| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 271300010 | DELIVERING TO STACK AND FEEDING THEREFROM | 55 |
| 20090020939 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet stacking apparatus having: a sheet discharge tray to move upward and downward; an alignment section including first and second regulating members to align a side edge of a sheet on the tray; a first drive section for moving the tray upward or downward; a second drive section for moving the regulating members in a conveyance width direction; and a control section for controlling the first and the second drive sections so as to: align the side edge of the sheet discharged on the tray on the basis of the position of the first regulating member; when a predetermined amount of the sheets are discharged on the tray, separate the sheets from the first regulating member and the second regulating member by moving the tray or the alignment section and, after that, move the regulating members in the conveyance width direction; and align the side edge of the sheets. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090127766 | Medium transportation apparatus, image reading apparatus, and multifunction product - A medium transportation apparatus is provided with a medium placing unit having a placing surface for placing a medium. The medium placing unit includes a first flat surface portion and a second flat surface portion on the placing surface. The second flat surface portion is formed on an upstream side with respect to the first flat surface portion in a medium transportation direction. The first flat surface portion and the second flat surface portion are situated on different planes. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100025911 | BILL HANDLING DEVICE - When different types of bills stored in storage cassettes ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110169210 | BILL STORAGE AND HANDLING APPARATUS - A bill storage comprises: a plurality of bill receipt portions provided therein; a bill inlet-outlet, which is provided on an upper surface of the bill storage and through which bills are taken out or received from outside; and a taking-out and accumulating mechanism part provided on each of the receipt portions to perform actions, in which bills are taken out and in which bills are accumulated, wherein at least a first bill receipt portion and a second bill receipt portion are arranged in a state of being stacked in this order from a side of the bill inlet-outlet, the bill inlet-outlet is provided on a predetermined side, and the taking-out and accumulating mechanism part provided on the first bill receipt portion is arranged on another side opposed to the predetermined side. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110241276 | FEED INPUT ASSEMBLY FOR VARIABLE LENGTH SHEET MATERIAL - A feed input assembly for accepting and conveying sheet material of variable length along a feed path including a processing station for performing an operation on the sheet material and an ingestion assembly adapted to capture the sheet material between the opposed friction drive surfaces and accept a leading edge of the sheet material from the processing station at a point of entry. The ingestion assembly includes transport elements having positionable opposed friction drive surfaces which are adapted to vary point of entry along the feed path. By varying the point of entry, sheet material of variable length can be accepted without varying the position of the processing station relative to the ingestion assembly. A method for operating a feed input assembly having positionable friction drive surfaces is also described. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20130099439 | DEVICE FOR DISBURSING VALUE NOTES COMPRISING A STATIONARY SUPPORT ELEMENT - The invention relates to a device ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20140131936 | SHEET DELIVERING DEVICE - A sheet delivering device includes a first frame stood on a base and a housing having a height position adjusted to the base. A second frame is attached to the housing in a body and located adjacent to the first frame. The height adjustment member is attached to one frame and includes engaged stop parts with different heights. The lever member is turnably attached to another frame and includes a contact stop member stopped into contact with the engaged stop part. Between an interference posture forming a contact stopping state by an interference of the contact stop member and engaged stop part and a withdrawal posture withdrawing from the interference when the housing moves to the base in the upward and downward directions, the lever member usually is advanced to the interference posture by a movement force, but changed to the withdrawal posture by turning against the movement force. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140183810 | DOCUMENT HANDLING - Apparatus for handling documents comprises an inlet | 07-03-2014 |
| 20160035174 | PAPER CURRENCY-PROCESSING DEVICE - A banknote handling apparatus includes an inlet through which banknotes are taken in, a first transport unit and a second transport unit configured to transport each of the banknotes taken in through the inlet, a bundling stacker configured to stack any banknote to be bundled, a bundling unit configured to bundle the stacked banknotes, a dispense port through which the bundled banknotes are dispensed, and a housing. The inlet is arranged in a lower half portion of the housing, and the dispense port is arranged in an upper half portion of the housing. | 02-04-2016 |
| 271300020 | Aligning at stack | 15 |
