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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976007 | Multiple sheet feed performance enhancing system A multiple media feed system includes an adjustable media singulator feeder that is adjustable to feed from a stack of media items a selectable number of media items to form a group of overlapped media items. A thickness sensor is positioned to measure the thickness... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976008 | Sheet feeder and document scanner having ejection detecting sensor A sheet feeder includes a feed tray receiving sheets, a catch tray receiving the sheets ejected thereon, a feeding mechanism conveying the sheets from the feed tray to the catch tray, an ejection mode switching mechanism switching an ejection mode between a first mo... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7758037 | Device for automatically loading envelopes An envelope loader device comprising a mail-receiving bed provided with conveyor rollers and serving to receive a stack of mail items, jogger means for holding the mail items against a referencing wall, a drive motor for driving said conveyor rollers in rotation, an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7744077 | Jam-door open sensing using media sensor and method for use thereof An open jam-door sensor having a peripheral device such as a printer including a substantially C-shaped feed path, the C-shaped feed path defining an inner guide and an outer guide, the outer guide being connected to the peripheral device. A media sensor for detecti... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7367555 | Recording medium transfer apparatus A recording medium transfer apparatus includes a motor control unit for controlling the motor to rotate at higher speed when the recording medium is fed to the liquid ejection area than that when the recording medium is discharged out of the liquid ejection area, an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320462 | Automatic document transportation device An automatic document transportation device includes a shutter, a stopper and a shutter releasing mechanism. The shutter is provided at upstream of a document feed roller and suspended from a cover under a freely swinging state. The stopper is provided on a pickup a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312903 | Scan job size This invention is directed to a system and method for generating an image of a plurality of documents. More particularly, this invention is directed to a system and method for scanning a plurality of documents wherein the scanned pages are separated into distinct do... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275740 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets A system, method and article for adjusting the time interval between feeding of successive sheets of media in a printer or copier. The method comprises initiating a first pick signal for a sheet of the media and identifying a feed time for the sheet of media, and id... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255338 | Method and apparatus for processing sheet material The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing sheet material, in particular papers of value such as bank notes, checks, etc., wherein different groups of sheet material are processed one after the other, the different groups of sheet materia... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7231171 | Image copying apparatus and image copying method The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182330 | Intelligent autonomous sheet feeder for the infeed of a printer Disclosed herein is a sheet feeder for a printer. The sheet feeding device feeds a single sheet into an infeeder of a printer without communicating with the printer. The sheet feeder is equipped with a sensor for detecting when the printer is able to accept a sheet.... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156391 | Driving apparatus, sheet processing apparatus having driving apparatus, image forming apparatus having sheet processing apparatus and control system A driving apparatus includes a plurality of driving devices, a plurality of detectors for detecting a malfunction of the driving devices, and a controller, which is responsive to a detection result of the detectors, for decreasing a driving speed of a driving device... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7107004 | Compactly arranged image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet; a sheet finishing unit arranged above the image forming unit for performing a finishing process such as punching a hole, stapling and marking on the sheet; and an image readin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073788 | Protective device for a delivery device A method for operating a machine that processes printing substrates in sheet form, in particular, a printing press, including a delivery device (1) which contains a drive (2) for conveying the substrate sheets and at least one opening (8) throug... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7021184 | System and method for providing sheets to an inserter system using a rotary cutter An inserter input system including a web feeder providing a web of printed material to be split by a web slitting knife along the web's direction of travel. The split web is then cut transverse to the direction of travel by a rotary cutter operating at a first veloc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6969141 | Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method In the ink jet recording apparatus, while the formation of an image on the present sheet is in progress, the remaining length-to-rear end Le between the point at which the presence of the sheet is detected by the sheet detection sensor to the rear end of the present... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6851668 | Multiple logical bins on a single output tray with sheet media level detection system A representative embodiment provides for a sheet media level detection system, including a first level detector configured to provide a first signal corresponding to a first predetermined level of a first sheet media from a first source within an output tray, and a ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851613 | Card processor A card processor which maintains security against unauthorized reading of the magnetic data recorded in the card and improves operability by suppressing offensive feeling to the customers includes a card carriage control unit which rotates carrier rollers in a direc... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6648320 | Document feeder and image reading apparatus A document feeder apparatus is provided with the first switchback path using a space between a supply tray and a discharge tray arranged to overlap with each other, and the second switchback path between the discharge tray and a pressing cover of a platen... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644645 | Stack control mechanism A stack control mechanism comprising a mechanism for feeding and accumulating sheets to an accumulating area. A control mechanism for controlling the feeding of the sheets to the accumulating area which includes emitting an impulse or vibration onto that ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6629795 | Image formation apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper transport unit, and a control unit for supplying the image forming unit with image data for a plurality of pages so that the image forming unit forms images page by page on sheets transpor... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6615105 | System and method for adjusting sheet input to an inserter system The present invention relates to an input system for feeding sheets from a paper web to a high speed mass mailing inserter system. Sheets of paper are separated from the paper web and are fed to a stacking module configured to receive the separated sheets... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6598869 | Media handoff protocol for continuous or start/stop device A method of media handoff from a first device to a second device comprises transmitting a first signal from the first device indicating a medium is at a predetermined handoff point. The first device receives a second signal from the second device instruct... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6567187 | Printing apparatus and feeding control method A printing apparatus has high reliability both in manual feeding and in automatic feeding of a printing medium, and a feeding control method controls the printing apparatus. In the case of manual feeding of a sheet as the printing medium, the sheet is tra... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6419220 | Method of operating a sheet-processing machine A method of operating a sheet-processing machine having a sheet-pile station, a sheet conveyor for feeding sheets to the sheet-pile station and for releasing the sheets thereat during operation, the sheet conveyor defining therebeneath a clearance space e... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6378863 | Method and configuration for controlling the passage of printed media A method and a configuration for controlling the passage of printed media, especially letters or envelopes, in a separating apparatus of a mail processing system, include transferring the printed media, on the output side, with an ejector to a following d... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378861 | Right angle stager apparatus and method A right-angle sheet stager apparatus for merging multiple-input sheet streams into a single output sheet stream includes one or more input channels and an output channel. Each input channel includes a transport surface and a staging surface. Each transpor... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6367793 | System and method for document input control A sheet feeding device for feeding sheets of paper to an inserter system having a control system. The sheet feeding device including a sheet supplying device that is coupled to the control system and is operative to supply sheets of paper at a first contr... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6315279 | Paper processing apparatus A paper money processing apparatus has a money reception unit and a payment unit. The money reception unit has a conveyance passage for receiving paper moneys supplied from the exterior into a money receipt box, a receipt discriminator for discriminating ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6308946 | Image forming machine with foreign material removal apparatus An image forming apparatus with a foreign material removal apparatus is formed of a sheet feeding table which is vertically movable and supports printing sheets thereon; a sheet feeding device for feeding the printing sheets stacked on-the sheet feeding t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308951 | Device for detecting a sheet stack height in a tray The invention relates to a device (1) for detecting a stack height of sheets (21) stacked in an input and/or output tray (2) of an apparatus, said device comprising a feeler (10) cyclically controlled and driven by means of a drive unit (12) and a control... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6295081 | Recording medium discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with recording medium discharge apparatus A recording medium discharge apparatus includes bins for storing sheets of paper therein. The apparatus also includes level sensors for each detecting one of the bins having been filled with paper sheets. Each sensor consists of a light emitter and a ligh... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6286830 | Sheet material stacking device and image forming apparatus having same The present invention provides a sheet material stacking device comprising a sheet material discharging means for discharging a sheet material, a sheet material stacking means on which the sheet materials discharged by the sheet material discharging means... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6206363 | Catch tray attachment for sheet feeding machine A catch tray attachment for a sheet feeding machine allows rapid accumulation and manual removal of a predetermined count of sheet articles from the catch tray. The catch tray itself is adapted for mounting to the frame of the sheet feeding machine so as ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206360 | Printer having a plurality of paper cassettes and method of selecting a paper cassette from the paper cassettes A printer includes a plurality of cassettes and a cassette is selected from the cassettes. The printer comprises a print information memory, paper information memory, cassette information memory, cassette selector, and data editor. The print information m... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6175775 | Method for optimizing the production output of an apparatus processing flat items A method and an apparatus for optimizing a production output of a processing device for processing flat articles, the processing device including at least one processing arrangement for receiving and processing the flat articles and which has function par... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6152443 | Optical device for detecting the printing media in printers An optical device for detecting the printing media in printers includes an element pivoting on two rotation pivots which are incorporated therein a certain distance apart and which are guided in respective independent curved grooves. The pivoting element ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152441 | Method and apparatus for moving sheet material gripper bars in a sheet-processing machine In a method and apparatus for moving gripper bars for the advance of sheet material in a sheet-processing machine with processing stations having upper portions and lower portions, the gripper bars are cyclically advanced in an advance plane which extends... | 11/28/2000 |
