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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7417752 | Method and system for customized mail piece production utilizing a data center A system and method for preparing mail pieces is disclosed. A business provides one or more designs for a mail piece to a data center, which converts the designs to a format suitable for viewing via an on-line network connection utilizing a browser. A custom Web sit... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7216865 | Sheet conveying device for an image forming apparatus A sheet conveying device of the present invention includes a conveying member for conveying a sheet, a switching mechanism for switching the direction of conveyance of the sheet being conveyed by the sheet conveying member, and a shifting mechanism for shifting the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213807 | Stacker and method of batch separation with sheets There is disclosed an improved stacker, method of stacking sheets such as tags, and a stack of sheets. The stacker and the stacking method produces a stack of sheets, wherein same-size sheets are stacked so that the endmost sheet or sheets in one batch are offset or... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7159862 | Sheet delivery mechanism for image forming apparatus A roller turning force generator is connected to a driving gear which is mounted on a shaft. The shaft is connected to offset roller assemblies disposed in an offset mechanism via connecting gears. The offset roller assemblies rotatably supported inside the offset m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7108261 | Sheet delivery mechanism A sheet delivery mechanism designed to discharge successive sheets to different delivery positions includes offset rollers, an offset unit, an offsetting force generator and an offset unit swinging mechanism. The offset rollers is rotatably supported by the offset u... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7017802 | Banknote store In a banknote store, banknotes are stacked such that alternate notes have their ends protruding from one end of the stack, with the intervening notes protruding from the opposite end. The topmost banknote can be dispensed individually by gripping the protruding end ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6996351 | System and method for using a printer to collate a document A system and method are provided for using a printer to collate a document from preprinted pages. The method includes: loading document sections in at least one printer input media tray, although a plurality of document sections may be loaded into a corresponding pl... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988721 | Device for stacking of sheets The present invention relates to a device for stacking of sheets. A high-speed printer is provided for printing the sheets or at least one continuous web which is cut to sheets (2). The stacking device is provided to receive sheets in at least one flow (AS... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986510 | Offsetting discharging apparatus with aligning member An offsetting discharging apparatus with aligning member or a sheet discharge apparatus is provided with a sheet discharge device for discharging sheets, a storage device for receiving the sheets discharged from the discharge device, and an alignment reference membe... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6978994 | Device for lateral movement of sheets The present invention relates to a device for lateral movement of sheets (2) during transport thereof to a stacking device (11) such that the sheets (2) or stacks of sheets occupy laterally displaced positions relative to each other in the stack... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959165 | High print rate merging and finishing system for printing A system for printing media includes a plurality of marking engines for outputting printed media in a stream, a media path system operable to transport the printed media from the marking engines to one or more finishing stations such that the streams are merged and ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6908079 | Compiling platform to enable sheet and set compiling and method of use Substrates are received by a compiling mechanism and compiled into sets. Incoming sheets are tamped by a tamping system into position on the compiling platform to register the sheets. The compiler platform mechanism includes two narrow, low-friction panels that are ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6871851 | Sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus A sheet-shaped medium processing apparatus including a pair of arranging members. The arranging members have both an arranging function for arranging paper piled on a tray after being discharged in a discharge direction from a paper discharge roller at a fixed posit... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6832759 | Sheet-shaped medium aligning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and sheet-shaped medium after-treatment apparatus A sheet-shaped medium aligning apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a sheet-shaped medium after-treatment apparatus where an arranging device is moved from a position predetermined to arrange sheet-shaped mediums on a sheet piling device to a position receivin... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6799013 | Paper discharging device of image forming apparatus and method thereof A method and device for discharging paper, the paper discharging device having a rotary shaft rotating by a driving source, a hollow shaft into which the rotary shaft is slidably inserted, the hollow shaft rotating with the rotary shaft and reciprocating on the rota... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6746202 | Method and arrangement for the production of crossed stacks Flat objects (7) to be stacked in a stacking device (2) are supplied serially, individually held and aligned with one another. Cross stacks (12) are produced by subjecting alternating groups (11, 11′) of the supplied objects (7) ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6730870 | Flat bed sorter Large items such as magazines or large envelopes lie flat upon and are transported by a first conveyor in a first, transverse direction until they sequentially encounter a frustoconical member rotatably mounted to a back wall. A second conveyor is disposed normal to... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6719522 | Sheet feeding A mechanism and method for accumulating sheet stacks from a continuous web having sheets printed both in side-by-side relationship and with the sheets behind each other. Slitting the continuous web lengthwise between said side-by-side sheet and cutting the web trans... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6695300 | Sheet finishing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same A sheet finishing apparatus includes a discharge device having a pair of rotating shafts and discharge rotating bodies supported on the rotating shafts; a shift device for shifting the rotating shafts in a shaft direction; a support device for receiving a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6695302 | Method and apparatus for separating a stream of spaced documents into discrete groups Documents are fed in a stream through the first station of a machine that senses the last page of each document along alternative paths in order to accumulate the groups in a staggered stack on a vertically adjustable elevator. When this staggered stack r... