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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118296 | Open/close mechanism for paper tray for use in image forming apparatus An open/close mechanism can be used for paper trays of an image forming apparatus. The open/close mechanism includes a plate member provided on a side of a housing of the image forming apparatus and configured to pivot upon an axis between an open position and a clo... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8096545 | Sheet-feeding scanning apparatus having mechanism for feeding business card A sheet-feeding scanning apparatus having a business card feeding mechanism is provided. The sheet-feeding scanning apparatus includes a scanning module, an ordinary document input tray, an ordinary document pick-up roller assembly, a transfer channel, a plurality o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087658 | Image forming device with open/close cover and manual paper feeding tray A multifunction peripheral includes a main body, a jam access cover, and a manual paper feeding tray. The jam access cover can expose the interior of the main body by being rotated. The manual paper feeding tray is attached to the jam access cover so as to be rotata... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8033540 | Image forming apparatus having pick-up roller cover An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a printable medium; a casing to accommodate the image forming unit; a feeding cassette coupled to the casing and arranged so as to move between a feeding position where the feeding cassett... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7938393 | Recording apparatus and method of controlling the same A recording apparatus includes a facsimile receiving function and one of a copy function and a printer function. On a shared sheet conveying path, sheets fed from a manual feed port and a cassette feed port are conveyed, and conveying rollers hold the sheet from the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7887039 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, which can efficiently align a paper supplied to a printing unit of a main body from a paper feeding unit that is removably mounted to the main body, includes a paper aligning unit, integrally provided with a paper container of the paper f... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7866655 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body provided with an opening, an image forming unit attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body via the opening, a cover supported pivotally on the apparatus main body so as to cover the opening, a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7841590 | Medium feeding unit and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a first feeding unit and a second feeding unit. In the first feeding unit, a hand-feeding unit having a hand-feeding accommodating portion is mounted. The first feeding unit includes a first mounting portion into which a medium i... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7806397 | Sheet-feeding scanning apparatus having mechanism for feeding business card The present invention relates to a sheet-feeding scanning apparatus having a business card feeding mechanism. The sheet-feeding scanning apparatus is adapted for scanning an image of an ordinary document or a business card. The sheet-feeding scanning apparatus inclu... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7784780 | Manual sheet-feeding device and image forming apparatus An adjusting member is positioned in a sheet feeding opening. The adjusting member is adjusted according to the size of the paper sheet. The adjusting member does not jut out of an exterior surface of an apparatus body. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7748691 | Manual feed trays and image forming apparatus A manual feed tray including a cover member pivotally supported at a lower end and assuming a storage position and a sheet feeding position; a sheet feeding platform situated at the lower end side of the cover member in the sheet feeding position, and mounted to the... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731170 | Open/close mechanism for paper tray for use in image forming apparatus An open/close mechanism can be used for paper trays of an image forming apparatus. The open/close mechanism includes a plate member provided on a side of a housing of the image forming apparatus and configured to pivot upon an axis between an open position and a clo... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708263 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that includes: a housing that has a sheet member feed-in port on a side of one side surface thereof; a feed-in mechanism disposed in a second conveyance passage to feed the sheet member from the sheet member feed-in port to a side of a jun... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7635123 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and bypass sheet supplier capable of regulating and supplying recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a bypass sheet supplier configured to supply a recording medium and an image forming mechanism configured to form an image on the recording medium sent from the bypass sheet supplier according to image data. The bypass sheet suppl... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7631861 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device for manually feeding a sheet to a specified apparatus such as an image forming apparatus is provided with a manual feed tray for guiding a sheet being manually fed, and a pair of cursors provided on the manual feed tray and movable in opposite... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7621520 | Device for surface treatment of objects with reduced size and improved ergonomics The present invention concerns a device (DISP) for treating at least one surface of an object, having a first input (E1) for receiving objects (OBJ1) coming from a loader (CHRG) intended to contain a plurality of such objects, and including at least on... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7611138 | Paper feeder and image forming apparatus using the same A paper feeder for feeding paper in an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The paper feeder includes multiple manual paper feed openings and multiple manual paper feed parts positioned corresponding to the manual paper feed openings. The manual paper feed openings... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7568690 | Paper supply device and image forming apparatus using the paper supply device A paper supply device includes: a paper supply cassette that is loaded into an image forming apparatus body, such that the paper supply cassette can be freely pulled out, and is disposed with a first sheet housing for supplying sheets to an image forming section of ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562867 | Sheet tray device and image processing apparatus having the sheet tray device A sheet tray device including: (a) a first tray accommodating a first size sheet to be moved toward an image processor portion and (b) a second tray accommodating a second size sheet to be moved toward the image processor portion. The second tray is disposed above t... