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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396175 | Sheet carrier and image forming device A sheet carrier, includes an upstream side sheet carriage part; a downstream side sheet carriage part; an overlapping detection part which is provided between the upstream side sheet carriage part and the downstream side sheet carriage part and is configured to dete... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367560 | Suction device and method of conveying laminated sheet A suction device of the present invention includes a suction roller and a vacuum chamber. The suction roller holds an adhesive sheet to its peripheral surface by suction while maintaining contact with the film surface of the adhesive sheet, and conveying the adhesiv... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7234395 | Device for conveying a sheet through a printing machine A device for conveying a sheet through a printing machine includes a cylinder, formed with a channel wherein grippers are disposed for holding the sheet at a leading edge, a chain conveyor with grippers fixed to endless chains for holding and picking up the sheet at... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7150456 | Sheet transport drum for a machine processing printing-material sheets A machine processing printing-material sheets contains a first sheet transport drum and a second sheet transport drum disposed immediately after the first sheet transport drum in a sheet transport direction. The first sheet transport drum has gripper systems which d... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7036918 | Inkjet cartridge including multiple inks at atmospheric pressure An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer which has a multitude of ink bladders, where the pressure of each ink is equalized to the surrounding atmosphere, and where no mechanism is included to create either a positive or negative pressure differential with respect to ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011307 | Paper sheet detection apparatus A paper sheet detection apparatus comprising a conveying belt which conveys a paper sheet along a conveying surface, a detection sensor which is provided opposite to the conveying surface and detects a paper sheet conveyed by the conveying belt, a sensor guide which... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6918587 | Adaptive and predictive document tracking system A system and method for adaptive and predictive analysis of sensor readings to track documents in a document processing system. The system comprises: a plurality of sensors for sensing a document, wherein each sensor includes an associated filtering system for filte... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6851672 | Sheet transport position and jam monitor A sheet transport system (20) comprising at least one sheet transporter (30,36) that receives and hands off a sheet being transported by the system so as to transport the sheet from a first position to a second position, wherein the at least one transp... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6086064 | Object position/presence sensor and method for detecting object position or presence An object sensor includes at least one sensor device which is integrated with a fluid source. The object sensor includes a sensor housing having an object passage through which an object is moved. The object sensor further includes a fluid passage through... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6027113 | Multiple document detection system A multi-item detector for use with a document feeder for feeding documents along a document path includes first and second vacuum heads having juxtaposed faces and being spaced apart on opposite sides along the document path. Each head is adapted to be co... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5996994 | Device for detecting mis-fed or missing sheets in a turning device of a printing press A device for detecting mis-fed or missing sheets in a printing press having a storage drum includes a plurality of holding suction devices disposed on the storage drum and connected fluidically with one another via a first connecting line, a plurality of ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5908191 | Double-document detection arrangement A method for on-the-fly detection and separation of multiple checks or like documents transported in a track, wherein the documents are first subjected to twin opposed vacuum forces from a suction source, to separate multiple documents; then a measuring a... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5671919 | Double-document detection arrangement An apparatus for differentiating and separating multiple overlapped like documents from single like items, transported along a track comprising a suction device applying opposed vacuum forces to separate the documents at a separation station. Measuring an... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5509648 | Document separation/detection technique A method for differentiating and separating multiple overlapped like documents from single like items, transported along track means, comprising: subjecting the documents to opposed vacuum forces from suction means to separate them at a separation-station... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5439506 | Separation process for a check processor In a check processing apparatus, a technique for separating multiple checks from single like items, these transported along a track wherein the checks are first subjected to twin opposed vacuums to separate them; their state (whether single or multiple) i... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5437375 | Double-document detection systems A method for on-the-fly detection and separation of multiple checks or like documents transported in a track, wherein the documents are first subjected to twin opposed vacuum forces from a suction source, to separate multiple documents; then a measuring a... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5419546 | Double-document detection arrangement A method for differentiating and separating multiple overlapped like documents from single like items, transported along track means, comprising: subjecting the documents to opposed vacuum forces from suction means to separate them at a separation-station... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5379128 | Document transport apparatus and method A document transport apparatus provides continuous transport of documents input with a prescribed spacing between the documents, and can rapidly detect when documents close up or overlap. Detection of close up or overlap is made by measuring a length of e... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5207416 | Stack height sensing system 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 ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5102114 | Device for detecting carry-out of last glass sheet from stacking stand A detecting device is provided for detecting carry-out of a last glass sheet from a stacking stand. The detecting device comprises a suction cup releasably attached with a suction force to the last glass sheet, and a sensor for detecting attachment and de... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5088716 | Device for scanning the length of a sheet in a sheet processing machine, such as a sheet-fed rotary printing press particularly Device for scanning lengths of sheets in a sheet-processing machine, wherein the sheets travel with a leading and a trailing edge, including suction-air measuring nozzles alignable with the trailing edges of the sheets and connected to a suction-air sourc... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4936566 | Apparatus for picking up a proper number of fabric workpieces A method and an apparatus for picking up a fabric workpiece by applying vacuum provides two vacuum sensors; one for a sample fabric and the other for a fabric workpiece to be picked up. Where the apparatus has picked up incorrect number of sheets, the two... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4784274 | Bill device This bill device is constituted of a relatively elongated casing. A bill insertion slit is formed substantially in the center of this casing in its longitudinal direction. A first U-shaped bill conveying passage communicating with the bill insertion slit ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4608856 | Double feed detection device A double feed detector to detect the feeding of multiple sheets into processing equipment such as printing presses which includes a reciprocally mounted gauge tube with a passage opening onto its opposite ends so that one of its ends is lowered into a gau... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4508332 | Sheet feeder for copying machines A sheet feeder is adapted to feed sheets, received in a stack within a sheet cassette, one by one by a feed roller which rocks in response to a feed signal. The sheet feeder includes a detecting member for detecting the number of sheets left within the ca... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4369964 | Sheet feed apparatus for printer or the like A drum (13) is provided with vacuum openings (14), (16), for suckingly holding a sheet (19) thereto for printing or the like. A sheet feed failure is detected by sensing for a drop in the level of vacuum at a vacuum source (12) below a predetermined value... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4236710 | Sheet supplying apparatus A sheet supplying apparatus, in which photographic sheets of various sizes are lifted by a plurality of suction disks, includes edge detectors for detecting the edges of the topmost sheet and disabling any suction disc not completely located on that sheet... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4184674 | Monitoring device for missing and skewed sheets in sheet feeds A monitoring device for missing and skewed sheets in sheet feeding devices on printing machines having feed grippers includes at least two sensors spaced along the width of the feed table for monitoring the front edge of the sheet being fed. The sensors h... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4127265 | Sheet sensing device in a rotary printing press Sheet sensing device in a rotary printing press having a sheet transferring drum provided at respective regions thereof with gripping means for gripping the leading and trailing edges of a sheet being transferred, includes sensing nozzles disposed in the ... | 11/28/1978 |
| 3966197 | Method and apparatus for controlled feeding of sheets to printing machines or the like A printing machine receives single sheets which are removed from a stack by the suction cups of a feeding mechanism which is combined with a monitoring unit serving to detect the absence of sheets at the undersides of suction cups or the lifting of two or... | 06/29/1976 |
