| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 271275000 | On peripheral face of drum or belt | 47 |
| 20090108523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSFER OF PAPER - A method and apparatus for controlling transfer of paper. In order to align the leading end of a sheet of paper, when the sheet arrives at a predetermined position in an image forming apparatus, a registration unit is stopped from operating and a driving unit that transfers the sheet from an auxiliary paper-feeding unit is also stopped from operating so that bending and crumpling of the sheet can be minimized. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090115128 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER - An automatic document feeder includes a main body defining a passage for transporting a document. A feeding roller unit includes a feeding driving roller and a feeding idle roller coupling with the feeding driving roller. The feeding driving roller and the feeding idle roller are disposed at opposite sides of the passage. A drawing-out roller unit includes a drawing-out driving roller and a drawing-out idle roller coupling with the drawing-out driving roller. The drawing-out driving roller and the drawing-out idle roller are disposed at opposite sides of the passage. The drawing-out driving roller and the feeding driving roller are at the same side of the passage. And a belt is put around the feeding driving roller and the drawing-out driving roller to mate with the feeding idle roller and the drawing-out idle roller respectively for flatting and conveying the document into and out of the automatic document feeder. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090121423 | Roll sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus incorporating same - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device forming an image on a recording medium wound into a roll, and a roll sheet conveyance device unwinding and conveying the medium to the image forming device. The roll sheet conveyance device includes a roll sheet feed device, a torsion detector, and a control device. The roll sheet feed device includes a drive device including upstream and downstream shafts in a drive transmission direction to rotate the medium, and a feed device to feed the medium. The detection device includes a torsion coil spring provided between the upstream and downstream shafts, and a pair of an encoder and an encoder sensor detecting the torsion amount at the opposite ends of the torsion coil spring. The control device controls the torsion amount on the basis of a signal from the detection device, and applies a given back tension to the medium. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090127777 | SHEET FEED MECHANISM OF PRINTER, AND PRINTER - A sheet feed mechanism of a printer includes a sheet feed roller arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction in plan view such that its apex is made to face a sheet conveying path on the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction, a sheet pressure-contact member arranged to be capable of pressing a sheet against the sheet feed roller, and a sheet trailing end guide portion having a guide surface which gradually guides a trailing end of the sheet released from abutment on the sheet feed roller toward the downstream in the sheet conveying direction. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090152808 | DRIVE CYLINDER WITH MOVABLE GRAB - Sheets are conveyed through a printing or coating machine having at least one gripping assembly for gripping and holding a leading edge of a sheet to be transported and lying in at least one recess of the cylindrical transport drum and rotating with the cylindrical transport drum about its rotation axis. This grab and the respective support of the gripping assembly are moved by a drive provided in or on the cylindrical transport drum during a predetermined or predeterminable angular travel of the cylindrical transport drum along a straight path tangentially to an outer surface of the cylindrical transport drum. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090152809 | Transport Apparatus for Flat Materials to be Printed - A transport apparatus for flat materials which are to be printed has a number of spacer pieces which lie axially parallel with respect to one another and are disposed at two ends of a bearing plate of a roller carrier between a first and a second shaped part plate. The bearing plate is equipped with a pull rod for the defined deflection of the roller carrier with corresponding loading of the bearing plate by a mechanical tensile stress which is exerted by the pull rod, and is also equipped with a stressing and setting device, by way of which the tensile stress can be set, which is transmitted through stressing device to the two ends of the bearing plate. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090166967 | SHEET MATERIAL CONVEYER SYSTEM WITH TENSION SUPPORT MEANS - A sheet material conveyer system includes a sheet-transfer conveyer having an endless sheet-transfer belt for conveying sheet materials, a heater provided below the elevation of the endless sheet-transfer belt for heating the sheet materials being carried on the endless sheet-transfer belt to a dry state, an impression belt assembly having an endless impression belt disposed above the endless sheet-transfer belt for guiding movement of the sheet materials with the endless sheet-transfer belt, and tension supports insertable into a conveying space between the endless sheet-transfer belt and the endless impression belt from two opposite lateral sides to support the endless impression belt in shape and to control the tension of the endless impression belt. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090212496 | Feeding paper apparatus and feeding paper method thereof - A feeding paper apparatus includes a rod having a fulcrum member thereon, and two pressing unit disposed on the opposite ends of the rod. Each pressing unit has a connecting device disposed on the rod, a buffering device movably and pivotally disposed on the connecting device, and a pressing wheel rotatably disposed on the buffering device. The pressing wheels provide the same component force on the corresponding feeding paper wheel so as to improve the quality of feeding paper. Furthermore, a method for using the feeding paper apparatus is disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100244375 | CARD TRANSFER SYSTEM AND CARD READER - Card transfer system in which a card is transferred may include transfer roller which touches and transfers the card, and rotary shaft on which transfer roller is fixed, and rotating member rotatably supported on rotary shaft, and drive mechanism coupled to rotating member to rotate rotating member, and clutch mechanism which interrupts the power transmission between rotary shaft and rotating member. Rotating member is rotatably supported on rotary shaft by antifriction bearings. Rotary shaft is rotatably supported by multiple bearings and, at the same time, at least bearing arranged closest to rotating member is a plain bearing or sliding bearing | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110084444 | DEVICE FOR CONTAINING AND DISCHARGING PAPER SHEETS OR THE LIKE - Provided is a unit for preventing abnormal conveyance when unreeling a banknote from a drum. A device for storing and discharging paper/paper-like sheets is provided with first and second reels for winding first and second tapes onto, a drum for winding the first and second tapes onto with a banknote sandwiched between respective conveying surfaces of the first and second tapes, and first and second deflecting rollers disposed facing a banknote inlet-outlet and respectively deflecting the first and second tapes toward the drum. The device takes up, or unwinds, the first and second tapes entrained between the drum and the first and second reels via the first and second deflecting rollers so as to store or discharge the banknote. The device is also provided with a guide having a projection projecting toward the drum. The guide is mounted at the first deflecting roller side between the first deflecting roller and the drum, so as to be located on the rear surface side of the first tape running from the first deflecting roller to the drum. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110260394 | MOVEMENT ROLLER, AND BELT DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING SAME - A protrusion ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120161391 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing unnecessary sheet feeding when power is turned on. A state of a drive transmission portion | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130134666 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE AND MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER USING THE SAME - A paper feeding device and a multi-function printer using the same are provided. The paper feeding device includes a frame, a top cover, a set of gear chains, a power unit and a set of driving gears. The set of gear chains and the power unit are disposed on a side of the frame. The set of driving gears is disposed on the top cover. When the top cover is closed relatively to the frame, the set of driving gears interferes with the power unit, and the power unit provides a power to enable the set of driving gears to rotate, so as to drive the set of gear chains. When the top cover is opened relatively to the frame, the set of driving gears releases interference with the power unit and the set of gear chains, and the set of gear chains is at a free rotation status. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130134667 | Image Reader and Sheet Feeding Device - An image reader may include a shaft, a roller, a guide, and a first side plate comprising a frame portion having a first frame portion, a pair of second frame portions, and a third frame portion connecting with the pair of second frame portions and a first hole surrounded by the frame portion. A first bearing member may be fitted in the first hole and include a bearing portion contacting the first frame portion. The first bearing member may be configured such that an end of the shaft is rotatably held. An engaged portion may extend from the bearing portion and include an engagement portion engaged with the first side plate. The image reader may further include a second side plate, a second bearing member disposed at the second side plate and configured such that the opposite side of the shaft is rotatably held, and a reading unit. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140239586 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON SINGLE-POWER CACHING MECHANISM - A control method based on a single-power caching mechanism. The single-power caching mechanism comprises an active coiling block, a driving motor, passive coiling blocks, and a tape coiling. The active coiling block is disposed on the driving motor. The active roiling block and the passive coiling blocks are connected through the tape coiling. The control method comprises the following steps: 1) when the driving motor needs to be shut down, detecting a rotational inertia of the active coiling block, a semidiameter of the active coiling block, a semidiameter of the passive coiling blocks, and a rotational inertia of the passive coiling blocks; and 2) controlling a breaking torque of the driving motor to be M | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150097334 | COUPLING DEVICE, SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND DRIVING FORCE TRANSMITTING DEVICE - This disclosure provides a coupling device configured to couple a shaft and a rotating member supported on the shaft so as to be rotatable and demountable from the shaft including a contacting portion provided on a rotating member, and a restricting member provided on the shaft so as to be rotatable and configured to restrict a movement of the rotating member in the axial direction by coming into contact with the contacting portion. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150108716 | MACHINE FOR PROCESSING ELEMENTS IN SHEET FORM, INCLUDING A FEED BOARD FITTED WITH CONVEYING MEANS - A machine for processing plate elements is fitted with a station for processing the elements ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150137446 | CARD MEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING TRACK ASSEMBLY AND CARS FOR CARRYING CARDS, AND RELATED METHODS - A card media processing system for treating individual cards includes a treatment assembly including a treatment device configured for sequentially treating individual cards. A car is configured to hold an individual card and to move the card to the treatment device. An endless loop track assembly is configured to support the car. The car includes a driven roller configured to engage the endless loop track assembly to move the car therealong, and the driven roller is operatively connected with a motor for causing rotation of the driven roller. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160026141 | ROLLER MEMBER, SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A roller member includes an endless belt elastically deformable and configured to convey a sheet and a holding unit holding the endless belt. The holding unit includes a first holding portion being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt, a second holding portion being in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and movable with respect to the first holding portion, and an engage portion engaging with an engaged portion. The second holding portion is moved with respect to the first holding portion by resilient force of the endless belt in a state in which the second holding portion is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt in response to a disengagement of the engage portion from the engaged portion. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160145062 | PHASE DETECTOR, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER, MOTOR APPARATUS, SHEET FEEDER, AND METHOD OF DETECTING PHASE - A phase detector is provided. The phase detector includes a signal selector, a bias level generator, and a phase information detector. The signal selector selects, as a selected sensor signal, one of a plurality of sensor signals each having a signal level corresponding to a phase of a rotor. The bias level generator divides a signal level difference between a pair of sensor signals, including the selected sensor signal and other sensor signal of the plurality of sensor signals other than the selected sensor signal, at a first ratio, to generate a first bias level. The phase information detector generates a threshold level corresponding to the phase of the rotor based on the first bias level, and detects the signal level of the selected sensor signal reaching the threshold level. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160251180 | PAPER TRANSFER DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252866 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND SHEET ACCUMULATING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME | 09-01-2016 |
| 271276000 | Including pneumatic means | 13 |
| 20090039595 | SHEET ADSORPTION DEVICE, TRANSPORT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet adsorption device includes a sheet adsorbing surface, a suction hole disposed on the sheet adsorbing surface, and a flow path shifting unit that shifts between a first state and a second state of a communication flow path that is communicated with the suction hole in accordance with existence of a sheet that covers the suction hole. The cross-section area of a flow path in the second state is smaller than that in the first state and the communication flow path is not closed in the second state. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090057998 | Apparatus and Method for Printing And/Or Electronically Scanning Dual Face Surfaces of a Sheet/Mailpiece - A sheet handling apparatus for conveying sheet material/mailpieces along a feed path which facilitates access to the dual face surfaces thereof for the purpose of printing, and/or scanning information contained, thereon. The sheet handling apparatus includes first and second conveyor modules each having a conveyor surface, a portion of which is disposed in opposing, face-to-face relation with a portion of the other conveyor surface. Furthermore, the conveyor surfaces cooperate with a means for developing a pressure differential across the conveyor surfaces to hold the sheet material on the conveyor surfaces and transfer the sheet material across the modules during transport. A processor controls the pressure differential means such that the sheet material is held against the conveyor surfaces by a negative pressure differential developed across the conveyor surface and transferred from one conveyor surface to the other by controlling the pressure differential of both modules when the sheet material is interposed between the face-to-face interface. The remaining end portions of each conveyor surface are oppositely disposed and openly accessible to perform other sheet material processes. For example, the sheet material may be scanned along or printed on each face surface. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090174138 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING SHEET - The present invention is directed to providing an apparatus capable of transferring a sheet while reducing wear and using a relatively small driving force. The present invention is also directed to providing an apparatus capable of effectively obtaining a vacuum suction force with a simple structure. An apparatus | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100109235 | SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet inverting apparatus wherein members, such as a roller, are not brought into contact with the printed surface of a sheet at all, and the occurrence of dirt can be prevented by eliminating friction of ink on the surface of the sheet. A first transport apparatus and a second transport apparatus each have a plurality of transport belts which move on transport tracks along sheet transport directions and a suction box which sucks the sheet on the transport belts through suction holes formed on the transport belts. A turn guide arranged between the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus has a plurality of guide ribs disposed between the transport belts. Each of the guide ribs coming into slidable contact with the sheet forms a curved inverting transfer surface from an inversion starting point side to an inversion end point side. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100213666 | MEDIA TRANSPORT DEVICE WITH VACUUM-CONTROLLED POSITIONING - Disclosed are embodiments of a machine which transports and processes print media. The machine incorporates a vacuum chamber within a print media transport device in order to maintain a print medium at a uniform predetermined distance from a print media processing device, such as an image printing device (e.g., an inkjet printer), an image scanning device, or a spectrophotometer). In one embodiment the vacuum chamber is located within a roller that transports print media past the processing device. In another embodiment the vacuum chamber is located on an opposite side of a belt that transports print media past the processing device. In each of the embodiments the size of the vacuum chamber opening, which defines the vacuum area on the transport device, and also the amount of vacuum pressure may be selectively adjusted depending upon the size and weight, respectively, of the print medium being processed. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100276879 | CROSS PROCESS SHUTTERING OF A VACUUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A vacuum transport system includes vacuum plenum having a plenum plate as a part thereof and a belt with an array of holes that align to grooves in the plenum plate over which the belt is driven. A sliding plate on the underside of the plenum plate inside the vacuum plenum contains a series of holes and slots to progressively open or shut holes connecting the grooves to the vacuum plenum to maintain a constant air flow and vacuum pressure in the cross process direction for varying widths of media. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100314828 | INTERNAL SLIDING BAFFLES FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW IN A VACUUM TRANSPORT - A vacuum control assembly for use in an image production device is provided. The assembly has a plenum having a vacuum inlet; a perforated plate fluidly connected to the plenum, the perforated plate having a plurality of perforations; a baffle plate connected to an inside of the plenum such that the baffle plate can slide relative to the perforated plate and can pivot relative to the perforated plate; and a protrusion on the inside of the plenum. The baffle plate is capable of sliding relative to the perforated plate between a closed position and an open position, the closed position being where the baffle plate causes the vacuum inlet to be fluidly connected to a first plurality of the perforations, and the open position being where the baffle plate is pivoted away from the perforated plate, causing the vacuum inlet to be fluidly connected to a maximum number of the perforations. The maximum number is greater than the first plurality, and the baffle plate is pivoted into the open position by coming in contact with the protrusion. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110260395 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which enable stable sheet conveyance without depending on sheet size. