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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157255 | Inserter The inserter including a storing unit, a sheet-feeding unit; a conveyance unit; and a controller that determines for every sheet a conveying speed of the sheet to be discharged to the downstream side device by the conveyance unit, in which the controller determines:... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8056892 | Apparatus for collating flat objects and for conveying the collated objects further Different printed products (10) are fed by feeding units (7) and collated in compartments (2), wherein the compartments (2) are conveyed substantially continuously past the feeding outlets (6) arranged successively in a line, and a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038139 | Inserter The inserter including a storing unit, a sheet-feeding unit; a conveyance unit; and a controller that determines for every sheet a conveying speed of the sheet to be discharged to the downstream side device by the conveyance unit, in which the controller determines:... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7905478 | Inserter apparatus, printer, print system and insert method An inserter apparatus has a printer A and an inserter apparatus B. The printer A has a print section 13, and an insert information output section 9 for outputting insert information including an insert page showing a position of an insert paper and an ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7878497 | Image forming apparatus and sheet inserting device The image forming apparatus including a sheet conveying path which is arranged at the sheet inserting device and which conveys the sheets on which the images are formed at the image forming apparatus main body and the insertion sheet to the post-processing device an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7828278 | Inserter apparatus, printer, print system and insert method An inserter apparatus has a printer A and an inserter apparatus B. The printer A has a print section 13, and an insert information output section 9 for outputting insert information including an insert page showing a position of an insert paper and an ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7651081 | Image forming system, image forming device, post-processor, and program An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7427059 | Paper handling system materials exit path arrangement A materials handling system includes an insertion subsystem for inserting materials into envelopes to form mailpieces of a first type and mailpieces of a second type. The materials handling syatem also includes a first mailpiece transport path located downstream fro... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7413179 | Bookbinding apparatus, bookbinding system and image formation processing system In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7324242 | Photographic processing system A photographic processing system comprises: a printing unit 3 for forming photographic prints based on image data read out from a negative film; a CD-R writing device 2 for writing the image data in a CD-R; a sorter 14 having numerous trays 1... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281709 | Method and device for establishing a stream of flat articles of different article types, in particular a stream to be supplied to a stacking operation A stream of flat articles is to include imbricated formations (26.1, 26.2, 26.3) of different article types (A, B, C) and differing numbers of articles of the different types. For establishing such a stream a succession of supply devices (23.1, 23.2, 23.3 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7111839 | Sheet stacking device and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet stacking device which stacks sheets thereon, comprising: a buffer unit which allows a preceding sheet to temporarily stay so as to superimpose the preceding sheet and a following sheet one on another; a sheet discharging roll... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113846 | Sheet handling apparatus which inserts insert sheets between recording sheets having image formed thereon, method of controlling same, image forming apparatus and storage medium therefor A sheet handling apparatus is provided, which is comprised of a plurality of inserter trays for stacking thereon insert sheets to be inserted between recording sheets having images formed thereon. Sheet feeding modes for feeding insert sheets include two kinds, i.e.... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100911 | Method and apparatus for assembling a stack of sheet articles from multiple input paths An apparatus for assembling a plurality of sheet articles into a document includes a plurality of individual sheet input paths along which one or more sheet articles can be advanced, and a central accumulation area for accumulating the sheet articles. The central ac... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080830 | Sheet processing apparatus with multiple conveying units The invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including a sheet processing portion for processing a sheet, and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet to the sheet processing portion, wherein the sheet conveying portion includes a sheet conveying unit ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080832 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; a sucker bar device having at least one sucker for contacting the sheet material, the sucker bar device having a pivot axis, and an actuator for pivoting the sucker bar de... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073785 | Apparatus for processing printed products The processing conveyer device (10) has a plurality of receiving elements (18) that are arranged one behind the other and are driven in a circulatory direction, said elements having a support element and a base element for supporting the printing produ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063313 | Device for holding printed products A device for holding printed products fed in variations of at least collecting and collating feed modes. The device includes a holding element for holding products fed in different feed modes. The holding element, in turn, includes a deflection element which, in a p... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6976672 | Sheet feeding device with plural sheet feeding means feeding in opposite directions to sheet post-processing system A feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and a feeding tray for feeding sheets from the right side thereof are disposed on a multiple inserter, and selectively employing the feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and the feedi... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966742 | Work arrangement apparatus A work arrangement apparatus arranges plate-shaped works in such a manner that the works are piled up being interposed between interlayer sheets. The apparatus comprises: a work conveyance belt for intermittently transporting the works, one by one; a first air-sucti... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6912061 | Method and apparatus for processing image output A print server connected to medical diagnostic imaging equipment via a network or dedicated channels, wherein the print server executes a process to identify the device that is the source of image data received via the network or dedicated channels and outputs the i... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908078 | Sheet processing with sheet inserting device A sheet processing device has a sheet conveying section for conveying sheets to a sheet processing section. The sheet conveying section has a sheet standby unit including a stacking device for stacking a predetermined number of sheets in a linear state, and a bundle... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6802500 | Systems and methods of providing inserts into envelopes The present invention provides exemplary mail processing systems and methods, including systems and methods for retrieving paper sheets, statements, inserts and/or cards, and inserting same into an envelope. In one embodiment, an apparatus (200) includes a pa... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6769676 | Apparatus for feeding spine inserts for the mechanical manufacture of book covers An apparatus for feeding spine inserts for a machine for manufacturing book covers having a take-off roller system for withdrawing in clocked synchronism a material web cut to width by further means from a screening roll, having a cutting device for cutting off a po... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6730870 | Flat bed sorter Large items such as magazines or large envelopes lie flat upon and are transported by a first conveyor in a first, transverse direction until they sequentially encounter a frustoconical member rotatably mounted to a back wall. A second conveyor is disposed normal to... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6481704 | Setting an apparatus for assembling mail items In determining a setting condition of an apparatus for assembling mail items from mail components (20, 21, 23, 25) it is detected, in a setting phase, in which of a number of feeder stations (1, 2, 34, 35) of that apparatus mail components (20, 21, 23, 25... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6402136 | Apparatus for merging multiple streams of documents into a single stream A system for merging multiple streams of documents in side-by-side relation, such as cut from a paper web, into a single document stream is provided. Each document of a document stream passes over a turnbar driven that inverts and redirects the document, ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6367794 | Enclosure feeder with ledge-extension fingers A method and system for gathering enclosure documents for insertion in an envelope inserting system having a plurality of enclosure feeders for releasing enclosure documents and a plurality of pusher fingers mounted on a pair of endless chains for gatheri... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6341934 | Collating apparatus A collating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of paper feed trays; a paper feed section for conveying a plurality of sheets stacked on the plurality of paper feed trays one by one at predetermined timing; a collating and c... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6332605 | Reversible document manipulating device A document handling device (12) comprises a first endless conveyor (6), which is arranged to be intermittently driven in a first direction of feed (F) and has drivers to fetch documents (2) at document discharging stations (5) and put them together into s... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6244583 | Stack transport for a sorter with pressing device A sheet handling apparatus which stores sheets ejected from an image forming apparatus in a bin, staples the sheets if necessary, takes the stapled or unstapled set of sheets out of the bin and transports the set of sheets up to a large-capacity tray nipp... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6213457 | Apparatus and method for feeding sheet material magazines An apparatus for feeding flat products from a pile of flat products to a receiving location especially on a conveyor includes a plurality of delivering units for extracting a single flat product from the pile. Each of the delivering units has a first driv... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6006065 | Sheet folding and finishing apparatus and method A finisher is provide with a folding device which includes paired folding rollers which nip a loop of a sheet formed by a first folding stopper and give a first folding to the sheet, and paired folding rollers, which are disposed in a conveying path betwe... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5901949 | Conveyor system for collating photographic prints and negatives A photograph collating system for combining and collating negative films and prints. The system includes a conveyer mechanism (70) extending through a negative film intake station (71) for receiving the negative films from a negative film outlet (60), a p... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5876029 | Feeder assembly apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet material feeder apparatus that includes a first feeder assembly positioned on an exit area of a sheet material storage compartment, which first feeder assembly is operative to provide a first driving force to a she... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5765823 | Apparatus for combining sheet-like products The apparatus has a plurality of carrying elements (20) which are arranged at a distance one behind the other on a drawing member (14), driven in the circulating direction (U). The longitudinal direction (L) of the carrying elements (20) extends at an acu... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5727781 | Process and apparatus for combining printed products A process and apparatus for combining printed products of a plurality of types to form sets having products of each type. The first type of products are arranged in an imbricated formation in which they overlap one another in a first conveying direction a... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5443248 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A sheet post-processing apparatus includes at least one sheet discharging tray for receiving and stacking sheets discharged; a first feeder for feeding a set of sheets on the discharging tray; an intermediate tray for stacking the set of sheets fed by the... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5246219 | Sheet feeding methods and apparatus with sheet modules and power pack stacked accordingly In a sheet feeding apparatus, e.g. a collator, comprising a variable plurality of modules (12a, 12b, 12c, 14') stacked one above another, and each incorporating a sheet storage station (14), means are provided for directing sheets (15) from said stations ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4991829 | Method for controlling two interrelated transport means and machine thus controlled, especially a personal banking machine A method and personal banking machine is described by which two items such as cash and statement can be issued simultaneously through one and the same gate. The optimum point in time is determined and adaptively controlled by which the front edge of state... | 02/12/1991 |
