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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7461838 | Spaced apart segment wheel assembly for a carton packaging machine An improved segment wheel assembly for an article packaging machine is provided for picking individual carton blanks from a magazine and delivering the carton blanks to a conveyor to be carried to a packaging station of the machine. The segment wheel assembly has a ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458569 | Device for separating the individual sheets of a print medium Sheets (12, 14) of a print medium kept in a stack (10) are individually fed into an office machine. The edge of the uppermost sheet (12) is raised off the corresponding edge of the following second sheet (14). At least one band (32... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458568 | Method for compensating a gear backlash and apparatus for carrying out said method An electrographic printer using a print web medium is provided with a web adjusting apparatus having a geared motor for adjusting the web position. A method and apparatus to compensate for backlash in the geared motor includes a sensor to detect an end position of r... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458483 | Assay testing diagnostic analyzer A diagnostic system with a handling system that has a loading bay to receive and hold a plurality of carriers. An identification device is configured to identify an identifying feature of the carriers to determine the type of contents loaded on each carrier. A trans... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455292 | Printing apparatus and sheet cartridge In a sheet feeding mechanism wherein a spring can be used to properly regulate a sheet feeding position, sheets are not deformed in spite of the urging force of the spring, and a required conveying force is prevented from being increased after sheet feeding. Specifi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451970 | Sheet feeding device with plural sheet feeding means feeding in opposite directions to sheet post-processing system A feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and a feeding tray for feeding sheets from the right side thereof are disposed on a multiple inserter, and selectively employing the feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and the feedi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451980 | Sheet-like medium alignment apparatus To ensure that the leading edge of the sheet ejected onto a tray 12 does not push and move loaded sheets in advance, loaded sheets are retained at position (II) by a retaining roller. A roller (returning roller in this case) 121 for applying external f... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448617 | Tray and recording apparatus A discharge tray includes a guide portion that is retractable or extendable, relative to medium stacking portions, in consonance with the form of the recording media that are to be discharged. When the recording media that are to be discharged have a predetermined f... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445204 | Feeding method of printing medium and printing apparatus When a to-be-transported printing medium is fed in association with an operation for transporting the printing medium to a predetermined printing start position, a control is provided so as to eliminate an emergency stop of the feeding operation that tends to be cau... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441764 | Feeder mechanism for a packaging machine An apparatus for sequentially manipulating from a supply point of a hopper carton blanks each having a contacting panel and for transferring the blanks to an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises carton pick up means for sequentially engaging t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441771 | Sheet-like medium alignment apparatus To ensure that the leading edge of the sheet ejected onto a tray 12 does not push and move loaded sheets in advance, loaded sheets are retained at position (II) by a retaining roller. A roller (returning roller in this case) 121 for applying external f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438288 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus for effecting recording by a recording head on a recording material which is fed by a plurality of pairs of feeding rollers, the recording apparatus, includes a first feeding roller for feeding the recording material with a first feeding force;... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434798 | Grouping of film-like or sheet-like materials The invention relates to a method for grouping a multitude of film-like or sheet-like materials, which are stacked in a magazine (20) and which consist of at least one material layer, using at least one suction apparatus (42), which suctions the film-l... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434802 | Sheet discharging apparatus and sheet treating apparatus provided with the same A sheet discharging apparatus has a sheet conveying path on which a sheet is conveyed, a discharge port for discharging therethrough the sheet conveyed on the sheet conveying path, a discharging tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is stacked, ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431288 | Print media flipping mechanism and method Apparatus for delivering a sheet to a surface, comprising a rotating gripper that receives and grips the sheet at or near a leading edge thereof at a first position and delivers the leading edge to a second position, the first and second positions being situated alo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431292 | Medium conveying apparatus A medium conveying apparatus has: a conveying roller shaft arranged so as to be movable vertically; a pressing member which presses the conveying roller shaft in plural positions; and an urging member which urges the pressing member toward a conveying path of a medi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431278 | Image forming apparatus and platen used therein An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a platen, a transporting device, and a suction device. The image forming unit forms an image on one surface of a printing medium. The transporting device transports the printing medium in a transportation di... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431294 | Sheet transport path switching mechanism A sheet transport path switching mechanism includes a movable guide to be moved rotatably about a support shaft parallel to the width direction of a transport path so as to selectively take either a main posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to the downstr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427062 | Automatic document feeder and image reading apparatus using the same An automatic document feeder has a separation roller that separates a document into individual sheets. The document is supplied from a document supply tray. A friction pad is formed to contact one side of the separation roller to supply a friction force for separati... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427002 | Method for controlling a drug dispensing system An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419152 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus When a top sheet of a sheet stack stacked on a sheet tray capable of moving up and down is fed by sheet feeding device, air is blown to the end face of the sheet stack by air blowing device for improving a separation characteristic. The quantity of blown air for the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416185 | Inverter with return/bypass paper path A printing system and method is provided incorporating inverter assemblies for not only selectively inverting media during transport through the system but also to register the media and provide a velocity buffer transport. The selective inverter assemblies include ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416178 | Image-forming device An image-forming device includes: an image-forming unit; a sheet discharge unit; a sheet support unit; a top cover; and a panel. The image-forming unit forms images on a recording sheet. The sheet discharge unit discharges, in a sheet discharging direction, a record... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413189 | ATM currency dispenser with convex roller arrangement An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the open... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407157 | Arrangement for handling banknotes and/or other documents An arrangement for handling banknotes includes a magazine (13) containing a plurality of magazine pockets (18). Each pocket (18) has an infeed and outfeed opening (26) through which a banknote can be fed in into or fed out from the pocket... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407161 | Method of and assembly for lapping consecutive sheets of web material A mechanism for offsetting or overlapping successive sheets of material in an interfolding machine includes a bed roll rotating at a first speed and a retard roll rotating at a slower, second speed and positioned adjacent the bed roll. As successive sheets are trans... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404559 | Sheet feeding apparatus with ultrasonic sensor for detecting multiple feed of papers Disclosed is a sheet feeding apparatus comprises: a multiple feed detecting section; a temperature detecting section; and a control section. The multiple feed detecting section has an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver arranged on opposite sides of th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404552 | Paper sheet handling apparatus, automatic transaction apparatus, and paper sheet conveying apparatus Paper sheets or the like inserted in a bundled state from the outside are conveyed in that state to an advancing section. Then, the paper sheets or the like, advanced on sheet by sheet basis from the advancing section, are conveyed to temporary holding section and r... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401778 | Multi-sheet feed detection system A multi-sheet feed detection system comprises a photosensor configured to receive light emitted in a non-visible spectrum by a transmitter through at least one sheet, and a detection module configured to detect a multi-sheet feed condition based on an amount of non-... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401777 | Apparatus for supplying a shingled or overlapping sheet stream The invention relates to a device for supplying a shingled or overlapping sheet stream from a stack of sheets of a sheet feeder to a feed table of a sheet-processing machine with a belt table. The belt table is provided with at least one revolvingly driven suction b... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398968 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a housing having a cavity therein, a linkage arm disposed within the cavity, an input media tray movably latched to the housing, and an input media tray latch coupled to the linkage arm and releasably engaged with the input media tray. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398969 | System and method for supplying media to a device A system and method for supplying media to a device. The novel system includes a first tray for holding a first supply of media, a first mechanism including a shaft adapted to feed media from the first tray to the device when the shaft is rotated in a first directio... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398972 | Plastic card reorienting mechanism and interchangeable input hopper A card reorienting mechanism and an input hopper of plastic card processing equipment, for example a desktop plastic card printer. The card reorienting mechanism is a modular unit that permits the entire mechanism to be inserted or removed as a single unit from the ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392984 | Process for guiding printing media and printing media guide Guiding a printing medium that is being conveyed along a travel path in a printing machine, whereby the printing medium is not making contact along at least one edge. A stream of sucked air (9) is directed at least partially outward, with respect to at least ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392586 | Sheet feed shaft A sheet feed shaft is provided wherein mutually opposed spike-shape projections are formed throughout the whole surface of a metallic rod. A rotational angle of a metallic rod (1) is controlled to form a plurality of spike-shape portions whose bristled... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389983 | Input unit of a letter sorting system and method for loading the input unit The present invention relates to an input unit of a letter sorting system which comprises separable first and second conveyor lines. The first line is positioned proximate to an isolating device which processes letters. The first line comprises a conveyor surface an... | 06/24/2008 |
| RE40394 | Teleoperated robotic sorting system A method and apparatus are disclosed for classifying materials utilizing a computerized touch sensitive screen or other computerized pointing device for operator identification and electronic marking of spatial coordinates of materials to be extracted. An operator p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387298 | Synchronized vacuum belt feeder A vacuum belt feeder comprising a means of conveyance having a pitch, for retrieving items from a supply zone, and then distributing them at target locations in a discharge zone. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384032 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller and a separation pad, and the sheet feeding apparatus sequentially separates and feeds a sheet one by one in a nip portion formed by the feeding roller and the separation pad. The sheet feeding apparatus includes a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380786 | Sheet-like medium alignment apparatus To ensure that the leading edge of the sheet ejected onto a tray 12 does not push and move loaded sheets in advance, loaded sheets are retained at position (II) by a retaining roller. A roller (returning roller in this case) 121 for applying external f... | 06/03/2008 |
