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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357390 | Devices for aligning sheets and a method for aligning sheets transversal to the direction of travel of the sheets A device is provided for use in the alignment of sheets transverse to a direction of sheet travel. A sheet retaining device, which conveys the sheets, is displaceably mounted for holding the sheets against a side guide. At least two sheets are situated one above the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347419 | Sheet supplying device, image reading apparatus having the same and method of detecting overlapping sheets A sheet supplying device includes a stacker for placing sheets; a delivery device for separating and feeding the sheets on the stacker; a register device for temporarily holding a sheet; a sheet conveying guide for guiding the sheet from the register device to a pro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7260959 | Glass handling system and method for using same A glass handling system and method are described herein where an enhanced robot is used to engage and hold a glass sheet in a manner that minimizes the motion of the glass sheet as it is moved from one point to another point in a glass manufacturing facility. The en... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7213808 | Enclosure-collating device, in particular for mail-processing installations In an enclosure-collating device, in particular for mail-processing installations, a shorter dimensioning of the enclosure-conveying compartments on a collating path in the direction of the enclosure conveying on said collating path is achieved in that enclosures ar... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201369 | Vertical justification system A device and system for registering or justifying product such as mail pieces in a vertical position for future processing of such mail pieces. The system includes a mounting block having an angled bore and a driven alignment mechanism mounted within the angled bore... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7121545 | Independently activatable side pull for lateral alignment of a sheet A device and a method for lateral alignment of a sheet (5, 6) in a sheet processing machine, in which the sheet (5, 6) is movable essentially across its direction of transport (7) into an alignment position (4); a side pull lay device is ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117795 | Method and device for correcting the positional deviation of a conveyed item by adjusting the cylinder's angle rotation relative to the conveyed item To correct the position of a conveyed item (12) in a conveyance system (10), the deviation of the conveyed item (12) from its target position is detected. If this deviation reveals that a correction is necessary, a suitable correction profile Pi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7088947 | Post processor inserter speed and timing adjust unit In the present invention an image-forming production system includes a marking engine. The marking engine outputs a plurality of printed sheets at a first speed. An inserter is connected to receive the plurality of printed sheets from the marking engine and insert a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063472 | Sheet skew correcting apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet skew correcting apparatus, incorporated in a printer or the like to correct a phenomenon of obliquely feeding a sheet called skewing. The apparatus includes a transporting path in which the sheet is transported, a pair of registration rollers, a pair of timi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7011305 | Device and method for aligning sheets A device for aligning sheets prior to transferring the sheets to a sheet-processing machine includes at least one sheet-gripping device by the aid of which the sheet to be aligned is displaceable, the sheet-gripping device having at least one positioning table displ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971647 | Media registration mechanism for image forming device In one embodiment, an image forming device is provided that includes a media path configured to carry print media through the image forming device, an alignment mechanism including a plurality of alignment walls, and an image forming mechanism configured to form an ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6834854 | Sheet supply apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet supply apparatus includes a sheet storage device for stacking and storing sheets; a sheet pick-up device for drawing the sheets from the sheet storage means; a separating device having supply rollers for supplying the sheets drawn from the sheet pick-up mean... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6796456 | Sheets registration method and apparatus A method and apparatus of registering two sheets, such as wood veneer sheets, are disclosed. According to the method, firstly two sheets are assembled together by laying one sheet on top of the other sheet in an overlapped relation to each other wherein one end of t... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6739590 | Paper-like materials processing apparatus A banknote receiving machine conveys inserted banknotes on a conveying path and corrects their conveying posture by a posture correction device. Downstream of the posture correction device, sensors detect features of banknotes from feature portions thereof. Kinds an... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6712355 | Method and apparatus for locating and conveying sheet-like body A method for locating and conveying a veneer sheet includes: causing a downstream end of a veneer sheet conveyed by a travelling conveying member to abut against a blocking member to correct the attitude of the veneer sheet in such a state that a downstream end of t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6676124 | Device for aligning sheets A printer or copier has a sheet alignment apparatus including a pair of detents, or walls, at a right angle to one another against which the sheet is moved. To move the sheet, a sheet positioning mechanism is provided which includes two paddlewheels that ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666451 | Method and device for aligning sheets A method and a device for aligning sheets. The device includes a first and a second supporting stop for supporting the sheet against gravity in a first non-aligned position of the sheet. The device further includes two alignment stops and an actuator for ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6663103 | Process and device for alignment of sheet material during transport The invention relates to a process and a device for alignment of sheet material (1) which is conveyed in one conveyor plane (9). The sheet material is conveyed on bodies (35) of revolution and aligned by means of triggerable alignment elements (25) in the... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6644875 | Printing device Before stopper members (25) of a skew correcting mechanism (10) are evacuated from a sheet conveyor path, sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) rotate a set angle in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction such that a sheet is separated from the sto... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6615724 | Input nip roller system for external drum imaging system The present invention provides an input roller system for displacing a printing plate toward and against a plurality of registration pins located on an external drum of an imaging system. The input roller system deskews the printing plate relative to the ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6602008 | Print-medium transport unit A print-medium transport unit including discharge rollers, a paper guide, and a lock member. The discharge rollers transport post-printed paper toward an outlet and can hold the leading end of the paper. The paper guide is placed upstream from the dischar... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6561504 | Finisher with single roller for frictionally moving each sheet A single aligning roller is disposed at angle to each of two reference barriers to which a printed sheet is to be advanced so as to be aligned at a specific location for stapling. The aligning roller exerts a greater force towards the reference barrier fu... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6550758 | Finisher with frictional sheet mover Sheets (57) exit printer (1) into finisher (3) where they are moved against perpendicular reference walls (61, 69) by frictional fingers (21, 23). The fingers are rotated away while a sheet is moved downward. Since the fingers are near their reference sur... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6533269 | Method and device for aligning stacked sheets in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine A method and device for aligning stacked or piled sheets in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine, wherein a sheet to be separated is pivotable about a vertical axis extending at least approximately orthogonally to a transport direction of the sheet, as ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6505831 | Method for the proper alignment of sheets A method for the register-true alignment of sheets (1) before the transfer to a sheet-processing machine with the assistance of a carrier (7,9) that is movable in the machine cycle and is driven as a function of a signal, in order to feed the sheets indiv... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6422555 | Sheet material registration apparatus and method An imaging system includes a roller assembly adapted to guide sheet material in the system into an accumulator, a sheet registration assembly. The registration assembly includes a lateral fence extending along a first edge of the accumulator. The lateral ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6308949 | Material-feeding device having direction-correcting function A material-feeding device (14) includes a base (52), a material passage (54) formed on the base, at least one guide member (56, 58) provided in the material passage and having a material-guide surface (56a, 58a), a direction-correcting roller assembly (60... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6267372 | Device for separating sheets in a pile The apparatus has an input pocket into which a stack of sheets is inserted. At least the sheet to be picked from the stack by the picking device is transported by means of a feed device to a picking device which then picks one sheet from the stack at a ti... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6116594 | Sheet registration device The present invention relates to a sheet registration system that uses a rigid arm having a sheet engaging surface to move sheets towards a registration position. The arm is mounted to a support member and is located adjacent a sheet store. The arrangemen... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6102385 | Finisher A finisher includes an additional-working tray and a leading edge stopper and trailing edge stopper for aligning folded and unfolded sheets fed into the additional-working tray. The leading edge stopper contacts a leading edge of each sheet when it is fed... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6032949 | Sheet conveying device and sheet processing apparatus In a sheet conveying device, sheets having of various width sizes can be adjusted to sheet conveyance reference of a regulating device without moving the regulating device in the lateral direction of a sheet. An image forming apparatus uses two kinds or s... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5984301 | Position adjustment conveyor A positioning conveyor is incorporated in a conveyor system for adjusting the position of a sheet on the conveyor system. The positioning conveyor has two belt type conveyor sections that are independently movable transverse to the feed path and are utili... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975524 | Sheet-guiding device assembly with a sheet hold-downer Sheet-guiding device assembly includes at least one sheet hold-downer disposed on a movable protective guard.... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971390 | Sheet aligning apparatus Each sheet of a stack of media is aligned with a fixed alignment surface prior to being fed towards a process station of a printer by a single pick roll. During the first portion of its cycle of operation, the sheet advancing force of the pick roll, which... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5915689 | Quick change swiper blades A blade for use in an apparatus for urging sheets against registration edges in a sheet compiler is provided. The blade includes a body having a contact surface for contact with the sheets and a locating feature. The locating feature is connected to the b... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5895042 | Apparatus for stacking and aligning individual sheets A carrier (2) of an apparatus (1) is pivotably mounted on a shaft (6) and can be moved by means of a stepper motor (34) via a cable (40). Apparatus (1) is positioned above tray surface (29) of storage container (28) and has a motor-driven impeller (27) an... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5873664 | Printer apparatus Disclosed is a printer apparatus for correcting a slant of a medium at a medium insertion port. This printer apparatus corrects slants of the mediums having a variety of thicknesses. The printer apparatus comprises a slant correcting mechanism for correct... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5820123 | Method and device for aligning a sheet on a feeder table of a sheet-fed rotary printing press Method for laterally aligning a sheet to be aligned at front lays in a revolving direction of the sheet includes, in a first alignment step, moving the sheet against a side stop; in a second alignment step, moving the sheet against front lays; and in a th... | 10/13/1998 |
