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| 20080211175 | Method and apparatus for feeding multi-sheet documents - A feed mechanism for the singulation and delivery of multi-sheet documents. The feed mechanism includes a support surface for receiving a stack of multi-sheet documents, a conveyor mechanism for transporting a lowermost document of the multi-sheet document stack and a restraint assembly defining an opening for the passage of the lowermost document. The restraint assembly is, furthermore, operative to retard the motion of documents disposed above the lowermost document during singulation and delivery thereof. The feed mechanism is characterized by a contour generator disposed in combination with the support surface which contour generator is operative to generate an arcuate cross section in connection with the stack of multi-sheet documents during singulation and delivery. The arcuate cross-sectional shape is disposed a plane orthogonal to the feed path of the multi-sheet documents. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211176 | Image forming apparatus - A common driving source transmits a drive force to a driving unit that drives a feeding unit and a conveying unit. The driving source is a motor that rotates in either of a normal direction and a reverse direction. The feeding unit includes a mechanical drive-blocking mechanism in its driving sequence. The conveying unit includes a two-system driving sequence and a mechanical drive-blocking mechanism in the driving sequence so as to rotate in one direction regardless of a rotating direction of the driving source. A reduction ratio of each driving sequence in the conveying unit is identical. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080217846 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - [Object] To provide an image forming apparatus and image forming method that can prevent a decrease in image quality by preventing a step-out of a driving source, which occurs because a load of a feeding device is applied when a medium is transported for image formation. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080237976 | Media Sheet Ramp For An Image Forming Device - The present application is directed to embodiments of an input device and methods to introduce a media sheet into an image forming apparatus. The device may include a support surface sized to support the media sheet. A ramp may be positioned adjacent to the support surface to direct the media sheet from the support surface to a media path. In one embodiment, a pick mechanism is positioned to move the media sheet from the support surface and alone the ramp. An adjustment member may be operatively connected to the ramp to adjust an angle of the ramp relative to the support surface depending upon a stiffness of the media sheet. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080237977 | Image Recording Apparatus - An image recording apparatus according to one aspect comprises: a first tray disposed within an opening of a main body to allow a recording medium to be placed thereon; a second tray disposed above the first tray, the second tray having a second end portion located on a side of the opening; a conveying unit; and a recording unit. The second tray is movable between a first posture and a second posture. When the second tray is in the first posture, a top surface of the second tray in the vicinity of the second end portion is positioned at a predetermined height relative to the first tray. When the second tray moves from the first posture to the second posture, the top surface in the vicinity of the second end portion is moved toward the first tray. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080237978 | FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A feeding device according to the present invention holds a pile of sheets of paper in it. Feed force so acts selectively on a specified region of the upper side of the held top sheet as to feed the held sheets one after one in a feed direction. The feeding device includes a flat press plate and a support. The press plate is not smaller in the feed direction and the cross directions perpendicular to the feed direction than the maximum size of the sheets which can be held in the main body. The press plate is not larger in the feed and cross directions than the inner size of the main body. The press plate has a first opening formed over the specified region. The press plate is supported vertically movably above the held sheets by the support. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080252000 | RECORDING SHEET CURL CORRECTING MECHANISM AND RECORDING SHEET CURL CORRECTING METHOD - A recording sheet curl correcting mechanism corrects curl produced in a recording sheet and for use in an image forming apparatus in that heat of a heat source is transferred to the recording sheet when images are printed while the recording sheet being conveyed. The correcting mechanism includes a curl correcting unit capable of bending the recording sheet in a direction opposite to that of curl produced on the recording sheet, and the curl correcting unit is arranged downstream the heat source in a feeding direction of the recording sheet ranging from a feed side toward a discharge side as well as arranged at a position where after heat due to the heat source during printing remains in the recording sheet. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080258381 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR FOLDER-GLUER - A transport device for transporting sheet elements into a folder-gluer comprising two longitudinal support structures between which there extend one or more movement slides, one or more lead screws and a drive shaft for a belt. At least one longitudinal member supports at least one endless conveyor belt driven by the shaft. The longitudinal member is mounted in sliding connection on the movement slides and on the drive shaft and is in helical connection with the lead screws. A protecting device over the drive shaft blocks user access to the shaft. It is illustrated as a profile over the shaft and slide. The protecting device transversely connects the two longitudinal support structures. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080265500 | WORK SHEET CONVEYING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a work sheet conveying system which enables a work sheet cabinet to be simplified and which allows palettes to be efficiently moved into and out from the work sheet cabinet. The work sheet conveying system according to the present invention includes a work sheet cabinet | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080296837 | Gateless diverter - 'S' shaped paper path - In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a system transports paper to prevent stubbing within a printing machine. The paper path facilitates transport of one or more sheets of paper from the first end to the second end, each sheet of paper has a leading edge. A first entry point is located between the first end and the second end that allows one or more sheets to enter the paper path in succession. A first nip is adjacent to the first entry point to direct the leading edge of the one or more sheets away from the first entry point. A second entry point is located a distance from the first entry point that allows one or more sheets to enter the paper path. A second nip is adjacent to the second entry point to direct the leading edge of the one or more sheets away from the second entry point. A gateless diverter directs the one or more sheets of paper through the paper path which includes a convex section that is adjacent to a concave section to divert the leading edge of each of the one or more sheets away from the first entry point and the second entry point. The one or more sheets of paper are advanced to the convex section via the first nip in advance to the concave section to the second nip. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090014947 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A sheet finishing apparatus including a finishing unit configured to perform finishing on a sheet conveyed from an image forming apparatus, a sensor group including device sensors that are operated by a power source voltage supplied from the image forming apparatus and detect states of a plurality of devices in the sheet finishing unit, and sheet sensors that are for detecting the sheet in the finishing unit, and a control unit to control the plurality of devices in response to detection results of the sensor group. While a first finishing is being executed in the finishing unit, the control unit keeps the sheet sensor in an operable state, stops execution of another finishing, and stops operation of the device sensor for the another finishing. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090014948 | MEDIA FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A media feeding apparatus that includes a media storage device, a blowing device, a media feeding member, and a media holding member, the media storage device storing media, the blowing device blowing toward side surface of the media, the media feeding device feeding the media sequentially, and the media holding member holding the media at a substantially same position as the media feeding device with respect to the media feeding direction. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090051108 | METHOD FOR DOUBLE FEED DETECTION - This invention relates to a method of detecting double-feed of email items ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090072474 | CONVEYOR-TECHNOLOGY DEVICE - The invention relates to a method as well as to a conveyor-technology device for processing printed products. The conveyor-technology device comprises a guide means and conveyor means which may be moved along the guide means, for conveying printed products which are fed by way of feeders. The guide means is curved in several spatial directions. The conveyor-technology device comprises holding means which serve for the temporary fixing of printed products in a manner such that these at least in regions may be conveyed against gravitational force. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090085283 | MECHANISM FOR CONVEYING SHET - In a sheet conveying mechanism, a first bulging space and a second bulging space are provided on a downstream side and an upstream side, respectively, of a conveying path. The second bulging space has a length L | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090096158 | CORRUGATED-CARDBOARD-STRIP CONVEYOR DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for conveying strips of corrugated cardboard, the device comprising a work table for conveying strips on the work table along a direction of conveyance, wherein the work table is supported on a floor and comprises at least one longitudinal groove for accommodating an element which is displaceable therein, and at least one slide which is disposed underneath the work table and is actuable for displacement in the direction of conveyance, which slide comprises an element which is actuable for upward extension through the at least one longitudinal groove for cooperation with the strip. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090108519 | MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE, GUIDE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GUIDE MEMBER - A medium feeding device includes a rib disposed on a feeding path along which the medium is fed. In a cross section perpendicular to a direction in which the medium is fed along the feeding path, an end side of the rib includes an end portion that guides the medium, and an inclined portion inclined from the end portion. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090108520 | Apparatus and method for breaking open and aerating sheet material stacks - An apparatus and a method for separating and aerating sheet material arranged in a stack include a support to receive the sheet material stack thereon before the same is separated and aerated. A roll mechanism clamps the sheet material stack between an upper rotatable roll and a lower drivable roll. The sheet material stack is conveyed into a position between the upper and lower rolls when the same are in an open position. A ram converges the upper and lower rolls to clamp the sheet material stack therebetween. A drive rotates the lower roll in the conveying direction of the sheet material stack, and a gripper selectively grips the front end of the sheet material stack. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090115125 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet holding device capable of storing supplied sheets, a first sheet stacking tray on which sheets are stacked at a downstream side of the sheet holding device in a sheet conveying direction and on which the sheets are subjected to processing, a sheet discharging device for discharging the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking tray, a second sheet stacking tray on which the sheets discharged by the sheet discharging device are stacked, and a controller for controlling the sheet discharging device and the sheet holding device if sheet jam occurs at an upstream side of the sheet holding device, in such a manner that, after the sheets on the first sheet stacking tray are discharged onto the second sheet stacking tray, the sheets stored in the sheet holding device are discharged onto the first sheet stacking tray. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090121420 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - 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 first conveying roller in a first receiving position on the downstream of the first conveying roller by a length not buckling the sheet on the downstream of the stapler or the downstream end of the sheet conveyed by a second conveying roller in a second receiving position on the downstream of the second conveying roller by the length on the further downstream, wherein the receiving position of the downstream end stopper is selected according to the length in the conveying direction of the sheet. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090121421 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A post-processing apparatus having therein a stacker that stocks sheets temporarily and an ejection device that ejects a plurality of sheets stacked on the stacker from the stacker wherein the ejection device has an ejection claw that pushes up the plural sheets and a moving device that moves the ejection claw along the stacker, the ejection claw has a contact surface with which the aforesaid plural sheets are brought into contact when the plural sheets are pushed up, and the contact surface has plural protrusions protruding toward the plural sheets. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090134571 | RECORDING MEDIUM TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium transporting device includes a transporting unit that transports a recording medium; a guide member that supports and guides the recording medium in a downstream direction, the guide member being disposed downstream of the transporting unit; and a restraining unit that includes a restraining member having a restraining section, the restraining section being movable relative to the guide member. The restraining section imposes a restraint on the recording medium to prevent the recording medium from rising above the guide member at a position downstream of the transporting unit. A restriction state of the restraining member is switchable between at least two states, and the restriction state is switched so that a degree of the restraint is reduced or the restraint is removed before a trailing edge of the recording medium passes the restraining section. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090152807 | Transport Apparatus for Flat Materials to be Printed - A transport apparatus for flat materials to be printed is used in a printing apparatus having a printing module. The transport apparatus is disposed in the printing apparatus in a stationary manner relative to a pressing apparatus which presses an item of mail onto the transport belt that acts on a part of a surface of the item of mail with a predefined adhesion friction in the transport region. That part of the surface of the item of mail is not printed but lies close to a region which is to be printed. Two deflection rollers and a supporting plate are provided for the transport belt, in order to form the transport region. The printing module protrudes at least partially into an intermediate space between the two deflection rollers. The printing module has at least one ink cartridge with an inkjet print head which is situated outside the transport region. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090160127 | Cash Transaction Machine - Provided is a cash transaction machine including: a medium storage portion; a medium transfer module transferring a paper medium in a sheet unit from the medium storage portion; a temporary stack portion including an upwardly and downwardly movable supporter being provided to be adjacent to an outlet of the medium transfer module to stack the paper medium; a carriage receiving the paper medium from the supporter; and a carriage transfer portion transferring the carriage to a medium outlet in a state where stacked paper media is pressed, wherein the carriage includes a holder being provided in parallel with a moving direction of the carriage to support a bottom surface of the stacked paper media. The cash transaction machine may be constructed to enable a stack of paper media to maintain its arranged state while the paper media is being transferred and to simplify a transferring structure of paper media. