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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070153 | Image forming apparatus with cassette and paper sensing device An image forming apparatus and a printing medium feeding unit thereof are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cassette removably mounted in the main body to load a printing medium therein, and a sensing unit provided in the main body to se... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061707 | Paper supply apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A paper supply apparatus for conveying paper to an image forming apparatus has a paper accommodating unit to accommodate paper and to be drawn out from an accommodating space in a main body of the image forming apparatus. The apparatus also has a handle to rotate ab... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7938398 | Paper feeding apparatus A paper feeding apparatus used in a state where the apparatus accumulates paper sheets for an image forming apparatus to form images thereon and the paper feeding apparatus is attached to a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein an engaging-holding member... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931267 | Sheet feed device with sheet tray guide unit A sheet feed device includes a sheet tray and a guide unit. The sheet tray is configured to store a recording medium including a recording sheet. The guide unit is configured to support detachably the sheet tray. The guide unit includes a rotary member that is confi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7819398 | Feeding apparatus and recording apparatus A feeding apparatus includes a cassette unit and a feeding-apparatus main body. The cassette unit can be mounted and dismounted to/from the feeding apparatus. The cassette unit includes a casing which is the base member of the cassette unit; a movable cassette hoppe... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7731180 | Sheet-feeding cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet-feeding cassette includes a main body. A locked portion allows the main body to be locked to a locking portion in a cassette accommodating section by inserting the main body in the cassette accommodating section. An unlocking unit is provided for detaching t... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708269 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a stacking plate, a sheet stacker, and a damping member. The stacking plate is liftably supported in the sheet stacker and is adapted for sheets to be fed into a sheet processing apparatus to be stacked thereon. The sheet stacker is a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7658375 | Printer and dual trays for image receiver media sheets A printer having a sheet tray, a drive for advancing sheets past a marking mechanism, and a picker to remove sheets from an aligned tray includes a load position and a pick position. The trays are selectively moved between the load and pick positions. A transmission... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7604232 | Sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device includes a casing having an engagement portion, and a sheet stacker detachably housed in the casing. The stacker has a liftable stacking plate, a handle, a lock claw, and a transmission mechanism. The plate is provided for loading a plurality ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7484726 | Sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device is adapted to be placed beside a sheet processing apparatus by being lifted on a side close to the sheet processing apparatus for engagement with the sheet processing apparatus. The sheet feeding device includes a housing, casters, and an elas... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7481425 | Paper feed cassette A paper feed cassette to be inserted into a paper feed port of an image-forming apparatus includes a bottom case, a top cover, a catch tray, and a connecting mechanism. The main case has a paper extraction port from which the pre-printed paper is fed to the paper fe... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7469892 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus in which a sheet containing device containing a sheet is detachably attached to a containing portion provided in an apparatus main body includes an engagement portion provided on the sheet containing device, a drawing device provided in th... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7431287 | Sheet feeding device, image-forming device, image-forming system, method of installing peripheral device, and method of connecting devices The subject invention provides a sheet feeding device which can be easily attached to an image forming apparatus. The sheet feeding device includes an adapting part and a lock section. When the sheet feeding device is attached to the image forming apparatus, the ada... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416181 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which an automatic double-side unit 81 is provided free to open and close on the side of an apparatus body 1a, and a manual paper feeding device 61 is provide adjacent to the au... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404555 | Paper feeder for an image forming apparatus A tray positioning mechanism S contacts one of a paper feed tray 2 and a main apparatus body as the paper feed tray 2 is attached to a tray receiver 52, to restrict movement in an attaching direction of the paper feed tray 2. The tray pos... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7367734 | Printer A printer less susceptible to paper jams, allowing reduction in number of components and having superior printing precision is provided. The printer includes a chassis, a printing portion mounted on the chassis for printing on a sheet of recording paper, a press rol... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360760 | Paper tray and method for using the same A paper tray for use with a printer. The paper tray includes a sidewall, a door plate, a rotating member and a resilient element. The sidewall has a through hole. The door plate pivots on the sidewall and rotates around an X-axis. The rotating member is disposed in ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7300050 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which an automatic double-side unit 81 is provided free to open and close on the side of an apparatus body 1a, and a manual paper feeding device 61 is provide adjacent to the au... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7266329 | Toner image carrying member and manufacturing method thereof, and electrophotographic apparatus A toner image carrying member can be rotationally driven, and a plurality of grooves are formed on an outer peripheral surfaces of the toner image carrying member, the plurality of grooves extending along a rotation direction of the toner image carrying member and a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7216864 | Paper supply cassette for an image forming device A paper supply cassette includes a separately formed case, accommodating unit cover, and handle part. A separating mechanism for separating and conveying paper stacked in the case one sheet at a time is supported in a support unit provided on the front side surface ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7185747 | One-way power transmission unit, a fusing unit driving apparatus for duplex printer using the same, a method for one way power transmission, and a method for driving a fusing unit A one-way power transmission unit has a force-fitting feature formed on at least one of an outer circumference of a boss of a driving member and an inner circumference of a boss hole of a latch member, for force-fitting the driving member into the latch member with ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165767 | Automated banking machine currency dispenser modules Dispenser modules include structure permitting their securement in stacked and aligned relation. The dispenser modules can contain sheet media such as notes and other items. The dispenser modules can be used in an automated banking machine operative to dispense mult... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7086644 | Media cartridge for a low power printer A media cartridge for a printer has a connector for connecting to the printer and a media storage volume in which sheets of media are stored. A manually operated slider ejects one sheet at a time through an outlet to an input slot of the printer. The printer then dr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7011303 | Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus having the same An auxiliary support plate is connected, by a leaf spring, to a middle portion of a lower end of a sheet holder, in a sheet width direction, so that a lower end part of the auxiliary support plate rotates and retracts below an upper surface of the sheet holder. A sh... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994483 | Paper supply cassette of printer A paper supply cassette includes a main body to which a paper supply roller is coupled, a container provided to slid e into/from the main body, a first lever installed at the main body to swing, a first gear installed at one side of the first lever to rotate and dri... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962332 | Media conveying mechanism A media conveying mechanism located in a media data recorder for conveying media mainly includes a driving motor to provide driving power needed. A first clutch to control the operation of a pickup roller. A second clutch to control rotation direction of an intermed... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6918583 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder includes a sheet mounting plate, pick-up roller, drive motor and transmission device to prevent an excessive load from being applied to a pick-up roller when no sheets are mounted on a sheet mounting plate. When the sheets on the sheet mounting plate ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913192 | ATM cassette with currency overload prevention An ATM currency cassette with a currency overload prevention arrangement. The cassette includes a currency stack push plate having a flexible arm. The arm becomes flexed by currency pressing against it due to an overloaded condition. The cassette lid includes a rib.... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908083 | Recording plate or film loading device A recording plate or film loading device for use with an image recording scanner. The device comprises a platen (6) arranged at an angle to the horizontal and onto which a plate or film is manually placed. A loading mechanism includes one or more first pusher... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904844 | Printing plate removing/supplying device In a removing/conveying portion of a printing plate removing/supplying device, when one cassette among a plurality of cassettes is empty, the empty cassette is placed on a raising/lowering stand and moved to a loading space. Due to a spur gear being rotated clockwis... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6863487 | Method and device for transferring storage containers, preferably cassettes for printing plates The invention includes a method and a device for transferring storage containers, especially cassettes for printing plates, in order to reliably and accurately receive both manually inserted cassettes and cassettes from upstream transport systems and upstream storag... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6832758 | Mobile feeder system A mobile feeder is presented for separating flat products, in particular folded sheets, flat sheets, cards, inserts and the like, for printed-product processing machines, such as in particular gatherer stitchers, collating machines or inserting machines. The feeder ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6820872 | Media cassette and media dispensing machine having the same A media dispensing machine having a media cassette which includes a casing disposed in a media cassette receiving unit of the media dispensing machine; a media loading unit disposed in the casing and storing media; a driving unit installed at a certain side of the m... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6746012 | Method and device for controlling one sheet-material guiding element independently of the other A method for controlling elements for guiding sheet material and for controlling a surface for holding a sheet pile, which comprises registering, by a first sensor element, a lateral position of the sheet material and, based thereon, moving the surface for holding t... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6746011 | Sheet separating and feeding with variable position stack edge fluffing For printer sheet separating and feeding with stack side edge air fluffing assistance from variable size sheet stacks in a sheet feeding tray with at least one repositionable stack side edge guide in an openable machine drawer, the stack edge fluffer system automati... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6695303 | Paper feeder for an image forming apparatus A paper feeder includes: a multiple number of paper feed cassettes arranged abreast at approximately the same level in the sheet feed direction. These paper feed cassettes are formed into a unibody structure so that they can be pulled out altogether. The ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6695307 | Bill handling machine A bill handling machine includes a first unit having a depositing port for depositing bills; a second unit having a depositing cassette for holding deposited bills; and a bill transfer mechanism for transferring bills from the depositing port to a deposit... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6672581 | Sheet conveying apparatus for an image information processor A sheet conveying apparatus for an image information processor includes a driving apparatus having a sheet supply opening and a sheet discharge opening arranged above and below and in the same direction, and a registration roller, a delivery roller, a sca... | 01/06/2004 |
