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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157261 | Paper sheet conveying device and paper sheet conveying system A paper sheet conveying device is equipped with a conveying path (2) formed of conveying roller pairs and a controlling section conveying rollers. The conveying path (2) is composed of a first-half conveying path (2A) and a last-half conveying p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152168 | Apparatus and method for forming a stream of overlapping sheets or stacks of sheets An apparatus for forming a stream of overlapping sheets or stacks of sheets, includes a first transport device to deliver overlap-free sheets or stacks of sheets at a speed v1 along a plane of transport EV. A second transport device carries awa... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141872 | Printing apparatus having discharge speed control A printing apparatus comprises: a first paper discharge roller unit 411 and a second paper discharge roller unit 412 which are configured to transport a print sheet to a discharge port; a upper transportation roller unit 401 configured to transp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8104765 | Document feeder for efficiently supplying originals and storing originals in a discharge stacker after reading In a document feeder, a length of a discharge path from a reading position to a discharge position is longer than a length of a supply path from a feeding position to the reading position. An idling discharge position is disposed, where the distance with the dischar... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087670 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus A second rotary member is arranged opposite to a first rotary member to form a nip between them. A driving unit drives the first rotary member. A sheet-width measuring unit measures a width of a sheet to be fed into the nip. A speed compensating unit compensates a f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083229 | Mailpiece feed device In a mailpiece feed device comprising a mailpiece-receiving deck through which motor-driven conveyor members pass and on which a stack of mailpieces stands, and a monitoring and control circuit for actuating said motor-driven members at a determined drive speed in o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8047542 | Printing apparatus capable of handling paper size error In a printing apparatus, even when the measured paper size differs from the scheduled size, it is possible to reduce the frequency of requiring a recovery procedure, and prevent the productivity from decreasing by continuing the operation of the printing apparatus a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033546 | Belt drive controller and image forming apparatus provided with same A belt drive controller for controlling each belt stopping position with high accuracy during intermittent movement of a belt. This belt drive controller controls driving of a belt to intermittently move a belt wrapped around a plurality of supporting rollers includ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025291 | Signature velocity reduction device and method An apparatus for decelerating a signature comprises a movable belt arrangement, and a motor coupled to the movable belt arrangement for controllably moving the movable belt arrangement through a cyclical velocity profile. The movable belt arrangement is moved throug... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020864 | Printing system and method using alternating velocity and torque control modes for operating one or more select sheet transport devices to avoid contention A printing system and method using alternating control modes for one or more, but not all, sheet transport devices in order to avoid contention. In a printer having first, second and third sheet transport devices in series (e.g., registration, image transfer and ima... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006976 | Paper feed system In a paper feed system where a first paper feed mechanism takes out and transfers one by one a plurality of papers placed on a paper feed table in a stack and a second paper feed mechanism transfers the papers transferred by the first paper feed mechanism to an imag... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7954813 | Sheet conveying device and control method therefor A sheet conveying device that is capable of performing a stable sheet conveying operation without being influenced by a characteristic of a sheet. A sheet conveying device includes lots of conveying roller pairs configured to convey a sheet by nipping the same and c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938400 | Transport device for image recording apparatus and method of correcting transport speed in transport device for image recording apparatus A transport device which accomplishes transport well by means of a linear motor mechanism well even if a chain is elongated. The transport uses the chain in a first transport section, and the linear motor mechanism in a second transport section. A coupling pin of th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7841596 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder has a feed passage and includes feed roller pairs, sensors, and a controller. The feed roller pairs are arranged along the feed passage and feed sheets of paper in a feed direction along the passage by nipping the sheets. Each of the sensors is fitted... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841595 | Method and device for feeding printed products using alternating acceleration and deceleration phases A first embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transferring printed products and comprises the steps of pulling a printed product from a stack using a feed device running at a first preselected speed, accelerating the feed device after pulling the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7810811 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus including: a first sheet conveying rotary member; a second sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the first sheet conveying rotary member; and a third sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the second s... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7762549 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a feeding section configured to feed a recording sheet, a first conveyance roller which conveys the recording sheet fed from the feeding section to a recording area and conveys the recording sheet during a recording operation, a record... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7735827 | Free transport for settling and singling of letters The disclosed concepts provide for a method and apparatus for processing batched items, which may comprise a multitude of flats, e.g., letters. The individual items are conveyed in a row and abut against a band conveyor with one edge. They are at least partially res... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7722036 | Sheet conveying device and image forming system A sheet conveying device connected between image forming device and post-processing device of which sheet conveying speed is higher than that of image forming device. The sheet conveying device includes: feed-in roller for feeding in a sheet ejected from image formi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717422 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of securing a sufficient sheet bundle processing time period even with a short sheet conveying path to thereby maintain required capability of processing sheets conveyed at constant intervals. Rollers that convey sheets ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7654527 | Method of transporting and processing documents A method includes the steps of rotating an input roller to transport a first leading edge of a first document from an input tray to an input passageway, a scanning position and an output passageway sequentially; rotating the input roller to transport a second leadin... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7631869 | System and method for gap length measurement and control The present subject matter relates generally to a system and method for controlling functions in a mail sorting system based on gap length measurement and tracking. The system and method includes a plurality of sensors located along one or more mail piece transport ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628400 | Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus includes a conveyor roller, an angular velocity detection device, and a rotation angle calculation device. The conveyor roller conveys a conveyance object by a rotation thereof. The angular velocity detection device is provided to one of the co... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7607662 | Bill handling apparatus A bill handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted, a bill feeding mechanism for feeding the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot in the insertion direction, a bill reading section for... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7600754 | Image reading apparatus The present invention provides an image reading apparatus which controls conveyance of an original in accordance with the temperature of a conveyance roller for conveying the original, and which performs appropriate conveyance by determining the presence of an abnor... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7568696 | Item printing system An item printing system for printing imprints on moving items, comprising: an item transport path through which items are in use transported in a transport direction; an item transport unit for transporting items through the item transport path; a printing unit (... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562870 | Printer A printer for feeding the sheet intermittently with high precision while preventing a decrease in the print rate is provided. A printer has a feed-in roller for feeding a sheet into a printing region, a feed-out roller for feeding the sheet out of the printing regio... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559549 | Media feeder feed rate In accordance with the present disclosure, there is provided a printing system. The printing system comprises a sheet feeding apparatus for feeding cut sheets in timed relationship into a sheet processor having a pitch. The sheet feeding apparatus includes a fixed t... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7523932 | Apparatus and method for conveying sheet member In a facsimile device, a CPU determines whether or not a recording sheet is conveyed normally based on the conveyance state detected by a detecting portion. When the CPU determines that the recording sheet has been conveyed normally, the CPU increases the conveying ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7513501 | Paper feeding device for dot printers for example ink jet photographic printers Paper feeding device (33) for ink jet photographic printers, comprising a paper feeding motor (83) for preparing and feeding sheets to be printed (26) for printing. The feeding device (33) is characterized in that it comprises a changeove... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7434804 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of discharging a sheet at the optimum sheet discharging speed without stopping the conveyance of the sheet irrespective of differences in sheet conveying speed according to sheet types. A sheet discharging motor is contr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422205 | Original feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus An original feeding apparatus includes a feeder tray for stacking originals, a separating device for separating the originals into a single sheet, and a feeding device for feeding the original to the separating device. The feeding device is raised or lowered between... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415239 | Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus having the same A conveying apparatus which synchronously conveys a conveyed object includes a first conveyance roller disposed at a downstream side of a conveyance path for conveyance of the conveyed object and a second conveyance roller disposed at an upstream side of the conveya... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410167 | Recording medium feeding method and image recording apparatus A method for feeding a recording medium includes the steps of: feeding the recording medium along a sheet-feeding path by a unit feeding amount, detecting an entrance of a rear end of the recording medium into a jumping alarm area, dividing the unit feeding amount i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407161 | Method of and assembly for lapping consecutive sheets of web material A mechanism for offsetting or overlapping successive sheets of material in an interfolding machine includes a bed roll rotating at a first speed and a retard roll rotating at a slower, second speed and positioned adjacent the bed roll. As successive sheets are trans... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7392980 | Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus A sheet feed device includes: a conveyor roller that rotates in a first direction; a separation roller rotatable in a second, reverse to the first direction, that nips a sheet with the conveyor roller; a sheet detector provided at a detecting position to detect a nu... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7384042 | Image forming device including mechanism to lock cover When a cover body at a closing position is pulled up with respect to a main body, then a lock lever attached to the cover body abuts against a hook body of the main body, regulating a rattle of the cover body with respect to the main body. When a user lifts up a mul... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7380789 | Methods of moving a media sheet from an input tray and into a media path within an image forming device The application is directed to methods for moving a media sheet through the media path of an image forming device. In one embodiment, the media sheet may be moved by a pick mechanism having a pick roll from an input tray. The pick roll in the input tray may maintain... | 06/03/2008 |
