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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083221 | Sheet post-process apparatus including movable stack tray, and sheet post-process method A sheet post-process apparatus according to one example of the present invention includes a movable stack tray for stacking a sheet that is elevated in a vertical direction; a movable tray position detection unit that detects a vertical position of the movable stack... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7988140 | Sheet stack loader and sheet loading method A sheet stack loader includes a loading table to support a first folded sheet bundle, an elevator to lift the first folded sheet bundle from the loading table, and a conveyer to convey a second folded sheet bundle into a space between the loading table and the first... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7654512 | Image forming system, image forming method and image forming apparatus Image forming system including at least one image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets on the basis of image data. At least one temporary containing apparatus is disposed downstream of the image forming apparatus for temporarily containing therein the shee... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7416009 | Wall mounted printer with binding assembly A wall mounted printer comprising a main chassis, a pivoting media tray disposed on a front upper portion of the main chassis, a removable collection tray disposed at the base of the main chassis for receiving printed and bound media exiting from the main chassis, a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404551 | Stack quality monitoring algorithm An improved method for monitoring stack quality in a finisher of a printer includes examining the net displacement of a compiling tray after each set has been ejected. A deviation from the normal increments of displacement for each set triggers a “tray full” con... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7364149 | Sheet finishing apparatus A sheet finishing apparatus of the present invention takes in sheets of paper ejected from an image forming apparatus through a taking-in port and clamping and conveying the sheets of paper by a pair of pinch rollers for post processing, has a sheet guidance member ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328894 | Sheet finishing apparatus A sheet finishing apparatus of the present invention has a gate for taking in sheets of paper ejected from an image forming apparatus through a taking-in port and switching to either of a conveying path for post processing or a conveying path for non-post processing... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325800 | Sloped stack detection sensor and algorithm An improved sloped stack detection system for a multi-function finisher includes a reflective sensor which suspends the conveying of stapled sets to an output tray when staple build-up in small stapled sets causes the stacked output to become sloped. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7288059 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray on which sheets are stacked in a bundle form, an intermediate portion stapler which staples the intermediate portion of the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, a sheet bundle conveying member which con... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7201368 | Sheet finisher and control method thereof A sheet finisher includes: a sheet stacker for stacking sheets outputted from an image forming apparatus to form a sheet bundle; a binder for binding the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker; an ejection device for ejecting out of the sheet finisher at least on... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7116924 | Delivery unit and method with a carrier vapor collection duct and a carrier purifier using the same A delivery unit and method for removing carrier vapor in a wet-type printer. The delivery unit includes a delivery guide, delivery rollers and a duct for collecting carrier vapor generated from a paper by the latent heat on the paper passing through the delivery gui... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7066462 | Method of and apparatus for stacking sheets of paper and the like A stream of successive sheets of paper, foil or the like is converted into a series of piles at a stacking station where successive sheets are caused to descend onto a pallet which is adjacent a monitoring device serving to transmit signals denoting the levels of su... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7011306 | Sheet processing unit and image forming apparatus The present invention discloses a sheet processing unit which can control the timing in conveying successively fed sheets to a sheet ejecting mechanism in accordance with operating conditions. The sheet processing unit comprises a sheet overlapping mechanism which o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997451 | Sheet post-processing device and image forming apparatus A sheet post-processing device includes a placement unit for placing a sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus; a discharging unit for successively discharging the sheet on the placement unit; and an offset unit for shifting an edge of a stitching sheet fro... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6450934 | High speed post processing machine A sheet post processing machine has a first shelf for assembling a number of sheets without causing any inhibition to the speed of sheet delivery from a host printer or copier, and the assembled sheets are dumped from the first shelf to a second shelf at ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6302389 | Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet treating apparatus includes a tray liftable and lowerable while sheets are stacked on the tray. A sheet pressing member is movable between a pressing position in which the sheets on the tray are pressed by the sheet pressing member and a retracted... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6145826 | Image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus has a tray supported in a vertically movable manner and adapted to support sheets discharged from the main body of the sheet processing apparatus, and an elevate/lower unit for elevating or lowering the tray and having a detec... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6116596 | Cantilevered bins sheet sorter with incrementing end support An improvement in sheet sorters in which movable bins are incremented past a sheet entrance and the bins are cantilever-mounted and incremented in the sorter from only one side of the bins. The unsupported side or end of at least one of the cantilevered b... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6099452 | Forms stacker A stacker and cart are provided for vertically stacking forms fed from a printer, folder, or other mechanism, by a conveyor, which do not require tilting of the cart to allow offloading of the forms. The stacker has a housing with side walls parallel to a... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5992838 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes a plurality of sheet discharging means for discharging sheets; a plurality of intermediate trays for temporarily stacking the sheets discharged by the discharging means; processing means for processing the sheets; a t... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5951000 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a plurality of bin trays arranged in multiple levels with predetermined intervals; stacking device supported in said apparatus so as to be moved in an arrangement direction of the plurality of bins; discharging d... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5836579 | Sheet post-processing apparatus with stack inclining means A sheet post-processing apparatus includes at least one sheet receiving tray for accommodating sheets; a sheet discharger for discharging sheet to the sheet receiving tray; a sheet moving mechanism for moving the sheets on the sheet receiving tray incline... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5752694 | Sheet post-treatment apparatus and image forming apparatus with it A sheet post-treatment apparatus with a sorting apparatus for containing sheets discharged in a plurality of sort bins, a connecting unit for introducing sheets discharged into the sorting apparatus, a sheet discharge tray for use in a non-sort mode provi... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5673906 | Sheet post-treating apparatus A sheet post-treating apparatus has a horizontally disposed sorting tray to receive sheets. The sheets are discharged from the horizontally disposed sorting tray into a discharge tray. At least portions of the discharge tray can be moved vertically to acc... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5651537 | Stacked sheet clamping device for a stapler A clamping device for clamping sheets stacked on a bin of a sorter is composed of a moving unit, on which clamp levers are mounted, and an unshakable unit, on which an opening and closing mechanism for the clamp levers and a moving mechanism for moving th... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649695 | Continuous sheet stacker and finisher A continuous sheet stacker and finisher apparatus and method are disclosed in which sets of sheets delivered from a sheet printer or copier are collected at an assembly station, moved to a stapling position and finished prior to deposit on a stack of prev... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5639080 | System for handling purged sheets in the output of a printer Printing systems with a printing apparatus outputting plural regular print job set sheets in a process direction typically have a control system and an output system with a stacking tray in which the print job set sheets are stacked. The printing apparatu... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5597152 | Paper accumulator unit A paper accumulator unit comprising a table which can be lifted and lowered, being kept in a horizontal condition and on which paper which has been discharged from above is continuously stacked and stored, a stepping motor for lifting and lowering the tab... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5556251 | Sheet finisher A sheet post-processing apparatus includes at least one tray for stacking discharged sheets; a stacker, disposed adjacent to the tray, for receiving a set of sheets from the tray; a controller operable in one of a first mode in which the set of sheets is ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5551680 | Sheet sorting apparatus with rotating cam member A sheet sorting apparatus of a moving bin type for sorting sheets received successively from a sheet delivery station into collated sets, which apparatus comprises. This sheet sorting apparatus includes a plurality of trays stacked one above the other in ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5531430 | Copying machine with sorter unit According to a copying machine with sorter of the present invention, discharged papers on which an image of an original is copied through a main body of the copying machine are sequentially contained in each paper tray of a first sorter, which is provided... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5021837 | Apparatus discharged sheet stacking A sheet post-processing apparatus includes stacking device for stacking sheet materials discharged; a processing device for processing the sheet materials stacked on the stacking device; a discharging device for discharging from the stacking device the sh... | 06/04/1991 |
