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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744078 | Methods and apparatus for storing slip-sheets The present invention provides a method and apparatus for storing a slip-sheet removed from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates. A materials handling system separates a slip-sheet from a media stack that includes image recordable materials. A slip... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7419153 | Method and apparatus for producing bound books, magazines or brochures A method for producing bound books, magazines or brochures by gathering printed sheets into non-bound book blocks along a conveying section that is supplied by at least one sheet feeder includes separating the lowest printed sheet from a stack of printed sheets by l... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7320463 | Device for feeding a processing section A device for feeding a processing section with printed products includes a magazine and a feeding mechanism that includes a gripping mechanism and a conveying mechanism for removing the printed products from the magazine and feeding them to the processing section. T... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7243916 | Apparatus for feeding sheets of media from a stack An apparatus for feeding porous sheets of media from a stack of such sheets includes a support structure for supporting the stack. A gas conduit is mounted on the support structure and has an outlet that is oriented so that, when the stack is positioned on the suppo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222845 | Printer with a picker assembly A printer includes a support structure. A printing assembly is mounted on the support structure. The printing assembly includes a feed mechanism mounted on the support structure for feeding sheets of media along a feed path. At least one printhead is mounted on the ... | 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 |
| 7080832 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; a sucker bar device having at least one sucker for contacting the sheet material, the sucker bar device having a pivot axis, and an actuator for pivoting the sucker bar de... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6945524 | Card singularization gate A card singularization gate for use in an identification card printer includes a roller support, a guide roller, and a card stop. The roller support is positioned between a card feeder and the card transport mechanism. The guide roller is supported by the roller sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6902518 | Card package production system with adhesive card attachment station and method A card package production system (100) for producing card packages (115) composed of cards (128) attached to carriers (113) has an adhesive label attachment station (358, FIG. 34) with a heating platen (361) having a ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6499735 | Method and device for separating and transporting sheets of paper A method for separating a respective sheet from a sheet pile and transporting it to a sheet processing machine, wherein the respective sheet is lifted by at least one lifting suction device to a transfer level lying above a suction air intake level, and t... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6439566 | Apparatus for separating sheets from a stack Sheet feeder comprising a holder with a guide for guiding a stack of sheets and with an abutment structure which defines an abutment plane for keeping a stack of sheets in a position with an outer sheet positioned against the abutment plane. The abutment ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6406015 | Device for supplying labels The invention relates to a labeling machine for wet adhesive labels comprising a gluing and application device which holds and guides the labels. A label magazine is connected upstream from the gluing and application device to which labels are fed from sa... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6349936 | Device for measuring the height of a sheet pile by using a reflectively operating radiation detector A device for measuring the height of a sheet pile by using a reflectively operating radiation detector, a sheet separating device and a device for conveying separated sheets to a printing machine being assigned to the pile, comprising a system for measuri... | 02/26/2002 |
| 5876031 | Sheet supply device having a suction pad holder with attached swing arm for registering sheets An apparatus for recording or reading information on or from a sheet is disclosed. The apparatus includes a holding unit for holding a sheet, a first arm which has one end pivotally fixed to the holding unit, a second arm whose one end or a specific point... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5848785 | Sheet material feeding and unloading apparatus Apparatus for feeding and unloading sheets of material, including a first sheet attraction device for lifting a topmost sheet from a stack; a device for checking that only a single sheet has been lifted; and a second sheet attraction device movable betwee... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5752695 | Film sample positioning apparatus An apparatus for handling and automatically positioning film samples such that individual film samples can be retrieved from a magazine and moved precisely to a position where a subsequent operation can be performed such as the reading thereof by a densit... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5695183 | Paper interleaver A paper feed system suitable for use with a portion control machine to provide paper sheets for separating portions, including a paper hopper mountable to a portion control machine and adapted to receive and temporarily retain a stack of paper sheets. The... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690327 | Lifting shoe for media handling and related cassette media holder A system for light-tight handling of a supply of media between a supply station, a workstation and a collecting station, comprises a media handling apparatus defined by a frame and a housing enclosing an internal confine. Within this confine are a supply ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5647583 | Apparatus and method for singulating sheets and inserting same into envelopes An apparatus and method for singulating sheets from a stack of sheets and transporting individual ones of them to a conveyor. A picker arm is mounted at its upper end to a rotatable shaft, for reciprocating movement between first and second positions. A l... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5642878 | Method and apparatus for separating sheets fed from the bottom of a stack A stack of sheets or blanks for feeding one by one from the bottom of the stack by a feeding mechanism is supported for high speed feeding to subsequent stations. A feed cylinder rotatably supported beneath the leading edge of the stack includes a suction... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5484139 | System for handling curved form media and cassette therefor A media handling unit is a selfcontained device which is capable of being moved to existing photoplotting structures to transport media sheets from a supply cassette housed within the unit and advanced into the plotter for conducting a plotting operation.... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5435804 | Cup making machine A machine for making cups of thermoplastic coated paper, the machine including a frame or housing having a turret rotatably mounted on the frame, a number of work stations mounted on the frame in an equally spaced relation around the turret, a number of m... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5430520 | Method and apparatus for developing photosensitive material The exposed photosensitive materials are staggered into two lines, while being fed to the developing unit, for higher efficiency in development. The carrier unit B has a staggering unit and a parallel carrier path having a pair of parallel paths. The stag... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5417158 | Reciprocator sleeve for use in a printing press machine having an envelope feeder A reciprocator sleeve for use in a printing machine having an envelope feeder is disclosed which enables the feeder to convey windowed envelopes from a stack and into a pair of pinch rollers without marking the windows of the envelopes. The sleeve is adap... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5350166 | Sheet separating mechanism and method of flexing a sheet to facilitate separation from a stack Disclosed is a mechanism for separating a sheet one by one from stacked sheets, wherein a sucker is rotatably supported so that the sucker is moved up and down, back and forth. When the sucker is retracted in a state where the sheet is being sucked, the s... | 09/27/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5195732 | Apparatus for the extraction of blanks from a blank magazine For the production of packs from (thin) cardboard, blanks (10) are prefabricated and stored as a blank stack (16) in a blank magazine (17) for processing. An extraction member (20) serves for extracting the individual blanks from the underside of the blan... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5183242 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets A sheet feeding apparatus (10) and method are disclosed that are fast, efficient, easy to set up and involve a minimum number of components. The sheet feeding mechanism (10) includes a first gripping member (20) comprised of two first suction cups (21) an... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5137267 | Suction head for a feeder of a sheet-fed rotary printing press A suction head for a feeder of a sheet-fed rotary printing press for feeding sheets of small format through the press in a given direction, including only one double sucker formed of two juxtaposed suction nozzles connected by a transverse tube and being ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5102113 | Device for locking a suction nozzle of a separating sucker on a suction head of a sheet feeder A 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 carrying a device for vertically moving the suction nozzle of the separating sucker, and a drive device for gu... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5087025 | Sheet delivery mechanism having a suction feeder including a movable roller pair A sheet delivery mechanism for delivering a sheet such as a stimulable phosphor sheet from a sheet storage unit such as a cassette or a magazine to a sheet feed system, includes suction cups movable toward and away from the sheet stored in the sheet stora... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5082268 | Credit card dispensing and positioning apparatus Apparatus for accurately dispensing and positioning a credit card onto a predetermined area of a surface, includes a support tray which supports a stack of cards; a pusher assembly including a pusher plate which pushes out a leading edge of a lowermost on... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5076565 | Sheet feeder In the context of a sheet feeder comprising a suction head, which is provided with separating suckers arranged on a vertically movable support, and at least one row of drag suckers mounted on a support, which is adapted to be reciprocated partly at the sa... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5064184 | Feeder In the context of a feeder, more especially a sheet feeder, comprising firstly a suction device which is placed over a stack of items to be fed, and has a separating devicre with at least one telescoping and preferably vertically reciprocable lifting suct... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5039079 | Process and apparatus for superimposing at least two flexible layers in particular the front and rear panels of an article such as a slip in the textile and knitted goods industry The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for superimposing at least two flexible sheets, in particular a back panel and a front panel of an article such as a slip. The process comprises forming a stack of each type of sheets and arranging said ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5031892 | Apparatus for removing blanks from a pile and conveying them onwards A stack of blanks is guided between pile guides. Disposed on a support are holding members which can be laid against an exposed blank in the stack in order to grasp it and to be moved, with it, away from the stack. In the course of this, the support is mo... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5028043 | Suction device for the gripping and decollating of the bottom blank of a stack of blanks A device for gripping and decollating a bottom blank comprises a rotary shaft with a flat outer peripheral portion. Suction orifices in the shaft extend through the flat surface portion and communicate with suction cups carried by the shaft. Free outer ed... | 07/02/1991 |
