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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123421 | Medium feeding device with roller cleaning member under sheet tray According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a medium feeding device capable of feeding a recording medium placed on a first tray. The medium conveying device includes: a frame having a first surface and allowing the first tray to be movable along the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8104981 | Method for commonly using scanning/printing path of a multifunction office machine and a device thereof A method for commonly using scanning/printing path of a multifunction office machine and a device thereof. The device has a first and a second feeder slots adjacent to each other, whereby documents to be scanned and sheets to be printed can be respectively placed in... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087838 | Print media cartridge incorporating print media and ink storage A print media cartridge includes a housing assembly that defines a region in which a stack of print media sheets can be stored. A sheet transport mechanism is mounted in the housing assembly to feed the sheets from the housing assembly. An ink storage assembly is mo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7422319 | Paper discharger and ink jet recording apparatus incorporating the same [Object] To discharge printed paper to a different position on a single discharge tray by providing a changing means for changing a discharge direction of paper conveyed and discharged from a paper discharge part. [Solving Means] A page printer 10 | 09/09/2008 |
| 7396123 | Transport apparatus and recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for recoding on a recording medium by ejecting ink, a conveyor belt for transporting the medium, first and second electrode groups including a plurality of electrodes inside the conveyor belt, a charging unit for charg... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396174 | Recording medium supply device and image forming device A coil spring 103 is wound around a rotational shaft 15 with its one end portion 103a being inserted into an engagement groove 100a formed in a side wall of a direct-coupled gear 100 and with its other end portion ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370860 | Automatic edge guide assembly using springs and tapered surfaces An automatic edge guide assembly comprises a sheet feeding mechanism, a slide housing mounted within the sheet feeding mechanism and an edge guide slidably connected to the slide housing. The edge guide is biased by a first biasing force and a second biasing force, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344238 | Inkjet recording device The present invention provides an inkjet recording device for forming an image on a recording medium with an inkjet recording head. The inkjet recording device is provided with a conveyance section and a switchback section. One face of the recording medium is adhere... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7267502 | Image forming apparatus including a feed roller and press-fit member for attaching gear to roller shaft In a thermally transcribing printer including a frame, a roller made of a metal for feeding sheet at constant speed, a gear made of a resin, a motor, a press-fit engaging member, and a compression coil spring, the roller includes a shaft portion attached to project ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264239 | Feeding device for feeding recording medium A feeding device for feeding a recording medium in a feed direction, including: a drive roller having an annular recess; and a driven roller rotatably held and positioned such that a radially outer end portion of the driven roller is positioned within the annular re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252283 | Paper-pickup clutch of automatic paper-feeding device A paper-pickup clutch of an automatic paper-feeding device includes a clamping member and a clamping-force adjusting member and can be applied to image processors such as printers, copiers or scanners. The automatic paper-feeding device includes a shaft and a paper-... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7222955 | Both-side recording apparatus The recording paper is transported to a paper inversion unit in such a manner that, when recording of a first surface of a recording paper is performed, the recording paper is transported to a position where a rear end of the recording paper is released from a pair ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222570 | Planographic printing plate supply unit including carrying roller with hollow convex portions A planographic printing plate supply unit comprising: carrying rollers rotating while pressing a stacking bundle, in which planographic printing plates and covering papers are stacked alternately, so as to carry the planographic printing plate and covering paper at ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207736 | Paper insertion limiting device for a paper feeding unit A paper insertion limiting device of a paper feeding unit which prevents papers from being inserted to a drive roller when the papers are loaded. The paper insertion limiting device of a paper feeding unit is provided with a sheet regulating member mounted on the fr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7167674 | Sheet storage cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet storage cassette includes: a case provided with a storage portion; a stacking plate on which a sheet is placed; and a lifting unit that lifts the stacking plate. The lifting unit has: a driving gear that communicates with an output gear of the device main bo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165766 | Sheet feeding cassette and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding cassette is configured so as to be able to be attached to and removed from an image forming apparatus main body having an image forming section and is equipped with a box-shaped accommodation portion capable of accommodating a plurality of sheets. A ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152859 | Sheet separator A sheet separator for a printer includes a plurality of inclined separator strips, with a feed mechanism for urging a sheet from a stack toward the separator strips. The separator strips are oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the sheets of the stack, and at lea... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147391 | Image forming device The present invention provides an image forming device comprising a first roller mechanism for sending out printing paper from a paper feed tray accommodating the printing paper therein, a second roller mechanism for transporting the printing paper to a printing sta... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131644 | Imaging apparatus having an automatic sheet feeder An imaging apparatus includes a sheet separation surface positioned along the sheet feed path downstream from a media tray. A plurality of pivoting arms is mounted in the imaging apparatus. The pivoting arms are moveable between a first position and a second positio... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7093830 | Paper feeding device for inkjet printer A paper feeding device of an inkjet printer includes a motor generating a drive force, a pickup drive shaft rotated by the motor, a pivoting link housing disposed on the pickup drive shaft, a pickup roller connected to the ling housing, and a clutch enlinking the pi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086728 | Print engine with a printhead assembly arranged within a media tray assembly An inkjet printer includes a housing that defines a receiving formation for a media tray assembly. A chassis is positioned in the housing. A media tray assembly is displaceably engageable with the chassis to permit the tray assembly to be received in, and withdrawn ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083274 | Inkjet recording apparatus Plural unit heads are disposed in a paper conveyance direction, and recording head units are configured and disposed in a staggered manner. Head recovery devices are disposed as positions avoiding the locus of splattering of ink droplets from the unit heads. The rec... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080830 | Sheet processing apparatus with multiple conveying units The invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including a sheet processing portion for processing a sheet, and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet to the sheet processing portion, wherein the sheet conveying portion includes a sheet conveying unit ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077588 | Printer and keyboard combination A printer includes a housing containing a pagewidth printhead. A keyboard to operate the computer is integrated with the housing. The printer is operated by a controller PCB located within the housing that is responsive to commands from the computer. Integration of ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063417 | Recording apparatus and recording medium conveying apparatus A recording apparatus capable of preventing a recording medium from contacting a recording unit and causing a jam thereof on conveying is provided. The recording apparatus of the present invention has a paper feed roller placed further upstream in a conveying... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063473 | Both-side recording apparatus A first sheet passing path from an automatic sheet supplying section to a recording section and a second sheet passing path leading to an automatic reversing section from the recording section and leading to the recording section from the automatic reversing section... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046380 | Recording apparatus with feed control based on leading end margin amount A recording apparatus in which a total recording time can be shortened by decreasing a feed time efficiently, in a case where continuous recording is performed on a plurality of recording media. This recording apparatus includes a feed roller for feeding a plurality... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033014 | Both-side recording apparatus To enable selective use of a sheet path for sheet inversion and a substantially linear sheet path for a recording medium of a high rigidity, thereby enabling to pass a recording medium of a large thickness or a high rigidity in a simple configuration without an incr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029005 | Media positioning at a picking location A method and apparatus for positioning media that in an embodiment includes a plate attached to a wall along a pivot axis. A spring is attached to the wall and to the plate, and the spring expands to push the plate and the media to a picking location. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021755 | Printing apparatus A small-sized printing apparatus, which is stable in printing operation and high in reliability, is provided, although the installation area and the utility area are small. For this purpose, the conveying direction of a supplied printing medium is reversed generally... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994483 | Paper supply cassette of printer A paper supply cassette includes a main body to which a paper supply roller is coupled, a container provided to slid e into/from the main body, a first lever installed at the main body to swing, a first gear installed at one side of the first lever to rotate and dri... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991392 | Door assembly having a print media delivery system A print media delivery system on a door assembly that is connected to an associated frame is provided. The door assembly includes a door body openable to provide access into an associated frame. A tray is pivotally connected to the door body for receiving associated... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978998 | Positioning structure of roller adapted for an auto document feed apparatus A positioning structure of a roller adapted for auto document feed apparatus includes a flexible shaft and a flexible arm. The flexible arm has a first portion integrally formed with the flexible shaft, a second portion arranged into a clamping portion of auto docum... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969206 | Tension generating mechanism for a printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying a web to a transfer unit, and a tension generating mechanism for applying a tension to the web fed to the conveyance mechanism, wherein the tension generating mechanism includes a tension generating ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969168 | Media loading and separation system for printer A media loading and separation system includes a spring pick block with an inclined surface having a lower end; an indentation, formed near the lower end of the inclined surface, having a substantially vertical surface; and a spring arm movably disposed in response ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951429 | Feed assistance member and a medium processing apparatus Provided is a medium feeding aparatus having at least one align roller to align medium in a path, wherein the align roller is positioned below the medium and is driven to transport the medium in the path. A feed assistance member includes a shaft and a feed assistan... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948870 | Print media loading mechanism for a printer A printer includes a print media loading mechanism that includes a pair of opposed endless belts to pick up print media for printing. The belts ride upon opposed pairs of rollers which are held in slides to limit the rollers' movement to motion towards and away from... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945528 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit, sheet feeding unit, and a sheet support member. Sheets are stacked on the sheet stacking unit. The sheet feeding unit is placed to be movable in the widthwise direction of the sheets stacked on the sheet stac... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935736 | Printhead assembly arranged within a media tray assembly An inkjet printer includes a housing that defines a receiving formation for a media tray assembly. A chassis is positioned in the housing. A media tray assembly is displaceably engageable with the chassis to permit the tray assembly to be received in, and withdrawn ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932529 | Method and systems for accessing a separation pad in a printing device A printing device including a feed roller assembly, a separation pad located adjacent to the feed roller assembly, and a printer housing having an access plate. The separation pad is user-accessible when the access plate is opened. ... | 08/23/2005 |
