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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066275 | Method and an apparatus in the advancement of packaging blanks A method of advancing packaging blanks disposed standing upright in a magazine, one after the other, in a file or queue resting against the bottom of the magazine and disposed to be driven forwards through the magazine towards a stop at an outlet end for individual ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7420693 | Paper cartridge for printer A paper cartridge of a printer including a cartridge body to load papers to be picked up, and a friction plate to provide a predetermined friction force to a front end of the papers picked up at the cartridge body. The friction plate is sloped at a predetermined ang... | 09/02/2008 |
| 6629691 | Paper-leaves conveying apparatus In a paper-leaves conveying means for conveying a plurality of paper leaves, set together in a bundle in a depositing section, toward a paper-leaves feeding position where a separating/supplying belt exists, an arm is provided which is designed to be move... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6607191 | Paper-separating mechanism A paper-separating plate is adapted for a paper-separating mechanism having a paper-separating roller. The paper-separating plate placed around a side of the paper-separating roller comprises a main body and a cushion. The main body has a surface and a pl... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6585249 | Low friction article feeding system A flat article hopper having a plurality of bottom rods to form a supporting surface for supporting a stack of flat articles and a paddle to push the flat articles towards a flat article feeder at the downstream end. A scrub wheel is rotatably mounted on ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6474637 | Adaptive flag weight for document handling apparatus An arrangement for adaptively driving the flag element of a document-handling device, such as a document sorter. The rotation of a first cam exerts a first force on the flag element. The profile of the first cam is such that the first force exerted on the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6467764 | High capacity document sheet processor A high capacity document sheet processor combines significant speed and efficiency enhancing improvements in existing approaches to stack feeding particularly in the stack loading, feeding and singulating functions with novel operational arrangements adap... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6435498 | Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425579 | Low friction envelope feeder An envelope hopper having a plurality of bottom rods to form a supporting surface for supporting a stack of envelopes and a paddle to push the envelopes towards an envelope feeder at the downstream end. A scrub wheel is rotatably mounted on a fixed, rotat... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6419221 | Adaptive flag weight for document handling apparatus An arrangement for adaptively driving the flag element of a document handling device, such as a document sorter. The invention uses a force generating mechanism to produce torque at the periphery of a cam. A flexible connector that is wrapped around the c... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6354587 | Follower mechanism for flat article handling system A follower mechanism is provided for use in a system for feeding flat articles, such as mixed mail, which follower mechanism includes a paddle assembly connected to a mount so as to be pivotable between a feed position and an inactive position, and mechan... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5778632 | Hopper assembly for literature feeder system A hopper assembly for feeding literature to a literature dispenser. The literature dispenser and a label dispenser are positioned on opposite sides of a conveyor on which products being furnished with literature and labels are transported. The hopper asse... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5458456 | Method and apparatus for temporal storing and conveying of plate shaped members A continuous and sequential temporal storing and conveying of plate shaped members to the next processing step, in which the differently sized and randomly ordered plate shaped members can be easily handled and manipulated, A substantially vertical wall s... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5040777 | Foot pedal operated, modular, roll up paper feeder apparatus A low cost, paper feeder for large copy sheets includes a media chamber mounted to support copy sheets in a substantially vertical plane. A two-position, T-shaped feeder mechanism including a pair of one-way clutch controlled feed rolls is slidably mounte... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5009411 | Input hopper apparatus An input hopper (20) for inputting card members to card processing modules (14) includes a tray (22) for storing the cards which are maintained in a stack by a pusher mechanism (30) having a plate (23) biasing the card stack toward a first end of the tray... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4884793 | Picker-stripper-feeder for envelope feeding apparatus Apparatus for stripping a single envelope from a stack of envelopes without misfeeding or double feeding is provided. The apparatus includes a picker blade which is articulated by a drive to impart of plurality of motions to the leading edge of an envelop... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4846455 | High speed envelope feeding apparatus A high speed envelope feeder is provided with a pair of pinch rolls for extracting an envelope from a stack of closed envelopes in a magazine. The flap of a closed envelope is opened by raising a cam surface under the flap to position the flap between a f... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4759538 | Device for transporting a film of determined format This invention relates to a device for transporting a film of determined format from a position where a film is taken from a magazine to a work position between two parts, mobile with respect to each other in a first direction, of a machine. The device in... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4701094 | Separator for heterogenous flat objects The article separator comprises at least one transfer station (20) receiving the articles to be transferred to the entrance of at least one delivery conveyor (4). Each transfer station is equipped with at least one pickup arm (21) with a suction head (22)... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4384711 | Card feeding apparatus for an automatic embossing system An apparatus for feeding cards to an embossing apparatus in an automatic embossing system includes an adjustable input hopper and a card picking mechanism. The input hopper can be adjusted to receive cards of varying height, width and thickness. The card ... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4344611 | Device for feeding plate materials A device for feeding plate materials wherein plate materials in a magazine are guided toward its outlet and urged in the direction perpendicular to their surfaces by a reciprocating member disposed at the outlet of the magazine in such a manner that it ca... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4304181 | Printer for a desk computer A printer for a desk computer includes a card case adapted to accommodate a large number of cards. The cards accommodated in the card case are pressed toward an open end of the card case by a biasing means. A movable frame is adapted to move up and down w... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4151987 | Feeding apparatus for cards and the like A card dispensing mechanism for withdrawing individual cards from a stack thereof and feeding it to a use station including a stack support structure and a pressure plate urging the stack with the foremost card at a dispensing point. A carriage has a roll... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4038922 | Apparatus for feeding tags A method and apparatus adapted for processing tags, cards, or the like are disclosed herein. The apparatus preferably comprises a magazine for storing a predetermined quantity of tags and an associated slotted gate, feed dispensing system for automaticall... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3984096 | Apparatus for feeding letters A method and apparatus for feeding letters from a relatively loose stack of letters, in which each successive end letter in the stack is subjected to repeated impulses applied by a rapidly reciprocating friction surface which moves in a direction having c... | 10/05/1976 |
