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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354035 | Sheet post-process apparatus In a sheet post-process apparatus of the present invention, a processing tray for loading sheets of paper fed via a standby tray for making ejected sheets of paper stand by or not via the standby tray and a standby tray roller for performing a first operation of mak... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344131 | Z-folder and standby tray for post processing device Above a processing tray, a standby tray for making sheets of paper P stand by is installed. The sheets of paper P on the standby tray are dropped, fed, and moved to the processing tray, thus the conveying path from the standby tray to the processing tray is shortene... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7306213 | Sheet post-process device with standby tray Above a processing tray, a standby tray for making sheets of paper P stand by is installed. The sheets of paper P on the standby tray are dropped, fed, and moved to the processing tray, thus the conveying path from the standby tray to the processing tray is shortene... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296788 | Waiting tray for sheet processing tray A sheet post-process apparatus includes a waiting tray and a processing tray. The waiting tray is provided in the middle of a conveying path so that a downward side end in a conveying direction of sheets is oriented upwardly. In the case where a postprocess is requi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284752 | Jam disposer for sheet post-processing device A sheet post-processing device of the present invention includes a jam-disposal mechanism for moving a moving section which is provided opposite to a staple tray to the outside of the device. That is, in the sheet post-processing device, since a portion of the movin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7243913 | Standby tray having curl correction A sheet post-process apparatus of the present invention, when sending sheets of paper collected on a standby tray to a processing tray, has a standby tray realizing an improved lining capacity of sheets of paper and a pair of tray members for loading ejected sheets ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7175174 | Waiting tray for sheet processing tray A waiting tray is provided at some midpoint of a conveying path, and a sheet is caused to be in a waiting state when a post-process is required. Before performing the post-process, a processing tray receives the sheet conveyed from the waiting tray and the sheet con... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172187 | Waiting tray for sheet processing tray A waiting tray is provided in a sheet-conveying path and holds sheets if the sheets need to be post-processed. A processing tray receives sheets conveyed from the waiting tray. It may receive sheets conveyed through the sheet-conveying path and coming not via the wa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172194 | Push feed arm for post processing device A processing tray comprises a transport belt which transports a sheet, and a push feed arm mounted to be projected onto a surface on a sheet transport side of the belt, the arm retaining a sheet distal end so that the sheet distal end can be pushed and fed, wherein ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6994337 | Book bindery and trimming apparatus Book bindery and trimming apparatus which is directly connectable to the output of a digital printer enable substantially automatic book production. Individual sheets are cut from a printed web, folded and driven into a sheet stacker. The stacker collects the sheets... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971646 | Module for temporarily storing flat printed products and printed product further processing device A module for temporarily storing a succession of flat printed products includes a first carrier element train on a first transport element assigned to a first side wall, and a second carrier element train on a second transport element assigned to a second side wall ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6805346 | Bottom stacking apparatus for stacking mailpieces An embodiment of the present invention comprises a apparatus for stacking mailpieces comprising elongated intermittently rotating S-elements, one of the rotating S-elements has an S-shaped cross section, the other of the rotating S-elements has a mirror image of the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6550763 | Finisher with sheet placement control Sheets (57) exit printer (1) into finisher (3) through corrugation rollers (13a-13d, 15a, 15b, 15aa, 15bb) encounter actuator tab (9a) to thereby rotate actuator (9) upward. Bails (11a-11b) are engaged by this and rotate upward. Each bail has a wing (11d,... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6042106 | Wet-print cut-sheet media handling system A sheet media handling system is provided for use in supporting a sheet ejected from a wet-ink hard copy apparatus output port while ink on a preceding sheet ink an output tray is allowed time to dry before depositing the succeeding on top thereof. The sy... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5769412 | Paper slip storage unit A first shaft 21 and a second shaft 31 parallel with each other are provided near an inlet 14 of a bill storage chamber 10. Taking-in runners 20 are disposed on the first shaft 21 and taking-in rollers 30 are disposed on the second shaft 31. The taking-in... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5603493 | System for use in handling media A sheet media handling system is provided for use in supporting a sheet which has been expelled from an ink-jet printer's output port while ink on a preceding sheet is allowed time to dry. The system employs a guide mechanism with an elongate channel whic... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5435541 | Frame arranged in a machine for temporarily supporting a plate-like workpiece in a horizontal plane A frame is designed for temporarily supporting a horizontal plate-like workpiece until it undergoes a vertical translation between guiding and squaring stops, which frame is located in a machine. The frame comprises lateral retractable supporting surfaces... | 07/25/1995 |
