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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396009 | Method and device for correcting pick timing in an image forming device Methods and devices for moving a media sheet along a media path from an input area to a toner transfer area. One method comprises initially determining that the media sheet is to be moved from the input area. After making the determination, the media path is detecte... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7232122 | Jam detection method and system for an inserter A document assembly system with jam detection capability. The system including an accumulation chassis having a series of pusher fingers for pushing collations of documents. Above the chassis, document feeders release documents to the chassis to form the collations.... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7198264 | Sheet supplying device In a sheet supplying device for feeding a sheet from a sheet stack configured by stacking plural sets of sheets collated by page order, each of which corresponds to one volume, for each set of sheets, in a state where the sheets are superimposed on one another so as... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7165902 | Printer and printer control method A printer and control method to control the operation of a printer to assure consistent print quality regardless of the paper length. A paper transportation control unit 101 and ASF control unit 103 drive a paper feed roller 78 and main paper tr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7066460 | Sheet supply apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet supply apparatus supplies a sheet to an image forming apparatus. The sheet supply apparatus includes a sheet loading device for loading the sheet, a sheet stacking device for stacking the sheet to be loaded on the sheet loading device, a sheet feeding device... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6962332 | Media conveying mechanism A media conveying mechanism located in a media data recorder for conveying media mainly includes a driving motor to provide driving power needed. A first clutch to control the operation of a pickup roller. A second clutch to control rotation direction of an intermed... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956679 | Paper feeder apparatus and facsimile apparatus A paper feeding apparatus is provided with a pressing arm that presses the separator to a paper feed roller, a document guide that has a pair of guide parts for pressing a document to the paper feed roller, and a spring part that applies spring force to the pressing... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6923437 | Apparatus and methods for feeding sheets of media to a media processor Apparatus for feeding sheets of media to a media processor may include a take-away roller for engaging a first sheet of media. It may further include a first sensor for detecting a movement of the first sheet of media past the take-away roller. The apparatus may inc... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6729613 | Method for operating sheet pick and feed systems for printing One method operates a pick motor and a separate feed motor to pick and feed a sheet for printing. Desired pick and feed motor velocities are obtained from respective first and second functions of sheet position. Sheet position for obtaining both desired motor veloci... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6672581 | Sheet conveying apparatus for an image information processor A sheet conveying apparatus for an image information processor includes a driving apparatus having a sheet supply opening and a sheet discharge opening arranged above and below and in the same direction, and a registration roller, a delivery roller, a sca... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6644659 | Sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control A sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control. By varying the speed at which sheets are fed from a supply, the sheet feeder apparatus and method assures that the throughput capacity of a downstream operation is never exceeded. Speed is varie... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6607190 | Apparatus for providing gap control for a high-speed check feeder A control system for controlling a motor driving a separator roller of a collation-feeder stager assembly in an inserter system including one or more enclosure feeders, the collation-feeder stager assembly including a following roller assembly having a fi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6536756 | Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming a... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6481705 | Method and device for detecting multiple feed A light emitting sensor emits light toward sheets carried along a carriage path and the quantity of light transmitted through each to the sheets is detected by a light receiving sensor. A predetermined number of samples of light quantities received by the... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6435498 | Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system The present invention provides an aligner apparatus which bottom edge aligns documents and separates documents and provides adequate gap between documents for subsequent processing. The an aligner apparatus includes first and second guide walls, forming a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6354583 | Sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control A sheet feeder apparatus and method with throughput control. By varying the speed at which sheets are fed from a supply, the sheet feeder apparatus and method assures that the throughput capacity of a downstream operation is never exceeded. Speed is varie... | 03/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6293535 | Device for individualizing blanks of paper, plastic, or similar materials An individualization and transport device for blanks has a vacuum feeder with an endless belt circulating in a timed drive cycle in a transport direction. The endless belt of the vacuum feeder has an upper belt portion and a lower belt portion. An individ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6181906 | Image forming apparatus having original conveying apparatus An image forming apparatus has an original conveying apparatus, a scanning device for scanning an original image of the original on the original support glass plate, an image forming portion for forming an image on the basis of the original image read by ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6019362 | Sheet transfer apparatus A sheet transfer apparatus includes a sheet receiver for receiving a plurality of sheets, and a transfer mechanism for successively transferring each of the sheets from the sheet receiver along a predetermined transfer path. The sheet receiver has an open... