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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434928 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises a guide part guiding transportation of a recording medium after recording by a liquid droplet ejection head at a recording position, the guide part carrying plural spurs for holding the medium on which recording has been made at ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7410167 | Recording medium feeding method and image recording apparatus A method for feeding a recording medium includes the steps of: feeding the recording medium along a sheet-feeding path by a unit feeding amount, detecting an entrance of a rear end of the recording medium into a jumping alarm area, dividing the unit feeding amount i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7310495 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can perform stable sheet conveyance, regardless of whether a sheet processing apparatus is connected thereto. The image forming apparatus can be connected to a sheet processing apparatus that performs po... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7264240 | Document feeder A document feeder includes a housing, a control lever and a sheet pick-up module. The housing includes a feeding path defined by a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The control lever is mounted on the first sidewall, and includes a pivotal part, a collar and a h... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6478491 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a print member for forming an image on a recording sheet while reciprocating in a predetermined direction includes a pair of conveyance rollers and a separating member for separating the of conveyance rollers from one ano... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6350005 | Method and apparatus for processing recording media having embedded information An apparatus includes a passage along which a recording medium with magnetic information recorded thereon can travel and an information read head disposed along the passage for reading the magnetic information. The apparatus also includes a first print he... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6283655 | Friction-feed plotter with laterally-movable drive roller, and related method for plotting on sheets of different widths In an apparatus and method for plotting on sheets of different widths, such as by cutting and/or printing, a tool support holding a plotting tool, such as a pen or knife blade, is spaced apart from a laterally-extending sheet-supporting surface and movabl... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6273624 | Image forming device A cam 37 is rotated in an arrow F direction. This causes sheet conveyance rollers 10a, 10b and guide elements 33, 34 to rotate on a lower conveyance shaft 27 and an upper conveyance shaft 30, respectively, so that they are separated from a drive roller 12... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6237485 | Stencil printer having paper supply controller A stencil printer includes a printing drum which is rotated bearing thereon a stencil master, and a press roller which is pressed against the printing drum. A paper supply system supplies a printing paper to between the printing drum and the press roller ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5988906 | Integrated duplexer for a laser printer An image forming device includes output rollers disposed for ejecting media out of the image forming device, and a single solenoid activated bi-directional output drive mechanism connected to the output rollers for bi-directionally driving the output roll... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5813781 | Document feed roller opener and method therefor A document feed roller opening mechanism and a method for operating that opener provide efficient and reliable operation. In the document feed roller opening mechanism, a print head transport motor is used to open the document feed rollers. A carrier post... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5199806 | Apparatus for feeding individual sheets of paper as well as continuous fan fold paper utilizing a platen A paper feeding apparatus for feeding fanfold paper to a printer is provided. A cylindrical platen is rotatably mounted in the printer. A paper feeding tractor is provided upstream from the platen in a paper feeding direction. A power mechanism drives the... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5161905 | Apparatus for recording and/or reading information A head (9 or 10) records information on or reads information from a document (29) transportable along a transport path (3). A guide slide (17) guides the document (29) along the transport path (3). The guide slide is displaceable into and above the intera... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5158380 | Apparatus for the transport of paper in printers Apparatus for the selectably alternative feeding of single sheets and of endless webs of paper in a printer includes a guide roll (7), and first and second groups (8, 9) of friction rollers concurrently movable between first and second positions to define... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5120145 | Sheet feeding device In a printing device having at least a pair of sheet discharge rollers for discharging a printing sheet on which a printing operation has been executed, provided are means for judging whether the printing sheet exists or not at a contact position of the p... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5007752 | Paper feed roller arrangement for printer A paper feed roller arrangement for a printer which permits exchanging of a ribbon cassette and assures a maximum range of paper on which printing can be made. The paper feed roller arrangement includes two pairs of paper feed rollers, one disposed on the... