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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132807 | Validator drive roller release mechanism The drive arrangement of a currency validator includes a drive roller release mechanism that provides release of the rollers from a drive shaft. This release allows a banknote to be forcibly withdrawn without damaging a drive train or the drive roller. The drive rol... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7677555 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus with vibration applying unit A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet containing unit that contains sheets; a sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheets; a separating unit that separates a single sheet from the sheets; a holding unit that holds the separating unit; and a vibration applyin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7594649 | Paper grabbing assembly A paper grabbing assembly is provided. The paper grabbing assembly includes: a base with a pivot seat disposed thereon, wherein the shaft is pivotally disposed on the pivot seat; a bearing plate, pivotally disposed on the base corresponding to the paper grabbing rol... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7594650 | Paper feeding and sheet separating differential device A paper feeding and sheet separating differential device comprises a rotating shaft, a first roller, a second roller and an insertion pin, in which the first roller is installed on one end of the rotating shaft and comprises a first outer frame and a first raised ma... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7399245 | Overload protection device An overload protection device (1) with a primary section (4) for the coupling of the overload protection device (1) with a drive device (2) and with a secondary section (6) for coupling of the overload protection device (1) ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7377508 | Pick mechanism and algorithm for an image forming apparatus A pick mechanism, having a clutch mechanism, for picking media sheets from an input tray and introducing them into a paper path of an image forming apparatus. The clutch mechanism comprises a plurality of balls positioned between an inner race and an outer race. Ang... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7360485 | Planographic printing plate feeding apparatus In a planographic printing plate feeding apparatus, a load W applied to a stack of plates by a pickup roller which feeds a planographic printing plate from the stack is adjusted. If the load W is increased and exceeds a single feeding threshold, and if a conveyance ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357387 | Sheet feed device for feeding cut sheets while interposing shortened interval between successive fed two sheets A sheet is firstly fed only by a sheet feed roller and then relayed to a transportation roller. When the transportation roller starts conveying the sheet, a motor coupled to the sheet feed roller is deenergized so that the sheet feed roller is not rotated by the pow... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325989 | Paper supply apparatus and image formation device A paper supply apparatus provided with a support component, a slit plate and a rotation force transmission component. The support component freely rotatably supports a winding core around which roll paper is wound. The slit plate rotates integrally or interlockingly... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325802 | Aligning device and image forming system including the same An aligning device in accordance with the present invention is arranged in such a manner that a feed section for feeding a sheet and a release section for releasing a pinching force exerted to the sheet by the feed section are driven by a single motor. With this arr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7275741 | Methods and apparatus for transporting sheet media A sheet handling assembly includes a frame, a first assembly, and a second assembly, each assembly rotatably supported by the frame and configured to contactingly transport sheet media. A member is configured to rotate the second assembly in response to rotation of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273211 | Paper-sheet handling apparatus A paper-sheet handling apparatus includes a cassette that stores a paper sheet; a cassette compartment that stores a plurality of the cassettes; a feeding mechanism that feeds out the paper sheet stored in the cassette; a conveying mechanism that conveys the paper s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267333 | Power transmission device and sheet feeding apparatus equipped therewith A power transmission device includes a driving gear having gears over an entire circumferential surface thereof, a follower gear including an intermittent gear having a toothless portion, and a controller for controlling the follower gear to be engaged with or disen... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234610 | Automatic napkin dispenser An automatic napkin dispenser includes a housing having a rotatable feed roller with protrusions on an outer surface thereof for engaging a topmost napkin on a stack of napkins, and displacing the topmost napkin between a pair of counterrotating nip rollers that dis... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232124 | Sheet separator A sheet separator includes an advancing roller driven to rotate to move a sheet forwards along a sheet path, and a reversing roller driven to rotate to move a sheet backwards along the path. The reversing roller and advancing roller are mounted adjacently and are re... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7110689 | Image heating apparatus with mechanism to prevent twining recording material The image forming apparatus includes a rotatable first rotary member, a rotatable second rotary member brought into pressure contact with the first rotary member, and forming a nip part for nipping and conveying a recording material, first recording material detecto... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108259 | Apparatus to feed paper in an image forming device An apparatus to feed paper in an image forming device, which picks up papers with various thickness received in the feeding stand without a feeding error, and transfers the same to the developing unit. The apparatus includes, a feeding stand to receive a plurality o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7050751 | Image forming system with temporary storage trays between sheet storage units and image forming apparatus An image forming system has a sheet deck assembly, an image forming apparatus, and a feeding buffering apparatus with plural feeding buffer trays for temporarily storing sheets of printing paper fed from plural printing paper decks of the sheet deck assembly. The fe... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040613 | Computer controlled sheet feeder A sheet feeder having parallel opposing shafts with rollers or belts for engaging sheets. The sheet feeder having one control to adjust the height of both sides of one shaft so that the rollers apply the same force to both sides of the sheet to feed the sheet straig... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037013 | Ink-receptive card substrate In a method of forming an ink-receptive card substrate, an ink-receptive material is provided. The ink-receptive material includes a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer. Next, a card member is provided. Finally, the ink-recep... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021618 | Automatic document feeding apparatus and document reading apparatus An automatic document feeder is provided with the first transport device and the second transport device for feeding an original at a reading position to read the original, and a curved reading path disposed between the first transport device and second transport de... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021619 | Automatic document feeding apparatus An automatic document feeder is provided with a reading unit disposed above a platen for reading an original. The reading unit includes a platen roller for transporting the original to the reading unit; a guide device arranged between the platen and the platen rolle... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000541 | System and method for interleaf sheet and/or plate sheet removal and/or transport for use with a printing apparatus The present invention relates generally to systems and methods that remove an interleaf sheet interposed between plate sheets from a material stack used, for example, in a computer-to-plate imaging system and/or environment. Embodiments of the system and method can ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979141 | Identification cards, protective coatings, films, and methods for forming the same The present invention relates to a protective film for application to a card member and forming identification cards having protective films. The method of applying protection to a card member includes providing a protective film. The protective film includes a prot... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974127 | Drive apparatus for ink jet printer A drive apparatus of an ink jet printer using a single motor in which convey failure does not occur by preventing power from being transferred to the convey roller when paper is fed by the feed roller. In an ink jet printer where a sheet of paper stacked in a paper ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6952542 | Operation unit for an image forming apparatus with a programmable registered image forming function tab display area A readable operation unit for an image forming apparatus displays items representative of various functions relating to image formation while classifying and dividing them on the operation unit. The operation unit includes a touch-screen panel which is substantially... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945526 | Method of picking a sheet from a stack A picking member (72) rotates to cause a sheet to be picked from a stack (42) of sheets. The picking member includes movable engaging portions supported on arcuate segments (128, 144). The engaging portions move radially outward to apply additio... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935486 | Bushing system for live roller conveyor The invention provides an improved live roller conveyor system for preventing damage to conveyed cases of goods when stopped upon live rollers. In an embodiment of the invention, a live roller comprises a drive shaft with a plurality of roller members rotatably affi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932527 | Card cartridge A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output sl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930806 | Scanner with removable data storage media A stand alone flat bed scanner including a CPU, a removable storage medium, a control system displaying digital image and controls for controlling the mode of operation, degree of resolution, related parameters associated with generating, storing and displaying digi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6857630 | Paper pickup mechanism A paper pickup mechanism for automatically picking up a paper is provided. The paper pickup mechanism includes a system motor for proceeding a first-direction rotation, and a second-direction rotation, a mounting shaft switching between a starting position and a pic... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6817793 | Media handling device and methods Disclosed herein is a media handling device for handling sheets of media contained in a stack. ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6736389 | Pick-roller drive disengagement scheme A sheet feeder (14) for a print engine (10) includes a paper tray (30) which holds a stack of sheets (22) including a top sheet (20), and a pick-roller (42) which makes contact with the top sheet (20). The pick-roller... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6719285 | Automatic document feeder and scanner systems The present invention relates to an automatic document feeder for manipulating and scanning multiple documents, sheets, cards and sheet-like substrates. The present invention is especially suitable for automatic feeding and scanning of a stack of business cards or o... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719284 | Document feeding apparatus A document feeding apparatus is used in an office machine in the present invention. The document feeding apparatus includes an intermittent gear set, a first roller, a second roller, and a driving device. The intermittent gear set includes a gear, a shaft, a one-way... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6679490 | PIC roller with clutch A feeder roller apparatus for high speed image scanning equipment, which improves feeding of documents, and in particular short documents, sequentially fed from a stack. The feeder apparatus comprises a PIC roller and an infeed roller which are selectivel... | 01/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6651972 | Document feeding apparatus A document feeding apparatus includes a cam set fixed to a drive shaft and being driven selectively by the drive shaft. The drive shaft selectively rotates in a first direction and a second direction. The cam set includes a first cam, a second cam, and a ... | 11/25/2003 |
