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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087660 | Single motor document jogger/feeder A compact, desktop document processor for use on a counter-top is provided. A low-profile document feeding machine includes a feeder, a hopper, at least one processing device, and an output pocket. The apparatus further includes a reversible motor including a shaft,... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7896337 | Image forming apparatus and paper feeding method An image forming apparatus includes an external gear to which a rotating force of a resist gear is transmitted, a ratchet for transmitting a rotating force from the external gear to a paper feed roller or releasing the transmission, and a ratchet arm having a claw e... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7320463 | Device for feeding a processing section A device for feeding a processing section with printed products includes a magazine and a feeding mechanism that includes a gripping mechanism and a conveying mechanism for removing the printed products from the magazine and feeding them to the processing section. T... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7300055 | Image forming apparatus The object is to provide an image forming apparatus in which the copy sheet can be transferred with stable velocity and high accuracy even if there is variation in diameter due to machining tolerance. A pair of roller for feeding copy sheet pinching the sheet betwee... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292819 | Method for image forming capable of performing fast and stable sheet transfer operations Image forming methods and apparatuses capable of performing stable and fast sheet transfer operations are provided. In a continuous feed mode, a preceding sheet and a succeeding sheet are successively fed from a sheet tray through first and second transfer rollers t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7261289 | Automatic document feeder for image forming apparatus An automatic document feeder for an image forming apparatus comprising a separation roller for separately carrying a plurality of paper sheets picked by a pickup roller, a feeding roller for carrying the paper sheets, a discharge roller for discharging the scanned p... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261290 | Small/special media guide-in tray A small or special media guide-in tray including a media tray, an aperture disposed in the media tray, first and second opposed guide arms extending through the aperture and biased to a first position. The first and second opposed guide arms are pivotally mounted an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252283 | Paper-pickup clutch of automatic paper-feeding device A paper-pickup clutch of an automatic paper-feeding device includes a clamping member and a clamping-force adjusting member and can be applied to image processors such as printers, copiers or scanners. The automatic paper-feeding device includes a shaft and a paper-... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234369 | Continuously adjustable self-lubricating mill roll drive Described is an adjustable roll drive including a fixed drive cylinder having a fixed drive gear, a fixed intermediate gear rotated by the fixed drive gear, a movable intermediate gear rotated by the fixed intermediate gear, and a movable driven cylinder having a mo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229070 | Rotary clutch device and sheet feeder using the same A rotary clutch device includes: a tooth-partially-lacking gear that can mesh with a drive gear and is given initial rotation force; a rotatable cam body that is concentric with the tooth-partially-lacking gear, having an engagement step; and an elastic body. An eng... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225697 | Power transmission arrangement A power transmission arrangement includes a shaft, a first gear mounted on the shaft, a plate supported by the shaft and rotatable between a first position and a second position, a second gear supported by the plate and engaged with the first gear, and a third gear ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7192024 | Sheet material processing A feed mechanism feeds sheet material sequentially on demand to a take-up mechanism of processing machinery. The feed mechanism has a feed table with a gate. Sheets may be stacked against the gate, which allows only the lowermost sheet to pass therebeneath. Rollers ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172190 | Paper feeding mechanism for an inkjet printer and method for using the same A paper feeding mechanism for an inkjet printer having a rapid printing speed and which continuously supplies and discharges sheets of paper during alignment operations of the feed roller. The paper feeding mechanism includes a drive gear coaxially coupled to a shaf... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7136202 | Apparatus for feeding documents in a facsimile An apparatus for feeding documents in a facsimile includes a pickup roller for picking up documents one by one, a white roller that faces a read module and rotates, the read module for reading data from the documents transferred by the pickup roller, a discharge rol... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128314 | Banknote dispensing device A banknote dispensing device including a storage section for storing one or more banknotes, a discharging unit driven by a first motor for discharging banknotes one-by-one at a first speed, and a transporting unit driven by a second motor for receiving the discharge... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121459 | Device for transporting banknotes in a cash dispenser In the case of an apparatus for transporting banknotes, within an automated teller machine, between at least one banknote cassette, for storing banknotes which are to be dispensed, and a dispensing location or between the latter and a receiving container for banknot... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100912 | Paper feeding apparatus for a printer Provided a paper feeding apparatus used with a printer includes a pickup roller which draws out a paper stacked in a cassette and conveys the paper to a printer, a conveying roller which conveys the drawn-out paper onto a paper feeding route, and a feeding roller wh... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066460 | Sheet supply apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet supply apparatus supplies a sheet to an image forming apparatus. The sheet supply apparatus includes a sheet loading device for loading the sheet, a sheet stacking device for stacking the sheet to be loaded on the sheet loading device, a sheet feeding device... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025345 | Replacement method and assembly for paper pick rollers A sheet feeder and separator assembly for separating and sequentially feeding individual print media sheets from a stack thereof includes a frame having at least one bearing recess. A removable print media tray is carried by the frame. A separator is connected to th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6969058 | Replaceable roller bogie for document feeding apparatus A replaceable roller bogie for a single sheet feeder includes pre-feed and separation rollers mounted on a frame which also has a frame positioning lever thereon. Roller drive gears are mounted between spaced plates on the frame and include a pre-feed roller clutch ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962332 | Media conveying mechanism A media conveying mechanism located in a media data recorder for conveying media mainly includes a driving motor to provide driving power needed. A first clutch to control the operation of a pickup roller. A second clutch to control rotation direction of an intermed... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6874776 | Replaceable roller bogie for document feeding apparatus A replaceable roller bogie for a single sheet feeder includes pre-feed and separation rollers mounted on a frame which also has a frame positioning lever thereon. Roller drive gears are mounted between spaced plates on the frame and include a pre-feed roller clutch ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6786480 | Sheet conveying apparatus for image information processor A paper sheet conveying apparatus and method for an image information processor in which a paper sheet with image information recorded thereon can be prevented from a skew carriage. The paper sheet conveying apparatus includes a driving motor which is controlled to ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6739589 | Sheet material conveying apparatus and recording apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet material conveying apparatus comprising first conveying means for conveying a sheet, material second conveying means for conveying, on a downstream side in a sheet material conveyance direction of the first conveying means, t... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6666446 | Replaceable roller bogie for document feeding apparatus A replaceable roller bogie for a single sheet feeder includes pre-feed and separation rollers mounted on a frame which also has a frame positioning lever thereon. Roller drive gears are mounted between spaced plates on the frame and include a pre-feed rol... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6641130 | Sheet conveying apparatus for image information processor A paper sheet conveying apparatus and method for an image information processor in which a paper sheet with image information recorded thereon can be prevented from a skew carriage. The paper sheet conveying apparatus includes a driving motor which is con... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6446954 | Method and apparatus for end-to-end feeding of sheet media A method and apparatus for end-to-end advancement of sheet media in an automatic document feeder suitable for use with a scanner are disclosed. The method involves driving a drive roller in a forward direction to advance a sheet medium section-by-section ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6279894 | Device for separating stacked flat bag pieces provided with socalled side folds Device for separating stacked flat bag pieces, comprising a supporting structure, which is pivot-mounted in a frame and is provided with a drive, and on which suction rollers can be rotated, whose drive is in a direction of rotation opposite to the suppor... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6257569 | Apparatus and method for delivery of sheet media to a printer An apparatus and method for delivery of sheet media to a printer includes a chassis, a drive motor, a media tray with elevatable pressure plate, a plurality of pick rollers situated opposite movable pinch rollers that come into contact with the pick rolle... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6175775 | Method for optimizing the production output of an apparatus processing flat items A method and an apparatus for optimizing a production output of a processing device for processing flat articles, the processing device including at least one processing arrangement for receiving and processing the flat articles and which has function par... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6142467 | Sheet feeder having an intermittent coupling member A sheet feeder in a printer has a sheet loader, a pickup roller for feeding a cut sheet from the sheet loader, and a sheet feed roller for feeding the cut sheet supplied from the pickup roller for printing thereon data by a printing head. The pickup rolle... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6073923 | Paper-feeding mechanism for a document duplicating machine A paper-feeding mechanism for a document duplicating machine, which is driven by a single power source and performs intermittent paper-loading control and continuous paper-conveying operation on a paper loader of the document duplicating machine, comprise... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6050563 | Sheet feeder An electromechanical friction feed device for controlling the single feed of sheet-like articles from a stack of such articles has a feed belt and stripper wheel that are used to draw a single article from the bottom of the stack to the discharge section ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5860645 | Sheet supplying apparatus A sheet supplying apparatus which has a feed roller rotated in a sheet feed direction, a retard roller capable of being urged against the feed roller and adapted to separate sheets one by one between the retard roller and the feed roller, a first drive tr... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5854696 | Single motor driving device of a facsimile system A single motor driving device usable in a facsimile system which uses a single motor to drive operation in one of a transmission mode, a reception mode, a copying mode, and a reception back mode. The single motor driving device may be constructed with a d... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5823523 | Auto sheet feeder for use in a printing apparatus Auto sheet feeding device for feeding a sheet into a printing apparatus at each time of printing operation is disclosed. A pinch gear engaged with a motor gear is arranged to be in mesh with a pair of idle gears at both sides, respectively. One of the idl... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818470 | System and method for directly feeding paper to printing devices A unique system and method for directly feeding sheets into a printing device having a moving image conducting element with a plurality of images placed thereon for transfer to sheet paper and having a wait station for controlling the timing of paper tran... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5805310 | Motor-driven transmission unit of a fax machine A transmission unit mounted on the machine base of an office automation machine and covered with a cover and controlled to turn a first roller and a second roller, including a gear transmission mechanism, a first roller having a driven gear set at one end... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5755435 | Document conveying arrangement in data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus having an image reading head. A box-shaped casing has upper and lower cavities, with a hopper table slidably arranged in the upper cavity. The lower cavity is a stacker. A pick roller, a separator roller, and conveying rollers ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5691826 | Transmission mechanism for a scanner A transmission mechanism for a scanner includes a frame having a plurality of holes with different sizes and a series of gears mated with each other through different numbers of teeth. Due to different locations of where the transmission mechanism are mou... | 11/25/1997 |