| 20080224380 | Media pick assembly with motorized carriage - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for providing a media pick assembly with a motorized carriage. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080251984 | Signature hopper with flexible guide - A hopper is provided including a pile plate, a backstop, a jogger opposite the backstop, the backstop and jogger being separated to permit a signature stack to be placed therebetween on the pile plate, and a flexible guide located opposite the jogger, adjacent to the backstop. A hopper is also provided including a pile plate, a backstop, a jogger opposite the backstop, the backstop and jogger being separated to permit a signature stack to be placed therebetween on the pile plate, and a toothed guide located opposite the jogger and adjacent to the backstop, a plurality of teeth of the toothed guide facing the signature stack. Methods are also provided. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090014939 | Sheet post-processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system - A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit, an aligning unit, a moving member, a discharging member, and a discharging motor. The discharging motor drives the discharging member for discharging a pile of sheets in an operation pattern that is selected, depending on a predetermined condition, from among a plurality of operation patterns. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090026688 | Sheet supply/convey supporting device - In a sheet supply/convey supporting device, a sheet placing unit includes a pair of guide members and a supporting plate that form a space for holding a sheet stack, and a carriage member supports the sheet placing unit and includes a driving mechanism for lifting or lowering the sheet placing unit. The supporting plate supports the sheet stack and is movable between an opened position at which a bottom of the space is opened and a closed position at which the bottom of the space is closed. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090066002 | Media Tray Restraint Devices and Methods of Use - The present application is directed to methods and devices for aligning media sheets in an input tray of an image forming device. The input tray includes a support surface and at least two spaced apart side walls. A first side wall includes a reference surface to align the media sheets. A second side wall includes a plurality of biasing members. The biasing members bias the media sheets toward the reference surface. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066003 | Sheet aligning device and image forming apparatus - A sheet aligning device includes a sheet feeder that discharges a sheet in a first direction, a sheet tray on which the sheet is stacked, a sheet jogger that aligns the sheet on the sheet tray in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a sheet detection filler that detects a state of the sheet on the sheet tray. The sheet detection filler detects a position of a topmost sheet in the stack of sheets on the sheet tray and determines an alignment position from where the sheet jogger is to begin alignment of the sheets. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066004 | APPARATUS FOR STACKING INDIVIDUAL SHEETS - The invention relates to an individual-sheet stacking apparatus including a frame, a support which is displaceably guided at the frame and which is fitted with a rest surface for the individual sheet stack and having a pressurizing spindle to alternatingly shift and release the support. The pressurizing spindle consists of a pressurizing shaft rotatably supported at the frame, two pressurizing spindle lateral elements affixed to the pressurizing shaft, and at least two glide shafts configured in a fixed or rotatable manner at the pressurizing spindle lateral elements, the glide shafts being fitted with glide rollers. A drive means drives the pressurizing spindle into rotation. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090146361 | DOCUMENT FEEDER FLAG ASSEMBLY - An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090236788 | PAPER SHEET ACCUMULATING/FEEDING APPARATUS - A paper sheet accumulating/feeding apparatus to execute an accumulating processing, in which paper sheets conveyed by a conveyance unit are accumulated in an accumulating unit in a direction of accumulation, and a feeding processing, in which paper sheets accumulated in the accumulating unit are fed to the conveyance unit, comprising a rotating member including one or more pieces, which spread radially from an axis thereof, the rotating member being provided in the vicinity of a connection between the conveyance unit and the accumulating unit to enable the piece or pieces to slap and move a paper sheet in the accumulating unit in the direction of accumulation at the time of accumulating processing, and a guide member provided to guide the piece or pieces to enable the same to be stored toward the axis of the rotating member, whereby the paper sheet accumulating/feeding apparatus is able to readily set the piece or pieces long and endures an operation over a long term and frequent operations. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090315244 | DOCUMENT FEEDER FLAG ASSEMBLY - An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315245 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING ASSEMBLY - An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100084802 | MEDIA STACKING APPARATUS FOR MEDIA DISPENSER - The present invention relates to a media stacking apparatus for an automatic media dispenser. A media stacking apparatus according to the present invention comprises a media box provided with a seating space allowing media to be pulled and stacked therein, inlet rollers provided to face each other and to rotate in opposite directions relative to one another so that the media are pulled into the seating space, a damping unit colliding against the medium pulled into the seating space by the inlet rollers, and a pressing unit for pressing down a trailing end of the medium. The damping unit and the pressing unit are connected to both ends of a link by the pins to cooperate with each other. Thus, the media are stacked in the seating space, so that the following medium can be pulled therein without any interference. According to the present invention, there is an advantage in that a stacking reliability is enhanced when media are stacked. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100314821 | SHEET CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET STACKING METHOD - A sheet container includes a case configured to contain a plurality of sheets stacked in a stacking direction, a first regulating member configured to regulate a first side of the sheets along a first direction perpendicular to the stacking direction, a second regulating member configured to regulate a second side perpendicular to the first side along a second direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and the first direction, the second regulating member to form a rectangular area with the first regulating member under the sheets, a tray configured to support a lower surface of a lowermost sheet of the sheets, and a guide member inclined with respect to the stacking direction, the first direction and the second direction on the rectangular area, and formed higher from a position lower than the lower surface of the lowermost sheet as approaching a closest corner in the rectangular area. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110074082 | SHEET FEEDER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR SHEET FEEDING - A sheet feeder includes a sheet feed tray on which a first sheet bundle is stacked at a first position where sheet feeding to a conveyance path can be performed, and a conveyance tray on which a second sheet bundle is stacked at a second position adjacent to the sheet feed tray, and which conveys the second sheet bundle to the sheet feed tray and stacks the second sheet bundle on the sheet feed tray after the first sheet bundle is fed, presses the stacked second sheet bundle to a side plate provided in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the conveyance tray, and aligns an end of the second sheet bundle. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20120299235 | PRINTING STOCK FEEDER - A printing stock feeder system may include, but is not limited to: a support stand; a feed deck rotatably coupled to the support stand; a printing stock storage stack; and a printing stock transfer mechanism. | 11-29-2012 |
| 271300030 | Intermediate tray | 4 |
| 20090140484 | SHEET FEED DEVICES AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH SHEET FEED DEVICES - A sheet feed device includes a first tray comprising a first plate configured to receive a first plurality of sheets thereon, in which the first tray includes a support, and a second tray positioned on the first tray. The second tray includes a first and a second side portion, and a second plate configured to receive a second plurality of sheets thereon. The device also includes a feed roller configured to selectively feed the sheets in a sheet feed direction. The support is configured to selectively support the second tray at a retracted position and a sheet feed position at which the feed roller is configured to selectively feed the first plurality of sheets and the second plurality of sheets, respectively. Moreover, a shortest distance between an upper surface of the first plate and a lower surface of the second plate when the second tray is in the sheet feed position is less than a shortest distance in the retracted position. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20150298923 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a processing apparatus. The processing apparatus includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The main body has a manual-feed tray at one lateral face. The first processing unit and the second processing unit are stacked in the vertical direction on the same lateral face side of the main body as the manual-feed tray provided. The second processing unit is slidable in a toward-away direction between a connecting position and a separate position, and has a hollow to insert the manual-feed tray therein at the connecting position. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160009519 | SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160145072 | BUFFER, STACKING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE BUFFER, AND METHOD OF BUFFERING - A buffer apparatus configured to hold a stack of sheets includes an input, first and second side guides each having a face facing transverse to the travel direction, and a backstop facing the input and spaced from the input in the travel direction. The first side guide, second side guide and backstop define a hopper for holding a plurality of the sheets. First and second retractable supports are shiftable from first positions in which a first portion of the respective retractable support projects a first distance into the hopper and a second position in which the first portion of the respective retractable support projects a second distance into the hopper or does not project into the hopper, the second distance being less than the first distance. The at least one second retractable support is located between the input and the at least one first retractable support. | 05-26-2016 |
| 271300040 | With job divider (e.g., resettable bail bar or double bar separator) | 3 |
