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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900907 | Media processing device A media processing device can convey checks at a constant speed passed an information reading position without slipping and without increasing the relay capacity of the transportation roller. The check processing device 1 has two transportation rollers 31 | 03/08/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7290762 | Print media source for an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a printing mechanism and a print media source for supplying print media sheets to the printing mechanism. The print media source includes a first media tray for holding a first print media, a second media tray for holding a second print... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284921 | Mobile device with first and second optical pathways A mobile device including: a printhead for printing onto a print medium, the print medium including coded data; a media path for directing the print medium past the printhead for printing; an optical sensor; a first optical pathway for directing optical image inform... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270326 | Paper sheet separation and transfer apparatus A paper sheet separation and transfer apparatus has a take-out roller which takes out stacked paper sheets onto a transfer path, a first separation unit, and a second separation unit. When the front end of a first paper sheet in the transfer direction reaches a nip ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7242901 | Document image scanning device A document image scanning device includes two scanning units provided along a document transportation path for scanning both sides of an original document. A plurality of transportation systems are classified into a first transportation system upstream of a first sc... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7167663 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus can perform various operations. These are, for example, an operation to start an image formation and an output process that inhibits opening and closing of a feeding route interlocked with opening and closing of ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156799 | Folding machine with stacking arm A paper folding machine is provided including a housing having upper and lower fold plates constructed for quick and easy removal of the upper plates from the machine so that repairs may be made. The machine includes an automatically adjustable stacking arm movable ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140608 | Bill box for bill acceptor A bill box used in the bill receiver of a coin exchanger for accommodating banknotes received by the bill receiver is disclosed to have a gate installed in the first chamber thereof and a driving mechanism controllable to move the gate between two positions to close... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7040618 | Stacking unit for articles sheet form Stacker 1 for sheet-shaped objects is described having feeding device 3 for depositing sheet-shaped objects 2 in storage pocket 4 with variable capacity. Storage pocket 4 has contact surface 5 against which sheet-shaped obje... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036811 | Registration system paper path length compensation Systems and methods of registration system control are provided that compensate for differences in physical properties of various substrates being transported through the system that impact the displacement of the substrate through a given path. Exemplary systems of... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021618 | Automatic document feeding apparatus and document reading apparatus An automatic document feeder is provided with the first transport device and the second transport device for feeding an original at a reading position to read the original, and a curved reading path disposed between the first transport device and second transport de... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6433897 | Integrated chassis for automatic document feeder in a scanning unit In a scanning unit such as a facsimile machine, an automatic document feeder transports individual sheets from a stack of documents along a document path over a scanning window to an output tray. An upper guide member includes an integrated chassis which ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6345817 | Document sheet separator and optical document reader A sheet separator to separate sheets of documents supplied as a stack into a single sheet. The sheet separator has a first separating mechanism and a second separating mechanism, each of which has a separating roller. The second separating mechanism is pr... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6267367 | Device for collecting and transferring cut paper products or the like A device for collecting and transferring cut products has an in-process storage device and a feeder feeding a stream of the cut products to the in-process storage device. The in-process storage device has a collecting tray in which the cut products fed by... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6209861 | Sheet transport device and automatic document feeder A sheet transport device is provided with a sheet inverting mechanism for retracting a sheet transported along a main transport route into a switchback route to invert the sheet transport direction and returning the sheet into the main transport route to ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206359 | Auto document feeder An automatic document feeder includes a feed tray 2 on which documents are placed, a feeder 4 for feeding documents on the feed tray 2 to a conveyor path, conveying 8 for conveying the fed documents to an image reading position, a discharging 9 for discha... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6151140 | Integrated chassis for automatic document feeder in a scanning unit In a scanning unit such as a facsimile machine, an automatic document feeder transports individual sheets from a stack of documents along a document path over a scanning window to an output tray. An upper guide member includes an integrated chassis which ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6089560 | Medium conveying apparatus and front loading mechanism To provide a conveying apparatus which prevents a document being damaged by accidental opening and closing operations of the drawer portion, and a document reading apparatus; there is provided a medium conveying apparatus which at least includes a drawer ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6015143 | Automatic document feeder having universal output tray An automatic document feeder includes a low profile, small footprint document output tray having an overall length of about one-half a document length and a shallow curvature with a centrally disposed medium depressor at the central region of the curve th... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5971386 | Single-motor type transmission unit of an office machine A transmission unit mounted on the machine base of an office automation machine and covered with a cover and controlled to turn a document feeding control roller through a first driven gear set and/or a thermal paper letting-off control roller through a s... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5934661 | Friction paper-feed method and apparatus capable of preventing paper-feed failure caused by slippage A friction paper-feed apparatus and method used in an information processing apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus prevents a paper-feed failure caused by a slippage produced at a contact region between a friction paper-feed roller and a sheet of paper.... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5913510 | Recording apparatus The present invention provides a horizontally set recording apparatus provided with a sheet inserting and discharging holes at the upper surface, wherein substantially linear recording sheet transporting route passing through the recording section is form... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5897110 | Data processing apparatus having a movable hopper table A data processing apparatus including a drawable hopper table with a hopper and an image reading head. Sheets are conveyed from the hopper to a stacker arranged below the hopper table, and the stacker includes a pusher for discharging sheets. The hopper t... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5897111 | Transmission unit of an office machine A transmission unit mounted on the machine base of an office automation machine and covered with a cover and controlled to turn a first roller and a second roller, including a gear transmission mechanism, a first roller having a driven gear set at one end... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5887865 | Document feeder for image-forming apparatus and image-forming apparatus, using the same According to a document feeder for an image-forming apparatus of the present invention, when a double-sided document fed from a feed paper stacker, the document with the front surface thereof having been read out by a document reader unit is inverted in a... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5842692 | Covered feed unit for feeding recording media into an office machine A covered feed unit (1) fits on the housing of an office machine (7), in particular, of a flat-bed scanner, having a feed opening (47) for recording media (46), and having a discharge opening which is arranged in a plane located beneath the feed opening, ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5815592 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents A method and device for counting and discriminating documents including currency documents comprising a discriminating unit wherein the failure of a bill to be identified by the discriminating unit to causing the operation of the device to be suspended af... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5788227 | Beltless cut sheet media feeder and method for feeding and ejecting sheets to and from a scanner apparatus A beltless, automatic document feeder for a flat bed document scanner or other hard copy apparatus using a flat bed scanning station is disclosed. A paper path is formed between a feeder frame guide and a paper loading tray. A document sheet pulled from a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5764384 | Integrated chassis for automatic document feeder in a scanning unit In a scanning unit such as a facsimile machine, an automatic document feeder transports individual sheets from a stack of documents along a document path over a scanning window to an output tray. An upper guide member includes an integrated chassis which ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5755435 | Document conveying arrangement in data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus having an image reading head. A box-shaped casing has upper and lower cavities, with a hopper table slidably arranged in the upper cavity. The lower cavity is a stacker. A pick roller, a separator roller, and conveying rollers ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5743518 | Paper stacking apparatus for image reading apparatus and image reading apparatus with paper stacking apparatus A paper stacking apparatus for an image reading apparatus and an image reading apparatus with a paper stacking apparatus wherein paper sheets can be stacked appropriately to allow a large amount of paper sheets to be read rapidly at a time are disclosed. ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5662320 | Apparatus having document transport mechanism An apparatus comprises a box shaped case (10) having first and second openings (12) provided on arbitrary side surfaces thereof, a drawer (11) provided within the first opening (11), capable of opening and closing with respect to the box shaped case (10) ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5630579 | Automatic manuscript sheet feeder The present invention discloses an automatic sheet feeder to feed manuscript sheets onto and discharge the same from the top of the overhead projector. The automatic sheet feeder comprises a stage glass on which the manuscript is to be set, a common feedi... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628503 | Paper feeder A paper feeder for use in an image forming apparatus for forming images on a printing paper includes a primary paper feeding mechanism which sends out printing sheets one by one at a predetermined speed and a secondary paper feeding mechanism which sends ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5622360 | Feeder station for collating apparatus A feeder station for apparatus for collating printed sheets includes a mechanism for imparting motion to individual sheets prior to the time the sheets are engaged by a pusher mechanism which propels the stack of collated sheets being formed along a conve... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5597153 | Automatic original feed apparatus The present invention provides an automatic original feed apparatus comprising an original stacking portion on which a plurality of originals can be rested, an introduction path for directing the original supplied from the original stacking portion to a r... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5579129 | Original reading apparatus and information processing apparatus with original reading apparatus The present invention provides an original reading apparatus including a pre-scan mode for reading a color reference member before an original is read, a registration mode for aligning a tip end of the original before the original is read, and a reading m... | 11/26/1996 |
