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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444113 | Image formation device An image formation device is equipped with a withdrawably provided paper supply cassette. A display portion and a cover-like opening/closing portion are also provided. The display portion is formed at an upper portion of a withdrawal side of the paper supply cassett... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7418232 | Original document supply device for image forming device, and image forming device equipped with the same The ADF 11 is a device for feeding an original document toward an original document scanning position R, comprising an original document loading unit 31, paper feeding roller 51, pressure sensor 33 and lift plate drive unit 35. The... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7231171 | Image copying apparatus and image copying method The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7099618 | Paper discharge tray A tray and a method thereof that uses the tray including a surface with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end a projection extending away from the surface and from the second end of the surface and a recess formed below the surface and from the proj... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099053 | Mount carrier unit and film scanner Based on the difference in shape between a mount and a dummy mount subjected to scanning, an output signal having a pattern which differs depending on whether the mount or the dummy mount is transported is outputted from a photo coupler 54 along with driving ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7050206 | Document capture device A document capture arm connected to an imaging device and positionable over a platen for retaining a document on the platen for imaging. The document capture arm holds one or more documents against the platen in a selected position or arrangement. The document captu... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043191 | Image forming apparatus When a document detector provided on a document tray is ON (S11: YES), a controller judges whether or not a document is of a standard size, on the basis of a document size table stored in a storing unit (S12). When the document is of a standard size (S... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021617 | Clamp actuator system and method of use A substrate compiling system includes an actuator, cable and tamper device. The tamper device includes a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly is retracted and extended. The clamp assembly can be used to clamp an edge of each compiled set of substrates and transfer the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6973285 | Discharge sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a firs... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6901237 | Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading device includes a document stacking tray on which documents are stacked, a feed roller for picking up, one sheet at a time, the documents that are stacked on the document stacking tray, a curved transporting path through which the document is transp... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6810231 | Sheet transfer apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet transfer apparatus transfers a sheet to a predetermined position. The apparatus includes a discharge tray; a support device for rotationally supporting the discharge tray; an interconnecting device that activates according to a rotation of the discharge tray... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6738167 | Image reading apparatus and document feeding method in image reading apparatus The image reading apparatus according to the present invention includes a reading device which reads the images of documents fed into an image reading area, a first document feeding device which feeds first documents into the first image reading area of the reading ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6654586 | Automatic restacking tray side guide repositioning system providing sheet stacking scatter reduction In a document feeder with a superposed sheet input tray and sheet output stacking tray for feeding and then restacking print media paper sheets of variable dimensions, the lateral setting (repositioning) of the at least one variable position side guide of... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6321063 | Document conveyance device having drop-prevention mechanism, and image reproducing apparatus equipped therewith A drop-prevention mechanism for keeping original document sheets from falling off a document loading table openable on the upper surface of a multifunctional printer having, for example, faxing and photocopying capabilities. A loading section on the loadi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6249658 | Image forming apparatus capable of independently processing multiple jobs An image forming apparatus such as digital copying machine can perform an operation to read the original document by an image reader and an operation to output image data stored in an image memory by a printer, independently of each other. A first timer m... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6244585 | Sheet processing apparatus with switching among plural types of paper Every time the paper size setting key is operated, the count value in the counter is increased by one. It is judged whether the count value in the counter after increment is greater than the maximum value Cm. If the count value of the counter is greater t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5940659 | Dual mode pivoting tray providing lower tray access and document handler jam access An improved sheet jam removal system for a sheet feeding system with an enclosed internal sheet feeding path unit and connecting first and second sheet stacking trays. The first tray is overlying the second and is pivotally cantilever mounted about a firs... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5822673 | Reservation--type document feeder A document feeder having a main document setting plate for holding thereon a stack of document originals to be processed, an auxiliary document setting plate for holding thereon a stack of document originals to be processed after the processing of the doc... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5786905 | Image scanner having system extending function and image correcting function In an image scanner having a flat bed type structure and an automatic document feeding type structure, the scanner includes: an image read unit at least including a lamp, a mirror and CCD sensors to read a manuscript which is put on the structure; an imag... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5771433 | Method and systems for holding image carrying media of various sizes The current invention is directed to systems and methods determining an overflow situation for a output catch tray device for holding a predetermined capacity of a image-carrying medium in image-duplicating machines such as photocopiers, facsimile machine... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5669057 | Reproduction machine having a tandem automatic document handler A tandem electrostatographic reproduction machine including a Tandem Automatic Document Handler (TADH) for programmed ahead handling of first and second hard copy jobs in tandem. The TADH includes a housing for mounting over a platen of the reproduction m... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5448340 | Image reading device with dual exposure modes An image scanner serving as an image reading device reads an image of an original by an image sensor. A first read mode in which an image of a stationary on a transparent platen is read by moving the image sensor and a second read mode in which an image o... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5073803 | Copying apparatus provided with an automatic document feeder and a sheet binding unit A copying apparatus includes a circulating type original document feeder for feeding a plurality of originals from a tray, one by one, onto an exposure section. Each original is exposed to light from an optical system and an image of each original is copi... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5073829 | Cassette supply apparatus A cassette supply apparatus wherein cassettes that hold documents are stacked in the vertical direction and stored in a cassette holding stacker. When a cassette is supplied to an image reading apparatus the lowermost cassette stored in the cassette holdi... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5003493 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising rotatable cassettes rotated by cassette rotating means between a longitudinal feeding station from which paper is fed in a longitudinal direction thereof and a lateral feeding station from which paper is fed in a late... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4979727 | Automatic document feeder provided with three movable claws for directing the paper through different paths An automatic document feeder for an image forming apparatus comprises first and second document trays each for stacking thereon one or more documents. A document feeding unit is provided for feeding the documents one by one from the first document tray in... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4933725 | Image duplicating apparatus with locking means An image duplicating apparatus using a machine management system in combination with a multiple-job automatic document feed module while establishing reasonable compatibility between the respective features of these equipment, having a duplicator module f... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4780767 | Sheet feed mechanism and method of controlling the same in light beam scanning apparatus A sheet feed mechanism in a light scanning apparatus includes two pairs of rollers for gripping and feeding a sheet-like medium such as a stimulable phosphor sheet or a photographic film in a subscanning direction. The two pairs of rollers are spaced a di... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4334765 | Booklet preparation utilizing an electrophotographic apparatus In an electrophotographic apparatus, a plurality of original sheets are copied onto a plurality of copy sheets in an order permitting assembly of multiple-sheet booklets. The originals are presented to an automatic document feeder by an operator in one or... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4248529 | Automatic image original handling device An automatic image original handling device of a type, in which image originals placed on a plurality of original mounting member capable mounting thereon a plurality of such image originals are forwarded therefrom one by one, the thus sent out image orig... | 02/03/1981 |
