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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976021 | Sheet discharge device and image forming apparatus A sheet discharge device includes: a sheet discharge path for discharging a sheet to be discharged; a plurality of sheet discharge trays disposed along the sheet discharge path; a plurality of switching guides disposed in the sheet discharge path corresponding to th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967291 | Detent to prevent jamming of a document sorting machine A document sorting machine having at least one pocket for stacking documents according to a common criteria. Each pocket has a gate for diverting the document from the transport of the machine and into the designated pocket. The pocket also has a kicker for moving t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7318586 | Method and device for stacking sheet material A spiral slot stacker has a two-part stripper 2 for stripping out sheet material from a stacker wheel 1. The two parts 2a, 2b of the stripper are movable. A first part 2a of the stripper is moved out of the sta... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315709 | Image forming apparatus having main and sub-image forming units and method of using apparatus An image forming apparatus and method are disclosed. The image forming apparatus and method comprise a main image forming apparatus having a developing section and capable of being independently driven so that it prints an image onto a paper fed on the basis of inpu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7216866 | Sheet transport path switching mechanism A sheet transport path switching mechanism includes a movable guide to be moved rotatably about a support shaft parallel to the width direction of a transport path so as to selectively take either a main posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to the downstr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195336 | High volume printing assembly A high volume printing assembly includes an array of printers. Each printer includes a housing. Locking fee project beyond the housing on one side. Apertures corresponding to the fee are located on an opposing side of the housing to receive the feet of a neighboring... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7125216 | Device for loading a three-knife trimmer In a device for loading a three-knife trimmer with brochures, periodicals or like bound book blocks (1), comprising a feed conveyor (4), a stacking device (16) operable in magazine mode and counted stack mode and including a magazine (17)... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7080969 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7040615 | Method for giving wavy shape to sheet and discharging the sheet Provided is a sheet discharge apparatus including a plurality of stackers on which a sheet discharged from a conveyance passage is stacked, and a gate which changes a discharge direction of the sheet. The gate can move over a first changeover position to guide the s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029008 | Accumulating device and circulating type bank note depositing and dispensing machine To provide an accumulating device 71 that is capable of securely accumulating sheets or the like P having dimensional differences on the basis of the rear ends in the taking-in direction thereof. The stopper 111a advances from upward to t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7016059 | Printing images in an optimized manner A method and system of producing image prints and other physical manifestations of images from an order specifying one or more recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient. For each recipient specified by t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6969134 | Printer or other media processor with on-demand selective media converter On demand apparatus for use in a printer, printer module, stand-alone media converter, or other media processor includes a print device and a converting system. The print device receives a series of labels, tickets, tags, cards or other media samples and responds to... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6918736 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6722650 | Systems and methods for trail edge paper suppression for high-speed finishing applications A paper sheet finishing system includes a sheet guiding mechanism having nip rollers to transport a sheet forward, at least one diverter gate through which the sheet passes when the at least one diverter gate is open, and a temporary compiler to support the sheet af... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6722653 | Multifunction paper-path gate selector and sheet restraint A paper sheet gate actuation and guide system for a paper finishing device includes a guide rail, a drive system, a paper gate unit and a sliding cam unit. The guide rail is disposed along a side of the paper finishing device. The drive system includes a torque supp... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6708972 | Sheet-like object sorter, and discharged paper processing device for image-forming apparatus employing the same A plurality of bin units are provided with respective gates and, hence, it is possible to sufficiently narrow the clearance between the gates and the bodies of the bin unit. When the gate provided at each bin unit is expanded to lie toward a conveying path, the fron... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6601847 | Flats bundle collator A method and an apparatus for collating a plurality of groups of mail items, such as flats mail, each group being pre-sequenced according to prioritized delivery addresses, into a final sequenced set of the mail items from the groups, utilizing the priori... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6572105 | Dual overlapping gates to control media movement through an image forming apparatus A diverter to direct media within an image forming apparatus along one of three media paths. A first gate and a second gate are positioned in an overlapping arrangement and each is movable between up and down positions. Each of the gates includes a biasin... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6481712 | Apparatus for preventing lead to trail edge collision of mailpieces in a sorter The present invention concerns a mailpiece sorting and stacking apparatus. The sorting and stacking apparatus has a series of stacking bins. Each stacking bin is designed to include a set of kicker fingers that engage the trailing ends of the mailpieces t... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6443449 | Paper sheet discharge apparatus and printing apparatus A paper sheet discharge apparatus comprises a transport roller for transporting paper sheets discharged from an image-forming apparatus, a plurality of switching flappers for guiding the paper sheets to desired bins, and a plurality of delivery rollers fo... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6331003 | Recording medium discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus provided therewith A recording medium discharging apparatus which can be mounted on top of the image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording medium storers and a locking mechanism for locking the discharging apparatus to the image forming apparatus when the disc... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6325371 | Sheet conveying apparatus with conveying path changing device and sorter A sheet conveying apparatus including a conveying path changing device, the conveying path changing device having a main conveying path for conveying a sheet, a plurality of branched paths branched from the main conveying path, a plurality of oscillatable... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6302392 | Sheet diverter for collating signatures and a method thereof Provided is a sheet diverter for directing signatures moving in serial fashion along a diverter path to one of a plurality of collation paths. The sheet diverter includes a pair of diverter rolls for directing a signature to one of the plurality of collat... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6286831 | Optimized passive gate inverter In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for guiding a sheet in a stream of sheet progressing through a paper path of a printing machine. The apparatus includes an input feed mechanism for feeding the sheets in a firs... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6257572 | Image forming apparatus having sheet post-processing unit An image forming apparatus comprises a main body and a sheet post-processing unit. The main body has a first discharge path, a second discharge path, a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion. The sheet post-processing unit has a first sheet ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6250631 | Sheet handling unit A sheet handling unit including a processing station having a stapling mechanism for stapling a plurality of sheets; a plurality of mail trays for receiving sheets transported from the processing station; and a bulk tray for receiving sheets transported f... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6206369 | Sorter A sheet passage changing apparatus includes a plurality of swingable changing devices for changing a sheet transporting direction; common drivers for swinging the plurality of changing devices; a controller for actuating the drivers, before a sheet reache... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6176485 | Apparatus for diverting a continuous stream of flat products to alternate paths The present invention is related to a diverting device for a continuous sequence of flat products travelling in a product travel plane. A first product exit path and a second product exit path emerge both from said product travel plane. An upper set of su... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6164638 | Automated banking machine with currency recycling canisters An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transport (70... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164432 | Apparatus for feeding articles An apparatus for feeding articles, comprising: a surface; a plurality of conveyor belts spanning the surface; a motor driving the conveyor belts for transporting the articles along the surface; a barrier bar positioned above the surface for preventing fur... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6105958 | Sheet collecting device for collecting sheets of different dimensions on supports Sheet collecting device for the selective collection of sheets of different dimensions on a number of supports located below one another. Every support located below the uppermost support can be moved in a y-direction transversely of the x-direction in wh... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6086065 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from a sheet store An arrangement for feeding sheets from a sheet store to either one of a plurality of stations includes a movable carriage which receives sheets fed from the store and which has driving cogwheels for coaction with a fixed cog railway outside the carriage. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6045323 | Device for eliminating defective flat objects and for forming stacks of flawless flat objects A device for eliminating defective flat objects, which are being conveyed individually and at a distance from each other, preferably tubular segments or sack workpieces during the production of sacks, and for forming stacks of flawless objects, said devic... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6045127 | Ejected paper sorting device and its use in image recording apparatus A paper sorting device is incorporated in a recording machine. The paper sorting device includes a first paper tray located near a recording paper exit of the recording machine and a second paper tray located below the first paper tray. A flap is provided... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6024359 | Sheet stacking techniques A document processing arrangement transporting sheets at a prescribed nominal speed along a track, terminated by sort-pockets, each with an associated diverter plus a guide assembly for guiding and driving a so diverted sheet into its pocket, the guide co... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5947464 | Simple inverting path for an auto document feeder for an image forming apparatus A document setting tray of the ADF is disposed above a platen glass of an image forming apparatus. A duplex document ejecting tray is disposed above a document setting tray. A switch back table, on which the duplex document is switched back after one side... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5938194 | Mailbox with spring biased gates A sorter mailbox has a sheet transport for moving sheets through a feed path to a set or sets of vertically spaced receiver trays having sheet deflecting gates which are actuated so as to sowing toward or into an open sheet deflecting position so as to co... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5810353 | Modular output stackers for printers A printer has one or more stacked sheet output units on top of it for increasing the printer's output capacity. Each unit includes a housing having a diverter as does the printer. The position of each diverter is controlled by a diverter/drive mechanism i... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5791645 | Simple inverting path for an auto document feeder for an image forming apparatus A document setting tray of the ADF is disposed above a platen glass of an image forming apparatus. A duplex document ejecting tray is disposed above a document setting tray. A switch back table, on which the duplex document is switched back after one side... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5788229 | Path guide for selectively corrugating an output medium A method and an apparatus for corrugating the output of a reproduction device such as a photocopier includes a guiding arm for guiding an image carrying medium in a predetermined path towards a destination output bin and a projection for corrugating the i... | 08/04/1998 |
