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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6895303 | Process for controlling the conveying speed of a transporting track In the case of a method of controlling the transport speed of a transport and gathering unit, wherein filling-material stacks are moved from an inlet to an outlet of the gathering path making use of at least one transport means and wherein filling-material units can... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6752289 | Lottery ticket machine A lottery ticket machine includes a base frame, a face panel fixedly fastened to the base frame at a front side, the face panel having a transversely extended ticket slot, a rack fastened to the base frame to hold a serrated plate behind the ticket slot of the face ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6601847 | Flats bundle collator A method and an apparatus for collating a plurality of groups of mail items, such as flats mail, each group being pre-sequenced according to prioritized delivery addresses, into a final sequenced set of the mail items from the groups, utilizing the priori... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6594545 | Data processing apparatus, image recording apparatus, method of controlling data processing apparatus, method of controlling image recording apparatus and storage medium An image forming apparatus is connectable to a sheet processing apparatus having a plurality of stacking units for stacking recording sheets and capable of discharging recording sheets selectively to the plurality of stacking units. The image forming appa... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6581922 | Sheet processing apparatus above image forming means and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus, which is configured in a simple construction and at low cost, includes a first sheet stacking portion for temporarily stacking a sheet discharged thereon, an alignment member for aligning the sheet discharged on the first she... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575445 | Jacket-laying-on device for bookbinding machines The bookbinding machine with a transport system for continuously conveying stacks of sheets at cyclical intervals having a jacket-laying-on device with a chain conveyer, and transporters which engage behind the jackets and feed them to the stacks of sheet... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572093 | Gather-stitcher machine and method for producing a header index for print materials of papers which are filed by means of a gather-stitcher machine Gather-stitcher machine for joining and stapling a plurality of stacks of sheets of a magazine, and method for producing a thumb-tab index on magazines to be stapled by means of the gather-stitcher machine. In order to make it possible for a thumb-tab ind... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6565078 | Device for feeding sheets from a ream of the type comprising a main feeding roller and an auxiliary separating roller A device (10) for feeding sheets from a ream (22) comprising a main feeding roller (24) subdivided into a plurality of sleeves (32) which rotate in contact with an uppermost sheet (23a), coming from the ream, to feed it along a path (30), and an auxiliary... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6557847 | Right angle stager apparatus A right-angle sheet stager apparatus for merging multiple input sheet streams into a single output sheet stream includes one or more input channels and an output channel. Each input channel includes a transport surface and a staging surface. Each transpor... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6547236 | Pick-up mechanism and a method for performing a pick-up cycle in a reproduction machine A pick-up mechanism and a method for performing a pick-up cycle in a reproduction machine. The pick-up mechanism comprises a pick-up control pinion which is firmly coupled to a control cam, and a drive gearing including a first rocker driving gear and a s... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6511062 | Presentation control for flat article singulation mechanism and sensors suitable for use therewith An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the presentation of articles to the singulation head of a system for singulating a stack of edge-mounted articles, for example mixed mail, which mechanism senses the instantaneous pressure at which the ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6508465 | Sheet feeder with dynamic speed control A sheet feeding apparatus for image processing systems such as a stencil duplicating machine or a copying machine comprises a sheet feeding time sensor, and a control unit. The control unit compares a sheet feeding time detected by the sheet feeding time ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6502813 | Coupon booklet and method A method of making a booklet having a plurality of removable portions is provided. The method comprises conveying a plurality of webs, bringing the webs into registry and attaching the webs to one another along a central portion of the webs. The method in... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502812 | Method and apparatus for separating a collation from a supply stack The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for separating an entire collation of individual sheets from a supply stack for downstream processing. The apparatus generally includes a supply stack tray for containing the supply stack while ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499731 | High speed pusher apparatus for sheet feeders A high speed sheet feeder machine includes at least one pusher that follows a loop-shaped path of travel as the machine operates. The pusher pushes an insert into an envelope during a forward and downward part of its path of travel and then retreats rearw... | 12/31/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6481704 | Setting an apparatus for assembling mail items In determining a setting condition of an apparatus for assembling mail items from mail components (20, 21, 23, 25) it is detected, in a setting phase, in which of a number of feeder stations (1, 2, 34, 35) of that apparatus mail components (20, 21, 23, 25... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474633 | Stapler with interchangeable cartridges A stapler unit comprises a stapler provided with a stapling device for stapling a sheet stack, and a staple cartridge arrangement detachably loaded on the stapler and provided with a staple receiving device for receiving staples. A plurality of the staple... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6467763 | System for assembling collation sets from a split web A method and corresponding system for assembling collation sets from a split web consisting of two webstreams, each providing a series of collations of connected sheets. The method includes the steps of: alternately selecting the two webstreams and from t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6460842 | Device for superposing sheets of paper or the like A device for superposing sheets of paper comprising a lower vacuum conveyance unit for one row of sheets of paper (R1) and an upper vacuum conveyance unit for another row of sheets of paper (R2). The ends of the vacuum conveyance units can be adjusted ind... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460844 | Cut sheet streamer and merger An apparatus for selectively streaming and merging side-by-side sheets is provided. In general, sheets enter in a side-by-side orientation onto an input feed surface and are directed selectively upwardly or downwardly onto overlying upper and lower feed s... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460843 | Paperback finishing machine The invention teaches a paperback book-finishing apparatus comprising a collator, a cover trimmer (with optional scorer), a glue cutter, and a binder. The apparatus can automatically finish books of different thicknesses. The operations of cover trimming,... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457705 | Sheet post processing device with feed out A sheet post-processing device is provided which includes a post-processing tray on which sheets of paper supplied from an image forming device are stacked, and a post-processing section for applying a post-processing operation to edges of one side of the... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454257 | Article jogging apparatus An article jogging apparatus for the lateral straightening of sheet material located on a conveyor includes a pair of vertically opposed timing belts. One belt being adjustable per product width as well as stream throat. The other belt oscillating between... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450492 | Method and apparatus for set binding, stapling and stacking Apparatus is provided for receiving and assembling sheets in a binding station at which thermal binding strips are automatically supplied to the side edges of the assembled sets, the sheet receiving trays at the binding station are laterally moved apart t... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446832 | Virtual multihopper card feeder An improved card feeding apparatus and associated method for feeding plastic cards to a printer. The apparatus can be used in any system where plastic cards are fed into a printer, but has particular use in a self-service, automated card issuance kiosk. T... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446953 | Process for combining printed products A process for combining a plurality of completed printed products such as completed newspapers and/or periodicals, into bundles. At least two storage arrangements are provided, which are occupied by completed printed products of different types. The produ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443447 | Method and device for moving cut sheets in a sheet accumulating system A method and device for improving the stacking efficiency in a sheet accumulation system using a continuous web cutter for cutting a web of material into sheets and a plurality of right angle turn-over modules for changing the direction of the sheets and ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6445975 | Carrier route optimization system A method and system for collating and binding signatures includes a plurality of signature feeders responsive to a signature feed control signal. Coded data is stored on a magnetic disk. The coded data is representative of like groups of signatures and un... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427997 | Sheet stacker with aligning/conveying rollers and image forming apparatus using the same A sheet finishing apparatus is provided with a sheet passage; a conveyor to covey a sheet along the sheet passage; an intermediate stacker on which the sheet conveyed along the sheet passage is placed so that a bundle of sheets is formed on the intermedia... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422552 | Movable folders and former board arrangement A movable folder assembly includes one or more folders slidingly supported on a pair of rails and an actuator for moving the folder on said pair of rails. The actuator may include a hydraulic cylinder and a control unit for controlling said hydraulic cyli... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422553 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A sheet post-processing apparatus is connected to or assembled in an image forming device such as a copying machine to automatically bind recorded or copied sheets successively given from the image forming device with one or more staples upon collating, a... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422554 | Document feeder with pivoted lever A document feeder employs a lifting lever to lift stacked documents away from a feed roller each time a document is being fed away from the stack. In this way the separation of documents is enhanced, providing a mechanism that more readily accommodates do... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421582 | Print system and a sheet-processing device suitable for such a print system When a fare is inserted, a receipt on which a password assigned to the user is printed is issued, and a sheets each bearing a printed image is housed in a storage bin or a storage box. When the password printed on the receipt is inputted, the correspondin... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419218 | Streamfeeder signature long tail trimmer A streamfeeder for the untrimmed, folded cover signatures includes an uphill streamfeeder with the cover signatures disposed between a pair of conveyor belts with a jogger being on the side of the folded signatures opposite the long tail. The preferred cu... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418357 | Method for synchronizing an envelope inserter A method for dynamically determining a motion control profile used in controlling motion of an axis of an overhead transport motor so as to be synchronized to the motion of a collating transport motor of an insertion engine used to insert a collation into... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412655 | Towel dispenser The invention relates to a towel dispenser (10) such as a paper towel dispenser comprising a housing (12) in which a paper roll and an issuing device (50) are arranged. Said issuing device can AC be controlled by a sensor (38). In order to simplify the op... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6406013 | Sheet post-processing with feed-in and feed-out openings relative to respective transport paths A sheet post-processing device comprises a feed-in opening through which sheets of paper fed out of a copying machine are supplied, a staple tray on which the sheets of paper to be stapled are stacked, a stapler for stapling the sheets of paper stacked on... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402136 | Apparatus for merging multiple streams of documents into a single stream A system for merging multiple streams of documents in side-by-side relation, such as cut from a paper web, into a single document stream is provided. Each document of a document stream passes over a turnbar driven that inverts and redirects the document, ... | 06/11/2002 |
