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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181953 | Member detecting media amount in multiple trays A printing system includes a first media holder configured to hold a plurality of sheets of media, and a second media holder configured to hold a different plurality of sheets of media. A contacting component is configured to selectively contact an individual sheet ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7815183 | Compact structure device for extracting sheets from two trays and respective printer A device (10) for extracting and feeding sheets from two trays, comprising a first tray (20) to contain a first ream (21a) of sheets (21), a second tray (30) to contain a second ream (31a) of sheets (31)... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7654514 | High capacity tandem stack shuttle feeder module A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a stack of sheets in a direction of movement to a process station, including: an elevator tray for holding stacks of sheets; a feed head for picking up a sheet from the stack of sheets when a vacuum force; air knife for blowing ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7584950 | Image forming apparatus and sheet feeding cassette An image forming apparatus including: a print part; a feeding part; a first sheet feeding tray; and a second sheet feeding tray. The first sheet feeding tray stores a sheet of a first size therein, the feeding part feeding the sheet of the first size from the first ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7556255 | Image processing apparatus The typical configuration of an image processing apparatus includes a document stacking means on which documents are stacked, a recording medium stacking means on which recording medium are stacked, and a feeding roller for feeding documents or recording medium from... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7513493 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a document loading unit in which a document sheet is loaded, a recording-sheet loading unit in which a recording sheet is loaded, a supply roller that supplies the document sheet or the recording sheet from the document loading... | 04/07/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7172116 | Automatic dispensing machine of cards and card like goods Dispensing more than one card or card like good is prevented to prevent issuing a duplicate with an automatic dispensing machine of card or card like good having a table which supports the piled up card or card like good. A sucking device is located over the table a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7063314 | Media handling device and methods Disclosed herein is a media handling device for handling sheets of media contained in a conglomerate stack. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6896251 | Device for separating mutually adjacent flat copies A device for seperating copies of a flat sheet material mutally adjacently conveyed on paths defining a common wedge-shaped region, one of the copies of the flat sheet material passing over in a transfer region to the respective path whereon the other of the copies ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6823791 | Plate inverter for plate management system and method of operation A substrate manager for a substrate exposure machine is used, in one example, as a platesetter. As such, it comprises a substrate storage system, containing one or more stacks of substrates, such as plates in one implementation. A substrate picker is provided for pi... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6752559 | Indexing system package and display system A packaged stack of dividers comprising a container including front and back covers, at least two dividers oriented in stacked relation to each other and positioned in the container between the front and back covers, and an alignment member coupled to the stacked di... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6659444 | Sheet feed apparatus, and recording apparatus having sheet feed apparatus In a sheet feed apparatus, a guide member formed by a flexible member is disposed at an aperture for manual sheet feeding provided on an upper surface of a sheet storing means, and sheets are guided to the position below a sheet feed means by the guide me... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6575449 | Photographic material guiding arrangement Photographic material guide arrangements for the guidance of photographic material between at least three spaced apart photographic material guide paths along which photographic material, especially films or photographic paper, is guided, which includes t... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6547234 | Quadruple capacity feeder cassette A sheet feed cassette adapted to be installed within a sheet feed unit of an image forming apparatus such as, for example, a copier as a printer. The cassette includes a frame including at least a side frame and a bottom frame. A bottom plate is provided ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6422801 | Automatic plate feeding system An automatic plate feeding system for loading plates of various sizes into a printing plate imaging device, which includes a plurality of trays staggered one on top of the other, and an arm mechanism for loading plates from the plurality of trays and feed... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6315280 | Paper feeding apparatus of a multi-functional machine A paper feeding apparatus of a multi-functional machine capable of automatically feeding documents and printable paper one by one is provided. The paper feeding apparatus includes a sensor for sensing whether the documents are loaded, a separating unit fo... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6238175 | Destacking apparatus Foil sheets are removed from two stacks located one above the other on a stack rack by a swingable transfer assembly having a transfer platform along the sides of which guide rails carry a suction beam which, as the transfer assembly is swung up and down,... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6189881 | Sheet dispensing apparatus and tray A sheet dispensing apparatus includes at least one pair of sheet stores, and a transport system for transporting sheets from the stores to a dispense position. The transport system includes, for each pair of sheet stores, a common feed member which, upon ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6135438 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from two separate sources A single pick feed mechanism is rotatable between two positions. In a first position, the single pick feed mechanism has its pick rolls rotate in one direction to pick the top sheet of a first source of media. In a second position, the single pick feed me... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5971387 | Automatic sheet feeder provided in an image forming machine An automatic sheet feeder having a first tray capable of moving upward and downward and a second tray arranged adjacently behind the first tray (upstream in a sheet feed direction). The first tray moves upward to press a first stack of sheets against a sh... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5886729 | Sheet supplying apparatus using a flexible elastic pawl member for separating sheets one by one A sheet supply apparatus according to the present invention has a pawl separator for separating sheets one by one by regulating the tip ends and upper surfaces of tip end portions of the sheets, which pawl separator can be retarded from a sheet regulating... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5813826 | Bottom sheet dispenser for load forming machinery A bottom sheet storage and feeder apparatus for use with one or more load forming or stacking machines for the purpose of providing one or more bottom sheets for protecting the load. The apparatus chooses a bottom sheet stored in one of a plurality of ver... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5775684 | Apparatus for feeding distinct feed stock and maintaining the alignment of printable stock in a roller driven tray information transfer device Apparatus for feeding distinct feed stock through a roller driven tray device to an information transfer device (i.e., scanning, facsimile, printing, copying) or a multipurpose information transfer device for processing feed stock, the roller driven tray ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5737682 | Duplex sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus A miniature duplex sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus is disclosed. A duplex unit is positioned above an ordinary sheet feed tray loaded with a stack of sheets. The duplex unit has an intermediate tray for stacking sheets each carrying an... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5413322 | Sheet feeding device The present invention relates to a device for feeding sheets, one by one, to an automatic photographic processor or the like. The sheet feeding device generally includes a suction pad for taking out an uppermost sheet of stacked sheets stored in a sheet p... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5402996 | Apparatus and method for feeding cards from selected card stacks using a continuously rotating drive A number of card feeders comprise a feed belt underlying a friction wheel operated by a pulsed drive. A continuously rotating drive shaft may be coupled to a selected feeder by an air cylinder which retracts under control of a controller to translate a gu... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5193794 | Device for automatic dispensing of single sheets and the like A device is described for automatically dispensing single sheets and the like, especially to an office machine. The device has a magazine in which stacks of single sheets can be inserted in freely selectable quantities and with freely selectable storage v... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5192066 | Device for transporting sheets in office machines A device for transporting individual sheets of a sheet-form recording medium in office machines comprises an endless circulating conveyor belt for transporting the sheets. A pressure device holds sheets positively against the conveyor belt, and has a flat... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5161938 | Automatic supply and loading device for sheet items An automatic supply and loading device for container blanks such as gable top containers including storage magazines for storing therein the blanks in a flat collapsed form at a location away from the main magazines from which the blanks are individually ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5120040 | Sheet media tray and mechanism for feeding media of two different sizes A sheet media feed mechanism including a sheet media tray, the sheet media tray having a lower tray for holding a stack of automatic-feed cut sheet media and an upper tray for holding individual sheets of manual-feed sheet media. The lower tray has a pair... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5085419 | Paper feeder insert tray In order to minimize the handling of large copy sheets when the feeding of a different size or type of copy sheet is required, and insertable copy sheet tray is included that is inserted on top of copy sheets already in a copy sheet tray for feeding purpo... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5080343 | Sheet film loading apparatus A loading apparatus for selectively taking out a sheet film from among sheet films accommodated in a plurality of magazines and loading the sheet film into a cassette. The sheet taken out from the magazine is adapted to be held in a holding device in a cu... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5044621 | Automatic film-loading device for sheet-film cassettes A device for moving film from a supply magazine to a cassette loading station, the film removing device being in a unit with a film holding channel formed by parallel groups of rollers which engage opposed edges of the film.... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4984260 | Radiation diagnostic device A radiation diagnostic device wherein different kinds of picture image record media can be used and the performance is improved. The radiation diagnostic device which includes a photographing station in which radiograph information of an object for inspec... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4828415 | Printer A plurality of paper supply mechanisms are spaced in a vertical direction. A printing section is provided on the discharge side of the paper supply mechanisms for vertical movement. A driving mechanism positions the printing section to one of the paper su... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4793605 | Paper detector of printer A paper detector for a printer of the type having a printer head, a platen and two paper guide paths for guiding recording paper to a position between the printer head and the platen. The paper detector comprises a reflection-type photo sensor comprised o... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4775138 | Device for loading and unloading x-ray film cassettes A device for loading and unloading an X-ray film cassette comprises a housing which has a light-proof closable compartment receiving a film cassette and provided with a sucker for removing a film from and inserting a new film into the cassette, a device f... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4770403 | Paper feeder usable with a copier and others A paper feeder is disclosed which has a plurality of trays arranged one above another and a paper feed unit movable up and down to one of the trays selected. To control paper transport speed, a paper sensor is actuated prior to a level sensor during movem... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4688782 | Vertical vacuum corrugation feeder A vertical vacuum corrugation feeder for separating and feeding sheets from either of two stacks includes a single feed mechanism positioned between the stacks having integral dual feed heads surrounded by at least one feed belt. The dual feed heads inclu... | 08/25/1987 |
