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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074977 | Apparatus for processing flat parts and method An apparatus for processing flat parts, in particular plastic substrates, preferably plastic cards, having a store containing the parts to be processed, at least one processing device defining a processing section and a transport device for transporting the parts ov... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7364150 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus using heating member on sheet tray An air duct is disposed in the vicinity of a heating member generating the heat for heating sheets stacked in a sheet tray, and the air in the air duct is heated by the heat generated by the heating member. The air duct is connected to an air blowing portion blowing... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7290764 | Modular guide apparatus for tab stock received in a feeder tray A tab guide is provided for aligning tab stock in a paper tray of a printer having a trail edge guide including a substantially planar sheet-engaging face and a stack height finger extending from the sheet engaging face in a process direction for engaging a top surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7097369 | Method and apparatus for inserting tabs in a print job Method and apparatus for inserting tabs in a print job. A method for inserting tab sheets in a print job is disclosed. First, a position is selected within a document to insert a tab sheet, which document includes a plurality of sheets each with a document defined i... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7044056 | Interleaf removal apparatus, plate feed apparatus and image recording system A stack of alternating plates and interleaves are stored in a cassette of a plate feed apparatus. An interleaf is removed from the stack by a plurality of vertically moving suction cups. There are cases where a plate is attached to the back surface of the interleaf ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7011302 | Vertical pocket feeder Vertical pocket feeder signature handling equipment which supplies signatures in an on-edge orientation one at a time to bindery equipment. The vertical pocket feeder particularly cooperates with a hopper loader apparatus which transfers and separates individual sig... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6801302 | Plate registering system and method of operation A substrate manager for a substrate exposure machine is used, in one example, as a platesetter. As such, it comprises a substrate storage system, containing one or more stacks of substrates, such as plates in one implementation. A substrate picker is provided for pi... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6406016 | Apparatus for dispensing thin flat articles A dispensing apparatus for thin flat articles, such as monetary currency bills, includes a plenum chamber having an aperture of a size smaller than the articles to be dispensed. A suction device is connected to the plenum chamber to provide sufficient neg... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6305285 | Sheet settling system In a high speed sheet printing or coating machine there is a tendency for the sheets to move about as they are being fed to the datum stops, so that precise registration is not achieved. This is remedied by exerting a damping force which pulls each sheet ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5876030 | Apparatus for facilitating handling tab stock in a top feed vacuum corrugated feeder An apparatus for facilitating handling particularly tab stock in a sheet feeder, having a top feed vacuum corrugated feed head assembly for feeding sheets seriatim from a sheet supply stack. The facilitating apparatus includes a platform adapted to suppor... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5785310 | Device for decollating stacks of flat objects A device for decollating stacks of flat objects includes a stack magazine. The base of the stack magazine supports the stack and includes revolving rollers that form a continuously moving series of rollers, pass underneath the stack magazine, and roll alo... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5691921 | Thermal sensors arrays useful for motion tracking by thermal gradient detection An object tracking and motion control system includes a thermal marking unit such as a laser for inducing localized thermal indicia on objects. A thermal tracking unit, typically a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) such as a two dimensional thermal s... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5222858 | Apparatus for collecting counting and stacking material in sheets The apparatus for collecting, counting and stacking material in sheets has two cascade conveyors, a loading device arranged upstream of the first conveyor, a counting station arranged downstream of the second conveyor, and a station for stacking a materia... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5190276 | Sheet feeding apparatus The intermediate tray of a copying machine for copying on both sides of recording paper or recording paper feeding apparatus incorporates a mechanism for loosening and separating recording papers by air blow in order to prevent duplicate feed. Conventiona... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4867430 | Device for unstacking relatively flat objects such as letters or postal packets A device for unstacking relatively flat objects such as letters or postal packets of various different lengths, widths, and thicknesses. The device includes: a conveyor for conveying stacks of objects as well as an object separating and grasping mechanism... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4747592 | Feeding machine for signatures applicable to machines for feeding sheets for use in Binding Machines, Inc. A signature feeding machine which can be used on sheet feeders and the like utilized in book-binding, comprises a loading plane for supporting and conveying stacks of adjacently disposed signatures to an inclined signature elevator which transfers individ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4745266 | Bill bundle drawing out apparatus Storage boxes are provided in a bundle-and-bar money paying machine and arranged to be stacked one on another. Some of the storage boxes store bill bundles as stacked in a horizontal direction. An elevator is provided for moving vertically. Slide blocks a... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4693460 | Automatic garment portion loader A garment portion loader utilizes a plurality of photo-electric sensors to determine the positions of garment portions at selected stations including a delivery assembly which supplies garment portions for loading, a pick-up assembly which removes garment... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4603792 | Ticket issuing machine with product dispenser A ticket dispensing machine includes a stack support, posts and guide and the lowest ticket from the stack is moved by a striker plate actuated by a solenoid towards a pair of rollers the lower one being driven by motor which takes up the dispensing actio... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4512562 | Feeder table with photo-scan controlled belt motor A portable feeder table for converting existing pile fed paper folding machines and the like to continuous fed machines, in which the table is portable, and includes a motor housing having height adjustment provisions, the table has a horizontal portion w... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4311304 | Presensitized plate handling device A large number of presensitized plates are stacked on a platform. The platform is controlled to lift the stack of presensitized plates so that the uppermost presensitized plate in the stack is always positioned at a predetermined level. Sucking members su... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4227685 | Sheet feeding apparatus, particularly for rotary printing machines To align sheets being fed to a printing machine without interruption of smooth flow of sheet feeding, the sheets are aligned while they are being fed from a stack to a set-up or alignment table 19 by imparting thereto a lateral force to direct the moving ... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4089517 | Sheet feeder with correction for sheet offset A top-sheet feeder in which the feed table comprising suckers engaging a sheet fed from the top of the stack, is pivotable to position the input end of the feed table at any offset position the sheet may have occupied at the top of the stack; the feed tab... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3934868 | Top loading, continuous suction feeder attachment for printing apparatus Pneumatic means are synchronously coupled to an offset machine or the like in order to positively separate and pull down the bottom sheet in a stack. Movement of the pneumatic means is synchronized with the movement of a pivotal roller that advances the p... | 01/27/1976 |
