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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091884 | Transport device, overlap feed sign detection device, and computer readable medium A transport device includes a feed unit that feeds transport subjects being loaded in a loading portion one by one in a transport direction, a protrusion amount detection unit that detects a protrusion amount of the transport subjects from the loading portion in the... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7918444 | Media handling device having media shingling mechanism for providing uniform inter-page gap between successive media sheets A media handling device includes a media shingling mechanism having a roller actuator located adjacent an upper portion of a media stack and upstream thereof relative to a predetermined direction of an uppermost sheet from the stack toward a media restraint dam loca... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7364153 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a cassette configured to accommodate recording media, and a recording media feeding member configured to feed out the recording media accommodated in the cassette. The cassette includes a tray main body part including a stacking plate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7237485 | Print supply monitoring An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239432 | Drum surface scanner and method for plate size check Provided is a drum surface scanner with which punched holes and/or cuts can be formed in a plate which has been correctly defined by position, and the plate can be clamped to a recording drum. When a plate P comes in front of movable pins 113, i.e., on a hole... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7055817 | Friction wheel separator for separating sheetlike items A friction wheel singler is proposed for singling sheet material, in particular bank notes, comprising sheet magazine 5 for receiving stack of sheets 1, singling cylinder 2 having one or more friction elements 4 for contacting and conveyi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018117 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon guides, and a gap between the ribbon guides and the supply ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6945524 | Card singularization gate A card singularization gate for use in an identification card printer includes a roller support, a guide roller, and a card stop. The roller support is positioned between a card feeder and the card transport mechanism. The guide roller is supported by the roller sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932527 | Card cartridge A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output sl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6690476 | Full form utilization feature of an image forming device A method and system for unloading continuous forms media from an image forming device while utilizing full forms. The full form utilization feature of the present invention is applicable to printing onto sheets having multiple forms. During an automatic u... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6581925 | Feeder and retard rollers, and method of maximizing lifetime of rollers Sheet feed apparatus including a scuff feed for reliably transporting sheets from different types of sheet stacks and different types of sheets within the stack. The apparatus comprises a sheet feed roller and a retard device in contact with the feed roll... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6540219 | Paper feeding device A paper feed apparatus having a pickup mechanism to pick up a plurality of paper sheets stacked on a chute one by one from the bottom and carrying the paper sheets to a predetermined standby position, comprises a gate 2 disposed facing a pickup roller 1 a... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536759 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image forming apparatus having the sheet feeding apparatus, and image reading apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus has a sheet support, a feeding rotary member and a separating rotary member. The sheet support, the feeding rotary member, and the separating rotary member are so disposed that an angle formed on a side of the feeding rotary memb... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6425578 | Image recording apparatus and method Image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording plate, the apparatus comprising a plate store (1) for storing a stack (12) of recording plates separated by interleaved sheets; a drum image scanner (6) on which recording plates are located for r... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6364308 | Document feeder with overlap prevention A document feeder with overlap protection that prevents the overlap of successive documents moving from a document stack and that utilizes a nudger. An independent motor selectively drives the nudger. Document edge detectors sense the location of document... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6224050 | Method and apparatus for feeding astride folded signatures to a collection path A method and an apparatus is disclosed for feeding astride signatures (3) to a collection path. The signatures (3) are removed from a magazine (4) with a conveyor drum (6) and transferred to an opening device (16). The transport speed of the signature lif... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6090463 | Cleaning sheet cleaning method of recording apparatus using the same and stack of recording medium containing the same A cleaning sheet suitable for use in cleaning a recording apparatus including a region having an adhesive property provided on at least a part of one surface of a base sheet, and the other surface of the base sheet has a surface roughness ranging from 15 ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5545282 | Method and a device of stripping foil cuttings To strip laminated foil cuttings, which are provided with incisions in a cover foil adhered to a carrier paper through a self-adhesive bottom layer, an incision forming a separation line is made into the carrier paper of a forward edge of each foil cuttin... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5305995 | Sheet feeding apparatus for re-feeding a sheet without smearing The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus which includes a first conveying device for conveying a sheet stack formed in a stepped fashion by offsetting each sheet by a predetermined distance in a predetermined direction toward the predeterm... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5008713 | Sheet conveying apparatus and sheet conveying method This specification discloses a sheet conveying apparatus having piling means for piling sheets with a predetermined amount of deviation in the direction of conveyance provided therebetween, first conveying means for imparting a conveying force to only tha... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4921238 | Sheet feeder having preactuated picker roller A sheet feeder in which a picker member engaging an end sheet of a stack is actuated to drive the end sheet through a feed nip formed by a feed member and a cooperating member. The picker member is actuated in advance of the feed member to prevent other s... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4843436 | Feed roll cleaner for cleaning and renewing the frictional feeding surfaces of the sheet feed rolls in a copy reproducing machine or printer Feed roll cleaner for cleaning and renewing the frictional surfaces of the paper feed rolls of a reproducing or printing machine having a relatively rigid lightweight rectangular board fittable within the machine paper tray in place of the copy sheets, th... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4541623 | Alignment restraint station An improved alignment/restraint station for interposition in an automatic document feed path is disclosed. A unitary structure including back-up rollers and sawtooth restraint members is positioned downstream of the document separation station and transve... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4458890 | Apparatus for automatically feeding sheets A stack of sheets such as documents to be fed one by one from the lowermost sheet is clamped between a lower feeding roller rotated in a given direction and an upper pressing roller whose shaft is loosely inserted in an elongated hole formed in a bearing ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4418904 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus of the type capable of feeding sheets individually from the lowermost sheet of a stack of sheets placed on a sheet tray, for use in facsimile apparatus, a copying machine or the like, comprises a sheet feed roller rotated in the ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4413901 | Recirculating automatic document feeder An electrophotographic copier having a recirculating automatic document feeder whereby a stack of original documents are top-fed, one at a time, to the copier's platen for copying, and after such copying, rejoin the stack by operation of means which cycli... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4398709 | Wave generation amplification apparatus for cut sheet paper feeding Device for separating and feeding sheets in seriatim from a stack to a processing station. The device includes a pin which periodically contacts and forms a pivot point on the stack. A rotary wave generator is disposed to rotate about the pivot point. The... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4395033 | Shingling with controlled force and/or velocity Device for separating and feeding sheets in seriatim from a stack to a processing station. The device includes a pin which periodically contacts and forms a pivot point on the stack. A rotary wave generator is disposed to rotate about the pivot point. The... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4374586 | Document feed sheet aligner Apparatus shown for feeding documents of selected width singly from a stack in alignment without buckling. Guides are provided at either side of a bin for holding a stack of documents. One guide is fixed and the other adjustable in order that the bin may ... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4313598 | Self-compensating stripper assembly for document handling and counting apparatus A self-compensating stripper assembly cooperating with a feed roller for separating sheets from a stack and feeding them one-at-a time to facilitate counting, examining and endorsing operations on each individual sheet. Said assembly has a pivotally mount... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4306713 | Document feeder A document feed mechanism for feeding original documents to a copier imaging station. A bottom feed shingler wheel generates a shingled stack of original documents in a tray having a crowned shape, the tray crest being located forward of the shingler whee... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4236709 | Cartridge sheet feed attachment Disclosed is a compact sheet feed apparatus suitable for attachment to a printer or the like, including a removable cartridge for holding a stack of sheets. The cartridge provides an intergral edge aligner surface and second sheets restraint during latera... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4189138 | Paper feeder A paper feeding apparatus adapted to feed paper sheets one by one by the rotational force of feed rollers acting on the uppermost surface of stacked paper sheets, including a linkage arrangement for moving the feed rollers transverse to the direction of p... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4126305 | Combing wheel A multibin, cut-sheet xerographic copier capable of operating in a simplex or a duplex mode, wherein sheets are fed from a selected sheet stack, one at a time, to the copier's transfer station, by a sheet feeding structure which includes a resilient combi... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4119219 | Batch feeder The edges of the upper portion of a stack of sheets are driven horizontally into the high friction periphery of a rotating roll which raises the edge portions from the stack in succession. The rotating roll is then pivoted about an external axis until it ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4113245 | Combing wheel feed nip with second sheet restraint A multibin, cut-sheet xerographic copier capable of operating in a simplex or a duplex copy mode, wherein sheets are fed from a selected sheet stack, one at a time, to the copier's transfer station, by a sheet feeding means which includes a combing wheel.... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4059262 | Sheet delivery apparatus A sheet delivery apparatus includes a sheet delivering revolving member in abutting relationship with a sheet separating member, which members cooperate to deliver the lowermost one of sheets in a stack through a nip therebetween while maintaining the for... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4045014 | Sheet film magazine for an X-ray film exchanger A sheet film magazine for an X-ray film exchanger includes a housing with a chamber, a drum rotatably mounted in the chamber with a portion urged toward the cylindrical surface with the teeth resting thereon. A leading end of each sheet inserted into the ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4015839 | Card feeding station A data card feeding station in which a stack of cards is aligned and removed one-by-one from the stack by a feed roll and a pressure applying spring under the control of a card engaging plate which is actuated on command to allow engagement of a card betw... | 04/05/1977 |
