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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123215 | Sheet aligning apparatus and image forming system In a sheet aligning apparatus, a sheet is conveyed from a conveying-in path into a sheet storing section through an open end portion and the leading end of the sheet comes in with a stop member. Thereafter, when a shifting section shifts the stop member from an init... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7422212 | Transfer wheel A transfer wheel removes flat products from one location, such as an overhead conveyor, spaces the products apart, reorients them and then transfers the products to a second conveyor or other location. The transfer wheel is eccentrically mounted within a circular fr... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7219888 | Multi-pass deskew method and apparatus A method for aligning print media on a feedpath includes the steps of: aligning a sheet of print media using a deskew mechanism; measuring the skew of the sheet after it has been aligned; and comparing the measured skew with a specified skew, and if the measured val... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7134658 | Recording apparatus having skew removal A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6834853 | Multi-pass deskew method and apparatus A method for aligning print media on a feedpath includes the steps of: aligning a sheet of print media using a deskew mechanism; measuring the skew of the sheet after it has been aligned; and comparing the measured skew with a specified skew, and if the measured val... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6805347 | Deskew mechanism and method The skew of a sheet of print media is precisely controlled by intentionally inducing print media deformation, so that cooperative mechanical and gravitational forces may be used to align the leading edge of the sheet. The sheet is driven into a nip region of deskew ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6293537 | Paper aligning apparatus A device of aligning or arranging a paper in a printer comprising a transport part including feed roller and pinch roller, and which transports or counter-transport a paper between the rollers; a pickup roller which supplies a sheet of papers of paper loa... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6199855 | Paper feeding apparatus for office automation system A paper feeding apparatus for an office automation system constructed to accommodate the storage of paper, a sheet feeder that guides paper to travel in a selected direction of travel, and a device that aligns paper that is being stored to conform to the ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5316285 | Sheet media realignment mechanism A sheet media realignment mechanism is described for use in, for example, a printer. Preferably, the mechanism includes a lever located in the sheet-feeding path adjacent and beneath a rotatable member that mounts a plurality of sheet-feeding rollers. At ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5235907 | Apparatus for stacking printed sheets for a screen process printing machine A printing machine system includes a printing machine which discharges a printed material after the printing operation is completed. The printing machine system also includes a drier which dries the printed material discharged from the printing machine. A... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5209808 | Corner label applicator system and method An applicator system and method for automatically applying and securing an adhesive backed (or gummed) label onto a corner surface of a typically three-dimensional, right-angle polygonal object such that the body of the label is applied and adhered to one... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5100116 | Apparatus and method of processing signatures A printing system for customizing folded signatures in a collating and binding line having a number of spaced signature feeders includes an auxiliary feeder for conveying signatures in a particular orientation to a primary feeder located in the line, and ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4882988 | Sheet positioning apparatus for sheet-fed rotary printing machine A sheet-fed rotary printing machine having an impression cylinder, rotary members movable in accordance with the motion of the impression cylinder, a paper cassette disposed near the impression cylinder for containing a stack of sheets of printing paper, ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4746004 | Device for forming separate batches of flat elements running in a flow A device for forming separate batches of flat objects, such as folded box blanks, from a flow of blanks received from a delivery station of a processing machines, such as a folder-gluer, includes a belt conveyor, a counting device, and a movable stop whic... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4721981 | Low-cost document feeder for copiers Document sheet handling apparatus for a copier for sequentially feeding document sheets on to and off of the copying platen with a document feeder frictionally engaging a document sheet inserted at a first side of the platen and transporting a document sh... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4434979 | Printed goods removal apparatus Printed goods (8,8") are aligned and positioned in predetermined staggered or shingled or imbricated arrangement on a transport conveyor (7,15) by placing, between distribution wheels (1,1') located axially spaced on a shaft (2,2'), a group of abutment wh... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4341299 | Apparatus for performing operations on a stack of sheets In apparatus for conveying successive stacks of sheets to a station at which an operation is to be performed on the stack, the sheets are advanced by pushing elements (14) to the station, at which a resilient finger (17) projects through a slot (16) in th... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4167673 | Sheet squaring device A daylight cassette unloader comprises a mechanism for unlocking and opening a radiographic film cassette introduced therein, and mounted in inclined position so that after opening the film is permitted to slide out of the cassette. At the outlet of the u... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4134582 | Device for the registering of sheets in printing presses in which the sheets are fed in an underlapped stream A device for registering of sheets, received in an underlapped stream, upon a feed table. The feed table has a retractable front stop and a side guide defining a condition of accurate register for the sheet. Cooperating with the side guide is a wiping mec... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4060230 | Embossing gate roller In a document copier machine wherein an image is placed on a drum and transferred to copy paper, an embossing gate roller which places a small embossed section in the leading edge of copy paper so that the embossed section stands away from the surface of ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4059260 | Document handling apparatus A system for presenting documents to a slit-scan exposure station includes a first fluidic storage station in which a rack for storing documents is located. The rack includes a plurality of pockets in each of which a document may be stored, the rack being... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4046369 | Machine for feeding inserts to a separating device A machine for feeding inserts, for example, newspaper advertisements, to a device which separates or orients the inserts into a shinglelike arrangement and delivers them to a device which inserts them into the main portion of the newspaper. An oscillating... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4026542 | Dual registration apparatus Apparatus for registering a pair of rectangular sheets includes a rectangular sleeve whose width is variable, and a retractable gate located at one end of the sleeve. In a first embodiment, fluid injected into the other end of the sleeve provides first an... | 05/31/1977 |
