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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810807 | Device for centering an overlapping sheet flow The device comprises a driven conveyor with a transport element for the horizontal guidance of an overlapped flow of product. Driven alignment units for aligning the sides of the overlapped flow are positioned on a support. A first alignment unit is arranged on the ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7469894 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which conveys a sheet to a nip portion between an intermediate transfer belt and a secondary transfer out-roller to record an image includes a sheet conveying device which conveys the sheet to the nip portion, a CCD line sensor which detec... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7296718 | Web guide and method The present invention relates to a method of production and an arrangement for feeding and guiding web materials in laterally separate paths from a web supply to a machine for producing packing blanks. More specifically a web guide is disclosed, capable of controlli... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7252285 | Method and apparatus for aligning a media sheet An alignment device for aligning a manually loaded media sheet to a printer feed path has at least one registration feature disposed to register the trailing edge of the media sheet to the feed path. By aligning the trailing edge, an orthogonal media sheet is loaded... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7147223 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device includes a drive roller having a shaft, a driven roller having a shaft, a biasing member that rotatably supports one of the drive roller and the driven roller and biases one of the drive roller and the driven roller against the other one of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7100811 | Web guide and method The present invention relates to a method of production and an arrangement for feeding and guiding web materials in laterally separate paths from a web supply to a machine for producing packing blanks. More specifically a web guide is disclosed, capable of controlli... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6978998 | Positioning structure of roller adapted for an auto document feed apparatus A positioning structure of a roller adapted for auto document feed apparatus includes a flexible shaft and a flexible arm. The flexible arm has a first portion integrally formed with the flexible shaft, a second portion arranged into a clamping portion of auto docum... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6945530 | Device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper In a device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper, each stack is caused to advance along a pre-set path inside a pocket, which has a resting surface for supporting the stack and is provided with at least one pressure member designed to grip the stack on the restin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6860204 | Image exposure apparatus An image exposure apparatus has a rotating drum for winding a printing plate on which an image is recorded; a punch unit for forming punched holes to be used for positioning in printing processing on the printing plate; a conveying guide unit having a guide section ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6801302 | Plate registering system 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... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6766742 | Image exposure apparatus An image exposure apparatus has a width direction moving unit including: a moving member moved by a driving motor in the width direction of the printing plate; a pressurizing unit for enabling the conveying pin supported by the moving member in a direction of the pr... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6712003 | Sheet member positioning device and image recording device In an automatic printing plate exposure device, when temporarily positioning a printing plate, a position of the printing plate in a temporary direction is determined by the printing plate abutting a pair of positioning pins. When actually positioning the printing p... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6682068 | Document alignment mechanism for currency recycling automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transport (70... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6454256 | Device for laterally aligning sheets A device for laterally aligning a sheet on a feeding table of a sheet-processing machine, wherein a sheet is moved transversely to the sheet-transporting direction by a pulling device, and a multiple-sheet monitoring device activatable during the pulling ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6446959 | Device for aligning sheets laterally A device for aligning sheets laterally on a feed table of a sheet-processing machine, having a side stop, includes a suction pull nozzle movable transversely to a sheet transport direction and being formed with a plurality of suction openings, the suction... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6382615 | Sheet accommodating device and sheet processing system A sheet accommodating device including a sheet-laid tray including a processing tray and a carrying tray for laying a discharged sheet thereon, a first transporting device for moving the sheet laid on the sheet-laid tray toward an alignment reference posi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6293543 | Universal sheet receiver for stackers Sheet receiving apparatus is disclosed for receiving paper sheets from a supply of printed sheets, aligning the sheets edgewise, dropping the sheets to a receiver tray through horizontally openable preliminary sheet supporting plates, the sets of sheets b... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6123331 | Sheet joggler system Sheet joggler system with an inlet roller pair (70, 70'), an outlet roller pair (71, 71'), sheet guides (48, 49) determining a curved sheet path between these roller pairs, a sheet supporting plate (65) between the inlet roller pair and the sheet guides, ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5927708 | Adjustable side guide for mail processing machines An envelope side guide for a mailing machine includes an elongate support means which is formed to be extendable and retractable in a telescopic manner is connected at one end to a portion of the frame of the mailing machine and supports an envelope guide... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5681036 | Sheet feeding device with control of skew-correction A sheet feeding device can perform registration of a sheet with high precision even if the sheet is fed at high speed. The device includes a pair of active registration rollers, disposed at a side upstream from a reading unit in the sheet feeding directio... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5509647 | Sheet guiding device having obliquely-movable sheet restriction portion A sheet guiding device guides sheets which are to be fed out to a device for processing the sheets. The sheet guiding device includes a sheet loading unit on which the sheets are loaded, a pair of restriction members for contacting a side edge of the shee... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5462374 | Card printing apparatus A card printing apparatus for printing a graphic design on the surface of a card comprising a card stage adapted to mount a card on its upper surface. The upper surface of the card stage has two planes separated by about the card thickness. The card stage... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5388954 | Unit for feeding semifinished parts to a forming machine, particularly a press A unit for feeding semifinished parts, whereby a carriage travelling along a straight slideway supports a rectangular table in turn supporting a parallelepiped stack of semifinished parts and which is floatable by means of an air cushion. The carriage pre... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5368284 | Roll feed apparatus A roll or strip feed system for inserting flat stock to the operative position of a machine tool consisting of an automatic material lift apparatus working in conjunction with a centralizing guide to feed flat stock intermittently into an entry guide roll... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5368643 | Coating apparatus for boards A board to be coated is conveyed by means of first transport means in the form of a roller conveyor to a curtain coating device. The latter comprises second transport means in the form of two conveyor belts, each of which runs round an associated straight... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5205704 | Apparatus for prefeeding sheets of paperboard products An improved prefeeder assembly for shingling sheets of planar material in which a sheet stack is positioned on a prefeeder lift conveyor which lowers the sheet stack into a floor pit to incrementally elevate the sheet stack. A block pusher assembly sequen... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5129644 | Method and apparatus for workpiece alignment A workpiece is aligned in the X, Y coordinate plane at a predetermined X, Y reference coordinate. Separate X and Y coordinate transports rapidly transport and align the workpiece. Deceleration means prevent the workpiece from slipping on the work surface.... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5028202 | Glass plates positioning device A glass plates positioning device for positioning overlapped larger and smaller glass plates on a belt conveyer is disclosed, which includes a light device and pushing portions. The lift device lifts up the glass plates from the belt conveyer and lowers t... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4949134 | Image forming apparatus having intermediate tray An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate tray wherein a copied paper on which an image has been formed is stored. In the case of a double-face copy, the copied paper is stored in the intermediate tray in a manner that a surface on which an imag... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4917370 | Sheet launcher for roll forming machine A launcher for launching pieces of sheet metal into a roll former is disclosed. The launcher includes laterally spaced conveyor belts having parallel upper reaches which support the piece of sheet metal and transport it to a launch position. While located... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4895359 | Paper sheet counter system A paper sheet counter is provided in which a large number of paper sheets stacked in a hopper are fed one by one between a pay-out roll and separating rolls, and stacked in a stacker. According to the invention, the separating rolls have separating roll s... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4841859 | Side lay control apparatus for sheet-fed printing press A side lay position control apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press, includes a switch for setting a distance from a reference point of the sheet-fed printing press to a side lay and a fine adjustment length with reference to the distance, a CPU for calc... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4838538 | Sheet material positioning apparatus The sheet material positioning apparatus according to the present invention comprises a pair of left and right side guides (11, 11) mounted so that they may be moved freely and independently with each other in the direction at right angles to the sheet ma... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4833591 | Method for aligning a moving substrate and a read or write head A method for aligning a moving substrate and a read or write head includes independently controllable rollers for deskewing the sensed skew of a moving substrate and a read or write device that is translatable in a direction fixed with respect to the refe... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4767116 | Page straightener The apparatus for the lateral straightening of printing products on a conveyor has guide members in the form of endless toothed belts arranged on opposite sides of the conveyor which are given, by motor-driven pulleys, a movement in the same movement dire... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4747592 | Feeding machine for signatures applicable to machines for feeding sheets for use in Binding Machines, Inc. A signature feeding machine which can be used on sheet feeders and the like utilized in book-binding, comprises a loading plane for supporting and conveying stacks of adjacently disposed signatures to an inclined signature elevator which transfers individ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4736940 | Apparatus for aligning an opening of a sack Apparatus for aligning a sack disposed at the leading end of a series of shingled sacks, which have been unwound from a roll of shingled sacks and which have openings at their leading ends. The sack is aligned by transversely spaced gripping rollers that ... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4734925 | Plain film platform for projecting screen apparatus, X-ray picture apparatus or the like A plain film platform for projection screen apparatus for X-ray apparatus has a platform member, a first fixed guiding strip for a film extending along one vertical side, a second fixed guiding strip extending along a lower side near the opposite vertical... | 03/29/1988 |
