicinity of an original table for detecting the size of a document such as an original mounted on the orig... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4681425 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a paper delivery detecting switch provided near the paper delivery opening, a paper presence detecting structure to detect the presence of the paper on the receiving tray, a counter circuit and a comparator. The counter... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4630127 | Character and picture information reading apparatus In an apparatus for reading an image of the document fixedly placed, the document's position, size, etc. is automatically decided. Linear light sources are arranged on a pressure plate in a position on the back side of the document in both the main scanni... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4478405 | Position control for recycled originals in a copying apparatus A position control system in a copying apparatus keeps an original positioned properly during multiple passes of the original through a transport path, for making multiple copies, by detecting the position of an edge of the original in the first pass, whe... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4335949 | Reproduction machine with recirculating document handler diagnostics A reproduction machine having a recirculating document handler, a display, and the means to enter a diagnostic mode for immediate access of time periods between sensors detecting document travel in the document handler. Upon entering the diagnostic mode, ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4330200 | Copying machine with collating apparatus A copying machine equipped with a collator for distributing copy sheets fed thereto from a copying machine body into its multiple bins and, upon the lapse of a determined period of time after a copying operation, changing the operating mode from a collati... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4161277 | Improper copy run program entry check for electrostatic type reproduction or copying machines An electrostatic type reproduction machine incorporating optionally active document handler for automatically advancing originals to be copied into copying position together with a sorter for sorting copies. On inputting a copy run, a check is automatical... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4132401 | Copier document sensing and control system A document sensing and control system for a document handling system for feeding documents across the imaging station of a copier. At a document input area two document sensors are centrally positioned respectively at the upstream and downstream sides of ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4099214 | Electronically controlled braking means for a document handling machine Electronic control means for a paper handling and counting machine. An LED array provides a visual display of the number of paper documents counted during either normal counting or "batching" operations. The LED display is utilized to the exclusion of add... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4044232 | Electronic copy selection controls for a document reproduction machine A multidigit position control register is set by a new control signal either after being reset to a reference state, after completion of a controlled machine function and receipt of a new control signal or when all digit positions contain significant cont... | 08/23/1977 |
