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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434799 | Film sheet feeding mechanism using a feeding arm having a sucking unit and corresponding mechanism and thermal development recording apparatus having the same A film sheet feeding mechanism which can be reduced in size, and which can stably conduct a feeding operation, and a thermal development recording apparatus having such a mechanism are provided. A film sheet feeding mechanism that, from a tray on which plural film s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7380781 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device which blows air to placed sheets, separates and conveys the sheets includes a sheet containing portion which contains the sheets, an air blowing portion which blows air to the sheets contained in the sheet containing portion, and an air supply... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7293767 | Sheet sucking/feeding device In a sheet sucking/feeding device, actuators are independently and individually connected respectively to plural suction cups. At a point in time when a printing plate is sucked and raised up by a predetermined amount, every other one of the actuators is simultaneou... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281739 | Adjustable mount for vacuum cup with offset mounting post and swivel A material handling device includes a vacuum cup pivotally attached to a receiving collar and pivotable to engage a surface of an object to be picked up by the material handling system. The receiving collar includes a support post and a mounting collar that is movab... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7222901 | Vacuum handling device having a suction nozzle and a gripper part contained within a single housing A vacuum handling device comprises includes a vacuum source having a suction nozzle means (6) operating on the ejector principle and furthermore a suction gripper (3) which possesses a gripper part (26) connected with the suction side of the suc... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220093 | Flats bundle collator The present invention relates to an apparatus for collating a plurality of separate groups or bundles of similar flats mailpieces arranged in a predetermined delivery point sequence, each mailpiece imprinted with a distinct delivery point or address indicia, to prod... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7188834 | Grouping of film-like or sheet-like materials The invention relates to a method for grouping a multitude of film-like or sheet-like materials, which are stacked in a magazine (20) and which consist of at least one material layer, using at least one suction apparatus (42), which suctions the film-l... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188879 | Slide gripper assembly A slide gripper assembly is provided having a slide assembly coupled to a gripper assembly. The slide assembly extends and retracts the gripper assembly. A bracket assembly is coupled to the slide and gripper assemblies to move the gripper assembly relative to the s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178574 | Labelling apparatus and method To label products on a conveyor, a target area for a given product conveyed on the conveyor is determined relative to a frame of reference. One of a plurality of labellers fixed at different transverse positions over the conveyor, which one labeller is at a transver... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175176 | Device for feeding suction air or blowing air in a sheet-processing machine A device for feeding suction air or blowing air to a sheet-retaining device displaceable relative to a machine element in a sheet-processing machine, includes a first air-feeding element connectible in terms of flow to a suction-air or blowing-air source. A second a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7028617 | Printing plate sucker A printing plate sucker capable of stably suction-adhering and sheet-feeding both a printing plate and a protective sheet simultaneously without causing wrinkling at the protective sheet during the suction-adherence and sheet-feeding. The sucker is structured by a m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014126 | Sorting machine for diverting an article from an article stream A sorting machine for diverting an article from an article stream generally includes a manifold, a first valve supported on the manifold and a second valve supported on top of the first valve. The manifold has a first blow-off conduit and a second blow-off conduit f... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004522 | Suction unit A suction unit includes a rotary driving source which is arranged outside of a casing, a substantially oblong circular crank member which is rotatable and which is connected to a rotary shaft of the rotary driving source, a connecting rod which has one end rotatably... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971838 | Battery plate feeder having low vacuum, high flow rate pick-up head A feeder for porous battery plates has a vacuum-operated pickup head that is positioned above the plates. The pickup head pulls the top plate off of the stack of plates and moves it to an outfeed device. The opening in the pickup head has an area that is at least 50... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969060 | Sheet removal and conveying system In a device for handling sheets of media in a stack, a picker bar for engaging the edge of a media sheet covers only a portion of the width of the sheet. The picker bar is rotated to shape the edge into a curve thus stiffening the edge so that it may be removed from... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6820672 | Device and a method for affixing objects to products A device for affixing objects to products moving in a row, which device includes a holder for a stock of the objects and with an affixing device that includes a carrier for removing an object from the holder and moving the object. The affixing device is capable of r... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6796353 | Apparatus for handling coverslips for specimen slides An apparatus (1) for handling coverslips (20) for specimen slides (9) comprises a transport arm (8), a base block (3) mounted on the transport arm and having a having a notional center axis (3a), and at least two suct... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6779793 | Device for decollating flat objects, preferably printing plates The invention relates to a device for decollating flat objects from a stack, in particular objects individually separated from one another in the stack by interlayers, preferably printing plates. The object of the invention is to ensure that only one object is taken... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6769678 | Sheet separating device A device for separating a lowermost flat product from a stack of flat products including at least one sucker cup moveable so as to removably attach along a front edge portion of the lowermost flat product and to separate the lowermost flat product from a next adjace... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6705606 | Bag placer magazine A bag placer magazine such as for feeding flat pleated paper or plastic bags to a bag filling apparatus. The bag magazine accommodates flat pleated bags stacked horizontally on a moveable conveyor platform which circulates around the stacked bags. Bags are removed o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6607193 | Vacuum-assist friction belt for sheet feeder A conveyor belt for transporting articles having a plurality of apertures therein such that a vacuum applied to the apertures aids in forcing articles to stay on the conveyor belt while the articles are being translated. The conveyor is particularly usefu... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6497404 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus comprises a sheet conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a first conveying path (22) and stacking up them in a sheet stack-feed station (S), a tray (24) for storing a stack of cover sheets (P), a second conveying path (28... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6102387 | Automated sheet dispenser An automated sheet dispenser for dispensing a single sheet removed from the bottom of a stack formed of a plurality of sheets. The dispenser includes a hopper for supporting the stack of sheets, the hopper having an opening provided in the bottom surface ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6039530 | Vacuum manipulation device A vacuum manipulation device with a lifter hose, which can be connected to a vacuum-generating device, and with a suction gripper device, which can be placed on an object to be manipulated, by means of which the object can be drawn-up and, by contracting ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5921541 | Suction device with bending template A suction device for handling light, flat and bendable articles has a suction line and a sucker at an end of the suction line. The sucker has a suction lip made of an elastically deformable material for individually contacting and lifting articles. A lip-... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5816156 | Suction foot reapportioning system and printing press A hollow cylinder is fitted with a piston, whose hollow rod or shank protrudes downward from the cylinder to apply lifting suction to print media. The upper end of the cylinder communicates with a suction system. In the cylinder side walls, main passagewa... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5772200 | Feeder for sheet form elements A feeder for separating sheet form elements, such as envelopes, from a stack has a suction device and a mechanical gripper mounted together on a movable head. The movement of the head is controlled by a lever mechanism and cams so that an envelope is firs... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5688008 | Suction device A suction device for gripping an article has a sucker (1) with a suction lip (12). The sucker is movable between inner and outer positions in the inlet end (2) of a suction line and can be moved angularly. A reset element (3) moves the sucker to its outer... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5641161 | Arrangement for delivering items from magazines An arrangement for delivering stacked items from magazines inclined relative to the vertical through a delivery opening at a magazine lower end side includes a rotor with radial blades located in the vicinity of the delivery opening of the magazines to de... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5398924 | Sensor for cyclically scanning the height of a pile A feeler for cyclically sensing the pile height of a feed pile in a sheet-fed machine, in particular a printing machine, having a lever drive linkage with a sensing roller, which at least during paper travel is in constant touch contact by means of a spri... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5377968 | Feeder of a paper sheet processing machine A feeder in a paper sheet processing machine has a plurality of lifting suckers for lifting a paper sheet from a stack of paper sheets. After the sheet is lifted into a raised position it is entrained by a transport device and transported to a paper sheet... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5332206 | Paper feed suction apparatus A paper feed suction apparatus includes a cylindrical guide nozzle, a cylindrical intermediate nozzle with a collar, a tension coil spring, a bottomed-cylindrical suction port member, a compression coil spring, and a stopper. The cylindrical intermediate ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5253858 | Device for singly separating or singling out stacked printing forms A device for singly separating stacked sheet-like elements, includes at least one sucker for applying vacuum, the sucker being deformable for varying the volume thereof, and a vertically and rotatably displaceable holder formed with an inner air duct and ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5219432 | Device for unstacking flat objects A device for unstacking flat objects comprises an unstacking head (2) provided with a suction cup (88) for grasping the first flat object in a stack of such objects presented thereto and for moving a grasped flat object towards an exit position (40) in wh... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5213320 | Paper feed device A paper feed device and method for separating sheets of paper one by one from the bottom of a stack of paper loaded on a paper loading tray and for feeding the separated paper sheets consecutively. The feed device includes a rotatable hollow cylinder havi... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5207413 | Vacuum sheet film transport and method A vacuum platen serially picks up a sheet of film from a stack of unexposed sheets of film, transports the sheet of film to a large format camera for exposure, retains the sheet of film planar during exposure, transports the sheet of film to a stack of ex... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5181707 | Sheet handling apparatus provided with a sheet sucking unit An sheet handling apparatus includes suckers for sucking up a sheet from a sheet storing unit and two sensors which are disposed on the suckers. One of the sensors detects whether the suckers come into contact with the topmost sheet of a sheet stack in th... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5180156 | Method of feeding sheets using a controlled suction pad movement Disclosed herein is a method of feeding sheets. The sheets such as photographic photosensitive films are fed one by one by a suction pad in an image recording apparatus. The suction pad is displaced at a higher speed toward a stack of sheets, and then the... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5094439 | Device for locking a suction nozzle of a separating sucker on a suction head of a sheet feeder Device for locking a suction nozzle of a separating sucker on a suction head of a sheet feeder of a sheet-processing machine, the suction head having at least one governor foot, a drive device for moving the governor foot in accordance with a working cycl... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5083763 | Method and apparatus for the picking up and handling of sheets of material, in particular sheets of porous and flexible material The invention relates to a method for picking up sheets of paper, cardboard or similar, especially porous material, one at a time from a pile of sheets for onward transfer, using a gripping apparatus fitted with gripping means and a sheet support disk, an... | 01/28/1992 |
