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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7245856 | Systems and methods for reducing image registration errors An image processing apparatus including tandem print engines is provided for forming an image on an image receiving substrata. The apparatus includes a first print engine and a second print engine downstream from the first print engine. The second print engine is sl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7116932 | Developing unit and image forming apparatus A developing unit includes a developer containing unit that contains developer, a developer carrier that has a moving surface, and carries the developer, a magnetic force generator that attracts the developer onto the moving surface by a magnetic force generated fro... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6098920 | Paper transfer assisting mechanism and paper transfer apparatus incorporating the same A paper transfer assisting mechanism is provided for ensuring proper transfer of elongated paper along a transfer path. The elongated paper has a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge extending in parallel to the first longitudinal edge. ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092730 | Apparatus for counting and dispensing sheet objects An apparatus is set forth for counting and discharging sheet objects such as currency notes or the like. The apparatus has a housing containing a drum. The drum has an outer periphery spaced from the housing to define a chamber to temporarily receive an a... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6081339 | Method and apparatus for measuring the direction and position of rotating bodies An apparatus and method for measuring in real time the rotational or linear position, direction or velocity of a rotating or linear moving body, particularly an encoded optical disk or strip attached to such rotating or linear moving body. A position meas... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5758246 | Copying apparatus for copying an image from a continuous original to a cut sheet A copying apparatus to copy a computer form paper has a conveying unit to convey a continuous original having a belt-like shape which is formed by a plurality of continuous pages such as computer form paper, an exposing unit to expose the image of the con... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755399 | Computer form web document unfolding and feeding assistance system In a document feeding system for unfolding and feeding an elongated web multi-sectional computer form (CF) document from one end of a fan-folded stack in a document input stacking area to an imaging station, a CF document unfolding assistance system is pr... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5649274 | Electrophotographic printer using a continuous-form recording sheet An electrophotographic printer is capable of using a plurality of types of continuous form recording media having different page lengths, respectively. In the printer, a photoconductive member is charged and exposed to light carrying image data to form a ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5259544 | Automatic document feeder capable of feeding a document in the form of computer form paper An automatic document feeder (ADF) for use with an electrophotographic copier, digital copier or similar image recorder for selectively feeding ordinary documents in the form of separate sheets and a continuous document in the form of computer form (CF) p... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4844434 | Mid form start CF document feeder A plural mode automatic document handling system for a copier adapted to feed either conventional document sheets or continuous computer form web documents over the imaging station platen of the copier without using sprocket feeding, which includes a plat... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4740818 | Electrophotographic reproduction apparatus and method with selective screening An electrophotographic reproduction apparatus and method are provided for reproducing an original document sheet that includes a continuous tone pictorial information area and a line-type information area. Rather than reproducing the entire document sheet... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4530590 | Image scanning system having a reversibly rotatable sub-scanning drum An image scanning system includes a sub-scanning drum adapted to be rotated both in the regular direction to feed a recording sheet material in the sub-scanning direction which is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the drum and in the reverse directi... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4516141 | Electrostatic recording apparatus An electrostatic recording apparatus for recording, developing and fixing an image on a sheet of recording paper, comprises an electrostatic recording head and a roller. Transport structure is located at the down stream side of the electrostatic recording... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4334764 | Sheet feeding apparatus Apparatus for automatically feeding sheet material such as fan fold paper to a photocopier in which the apparatus may be movable towards and away from the window of the photocopier either by disconnecting the apparatus completely from the photocopier by m... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4313672 | Stepper motor drive system in computer fanfold reproduction An automatic duplicating system in which computer fanfold documents are fed by an automatic handling apparatus having a tractor and drive control system for advancing the document across the platen of the processor for the system. An arrangement is provid... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4270911 | Method and system for providing elongated Z-fold copy paper A method and system for producing elongated Z-fold copy paper having indicia emplaced thereon by xerographic reproduction. The method entails initially transversely scoring and folding an elongated sheet of paper at spaced intervals therealong with altern... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4264189 | Duplexing in computer fanfold reproduction An automatic duplicating system in which computer fanfold documents are fed by an automatic handling apparatus having a tractor and drive means for advancing the document across the platen of the processor for the system. An arrangement is provided which ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4264200 | Platen module for computer fanfold reproduction An automatic electrostatographic duplicating machine in which computer fanfold documents are fed by an automatic handling means from a supply position above the machine platen to a second position overlaying the platen below the supply position by a tract... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4087172 | Document handling apparatus A xerographic copying apparatus adapted for copying either individual or fanfold originals. For the latter, a removable fanfold handler and feeder is provided with controls to permit positioning and advance of the fanfold sheets to be correlated with the ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4008956 | Document handling system for pre-collation copying Automatic pre-collation document copying in which the documents are loaded upon, and automatically recirculated by, an elongate windable document holding web. A spaced pair of oppositely wound scrolls of the web wind up documents loaded onto the web, wher... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3977780 | Electrostatic reproduction method and apparatus A copying system wherein a master of the document to be copied, such as a book, is electrostatically prepared on a copy substrate material in the form of a fanfolded web. The master bearing web is then used with an electrostatic type copier to produce the... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3944360 | Programmable controller for controlling reproduction machines A programmable controller is used to control the operation of a xerographic reproducing machine adapted to run in a simplex or duplex mode whereby copies are made on either or both sides of web material fed in a single pass and then cut into individual co... | 03/16/1976 |
