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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7494123 | Mechanical device for measuring the width of a mail item A mechanical device for measuring the width L of a mail item on the fly in a mail handling machine in which mail items are caused to move along a mail item conveyor path, parallel to a reference wall; said mechanical device comprising a device for detecting a leadin... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7400419 | Inkjet printer with folding input tray An inkjet printer includes a body defining a print media path along which print media can pass. A disposable printhead assembly is arranged within the body and is configured to print upon print media passing along the print media path. A print media input tray is pi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7165766 | Sheet feeding cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding cassette is configured so as to be able to be attached to and removed from an image forming apparatus main body having an image forming section and is equipped with a box-shaped accommodation portion capable of accommodating a plurality of sheets. A ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6955350 | Sheet member positioning device A sheet member positioning device includes a plate on which a sheet member is loaded; a reference member provided at a side, in a first direction, of the plate, the sheet member being able to abut the reference member; a conveying member provided at a side, in a sec... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6209866 | Document alignment system A document alignment system comprises a feed system (6), defining an elongate path, for feeding documents along the path. The feed system is adjustable to vary the orientation of the elongate path in a lateral plain so as to cause a document to undergo a ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5893557 | Printing press with electronic side guide A printing press electronic side guide registry apparatus for sheet stock to be printed on a printing press having a print cylinder, print stock forward motion advancer through the print cylinder, and a forward motion registry stop including a laterally m... | 04/13/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5496023 | Leading edge stop for aligning paper sheets on a feeder table A combination is provided on a feeder table of a sheet-processing machine, which includes a front lay member cyclically swivelable about an axis, in accordance with a sheet-conveying cycle, and a leading-edge stop for effecting an alignment of paper sheet... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5433427 | Sheet contain device with reference member and regulating member to position sheets The present invention provides a sheet feed device having a sheet supporting device for supporting a sheet, a regulating member for regulating both one lateral edge and a rear edge of the sheet, and a positioning device for positioning the regulating memb... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5401014 | Sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus A sheet feeder of the present invention allows a sheet feed cassette having a small capacity and a sheet feed cassette having a large capacity to be installed to a sheet feed unit by making not only members for connection between each sheet feed cassette ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5358236 | Table cover Table cover in the vicinity of a positionally adjustable side lay of a sheet-fed printing press includes a member defining a continuous surface of a table top extending over a distance corresponding to a range of width of a sheet format adjustable by a se... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5320040 | Rotary sheet-printing press having a register bar A rotary sheet-printing press includes a register bar; a plurality of front lay marks mounted on the register bar in a series extending perpendicularly to a sheet-feeding direction; a plurality of setting motors, each connected to a separate front lay mar... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5296966 | Electronic filing system An electronic filing system includes a conveying section to convey an original put on an original setting plate to a reading position, a reading section to read an image of the original at the reading position, a manual feed mode control means device for ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5240244 | Process and apparatus for prestacking in a sheet feeder of rotary printing presses A process and an apparatus for prestacking in a sheet feeder of a rotary printing press provided with lateral stack stops, which can be adjusted to the format of the sheet to be printed, the printing press also having an automatic lateral stacking orienta... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5238238 | Paper feeding cassette case in image forming apparatus A paper feeding cassette case in an image forming apparatus according to the present invention is so adapted that an arbitrary internal unit out of a plurality of types of internal units including at least one internal unit of a universal type having a st... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5190280 | Sheet size indication means for a universal sheet feed cassette A universal sheet feed cassette for use in an apparatus using various commercially standard and commercially nonstandard sheet sizes during its operation. The universal sheet feed cassette discloses the size of the sheets contained within the cassette by ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5172138 | Positioning apparatus for a movable member such as a sheet guide member A positioning apparatus for positioning a reciprocally movable member, such as a guide member for a sheet of recording paper, between a reference position and a predetermined position. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting that the movable membe... | 12/15/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5048816 | Workpiece registration system and method for determining the position of a sheet A system is disclosed for registering a sheet in punch press or other apparatus having a control system carrying out a programmed position of the sheet during punching operations, in which a movable locator plate is urged into an advanced position along a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4858911 | Apparatus for conveying base An apparatus for conveying a base is disclosed which comprises a crosswise base guide for causing a centerline in a conveyance direction of the base to coincide with a centerline in the conveyance direction of the apparatus, a base position detecting sens... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4831420 | Copier/document handler customer variable registration system A system for setting or adjusting the proper registration position of the original document in a copier having a document feeder providing a variable document registration position on the platen, and numeric data key entries programmable in specialized di... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4786042 | Adjustable size sensing sheet cassette An adjustable sheet cassette for use in apparatus feeding sheets such as in an automatic copier or printer comprises a sheet stack support platform capable of supporting stacks of sheets of a plurality of length and width dimensions, sheet width and lengt... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4780740 | Paper feeding cassette for a printing apparatus A paper cassette for storing and supplying paper to a smart printer or copier includes a frame for holding the paper, a movable longitudinal paper guide within the frame adjustable to the length of the paper, and a pair of movable horizontal paper guides ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4697803 | Sheet member feeding cassette A sheet member feeding cassette comprises a main unit wherein sheet members are stored in a stacked manner. A longitudinal hole extending in the direction of feeding sheet member is formed on a supporting plate installed above a bottom plate of the main b... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4657239 | Sheet aligning device A sheet aligning device including a pair of side walls located parallel to each other and defining therebetween a space for stacking a plurality of sheets. At least one of the side walls is movable in reciprocatory movement widthwise of the sheets stacked... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4597652 | Paper guide with width sensing and width indication system First and second rotatable edge guide rollers are provided having precision roller positioning means for preventing skewing of sheets of predetermined widths, such rollers being laterally shifted in position to accommodate various widths by means of a rol... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4572073 | Sheet guide arrangement in sheet-fed machines A system for remote sensing, indicating and remote control provides for the non-smear guidance of sheets through a sheet-fed machine and is especially useful for printing machines which print on both sides of the sheets. Sheet guides are adjustable during... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4548400 | Inserter gauging system A gauging system for an envelope inserter provides simplified set up procedures for adjustment of a set of enclosure pick-up station side guides, an envelope stop and coordinated adjustment of both a set of envelope station side guides and sets of strippe... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4473222 | Sheet handling apparatus An adjustable sheet handling apparatus including a member which engages a sheet movable along a path and which is movable into and out of the path and a member for holding the sheet engaging member in the sheet path. The engaging member and holding member... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4192495 | Film feeder The illustrated embodiment shows a film feeder for feeding individual film sheets to automatic developers. The film feeder has a magazine for receiving a stack of the film sheets, an extraction device and a transport device for transferring the individual... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4181445 | Device for selecting a line to be printed in a printer In a printer where a card or record carrier is inserted for printing on one of a plurality of lines, a device is provided for determining the line to be printed. The device consists of a setting assembly and a stop and rest part. The setting assembly incl... | 01/01/1980 |
| 3993302 | Apparatus for registering and feeding sheets to a sheet fed printing press Sheets are fed down an inclined feedboard to a transfer cylinder of a printing press. Adjacent the delivery end of the feedboard there are a plurality of pairs of feed rolls to accelerate the sheets toward the transfer cylinder and a plurality of front gu... | 11/23/1976 |