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6007062 | Method and apparatus for removing a jammed paper from an ink-jet printer A method and apparatus for removing a jammed paper from an ink jet printer is aimed at an efficient removal of the jammed paper. When an operator pulls jammed paper to remove it the feed roller rotates in response to such a motion, and a sensing unit sens... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5924686 | Method for controlling the velocity of sheet separation A method for controlling the feeding of sheet material from a sheet feeding device, in which the sheets are stored in a stack and are fed seriatim by a feeding means to a staged position, in which the sheet is partially ejected from the feeding device, an... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5775683 | Method for transporting handling sheets Method for transporting/handling sheets along at least one transport/handling segment in a machine includes supplying sheets to and removing sheets from the machine, the transport/handling segment having a period length for successive sheets which is depe... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5634635 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder for feeding and discharging a document or documents to and from a document handling device such as a copying machine includes a document supply unit having a separation roller and register rollers, positioning unit and dischar... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5580046 | Selective ejection of sensed paper jams in single sheet paper processing equipment Paper processing equipment such as a laser printer uses a plurality of sensors to detect the presence of paper in the paper path of the equipment. In order to provide an appropriate response to different types of malfunctions, a determination of the type ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5427252 | Automated system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successiv... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5223905 | Automatic document conveying device An automatic document conveying device comprising a paper-feeder for sequentially separating one document sheet from a stack of document sheets loaded on a document loading table and for sequentially transporting each document sheet to a standby position ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5003335 | Sheet film developing device A sheet film developing device with a dark chamberside introduction of sheet films to be developed comprises a developing unit, a unit for moving a sheet film to the developing unit, a sheet film supplying unit for supplying sheet films to the developing ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4971309 | Automatic document feed mechanism Combination automatic feed systems and sheet readers are provided by this invention which include aligning and picking mechanisms for transporting and laterally aligning a sheet of paper relative to a flow path. The system includes a microprocessor for de... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4651982 | Sheet dispensing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for dispensing sheets (2) from a store (1) is described. Single sheets are withdrawn from the store (1) by a friction feed roller (3) driven by a motor (5). Each sheet is fed to a transport path (17) defined by a pair of conveyors (... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4570801 | Document handling machine A document and currency handling machine in which bills to be handled are loaded in a cartridge having a first endless belt with a pusher plate which is spring biased towards the sheet-by-sheet feeder in the machine by a spiral spring coupled between the ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4397455 | Document dispenser with escrow system An apparatus for dispensing documents from a storage location to a discharge area includes structure for transporting the documents from the storage location along a transport path to an escrow or collection station. The leading and trailing edges of the ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4268021 | Transportation arrangement for sheetlike recording carriers Only the topmost sheet (12) of a stack is fed from a supply box (10) by transportation rolls (16) by way of a separating arrangement (18) to a pair of transportation rolls (20, 22). This pair transports the sheet further until the ray of a light (66) is i... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4203585 | Document feed for a copier machine A document feed mechanism for a copier machine incorporating an automatic document feed (ADF) with a semi-automatic document feed (SADF) and enabling the SADF to interrupt the ADF. The ADF tray upon which a stack of documents to be copied is placed is sit... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4159782 | Banking machine control Bank notes are accurately delivered to a customer in a preselected amount at an exit throat from a storage bin. Delivery of the bank notes from the storage bin is on an individual basis to an escrow station where the number of bills of currency representi... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4092919 | Card selecting and address printing apparatus A card selecting and address printing apparatus to select a card having specified information from among a group of cards bearing thereon coded information and a master printing address and to transfer-print the specified information from the card onto an... | 06/06/1978 |
| 3936041 | Automatic original supply device for electronic copying apparatus An automatic original document supply device for electronic copying apparatus including a detection and control system, interposed between the original supply roller system and the original conveying and holding belt, which detects the passing of the trai... | 02/03/1976 |