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4971469 | Automatic paper loading mechanism and method for printer In a printer in which a paper is pressed against a platen by a bail roller, the bail roller is automatically released from the platen, during paper loading, so as not to obstruct the paper feeding. The bail roller is pivotally moved between a loading position ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4884085 | Recorder having record medium feed and press rollers and lockable means for urging the press rollers to and from the feed roller A recorder has a recording device for recording on a record medium and a feed unit for feeding the medium to the recording position. Feed and press rollers are provided with apparatus for urging the press roller to and from the feed roller and a locking d... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4832519 | Sheet setting device for printer and the like A sheet setting device for a printer and the like including pressure rollers adapted to be brought into and out of engagement with a platen, and resist claws adapted to brought into and out of engagement with the platen in a position downstream of the pos... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4717274 | Printer There is disclosed a printer provided with a sheet advancing roller to be wound by a printing sheet and for advancing the printing sheet upon rotation, first and second movable pressure rollers which can be contacted with or separated from the sheet advan... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4693621 | Paper loading device of printer The invention provides a paper loading device for a printer wherein, when paper is to be loaded onto a platen, in response to operation of a button or a lever with paper set in position, the platen is driven to cause the paper to be loaded thereto, and up... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4688958 | Paper feeding mechanism for printer Disclosed is a paper feeding mechanism for a printer which comprises: a pinch roller urged against a platen; a platen bearing for rotatably supporting the platen; a cam portion formed on the platen bearing; a paper pressing lever for supporting a paper pr... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4641830 | Printer paper feeding apparatus A printer paper feeding apparatus providing cams at the central portion of a paper release lever around a platen shaft. A first cam is adapted to release paper bail rollers by rotation of the paper release lever. A second cam is adapted to contact and rel... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4638331 | Image building apparatus An image building apparatus of the type in which both a sheet of printing medium and a strip of ink donor medium are displaced in the superimposed state in an area defined between a printing head and a platen. The printing head thermally transfers a color... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4623898 | Manual paper feed mechanism for printer A manual paper feed mechanism for a printer has a release lever adapted to permit mounting and demounting of a print paper to and from a platen, a paper feed gear for rotating the paper feed roller, a manual knob having a peripheral gear section engageabl... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4602883 | Powered paper bail release and paper feeding mechanism A paper feeding mechanism having a platen is driven by power from a drive source and clamps a recording paper sheet with paper holding rollers and pinch rollers so as to feed the recording paper sheet along the paper guide. When the recording paper sheet ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4560295 | Sheet presser mechanism for recorders with pivotable cover plate A sheet presser mechanism for use in a recorder comprises a platen rotatable about its own axis, a drawing instrument directed toward the platen and movable axially thereof, a pair of spaced support members movable toward and away from the platen, a pair ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4498795 | Semiautomatic paper setting system A method and system for semiautomatically setting a sheet of paper in a typewriter, printer and the like is provided. In accordance with the present invention, when a manually operable auto-set lever is moved from a first setting position to a second sett... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4486108 | Semi-automatic paper insertion apparatus A semi-automatic paper insertion apparatus for a printer, a typewriter, etc. comprising a first condition in which the paper bail is out of engagement with the platen and the paper feed drive source is actuated and a second condition in which the paper ba... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4448559 | Paper guide arrangement for printing apparatus A paper guide arrangement for printing apparatus, includes a platen, a paper supply guide, a paper discharge guide, and a paper supply drive roller disposed at the paper supply guide for rotation by a motor. A paper supply contact roller is movably suppor... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4437780 | Cylindrical platen printer with improved paper guide For the reliable guiding of a record carrier and the printing thereon as far as in the vicinity of the upper and lower edge, a pivotable device is arranged over the printing drum, said device comprising two or more flat hold-down devices which are arrange... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4396307 | Method and apparatus for automatically feeding cut sheets to a character printer A sheet feeder for an impact daisywheel type printer is interconnected with an existing system by reconnecting the ASCII type data cable to the sheet feeder. The internal logic of the sheet feeder is cabled to the printer and provides for all necessary au... | 08/02/1983 |
| 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 |