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7543807 | Imaging system and method An imaging system comprises an imaging device having a manual feed mechanism integrated into a lid thereof. The manual feed mechanism is actuatable to feed a media object to a platen of the imaging device for imaging thereof. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7516951 | Paper feeder and image forming apparatus A paper feeder includes a paper storing section that stores papers by vertically stacking the papers on a loading plate, and the uppermost paper stored in the paper storing section is fed by a pickup roller. In order to transport a supplied paper to an image forming... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7484722 | Image-forming device An image-forming device includes an extension tray and an engaging unit. The cover member is capable of opening and closing thereon. The extension tray is rotatably attached to an upper part of the cover member. The engaging unit engages the cover member with the ma... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7478804 | Paper feeding apparatus, image formation apparatus with paper feeding apparatus and storage medium storing control program thereof The paper feeding apparatus includes a manual feed tray, a spindle, a rotation lever, a cam, an operation shaft, a projection portion, an operation arm, and a stopper. The paper feeding apparatus is able to switch to/from automatic and manual paper feeds for stable ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7451972 | Hybrid paper supply module and image forming apparatus equipped with such hybrid paper supply module, and also paper supply mechanism and image forming apparatus equipped with such paper supply mechanism Mechanism unit(s) functioning as automatic-feed cassette(s) and mechanism unit(s) functioning as manual-feed tray(s) together form a single integral module, constituting a hybrid paper supply module. In such constitution, paper transport path(s) may be formed betwee... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444112 | Medium supplying apparatus and image forming apparatus A medium supplying apparatus is assembled to an image forming apparatus. A medium tray supports a medium thereon, and is pivotal about a first axis and extends from the first axis. The medium tray has a guide path that extends in the first radial direction. A feeder... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429041 | Apparatus for feeding sheet using retractable edge guide for guiding lateral edge of sheet An apparatus for feeding a sheet to a processing device processing the sheet is disclosed that includes: a feeder tray displaceable to a selected one of a retracted position and an unfolded position relative to the processing device, and having a sheet-loaded plane ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7366459 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, comprising a case that accommodates an image forming unit; a sheet cassette that is capable of moving relative to the case; and a cover disposed above the sheet cassette, wherein the cover covers a side of the case in which the sheet cass... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357586 | Image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette An image forming apparatus including a paper feeding cassette to stack a print medium, wherein the paper feeding cassette includes a plate to support the print medium and which elevates substantially straight, and a supporting unit to support the elevation of the pl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356302 | Paper supply device and image forming device equipped with same A manual paper supply device is equipped with a paper shear prevention member 35 for preventing shear of the paper 9 loaded into the manual feed paper supply tray. A brush 36 is arranged on the paper shear prevention member 35 to make con... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347415 | Paper feeding apparatus of image forming apparatus A paper feeding apparatus of an image forming apparatus has a paper setting unit that includes a knock-up plate raising/lowering portion raising and lowering a knock-up plate with respect to a pickup roller, a paper guide slidably formed on the knock-up plate to gui... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7330285 | Image processing apparatus and print control method therefor An image processing apparatus for processing image data comprises a printer for printing processed image data on recording paper; an image data receiver for receiving image data transmitted thereto via a network; storage unit for storing the image data received by t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320464 | Original reading device with controller An original reading device includes a registration roller located upstream of an original reading position in an original transport path for adjusting the timing of feeding an original to the original reading position. There is at least one original feed roller for ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7300050 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which an automatic double-side unit 81 is provided free to open and close on the side of an apparatus body 1a, and a manual paper feeding device 61 is provide adjacent to the au... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7289760 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit which feeds a plurality of papers, a size sensor which detects a paper size of a fed paper, a paper size error determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284753 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected pape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277199 | Imaging system and media supply for use in imaging system A media supply is provided for use in an imaging device having an entry port. The media supply has a housing defining a media storage area to hold media, an opening to receive media, and a device engagement surface shaped for insertion into the entry port A media en... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277668 | Sheet feeding unit and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding unit according to the invention includes a sheet stacking tray on which the sheet is stacked, a sheet feeding device which feeds the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking tray, and a unit frame which supports the sheet stacking tray and the sheet feedi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261290 | Small/special media guide-in tray A small or special media guide-in tray including a media tray, an aperture disposed in the media tray, first and second opposed guide arms extending through the aperture and biased to a first position. The first and second opposed guide arms are pivotally mounted an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7245869 | Paper supply unit and an image forming apparatus having the same A paper supply unit including a front cover mounted to a main body of the image forming apparatus to occupy and move between open and closed positions, and, when occupying the opened position, defining a paper receiving space in which printing paper is to be stacked... | 07/17/2007 |
