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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123220 | Sheet-medium-conveying device A sheet-medium-conveying device includes a tray, a conveying unit, a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a reference value changing unit. A plurality of sheets to be conveyed are settable on the tray. The conveying unit conveys the sheets on the tray. The measur... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8091889 | Thickness detector of paper A paper-sheet-thickness detecting device includes a reference roller provided on a fixed rotation shaft; a detection roller provided to face and come into contact with the reference roller; a detection block in which the detection roller is provided at one end and t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7992868 | Image forming apparatus capable of detecting edge portion of sheet being fed A sheet detection unit of an image forming apparatus includes a light receiving unit including a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a sheet feeding direction. A computation processing unit shifts signals from the elements in synchronization with a she... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984905 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A first detecting unit S1 for detecting a conveyed sheet at a first detecting position and a second detecting unit S2 for detecting the sheet at a second detecting position are provided. A calculation unit calculates a distance between the first and se... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984906 | Medium detection method and a medium processing device Using detectors, skewed conveyance of sheet media such as checks can be detected accurately regardless of whether part of the conveyed medium is folded over. The biased feed detection unit 33 of a check processing device 1 according to at least one emb... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7762548 | Conveyance apparatus, control method therefor, and printing apparatus A conveyance apparatus increases the conveyance precision of a conveyance unit. The conveyance apparatus has first and second conveyance rollers. The conveyance apparatus includes a DC motor serving as a driving source for the conveyance rollers, a first encoder whi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7665731 | Sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device of an aspect of the invention includes: a conveying path that allows a sheet to be conveyed and includes a first guide face and a second guide face opposing and apart from each other at a predetermined interval; a sheet conveying unit dispos... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658380 | 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... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7651090 | Paper conveyance apparatus A paper conveyance apparatus includes a stacking portion; a feeding mechanism to extract and feed paper from the stacking portion one sheet at a time; and an intermediate portion for conveying the fed paper to the vicinity of a feeding port or feeding device of a ma... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7628399 | Method and device for singling sheet material A method and apparatus for singling sheet material, in particular papers of value such as bank notes, checks, etc., for subsequent processing of single pieces of sheet material. To permit recognition of mix-ups in the singling order, maintenance of the singling orde... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7611143 | Sheet separating apparatus and method A sheet separating mechanism and a method of separating sheets is provided to prevent the multifeeding of sheets into printers or copiers. The sheet separating mechanism provides a first nip and a second nip for feeding a series of sheets therebetween. The first nip... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7597322 | Conveyance apparatus, control method therefor, and printing apparatus A conveyance apparatus increases the conveyance precision of a conveyance unit. The conveyance apparatus has first and second conveyance rollers. The conveyance apparatus includes a DC motor serving as a driving source for the conveyance rollers, a first encoder whi... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7469895 | Document feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus There is described a document feeding apparatus and an image reading apparatus, which are employed for a copier, a facsimile, a scanner, etc. The document feeding apparatus or the image reading apparatus includes: a document feeding tray on which documents are stack... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7429040 | Feeding apparatus, and image forming apparatus incorporating feeding apparatus A feeding apparatus including a feeding roller for conveying a sheet, a separation roller for conveying the sheet in a reverse direction, a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force to the feeding roller, a limited force reverse transmission mecha... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7391043 | Self calibrating media edge sensor Various edge detection arrangements are disclosed, including an edge detection method and arrangement that utilizes outputs of commonly illuminated reference and edge sensors as the inputs for a comparator. The reference sensor is configured to have a wide field of ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389083 | Image forming apparatus and medium conveying method An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes first and second conveying mechanisms disposed at a predetermined distance, a feeding roller for feeding an output medium for supporting a developer image to a predetermined position capable of h... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384041 | Mailing piece buffer system A document transfer buffer device for holding temporarily a document between an upstream document feeding device and a downstream envelope inserter has a transporting device for moving the document from the upstream document feeding device to the envelope inserter a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367731 | Feeding accuracy adjustment apparatus, recording apparatus, liquid ejecting apparatus, feeding accuracy adjustment method for recording medium The printer 1 includes a controller 32 for feeding at least a sort of recording medium P to a feed mechanism, obtaining a tendency of degradation of feed accuracy with respect to at least one sort of the recording medium, calculating an adjustment valu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364157 | Compact backnote dispensing device with banknote length sensor A compact banknote dispensing device including a storage section for storing one or more banknotes, a discharging unit driven by a first motor for discharging banknotes one-by-one at a first speed, and a transporting unit driven by a second motor for receiving the d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7339654 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus is provided including a sheet feed tray on which sheets of a plurality of sizes are placed. A conveying unit conveys a sheet on the sheet feed tray to a predetermined processing position. A sheet position detector has a plurality of light... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338042 | Sheet supplying apparatus The uppermost original of a bundle of originals placed on a stacking tray is photographed by an area sensor, and on the basis of chroma saturation information of image information thus obtained, whether the original to be separated is a color original is discriminat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322760 | Antijamming device for printers put in public places An antijamming device for a printed ticket vending machine having an exit opening for exiting of a printed ticket and a control for controlling feeding of unprinted tickets to a printing mechanism for printing tickets, having a pathway through which printed tickets ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308853 | Bulk paper feeding device with intermediate conveyor for image forming device Provided is a bulk paper feeding device with an intermediate conveyor comprising a carrier capable of carrying a large quantity of paper, a paper feeding mechanism for picking up and feeding one sheet at a time of the paper from the carrier, and an intermediate conv... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293768 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus allowing travel of a tabbed sheet, in which even when a tabbed sheet is made to travel, no erroneous jamming detection occurs, thus allowing the tabbed sheet to travel in the same manner as in the case of an ordinary sheet. Th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278696 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus ejects ink from recording heads to a recording paper, thereby attaching the ink to the medium for recording. The apparatus includes a carriage driving motor, a transfer motor, a scanner which reciprocates a carriage having the recording... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267217 | Apparatus and method for detecting removal of conveyed work An apparatus comprising a first detector for detecting if conveyed work that has passed or is passing a specific position is or is not present at a first position; a calculator for calculating a distance traveled by the conveyed work based on the specific position; ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269475 | Distributed control system with global contraints for controlling object motion with smart matter Embedded in a transport assembly are arrays of microelectromechanical sensors and actuators for detecting and propelling an object. A controller having defined therein local computational agents and a global controller controls the array of sensors and actuators. Th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241063 | Printer A top cover and a guide member form a discharge port. A plurality of guide ribs is provided on an edge portion of the top cover. A plurality of projecting pieces is provided on a guide member at positions not to face to the guide ribs. These guide ribs and projectin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240900 | Recording medium transport device and image forming apparatus A recording medium transport device includes a transport roller unit nipping a recording medium and transporting it to a recording area, the transport roller unit including a sheet detection lever coming in contact with a leading end part of the recording medium to ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231172 | Apparatus and method of measuring paper size by using sensor A method of measuring a paper size using a paper feeder having a fixedly mounted body part and a fastener apparatus movable depending on the paper size includes receiving light reflected from the body part with respect to an amount of a sent light, measuring the amo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222849 | Feeding method and apparatus for sheet-shaped recording material Feeding roller pairs are respectively constituted of a capstan roller and a nip roller. The nip roller is movable between a nip position and a release position. When movement timing of the nip rollers overlap, a pulse motor for moving the nip rollers is successively... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198265 | Imaging apparatus including a movable media sensor An imaging apparatus includes a printing mechanism having a media path. A print media source is provided for supplying a sheet of print media to the printing mechanism. A drive unit is provided, with a drive shaft coupled to the drive unit. A media sensor device is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182339 | Thickness measuring system, having improved software, for use within a mail handling system, and method of using same A thickness measuring device for measuring the thickness dimension of an article being conveyed along a conveyor system comprises a rotary encoder, and a lever arm pivotally mounted upon the shaft of the rotary encoder. The lever arm has an end portion thereof dispo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182337 | Paper feeder, recording apparatus, and method of detecting a position of a terminal edge of a recording material in the recording apparatus A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turn... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182336 | Paper feeder, recording apparatus, and method of detecting a position of a terminal edge of a recording material in the recording apparatus A paper feed unit includes a hopper on which sheets are stacked and which is turned around a rotation shaft. The hopper is turned to move apart from or move to a paper feed roller. The paper feed unit has three modes: a large release mode in which the hopper is turn... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168700 | Sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control A sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control. By varying the speed at which sheets are fed from a supply, the sheet feeder apparatus and method assures that the throughput capacity of a downstream operation is never exceeded. Speed is varied based upo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150455 | Sheet conveying device In order to accurately maintain an interval between a preceding sheet and a subsequent sheet, a sheet conveying device effects control such that, under the condition that a trailing end sensor disposed on a conveying path for supply has detected a trailing end of th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144007 | Paper size recognizing device for image forming apparatus A paper size recognizing device includes paper-aligning guides linear-reciprocally mounted to closely align the paper loaded in the cassette in one direction, a signal-generating unit interlocked with the paper-aligning guides, for generating plural signal codes sel... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145164 | Media routing control based on a characteristic of the media A media routing control device and method for qualifying media for use with a sheet-fed device includes a sensor configured to detect a characteristic of a media sheet. The device further includes a usable sheet media path and an unusable sheet media path. A sheet-i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144008 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a sheet tray configured to accommodate stacked sheets and a sheet feeding device configured to feed the stacked sheets in the sheet tray. A light emitting device emits light toward the stacked sheets, and the emitted light include... | 12/05/2006 |
