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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118303 | Sheet conveying apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus has a first pair of rollers which nip and convey a sheet; a second pair of rollers provided on a downstream side of the first pair of rollers in a conveying direction of the sheet, which nip and convey a sheet; and a position detecting se... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7837193 | Systems and methods for reducing registration errors in translating media shaft drive systems Systems and methods for positioning a sheet in a feed path including at least one sheet drive roller driven in a rotational direction by a drive shaft in which the drive shaft translates in a lengthwise direction along the axis of the drive shaft. A power shaft rota... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7686299 | Registration carriage nip release with reduced reaction forces This is a paper registration system that allows for a lateral reset while the paper is present in the nip space. By separating the nips, the carriage can move to reset position for the next sheet while the previous sheet is still present in the carriage. In a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7422211 | Lateral and skew registration using closed loop feedback on the paper edge position A closed loop feedback method that continuously adjusts the lateral and skew position of a sheet includes a first sensor that is used to measure lateral sheet edge position. A second sensor measures the lateral sheet edge position at a certain distance from the firs... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416182 | Paper skew correcting device and bill depositing/dispensing apparatus The present inventions are a paper skew correcting device and a bill depositing/dispensing apparatus. The paper skew correcting device comprises first and second driving rollers 21 and 22 disposed on the left and right sides of a conveying route for pa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392983 | Sheet post-processing unit and image forming apparatus There is provided a sheet post-processing unit and image forming unit, which is capable of stably conveying sheets discharged one after another to a tray to form a bundle of sheets and to staple the bundle. A sheet conveying means is provided for selectively conveyi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7300046 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet processing apparatus including a first sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets thereon, a second sheet stacking portion provided downstream of the first sheet stacking portion with respect to a sheet conveying direction, a sheet holding device for holding... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7210682 | Sheet distributor, image recorder, and a sheet distributing method The invention provides a sheet distributor and a sheet distributing method. The sheet distributor with which supplied sheets of a specified length are distributed to a plurality of lines of sheets, has a transport unit which keeps transporting each supplied sheet in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195238 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet using a sheet conveying unit arranged along a sheet conveying path has a skew detecting unit for detecting skew of the sheet conveyed along the sheet conveying path with respect to a sheet conveying direction, a skew... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6736394 | Printer lateral and deskew sheet registration system A sheet lateral registration system, especially for high speed printer print media, which can also provide sheet deskewing as well as lateral sheet registration, having substantially increased lateral translation movement re-centering time for the lateral sheet regi... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6264196 | Method and device for laterally aligning a sheet A method for laterally aligning a sheet in a sheet-processing machine, the sheet being retained by sheet grippers which are displaced axially on a common carriage with respect to an alignment cylinder, includes fixing the carriage when it reaches a predet... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6047960 | Sheet tamping device for offsetting stacks of documents A conveyor receives and holds a recorded sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus, the sheet is conveyed along a path and another conveyor is provided along the path at a predetermined distance from the first conveyor to further convey the sheet. ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5956071 | Mechanism for positioning film into a scanning position in an internal drum laser scanner assembly An assembly for positioning a piece of photosensitive film into a scanning position on a curved film platen and an internal drum scanner assembly. The film platen is defined by a film feed edge and a film stop edge. An alignment mechanism is positioned pr... | 09/21/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5803449 | Automatic manuscript sheet feeder The present invention discloses an automatic sheet feeder to feed manuscript sheets onto and discharge the same from the top of the stage on the overhead projector. The automatic sheet feeder comprises a side guide plate disposed at the top of a side edge... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5805308 | Automatic judging device about image read width A conveyance device 4 for conveying a manuscript to an image reading section of a main body mounted by an image processing system is provided with a base member 6 removably fixed to the main body to provide a conveyance path 5, a driving mechanism and a m... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5626458 | Device for sidewise alignment of flat workpieces on a table A device for sidewise alignment of a flat workpiece on a table includes a lower pull member for moving a flat workpiece toward a side stop and a pad for pressing the flat workpiece onto the pull member. The pad is fitted above the pull member on a bar tha... | 05/06/1997 |
| 4823159 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for forming an image on a sheet; a rotatable member for transferring the sheet in a first direction toward the image forming station; supporting device for supporting the rotatable member for di... | 04/18/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4703926 | Sheet feeding apparatus including an edge-aligning device A sheet feeding apparatus includes an edge aligning device for aligning an edge of individually fed sheets with respect to an underlying table. A tray overlies the table and has an upper sheet-receiving surface for receiving the individually fed sheets. A... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4670081 | Handling machine for deposit envelopes A handling machine for deposit envelopes includes a delivery device for carrying inserted deposit envelopes along a delivery path, a printer for printing deposit information on one side of a succession of labels, the other sides of which contain an adhesi... | 06/02/1987 |