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090166962 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND SHEET FEEDING DEVICES - An image processing device comprises a first feeding unit and a second feeding unit, wherein the first feeding unit is coupled to the second feeding unit via a sheet feeding path, and is configured to feed a sheet toward the second feeding unit in a sheet feeding direction via the sheet feeding path. The image processing device further comprises an image processing portion, wherein the first feeding unit is disposed in the sheet feeding path upstream of the image processing portion in the sheet feeding direction, and the first feeding unit comprises a first shaft configured to rotate in the sheet feeding direction. The second feeding unit is disposed in the sheet feeding path downstream of the image processing portion in the sheet feeding direction, and the first feeding unit and the second feeding unit are configured to feed and hold the sheet simultaneously. The second feeding unit comprises a second shaft configured to rotate in the feeding direction. The image processing device further comprises a first supporting member which rotatably supports each of a first end of the first shaft and a second end of the first shaft, a second supporting member which rotatably supports each of a first end of the second shaft and a second end of the second shaft, and a third supporting member which rotatably supports at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft at least one predetermined portion which is different than each end of the at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090166963 | METHOD OF FEEDING MEDIUM IN RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including feeding unit that feeds a medium, conveying unit that conveys the fed medium, recording unit that performs recording on the medium, and controlling unit that controls the feeding unit and the conveying unit, a measuring unit that measures a distance between the previous medium and the next medium after completing the preparatory feeding; and determining unit that determines whether or not the measured distance is a predetermined distance or greater, wherein, if the distance is the predetermined distance or greater, the controlling unit completely feeds the next medium. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090184462 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM OF SHEET TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS - A drive transmission mechanism of a sheet transportation apparatus of the present invention comprises an upstream transportation roller gear and a planet gear for transmitting a first driving force from a driving source to the upstream transportation roller gear, and a release mechanism for preventing the upstream transportation roller gear and the planet gear from engaging with each other. The release mechanism prevents the engagement of the planet gear and the upstream transportation roller gear when the driven gear is driven to reversely rotate by a second driving force. The release mechanism prevents the engagement by moving a release member before the planet gear and the driven gear engage with each other. The release mechanism moves the release member by the driven gear being reversely rotated by the second driving force which is a driving force other than the driving source. This makes it possible to realize a drive transmission mechanism of a sheet transportation apparatus comprising a release mechanism capable of releasing the engagement of the driven gear and the drive gear for transmitting the driving force from the driving source to the driven gear, without the need of reversely rotating the driving source or the fear of impairing the driving force from the driving source. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090189340 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a conveyor belt, an image forming unit, and a guide unit. The conveyor belt has a conveying surface that mounts and conveys a recording medium. The image forming unit forms an image on the recording medium placed on the conveying surface. The guide unit supports and conveys the recording medium to the conveying surface in a conveying direction. The guide unit includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate The first guide plate is flexible. The first guide plate has a first distal end portion at a downstream side thereof in the conveying direction and is disposed near the conveyor belt. The second guide plate is flexible. The second guide plate has a second distal end portion disposed in direct confrontation with the first distal end portion to nip the recording medium in cooperation with the first distal end portion. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189341 | FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A feeding device includes a mounting portion which mounts media thereon, a feeding roller which feeds the mounted media, an edge-guide which moves in a widthwise direction of the mounted media which traverses to a feeding direction of the mounted media and aligns both sides of the mounted media, and a curve-imparting portion which imparts a curve to the mounted medium in a direction which intersects a moving direction of the edge-guide. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090194938 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090200735 | Recording Apparatus - A recording apparatus with a conveying mechanism and a blocking member are described. The blocking member reduces foreign substances from soiling a unit or member located adjacent to or below the conveying mechanism. The conveying mechanism may be moved to a position permitting access to remove paper jams while the blocking member is located to permit the conveying mechanism to move to the position while continuing to reduce foreign substances from soiling the unit or member. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090206547 | Sheet conveying device, sheet punching device, sheet processing device, image forming apparatus, and method for determining mounting state of measuring unit - A sheet conveying device includes a conveying unit that conveys a sheet in a sheet conveying direction; a measuring unit that measures a position of a side edge of the sheet in a measurement area; a shielding unit having an end portion that is projected into the measurement area for shielding the sheet; a first determining unit that determines whether the shielding unit is detectable in the measurement area; and a second determining unit that determines whether the measuring unit has been mounted in the sheet conveying device based on a result obtained in the first determining unit. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090218761 | RECORDING APPARATUS - The recording apparatus includes: a recording head having a recording surface; a conveyor unit having three rollers, and a conveyor belt looped around the rollers; and a roller moving mechanism. The mechanism moves at least one of the three rollers so as to allow the conveyor unit to shift between a first state and a second state. In the first state, an image can be formed by the recording head to a recording medium. A conveyor surface faces the recording surface with a predetermined gap therebetween, and the three rollers are in a predetermined relative positional relation so as to apply tension to the conveyor belt. In the second state, a gap larger than the predetermined gap exists between the conveyor surface and the recording surface, and the three rollers are in a relative positional relation different from the predetermined relative positional relation. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090230616 | Device For Processing Sheet-Like Valuable Documents - The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing sheet-shaped documents of value, in particular bank notes, comprising a device for diverting sheet material ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090230617 | DUPLICATE FEEDING DETECTION DEVICE FOR SHEET-LIKE MEMBER - A duplicate feeding detection device for use with sheet-like members may include a control part for controlling an ultrasonic transmission part, a duplicate feeding judging part for judging duplicate feeding of the sheet-like members on a basis of an output from an ultrasonic receiving part, a temperature measuring part for measuring temperature of a vicinity of the ultrasonic transmission part, and a memory part in which a relationship between an oscillation frequency of the ultrasonic transmission part and a temperature is stored. The control part sets an oscillation frequency corresponding to a temperature which is measured by the temperature measuring part on a basis of the relationship between the oscillation frequency and the temperature stored in the memory part. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090243204 | Method for Supplying a Web of Material of Predetermined Length to a Printing Press For Producing a Printed Product - A printing device, which is usable to produce printed products, is supplied with a material web of a predetermined length. The length of the required web is defined by the printed product to be produced. The material web is assembled from several partial webs, having defined lengths. The supply of these partial webs to the printing device is provided automatically with the use of a material management system. A control unit of this system determines the length for the partial webs that have been chosen for a certain production request. These partial webs are sent to the printing device in a certain sequence so that the last one of these partial webs to be used has the least web length of the several partial webs. The minimum length of the last partial web is determined by an end of the partial web finishing the production. This sequence is determined, at the earliest, after the cycle time has ended. The cycle time is a time frame in which a material web, or a partial material web is prepared for its respective use in the printing device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090243205 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a guide member disposed in a space on a side of a pair of rotating bodies. The guide member is supported such that the guide member can project outward from an outer periphery of one of the rotating bodies located upstream in a sheet conveying direction. When a front end of a conveyed sheet abuts against the guide member and pushes the guide member, the guide member retracts from a projecting position into the space on the side of the pair of rotating bodies, and in this state, the front end of the sheet is guided to a nip portion of the pair of rotating bodies. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090243206 | Sheet Feeding Unit and Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet feeding device to feed sheets in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a sheet cassette, in which a stack of sheets is stored, a body, in which the sheet cassette is removably installed, a feeder unit to forward the sheets in the stack in the sheet feeding path, at least one restrictive member, which is configured to be shifted between a releasing position and a restricting position and restricts a height of the stack of sheets to be stored in the sheet cassette when in the restricting position, a shifting unit to shift the positions of the at least one restrictive member. The shifting unit shifts the at least one restrictive member to be in the restricting position when the sheet cassette is removed from the body and to be in the releasing position when the sheet cassette is installed in the body. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090243207 | CONVEYING BODY AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A conveying body that can attract and peel-off a recording medium by a simple mechanism, and an image forming device using the conveying body are provided. One end portions of through-holes of a drum are blocked by a blocking member, and a suction member and a blowing-out member are provided at other end portions of the through-holes. Due to a suction pump being operated and suction force being generated within the through-holes via a suction port of the suction member, the suction force passes through the through-holes and acts on long grooves of an outer peripheral surface of the drum, and a sheet can be attracted reliably to the outer peripheral surface of the drum. Further, because air is blown-out from the blowing-out member by operation of the suction pump, a leading end portion of a sheet can be reliably peeled-off from the outer peripheral surface of the drum. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090261526 | FEEDING DEVICE AND FEEDING METHOD - A feeding device comprises at least two feeding units. At least one feeding unit may send a sample towards the measurement device so that the sample passes at least one feeding unit next in the feed direction. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090267293 | FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A feed device includes a shaft, a roller member, and a cover member. The shaft is rotatably supported. The roller member engages with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member. The cover member covers the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supports the roller member. The engagement and disengagement member engages and disengages, corresponding to opening and closing of the cover member, the shaft with the roller member. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090278306 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PLANAR PARTS - A device for processing planar parts, in particular plastic substrates, preferably plastic cards, such as credit cards, having a transport apparatus, which defines a conveyance route, and at least two processing stations, which are situated in the conveyance route, the parts being transportable through the processing stations over a processing route, the processing stations comprising conveyance means and processing means, and the conveyance means contacting a first side (bottom side) of the parts for transport and the processing means processing a second side (top side) of the parts, is characterized in that at least one of the processing stations is pivotable or rotatable in such a way that the conveyance means contact the top side of the parts and the processing means process the bottom side of the parts. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090295080 | RECORDING MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE IN IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a plurality of linear motor mechanisms for transporting a plurality of tables in a first transport section including at least an area in which an image is recorded on recording media, and an endless transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of tables in at least a second transport section contiguous with the first transport section and capable of transporting the plurality of tables in the first transport section. The image recording apparatus further includes an unused linear motor mechanism determination part for determining an unused linear motor mechanism. When the unused linear motor mechanism is determined, the endless transport mechanism is used as an alternative to transport at least one of the tables which is to be transported in the first transport section but which is able to be transported by none of the plurality of linear motor mechanisms. If a malfunctioning linear motor mechanism is present because of a breakage, an operation anomaly and the like, the image recording apparatus achieves the image recording while maintaining the accuracy of the recorded image although the throughput thereof decreases. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295081 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same, in which a jammed sheet can be easily viewed and easily removed. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090322017 | TORQUE LIMITER AND SHEET SEPARATING DEVICE HAVING A TORQUE LIMITER - A torque limiter may include a first member configured to rotate about a first axis and having a first contact surface. The torque limiter may include a second member configured to rotate about the first axis and including a first axially extending finger. The first finger may be radially biased so that a second contact surface defined by the first finger may contact the first contact surface with a normal force to define a predetermined torque value between the first and second members. When one of the first and second members is rotatably driven in a first rotational direction, the other of the first and second members may be rotatably driven in the first rotational direction unless a torque load greater than or equal to the predetermined torque value is applied to the other of the first and second members. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322018 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND CONVEYANCE METHOD - A conveyance device includes a motor, a conveyance unit, a movement detection signal output unit, a storage unit, a time measurement unit, a first updating unit, a standby time setting unit, a second updating unit, a manipulated variable determination unit, and a motor driving unit. The standby time setting unit sets a value larger than a parameter value TX stored in the storage unit as a standby time TW. The second updating unit updates the parameter value TX stored in the storage unit to the standby time TW each time the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit reaches the standby time TW. