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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177225 | Automatic document feeder with reversing path An automatic document feeder of the present invention is provided with a turning/discharging path in a reversing path in order to read images on both sides of documents in lengths less than the main size and discharge in a discharging tray. Further, an aligning wall... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167302 | Paper inverting device A sheet of paper is reliably held by suction at the front and rear of a turn guide on the transport path of the sheet according to paper transport conditions. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152161 | Image printing devices that perform duplex printing A printing device includes a first transporting mechanism driven by a first motor, a printing unit, a second transporting mechanism configured to transport the printing medium transported by first transporting mechanism and is performed image printing on a first sur... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8087665 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus with movable unit at a branch position A sheet conveying apparatus includes a first conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a reversal conveyance driving unit which drives to reversely convey the sheet conveyed through the first conveying path; a second conveying path which branches off with th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8038144 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, a sheet reversing mechanism is configured to take over and transfer, at a transfer speed Vr, a print sheet with an image already formed on one side being transferred at the transfer speed Vr from a first transfer mechanism, to stop the... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7946577 | Switchback mechanism, switchback apparatus, and switchback method A switchback mechanism for reversing a mail item conveying direction has a switchback roller which holds the mail item in a nip and rotates in both forward and backward directions. When there is a remaining mail item deviated from the nip of the switchback roller an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946578 | Automatic original conveying device and image forming apparatus In an automatic original conveying device, a motor rotates in a single direction and a driving force transmission mechanism transmits the driving force of the motor from a sheet feeding roller to a switchback roller. The sheet feeding roller conveys an original that... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942405 | Mail processing machine for conveying filled envelopes In a mail processing machine, a fixed mounting of an envelope turning station relative to an upstream stuffing station, and therefore a simple construction of the drive for the envelope turning station, can be achieved in that the items of goods for despatch to be t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931271 | Document feeding device with oppositely arranged document placing and ejection trays A document feeding device includes: a document placing tray; a document ejection tray disposed above the document placing tray; a feeding path; a separating mechanism; and ejection rollers. A nip position of the ejection rollers is arranged in a side opposite to a s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7918449 | Double-sided image forming device A double-sided image forming device includes: a paper feeding section (3); a printing section (4); a first conveyance route (6) for conveying a fed paper sheet (2) to a paper discharge section (8) via the printing section (4... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7887050 | Right angle turn (RAT) module for conveying mailpiece collations A Right Angle Turn (RAT) module for processing multi-sheet collations includes opposed belt segments defining a conveyance channel for capturing multi-sheet collations therebetween and for conveying multi-sheet collations from an input and to an output end of the co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7866661 | Sheet/page buffer for sheet handling apparatus A page buffer for receiving and holding, in queue, pages prepared by a printer and subsequently processed by mailpiece inserter. The page buffer includes pairs of vertically-aligned rollers defining a plurality of page stations therebetween. Each pair of rollers is ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7832724 | Sheet ejection mechanism and duplex sheet feeding system having the sgeeet ejection mechanism A sheet ejection mechanism including a sheet ejection roller capable of rotating along a selective direction and having an arc portion and a plane portion, the arc portion and the plane portion forming a D-shape cross-section, and a pinch member configured at a posi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823878 | Paper conveying apparatus and method for flipping paper A paper conveying apparatus and method for flipping paper includes a paper feeding roller that can rotate in a positive direction or in a reverse direction, a motion transfer member that has one end coupled with the paper feeding roller, and a paper depressing eleme... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7802786 | Duplex automatic document feeder and duplex document scanning method using the same A duplex automatic document feeder includes first, second, third, and fourth paths, an ejecting path, a scanning module, first and second reversing roller units, a feeding tray, and an ejecting tray. A document is moved from the feeding tray to the scanning module f... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7784783 | Duplex system for an inkjet printer A duplex system for an inkjet printer having a printhead for printing a media sheet is disclosed. The duplex system includes a front duplex module and a back duplex module detachably coupled to the front duplex module. The front duplex module includes a first roller... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7731184 | Duplexer Various embodiments of a duplexer are disclosed in which a guide directs a sheet to a first transport which continues to move the sheet in a first direction or moves the sheet in an opposite direction to subsequently overturn the sheet. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708270 | System and method for handling print media In one embodiment, a media handling system is provided to transfer media through an image forming device having a primary media path and a duplex media path. The media handling system includes a media feeder configured to input media into the duplex media path of th... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703764 | Inverting document feeding device with flap portion A document feeding device includes a document placing tray, a document ejection tray disposed above the document placing tray, a feeding path, a first reversal path, a second reversal path, and a reversing mechanism. The document ejection tray has a flap portion cap... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699308 | Apparatus for diverting sheet material An apparatus for diverting sheet material, in particular bank notes (BN), includes a diverting plate (4) with a first diverting edge (7) disposed on a slant and preferably a second diverting edge (8) disposed on a slant. The sheet material is gu... