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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8408542 | Media processing device A media processing device enables opening an openable unit so that the media transportation path is open with a minimal operation and little operating force. The media processing device has an openable unit that can rotate on a first pivot axis CL1 from a clo... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8382107 | Sheet separating mechanism A sheet separating mechanism is disclosed, which comprises a frame (380), at least one set of transferring rollers (110), a separating roller (120), a reverse rotating roller (130), an eccentric adjusting means (310), a driving com... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8360426 | Medium pressurizing device and image forming apparatus A medium pressurizing device includes: two rotating bodies that rotate and allow a recording medium held in a contact part to pass; a pressurizing member that applies, to one of the rotating bodies, a pressure of pressing the one toward the other; a drive roll dispo... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8360425 | Depinching mechanism for paper jam removal in printer A depinching mechanism including a frame, a star wheel assembly, a limiter arm, a rocker arm and a sensor is provided in present invention. Through the depinching mechanism the star wheel assembly is lifted from the first position to the second position when paper j... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8360427 | Medium transfer apparatus for an automated teller machine The present invention relates to a medium transfer apparatus for an automated teller machine, wherein a portion of medium transfer apparatus is opened and shut by a simple operation, thereby conveniently and quickly solving the problem of jams occurring when the med... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8356813 | Paper feeder assembly for image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus incorporating the same A paper feeder assembly for an image forming apparatus is configured to sandwich a sheet of paper between a roller and an opposing pressing member and feed the sheet of paper by the roller being rotated. The paper feeder assembly includes a pressure variable member ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8348273 | Nip separator device for a roll assembly A roll assembly, including a frame; a first component mounted to the frame and having a shaft, the shaft; a second component rotatably mounted to the frame and disposed in proximity with the first component, wherein at least one of the first component and the second... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8322720 | Sheet buffering system The present disclosure provides a printing device comprising a sheet buffer including a paper path having a plurality of nip pairs for selectively receiving and releasing a plurality of printer sheets. The plurality of nip pairs include a fixed load nip pair, a fixe... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8317196 | Medium conveying device and image forming apparatus A medium conveying device includes a first guide member, a second guide member, a conveying member, and a support member. The first guide member guides one face of a medium to be conveyed and opposed to the one face when the medium is conveyed. The second guide memb... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8313101 | Feeder A feeder for feeding printed products includes a casing comprising a one-piece frame including two spaced apart end plates and a plurality of crosspieces connecting the two end plates. At least one shaft is arranged on the end plates. At least one positioning elemen... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8292296 | Apparatus for varying the speed of printed products having an external eccentric assembly and method An apparatus for varying the speed of printed products is provided. The apparatus includes a nip roll rotatable about a nip roll axis and an eccentric assembly external of the nip roll coupled to the nip roll coincident with the nip roll axis. The eccentric assembly... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8240667 | Voucher management path system for a gaming machine printer A gaming machine printer. The gaming machine printer creates printed vouchers, tickets, receipts, etc. for use in gaming applications employing cashless enabled gaming systems. The gaming machine printer includes a voucher management system having a burster bar for ... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8210530 | Clutched nip separator device for a roll assembly A roll assembly, including a frame; a first component mounted to the frame and having a shaft, the shaft; a second component rotatably mounted to the frame and disposed in proximity with the first component, wherein at least one of the first component and the second... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8210529 | Feed input assembly for variable length sheet material A feed input assembly for accepting and conveying sheet material of variable length along a feed path including a processing station for performing an operation on the sheet material and an ingestion assembly adapted to capture the sheet material between the opposed... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8146917 | Conveying device with roller separating unit A conveying device performs an appropriate initialization sequence at start of an operation thereof in response to a manipulation of a lever of a non-operational conveying mechanism thereof. The conveying device includes a pair of rollers configured to convey a shee... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8132811 | Drive nip release apparatus An energy storage apparatus has one or more camshafts, one or more cams connected to the camshaft, one or more followers contacting the cam, one or more biasing members connected to the follower, and one or more tracks connected to the follower. With embodiments her... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8113514 | Sheet decurling device and image forming apparatus A moving unit includes first and second transportation paths that can selectively link to main transportation path of a recording sheet, a first roller arranged between the first and the second transportation paths, second and third rollers capable of making contact... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104766 | Sheet conveyor, image forming apparatus having sheet conveyor, and sheet conveying method A sheet conveyor includes a first roller and a second roller pressurized to the first roller to hold and convey a sheet, wherein when the sheet is held between the first roller and the second roller, the first roller and second roller are separated at a space equiva... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8091890 | Medium feeding device and recording apparatus with separated reverse direction feed driving roller A medium feeding device includes a feed roller pair, a transport roller, a medium guiding path section, and a controller. The feed roller pair includes a feed driving roller driven by power and a feed driven roller to be rotationally driven, and feeds a medium to be... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083232 | Substrate media transport system with spaced nip An apparatus and method for transporting substrate of media including a nip assembly having a drive wheel operably connected to a drive mechanism for rotating the drive wheel and an idler wheel disposed adjacent the drive wheel. The drive wheel and idler wheel formi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083230 | Bi directional paper handling transport A method and apparatus for bi-directionally transporting sheet stock in a marking engine by disposing idler rolls on opposite sides of a drive roll on movable idler roll decks for forming forward and reverse nips and feeding sheets from opposite directions into the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083231 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus with opening conveying path The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same, in which a jammed sheet can be easily viewed and easily removed. A sheet conveying apparatus of the present invention comprises a fixation guide portion... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8052145 | Document handling apparatus A document handling apparatus is disclosed which is particularly well adapted for counting documents of value, such as banknotes. The document handling apparatus comprises an input module for receiving a stack of documents and feeding them one by one into the appara... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8028991 | Image forming apparatus A supporting unit is mounted on a body of an image forming apparatus in a swingable manner around a swing fulcrum. A through shaft serves as the swing fulcrum, which is inserted into the supporting unit through the swing fulcrum so that both ends of the through shaf... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028992 | Recording sheet transporting apparatus and image forming apparatus A recording sheet transporting apparatus includes a first roller which transports a recording sheet, a first transmitting gear to which a drive force is transmitted from a drive source, a second roller which is movable in a radial direction with respect to the first... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8002278 | Printing apparatus with planetary gear unit for resolving paper jam A printing apparatus includes a housing including a feeding tray and an ejecting tray, an image forming unit disposed in the housing, a drive motor disposed in the housing, and a driving device disposed in the housing and driven by the drive motor. The driving devic... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992870 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus comprising a pair of rollers configured to pinch a sheet to be conveyed, a driving source, a roller mechanism configured to change a clearance between the pair of rollers with a force generated by the driving source, and a manual mechanis... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984907 | Automatic feeder with separable transmission gears and image acquiring apparatus In an automatic feeder and an image acquiring apparatus, a cover is rotatably connected to a body through a first pin and openable and closable with respect to the body. A roller gear rotates a transporting roller to transport a sheet. An actuating member is attache... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7900918 | Sheet conveying system, as well as image forming apparatus and sheet conveying apparatus thereof A sheet conveying system in which when a sheet is passed from a sheet conveying apparatus to another, each including a sheet conveyance controller, the receiving apparatus can smoothly control acceleration, deceleration, or stop of conveyance of the sheet. A first s... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883089 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium conveyed from a sheet feeding unit to obtain an image with photographic quality, at least a part of the recording medium has a transparent portion. When an image ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871075 | Image forming apparatus and sheet conveyance apparatus for improving jam-handling capability using a lever attached to a roller pair An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path, a pair of rollers configured to rotate in a conveyance direction to convey a sheet in the path by holding the sheet, and to reversely rotate in a direction opposite thereto. The reverse rotation is regulat... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7850169 | Automatic original feeder A feed roller and a separation roller each having convex portions are arranged so that the convex portions engage with each other. A lever is provided such that one end of the lever is fixed to a rotatable shaft and other end slides on a shaft around which the separ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7789387 | Roller assembly for feeding stacked sheet material A roller assembly for conveying stacked sheet material along a feed path. The roller assembly includes a first roller adapted for rotation within a housing, a second roller pivotally mounting about an axis to the housing and opposing the first roller to define a rol... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7762550 | Printing medium transferring apparatus According to detection results obtained by a plurality of printing medium detection device, a printing medium is carried in while controlling an operation of pressing a pinch roller to be in contact with a conveying roller and of separating the pinch roller from the... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7731188 | Sheet registration system with auxiliary nips A sheet handling system comprising a sheet registration system having sheet registration nips and a receiving system for a sheet including a capturing point for engaging said sheet. Auxiliary nips are positioned between the sheet registration nips and the receiving ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7722040 | Sheet carrying device and sheet carrying method for image forming apparatus In an embodiment of the invention, a cam of a pitch adjustment mechanism can be slid and moved along a first shaft. When a sheet is a standard paper, the pitch adjustment mechanism is ejected from an adjustment position by an urging force of a movement spring and is... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722039 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus A cam unit includes three cams fixed on a common cam shaft for moving a pair of feeding rollers, a pair of lateral registration rollers, and a stopper unit, respectively. A control unit corrects a lateral registration of a sheet whose skew is corrected by the stoppe... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722038 | Retractable image camera mechanism for a document processing system A document processing system includes a feeder stage, a transport stage, and a retractable mechanism cooperating with a portion of the document track. An assertable member is arranged with respect to the document track such that assertion of the member causes retrac... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717423 | Duplex ADF mechanism An duplex auto-document feed mechanism comprises an auto-document feedpath having a simplex feedpath portion and a duplexing feedpath portion in feeding communication with the simplex feedpath portion, the auto-document feedpath has a media input and a media output,... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7658381 | Retractable document handling mechanism for a document processing system A document processing system includes a feeder stage, a transport stage, and a retractable document handling mechanism cooperating with a portion of the document track. The mechanism includes an assertable member arranged with respect to the document track such that... | 02/09/2010 |
