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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6805508 | Skew-correcting media delivery system and method A skew-correcting media delivery system and method for driving media along a media path. A driver urges the media in a first direction and an opposite second direction along the media path. A substantially flat surface, which is aligned substantially perpendicular t... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805509 | Paper sensing apparatus of image forming machine A paper sensing apparatus of an office machine has a sensor actuator disposed to pivot with respect to a pivot center of a conveying roller by a printing paper when the printing paper is conveyed, and a sensing unit generating a paper sensing signal in accordance wi... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6667753 | Device for detecting a leading edge of a recording paper A separator abuts on a leading edge of a recording paper to separate it from a periphery of a paper roll when the paper roll is rotated forward in a paper feeding direction. The separator is attached to a supporting arm, which is urged by a spring so as t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6644875 | Printing device Before stopper members (25) of a skew correcting mechanism (10) are evacuated from a sheet conveyor path, sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) rotate a set angle in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction such that a sheet is separated from the sto... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6634296 | Printer document presenter apparatus and method A kiosk printer for unattended operation is equipped with a presenter to prevent a user from prematurely trying to remove a printed document. The presenter has motor driven feed rollers and a document sensor for determining when the printing document is i... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6488424 | Image forming device A second passage 20 is arranged on a side opposite to a discharge port 16 relative to a first passage 18. Additionally, an intercepting member 24 is provided which intercepts the communication between the first passage 18 and the insertion port 14 and all... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6247774 | Postage meter machine A postage meter machine has a digital printer device with a guide plate and a transport mechanism for print media controlled by a control unit that generates print control signals for a printhead in order to print the print medium surface with a correspon... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5882130 | Paper detection device for printer A paper detection device for a printer, includes: a support member; a main lever pivotably mounted on the support member, wherein the main lever has a self-resetability to an upright position and is pivotable only in a sheet-feed-direction; an auxiliary l... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5842801 | Device and method for adjusting printing position of a printer A method and a device for adjusting the printing position of a printer head. When a recordable medium having a greater thickness than that of a standard cut sheet of letter size paper is inserted in an electrophotographic apparatus, it is often necessary ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5683190 | Franking apparatus and mail transport thereof A mail transport for a franking machine is disclosed in which mail is fed toward a printing head by input rollers, is fed past the printing head by an impression roller and is ejected from the franking machine by ejection rollers. Drive to the input rolle... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5584589 | Graphics printer roller transport apparatus and method A graphics printer apparatus and method using sensors to detect the position of a work piece relative to a print head. A single drive motor driving the feed rollers and a print roller.... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5524995 | Apparatus and method for detecting the position of envelopes in a mailing machine An apparatus and method is disclosed for controlling the operation of a mailing machine having a postage meter which includes a thermal printer which transfers wax ink from an ink ribbon to an envelope being fed through the mailing machine, in such a way ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5520383 | Apparatus for controlling transportation of printed materials An apparatus for controlling the transportation speed of a sheet, such as a printed sheet or manuscript, includes a sheet transportation system and a speed controller. The transportation system includes a single drive motor and a plurality of rollers driv... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5382104 | Printing apparatus In a printing apparatus comprising a first conveyance system (C1) for conveying a first printing medium (3), a second conveyance system (C2) for conveying a second printing medium (6), and a print head (1) for conducting printing on the first or second pr... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5350245 | Machine including means for selecting the marginal distance from sheet leading edge for printing indicia on sheet A machine comprising, structure for printing an indicia, structure for feeding a sheet having a leading edge downstream in a path of travel to the printing structure, structure for controlling the sheet feeding and printing structure, the controlling stru... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5328280 | Printer having means for switching medium feed path from sheet feed path to web feed path or vice versa A printer capable of printing selectively on cut sheets and webs, wherein feed paths along which the cut sheets and webs are fed by respective feeding devices are selected depending upon the type of the recording medium. The sheet driving device may inclu... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5223858 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus using a recording head driven in accordance with print information includes a feeder for feeding a recording material; a discriminator for discriminating presence or absence of next printing information before completion of dischargi... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5172991 | Method for detecting the length of sheet in a printer In the determination of the length of a sheet that has been inserted in a printer, an optical sensor scans the length of the sheet as it is fed into the printer, and a counter is controlled to provide a count corresponding to the length of the sheet. When... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5122811 | Method and apparatus for printing with a reduced print-cycle time A printer uses a rotating platen to transport a sheet of receiver (print media) across a programmable print head. The receiver is held to the platen with a positive receiver-locking clamp at the beginning of a print cycle. The clamp is released prior to t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4844631 | Thermal print head printer including a platen The platen (11) is mounted between two side plates (9-10) of equipment which is hinged to two risers (5-6) to rotate about an axis γ running parallel to the axis of the platen. The platen is provided with a freewheel mechanism including an inner ring (28... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4744296 | Imprinter apparatus with document activated document and card carrier A document activated imprinter apparatus for imprinting characters from a credit card comprising a housing with entrance and exit slots, imprinting means, a carrier member with a flat upwardly facing surface, receiving and positioning means, guiding and r... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4743129 | Passbook printer A passbook printer uses a conveyor belt (16) to urge a passbook (86) towards a raised barrier (40) for the passbook (86) to strike the barrier (40) and then have one edge thereof aligned with the barrier (40) by sliding engagement with the conveyor belt (... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4615630 | Paper feeding control apparatus An impact printer having a roll platen on which a continuous paper is set and fed by the rotation of the roll platen rotated by a first motor, and a cut sheet is fed on the continuous paper by a feeding mechanism which includes feed rollers rotated by a s... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4589784 | Point of sale printer A print head (15) on a carriage (16) slides on a carriage guide bar (17) in front of a platen bar (18). A receipt slip (25) is fed from a roll (26) over part of the width of the platen bar (18) to a knife (40) for cutting off individual receipts. A dayboo... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4234261 | Printer The printer is provided for alternative use with long webs or individual, precut forms; it includes two friction roll drives adjacent to the print head and platen, and a sprocket drive upstream, being permanently engaged with a perforated web. The drives ... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4229113 | Shared document feed station A shared document feed station includes a common drive mechanism for normally advancing a receipt tape through a receipt tape zone and for selective operation to advance an alternative document through an alternative document zone. Document detectors sens... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4143981 | Unit document feeding mechanism Disclosed is a means for feeding unit documents, such as sheets, envelopes, pages, cards, and the like to an apparatus for processing. Means is provided for feeding the documents to and removing them from the operating apparatus at a relatively high rate ... | 03/13/1979 |
