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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7183730 | Method and apparatus for receiving and manipulating sheet material Disclosed are systems and methods for receiving and manipulating the travel of a sheet material, such as paper, from a device such as an imaging device. One embodiment of a system can be implemented as a system for handling a sheet material including a flipper devic... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7100913 | Value sheet handling apparatus A value sheet handling apparatus comprises an actuating mechanism for exerting pressure onto a value sheet so as to move the value sheet, and further comprises detecting means to detect movement of the value sheet with respect to the actuating mechanism, wherein if ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6929257 | Slip sheet capture mechanism and method of operation A substrate manager for a substrate exposure machine is used, in one example, as a platesetter. As such, it comprises a substrate storage system, containing one or more stacks of substrates, such as plates in one implementation. A substrate picker is provided for pi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6902161 | Sheet feeder avoiding sheet sag An entrance guide for externally fed sheet (4) to printer (1) is configured to bow the sheets. In one embodiment guides (5a, 5aa) within slot 7 have upper and lower configurations which force sheet into a bow. In one ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899665 | Media folding A folding mechanism couples to a printing mechanism and receives media for folding therein. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6880821 | Paper feeding cassette for image forming apparatus A paper feeding cassette for an image forming apparatus includes an inclined supporter including an inclined plate fixedly disposed in a cassette body and a support plate for reciprocating, a separation guide including a fixing guide fixedly supported on the incline... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6805342 | Printer-control method and printer-control apparatus In accordance with printer-control method and printer-control apparatus according to the present invention, in speed control for a paper-supply motor from the time when a paper-supply roller starts a paper-supply operation to the time when an upper end of a printing... | 10/19/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6663551 | Buckle chute folding machine with a deflector control mechanism A buckle chute having a deflector disposed in front thereof to allow a sheet of document to enter the buckle chute channel or to deflect the sheet away from the channel. The deflector is pivotally linked to two actuator arms on the left and right sides of... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6550388 | Apparatus and method for removing a thin deformable sheet An apparatus for removing slip sheets from printing plates has two concentric cylinders that are mutually rotatable about a common axis. Suction exerted via two elongated slots separates a deformable sheet from a relatively rigid object to which it is adh... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550760 | Spring nail for a sheet feeding device Spring nail (32, 34, 72, 96) for a sheet feeding device (10). The spring nail (32, 34, 72, 96) has a mounting end (36, 74) for attaching to the sheet feeding device (10) and a free end (38, 78) opposite the mounting end (36, 74), the free end (38, 78) bei... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6536757 | Sheet separator in a printer A device for preventing a slip-down of sheets of paper contained in an automatic sheet feeding section obliquely mounted in an ink jet printer is provided. The device includes a buckler body having a plate in contact with a bottom of sheets loaded in the ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6164637 | Foil remover with improved gripper A foil remover for removing one or more sheets of foil from an underlying hard surface. The foil remover includes a movable carrier and at least one gripper attached to the carrier. The gripper includes many pinching fingers, each of the fingers oriented ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6120016 | Apparatus for feeding sheet material A suction device for feeding sheets of material comprises a housing (38) connectable by a pipe (40) to a vacuum device and having apertures (54a, 54b, 54c, 54d, 58) through which a suction effect can be created. An eccentric roller (46) imparts a corrugat... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6068157 | Stacked-paper dispenser A stacked-paper dispenser in which a stack of paper is accommodated for dispensing a piece of paper is provided with: an accommodating member for accommodating the stack of paper therein; a stacked-paper placing base on which the stack of paper is placed,... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5653431 | Fabric piece handling system A fabric piece handling apparatus for picking up and placing fabric pieces. The fabric piece handling apparatus includes a pickup assembly having a pair of opposed jaws, a "trapeze" unfolder assembly adjacent to the pickup assembly, and a vacuum assisted ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5431382 | Fabric panel feed system A fabric panel loader for automatically feeding a fabric panel from a stack of fabric pieces to a work station. The apparatus includes a fabric pickup assembly for removing the fabric panel from the stack of fabric pieces and transferring the panel to a s... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5248177 | Fabric pickup device A pickup device for use with a fabric piece handling system for picking up and placing fabric pieces. The device includes a frame and a pair of opposed jaws moveably attached at one end to the frame. The head portion of each opposed jaw includes a fabric ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5078525 | Paper entrance structure for printer An entrance structure for introducing a continuous form paper from a paper feeder into a printer, and comprises an entrance forming member disposed above a front end of the paper feeder and having a sloped guide surface defining an entrance opening for th... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5018715 | Fabric pickup device A fabric pickup device useful for a fabric handling system. The fabric pickup device includes a fluid operated cylinder and piston having four individual fabric clutches attached to the cylinder and aligned with and substantially equality spaced apart fro... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4917368 | Sheet feeding method and apparatus A sheet feeding method and apparatus particularly suited to handling plastic sheets having a tendency to adhere to each other under electrostatic action, in which the uppermost sheet of a stack is fed by first lifting the rear edge of the sheet into a gen... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4875156 | Computer having a protection device to selectively block incorrect control signals In a computer having a program including a first type of instruction and a second type of instruction, a program memory has a first area for storing the first type of instruction and a second area for storing the second type of instruction. An address cod... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4858906 | Method and apparatus for manipulating and transporting limp material An automated system for selectively providing a limp material segment, e.g., fabric, to a joining apparatus includes at least one picker actuation mechanism ("PAM") for manipulating and transporting the segment. The PAM has an end effector for picking up ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4848762 | Sheet feeder with articulated feed pads A sheet feed mechanism for feeding single sheets from a stack of sheets in a feed tray is adapted to feed such sheets, even though the sheets may be bowed, curved, or wavy in a direction transverse to the process or feed direction. The mechanism includes ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4831397 | Photographic apparatus for transmission electron microscopes A photographic apparatus for providing an instant film system for transmission electron microscopes includes a film carrier and film unit handling apparatus compatable with existing TEM equipment. Film carrier plates, each standardized to accept an instan... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4822020 | Advanced apparatus for gripping flexible, and in particular textile, layers The present invention relates to an apparatus for gripping layers of flexible material, comprising a head (14) provided with a contact surface, a clearance (16) in the said surface, a needle (103) mobile with respect to the head, a thin groove (15) in the... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4802662 | Process and device for removing the top ply from a stack of plies such as layers of fabric Processes for removing the top ply from a stack of plies, such as layers of fabric, in which an element engages the stack and moves relative to the ply to be removed along the face of said ply while pressure is inserted by the element on the stack in such... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4702467 | Multi-purpose feeder for successively delivering single sheet or multi-leaved articles from a stack thereof The feeder has a device which reciprocates across the bottom of a stack of articles so as to separate and feed the lowermost article of the stack during each feeding stroke of the device. The device has a pair of elongated members which extend in the dire... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4650175 | Microfiche feeding mechanism A sheet feeding mechanism for feeding individual sheets of material, such as for example microfiche folders, is disclosed which includes a tray mounted in a frame and having a pivoted bottom wall. A pair of sheet retaining claws are pivotally mounted on t... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4635918 | Process and apparatus for gripping flexible, and in particular textile layers, and a machine for gripping and transferring said layers A process for gripping flexible layers arranged in a stack of layers in order to separate one or more upper layers from the other layers of the stack makes use of a needle (23) moving with respect to a contact surface (14a) with a clearance (16). The moti... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4605216 | Material pick-up mechanism An improved material pick-up device to allow sheets of material of varying texture and resiliency to be picked up and moved without piercing and without damage thereto. A pair of support members having saw-tooth shaped projections thereon are guided and s... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4601463 | Cloth gripping device A cloth gripping device including a pressing member having a portion for pressing a cloth to grip the same and a claw member for cooperating with the pressing member to grip the cloth therebetween. A pressing face is formed on the bottom of the pressing m... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4586632 | Paper dispenser A paper strip dispenser unit is disposed below a food slice receiving surface of food slicing machine. The dispenser is in the form of an elongate container having an upturned open side of which the stack of paper is fanned out to enable individual strips... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4583727 | Device for picking up, transferring and turning a textile web A device including unpiling apparatus of the gripper type, each gripper including a pick-up beak, the fixed plate of the gripper being rigid with a carriage movable on a horizontal guide, this carriage being coupled to the piston rod of a fixed fluid-oper... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4550902 | Stock feeding machine A feeding mechanism in which a reciprocating swab-like apparatus is provided wherein the pitmans are adjustable for beginning and ending their stroke by having the cranks driven by separable gears which may be meshed in different positions and wherein the... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4346877 | Device for handling sheet-like pieces The present invention relates to a device for handling sheet-like pieces, whereby a swell is made on a zone of a piece in sheet form by pressing the latter between the support and a pressing member, the piece is gripped at the level of this zone, between ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4281829 | Method and apparatus for ejecting single sheets from a stack of sheets in a tray A method and apparatus for discharging sheets one by one from a stack wherein a reciprocating ejector foot engages the top sheet of the stack and urges it against barriers positioned to intercept the corners of the sheet; the barriers are disposed oblique... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4265441 | Sheet dispensing device for use with copying machines, and a container for the stack of sheets A sheet dispensing device having a pair of lateral guides defining a space within a housing for insertion of a container containing a stack of sheets. The dispensing device comprises a conveyor, which is reciprocated within the housing to carry the upperm... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4221374 | Device for moving sheet data carriers from and to stacks of sheets A device for feeding sheets one at a time from a sheet storage to a printer mechanism and for receiving the sheets one at a time from the printer mechanism and storing them in a printed sheet storage area, the feeding and receiving sections being indepden... | 09/09/1980 |
