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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8348260 | Document processing apparatus, assembly and sub-assembly and method for operating the same A sub-assembly of a document processor that routes at least one document from an input hopper, along a document path and to an output bin is disclosed. The document processor includes a flag movably-arranged within the input hopper to/from a closed orientation and a... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8267395 | Paper supply unit Disclosed is a paper supply unit having an improved paper supply structure. The paper supply unit includes a main body having an opening, a cassette configured to be attached to and detached from the main body through the opening. The cassette can include a first ho... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8251364 | Sheet feeding apparatus A printer has a separating unit, such as a depressing cam and a depressing slider, which presses a middle plate against the biasing force of a spring and separates a sheet on the middle plate from a sheet feeding roller by a predetermined distance, a separation driv... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8177223 | Sheet feeder having lifting unit A lifting unit and a process for lifting a stack of sheets having at least a first support (20, 120, 220) and at least a second support (22, 122, 222) are described. The first support defines a first con-toured or flat support surface, and the second s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167300 | Method for determining the amount of media sheets in a media tray in an image forming device A method for determining the amount of media sheets in a media tray in an image forming device according to one embodiment includes raising a lift plate supporting a stack of media sheets toward a pick mechanism for feeding the media sheets by rotation of a motor in... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8118300 | Sheet feed mechanism A sheet feed mechanism includes a chassis for supporting a stack of sheets; a top sheet engaging member for engaging a top most sheet of the stack; a stack engaging structure, a first end of the stack engaging structure engaging the stack of sheets to bias a top mos... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8042801 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus can include an apparatus body, a cassette detachably mounted to the apparatus body, the cassette being configured to hold print media, and a sensor unit configured to sense whether the casse... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7726647 | Sheet feed mechanism A sheet feed mechanism includes a chassis for supporting a stack of sheets; a top sheet engaging member for engaging a top most sheet of the stack; a stack engaging structure for engaging the stack and biasing the top most sheet against the top sheet engaging member... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722032 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device, includes a sheet loading table; a sheet feeding member that feeds a sheet from an uppermost portion of sheets stacked on the sheet loading table; a regulating member that regulates a side of sheets, in a transverse direction orthogonal to a s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712736 | Printer apparatus with cam dampened tray A printer apparatus includes a paper cater plate portion for carrying paper on which an image is printed, a prescribed shaft portion arranged above the paper carrier plate portion, a paper feed roller for feeding the paper provided on the shaft portion, a pushing me... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7618037 | Paper feeding apparatus of image forming device and paper feeding method thereof The paper feeding apparatus includes a paper feeding cassette having a side guide part for defining and setting a lateral size of paper, a rear guide part for defining and setting a longitudinal size of paper, and a first and second load part for simultaneously or s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7571906 | Sheet feed mechanism A sheet feed mechanism for a device such as a printer, with a chassis 2 configured to support a stack of sheets 4. A top sheet engaging member 6 for engaging the top-most sheet 40 of the stack and moving it relative to the remainder of th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7540493 | Image forming device In an image forming device, a paper feed cassette accommodating a plurality of papers is removably inserted in a cassette accommodating portion of a device main body. A locking member and a lock releasing member maintain a flapper at a prescribed pressed-down positi... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7469890 | Paper sheet supply apparatus A paper money supply unit has a backup plate which presses paper money input to a first input unit to a pickup roller, and a support plate which supports a paper money additionally input to a second input unit. When the paper money additionally input to the second i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7448613 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A lifting plate provided in a sheet accommodating member is locked at a position, to which the lifting plate is downwardly turned against a pushing force of a spring, by a locking mechanism having a locking member configured to lock the lifting plate, and also havin... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441768 | 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 ... | 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 |