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6619653 | Offset sheet stacker having deflection wheels mounted of a shaft inclined to sheet transport direction An offset sheet stacker device for flexible sheet material (2), especially paper, with at least one deflection wheel (3) which has at least one receiving slot (4) which is located essentially tangentially, a sheet feed device (5) which discharges into at ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6579059 | Collator for printer A single tray is used to collate the printed papers from a printer. The tray is moved to different positions to receive the printed papers. Thus, the printed papers are collated into different stacks. The movement of the tray can be linear or curvilinear.... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6533265 | Neat job offset Transfer media is positioned with a positioning apparatus. The apparatus has an output repository, a sensor, a controller, a lateral transporter, and a longitudinal conveyor. The output repository has an offset edge axis. The sensor is configured to sense... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6485010 | Method and apparatus for separating a stream of documents into discrete groups An apparatus and process are provided for separating one or more endless streams of pages into corresponding staggered stacks of reports for further processing. Each page of a first report is taken from the endless stream and moved into a first position o... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6464449 | Collating apparatus with error detection According to the collating apparatus of the present invention, if the collation error is detected, the erroneously collated matter selection and discharge unit discharges the erroneously collated matter so as to be distinguishable from the correctly colla... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6461101 | Product feed system for a compensating stacking machine and method of using same A machine and method is disclosed for stacking product, including but not limited to, cardboard, magazines, newspapers, newspaper supplements, flyers, press signatures, and softcover books. The stacking machine includes an infeed assembly for receiving a ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6439830 | Opening guard mechanism for printed product stacking device Newspapers and other printed matter fed from a printing press or inserting machine are generally folded or delivered in a continuous stream with the papers oriented in an overlapped or imbricated relationship. The stream of papers are received and stacked... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6398481 | Printer collators for collating printed papers in more than one positions A single tray is used to collate the printed papers from a printer. The tray is moved to different positions to receive the printed papers. Thus, the printed papers are collated into different stacks. The movement of the tray can be linear or curvilinear.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6390465 | Sheet process apparatus performing binding process on sheets featuring a controller for shifting sheet discharge A sheet process apparatus includes a stapler for performing a stapling process on a sheet any a shift sheet discharge unit for performing shift sheet discharging. The shift sheet discharging discharges and stacks the sheets on a tray in a status that the ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382615 | Sheet accommodating device and sheet processing system A sheet accommodating device including a sheet-laid tray including a processing tray and a carrying tray for laying a discharged sheet thereon, a first transporting device for moving the sheet laid on the sheet-laid tray toward an alignment reference posi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6371472 | Sheet processing for stacking shifted sheet bundles Sheet processing apparatus including a process tray for stacking sheets received from an image forming apparatus, a jogger for jogging the sheet stacked on the process tray at one of two jogging positions, a discharge unit for discharging the sheet stacke... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6341934 | Collating apparatus A collating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of paper feed trays; a paper feed section for conveying a plurality of sheets stacked on the plurality of paper feed trays one by one at predetermined timing; a collating and c... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6241460 | Offset sorter for envelopes Envelopes in a vertical orientation are delivered in sequence to an envelope bundling table from a sheet insertion table where sheets are inserted into envelopes. A stationary vertical wall forms a part of the envelope bundling table and the respective sh... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6231039 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A sheet post-processing apparatus comprises a conveyer for conveying the sheets discharged from the image forming system; a conveying device for conveying the sheets discharged from the image forming system; a pair of upper trays for accommodating the she... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6209865 | Method and apparatus for improved stacking quality in a device that effects one or more of media to an output storage location In a device that ejects one or more sheets of media to a moveable, remote output storage location, a method and apparatus for improving output stack quality is described. An invented stack holder holds previously-ejected sheets in place, so that the eject... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6179287 | Sheet stacking apparatus with stacking and retaining tray A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet discharging device for discharging sheets; a stacking tray for stacking sets of the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device; a retaining tray for retaining one sheet discharging by the discharging devi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6139252 | Method and apparatus for processing flat printed products, such as newspapers, magazines and parts thereof Specific printed products (2') of the printed products (2, 2') that are conveyed one behind another in a hanging position are rotated through 180° about an axis of rotation that runs at right angles to the main surface (6) of these printed products (2').... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135703 | Device and a method for orienting sheets or groups of sheets, in particular banknotes Paper sheets are oriented singly or in bundles using a device applicable to a machine by which the sheets, typically banknotes or previously assembled bundles of banknotes, are ordered into stacks. The machine comprises a series of stacking stations, supp... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6120239 | Compensating stacking machine and method of using same A machine and method is disclosed for stacking product, including but not limited to, cardboard, magazines, newspapers, newspaper supplements, flyers, press signatures, and softcover books. The stacking machine includes an infeed assembly for receiving a ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113344 | Method and apparatus for sorting stacks A method and apparatus for sorting books of sheets in which individual books are generated in succession is provided. This process entails the stacking of cut sheets that form a completed book in an offset arrangement relative to adjacent books. Each offs... | 09/05/2000 |