| 4997176 | Apparatus for stacking articles in a container A despository apparatus for stacking envelopes in a container (24) includes a transport (16) for conveying an envelope (122') from an entry slot (22) of the apparatus into a receiving zone of the container (24), the receiving zone being separated from a s... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4997337 | High-speed mail stacking and separating apparatus A high-speed mail stacking and separating apparatus (29) and method including a stack forming assembly (41) mounted for movement from a stack forming position to a stack releasing position. In the improved stacking apparatus, the stack forming assembly (4... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4973035 | Stacking and compacting device for photographic prints A device for stacking and compacting photographic prints, and inserting stacks of prints into envelopes, includes a selector for directing individual prints along separate paths, according to their characterisitcs, toward a multiple stacking chamber at th... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4938657 | Shingle stacking machine A shingle stacking machine including a shingle stacking station, a shingle bundling station, and a conveyor for removing bundled shingles from the machine. The shingle stacking station includes a pair of parallel and elongated wheel assemblies rotatably m... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4844439 | Receiving device in a sheet conveyor for occasional collection of sheets before continued conveyance A receiving device in a sheet conveyor for collecting occasionally one or more sheets (20) to be conveyed thereafter further by a conveyor (11, 12, 13) for continued sheet handling disposed beneath the device comprises a first and a second guide wall (7) ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4668149 | Article depositing apparatus Apparatus for automatically depositing parallelepipedic articles into an upwardly open collecting hopper, carton or the like, including a pair of article support members pivoted in spaced opposed facing relation, the support members respectively having sp... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4625870 | Bill handling apparatus A bill handling apparatus of the recycle type having a bill receiving system and a bill disbursing system. The bill receiving system includes a bill insertion opening, a bill discriminating unit, a unit for arranging bills so that the front and back sides... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4562650 | Board drying apparatus A board drying apparatus includes a pair of fork conveyors provided in a housing and disposed vertically with spacing therebetween. Each fork conveyor has a number of extension arms fixed at to said fork conveyor to extend substantially at right angles th... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4560157 | Transport device for individual sheets to be combined into a stack A device for transporting individual sheets to or from a magazine housing containing the sheets in a stack, particularly useful in x-ray installations, includes a threaded rotary screw member disposed within the magazine containing the stack of sheets for... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4483014 | Medical X-ray inspection apparatus A medical X-ray inspection apparatus is provided with an exposure machine in which sheet films are successively conveyed to an exposure stage and exposed to X-rays passed through an object to be photographed, a receive magazine provided with a containing ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4469321 | Device for the delayed piling of sheets A device for the delayed piling of sheets in a delivery mechanism of a sheet fed printing press to provide time for the insertion of a temporary receiving tray as a filled pile board is removed and replaced by an empty pile board. A buffer storage device ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4460169 | Device for packing sheet-like elements To ensure a uniform formation in packets with a predetermined number of elements, of sheet-like elements, for example, paper handkerchieves, two counter-rotating bodies are provided, presenting movable blades which, cooperate to receive each sheet-like el... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4384813 | Shingle stacker with shingle inverting feature The present invention concerns stacking of shingles, in particular shingles having one edge portion thicker than the other edge portion. Such shingles require that at least some of the shingles in a stack be oriented to place the thicker edge thereof oppo... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4207788 | Apparatus for severing and stacking photographic prints or the like Apparatus for subdividing a web of exposed and developed photographic paper into discrete prints has advancing rolls which move the web lengthwise in stepwise fashion to place successive frame lines into register with a severing device which is thereupon ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4183704 | Compensating stacker for printed signatures There is provided an improved compensating stacker for stitched, folded, stapled, or the like signatures which is characterized by a temporary platform including a pair of counter-rotatable shafts having tines extending therefrom and toward the opposite s... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4169586 | Automatic device for stacking circular workpieces Apparatus for stacking stackable workpieces in a plurality of side-by-side vertical columns. The apparatus includes a stacking head transversely movable on a frame, and a conveyor attached to the head for directing individual workpieces to the head. The h... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4132320 | Pan stacking system Articles which nest, such as baking pans, are assembled into a stack by a two-stage lift mechanism in which the assembly of a second stack is commenced while a previously assembled first stack is being discharged from the stack forming apparatus, so that ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4124128 | Shingle stacking Shingles or the like are usually rectangular in shape and of non-uniform thickness being of a greater thickness at one long edge and of lessor thickness at the other. Such shingles are arranged by automatic equipment for stacking in squared bundles by del... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4068754 | Apparatus for piling up plate-shaped articles An apparatus for the purpose of piling up a prescribed number of plate-shaped articles in trim order, said apparatus comprising chain conveyers which are installed below a receiving member for temporarily supporting the plate-shaped articles and accommoda... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4058226 | High speed automatic stacker for partitions and the like An automatic stacker is disclosed having finned rotors to be turned incrementally so respective fins are horizontal and are spaced to support thereon the edges of a flat partition. Such partitions are successively moved onto the horizontal fins and the ro... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4026421 | Meat slice stacking apparatus The meat slice stacking apparatus includes a carrier on which meat slices are piled in discrete stacks and means for dropping successive meat slices onto the stacks; said dropping means including a trap which is alternately movable between a closed positi... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4002560 | Automatic article sorting apparatus An automatic laundry sorting machine comprising separate sorting stations having individually driven conveyor units for feeding and sorting folded laundry articles according to size. Sorting and sensing means are associated with at least one of the convey... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3977669 | Stacking apparatus for use with paper security validation apparatus or the like An apparatus for stacking pieces of paper money or the like as they are discharged one by one from a validation or like apparatus. The stacking apparatus includes a pair of horizontally spaced guide strips forming thereunder a passageway slanting downward... | 08/31/1976 |
