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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410162 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a paper feed roller, a lifting member, and a biasing member. The chassis has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a bottom surface that connects the first and second side surfaces. The bottom surface has one of a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7198420 | Printer A printer 1 includes a sheet storage unit 6 in which a stack of sheets can be set, a pickup roller 12 which contacts one side of the stack of sheets set in the sheet storage unit 6, and a lid 10 which covers the other side of the s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6488277 | Sheet separation mechanism A sheet separating device having a mechanism for buckling or humping a top sheet of a stack and thereby separating the top sheet from an underlying sheet that may be adhering to the underside of said top sheet.... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6145830 | Sheet material supplying apparatus A sheet material supplying apparatus having a low-cost sucker adsorbing unit of a simple structure is provided for the carrying of sheet materials that are used under a high-humidity environment or that include humidity, to ensure a proper separation of e... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6065745 | Cradle for feeding of non-uniform sheets in a printer or copier A cradle for holding and feeding a stack of sheets in a printer or copier which compensates for non-uniformities in the stack, and especially non-uniformities in the central portion of the stack, thereby presenting a level top sheet to a sheet feeder rega... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5443251 | Sheet feeding apparatus The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a supply means contacting one of the sheet in a sheet stack, for applying a feeding force to the sheet; a first limiting means abutting against a front end of the sheet stack in a sheet f... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5370380 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting device for supporting sheets, a supply device for feeding the sheets supported by the sheet supporting device in a sheet feeding direction, a separating claw device for separating, one-by-one, the shee... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5248137 | High capacity feeder initialization An apparatus in which a stack of sheets is detected at a preselected location. An air jet is directed towards an edge of the stack of sheets at a preselected location. A pressure transducer is located at the prescribed location and positioned to have the ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5178377 | Adhesion breaker for sheet stacks An apparatus transports sheets of material and breaks the adhesion between first and second sheets when sheets are fed from a stack one at a time. The apparatus includes a gripper which is mounted on a gripper arm and grips the first sheet. The arm repeat... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5161791 | Feeding apparatus for sheets An apparatus for feeding sheets such as labels or covers includes a holder having a groove-shaped cross section opening upwardly. The holder is formed with a take-out port at one end, and holds the covers stacked horizontally with their surfaces facing ho... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4981235 | Unitary coupon dispenser A dispenser for sequentially dispensing one sheet at a time from a stack of sheets. A housing encloses a drive and a lift roller, and each roller has a longitudinal axis arranged in parallel aligned relationship respective to one another and spaced from t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4928947 | Sheet feeders for soft coated sheet material A sheet-feed mechanism for feeding paper or the like from a stack of paper sheets in a tray in which the sheets have a soft or pressure-sensitive coating, includes a sheet-engaging apparatus which distributes the load over a substantial area of the sheet,... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4635919 | Floating document throat There is disclosed an envelope hopper for attachment to a printer requiring envelopes. Spring members provided with adjustable throats for permitting passage of a single envelope are biased downward against the upward force of the supply stack for compens... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4627605 | Front air knife top vacuum corrugation feeder A top vacuum corrugation feeder employs a vacuum feedhead working in conjunction with an air knife to feed sheets from the top of a stack. The feedhead is valveless and has a vacuum applied thereto during the entire feed cycle in order to increase reliabi... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4526363 | Gripper for textile cloth or the like This gripper is applicable more particularly to textile machines and includes a gripping clamp and an apparatus for opening and closing the clamp. The clamp proper includes a fixed central member provided laterally and on either side with a resilient port... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4405123 | Automatic paper sheet feeding device for copying machine An automatic paper sheet feeding device for a copying machine has a cassette with a base plate made of magnetic material which is secured by a magnet to a bottom plate of the cassette against a biasing force of a spring. The device has a cam member which ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4253653 | Apparatus for singularizing stacked sheets of radiation-sensitive material or the like The outermost sheet of a stack of overlapping sheets in a magazine is partially separated from the neighboring sheet of the stack by the peripheral projection of a singularizing roller which is adjacent to the rear edge face of the outermost sheet. The pr... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4245944 | Device and method for seizing a bag A device for seizing a bag from a pack of bags provided with two jaws movable towards each other, said jaws having a sharp edge, and a pushing device for pushing said jaws against the outermost bag of said pack of bags, said jaws grip the bag and remove i... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4082260 | Adjustable apparatus for separating an outermost label from a stack of labels An apparatus is provided for separating a single outermost label from a stack of labels mounted on a centrally disposed shaft in a magazine. The apparatus utilizes a pair of friction members diametricaly opposed from said shaft and containing respective f... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4043484 | Newspaper vending machine A newspaper vending machine has a receptacle with a front wall, a rearwardly ascending slide track to support a stack of newspapers on edge, the lower end of the slide track having an upstanding ledge to hold back the foremost paper in the stack which is ... | 08/23/1977 |
