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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5286956 | Printer having page-turning apparatus for passbooks and with page-turning capability even after initial deformation of sheets to be turned In a printer for passbooks or the like, a passbook or the like, which is brought in on a transfer path, is stopped at the position of a page-turning roller, where a sheet is turned over by the operation of the page-turning roller. When a sheet is turned o... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5017026 | Apparatus for automatically exchanging a passbook An apparatus for derailing with a passbook having a plurality of data recording surfaces, includes a passbook recording unit in which data is recorded on the recording surfaces of the passbook introduced in a conveying passage of the apparatus via an acce... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4995184 | Passbook page turning mechanism A passbook page turning mechanism includes independently movable and spaced upper rollers and independently movable and spaced lower rollers which are vertically movable and which grip the passbook and move the passbook from a printing station to a page t... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4600828 | Automatic issuance of passbooks and the like A system for issuing passbooks and other multiple-page documents includes a plurality of storage bins for storing such passbooks and documents in a closed position, feed means for feeding a passbook and the documents from the storage bins along a guide ch... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4545141 | Automatic document page turning apparatus An automatic page turning apparatus associated with a closed passbook and the like includes feed means for positioning and holding one edge of a passbook at a station located along a guide chute, and a drive member movable in a direction perpendicular to ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4488367 | Page turning apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for selectively turning the pages of a book forward and backward. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a roller, first transfer means, pressing means, driving means, and second transfer means. The roller can rotate se... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4423313 | Transaction processing system Clerk's processing means employed in the present invention has an input device for business data, a preprocess memory for storing the business data, and a clerk display device for displaying the business data and the results of decision about the validity... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4280036 | Banking apparatus using passbooks A banking apparatus using passbooks, such as for example a passbook printing apparatus built-in an automatic depositing machine, in which a passbook inserted in the apparatus is transferred to a printing position by means of a driving belt. A printing mec... | 07/21/1981 |