| 7407159 | Multipurpose tray A multipurpose tray includes a first tray having a first loading surface and a second tray provided to be freely slidable along a predetermined direction with respect to the first tray. The second tray has a second loading surface with an area continuous to the firs... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7389983 | Input unit of a letter sorting system and method for loading the input unit The present invention relates to an input unit of a letter sorting system which comprises separable first and second conveyor lines. The first line is positioned proximate to an isolating device which processes letters. The first line comprises a conveyor surface an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7360959 | Printer apparatus A printer body of a printer apparatus is provided with paired bearing portions such that the paired bearing portions face each other, while a paper support for supporting a paper sheet is provided with paired rotating shaft portions, which are rotatably journaled by... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7334789 | Printed sheets stacking tray with automatic alternate stacking support and manual stack lifting assistance In a sheet stacking and unloading system in which sheets are stacked on a stacking tray which is then moved from its sheet stacking position to an unloading position for removing the sheet stack from the stacking tray, and the stacking tray has a sheet stacking surf... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7296789 | Sheet feeder, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus It is determined whether or not a jammed document is necessarily returned to a document tray when a jam of the document is caused within a carrier path and, then, the elevation operation of the document tray is controlled on the basis of its result of the determinat... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7267336 | Paper feed tray and printer furnished with the tray An auxiliary tray frame is attached attachably/reattachably to a tray unit. The auxiliary tray frame is a rectangular frame including a front frame portion, a rear frame portion, and both side frame portions. A fore-end of the auxiliary tray frame fits into a cut-ou... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264238 | Feed paper apparatus A paper feed has a door and a paper carrying tray, and raises the tray as paper is fed. A first detector that detects the presence of paper is located below a paper feed position by a margin corresponding to a given number of paper sheets, and second detector that d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7237773 | System for feeding and transporting documents A system for feeding and transporting documents includes a feeder stage and a transport stage. The hopper assembly includes a hopper floor that carries the document stack and a flag that provides a force to move the documents along the hopper floor toward the feeder... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226050 | Discharge sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a firs... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197273 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus In a sheet feeding apparatus, a contact-type sensor for detecting sheet-like documents stored in document tray is separated into upper document detector and a lower document detector arranged at upper and lower sides of the document tray, respectively. The sheet-lik... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188835 | Sheet feeding apparatus for image forming device A sheet feeding apparatus for an image forming device prevents a sheet jammed in a pickup roller from being damaged when a sheet feeding cassette is separated to remove the jammed sheet. The sheet feeding apparatus for the image forming device includes a sheet feedi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182331 | Input unit of a letter sorting system and method for loading the input unit The present invention relates to an input unit of a letter sorting system which comprises separable first and second conveyor lines. The first line is positioned proximate to an isolating device which processes letters. The first line comprises a conveyor surface an... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165766 | Sheet feeding cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding cassette is configured so as to be able to be attached to and removed from an image forming apparatus main body having an image forming section and is equipped with a box-shaped accommodation portion capable of accommodating a plurality of sheets. A ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167663 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus can perform various operations. These are, for example, an operation to start an image formation and an output process that inhibits opening and closing of a feeding route interlocked with opening and closing of ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159863 | Compliant media stack height limiter A method and apparatus for limiting the height of media inserted into a media tray of an image forming apparatus 10 while also allowing for the inserted media to expand due to changing environmental conditions is described herein. An exemplary stack height li... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147219 | Printer paper tray A paper tray (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) for holding a stack of sheets of paper in a printer (540, 640, 740, 840) is provided. The paper tray includes an actuator (221, 421, 521, 621, 721, 821), which is moveable between an engaged ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147218 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus main body for containing sheets in the inside thereof includes: a first cover and a second cover which are openable and closable; and a detecting sensor for detecting an opening and closing of the first cover. The detecting sensor does not ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140608 | Bill box for bill acceptor A bill box used in the bill receiver of a coin exchanger for accommodating banknotes received by the bill receiver is disclosed to have a gate installed in the first chamber thereof and a driving mechanism controllable to move the gate between two positions to close... | 11/28/2006 |
