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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7232126 | Over the raceway divert device, system and method for diverting suspect documents The present subject matter relates to the field of document material handling in high-speed in-line mailing systems. In particular, the present subject matter relates to a cross track divert device, system and method for diverting a suspect or invalid document from ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216866 | Sheet transport path switching mechanism A sheet transport path switching mechanism includes a movable guide to be moved rotatably about a support shaft parallel to the width direction of a transport path so as to selectively take either a main posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to the downstr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7085001 | Method for applying a material on a photoconductor The present invention is an automated arrangement for applying strip material to a web belt. One purpose of the present invention is to provide a solution to the known problem of securing material to an organic photoconductor (“OPC”) belt material in an automate... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062474 | Interactive process for applying or printing information on letters or parcels A computer system for providing commercial advertisements, messages, coupons, or other types of information on letters, parcels, and other written communications to a receiver of the letter, parcel, or other written communications includes a processor coupled to the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6990902 | Displacement device for a machine for processing flat printing materials and machine having the displacement device A displacement device for a machine for processing flat printing materials includes a slide displaceable along a displacement path in and counter to a thrust direction, and being divided along the thrust direction into two slide parts. A drag joint forms a mutual co... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6748858 | Printing system A printing apparatus and a printing method capable of preventing stacks of printed sheets from falling apart which can occur when continuously printing stacks of sheets of different sheet sizes. A printing press is controlled to suspend printing for removal of print... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6598524 | Device for transporting a sheet A sheet processing device is provided in a sheet-fed printing press. Sheets are conveyed to a sheet transport cylinder and are processed on the sheet transport cylinder. The sheets are each removed twice from the sheet transport cylinder.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6332398 | Methods and devices for transporting a sheet A sheet processing device is provided in a sheet-fed printing press. Sheets are conveyed to a sheet transport cylinder and are processed on the sheet transport cylinder. The sheets are each removed twice from the sheet transport cylinder.... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5772343 | Media handling system for duplex printing A metering roller and feed guide are included in a desktop printer between a first roller and a print zone. During first side printing, a media sheet is fed along the first roller and directed by an upper feed guide over the refeed guide to a second rolle... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5212531 | Printing position adjustment mechanism for printer In a printing position adjusting mechanism employed in an image forming apparatus using a continuous form recording medium having perforated tear lines at predetermined intervals, are sensors are provided for detecting a leading edge of the recording medi... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5197382 | Copy sheet proofing system A sheet proofing mechanism for a printing, duplicating and like machine wherein sheets are delivered seriatim by a conveyor in a path over a receiving tray whereat the sheets drop onto a stack of sheets in the tray. Releasable gripping fingers are provide... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5142980 | Pneumatic controller for a printing machine The pneumatic controller for detecting the presence or absence of sheets fed through a press machine includes a suction system having a suction duct in a sheet feed cylinder of the press machine and a vacuum pump connected to the suction duct, the suction... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4905590 | Mailing machine including driving means circuit In a mailing machine including a postage meter, wherein the postage meter includes rotary printing structure for printing indicia on a sheet fed to the machine, and the machine includes apparatus for driving the printing structure, wherein the driving app... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4897530 | Meter base drive assembly A meter base drive assembly (4) is a part of a postage meter base (2), to which a postage meter is mounted. The assembly includes envelope drive (62), a tape dispenser (86) and a print head drive (84) mounted to a base frame (12). The drive assembly inclu... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4881460 | Postage meter and control arrangement for same A postage meter having a rotable print drum also has a control arrangement ensuring that power is fed to the motor which drives the print drum via at least two parallel paths. One of these paths is operative to cause the motor to be driven until an envelo... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4756245 | Printing press having various printing heads A self-standing printing apparatus is described which includes a paper feeder for feeding individual sheets of paper, an impression cylinder and an accessory shaft adjacent the impression cylinder on which various types of printing heads may be mounted, i... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4685816 | Impact printer with means for adjusting the associated print hammer An impact-type, printing apparatus which is readily adjusted to enable the impact face of the associated print hammer to be precisely located with reference to the plane of a character (or a typewheel) to be printed to enable printing in special fonts lik... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4643089 | Apparatus for controlling printing means In combination with apparatus for printing indicia on a sheet, and a microcomputer for controlling the indicia printing apparatus to cause the indicia to be printed a predetermined marginal distance from an edge of the sheet, there is provided an improvem... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4638732 | Sheet handling apparatus Sheet handling apparatus is provided which includes structure for feeding a sheet in a predetermined path of travel, for sensing the sheet in the path of travel and providing at least one sensing signal indicative thereof, for printing postage indicia on ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4461212 | Drive and printing mechanism for a franking machine The mechanism allows a document of various thicknesses and indeed variable thickness to be franked. Said mechanism includes a frame (11) which supports a pressure roll (5) and a lower feed roll (4) and urged towards the chassis by means of three springs (... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4448121 | Rotary printing press and inspection method and apparatus therefor A rotary printing press assembly includes an inspection apparatus interposed between a sheet feeder for feeding printed sheets and a rotary printing press having a printing cylinder for printing additional indicia on the printed sheets. The inspection app... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4411194 | Printing press The basic press structure includes a printing couple consisting of a lower printing cylinder, having a single work area, and a large printing cylinder, having an effective diameter which is a whole multiple, greater than one, of the effective diameter of ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4375190 | Printing press having a plurality of printing stations Paper gripper improvement in a printing press of the type having a frame, a large paper carrying impression cylinder drum mounted on the frame and a plurality of retractable printing stations mounted on the frame and spaced around the drum. Each gripper h... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4372204 | Lithographic sheet fed press having means for clearing a jamming condition A lithographic sheet fed press having means for clearing a jamming condition in which a plurality of sheets become wedged between the blanket and impression cylinders. The blanket cylinder is journaled in eccentric bushings having respective operating arm... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4353297 | Number printing machine for offset press A number printing machine for use with an offset printing press in which, with only a single numbering device, both a present and a successive number printing operation in which a desired number is printed a desired number of times can be carried out. Eit... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4231291 | Printing press The basic press structure includes a printing couple consisting of a lower printing cylinder, having a single work area, and a large printing cylinder, having an effective diameter which is a whole multiple, greater than one, of the effective diameter of ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4204472 | Duplexing copying system A system for duplicating images wherein a copy sheet is delivered to a first gripper of an impression cylinder. A first image is transferred to one side of each sheet, and each sheet is then released by the first gripper and delivered to a reversing means... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4202266 | Staging mechanism for duplexing copy machines A system for providing duplex images on copy sheets wherein the images are formed on the copy sheets by delivering the sheets to an impression cylinder for transfer of the images to the sheets. First and second ink images are provided, and each sheet is f... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4186662 | Duplexing copying system A system for duplicating images wherein a copy sheet is delivered to an impression cylinder. A first image is transferred to one side of each sheet. Each sheet is then removed from the impression cylinder, delivered to a reversing means and then to the im... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4098185 | Printing press A sheet-fed, high-production, multi-purpose printing press assembled from a group of especially constructed components, including frames, cylinders, sub-assemblies, printing modules and removable and interchangeable segments, each being adapted to be asse... | 07/04/1978 |
| 3938435 | Automatic mail processing apparatus In an automatic mail processing apparatus, the mail is fed one by one by a feeding mechanism to a transport path having a stamp detecting station and a canceling station. At the former station, each piece of the mail is scanned by a pair of detectors whic... | 02/17/1976 |