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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360760 | Paper tray and method for using the same A paper tray for use with a printer. The paper tray includes a sidewall, a door plate, a rotating member and a resilient element. The sidewall has a through hole. The door plate pivots on the sidewall and rotates around an X-axis. The rotating member is disposed in ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7290764 | Modular guide apparatus for tab stock received in a feeder tray A tab guide is provided for aligning tab stock in a paper tray of a printer having a trail edge guide including a substantially planar sheet-engaging face and a stack height finger extending from the sheet engaging face in a process direction for engaging a top surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7252283 | Paper-pickup clutch of automatic paper-feeding device A paper-pickup clutch of an automatic paper-feeding device includes a clamping member and a clamping-force adjusting member and can be applied to image processors such as printers, copiers or scanners. The automatic paper-feeding device includes a shaft and a paper-... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7198265 | Imaging apparatus including a movable media sensor An imaging apparatus includes a printing mechanism having a media path. A print media source is provided for supplying a sheet of print media to the printing mechanism. A drive unit is provided, with a drive shaft coupled to the drive unit. A media sensor device is ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185885 | Print media depletion detection in an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a sensor, and a carrier system configured to transport the sensor along a scanning path. A mid-frame is provided having a slot formed along the scanning path. A print media support is provided for holding a supply of print media. A prin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7063315 | Pickup error-sensing apparatus of image forming apparatus and method therefor A pickup error-sensing apparatus of an image forming apparatus and method therefor. The pickup error-sensing apparatus includes a sensing actuator rotatably disposed on a frame with respect to a paper cassette, displaceable when sheets of paper are loaded in the cas... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058353 | Paper detecting device of paper feeding cassette and an image forming apparatus having the same A paper detecting device to detect paper presence on a paper plate in a paper feeding cassette, and comprising a light-emitting device and a light-receiving sensor. In the paper feeding cassette, an end-fence is movably mounted, and at least one of the light-emittin... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7004460 | Media bias assembly for hardcopy devices The illustrated embodiment comprises a media bias assembly for use in a hardcopy device. A driven pick roll delivers media from a stack of media to a media feed path in the hardcopy device. Media is contained in an input tray and the pick roll is mounted on one side... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994341 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A sheet feeding device in which sheets contained in a sheet container detachably attached to an apparatus main body are fed by a sheet feeder, including a sheet support member provided in the sheet container to vertically move while supporting the sheets, a lifter f... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6467766 | Paper sheet feed mechanism An object of the paper sheet feed mechanism of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet feed mechanism in which delivery of paper sheets is stable. The paper sheet feed mechanism comprises a feed roller conveying paper money to the right directio... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467764 | High capacity document sheet processor A high capacity document sheet processor combines significant speed and efficiency enhancing improvements in existing approaches to stack feeding particularly in the stack loading, feeding and singulating functions with novel operational arrangements adap... | 10/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5897112 | Device for detecting an empty paper tray in an electrophotographic apparatus A paper detecting device is provided that may be constructed using a tray-rotatable-cam that can rotate around a shaft through a limited range. The tray-rotatable-cam is rotated into operating position by the insertion of the paper tray into the electroph... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5842694 | Stack height control with height sensing feedhead A stack height control assembly utilizing the feedhead as the height sensing member. As a result of incorporating the stack height sensor into the feedhead, several advantages are realized. There is no additional drag imparted to the sheets as the result ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5016864 | Apparatus for feeding sheet material A copying machine including a cassette for storing a plurality of paper sheets P. The cassette is inserted into, or removed from, the copying machine through a front side. A paper-empty detecting unit detects the presence or the absence of paper sheets in... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4026550 | Continuous feeder This disclosure relates to a circular sheet feeding apparatus with a lower loading tray which can be used for loading uneven stacks of sheets, and with a loading and reversing mechanism which carries the uneven stack of sheets in an initial direction unde... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4010945 | Continuous feeder This disclosure relates to a continuous sheet feeder in which a stack of sheets arranged sheet-by-sheet are transported by conveyor belts from a lower loading tray, around a reversing cylinder and onto a discharge tray. In the region of the discharge tray... | 03/08/1977 |