| 20100007075 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING MACHINE - A paper sheet handling machine | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100252985 | SEPARATING MEDIA COMBINATION FROM A MEDIA STACK - A method for moving a first combination of media from a media stack including one or more combinations of media. The first combination of media is an uppermost combination of media in the media stack. The method includes gripping the first combination of media and bending along a first axis by moving a first portion away from the media stack. The first combination of media is bent along a second axis by moving a flexing member while in contact with a second portion of the first combination of media, wherein the second axis is not parallel to the first axis. The first combination of media is repeatedly bent along the second axis while pausing movement of the first combination of media between the first bending along the second axis and the second bending along the second axis. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110101594 | MEDIA DISPENSER - A media dispenser comprises: a pick unit arranged to pick individual sheets under control of a pick unit motor; a transport section arranged to transport each picked sheet; a stacker wheel arranged to collate transported sheets under control of a stacker wheel motor; and a controller including a counter. The controller is arranged to (i) enable selectively the pick unit motor and the stacker wheel motor, (ii) provide a first step signal to both the pick unit motor and an input to the counter, and (iii) provide an output from the counter as a second step signal to the stacker wheel motor. | 05-05-2011 |
| 271300050 | Feeding from bottom of stack | 1 |
| 271300070 | Pneumatic separating | 1 |
| 20100032882 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING PRINTED PRODUCTS TO A PROCESSING SECTION - An apparatus for separating and removing a flexible flat object, such as a printed product, from an underside of a stack of flexible flat objects, and for supplying the objects to a processing section, includes a conveying rotor having a central axis, a shaft arranged concentrically with the central axis and at least one separating element located in a circumferential region of the conveying rotor to respectively lift at least partially one of the flexible flat objects from the stack and deposit the object in a region of the circumference of the conveying rotor. The separating element includes a suction mount pivotally arranged on the conveying rotor and positioned at a distance from and parallel to the shaft; a suction head attached to the suction mount to pivot with the suction head and to grip the flexible flat object with a suction force; an activation mechanism to control a pivoting movement of the suction mount when an object is partially lifted from an end of the stack; a joint coupled to the suction mount; and a control device connected to the joint to effect a further pivoting movement of the suction mount. | 02-11-2010 |
| 271300080 | Feeding from top of stack | 18 |
| 20090278300 | Sheet Feed Mechanism - A sheet feed mechanism includes a chassis for supporting a stack of sheets; a top sheet engaging member for engaging a top most sheet of the stack; a stack engaging structure for engaging the stack and biasing the top most sheet against the top sheet engaging member, the stack engaging structure hingedly connected to the chassis at a hinge axis; a friction surface extending from the stack engaging structure, the friction surface extending in a curvature parallel to a locus of the stack engaging structure about the hinge axis; a lock mechanism having a lock arm hingedly connected to the chassis at the hinge axis, the lock mechanism further having a biased contact foot for engaging the friction surface to retard a movement of the stack engaging structure about the hinge axis; and an actuator for engaging and disengaging the contact foot from the friction surface. The friction surface is arranged to extend beneath the biased contact foot, and the actuator is adapted to pivotally actuate the biased contact foot upwards and downwards to respectively disengage and engage the biased contact foot with the friction surface. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100052236 | FEED DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - Provided is a feed device including: a loading unit in which a plurality of sheet members is loaded in a stacked state; a delivery member which performs a feed operation in a state in which a contact surface thereof is in contact with an uppermost sheet member of the sheet members loaded on the loading unit and delivers the sheet member in a feed direction using the frictional force with the uppermost sheet member as the feeding force; a gate member which is configured to move in a direction to and or from the contact surface of the delivery member and has an inclined surface with which a front end of the sheet member delivered by the delivery member collides with; and a gate energizing member which energizes the gate member in a direction approaching to the contact surface of the delivery member. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100244353 | PAPER FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a recording medium is not detected even after an elapse of a predetermined period of time since a paper feeding unit fed the recording medium, the paper feeding unit is operated, to execute an assisting operation for assisting conveying of the recording medium. