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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322575 | Device and method for aligning a stack of sheets arranged one above the other The invention relates to a device and a method for aligning at least the front edge of several sheets arranged in a stack, one above the other, whilst maintaining the order of the sheets. Said device comprises a stacking table, one side of which is provided with a f... | 01/29/2008 |
| 6905449 | Bundled sheets processing apparatus and bundled sheets processing method A bundled sheet processing apparatus has a chute unit tilting between the first and second positions. A downstream side in the chute unit conveying direction, there is provided a stopper that has the contact surface narrower than the thickness of a bundle and stops ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6171225 | Finisher A finisher including a tray to enable the stacking of sheets; a leading end stopper, which projects from an upper surface of the tray, to contact and align an end face of a sheaf of sheets stacked in the tray; and a sheaf-conveying device, having a pair o... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5249794 | Feed device for a sorting machine for sorting flat objects such as postal items The present invention relates to a feed device for feeding a sorting machine for sorting flat objects and comprising at least one input feeder for the objects and pockets to which the objects are fed vertically for transport, the feed device allowing the ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5179795 | Device for straightening one edge of rectangular sheet A device for straightening one edge DA of the four side edges AB, BC, CD and DA of a flexible sheet such as a crumpled bed sheet disclosed. One corner A of the sheet and a portion of the edge AB are held by a pair of laterally spaced apart, left and right... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5174559 | Sheet material handling apparatus and method using a skewed sheet stack and an alignment mechanism An apparatus for handling sheet material articles includes a hopper which supports a stack of sheet material articles with front edge portions of the articles skewed at an acute angle to the axis of rotation of a feed drum. A separator is sequentially eng... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4708456 | Method and apparatus for feeding and conveying copying papers in a copying machine A copying paper is deflected at least twice in the conveying process thereof from a paper feeding means to a photoreceptor which is disposed in the lower reaches of the conveying direction, whereby the positional state of the top edge of the copying paper... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4638989 | Device to prevent transport of poorly aligned copy paper Disclosed herein is a useful device for preventing incorrect transport of copy papers including a paper-detect member which is located in the copy-paper transport path activated by copy paper and a control member, located in advance of the copy-paper tran... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4635925 | Feeding device for sheet processing machines A feeding device for a sheet processing machine for stream feeding to the sheet processing machine, in mutually overlapping relationship, equally thick sheets taken singly from a pile of the sheets, in combination with an alignment device for laterally al... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4548394 | Copying paper conveying device in electrostatic copying apparatus A copying paper conveying device for conveying a sheet of copying paper having an upper and a lower introducing passage and a main conveying passage extending from a point of meeting of the upper and lower introducing passages. A pair of conveyor rollers ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4541623 | Alignment restraint station An improved alignment/restraint station for interposition in an automatic document feed path is disclosed. A unitary structure including back-up rollers and sawtooth restraint members is positioned downstream of the document separation station and transve... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4456243 | Original feeder for copying machines An original document feeder for copying machines, for automatically positioning originals of any substance on the exposure surface, so avoiding opening and closing the original pressing cover at each change of original, and with a considerable reduction i... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4360196 | Sheet-feeding arrangement A sheet-feeding arrangement for transferring sheets from supply stack to a printing machine includes a sheet-feeding table having a rear end and a front end. A pair of belt conveyors are provided in the arrangement for advancing a group of overlapped shee... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4330117 | Method and device for aligning sheets to be printed in a press The method comprises the steps of feeding from a stack of sheets to be printed the first sheet on a feedboard, aligning the leading edge of the sheet with a preliminary stop line whereby the sheet is brought to a rest position, sucking from below the prel... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4312277 | Remote depository with sealed deposit container construction A remote depository for receiving bank transaction deposits in envelopes at an unmanned location under conditions of security. The depository has a belt conveyor having entry and exit ends, one of which is closed at all times. The conveyor discharges into... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4257586 | Method and device for aligning sheets to be printed in a press The method comprises the steps of feeding from a stack of sheets to be printed the first sheet on a feedboard, aligning the leading edge of the sheet with a preliminary stop line whereby the sheet is brought to a rest position, sucking from below the prel... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4046613 | Matrix label applicator A movable conveyor belt having first and second belt surfaces and an opening extending between the belt surfaces, a mechanism for depositing a label on the first belt surface at a first station, and a pressure source for blowing air under pressure through... | 09/06/1977 |
