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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052144 | Method, apparatus, and system for forming image An image forming apparatus connectable to a first feed tray and a second feed tray includes an image forming unit, a feed path, and a detecting unit provided on the feed path to sense recording medium jam. An identifying unit identifies a feed path and a feed tray w... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7537212 | Sheet take-out method with cap counter with gap counter A sheet take-out apparatus includes a first separation unit, a second separation unit, a drawing roller for drawing sheets from a nip of the second separation unit, and a pinch roller rotating in contact with it. Overlapping sheets which pass the first and second se... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7386964 | Sheet processing apparatus capable of processing conveying jam A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the up... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7341247 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming member to form an image to an recording material, a plurality of sheet finisher units, each of which performs different sheet finishing to the recording material on which the image has formed, a plurality of indic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7249758 | Image forming apparatus with finishing unit An image forming apparatus according to the present invention enables a user to remove the printed papers from the finisher without the image forming apparatus mistakenly judging that a paper jam has occurred; and has effects including a preventing the occurrence of... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7017902 | Sheet processing apparatus capable of processing conveying jam and method thereof A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the up... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6942216 | Device and method for distributing a predetermined number of sheets from a group of sheets path The present invention relates to a method and a device for distributing a predetermined number of sheets (410, 412, 414, 416) from a group of sheets in which a plurality of sheets is arranged in a shingled mode of arrangement in a sheet transport direction (P... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6619647 | Device for loading a feeder rack In a device for loading further-processing machines with printed products, in particular a feeder rack (5) in gather-stitcher machines or gathering machines (6) for folded sheets (1), sheets, booklets or the like, which has a first conveyor arrangement (1... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6572103 | Method and system for tracking document trailing edge position A method of tracking a document in a system for feeding and transporting documents includes detecting a document trailing edge at a fixed location upstream of a feeder. The system includes a feeder stage and a transport stage downstream of the feeder stag... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6554275 | Method and system for document overlap/gap error detection and correction A method of document overlap/gap error detection and correction includes detecting a trailing edge of a first document at a feeder, and detecting a leading edge of a second document at an edge detector between the feeder and a transport stage. An overlap/... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6508464 | Method and device for intermediate storage of documents In a method for intermediately storing documents being supplied in a supply cycle by an upstream system to an intermediate storage device, the documents supplied by the upstream system to a downstream system are transferred in a transfer cycle that is ind... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6485011 | Paper feeding apparatus and driving method thereof for office machine The invention is to provide a paper feeding apparatus and a driving method thereof for an office machine. The office machine includes a paper accommodating device and a paper processing apparatus. The paper accommodating device is for accommodating paper ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6338479 | In-line processing of flat objects In the in-line processing of flat objects (S1 -S7), the flat objects (S1 -S7) are fed from a device (4) and serially transferred to a downstream system (5). In the system (5) the objects (S1 -S7 | 01/15/2002 |
| 6279899 | Substrate sensing mechanism for use in a printer output bin A substrate sensing mechanism is provided for use in a printer output bin. The sensing mechanism includes a flag having a shape such that when one or more substrates, which have been removed from the bin, are manually reinserted into the bin, the one or m... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6241235 | Apparatus for separating printed media An apparatus separates printed media, especially letters or envelopes, which are disposed as stacks between a spring-mounted curved pressure plate and drive rolls as well as a guide plate inclined slightly to the rear. Cylindrical envelope surfaces of the... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237485 | Stencil printer having paper supply controller A stencil printer includes a printing drum which is rotated bearing thereon a stencil master, and a press roller which is pressed against the printing drum. A paper supply system supplies a printing paper to between the printing drum and the press roller ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6186497 | Low cost multiple output sheet inverter A low cost inverter apparatus of includes a dual positionable, multi-function gate and a stationary baffle that guides sheets toward catch or output trays or work in conjunction with reversible rolls to direct the sheets into a duplex path. The dual posit... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6019364 | Mail facing transport system A document transporting system for conveying documents along a transport path in a first direction from a document infeed station to a document processing station, certain of such documents being advanced along the transport path from the infeed station w... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6003857 | Singulating apparatus for a mail handling system A singulator apparatus includes a forwardly driving device and a reverse driving mechanism which operate together to separate individual articles from a stack of articles being transported thereto from an upstream feeding device. The singulator further in... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996993 | Bill handling machine A bill handling machine includes a take-out roller whose entire circumferential surface is formed with a high friction material and which is adapted to engage with leading edge portions of stacked bills and can take out the bills, a separation roller for ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5980137 | Printer for facsimile machine In a printer for facsimile machines or the like, a forward end of paper to be fed is temporarily fixed between a platen roller and a print head before printing by the print head is started. A paper feed roller is then rotated so that an inclination of the... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5692741 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets based on comparison of actual travel time and reference travel time In an operation for transporting a sheet by a first roller to a second roller pair downstream of the first roller, and further transporting the sheet by the second roller pair, the time during which the sheet is transported by the first roller is controll... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5678138 | Paper transport control system for an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a plural number of paper transporting units including at least first and second paper transporting units, in-unit paper sensing mechanism located in the first paper transporting unit, unit-to-unit paper sensing mechani... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5651542 | Paper feeder A paper feeder includes a feed roller and a reverse roller urged against the feed roller by a fulcrum. The fulcrum is located at a specific angles as measured from plane parallel to the contact area of the rollers clockwise from the feed direction of one ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5618037 | Method for maintaining mailpiece integrity A method for maintaining mailpiece integrity in a mailing system when a mechanical module experiences an error. For one category of errors, the mailing system may automatically recover from the error without operator intervention. For the remaining catego... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5575466 | Document transport with variable pinch-roll force for gap adjust A method of processing documents and maintaining a preset nominal inter-document gap, by moving a document from an input stack to a destination at a controlled rate, and selectively accelerating or decelerating the following document to reduce a sensed va... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5544580 | Mimeographic printing machine having sheet jamming detector A mimeographic printing machine including: a pair of first and second sheet supplying rollers, the first sheet supplying roller being movable into and out of contact with the second sheet supplying roller, the first and second sheet supplying rollers clam... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5423528 | Paper feeding device A paper feeding device for taking out paper sheets contained in a paper containing section one at a time by a paper feeding roller to feed the paper sheets. When a paper jam occurs in the position of the paper feeding roller, the rotation in one direction... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5346202 | Method of monitoring the transport of print products in a printing-field machine Method of monitoring the transport of print products in a printing-field machine includes, in a first step, forming, in a control device, monitoring zones for leading and trailing edges of a print product, for a zone free of a print product and for a prin... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347350 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder includes a feeder for feeding a sheet, a cassette for containing a plurality of stacks of small sized sheets side by side therein, the cassette including a plurality of biasing members for biasing the respective stacks of small sized sheets... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5249792 | Method and device for the continuous formation of a stack of folded products standing on edge A method for the continuous formation of a stack of folded products standing on edge includes feeding folded products to a stack of folded products standing on edge. The stack is moved forward with a conveyor belt at a speed being matched to the feeding o... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5232212 | Sheet sensor in sheet film transport apparatus Reflective type radiation sensor mounted on one side of the path of sheet film moving from one apparatus to another apparatus cooperates with a reflector mounted on the opposite side of the film path, preferably on a shaft of roller transport for moving t... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5080346 | Picture recording apparatus A picture recording apparatus such as may be used with a rolled sheet material in which marks on finished pictures due to pressure exerted on the recording material by conveying rollers when the apparatus is in the stopped state are eliminated. When pictu... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4986523 | Document feeder for printing equipment A stack of documents to be supplied to a processing device rest on at least one pull wheel for pulling the documents towards the processing device. A pushing element exerts a constant and uniform force which pushes the stack of documents against the pull ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4838534 | Paper feed apparatus The present invention relates to a paper feed apparatus usable in the paper-containing cassette of an image forming system such as an electronic or electrostatic copying machine, a simple printing machine or the like. The paper feed apparatus according to... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4750732 | Apparatus for conveying and grouping printed matter or like objects An apparatus for grouping a plurality of printed or like objects into a plurality of equal sets, while they are conveyed in a row in which they overlap one another in a mutually equally spaced apart relation, includes an upstream conveyor supported on a p... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4073585 | Sheet removing device for use in electrophotographic copying machine A sheet removing device for use in an electrophotographic copying machine which removes unstripped sheets from the photosensitive body by providing feed rollers which rotate in reverse upon a stripping failure to pull the sheet off the photosensitive body... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3990625 | Special bags for bagging apparatus For a bagging device, there is provided a roll of polyethylene bags which are fed through a braking device and thence past spreading devices and a floating hook support, whereupon are engaged sequentially the hooks of hangers upon which garments or the li... | 11/09/1976 |
