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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074980 | Apparatuses for feeding sheets and printing apparatuses Apparatuses for feeding sheets and printing apparatuses are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses for feeding sheets includes a first guide; a second guide opposite the first guide; a first side wall; a second side wall opposite the first side wall; a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7370860 | Automatic edge guide assembly using springs and tapered surfaces An automatic edge guide assembly comprises a sheet feeding mechanism, a slide housing mounted within the sheet feeding mechanism and an edge guide slidably connected to the slide housing. The edge guide is biased by a first biasing force and a second biasing force, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 6893014 | Retrofit printer guide clip A printer guide clip is configured for retrofit in a paper tray of pre-existing commercially available printer for blocking corner curling of forms transported therethrough. The clip includes first and second side tabs integrally joined together by an arcuate cap ex... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6536760 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus has an adjustable tray for receiving and storing paper, such as photographic paper, has adjustable sheet width aligning and sheet receiving guide members that can alignably accommodate various sizes of paper. Independent quick... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6505827 | Urging device provided with multiple loading member and paper feeding device incorporating the same Springs 34 and 35 are located on the back face of a paper cassette, between a movable plate 32 and a bar 31, coupled with a side edge aligner 27. A slot extending in the direction in which a spring load is generated is formed in the movable plate, and a h... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6502812 | Method and apparatus for separating a collation from a supply stack The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for separating an entire collation of individual sheets from a supply stack for downstream processing. The apparatus generally includes a supply stack tray for containing the supply stack while ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6409165 | Sheet holder and sheet trailing edge restriction member therefor A sheet trailing edge restriction member (65) according to the present invention has a main body (68) disposed upright in a sheet holding portion. The main body (68) is provided with a hook (71) for fixing the main body upright to the sheet holding portio... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6322067 | Sheet loading apparatus for image forming device A sheet cassette for an image forming apparatus supports a pivotally mounted sheet loading plate while giving a degree of freedom to the cassette tray by allowing a free end of the sheet loading tray to vertically move. Sheet guides for regulating the lat... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5992843 | Apparatus for preventing a sheet of dog-eared feed paper for a printing equipment An apparatus in an automatic sheet feeder for a printer, a copy machine, or the like that prevents a corner of a sheet of feed paper from being turned down or "dog-eared" when that sheet of feed paper is being advanced from a stack of the feed paper. The ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5944307 | Finger device for feed cassette using common printing papers A finger device freely loads the printing papers in a feed cassette. The finger apparatus includes a conductor protrusion coupled to a paper sensor at one side of a body where the cassette is attached and detached. The finger is supported by a pin and spr... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5934667 | Paper feeding mechanism to feed individual sheets from a tray or cassette A paper feeding mechanism and method which reliably feeds individual sheets stacked on a base plate. When a full stack of sheets resides on the base plate, as the sheets are removed one-by-one from the top of the stack, the base plate pivots about an end ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5704758 | Article placing assembly and process An article placing assembly having a pushing mechanism constructed and arranged to engage and move articles from an article stack. The assembly has opposing pivoting gate members which cooperate to hold and release successive articles. Movable clamps furt... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5547336 | Magazine release assembly An article release assembly mounted on the from or exit end of an article supply magazine. The article release assembly is for use in feeding successive thick or heavy rigid articles from an article supply magazine. The article release assembly cooperates... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5485991 | Automatic sheet feeding apparatus The present invention provides an automatic sheet feeding apparatus comprising sheet supporting means for supporting a plurality of sheets, sheet supply means for feeding out the sheets supported by the sheet supporting means, separation means for separat... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5451041 | Sheet feeder of a printing press Sheet feeder of a printing press having suckers for seizing an uppermost sheet of a sheet pile at a leading end of the uppermost sheet, at least one sheet-pile stop having an upper edge over which the uppermost sheet is liftable, and a pair of transport r... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5443251 | Sheet feeding apparatus The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a supply means contacting one of the sheet in a sheet stack, for applying a feeding force to the sheet; a first limiting means abutting against a front end of the sheet stack in a sheet f... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5320338 | Cassette A cassette is attachable to an image forming apparatus including a feed roller. The cassette is provided with a push-up member for pushing up leading edges of sheets placed in the cassette so as to bring the uppermost one of the contained sheets into cont... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5240240 | Remote pin control for signature inserter apparatus In order to facilitate adjustment of the height of impaling pins, a signature supply station includes a pair of generally parallel side frame members each of which supports a rotatable impaling pin adjustment assembly. The adjustment assembly includes sup... | 08/31/1993 |
| 4776743 | Lead-frame separating apparatus A lead-frame separating apparatus includes an inclined stationary stocker placed with a plurality of rectangular sheet-type lead-frames in alignment, and a chuck unit capable of taking two positions consisting of a stand-by position above conveying rails ... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4710088 | Magazine for stacking sheet-metal members One column (16) of each of two pairs of columns (14,16) on which mutually remote edges of the sheet-metal members 12 are guided, has a resiliently flexible strip to exert a resilient pressure on the associated edges of the sheet-metal members (12) stacked... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4690395 | Label magazine A label magazine comprising a tray for supporting a stack of labels and having a device at one end for yieldingly urging the labels toward the other end of the tray and a plurality of circumferentially spaced spring fingers positioned at the other end of ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4678175 | Sheet money feeding machine with improved separation means A money feeding machine having a friction feed mounted to feed from the top of a stack of money is disclosed. The stack of money is contained within a cassette having a moveable bottom. The bottom of the cassette is raised by a motor as money is fed from ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4635917 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets, particularly fabrics from a stack A method and apparatus for feeding sheets, particularly fabrics, from a stack comprises an arrangement for: engaging the opposite edges of the upper sheet of the stack by a pair of restrainer members, bringing a pick-up head into engagement with the upper... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4623138 | Paper feeding device for copying machine A paper feeding device for a copier or the like enables reliable feeding of thicker paper products by providing at least one pivotable holding arm carrying a paper pressing member and a contacted adjacent elastic member. The feeding of the topmost paper e... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4573676 | Sheet material transfer apparatus An apparatus for transferring sheet materials comprises a plurality of externally threaded rods having threads spaced at equal pitches and grooves therebetween. The threaded rods extend parallel to each other and are mounted in a one-sided box-shaped hous... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4560155 | Sheet feeding apparatus with sheet separator This invention relates to sheet feeding apparatus including a cassette for holding a stack of sheets. It is known to provide in the cassette a lip or spring extending into the space in front of the stack, so that when a suction feeder acts on the front sh... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4544150 | Document feeder An improvement in a document feeding device having a hopper oriented at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane and able to support a pack of documents to be fed seriatim therefrom. The improvement comprises at least one pad having a high coeffi... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4368882 | Device for separating an end blank from a stack of blanks A device for separating an end blank from a stack of blanks comprises a stacking rack and an arrangement including at least one drivable feeder tooth, at least two supports lying against the outer side of an end blank and at least one abutment. In said ar... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4358102 | Copy paper feeding cassette A copy sheet retaining cassette having a cutout or gate substantially centrally defined in each side wall of the cassette is further provided with a reinforcing plate pivotally mounted at a forward portion of each side wall. As the cassette is inserted in... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4060234 | Cartridge tray for use in a copying machine A cartridge tray for use with a copying machine and having pressor pads adapted to be automatically reset to their operative or bias generating position upon positioning the tray in the copy machine.... | 11/29/1977 |