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7665728 | Inverting document feeding device with flap portion A document feeding device includes a document placing tray, a document ejection tray disposed above the document placing tray, a feeding path, a first reversal path, a second reversal path, and a reversing mechanism. The document ejection tray has a flap portion cap... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7644917 | Apparatus for handling sheet products with grip assembly on rails An apparatus for handling sheet-like products having: a truck glidable on rails, a supporting structure for an assembly for gripping a sheet, the supporting structure performing a translational motion on the truck through a lateral translational motion with respect ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7637497 | Inverting document feeding device with tray pressing member A document feeding device comprises an input tray, an output tray, a feeding mechanism for a feeding path, a turnover mechanism for a turnover path, ejection rollers, and an ejection mechanism. The ejection mechanism switches between a first ejection mode (for succe... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7607658 | Sheet conveyance apparatus having mechanism for flexibly controlling interval between sheets and image forming apparatus A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path, a first conveyance mechanism located upstream in the sheet conveyance path, and a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first conveyance mechanism. The apparatus further includes a second conveya... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7588248 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying device includes a sheet reversing unit configured to reverse a sheet. The sheet reversing unit includes a pair of rollers configured to be rotatable while being in pressure contact with each other, a connecting mechanism configured to support the p... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7566053 | Media transport system A printing system is provided comprising a marking engine and an inverter. The inverter includes an entrance path having a first reversing inverter drive nip system and a second reversing drive nip system. The printing system further includes a marking path and a du... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7533881 | Sheet feeding device and image forming device with linked rotatable guide members A sheet feeding device including: a sheet feeding roller for sending sheets out one-by-one; a sheet stacking section in which a plurality of sheets can be stacked, and which pushes a sheet against the sheet feeding roller; an upper guide member able to move between ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533882 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder includes a sheet input structure, a transfer path, a first guiding path, a second guiding path, a first guiding unit including first and second guiding strips, a second guiding unit, first and second temporary receiving paths and five ro... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7520503 | Sheet material inverter An apparatus for inverting the spatial orientation of sheet material from a desired input to a desired output orientation. The apparatus includes a cage assembly, a torque drive mechanism operative to rotate the cage assembly about a rotational axis and a sheet conv... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7510183 | Note facing apparatus for high speed processing The present invention provides an apparatus for facing documents during high speed processing. The present invention employs at least one sensor to scan the documents individually as they are fed sequentially through a processing machine. The sensor determines the d... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503559 | Sheet feeding device and image forming device with linked rotatable guide members and guide plate A sheet supplying device, which supplies a sheet to an image forming section, has a sheet feeding roller, a sheet stacking section, and a guiding member. The sheet feeding roller sends sheets out one-by-one. The sheet stacking section can be stacked with plural shee... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7481427 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder of the present invention is provided with a turning/discharging path in a reversing path in order to read images on both sides of documents in lengths less than the main size and discharge in a discharging tray. Further, an aligning wall... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7431288 | Print media flipping mechanism and method Apparatus for delivering a sheet to a surface, comprising a rotating gripper that receives and grips the sheet at or near a leading edge thereof at a first position and delivers the leading edge to a second position, the first and second positions being situated alo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431282 | Document inverting-and-transporting apparatus A document inverting-and-transporting apparatus includes a transport path, an inversion-and-transport path, a document transporting unit, a closed portion, a document length detecting unit, a comparing unit, a controlling unit. The transport path includes a first ro... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422207 | Apparatus for transporting sheets along a transport track with a bend passing around a transport roller An apparatus for transporting sheets from paper or other material that is form-retaining in its plane, having a transport track with a transport roller with a circumference, of which a circumferential section extending through an angular range of the circumference f... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416179 | Card-flipping device for use in card printers A card-flipping device for a card printing apparatus is provided. The card-flipping device comprises a card-carrier unit for transporting the card in a vertical direction, a motor drive means for moving the unit in the vertical direction, and an actuator assembly in... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416185 | Inverter with return/bypass paper path A printing system and method is provided incorporating inverter assemblies for not only selectively inverting media during transport through the system but also to register the media and provide a velocity buffer transport. The selective inverter assemblies include ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414764 | Duplex/simplex automatic sheet feeder A duplex/simplex automatic sheet feeder includes a sheet input tray, a sheet output tray, a first sheet-feeding path, a temporary storage region, a first sheet-feeding mechanism, a second sheet-feeding path and a second sheet-feeding mechanism. The temporary storage... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410314 | Apparatus for receiving inverting and returning sheets from and to a printer for large-sized paper An apparatus for receiving, inverting and returning sheets from and to a printer for large-sized paper, said printer being adapted to be automatically fed a web of paper from a supply of paper through an inlet (6), defined by a portion of a paper-supporting p... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410163 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a first path through which a sheet passes; a switchback member that switches back the sheet passing through the first path and conveys the sheet; a second path through which the sheet switched back and conveyed by the switchback... | 08/12/2008 |