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20150102549 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SHEET FEEDING UNIT - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a sheet feeding apparatus, and a connection device. The connection device is interposed between the image forming apparatus and the sheet feeding apparatus, and connects the sheet feeding apparatus to the image forming apparatus so as to be detachable therefrom. The connection device includes a first exterior portion attached to the image forming apparatus, and configured to surround an access portion by a portion thereof being open, and a second exterior portion attached to the sheet feeding apparatus, fitted to an opening portion of the first exterior portion in a state where the sheet feeding apparatus is mounted on the image forming apparatus via the connection device, and configured to surround the access portion together with the first exterior portion. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150321864 | AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SHEETS TO A PRINTING MACHINE - An apparatus for supplying sheets to a printing machine having a sliding work plane moving in outward and return runs, so as to subject one or more sheets thereon to printing, a station, in which the work plane pauses, being provided with a gripper for transferring the sheets from the apparatus to the work plane, with the work plane paused in the station. The apparatus includes a gantry bearing a loading plane positioned by a side of the pause station and made vertically mobile from a first variable-height operating position, and a second fixed operating position flanking the pause station. A receiving station of a stack of sheets is positioned by a side of the gantry opposite the work plane, the height of the head sheet of the stack defining a first operating position. A gripper, borne by the work plane, with the work plane in the operating position grips the head sheet of the stack and transfer it onto the work plane. | 11-12-2015 |
| 271300090 | Control for feeding responsive to delivering | 8 |
| 20090020940 | Sheet Feed Apparatus - Various embodiments of a sheet feed apparatus are disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090051099 | Print media registration system and method - A system for registering print media includes a media tray configured to hold a plurality of sheets of print media, a pick assembly configured to pick a sheet of the print media from the media tray and route the sheet to a media path, and a registration assembly positioned in the media path after the pick assembly. The registration assembly is configured to sense the sheet in the media path and operate for a predetermined time based on an amount of the print media in the media tray to register the sheet in the media path such that the predetermined time increases as the amount of the print media in the media tray decreases. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090057980 | SHEET FEEDER - The invention concerns an apparatus for forward transferring sheet-like objects from a stack, said apparatus including separate lifting elements gripping by suction to the upper surface of the sheet-like object situated top-most on the stack. The gripping elements are positioned in a row extending over the stack of the sheet-like objects in transversal direction with respect to the forward direction of the sheet-like object. The suction effect of the lifting elements is individually controlled by means of a control device including a light source creating a substantially line-shaped illumination pattern over the top of the stack. The illumination of the light source is focused substantially parallel to the lifting element row, at an inclined angle to the surface plane of the sheet stack. Camera means for observing the illumination pattern forwards information about the uniformity of the uppermost layer of the stack for controlling the gripping elements. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090057981 | Serial recording apparatus and method of feeding recording medium - Provided is a serial recording apparatus including: a feed unit which feeds a recording medium; a recording unit which performs recording with respect to the fed recording medium; a movement unit which moves the recording unit in order to performing recording; a transporting unit which transports the recording medium in a direction crossing the movement direction of the recording unit; a controller which controls the recording unit, the movement unit, the transporting unit and the feed unit; and a determination unit which determines whether a target stop position of the recording unit satisfies a target position condition, during the movement of the recording unit, wherein the controller starts a feed operation of the subsequent medium using the feed unit at a timing before the movement of the recording unit is stopped, if the target stop position satisfies the target position condition. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100123280 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a sheet feeder including: a lifting unit that lifts a loading portion having a recording medium loaded thereon; a position detecting unit that detects whether the uppermost surface of the recording medium is disposed at a predetermined first position; a sheet feed mechanism that feeds the recording medium from the loading portion; a thickness detecting unit that detects thickness of the recording medium fed by the sheet feeding mechanism; and a control unit that, when the position detecting unit detects that the uppermost surface of the recording medium is disposed at the first position, controls the lifting unit such that the uppermost surface of the recording medium is lifted up to a second position that is higher than the first position by a distance determined based on cumulative value of the thickness of the recording medium detected by the thickness detecting unit. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123281 | SHEET SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet supply device including an elevation section for up and down movement of the sheet bundle accommodated on the sheet placement table, blow sections for blowing air to the upper side surface of the sheet bundle to float up the sheet from the aforementioned sheet bundle, and a non-contact sheet detection sensor for detecting the existence or nonexistence of a sheet at the predetermined position of the aforementioned sheet placement table. The elevation drive motor is controlled in such a way as to move the sheet bundle up and down, based on the frequency or ratio of the sheet existence in the detection result of the sheet detection sensor in the operation mode of the blow section. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100148418 | SHEET SUPPLY APPARATUS - A sheet supply apparatus includes a supply portion with a sheet bundle supplied via an opening portion, a take-out portion to move the sheet bundle supplied to the supply portion to a take-out position and take out sheets one by one starting from a sheet on an uppermost surface of the sheet bundle, a first door with the opening portion arranged openably which is opened when the sheet bundle is supplied to the supply portion, a second door arranged openably on a middle position when the sheet bundle supplied to the supply portion moves to the take-out position, and a controller to control the first door and second door to open or close. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110140341 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet accommodating unit which is detachably attached to an apparatus main body and configured to accommodate sheets, a sheet stacking unit which is provided in the sheet accommodating unit and can move while supporting the sheet, a sheet feeding unit configured to feed the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking unit, and a lift unit configured to move the sheet stacking unit toward the sheet feeding unit, wherein, before feeding of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking unit by the sheet feeding unit, the lift unit increases and then reduces press contact force between the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking unit and the sheet feeding unit. | 06-16-2011 |
| 271300110 | Pneumatic separating | 5 |
| 20090057982 | SHEET TAKE-OUT APPARATUS - A sheet take-out apparatus includes a supplying structure configured to move a plurality of sheets supplied in a stacking state in a stacking direction and supply a sheet at a leading edge thereof in a movement direction to a take-out position, a take-out structure configured to make contact with the sheet supplied to the take-out position and rotate, thereby taking out the sheet in a direction almost orthogonal to the stacking direction, and move the sheet to a conveying route, a suction structure configured to generate an air current to suck the sheet at the leading edge in the movement direction to the take-out position on an upstream side of a position where the take-out structure makes contact with the sheet in the sheet take-out direction by the take-out structure, and a controller configured to control an operation of the suction structure so as to decrease suction force by the suction structure when the sheet at the leading edge in the movement direction is not taken out by the take-out structure. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090127767 | HIGH CAPACITY TANDEM STACK SHUTTLE FEEDER MODULE - A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a stack of sheets in a direction of movement to a process station, including: an elevator tray for holding stacks of sheets; a feed head for picking up a sheet from the stack of sheets when a vacuum force; air knife for blowing air between individual sheets in the stack of sheets, the sheet feeding apparatus having a first mode of operation for feeding a single stack of sheets from the sheet tray and a second mode of operation for feeding first stack of sheets and a second stack of sheets from the elevator tray. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100148419 | SHEET SUPPLY APPARATUS, SHEET SUPPLY UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet supply apparatus including: a suction conveyance mechanism which suctions a topmost sheet of a plurality of sheets stacked and conveys the suctioned sheet to a sheet conveyance path; an outlet elevation mechanism which moves an air outlet to and from a first position at which the air outlet faces the side of the stacked sheets and a second position at which the air outlet faces a side of the sheet suctioned onto the suction surface; a suction detection sensor; a sheet supply detection sensor; and a control section which moves the air outlet to the first position or to the second position by controlling the outlet elevation mechanism based on detections by the sensors. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100258996 | AIR-SUCTION SHEET SUPPLYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An air-suction sheet supplying device, including: a sheet stacking plate to stack recording sheets; an air-suction duct, arranged to face a top surface of the recording sheet stacked on the sheet stacking plate, and having an air-suction opening with a predetermined width; a belt member, rotatably arranged so as to cover the air-suction opening, and having plural areas having various distributions of suction holes in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction; a driving section to rotate the belt member; a detecting section to detect a position of the belt member in a rotating direction; and a control section to operate the driving section so as to set a starting position of suction work, in a conveying direction of the belt member, on an area having suitable distribution of the suction holes, based on information detected by the detecting section. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110187038 | DEVICE FOR DEPOSITING FOR A PRINTING MACHINE - The invention relates to a device for depositing sheets for a printing machine, preferably for an electrophotographically operating printing machine, said device comprising at least one sheet transport member which can be driven so as to rotate and which is provided for the detection of a lead edge of a sheet and for depositing the sheet after it has covered a rotating path. Therefore, the object of the invention is to make depositing a sheet and turning over a sheet, in particular also larger and/or thinner sheets, more reliable with the use of a device of the aforementioned type. In accordance with the invention, this object is achieved by a device which is characterized by a blower arrangement for the application of air to the sheet to be deposited. Due to the application of air, the sheet to be deposited and to be turned over is advantageously supported by an additional momentum and by its inherent stiffness, so that the sheet will unroll fully after its lead edge has been caught by the rotation. | 08-04-2011 |
| 271300120 | Sheets on edges | 1 |
| 20160063792 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE AND CIRCULATING CASH BOX MECHANISM THEREOF - A recycling cash box mechanism of a banknote processing device includes a box body and a transmission mechanism configured to be connected to the box body, the transmission mechanism includes a banknote receiving vane wheel configured to be located at a banknote dispensing/receiving port of the recycling cash box mechanism, and a banknote dispensing roller wheel configured to be located opposite to a banknote stacking plate of the box body, and the banknote dispensing roller wheel is configured to be located at a lateral portion of the banknote receiving vane wheel to form a banknote blocking mechanism. | 03-03-2016 |
| 271300130 | With sheet sensor for selective location | 4 |
| 20080246207 | Feeding sheets into a photocopier - A simplified sheet sensor and registration gate for feeding print media sheets from a stack loaded by a user into a receptacle on a photocopier. The gate is pivoted on the mechanism and has a flag attached; and, upon user loading of sheets into the receptacle, the gate is pivoted against a locking arm and the flag is moved to actuate an optic sensor that sheets have been loaded. The locking arm is pivoted on the nudger roll arm and unlocks the gate when the nudger roll is moved down to contact the top sheet in the stack. When the sheet receptacle is unloaded, the gate is pivoted by gravity to the downward position and the locking arm pivots by gravity to reset. If the nudger is raised for sheet jam clearance, the locking arm is pivoted to clear the gate, allowing the gate to drop. The locking resets by gravity. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090066005 | Methods for Determining Widths Of Media Sheets Within An Image Forming Apparatus - The present application is directed to methods of determining a width of a media sheet moving along a media path of an image forming apparatus. The methods may include moving the media sheet along the media path and past a media width sensor that includes a shaft with a first upstream paddle positioned away from a reference location of the media path and a second downstream paddle positioned in closer proximity to the reference location. The first paddle is positioned a first distance from the first sensor, and the second paddle is positioned a second distance from the first sensor. As the media sheet moves along the media path, a first signal may be received when the media sheet contacts the first sensor, and a second signal when the media sheet is at the media width sensor. The distance the media sheet travels between contacting the first sensor and being at the second sensor may be determined. The method may also determine whether the media sheet contacted the first or second paddle based on the media sheet travel distance. Based on which paddle was contacted, it may then be determined whether the media sheet is wide or intermediate. The method may also include determining the media sheet is narrow if there is no receipt of two signals. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20130154179 | PAPER FEEDER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A paper feeder, a control method thereof, and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The paper feeder includes a moving member to push paper loaded on one paper loader to another empty paper loader. With regard to operation of the moving member, the stop time of the moving member may be variable based on a paper size input by a user, which enables a stop position of the moving member to be automatically adjusted based on the paper size, resulting in enhanced user convenience. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20150061208 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SETTING ERROR ON SHEET SIZE - Generally, in accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a stacking section, a sensor, a printing unit, a display and a controller. The stacking section is configured to stack a sheet. The sensor is configured to detect the size of the sheet set on the stacking section. The printing unit is configured to form an image on the sheet. The display is configured to display the image. The controller is configured not to display a sheet size except the sheet size detected based on an output signal from the sensor on a setting screen for the sheet size of an image forming object in a detectable status. | 03-05-2015 |
