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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186543 | Automated toothpick dispenser A automated toothpick dispenser includes a chamber for carrying a plurality of toothpicks and a lift system for dispensing a single toothpick to a position outside the dispenser. A drive system is coupled to the lift system and is activated by a sensor that detects ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177213 | Adjustable tray for printer having cutter An image recording device can accumulate discharged paper neatly stacked in a paper tray even when the length of the discharged paper changes. An inkjet printer 1 that records images on and discharges roll paper 100 from a paper exit 25 has a cu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172464 | Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing achieves improvement in manufacturability and a longer life. The tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of tapered rollers disposed between raceways of the inner ring and the outer ring. A cage holds each t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167293 | System and method for inline cutting and stacking of sheets for formation of books This invention provides a system and method for aligning, feeding, trimming, slitting, rotating, cross-slitting and stacking sheets, each containing one or more discrete page images thereon that allows for greater automation of the overall process so that reduced or... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162306 | Sheet aligning apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet aligning apparatus includes an alignment surface formed in a planar shape and that presses an end of a sheet to move and align the sheet; and a holding unit that holds the end of the sheet at a position contacting the alignment surface in a state that a curl... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162308 | Paper sheet processing device and method for controlling paper sheet processing device The present invention avoids a problem in that wound-up banknotes are located unevenly on substantially the same position on a winding drum. The paper sheet processing device is configured to process paper sheets. The paper sheet processing device includes: a receiv... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162303 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes a folding roller pair, a sheet pushing member, and a detection unit. The folding roller pair folds a sheet or a sheet bundle by a nip portion. The sheet pushing member results in a tip pushing a portion between two ends of the s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152152 | Apparatus and method for sealing paper with paste An apparatus for sealing paper with paste includes a paper-feeding unit, a pasting main body which seals open ends of a sheet of paper by an adhesive, and a paper-receiving unit on which the sealed sheets of paper are loaded. The pasting main body includes an openin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146906 | Sheet processing apparatus A sheet processing apparatus equipped with a saddle stitch stapler is provided with: a driver unit (1) configured to drive a staple; a clincher unit (2) configured to clinch the staple driven by the driver unit (1); a saddle portion (3) i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146905 | Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle-stitching unit to stitch a center of a sheet bundle, a folding unit to fold the center and to form a fold, a first and a second rollers that move along a direction of the fold while nipping and pressing the fold of... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146776 | Hand protection barrier dispenser A hand protection barrier dispenser for dispensing disposable sanitary barriers for temporarily covering the hand and providing complete hand protection is disclosed which dispenses the hand protection barriers in a manner so that they may easily be donned by a user... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146908 | Stapling unit, sheet finishing apparatus, and stapling method Certain embodiments provide a stapling unit including a stapler, a processing tray, a stapler moving mechanism, a sensor configured to scan sheets in a sheet width direction, and a controller configured to drive the stapler. The controller measures sheet width of th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141693 | Combined traffic flow and maintenance information display for a passenger conveyor A display device (40) for use with a passenger conveyor (20) provides a traffic flow direction indicator and visible maintenance information. One example includes a display panel (42) supported on a surface (38) that is conveniently posit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8113498 | Method and device for the transfer of signatures A method and device for transferring signatures. The device includes a first gathering chain which conveys the signatures with the aid of pushers and which transfers the signatures in a transfer region to a second gathering chain. The second gathering chain includes... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109496 | Sheet processing apparatus and methods for allowing sheet removal after process cancellation A sheet processing apparatus is disclosed. The sheet processing apparatus has a stacking unit configured to stack a sheet discharged from an image forming unit, the stacking unit including a stacker being configured to support a lower end of the sheet and a supporte... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109674 | Bearing assembly having a dual stage seal A bearing assembly is presented having a novel lubricant sealing design that, in one embodiment, combines the sealing advantages of both a labyrinth-like seal in combination with a contact seal. The improved seal includes a non-rotating seal case working in closely ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104757 | Sheet finishing apparatus, sheet finishing method, and image forming apparatus A stapler is provided in a housing of a finisher. The stapler has a sheet insertion opening extending in a direction along conveyed sheets. The stapler staples the sheets inserted into the sheet insertion opening in the housing. The finisher includes a rotating mech... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104756 | Method and apparatus for selecting media trays for hole punching in an image production device A method and apparatus for selecting media trays for hole punching in an image production device in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to print a print job, the print job having a required number of media sheets, dete... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104755 | Adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus and method An adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus is provided. The adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus includes a variable cutting apparatus cutting a printed web into a first signature and a second signature, a first assembly receiving the first signature an... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104758 | Sheet finisher and image forming system provided therewith A sheet finisher includes: a stacking section having a stacking surface arranged to be tilted, and a stopper located below the stacking surface; a sheet finishing section which post-processes for a sheet bundle that hits the stopper and is stacked on the stacking se... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100393 | Sawtooth jog for multi-copy/multi-set output A method of positioning copy or subsets for the easy insertion of tabs thereinto that includes creating a shingled boundary between subsets, with the top sheets of all subsets in the same position, but with the rest of each subset progressively offset so that the la... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100394 | Method and device for affixing a marking ribbon to a book or a brochure A marking ribbon (2) is affixed to a book block (3) in that a partial book block (10; 10.1 . . . 3) with at least one sheet (8.3) has the marking ribbon (2) is placed on the top sheet (8.3) before at least one other sheet ( | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100392 | Image forming apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for distinguishably controlling tab sheet discharge The printer as an image forming apparatus supplies a plurality of types of tab sheet, and distinguishably discharges the tab sheets that became no longer necessary according to the type of tab sheets. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100291 | Upright rotatable product carrousel dispensing device A dispensing device comprising an upright rotatable product carrousel comprising a plurality of dispensing chutes for retaining a product. The dispensing chutes are radially located about a central pivot, with a dispensing point located at a lowest point of rotation... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091882 | Sheet finishing apparatus and control method A sheet finishing apparatus includes: a puncher which moves between a penetrate position and a standby position; a detection unit which detects a lateral edge of a sheet; a standby tray which supports the sheet passed through the puncher, by a pair of tray members; ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087653 | Method and arrangement for producing printed products A method for producing printed products with an arrangement including at least one printing press to produce book blocks, at least one conveying device to convey the book blocks, at least one processing device to provide each respective book block with a respective ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087541 | Automatic product vending machine The present invention relates to an automatic product dispenser, i.e. vending machine featuring improved product delivery ability. The vending machine according to the present invention comprises at least one tray (5) for supporting the products (2) to... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087655 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus with movable receiving member A saddle stitching portion which can bind the center portion in the conveying direction of a sheet bundle by a stapler and fold it by a pair of folding rollers and a pushout member, includes an end stopper which receives the downstream end of a sheet conveyed by a f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083219 | Internal warming-up method and sheet post-processing apparatus including warming-up device A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a warming-up device including a first duct connected to a fan to lead warm exhaust air sucked from an image forming apparatus into an apparatus, a second duct provided to lead the warm exhaust air discharged by a fan or amb... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079583 | Compiling belt system with moving stapler As set forth herein, a finisher module within an automated print system is described. A compiler delivery system receives and organizes one or more sheets in a predetermined configuration for delivery. A compiling belt system receives the one or more sheets from the... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070013 | Cutlery utensil dispensing apparatus and method A cutlery utensil dispenser has a dispensing tray with a floor and a region housing a cutlery utensil. The cutlery utensil has first and second portions and is moved by an engagement portion of an actuator from a first orientation to a second orientation. In the fir... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061557 | Golf ball dispenser for golf bag A golf ball dispenser which attaches to the exterior surface of a golf bag that is upright, rectangular, and capable of holding a plurality of golf balls, is herein disclosed. The dispenser is made of a durable yet flexible plastic material. Stored balls are added t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047522 | Clamp for perfect binder and perfect binding method A perfect binder for processing book blocks, including: a conveying device adapted to convey the book blocks along a closed circulating path, the conveying device including a plurality of clamping devices each adapted to convey a book block; and a plurality of proce... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047524 | Openable sheet processing apparatus Provided herein is a sheet processing apparatus including a processing apparatus and a saddle unit. The saddle unit moves from a position inside the processing apparatus, along a direction orthogonal to a sheet transport direction, to a position outside the sheet pr... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047400 | Gravity-feed display and dispensing An improvement in a gravity-feed display and dispensing apparatus and method in which rolling articles are advanced by gravity along an upper chute from a loading location to a transition chute where the rolling articles are transferred to a lower chute located vert... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047523 | Sheet loading apparatus, sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet loading apparatus has an ejecting member to eject a sheet; a loading member to load the sheet ejected by the ejecting member; and a movable member capable of moving in a state keeping contact with ejecting member side ends of the sheets loaded on the loading... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042795 | Transporting apparatus for discrete sheets into envelopes and related methods An apparatus transports a discrete paper or film object in a machine direction for insertion into an envelope. A guide assembly of the apparatus includes opposed first and second channels facing one another for guiding the object in the machine direction, with the c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042707 | Automated toothpick dispenser A automated toothpick dispenser includes a chamber for carrying a plurality of toothpicks and a lift system for dispensing a single toothpick to a position outside the dispenser. A drive system is coupled to the lift system and is activated by a sensor that detects ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038137 | Device with a displaceable stacking device or charging device to produce print matter A device to supply flat products to produce print matter that includes a machine frame, a guide arrangement coupled to the machine frame, and a conveyor with a conveying direction arranged on the machine frame. The device additionally includes at least one sheet fee... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038138 | Holding unit having delayed conveyance time A finisher includes: a holding unit; a stapling unit; a discharge unit; and a control unit. The finisher forms a part of a second sheet bundle subsequent to a first sheet bundle until discharging the first sheet bundle. The holding unit receives a sheet of the first... | 10/18/2011 |