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100007084 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, SHEET PUNCHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A sheet finishing apparatus includes a moving mechanism to move a puncher for boring punch holes in a sheet between a penetrate position and standby position, a detection section which is disposed upstream of the puncher in a sheet conveyance direction and detects a leading edge of the sheet, and a control section to control a moving mechanism based on a detection timing of the detection section and according to a size of the sheet and a movement speed of the sheet, so that a front corner of the sheet does not coincide with a position of a punching blade of the puncher when the sheet passes through the puncher. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100025927 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device, which transports a sheet set in a set section toward the downstream side on a transport path, includes a restricting member. The restricting member is provided at a set position of the sheet in the set section, and is displaced to restrict the sheet moving toward the downstream side on the transport path. The restricting member includes a restricting section that comes in contact with a front end of the sheet from the downstream side on the transport path, and is rotatable about a shaft extending along the transport path so as to be displaced between a first position where the restricting section protrudes on the transport path and a second position where the restricting section retracts from the transport path. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100038847 | TRANSMISSION FOR AN AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER - An automatic document feeder transmission includes a single electric motor mounted on a chassis. Motor actuates a power input gear that is rotatably mounted on the chassis and has gear teeth. A swing arm, rotatably mounted to the chassis, pivots about a swing arm pivot axis through an arc of travel. Arm has central and distal ends, the latter having gear teeth formed therein. Driving and driven pinions, each having mutually intermeshing gear teeth, are rotatably mounted to the arm. Driven pinion gear teeth also intermesh with power input gear teeth. A paper stop is rotatably mounted on the chassis. A catch, disposed on the arm, is selectively engageable with a wire spring disposed adjacent portion(s) of the travel arc, wherein arm rotation is selectively stopped in one direction and allowed in an opposite direction. Arm selectively switches between three discreet feeder modes and selectively actuates the paper stop. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100044959 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ORIGIN OF CONVEYING ROLLER - The present invention is to provide a printing apparatus capable of correctly detecting an origin of a conveying roller for conveying a print medium at the time of its rotation with a simple configuration that does not accompany an increase of cost. For this purpose, the printing apparatus is equipped with a lock mechanism (a lock link lever) for stopping rotation of the conveying roller at a predetermined rotational position and saves a count value of a rotation amount of the conveying roller when the conveying roller is locked by the lock mechanism concerned as origin information. After this, driving of the conveying roller is controlled based on the saved origin information and a phase of rotation of the conveying roller obtained from the count value of the conveying roller. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100072696 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH ROTATABLE GAP SENSOR - A document processing apparatus includes a sheet passageway, a sheet-feeding mechanism and a rotatable gap sensor. The sheet-feeding mechanism transports a first sheet and a second sheet successively through the sheet passageway. The rotatable gap sensor is rotated by movement of the first sheet and the second sheet for the detection of the presence of the first sheet and the second sheet. The rotatable gap sensor generates a plurality of state signals with respect to rotating states of the rotatable gap sensor. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100084811 | PRINTING MEDIA LOADING APPARATUS - A printing media loading apparatus includes a roller that has a narrow slit thereon and is used for loading a printing media. There are two nicks respectively on the two sides of the roller, and the narrow slit extends to the two nicks. The printing media loading apparatus further includes at least a detachable fixing unit, installed in a nick on one of the two sides of the roller for fixing the diameter of the roller. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100109233 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MODULE TO MODULE SKEW ALIGNMENT - One disclosed feature of the embodiments is a method of aligning transport modules in a printing system, the method comprising a step (a) including passing at least one substrate media in a process direction through two adjacent belt driven transport modules with at least one module belt steering control disabled. The method also comprising a step (b) including detecting a position of at least one module transport belt in a cross-process direction using an edge sensor. Further, the method comprising a (c) including aligning the two adjacent transport modules based on the detected cross-process position. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117293 | Feeding mechanism for printer - A feeding apparatus for print media comprises a pressure roller that is provided at an upstream side of an image forming section in a feeding direction of the print media and rotates with being pressed onto an upper surface of a feeding path. The pressure roller includes a plurality of unit rollers aligned along a primary sweeping direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. A center unit roller of the unit rollers is made wider than other unit rollers in the primary sweeping direction. According to the apparatus, cocklings on print media can be removed at desired portions with a simple configuration by controlling suction forces due to varying relative positions to suction ports. Therefore, flatten state of print media in the image forming section can be easily ensured. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100140865 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH MECHANISM FOR DETECTING STAPLES, PAPER CLIPS, AND LIKE FOREIGN ITEMS - A document processing system includes a document track composed of a pair of opposing rigid track walls. The documents are moved along the document track in a series to allow operations to be performed on the documents. An apparatus for detecting a document with an attachment includes a strike plate formed by a separate section of a wall of the document track. A magnet is arranged to attract material toward the strike plate. An accelerometer is mounted to the strike plate. The accelerometer detects an impact of an attachment to the strike plate when a document with an attachment passes the strike plate. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100156042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING NESTED/UNESTED MAILPIECE CONTENT MATERIAL - A system for processing nested/unnested content material in a mailpiece inserter includes a first accumulator, a second accumulator and a folding module disposed therebetween. The first accumulator is operative to feed individual sheets of content material, in one operating mode, and accumulate multiple sheets of content material in another operating mode. The second accumulator is operative to accumulate unnested, folded sheets of content material in one operating mode, and feed sheets of nested, folded sheets of content material in another operating mode. The folder interposes the first and second accumulators and is operative to (i) receive the individual sheets of content material from the first accumulator, fold the individual sheets, and feed the unnested, folded sheets to the second accumulator, in one of the operating modes, and (ii) receive the multiple sheets of content material from the first accumulator, fold the multiple sheets, and feed the nested folded sheets to the second accumulator, in the other of the operating modes. A system processor is operatively coupled to, and controls the operation of, the first accumulator, second accumulator and the folder in each of the operating modes. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100164171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEARING PAPER JAM IN A PRINTING DEVICE - A paper clearing mode is provided in a printing device such as a copier or printer to automatically eject stopped sheets of paper after the jammed paper is manually cleared. The printing device indicates on a display panel only the location(s) of the jammed paper, i.e., the jam location that triggered the print engine to stop printing. The display does not indicate to the user the locations of other sheets of paper that are stopped along the paper transport path but not jammed. Following the displayed instruction, the user manually clears the jammed paper, but does not clear the stopped sheets. After the jammed sheet is cleared, the printing device automatically discharges the stopped sheets from the paper path as a part of the jam recovery process. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100171260 | PEELING DEVICE, FIXING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A peeling device is provided and includes: a rotating body that conveys a recording material; a peeling member capable of changing from a first state in which the peeling member is away from the rotating body to a second state in which the peeling member is closer to the rotating body than the peeling member in the first state is, the peeling member in the second state peeling off the recording material from the rotating body; and a gas spraying unit that sprays a gas to the peeling member to bring the peeling member from the first state to the second state. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100187752 | PRINT MEDIA PATH - In one embodiment, a print media path includes: a first media path having a single lane for guiding a single strip of print media toward a print zone; and a second media path separate from the first media path and having two lanes for guiding two strips of print media simultaneously toward the print zone. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194034 | DENSITY UNEVENNESS REDUCTION METHOD AND SHEET TRANSPORT MECHANISM - A density unevenness reduction method of a printing apparatus having a sheet transport mechanism which transmits a driving force of a driving device to a roller via a plurality of gears to drive the roller for transporting a sheet, the method includes: assuming one tooth and one turn of each of the gears each to be a simple harmonic oscillation of a single sine wave, and generating a synthesized wave of the sine waves of the gears; and adjusting the module and the number of teeth of each of the gears, thereby dispersing a frequency at which the oscillations of the gears overlap and are amplified in the synthesized wave. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100201062 | SIDE GUIDE ASSEMBLY WITH VERTICALLY REPOSITIONABLE SIDE GUIDES FOR USE WITH FRICTION SHEET FEEDING MACHINES - A repositionable side guide assembly with vertically repositionable side guides for use with a friction sheet feeding machine. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201063 | PAPER FEEDING APPARATUS WITH PAPER SIZE DETECTORS - A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one end to the sidewall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the sidewall, a second movable member that is connected at one end to the end wall and rotates around a shaft axially fixed to the cassette main body in connection with the end wall, a first detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the width direction, and a second detection unit that has a plurality of detection members and detects the size of the paper in the longitudinal direction. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100207323 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a sheet transporting unit provided to a side portion of the main body; and a noise source provided inside of the main body with a rotation portion, wherein the sheet transporting unit includes a plate having a plurality of holes, and an opposing member having a surface opposing the plate, and wherein the noise source, the plate, and the opposing member are disposed in the stated order from inside of the main body to outside of the main body. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100225052 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, OVERLAP FEED SIGN DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A transport device includes a feed unit that feeds transport subjects being loaded in a loading portion one by one in a transport direction, a protrusion amount detection unit that detects a protrusion amount of the transport subjects from the loading portion in the transport direction and an overlap feed sign detection unit that detects a sign of occurrence of overlap feed of the transport subjects based on a detection result of the protrusion amount. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225053 | Sheet Feeder And Image Forming Apparatus Including Same - A sheet feeder including a sheet feed shaft, a partially cut-out semicircular sheet feed roller coaxially provided to the sheet feed shaft, a cam coaxially provided to the sheet feed shaft, a driven gear having a toothless portion coaxially provided to the sheet feed shaft, a bottom plate movable to contact or separate from the cam, a driving unit to move the driven gear relative to the sheet feed shaft in a direction of rotation of the sheet feed shaft, a drive gear to drive the driven gear, a gear stopping unit to stop rotation of the driven gear at a predetermined timing, a coupling unit to drive the driven gear and the sheet feed shaft in conjunction with each other, and a shaft stopping unit to stop rotation of the sheet feed shaft. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100230893 | SHEET GUIDE APPARATUS - A sheet guide apparatus includes an impression cylinder having a gripper device for holding a thin sheet or a thick sheet and adapted to transport the thin sheet or the thick sheet, and an air blowing device comprising an air discharge duct and discharge nozzles for blowing air on the thin sheet or thick sheet being transported by the impression cylinder. The sheet guide apparatus comprises: a displacement gauge for detecting the distance to the thin sheet or thick sheet being transported by the impression cylinder; and a control device for controlling the air blowing device, based on the detection results of the displacement gauge, to adjust the flow rate of discharged air so that the distance between the thin sheet or thick sheet and the displacement gauge becomes a distance which prevents the unstable motion of the thin sheet or thick sheet. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100237559 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of cleaning debris from a surface in an apparatus useful for printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus useful for printing includes a first roll, a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface, the first roll and the outer surface of the belt forming a nip, a stripping member located between the inner surface of the belt and the first roll for facilitating stripping of media from the outer surface of the belt after the media is fed through the nip with the belt moving in a first direction, wherein debris builds up on the inner surface of the belt adjacent to the stripping member during stripping of the media, and a cleaning device for cleaning the debris from the inner surface of the belt upon movement of the belt in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100237560 | QUALITY INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR SHEET-SHAPED MATTER - Provided is a quality inspection apparatus including: gripper units provided to each delivery chain, each gripper unit configured to hold an end portion of a sheet; an arc-shaped track portion provided in a part of a movement track of the gripper units and formed by the movement track; an inspection unit installed at an opposite side of the arc-shaped track portion from an arc center of the arc-shaped track portion; and a vacuum cylinder installed at the same side of the arc-shaped track portion as the arc center. In the apparatus, while running along the arc-shaped track portion, the sheet is inspected by the inspection unit under a guidance of the vacuum cylinder. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100244373 | Medium feeding device and image forming device - A medium feeding device includes: a sheet holding unit, which holds a sheet and is pivotally attached to a device main unit so that the sheet holding unit is pivotal between open and closed positions; a sheet feeding roller that is located close to the sheet holding unit and that feeds the sheet to the inside of the device main unit; and a driving shaft that is located on an axis that is different from a rotation shaft for the sheet feeding roller and that drives the rotation shaft. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100276876 | TRAY EXIT RAMP - A sheet stacking tray assembly may include a tray having a lead edge surface, a tray exit ramp having a first end and a second end, and a feeder having a feeder edge. The first end of the tray exit ramp may be configured to connect to the lead edge surface. The tray exit ramp may be convex relative to the lead edge surface and may extend beyond the lead edge surface. The tray exit ramp may include one or more first anti-stub surfaces, that may be configured to be positioned below a lead edge of a sheet in a sheet stack. The feeder edge of the feeder may include one or more second anti-stub surfaces that are complementary to the first anti-stub surfaces. The feeder edge may be configured to interconnect with the second end of the tray exit ramp to form a transition surface. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100276877 | MOVEABLE DRIVE NIP - Systems for moving a moveable drive module in a cross-process direction are disclosed. A system includes a moveable drive module including a drive roll and a translation drive motor capable of moving the moveable drive module in a cross-process direction. The system may optionally include a plurality of idler rolls, each configured to be associated with the drive roll when the moveable drive module is in an associated position. Optionally, the moveable drive module may further include an idler roll associated with the drive roll. Alternately, the system may further include a moveable idler module including an idler roll and a translation drive motor capable of moving the moveable idler module in a cross-process direction. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100276878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRINT PRODUCTS - A method and apparatus for the processing of print products. The method may include conveying individually the print products with a feeding device along a feeding section, transferring individually the print products from the feeding section to a further processing section, and generating control signals from a control unit. The control signals may correspond to further treatment of each individual print product and to the transfer of a print product to the further processing section such that it can be processed further. The apparatus may include a feeding device configured to convey the print products individually along a feeding section, a transfer device configured to individually transfer the print products from the feeding device to a further processing device, and a control unit configured to generate control signals to control the transfer of the print products from the feeding device to the further processing device. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100301547 | SHEET OBSERVER WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF SHEET SENSORS - A method and system for determining sheet position and orientation of a sheet as the sheet moves along a feed path is provided herein. The method includes moving the sheet along the feed path and past at least one point sensor to measure a first position of the sheet relative to a first reference axis coinciding with the process direction of the feed path. Next, the method provides for moving the sheet along the feed path and past at least one linear array sensor to measure a second position of the sheet relative to a second reference axis disposed perpendicular to the first reference axis and an angular orientation of the sheet in the reference plane relative to a third reference axis perpendicular to the reference plane. After that, a sheet velocity is determined. Then, one or more estimated sheet positions along the feed path are determined. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100301548 | HYBRID CONTROL OF SHEET TRANSPORT MODULES - Method, system and computer-readable medium to provide hybrid control of sheet transport modules in a processing device. The method of controlling a processing device includes setting velocity of a first sheet transport module of the processing device to a predetermined velocity value. The method further includes controlling torque of the first sheet transport module when a sheet transfers from the first sheet transport module to a second sheet transport module of the processing device. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100301549 | PAPER INVERTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE PAPER INVERTING APPARATUS - A paper inverting apparatus that inverts the front and back of paper by transporting the paper through a paper inverting path that inverts the front and back of the paper, includes an extending/contracting mechanism that extends/contracts the path length of a circulation path of which the paper inverting path is configured. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100301550 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CURL DETECTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a first sensor lever which rotates between a standby position where the first sensor lever crosses a sheet conveyance path obliquely from a first rotation shaft to a sheet conveyance direction downstream side of the first rotation shaft and a first sensor is turned one of ON and OFF and a retract position where the first sensor lever is retracted from the sheet conveyance path and the first sensor is turned the other of ON and OFF, and a second sensor lever which rotates between a standby position where the second sensor lever crosses the sheet conveyance path obliquely from a second rotation shaft to the sheet conveyance direction downstream side of the second rotation shaft and a second sensor is turned one of ON and OFF and a retract position where the second sensor lever is retracted from the sheet conveyance path and the second sensor is turned the other of ON and OFF. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100308533 | STABILIZER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STABILIZER MOUNTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a stabilizer includes a jaw portion which contacts a bottom of an apparatus, a fastener to fasten the stabilizer to a lateral side of the apparatus, and a foot portion extending from the bottom of the apparatus toward far side and in obliquely downward. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100314827 | Sheet transport mechanism and electrophotographic image forming apparatus incorporating same - A sheet transport mechanism that can be incorporated in an image forming apparatus includes a first sheet transport member, a second sheet transport member disposed downstream from the first sheet transport member in a sheet transport direction, a sheet transport path defined by and curved between the first and second sheet transport members and including a downstream section recessed from an upstream section in the sheet transport direction, and a contact member disposed at the downstream section and including a first contact portion to which the leading edge of a sheet contacts to move the contact member in a direction to recess from the sheet transport path and a second contact portion connected to the first contact portion to advance toward the sheet transport path at a position upstream from the first contact portion in the sheet transport direction to contact the surface of the sheet. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100320677 | SEGMENTED RIGID PLATE BELT TRANSPORT WITH A HIGH MOTION QUALITY DRIVE MECHANISM - A vacuum transport includes a segmented, rigid or solid articulated belt combined with a vacuum plenum in each segment of the belt. Using a rigid segmented belt with a vacuum plenum connected to each segmented belt section eliminates ordinarily encountered drag friction in conventional vacuum transports by reducing the force necessary to move the belt with media thereon while simultaneously improving the motion quality of the move by driving the articulated rigid belt from the top side of the belt in a flat section. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100327521 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a sheet feeding structure for feeding a sheet fed out by a feed-out roller to a pair of resist rollers via a pair of feed rollers, wherein after a leading edge of the sheet comes to the pair of resist rollers, the sheet temporarily curves in a sheet path, between guide members disposed to face to both sides of the sheet. One of the guide members that is disposed downstream from the pair of feed rollers has a convex and a concave. The convex protrudes almost to the normal of the nip portion of the pair of feed rollers. The concave is disposed upstream from the convex with respect to the sheet feeding direction. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001285 | STIFFNESS DETECTOR, STIFFNESS DETECTION METHOD, AND PAPER SHEET PROCESSOR INCLUDING STIFFNESS DETECTOR - A stiffness detector includes a bending portion configured to bend a paper sheet to be carried. The stiffness detector transmits acoustic waves to an incidence point on an inner surface of the paper sheet which is bent by the bending portion and is carried, thereby exciting Lamb waves. The stiffness detector receives leaky waves of the Lamb waves emitted from a detection point on the inner surface of the paper sheet. The stiffness detector specifies a maximum crest value based on the received signals, and judges whether the paper sheet is an unimpaired sheet based on the specified maximum crest value. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110006474 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus in that a leading edge regulation member, which is provided on an end on a downstream in a sheet feeding direction of a manual feed tray tilted in such a manner that a portion of the manual feed tray on the downstream in the sheet feeding direction is lowered, regulates a position of an edge on the downstream in the sheet feeding direction of a sheet bundle supported by the manual feed tray. Further, an upper end portion of the leading edge regulation member is provided with a stepped portion, to thereby cause sheets in a surface layer portion of the sheet bundle, which are supported by the manual feed tray, to deviate downstream in the sheet feeding direction when the sheet bundle is placed in the manual feed tray. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110006475 | PAPER TREATING APPARATUS - A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing conveyance failure. A bill processing apparatus includes a bill insertion slot, a bill conveyance mechanism capable of conveying the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, a bill reader reading the conveyed bill, a converter which converts an image read by the bill reader into data for each pixel as a unit of a predetermined size including color information having brightness, an authenticity judging mechanism determining an authenticity based on a density value for each pixel converted by the converter and a density value for each pixel of a reference bill, a bill determination processing part for determining a damage of the bill, before the bill reader completes reading, and a controller controlling the conveyance of the bill based on a determination result by the bill determination processing part. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110024978 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus, which includes: a pressing lever and a pressing arm for pushing up a sheet stacking plate so that sheets stacked on the sheet stacking plate are brought into pressure contact with a sheet feeding portion; a lifter driving mechanism for driving the pressing lever and the pressing arm; and a setting mechanism disposed between the pressing lever and the pressing arm, and the lifter driving mechanism. The setting mechanism is capable of setting a pressure contact force for bringing the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking plate into pressure contact with the sheet feeding portion, to be appropriate for a size of the sheets to be stacked and an amount of the sheets to be stacked. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024979 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS FOR FEEDING SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus that is capable of driving a motor without causing step-out even when a cheap PM type stepping motor is used for a sheet feeding unit. A sheet feeding unit includes a tray that stacks sheets, a sheet feeding mechanism that conveys the sheets, a lifting mechanism that lifts the tray, a stepping motor that drives the sheet feeding mechanism and the lifting mechanism, and a switching mechanism that switches an operation of the sheet feeding mechanism and an operation of the lifting mechanism according to a rotating direction of the stepping motor. A control unit changes the number of pulses of initialization of the stepping motor according to whether the sheet to be fed is a sheet after excitation current for the stepping motor is switched on from off and whether the lifting mechanism operates after feeding a previous sheet. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110024980 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a stepping motor which includes a rotor and a stator, and a control unit, wherein, in a case where the stator is excited in a second excitation pattern before rotation drive of the stepping motor is started in a first excitation pattern, the control unit performs phase adjustment of the rotor by exciting the stator in the first excitation pattern by one cycle or a plurality of cycles of the first excitation pattern with a drive pulse of a frequency within a self-start range of the stepping motor, and starts the rotation drive of the stepping motor by exciting the stator in the first excitation pattern to a target frequency which exceeds a self-start frequency of the stepping motor by changing the drive pulses. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110031683 | SHEET MASS MEASURING UNIT - A mass measuring unit includes two driving rollers vertically separate from each other and intersecting the direction of conveyance of a mail matter. Servo motors for driving the driving rollers are connected to torque detection units. A control unit controls motor control units to cause them to impart a rate difference between the driving rollers to rotate the mail matter during its conveyance, and to cause the torque detection units to detect the torque values of the servo motors. The control unit compares the thus detected torque values with the torque values of the servo motors detected when the servo motors are idling without rotating the mail matter, thereby measuring the mass of the mail matter using a calculation unit. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110042889 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING SINGLE SHEETS, FOR INTRODUCING RECTANGULAR INDIVIDUAL SHEETS INTO A CONTAINER - A single sheet handling device ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049795 | Image Forming Apparatus and Belt Unit - An image forming apparatus and a belt unit are provided. The image forming apparatus or the belt unit includes: an endless belt; a driving roller; a driven roller; a tension generating member which generates a tension at the belt; a displacement member which is provided to be displaced in a displacement direction parallel to the axial direction of the driven roller together with the belt when the belt is moved in a moving direction along the displacement direction; and an axial force converting unit which converts a force of displacing the displacement member into a force which is directed in a direction intersecting the displacement direction and causes the tension generated at the belt to change such that a ratio of a tension generated on a trailing side in the moving direction of the belt to a tension generated on a leading side in the moving direction is decreased. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049796 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A paper sheet processing apparatus that can detect in an inexpensive way that a bill housing part is full with bills. The paper sheet processing apparatus includes: a bill housing part that houses a bill in a stacked manner; a placing plate arranged in the bill housing part and moves as a bill is stacked and housed; a magnetic body magnetized and disposed on the placing plate; a magnetic sensor that detects an amount of magnetism from the magnetic body; and a control part that determines whether the amount of magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor is greater than or equal to a threshold value. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110049797 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS - A banknote stacking apparatus includes a banknote stacking plate | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110062659 | ENCODER IDLER ROLL - An encoder idler roll includes an integral idler roll/encoder structure that forms an enclosed housing with a portion of the surface of the idler roll becoming the inner race for the encoder, as well as, the media encoding surface. Additionally, this integral idler/encoder configuration minimizes run out, improves tolerances between parts and stabilizes clearances between the idler roll and its support shaft. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110068533 | SHEET TRANSPORTING APPARATUS HAVING GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING ROTATING SHAFT, AND SCANNER AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A sheet transporting apparatus includes a housing, a rotating shaft, a roller and a gear assembly. The housing includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member. The rotating shaft is rotatably mounted in the housing. The rotating shaft has a first end portion mounted in the first supporting member, and a second end portion mounted in the second supporting member. The roller is attached to the rotating shaft and rotated by the roller to transport a document sheet. The gear assembly, coupled to the second end portion, transmits power to the rotating shaft. The gear assembly includes a gear member and a coupling member, rotatable with the gear member, for securing the second end portion to the second supporting member. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110074103 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet processing apparatus for processing sheets, including: a sheet process tray on which sheets to be processed are stacked; a sheet transport means for transporting processed sheets on the sheet process tray; a pressure member which is provided on an upstream side of the sheet transport means with respect to a sheet transport direction and which moves in the sheet transport direction while pressing the processed sheets, for transporting the processed sheets in cooperation with the sheet transport unit; and a controller for selectively operating the pressure member. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110079954 | STORAGE FILM FEED - A storage film feed feeds a storage film from a flexible sleeve open on one side at a rear side in a storage film detection device. The storage film feed has a feed opening with a penetration gap for the storage film and a slide located in the feed opening for fixing the sleeve. The slide is disposed perpendicular to a flat side of the sleeve. The storage film feed further has a stopping member for the slide, the flat side of the sleeve rests against the stopping member when the slide is actuated. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110089630 | Validator drive roller release mechanism - The drive arrangement of a currency validator includes a drive roller release mechanism that provides release of the rollers from a drive shaft. This release allows a banknote to be forcibly withdrawn without damaging a drive train or the drive roller. The drive roller is supported on and rotatable about a drive shaft. The drive shaft includes an intermediary drive ring secured on the shaft and in engagement with the drive roller. A spring bias urges the drive roller to engage and rotate with rotation of the shaft and the intermediary drive ring secured on the shaft. When necessary the drive roller can rotate relative to the shaft by overcoming the spring bias. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110140352 | SHEET MEMBER FEEDER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet member feeder device includes: a sheet member housing section that houses a sheet member for feeding; a guide member, provided so as to be movable in approach-separation directions that approach towards, or separate away from, an edge of the sheet member housed in the sheet member housing section, the guide member guiding the edge of the sheet member; a restricting member that is provided to the guide member, the restricting member engaging with an engaged portion provided to the sheet member housing section and restricting movement of the guide member in the approach-separation directions; and a pressing member that, when the restricting member is engaged with the engaged portion, presses the guide member towards the sheet member by the pressing member inserting further into a gap between the restricting member and the guide member. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140353 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS - A printer has a separating unit, such as a depressing cam and a depressing slider, which presses a middle plate against the biasing force of a spring and separates a sheet on the middle plate from a sheet feeding roller by a predetermined distance, a separation driving unit, such as a DC motor, which moves the separating unit, a measuring unit which measures the driving load applied to the separation driving unit when the separation driving unit drives the separating unit, and a load imparting unit, such as a brake plate, which imparts load to the middle plate, the separating unit, or the like. The brake plate or the like imparts load when a sheet is separated from the sheet feeding roller by the separating unit, and the brake plate or the like changes the load to be imparted, according to the turning angle of the middle plate. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140354 | RECORDING MEDIUM SUPPLY DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium supply device includes a cassette attachable to and detachable from a main body and capable of stacking recording medium thereon, a feeding roller which feeds the uppermost recording medium to the main body from a leading end of the recording medium, a regulating member which is arranged forward in the direction in which the cassette is removed from the main body as seen from the feeding roller, and a projection preventing member attached adjacent to the tip portion of the cassette facing the leading end of the recording medium. The position of the lower end of the regulating member is higher than the cassette attached to the main body, and lower than the lower end of the feeding roller, and the position of the upper end of the projection preventing member is higher than the position of the lower end of the regulating member. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140355 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The detachment of a feed roller rotatably supported by a holding portion provided in the main body of an apparatus, and held detachably in the axial direction thereof is restricted by a locking device. The locking device is made movable to a lock position and a lock releasing position for permitting the detachment of the feed roller. Further, when the locking device is in the lock releasing position when a sheet stacking portion is mounted, the locking device is moved to the lock position by a position changeover device in operative association with the mounting operation of the sheet stacking portion. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110148034 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND DOCUMENT SCANNING DEVICE - An automatic document transportation device includes an ADF main body, a first lock pin and a second lock pin, a cover, a first lock lever and a second lock lever, and an unlock portion. The first lock pin and the second lock pin are arranged in the ADF main body. The cover is supported in an openable/closable manner at the ADF main body. The first lock lever and the second lock lever lock the cover so as not to open by being hooked at the first lock pin and the second lock pin when the cover is closed. The unlock portion is arranged on the surface on the ADF main body side of the cover and in the vicinity of the end of the distal end side of the cover, and can unlock the lock of the first lock lever and the second lock lever. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110156346 | AUTOMATIC FEEDER WITH SEPARABLE TRANSMISSION GEARS AND IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS - In an automatic feeder and an image acquiring apparatus, a cover is rotatably connected to a body through a first pin and openable and closable with respect to the body. A roller gear rotates a transporting roller to transport a sheet. An actuating member is attached to the first pin and driven by rotation of the first pin. A middle gear, displaceable by the actuating member, is selectively engaged with a power-output gear and the roller gear so as to transmit a power to the roller gear. An actuating member moves the middle gear to be engaged with the power-output gear and the roller gear when the cover is closed upon the body, and moves the middle gear to be disengaged from at least one of the power-output gear and roller gear when the cover is opened. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110187050 | SHEET MATERIAL TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A sheet material transport apparatus includes a second planetary gear engaging with a transmission gear and providing planetary motion around the transmission gear. The second planetary gear is in a second separated position not capable of engaging with a first planetary gear during forward-direction rotation. The transmission gear engages with the first planetary gear and rotates in a direction that causes a second transport roller to rotate in the forward rotation direction, and positioned to engage with the first planetary gear that is positioned in a first engaging position during reverse rotation. A load is placed on the transmission gear by the second transport roller. The transmission gear rotates in the opposite direction to the forward-direction rotation. The second planetary gear applies a force on the first planetary gear in the direction that separates the first planetary gear from the transmission gear due to rotation. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110210504 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE MEDIA HOLD DOWN TRANSPORT AIR FLOW - An apparatus ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110227280 | DEVICE FOR FEEDING SHEETS TO A SHEET STACK - In a delivery of a sheet-processing machine, in particular a printing press, provision is made for chain gripper systems for holding the sheets to be transported at the leading and trailing edges thereof. The holding devices are configured such that they can be displaced relative to one another for the purpose of format adjustment. The chain gripper system has a sprocket drive shaft and a sprocket deflection shaft for the chains of the chain gripper system. Here, provision is made for both the sprocket drive shaft and the sprocket deflection shaft to have a clutch. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110241288 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a tray unit, a sheet feeder disposed above the tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the sheet feeder, and a unit for discharging the sheet having an image recorded thereon. The tray unit includes a first tray for holding thereon a first sheet, a second tray disposed above the first tray to hold thereon a second sheet, and a third tray disposed above the first tray. The second tray selectively moves between a first position and a second position. When the second tray is in the first position, the sheet feeder feeds the second sheet from the second tray, and the third tray receives the second sheet discharged from the discharging unit. When the second tray is in the second position, the sheet feeder feeds the first sheet from the first tray, and the first tray, the second tray, and the third tray overlap one another vertically. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241289 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE APPARATUS WHICH ADOPTS DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM - A first lower layer control unit controls a conveyance unit, that conveys the medium in a first conveyance section of a conveyance path. A second lower layer control unit controls a conveyance unit, that conveys the medium in a second conveyance section located downstream of the first conveyance section. An upper layer control unit determines whether the medium is at a position where both the first lower layer control unit and the second lower layer control unit engage with conveyance control of the medium, instructs the first lower layer control unit and the second lower layer control unit to operate in synchronization with each other when the medium is at the position, and instructs the second lower layer control unit to operate asynchronously to the first lower layer control unit when the medium is not at the position. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241290 | ROLLER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A roller device includes a roller having a body and a pair of support shafts extending from both ends of the body; and a wire bearing made of a wire and having a pair of coils wound around each of the support shafts and a connection portion connecting the pair of coils. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241291 | TRANSPORTATION DEVICE - A transportation device includes a pick-up unit having a first arm, a second arm that is rotatable about a second rotation section with respect to the first arm and is provided with a feeding roller fixed thereon, and a torsion coil spring that acts on the second rotation section so as to bias the feeding roller toward the paper sheets. The first arm has a first fixation section that fixes in place one end of the torsion coil spring, while the second arm has a second fixation section that fixes in place the other end of the torsion coil spring. A plurality of spring latches is disposed on at least one of the first fixation section and second fixation section so as to adjust a spring force of the torsion coil spring. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110260393 | MAIL-SORTING INSTALLATION WITH A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT MEANS, AND MAIL-SORTING METHODS - A sorting system for sorting flat objects, particularly mail items, and a method for sorting such objects. The sorting system has a discharge device and an arrangement having at least two output devices. The output devices are arranged one behind the other as viewed in a longitudinal axis. The discharge device is designed to discharge each flat object to be sorted into one of the output devices in each case in such a way that the objects discharged into the same output device form a stack. Each output device has a bottom. The bottom of each output device rises with respect to the horizontal as viewed in a rising direction. An edge appears between the bottoms of two adjacent output devices. The edge slopes downward vertically or aslant as viewed in the rising direction. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110298176 | TRANSFER DEVICE FOR FLAT SUBSTRATE IN A PACKAGING PRODUCTION MACHINE - A transfer device for one or more flat substrates ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120013068 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER - An automatic document feeder for automatically feeding a document placed on a document tray includes a paper feed section which includes at least a paper feed roller and a pickup roller and is tilted up and down around a roller shaft of the paper feed roller; and a shutter section including a shutter which is provided on a side plate of the paper feed section, placed at a document restriction position at which a position of the leading edge of the document is restricted before the paper feed section picks up the document, tilted by being pushed by the document to be picked up when the paper feed section picks up the document, and automatically returns to the document restriction position by its own weight after the picked up document has passed under the shutter. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120018948 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING THEREOF - A post-processing apparatus including: a conveyance unit which conveys a sheet, having been carried-in, to a selected conveying destination among a plurality of conveying destinations; a stiffness imparting unit which imparts stiffness to the sheet being conveyed by the conveyance unit; and a control section which controls the stiffness imparting by the stiffness imparting unit, wherein the control section controls whether to impart or not to impart stiffness to the sheet, according to the selected conveying destination. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120043716 | ROTATION TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND PAPER FEEDER - A one-way clutch is mounted on an outer periphery of a rotary shaft in a manner to place a clutch needle bearing in contact with the outer periphery of the rotary shaft. A rotary member is disposed on one side of the one-way clutch and engaged with the one-way clutch to be subjected to the rotation of the rotary shaft transmitted thereto. A retaining member is mounted on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft and located on the opposite side of the one-way clutch from the rotary member, while an urging unit is provided for urging the one-way clutch to abut against the retaining member. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120086165 | Exit Path Assembly for an Imaging Device - An exit path assembly for an imaging device according to one embodiment includes a first exit nip formed by a first roller and a second roller and a second exit nip formed by the second roller and a third roller. The rotational direction of the second roller is opposite the rotational direction of the first and third rollers. The exit path assembly further includes a common drive linkage for driving the rotation of the first, second and third rollers. The common drive linkage has a one-way clutch coupled to the third roller for limiting the drive of the third roller to one direction. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104691 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing paper sheet clogging in a traveling route in which a paper sheet is conveyed is provided. The paper sheet processing apparatus comprises an open/close member 2B which is opened or closed with respect to a frame 2A and a traveling route through which the paper sheet (a bill, a card, a coupon ticket, and the like are collectively referred to as “paper sheet”) is conveyed is formed between the open/close member 2B and the frame 2A when the open/close member 2B is closed with respect to the frame 2A. The open/close member 2B is provided with a sensor 31 for detecting that the open/close member 2B is opened from the frame 2A. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120119437 | PAPER SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PAPER SHEET TO IMAGE FORMING SECTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING PAPER SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PAPER SHEET TO IMAGE FORMING SECTION - A paper sheet conveyance device for conveying a paper sheet to an image forming apparatus includes a corrugation roller for imparting corrugation onto both the left and right sides of a paper sheet, onto which an image has not been formed, with respect to a conveyance direction, by forming a curved portion along the conveyance direction. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120181746 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF ADJUSTABLE FEEDER TRAY SIDE GUIDES IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for determining the position of adjustable feeder tray side guides in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include detecting an amount of a continuously variable sloped shape marker, determining a position of the adjustable feeder tray side guide of a feeder tray based on the detected amount of the continuously variable sloped shape marker, and outputting the determined position of the adjustable feeder tray side guide of a feeder tray to a user interface of the image production device. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120187624 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet conveyance device includes a support unit that supports a sheet; plural suction ports placed on the support unit; a suction unit that suctions the sheet toward the support unit, the suction unit being connected to the plural suction ports; plural valve systems, each valve system being placed between the corresponding suction port and the suction unit, each valve system being openable and closeable; plural valve interlocked suction ports that are to be covered by the sheet when the sheet is conveyed, the plural valve interlocked suction ports being arranged separately from the plural suction ports; and plural opening and closing units that open and close the plural valve systems, each opening and closing unit being placed between one of the valve interlocked suction ports and one of the valve systems. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120200029 | APPARATUS FOR PRESSING FLAT MATERIALS ONTO A TRANSPORT MODULE - An apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module with a transport belt includes a holding carrier for pressing elements being disposed under a feed table. At least one of the pressing elements is mounted on the holding carrier with a multiplicity of individual resilient or sprung constituent parts, or a multiplicity of pressing elements are disposed on the holding carrier below the transport belt in a transport direction. The pressing elements can protrude through an opening in the feed table, in order to provide suitable pressure from below on the transport belt of the transport module. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120217701 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a case. In the case, a feeding unit configured to feed a recording medium in a feeding direction, a feeding path through which the recording medium is fed, a recording unit configured to record on the recording medium, and an ink tube connected to the recording unit and an ink cartridge for supplying ink to the recording unit are provided. A first opening is provided in a face of the case for allowing the recording medium disposed in the feeding path to be removable. A second opening is provided in the face where the first opening is provided for allowing the ink cartridge to be installed. An operating unit is provided above the first opening. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120228822 | SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A sheet transport apparatus for transporting a sheet along a transport path has a sheet transport mechanism having a plurality of transport rollers that transports a sheet, and a jam clearing mechanism to remove a sheet which causes a transport failure and is jammed on the transport path. The jam clearing mechanism has a coupling member coupled to a transport roller, a jam clearing dial that transfers a rotation force to the transport roller via the coupling member, and a switching device for switching so that the coupling member separates from the transport roller in transporting a sheet, while being coupled to the transport roller in clearing a jam. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120248691 | LEAD EDGE FEEDER WHEEL FOR CARTON MAKING MACHINE - A lead edge feeder wheel used in a carton making machine, having a tread for friction contact with a cardboard during rotation to feed the cardboard into the carton making machine cycle by cycle in conjunction with the operation of wheel grids and a vacuum system, and one or multiple grooves extending along the tread for rendering a visual indication when the tread is worn off, avoiding biasing of the cardboard during feeding. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120248692 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet cassette includes a lock lever that engages a lock projection in an engagement portion of an stacking plate located in a lower position to enable the stacking plate to turn in a locked position in which the stacking plate is locked in a cassette body and an unlocked position in which the lock projection is separated from the engagement portion in lifting the stacking plate. In a state in which the sheet cassette is mounted on the apparatus body, the lifting and lowering device turns the lock lever to the unlocked position in lifting the stacking plate locked in the lower position by the lock lever. Accordingly, by a simple configuration in which an existing configuration can be used, a lock structure can be made so as to be reused in movement of the apparatus such as a move. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120256370 | Sheet Transport Apparatus - A sheet transport apparatus including two or more covers is described. The two or more covers are disposed relative to a sheet transport path. In one example, the two covers include two stacked covers that are movable relative to each other. In another example, the two covers include two side-by-side covers in which one pivots, permitting movement of the other side-by-side cover. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120261879 | PAPER INPUTTING APPARATUS - A paper inputting apparatus comprises a release soft roller shaft comprising an elastic member; a first soft roller shaft rotatably attached to the release soft roller shaft, the first soft roller shaft comprising an idler sleeve; wherein the elastic member abuts the first soft roller shaft; a second soft roller shaft comprising a soft roller; and a driving device attached to the release soft roller shaft; wherein the driving device rotates the release soft roller shaft and the first soft roller shaft between a first and a second positions relative to the second soft roller shaft; when in the first position, the idler sleeve abuts the soft roller, and the paper inputting apparatus grips a sheet of paper; when in the second position, a gap is defined between the idler sleeve and the soft roller, and the paper inputting apparatus releases the sheet of paper. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120261880 | SHEET CONVEYER DEVICE - A sheet conveyer device, including a main housing and a cover member, is provided. The cover member has a plane section made of a transparent material and is attachable to the main housing with a predetermined facing surface of the plane section set to face a predetermined plane of the main housing. An ornamental sheet can be detachably attached to the sheet conveyer device in a position between the predetermined plane and the cover member. The cover member includes an engaging piece, which is formed on a same side as the predetermined facing surface of the plane section and is engageable with an engageable section in the main housing. The engaging piece has a sheet holding rib and a clearance in between the predetermined facing surface and the sheet holding rib and holds a lateral end of the ornamental sheet in the clearance. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120313319 | MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a device that can execute both of two kinds of processes, at least, for a target medium inexpensively with high accuracy. A plotter | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130009359 | SHEET TRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A sheet tray for feeding a sheet toward an image forming part of an image forming apparatus. The sheet tray is detachably attachable to the image forming apparatus in a sheet feeding direction and includes a tray portion, a detachable cover member provided apart from the tray portion with a gap interposed therebetween through which the sheet passes in an engaged state in which the tray portion and the cover member are engaged with each other, a lock assembly that engages the tray portion and the cover member with each other in the engaged state and disengages the cover member and the tray portion from each other in a disengaged state, and a switching mechanism that puts the lock assembly into the engaged state in absence of the sheet within the gap and into the disengaged state at presence of the sheet within the gap. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130032996 | DRAWING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided that can surely position a unit in an apparatus body with a simple configuration where the number of components is small. A drawing apparatus, which draws a sheet feeding cassette as a unit to a predetermined position of the apparatus body to position it, includes : a leaf spring that is an elastic member to jump-buckle; an engaging unit disposed in the leaf spring; and an engaged unit engaged with the engaging unit. When the unit is loaded on the apparatus body, the engaging unit engages the engaged unit, the elastic member jump-buckles, and accordingly the unit is drawn to the predetermined position of the apparatus body. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130043650 | SHEET COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet compression apparatus includes a pair of nipping members configured to be movable so as to contact and separate from each other and to compress a sheet while the sheet is nipped, and a contact/separation mechanism configured to perform a contact/separation operation of the pair of nipping members, and the contact/separation mechanism separates the nipping members from each other until a leading edge of the sheet fed by the sheet feeding unit passes between the nipping members, and then relatively moves the pair of nipping members closer to each other to start the nipping of the sheet so the sheet is compressed. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130106053 | Sheet Conveyer | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130113159 | Paper Money Processing Apparatus Having Structure for Easily Preventing Paper Money Jams - The present invention relates to a paper money processing apparatus. In the paper money processing apparatus for sorting and counting paper money, the apparatus is divided into three parts in order for sections of a transfer path to open the whole transfer path. When jammed paper money is removed, portions separated from a fixed main body are linked with each other through links to remove the jammed paper money through only one operation. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130140767 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - This invention relates to a printing apparatus and control method thereof. In the printing apparatus and control method thereof, an image is input, and an envelope is conveyed so that the long edge of the envelope serves as the leading end in the conveyance direction. When the envelope is conveyed so that the long edge of the envelope serves as the leading end in the conveyance direction, it is controlled to shift the image by a set offset amount to be used to print an image on an envelope, and print the image on the envelope. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130161902 | SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path provided in an apparatus main body and configured to convey a sheet, a jamming handling cover configured to be openable and closable and to expose the sheet conveyance path to an exterior by being opened, a unit configured to be able to be drawn out of the apparatus main body, a lever member provided in the sheet conveyance path and configured to rotate by contacting the sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path, and a stopper member configured to move to a restriction position to restrict the drawing-out of the unit, in conjunction with the rotation of the lever member. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130187332 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To simplify control of a sheet feeding/conveying system while preventing a step-out phenomenon and saving power, provided is an image forming apparatus which detects a load angle of a first motor (M | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187333 | MACHINE FOR PROCESSING ELEMENTS IN SHEET FORM, COMPRISING A CHAINSET TENSIONER - A machine for processing elements in sheet form, the machine having chainsets which move gripper bars for moving sheet elements through the machine. At least one tensioner device generates a tension force in the chainsets. The chainset tensioner device includes a drive member capable of generating a variable force, having an intensity dependent on the instantaneous production rate of the machine. Chainset wear is greatly reduced, and the life of the chainsets is lengthened considerably. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130193640 | SHEET TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS - A sheet transporting apparatus, whereby the level of a transporting error for a sheet, such as a document or a printing medium, can be appropriately determined and coped with, and an image reading apparatus and an image printing apparatus equipped with this sheet transporting apparatus, are provided. In the image reading apparatus, in order to transport a sheet of a document, the driving amount per unit time of a transporting roller is compared with a plurality of different threshold values, and the results obtained by comparison are employed to determine whether a transporting error is a service error or an operator error. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130207340 | Sheet Feed Timing - An apparatus may be configured to: upon feeding a sheet by a roller, wait for a sheet waiting interval before feeding a next sheet by the roller, determine, using a sensor downstream from the roller in a sheet feeding path, a sensed sheet interval between at least two of the fed sheets; determine whether the sensed sheet interval is equal to or greater than a reference value; and in response to determining that the sensed sheet interval is equal to or greater than the reference value, reduce the sheet feed waiting interval for subsequent feeding of at least one sheet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130214483 | SHEET LOADING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A sheet loading device includes a sheet tray, a lift plate, a restricting part, and an auxiliary restricting member. The restricting part is movable to a plurality of predetermined fixed positions and restricts a position of the sheets in a sheet width direction. The auxiliary restricting member is disposed on the one edge side of the restricting part. The auxiliary restricting member restricts, with first biasing force, the side edge of the sheets lifted by the lift plate when the number of sheets housed in the sheet tray is a first number of sheets, and restricts, with second biasing force that is greater than the first biasing force, the side edge of the sheets lifted by the lift plate when the number of sheets housed in the sheet tray is a second number of sheets that is greater than the first number of sheets. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130221611 | SHEET FEEDER HAVING CURVED CALIBRATION STRIP - A sheet feeder apparatus comprises a roller feeding sheets of media in a process direction, and a transparent platen positioned after the roller in the process direction. A scanner is positioned on the scanner side of the transparent platen, and a calibration strip is positioned on the sheet side of the transparent platen. The roller feeds the sheets of media over the sheet side of the transparent platen and the calibration strip. The calibration strip has a curved end surface having outer ends and a center. The center of the curved end surface is between the outer ends of the curved end surface in a cross-process direction. The cross-process direction is perpendicular to the process direction. The center of the curved end surface extends further in the process direction relative to the outer ends of the curved end surface. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130228966 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A first frame includes a pair of first roller-receiving portions which rotatably supports a convey roller. A second frame is attached to the first frame and includes an extending portion which extends beyond one of the first roller-receiving portions toward one side of the convey roller in its axial direction. A third frame includes a base portion, and a first side wall and a second side wall which are opposite to each other. The first and second side walls are attached to the extending portion so as to he perpendicular to the axial direction of the convey roller. The first side wall is disposed more toward the one side of the convey roller in the axial direction than the second side wall and includes a portion which receives a shaft of a motor for the convey roller, and a second roller-receiving portion which rotatably supports the convey roller. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130228967 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of easily performing jammed sheet recovery in a sheet feeding portion is provided. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130241142 | PILLOW BLOCK FOR FEED ROLLER, AND FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE PILLOW BLOCK - A pillow block supporting a feed roller includes a pillow block main body; a wedge body adjusting a height position of the pillow block main body; and a bracket adjustably installing the pillow block main body in a sheet feeding direction on a mounting surface. Further, the pillow block main body includes a reception part to support the feed roller, a concave part though which the wedge body is inserted, and the bracket is temporarily fixed to the mounting surface. Further, the wedge body pushes up the height position of the pillow block main body upon being inserted into the concave part to determine the position of the reception part so that the reception part supports the feed roller from below. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130256987 | BANKNOTE HANDLING MACHINE AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD - A banknote handling machine for handling banknotes including a windowed banknote that has a window capable of transmitting light formed at a predetermined position comprising: a transport path configured to transport a banknote; a window identification unit configured to judge whether the banknote being transported on the transport path is a windowed banknote; a transport path sensor, which is arranged in the transport path, configured to detect the banknote passing thereon; and a banknote presence/absence detection unit configured to judge a presence or an absence of the banknote associated with a detection signal from the transport path sensor. The banknote presence/absence detection unit performs a detection based on a detection result of the window identification unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130264768 | SHEET DETECTION DEVICE, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet detection device includes a moving member and a support member. The moving member includes an interference part capable of interfering with a sheet that passes through a sheet transport path. The support member slidably supports the moving member. When a sheet passes through the sheet transport path in a forward direction, the sheet interferes with the interference part of the moving member in a protruding posture, and the moving member turns in a first direction along the forward direction in a state of maintaining the protruding posture. When a sheet once stopped on the sheet transport path is pulled out in a reverse direction with a predetermined pull-out force, the moving member turns in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and changes the posture from the protruding posture to a retreating posture against a biasing force of a first bias member. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130264769 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a link member is arranged on a conveying path where a sheet is conveyed in a direction substantially perpendicular to an access door. In conjunction with the opening operation of the access door, the link member is raised. On the raised portion of the link member, an upper side conveying guide has one side supported in a free rotatable way and forms a portion of the upper side of the conveying path where the sheet is conveyed in the direction substantially perpendicular to the access door. By interlocking with the opening operation of the access door, the link member is raised, and the upper side conveying guide is opened. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130285318 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a follower rotating member that is pressed to a conveying rotating member and rotates in a following manner; a bearing that movably supports the follower rotating member to be rotatable; a pressing portion that applies a force to the bearing to press the follower rotating member to the conveying rotating member; and a wire spring that includes both ends locked to locking portions and a middle abutted to the bearing and holds the bearing against a pressing force of the pressing portion. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285319 | MULTI-FEED DETECTION DEVICE - A multi-feed detection device includes: an arm member supported swingably and configured to come into contact with a traveling sheet; and detecting means for detecting whether a plurality of the traveling sheets are overlapped and fed, on the basis of swing of the arm member. The detecting means includes: a detection plate attached to an arm; and a non-contact sensor configured to measure, in a non-contact manner, the positional relation between the non-contact sensor and the detection plate, the positional relation being changed by swing of the arm. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130341859 | PAPER FEEDING APPARATUS OF PRINTER - A paper feeding apparatus includes a bracket. A first feeding shaft is pivotably mounted on the bracket. A number of first feeding rollers is mounted on the first feeding shaft. The first feeding rollers rotate together with the first feeding shaft to contact a sheet of paper and move the paper forwards. A number of fans are mounted on the first feeding shaft. The fans rotate together with the first feeding shaft to drive air against the paper to prevent it becoming wrapped around one of the rollers. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130341860 | PAPER DELIVERY DEVICE - A paper delivery device includes a mounting shaft, a paper guide assembly attached to the mounting shaft, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a driving module configured to drive the first wheel and the second wheel to rotate in a first direction or a second direction that is reverse to the first direction. The paper guide assembly includes a first guide module attached to the mounting shaft and a second guide module attached to the mounting shaft. The first wheel abuts the first guide module. The second wheel abuts the second guide module. The first guide module and the second guide module is movable towards each other when the first wheel and the second wheel rotate in the first direction, or movable away from each other when the first wheel and the second wheel rotate in the second direction. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140008865 | Cover Opening-Closing Mechanism and Sheet Feeder Having the Same - A cover opening-closing mechanism is provided, which is configured to allow a cover to rotate around a rotational axis with respect to a housing, the cover opening-closing mechanism including a connecting member configured to connect the housing with the cover, a first contact portion disposed at the cover, and a second contact portion disposed at the housing, the second contact portion configured to contact the first contact portion of the cover so as to hold the cover in a hold position relative to the housing. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140027977 | Recording Sheet Guide Structure and Cartridge - A recording sheet guide structure configured to guide a recording sheet conveyed between an image carrier and a transfer part, including: a pair of first guide parts including first ridgeline parts which are configured to respectively slidingly contact with a transfer surface side of both end portions of a first recording sheet having a first width; and a pair of second guide parts including second ridgeline parts which are configured to respectively slidingly contact with a transfer surface side of both end portions of a second recording sheet having a second width narrower than the first width, wherein the pair of second guide parts is positioned at an inner side of the pair of first guide parts in a width direction and is arranged at a downstream side than the pair of first guide parts in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035224 | SHEET GUIDING DEVICE AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING SHEET GUIDING DEVICE - A sheet guiding device includes: gripper bars provided to delivery chains and each having a holding portion configured to hold an end portion of a paper sheet, the gripper bars configured to transport the paper sheet along a paper sheet transporting route spaced away from a travelling route of the delivery chains; a delivery cylinder having a guide surface and configured to guide the transported paper sheet, the guide surface extending along an arc-shaped transporting route portion in the paper sheet transporting route which is located outside an arc-shaped travelling route portion in the travelling route of the delivery chains and which is formed by the holding portion travelling along the arc-shaped travelling route portion; a linear travelling route portion formed downstream of the arc-shaped travelling route portion in a travelling direction of the delivery chains; and a suction guide for guiding the paper sheet to an inner side than the linear travelling route portion, the paper sheet located in a region downstream of a shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion in a sheet transporting direction. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140042691 | SHEET CONVEYING ROLLER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The inventive sheet conveying roller includes a plurality of linear projections ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140054849 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, MULTIFEED DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a multifeed detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can suppress erroneous detection of the occurrence of a multifeed. The paper conveying apparatus includes an ultrasonic detector for outputting an ultrasonic signal, a multifeed detector for determining whether a multifeed of papers has occurred based on the ultrasonic signal, a sound signal generator for generating a sound signal, and a control module for performing an abnormal processing when the multifeed detector determines that a multifeed has occurred and the sound signal generator does not output a predetermined sound signal, and determining that a multifeed has not occurred and not performing the abnormal processing when the multifeed detector determines that a multifeed has occurred and the sound signal generator outputs the predetermined sound signal. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140054850 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, JAM DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can suppress erroneous detection of an occurrence of a jam by sound due to the sound generated along with conveyance of a paper. The paper conveying apparatus includes a first sound signal generator for generating a first sound signal corresponding to a sound generated by a paper during conveyance, at least a part of the first sound signal generator is provided at one end of a conveyance path of the paper, a second sound signal generator for generating a second sound signal corresponding to the sound, at least a part of the second sound signal generator is provided at the other end of the conveyance path, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on a difference of the first sound signal and the second sound signal. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140054851 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, JAM DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can determine whether a jam has occurred based on the sound which is generated by a paper during conveyance at a low cost. The paper conveying apparatus includes an ultrasonic detector, provided near a conveyance path of a paper, for detecting an ultrasonic wave which passes through paper and outputting an ultrasonic signal, a multifeed detector for determining whether multifeed of papers has occurred based on a component of a first frequency band in the ultrasonic signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on a component of a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band in the ultrasonic signal. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140054852 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, JAM DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can precisely determine any occurrence of a jam by a sound regardless of the conveyance speed of the paper. The paper conveying apparatus includes a sound signal generator for generating a sound signal corresponding to a sound generated by a paper during conveyance of the paper, a corrected signal generator for correcting the sound signal to generate a corrected signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the corrected signal, wherein the corrected signal generator sets a method of correcting the sound signal in accordance with conveyance speed information. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140062010 | CONVEYING GUIDE, SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying guide includes: a plate having a guide surface which guides a sheet; a recess portion provided on the plate and recessed from the guide surface; and a bend portion bent from the recess portion in a direction away from the guide surface. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062011 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a guide portion which guides a sheet; a support portion which rotatably supports the guide portion; a biasing portion which applies a force to the guide portion to be at a closed position with respect to the support portion and is provided to be detachably attachable; and a stopper portion which contacts with the biasing portion to regulate a rotation of the guide portion in a direction that the guide portion opens. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062012 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus restricts a position of an upstream end of a sheet by a restricting member supported rotatably to a restricting mechanism body. The restricting member moves between a hold position and a project position by interlocking with a rotating operation of an sheet supporting plate by engaging with an interlock member. An unlock mechanism unlocks the restricting mechanism body from a cassette body and also disengages the restricting member from the interlock member. When the restricting member is disengaged from the interlock member by the unlock mechanism, the restricting member is biased to the hold position by a bias portion. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140077445 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, an abnormality detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can precisely determine whether an abnormality has occurred when paper is conveyed. The paper conveying apparatus includes a sound generator for generating a paper sound by contacting a paper, a first sound signal generator for generating a first sound signal corresponding to the paper sound, and an abnormal conveyance detector for determining whether an abnormal conveyance has occurred when the paper is being conveyed according to a detection method, wherein the abnormal conveyance detector is configured to change the detection method based on the first sound signal. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140077446 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, JAM DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can suppress erroneous detection of a jam. The paper conveying apparatus includes a sound signal generator, provided with a sound detector near a conveyance path of a paper, for generating a sound signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on a variation of a component of the sound signal. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140077447 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, JAM DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can suppress erroneous detection of a jam. The paper conveying apparatus includes a sound signal generator for generating a sound signal, a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the sound signal, a special sound detector for determining whether a special sound has been generated based on a component of the sound signal, and a control module for performing abnormal processing when the sound jam detector determines that a jam has occurred and the special sound detector determines that a special sound has not been generated, and determining that no jam has occurred and not performing the abnormal processing when the sound jam detector determines that a jam has occurred and the special sound detector determines that a special sound has been generated. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140077448 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that suppress erroneous detection of occurrence of a jam by a sound due to a sound generated from the apparatus. The paper conveying apparatus includes a sound signal generator, provided with a sound detector near a conveyance path of paper, for generating a sound signal, a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the sound signal output during a paper conveying operation, a control module for performing abnormal processing when the sound jam detector determines that the jam has occurred, and an abnormal sound detector for determining whether an abnormal sound has been generated based on the sound signal output before a paper conveying operation. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140077449 | PAPER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS - A paper conveyance apparatus including a housing, a guide member for guiding a paper conveyed in a paper conveyance path, the guide member being attached to the housing, a sound signal generator for generating a sound signal in response to a sound detected through a sound receiving aperture disposed in a space between the housing and the guide member, and a vent path for cleaning the sound receiving aperture by an air blow to the sound receiving aperture, the vent path communicating with the interior and exterior of the space between the housing and the guide member | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140084537 | Sheet Feeding Mechanism and Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet feeding mechanism is configured to feed a sheet, which has an actuator having a contact member configured to contact a sheet being fed, and a shaft configured to support the contact member, the shaft having a first end and a second end in a longitudinal direction, a first supporting part configured to support a first end portion of the shaft, a second supporting part configured to support a second end portion of the shaft, a detection unit configured to detect a position of the contact member, and an elastic supporting member configured to holds the first end portion of the shaft such that the shaft is displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140117616 | CURRENCY TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A currency transmission apparatus includes a bracket, an image scanner, and a rotating shaft. The bracket includes a guiding plate, which defines a number of cutouts. The image scanner is located below the guiding plate. A gap is defined between the guiding plate and the image scanner. The rotating shaft is pivotally mounted on the bracket. The rotating shaft includes a number of wheels. The wheels are located in the number of cutouts and are configured to rotate along the rotating shaft to move currency through the gap. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140138906 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium transport device includes a rotation shaft that enables transport of a medium as it rotates, and a bearing of the rotation shaft, in which the rotation shaft is provided with a hollow portion, a lubricating material containing unit that contains a lubricating material inside an end portion of the hollow portion, and holes that are open to a contact portion with the bearing from the lubricating material containing unit, and the lubricating material can be drawn to the contact portion from the lubricating material containing unit via the holes. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140151959 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes: a main body including a document table; a document cover that includes a rear end portion supported by the main body, and a front end portion configured to be movable with respect to the main body; a conveyer that is disposed in the document cover and is configured to feed a document; and a reader that is provided in the main body. The document cover includes a lower layer portion having a wall surrounding front, rear, left and right of the conveyer and an upper layer portion covering over the conveyer. The lower layer portion includes a bottom having a shape covering the document table. The wall extends upward from an outer periphery of the bottom. The upper layer portion includes a grip portion which protrudes frontward from the upper layer portion. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140167353 | Image Reading Device - An image reading device, including: a casing having a document placement surface on which a document is to be placed; a cover provided on the casing and configured to be pivotable relative to the casing about an axis between a covering position at which the cover covers the document support surface and an exposure position at which the 5document support surface is exposed; two hinges provided so as to be spaced apart from each other in an axis direction in which the axis extends, one end portion of each of the two hinges being inserted into the casing movably in a movement direction perpendicular to the document placement surface while the other end portion is connected to the cover; and a contact member configured to be capable of coming into contact with one of the two hinges in the axis direction. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140191466 | MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - A medium processing device includes holding section that temporarily retains a medium therein. A gear inside the holding section drives a mechanism that stores the medium into and feeds out from the holding section. A main body includes a mounting location at which the holding section is mounted, and transfers the medium to and from the holding section at a time at which the holding section is mounted. An operation knob transmits, to the gear, a rotary operation applied from outside the holding section. An operation restriction portion at the main body, blocks transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a mounted state in which the holding section is mounted at the mounting location, and allows transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a detached state in which the holding section is detached. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191467 | Image Scanning Device - An image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to scan, at a scanning position, an image of a document, a first discharge portion, a second discharge portion, a conveying unit configured to selectively convey the document along a first conveying path from the scanning position to the first discharge portion, and along a second conveying path from the scanning position to the second discharge portion, a driving unit configured to generate a driving force for driving the conveying unit, and a path switching unit configured to receive the driving force generated by the driving unit such that the path switching unit moves between a first position for guiding the document toward the first discharge portion, and a second position for guiding the document toward the second discharge portion. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140374987 | SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet discharge device includes a fixing device that fixes a sheet, a curl correcting device that corrects a curl of the fixed sheet, a first guiding member that guides the fixed sheet in a sheet discharging direction, a second guiding member that guides the fixed sheet in the sheet discharging direction and is arranged on a side opposite to the first guiding member, a support part that rotatably supports the first guiding member, and an engaging part that engages with the support part. The curl correcting device includes a correcting roller that is attached to the first guiding member. The engaging part includes a hole including an oblong shape so that the first guiding member is movable apart from the second guiding member. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet, and the sheet discharge device. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150014921 | TRANSPORTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a transporting device including a transport section that contacts with a material to be transported and that transports the material to be transported, a table on which the material to be transported is placed, a moving member that includes the table provided on an upper surface of the moving member so that an upper surface of the table is higher than the upper surface of the moving member in a vertical direction and moves the material to be transported, which is placed on the table, to a contact position where the material to be transported contacts with the transport section, and a positioning member that contacts with an end portion of the material to be transported in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction in which the material to be transported is transported by the transport section. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150021852 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS, SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To reduce the size of a sheet cassette by reducing the height of a holding portion and to improve assembling properties by reducing the number of components around a regulating member. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150042037 | SHEET STACKING DEVICE, SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet stacking device includes a base member and a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked. The sheet stacking portion is supported by the base member swingably in a first direction orthogonal to a second direction, and swings and changes an inclination angle for holding the stacked sheet. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150061218 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A paper sheet processing apparatus | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150084275 | SHEET FEEDER OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHEET BOX MAKING MACHINE - A sheet feeder of a corrugated paperboard box making machine includes a sheet feed table, feed rolls, an adjusting mechanism, a main unit, and a backing roller. The adjusting mechanism holds support plates pivotally supporting both ends of a first feed roll opposed to a second feed roll having an axis fixed to the main unit so as to allow an axis of the first feed roll to move with respect to the main unit. The support plates support a first backing roller via a connecting member connecting the support plates so that the first backing roller contacts with an outer peripheral surface of the first feed roll. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150091247 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device having a first housing, a second housing, and a support tray adjacent to a first side of the second housing and a first side of the first housing. The support tray is pivotably connected to the first housing and is movable between a third state and a fourth state and a retainer portion connecting the support tray to the second housing in a first state and a second state. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150298921 | SHEET CONTAINING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet containing device of the invention includes a sheet containing unit for containing a sheet, a regulation member arranged movably in a prescribed moving direction for regulating a position of the sheet contained in the sheet containing unit, a first engaging portion provided at the regulation member, and a first engaged portion provided at the sheet containing unit for holding the regulation member at plural holding positions by engaging the first engaging portion. One of the first engaging and engaged portions has plural engagement grooves arranged with first intervals, and the other of the first engaging and engaged portions has plural engagement projections arranged with second intervals engageable with the plural engagement grooves. An interval of the plural holding positions is equal to the first interval whereas the second interval is an integral multiplication equal to or greater than two of the first interval. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309462 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING MEDIUM TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS - A medium transportation apparatus includes a transportation portion for transporting a medium; a first structure unit for forming a first transportation path to guide and transport the medium in a first direction from an upstream side in a medium transportation direction toward a downstream side in the medium transportation direction; and a second structure unit for forming an accommodation space to accommodate a part of the first structure unit. The first structure unit includes a first region disposed outside the accommodation space on the downstream side in the medium transportation direction and a second region disposed inside the accommodation space on the upstream side in the medium transportation direction. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150344244 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, a manual feed tray, first and second regulating members regulating a width direction of a sheet, a feed portion feeding the sheet stacked on the manual feed tray, and a guide portion. The guide portion is provided at least at one of the apparatus body side and the first regulating member side and has an inclined surface that abuts against another member of the apparatus body and the first regulating member to guide the first regulating member in a direction separating widthwise from the second regulating member when the manual feed tray is moved from a sheet stacking position to a storage position. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150344245 | FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Interlocked with an operation in which a feeding cassette is drawn out from a main body of a device, a restriction rib moves to a permissive position from a restrictive position, and interlocked with an operation in which the feeding cassette is inserted into the main body of the device, the restriction rib moves to the restrictive position from the permissive position. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160009510 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160083204 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a conveyor, a first cover, a second cover movable in conjunction with the first cover, and a restricting portion movable between a restricting position at which the second cover is restricted from being moved from a first position toward a second position and an allowable position at which the second cover is allowed to be moved from the first position toward the second position. The restricting portion is located at the restricting position when the first cover is located at the closed position, and the restricting portion is moved from the restricting position to the allowable position in conjunction with the first cover when the first cover is moved from the closed position toward the opened position. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160101952 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed, and a burr pushing portion provided on the sheet conveying path and pushing down a burr, formed at one side edge in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction of the sheet, in the width direction. The burr pushing portion includes a contact portion coming into contact with the burrs while inclining with respect to the side edge of the sheet conveyed thereto. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160133081 | MEDIUM DISPENSING DEVICE AND MEDIUM DISPENSING SYSTEM - A medium dispensing device including a storage section that stores a sheet shaped medium, a conveying section that conveys the medium, plural dispensing ports that dispense the medium, an instruction reception section that receives from plural external terminal devices instructions related to dispensing the medium, a controller that, based on the instructions, feeds out the medium from the storage section and conveys the medium to a dispensing port using a conveying section, and a notification section that notifies a correspondence between the terminal device that the instruction is received from and the dispensing port for dispensing the medium. The notification section is equipped with a display section that displays characters, graphics, symbols, images, hue, or brightness, or a combination thereof. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160145064 | SHEET TRANSFER DEVICE - A first sheet transfer guide plate includes a first divided sheet guide plate and a second divided sheet guide plate separably connected to each other. The first divided sheet guide plate is capable of being drawn out by being moved relative to the second divided sheet guide plate in a sheet width direction orthogonal to a sheet transfer direction. The second divided sheet guide plate with the first divided sheet guide plate drawn out is turnable about a turning shaft in a direction away from a second sheet transfer guide plate. The turning shaft is arranged parallel to the sheet transfer direction and arranged in a rear end of the second divided sheet guide plate. The rear end is located opposite to a side toward which the first divided sheet guide plate is drawn out. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160152428 | SHEET FEED DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160167904 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160185558 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYOR - A recording medium conveyor includable to an image forming apparatus includes a driving source, a first rotary unit, and a second rotary unit. The first rotary unit includes a driving gear, a driving shaft rotating with the driving gear, and multiple driving rotary bodies disposed on the driving shaft. The second rotary unit disposed facing the first rotary unit includes a driven gear meshed with the driving gear, a driven shaft, multiple driven rotary bodies disposed on the driven shaft, and multiple stiffening rotary bodies disposed between two of the multiple driven rotary bodies and having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the multiple driven rotary bodies. A gear ratio between the driving gear and the driven gear is adjusted such that a peripheral speed of the multiple driving rotary bodies is equal to a peripheral speed of the multiple stiffening rotary bodies. | 06-30-2016 |
