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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152159 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including a controlled elevator mechanism A sheet feeding device has: a sheet accommodating portion that accommodates a sheet stack of a plurality of sheets; a sheet carrying plate that is provided within the sheet accommodating portion and stacks the sheet stack thereon; a pickup roller that contacts an up... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8038142 | Medium delivery apparatus and medium processing apparatus with dual pressing members A media delivery apparatus includes a media insertion portion and a media delivery port. A media guide surface is configured to guide media toward the delivery port. The feed roller is configured to feed the media toward the delivery port. The first pressing member ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020853 | Image forming apparatus and sheet feeding apparatus An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a sheet housing unit which houses a recording sheet and which includes an opening portion formed on an upper end side thereof; a cover member configured to open and close the opening portion; a feed roller which feeds... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7938396 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including sheet feeding device with a sheet feeding preparation period A sheet feeding device has a sheet accommodating portion for accommodating a sheet stack, a sheet carrying plate for carrying the sheet stack and a pickup roller that dispatches the uppermost sheet of the stack. An elevator displaces the sheet carrying plate between... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7862033 | Paper feeding cassette and paper feeding device An aspect of the invention provides a paper feeding cassette that comprises a cassette body; a front face wall disposed at a front end of the cassette body so as to be elevated from a bottom wall of the cassette body; a medium-stacking member disposed so as to be sw... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7823872 | Medium delivery device, medium processing apparatus and check delivery device with dual pressing members A medium delivery device comprising a medium insertion section into which a sheet-shaped medium to be delivered is inserted in a stacked state, first and second medium guide surfaces that are opposed to each other to guide the sheet-shaped medium to the medium deliv... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7762545 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes a paper supply section, a feeding section, a cam, a baseplate and an arm portion. The paper supply section is withdrawably mounted at a main body of the image formation apparatus. The feeding section is provided at the image for... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753364 | Method to accommodate a large capacity of sheets in a feeder mechanism The sheet capacity of a pivoting feed head is combined with a complimentary pivoting design for the paper tray lift, such that a large total capacity of sheets is attained within a compact space, while allowing the lifting mechanisms to be located outside of the per... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744083 | Paper feeding apparatus A paper feeding apparatus is provided for use in an image forming apparatus. Such a paper feeding apparatus comprises a knock-up plate rotating upwardly and downwardly with a first end thereof provided as a hinge shaft, a driving motor and a paper feeding roller ass... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7699306 | Paper picking-up unit and image forming apparatus having the same A paper picking-up unit and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The paper picking-up unit includes a knock-up plate to stack paper thereon; a shaft disposed at a front end of the knock-up plate to rotate, a pick-up roller engaged with the shaft ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7699307 | Medium delivery apparatus and medium processing apparatus with dual rotating pressing members A medium delivery apparatus, includes: a medium insertion portion; a medium delivery port; first and second medium guide surfaces; a feed roller; a first pressing member; a second pressing member; a rotating member; an urging member, configured to give an urging for... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694956 | Recording apparatus having skew removal A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7681877 | Paper supply apparatus with brake lever controlled lifter for a printing device An image forming device includes a paper supply apparatus including an adjustable knock-up plate to store a plurality of papers and having a lifter, a pick-up roller and feed roller to pick up each of the plurality of papers and feed each of the plurality of papers ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7651083 | Conveying apparatus and method A document conveying apparatus comprises an inlet channel for receiving at least one document. A drive member is positioned for engagement with at least one document in the channel and is operable to move at least one document from the channel. An elongated member i... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651084 | Feeding device, recording apparatus, and feeding method A feeding device is provided including a stacking portion on which a plurality of recording media are stacked, a feed roller that feeds the recording medium stacked on the stacking portion, biasing means for applying biasing force to either the stacking portion or t... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7641189 | Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus with cooperating supply tray pressing plate and sheet separation element A sheet feeder feeds a sheet to an image forming unit. The sheet feeder can include a supply tray that holds a stack of sheets, a separation element disposed at an end of the supply tray, and configured to contact and apply a resistive force to a sheet in the stack,... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7581728 | Paper feeder for image forming device, image forming device, storage medium for paper feeder control program, and paper feeder control method A paper feeder of a printer 1 includes a manual feed tray 21, a paper feeder roller 23, and a flapper drive unit 25. The manual feed tray 21 has a flapper 33 which can move up and down in the paper stacking direction. The pa... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7547013 | Sheet feeding apparatus capable of setting a sheet tray with reduced force A sheet feeding apparatus, having detachable and attachable sheet trays, a linkage mechanism between the sheet feeding apparatus and the sheet tray, and that can attach the sheet tray to the sheet feeding apparatus with a reduced force. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7540491 | Automatic, lockable, engageable and disengageable media tray A media handling system, comprising: a media pick means; a media holder that interacts with the media pick means; and a selectable, lockable, automatically movable media tray located substantially adjacent to the media holder, wherein the movable media tray is engag... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7513496 | Sheet supply device and image forming apparatus When a paper feed cassette is again mounted, a pressing portion of a pressing member is brought into contact from the front side on a second surface of an extending portion of a contacting member, and the contacting member is pressed by the pressing member to be dis... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510180 | Bypass tray and image forming apparatus with the same A bypass tray to be used in an image forming apparatus, the bypass tray including a knock-up plate resiliently biased in an upward direction; and at least one stopper provided at least one side of the knock-up plate, rotatably provided so as to restrict a position o... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506869 | Paper feeder A paper feeder includes a base, a roller adjacent to the base, a holder for holding a paper, and a torsional element. The holder has a pivot end and a movable end, wherein the pivot end is pivoted to the base. The torsional element is disposed at a position where th... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7497434 | Paper feeding cassette of image forming apparatus A paper feeing cassette of an image forming apparatus includes a paper stacking plate on which a sheet of paper is stacked; a lift unit placed under the paper stacking plate, lifting by a rotating pivot, the rotating pivot being connected to a driving motor using a ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441767 | Sheet feeder with stacking member lifted by planetary gear system To reduce the number of components and further to provide a downsized sheet feeder, a shaft is arranged to a lower side of a sheet receiver stacking sheets, and gears are respectively attached to each opposite end of the shaft to mesh with rack portions. The gears m... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410162 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a paper feed roller, a lifting member, and a biasing member. The chassis has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a bottom surface that connects the first and second side surfaces. The bottom surface has one of a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396174 | Recording medium supply device and image forming device A coil spring 103 is wound around a rotational shaft 15 with its one end portion 103a being inserted into an engagement groove 100a formed in a side wall of a direct-coupled gear 100 and with its other end portion ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389982 | Image forming device capable of feeding paper smoothly An image-forming device includes an image-forming section, a separating/feeding section that separates and feeds sheets of paper from a stack into the image-forming section one sheet at a time, a pressing plate disposed on the opposite side of the stacked paper from... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370860 | Automatic edge guide assembly using springs and tapered surfaces An automatic edge guide assembly comprises a sheet feeding mechanism, a slide housing mounted within the sheet feeding mechanism and an edge guide slidably connected to the slide housing. The edge guide is biased by a first biasing force and a second biasing force, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364153 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a cassette configured to accommodate recording media, and a recording media feeding member configured to feed out the recording media accommodated in the cassette. The cassette includes a tray main body part including a stacking plate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357388 | Image forming apparatus with recording medium support member adjustable in position for desired position of uppermost recording medium on support member An apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium is disclosed which includes: a first drive source; a photoreceptor driven for movement by a driving force applied thereto from the first drive source; a support member supporting the recording medium to be fed ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357586 | Image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette An image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette to stack a print medium, wherein the paper feeding cassette includes a plate to support the print medium and which elevates substantially straight, and a supporting unit to support the elevation of the pl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7329823 | Movable contact element and panel switch formed using the same A movable contact element includes a base sheet provided on its bottom surface with adhesive portions which are dotted around; an adhesive portion with a predetermined width which surrounds the entire edges of the base sheet; adhesive portions with a predetermined w... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300219 | Image forming apparatus using thermal printing head An image forming apparatus that uses a thermal printing head (TPH) is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a platen roller. A TPH unit faces the platen roller and pivots to contact or separate from the platen roller. A first elastic member elastically bias... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292820 | Integrated media input tray including electronics A removable media tray for an image forming apparatus includes a housing, an exit port in the housing, a primary media stack, and a multi-purpose tray (MPT) input. Within the tray are first and second pick mechanisms operative to select a media sheet from the primar... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270323 | Sheet feeding device with two cams A sheet supplying/feeding device includes a sheet placing plate that receives at least a tip of a sheet, a feeding unit that feeds the sheet while being in contact with the sheet placed on the sheet placing plate, and a driving unit that drives the feeding unit. Pre... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267335 | Method of controlling sheet feeder apparatus A sheet feeder apparatus is controlled for sequentially feeding sheets to a predetermined processing position. A detection signal of a sheet stacked in a rise and lower tray located at a lower limit position is received before receiving a feed signal to start feedin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7222847 | Feeding apparatus and recording apparatus having the same The feeding apparatus includes a pressure plate cam gear which contacts and separates a pressure plate with and from a feeding roller rubber in a forward rotation of a stepping motor, then interrupts the drive power transmission to the pressure plate, then transmits... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7165765 | Sheet feeding apparatus and recording apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus for separating and feeding a plurality of sheets stacked on a sheet stacking portion one by one includes feeding means for feeding the plurality of sheets stacked on the sheet stacking portion, separation means for separating the sheets one... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163202 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus comprising the sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device comprises a sheet feeding member having an outer layer thereof, a sheet loaded on a sheet loading member being depressed on a peripheral surface of the outer layer, the sheet feeding member delivering the sheet depressed to the peripheral surf... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152858 | Guiding and positioning apparatus and method thereof A guiding and positioning apparatus for accurate guiding and input of a print media sheet to a business machine. The guiding and positioning apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a retaining member, a guiding member, a sliding member, a roller, a first spring, a seco... | 12/26/2006 |
