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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942403 | Sheet lifting with corner projections Various methods and apparatuses are disclosed for handling a sheet, wherein at least one projection extends across a stack of sheets such that corners of the sheet are bent when being lifted from the stack. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7364154 | Sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device is operable to feed a sheet medium to an image forming apparatus. A cassette chamber has an inner face. A cassette member is adapted to accommodate the sheet medium therein, and to be withdrawably inserted into the cassette chamber in a first ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364153 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a cassette configured to accommodate recording media, and a recording media feeding member configured to feed out the recording media accommodated in the cassette. The cassette includes a tray main body part including a stacking plate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347415 | Paper feeding apparatus of image forming apparatus A paper feeding apparatus of an image forming apparatus has a paper setting unit that includes a knock-up plate raising/lowering portion raising and lowering a knock-up plate with respect to a pickup roller, a paper guide slidably formed on the knock-up plate to gui... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7151620 | Utility document lid for imaging devices A lid for an imaging device is disclosed. The lid comprises a cover having a first side and a second side. The first side of the cover is adapted to retain an object to be imaged proximate to an imaging plate of the imaging device. At least one storage compartment i... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7111842 | Printing apparatus and sheet cartridge In a sheet feeding mechanism wherein a spring can be used to properly regulate a sheet feeding position, sheets are not deformed in spite of the urging force of the spring, and a required conveying force is prevented from being increased after sheet feeding. Specifi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7014186 | Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus having the same An inclined separating surface includes an upwardly curved surface that is gradually lowered near the ends, from a middle portion in a sheet width direction as a top. The inclined separating surface holds leading edges of sheets stacked on a sheet holder. At the mid... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6953190 | Paper cartridge for printing apparatus A paper cartridge for a printing apparatus includes a cartridge body; a pressure plate moving upward and downward in the cartridge body; a pick-up roller to pick up the paper stacked on the pressure plate; a spring to elastically bias the pressure plate toward the p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938893 | Paper cassette for image forming apparatus A paper cassette for an image forming apparatus includes a cassette body, a pair of aligning plates, paper separating fingers, and a biasing member. The cassette body has a knock-up plate on which paper is stackable. The pair of aligning plates are disposed on the p... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926268 | Paper cassette A paper cassette removably connectible to a body of an image forming apparatus. The paper cassette prevents a paper from being bent or crumpled. The paper cassette has a case wherein a paper is loaded, a finger rotatably installed at a side of the case to press a fr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6854725 | Separating arm holding mechanism After a separating arm is rotated forward so that a plate axis of an attachment plate is inserted into a hole and an insertion slit of the separating arm, in a state that the insertion slit faces an arresting slit, the separating arm is rotated reverse while a porti... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6682064 | Method and apparatus for dismantling a stack of flat objects piece by piece A method for dismantling a stack (1) of flat objects (2, 3) piece by piece, in which the top object (2) of the stack (1) is moved in its plane, gripped at its freed edge and removed from the stack (1). The top object (2) is moved against a stop (5), at le... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6669188 | Multi-positional, rotatable/large substrate backstop guide A substrate tray includes a tall backstop guide that is attached to the bottom of the feed tray and which rotates about a vertical axis into three positions 45° apart, presenting four different surfaces to a stack of substrates in the tray. Each surface ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6651976 | Sheet feeding and image forming apparatus and method A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet containing tray withdrawable from a housed position to a front side of an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus. A sheet feeding device is provided so as to feed sheets in the sheet containing tray in a d... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6634638 | Paper feed tray All the constituent members of a tray 1, for example, a side guide 30, a paper separating claw 50, a tray body 10, a drawing handle member 70, a member for regulating an end guide 40, and a holding member for holding a retard roll 60 each have a snap-fit ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6305682 | Sheet supplying apparatus A sheet supplying apparatus has a sheet support for supporting sheets, and a sheet supply roller for feeding out the sheets supported by the sheet support. An abutment member is pivotally supported to be rocked between a regulating position to regulate a ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305683 | Front loading type of automatic paper feeding apparatus for preventing paper from being skewed An improved front type of automatic paper feeding apparatus having a paper aligning device for preventing a skewing of a paper to be fed. In the front loading type of automatic paper feeding apparatus including a paper storing and separating section for s... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6105956 | Sheet feeding with lateral adjustable finger A one-sheet feeding device for an ink-jet printer includes a feeding roller for supplying paper sheets, and a finger having an overlap piece put on the edge of paper for paper separation. The overlap amount of the finger with the paper sheet put under the... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6095515 | Sheet supplying apparatus with separating means and guide The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus comprising a sheet stacking means for stacking a plurality of sheets, a sheet supply means for feeding out the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking means, a separation means for separating the she... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6022016 | Paper cassette for an electrophotographic apparatus A paper cassette having an improved finger may be provided. The finger may be constructed using a flange for pressing down on sheets of paper that are loaded on the upper part of a tray. The flange has a pair of shaft connectors each bearing a bore that c... | 02/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5984295 | Paper tray with single sheet feeder A single sheet feed system for feeding sheets, such as sheets of paper into a printer or other device which use individual sheets, such as a telefax machine or copier, is mounted on a tray that has a spring loaded bottom wall to urge a stack of sheets upw... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5961113 | Sheet feeding apparatus and method for reliably feeding sheets from a column of sheets Sheet feeding apparatus and method for reliably feeding sheets from a column of sheets. The sheet feeding apparatus includes separation tangs each having a step-wise topography of reduced contact area for the sheets in order to reduce frictional drag on t... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957447 | Corner separator paper feed method and cassette which prevents paper jams during manual feeding A system and method for feeding paper into an image forming device which allows sheets of paper to be manually fed without becoming jammed. The paper feeding cassette uses one or more corner separators which hold down the corner(s) of the paper in the cas... | 09/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5918873 | Sheet supplying apparatus which regulates tip end of sheet by first and second abutment means The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus which has a sheet supporting unit for supporting a sheet, a first abutment member for regulating a tip end of the sheet supported by the sheet supporting unit, a displaceable second abutment membe... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5848787 | Sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a sheet sustaining portion for sustaining a stack of sheets loaded on a bottom plate. Even when a great number of sheets are stacked on the bottom plate, the sustainin... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5775687 | Tray for loading sheets, including a receptacle and a lid having prevention means preventing the passage of sheets between the lid and the receptacle A tray for a sheet processing apparatus has a receptacle (11), a lifting plate (12) movable between the low and high positions, arranged at the bottom of the receptacle and cooperating with an elastic thrust return member towards the high position, a lid ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5752696 | Tray for loading sheets in a sheet-processing apparatus having an elastic force maintaining a lid in an open position A tray for a sheet processing apparatus having a receptacle, a lifting plate movable between a low position and a high position, an elastic member for elastically moving the lifting plate to the high position from the low position, a lid mounted on the re... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5695184 | Document production machine having a high capacity, high reliability cassette tray sheet feeding assembly A high capacity, high reliability cassette tray sheet feeding assembly for supporting a high capacity stack of sheets, and for feeding such sheets with a high degree of reliability, one at a time, in a sheet using machine. The high capacity, high reliabil... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5695182 | Corner separator paper feed method and cassette which prevents paper jams during manual feeding A system and method for feeding paper into an image forming device which allows sheets of paper to be manually fed without becoming jammed. The paper feeding cassette uses one or more corner separators which hold down the corner(s) of the paper in the cas... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5669601 | Sheet feeding device with floating guide A sheet feeding device is particularly useful in feeding sheets from a stack in apparatus in which a trailing portion of the sheet is returned toward the stack as the sheet moves through a reciprocating path. Corner nails used to help prevent double feeds... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5626334 | Device and method for feeding cut sheets of paper in a one-by-one picking up manner without jamming To feed a plurality of cut sheets of paper to a recorder, in a one-by-one picking up manner, a stack plate supports the cut sheets placed on a paper stacking side thereof, a spring member is provided on an opposite side to the paper stacking side of the s... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5615873 | Paper feeder in a printer A printer including an automatic paper feeder having a stacker section capable of setting a plurality of sheets of paper therein, wherein a bottom of said stacker section is formed by a bottom itself of a printer case. In addition, the printer may include... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5531531 | Paper feed device for a recording apparatus A paper feed device for a recording apparatus includes means for containing a plurality of sheets therein, supply means for feeding the sheets from the containing means, conveyor means for feeding the sheets fed by the supply means in the paper feeding di... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5527026 | Auto compensating paper feeder A gear train (1) pivoted (11) around its drive gear (3) rotates a drive roller (13) with increasing pressure until the top sheet of paper (15) is moved. The corner buckler (19) is moved around a pivot (25) under the paper tray to drive the buckler into th... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5503385 | Paper feeding cassette The present invention has its object to achieve a reduction in the size and cost of a paper feeding cassette. A cassette body (2) which can contain a plurality of papers is provided with a pair of front-edge guide sections (3) and (3) for positioning the ... | 04/02/1996 |