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120200030 | ALTERNATING GROOVED BELTLESS VACUUM TRANSPORT ROLL - A sheet transportation apparatus includes at least one beltless vacuum transport (BVT) that has a plurality of adjacent rollers. Each of the rollers comprises a rounded external surface and an axis about which the external surface rotates. The external surfaces of the rollers are spaced from each other by gaps referred to as “inter-roller spaces.” A fan is positioned on a first side of the rollers. The fan draws air through the inter-roller spaces to create a vacuum force on a second side of the rollers. The vacuum force maintains the sheets of media in contact with the second side of the rollers. The external surface of each of the rollers comprises a plurality of first regions having a first diameter and a plurality of second regions having a second diameter different than the first diameter. The first regions and the second regions of the external surface are adjacent one another and alternate along the length of the external surface of each of the rollers. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20140265112 | SHEET TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A sheet transport apparatus including an upstream-side transport unit configured to hold a sheet and transport the sheet by rotating; a downstream-side transport unit configured to hold the sheet and further transport the sheet by rotating, the downstream-side transport unit being arranged at such a position that an unrestrained transport section is formed where the sheet is not held downstream in transport direction from the upstream-side transport unit; an upstream-side air-feed unit configured to form an air flow that flows downstream in transport direction on both sides of a transport plane of the sheet in the unrestrained transport section; and a controller configured to control the upstream-side air-feed unit to start forming an air flow before a leading edge of the sheet reaches the unrestrained transport section from the upstream-side transport unit, and to stop the air flow before a trailing edge of the sheet reaches the unrestrained transport section. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150035228 | METHOD OF HANDLING A WEB-LIKE LABELLING MATERIAL IN AN AUTOMATED LABELLING PROCESS, LABELLING MACHINE VACUUM DRUM AND LABELLING MACHINE - A method of handling a web-like labelling material in an automated labelling process is disclosed. The method comprises feeding a succession of labels at an input station; and conveying the labels along a circular label path from the input station to an application station located at a first angular distance from the input station as measured about an axis, at the application station means being provided for applying the labels onto respective articles fed, in succession, to the application station. The method further comprises selectively conveying the labels along the circular label path past the application station and to a discarding station located at a second angular distance from the input station as measured about an axis, the second angular distance being greater than the first angular distance. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160137441 | TRANSPORT MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A PRINT MEDIUM IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A transport mechanism is provided for transporting sheets of a print medium in a printing system. The transport mechanism includes a first conveyor device having a first conveyor body which is configured to hold a plurality of sheets of print medium and is movable to convey the sheets along the transport path; and a transfer system including a second conveyor device having a second conveyor body which is configured to hold the sheets and is movable to convey the sheets further along the transport path. The transfer system is configured to transfer the sheets from the first conveyor body to the second conveyor body in a transfer region. The second conveyor body is arranged adjacent the first conveyor body in the transfer region, and the transfer system includes a suction device configured to provide an under-pressure at the second conveyor body for contactless transfer of the sheets from the first conveyor body to the second conveyor body. An associated method of transporting sheets of a print medium in a printing system is also disclosed. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160137442 | SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS WITH ROTARY DRUM - A sheet handling apparatus comprising a rotary drum having an outer peripheral wall with perforations, and a number of separate chambers, a suction system for controlling a flow of air through the perforations, thereby to attract sheets to the peripheral wall of the drum, and a stationary shutter member for blocking the flow of air through the perforations when they pass through a predetermined angular range. The number of separate chambers extend in axial direction and are distributed over the periphery of the drum. A disk-shaped manifold at the first axial end of the drum is co-rotatably with the drum. The manifold forms a number of radial channels each connected to one of said chambers and having an opening at a radially inward end of each channel. The stationary shutter member is arranged for blocking an opening of a channel to block air flow from a radially inward end of a channel. | 05-19-2016 |
| 271277000 | Including gripper-couple | 12 |
| 20080217847 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The sheet conveying apparatus includes a first member configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveying path while holding the sheet, a second member configured to convey a sheet along the predetermined conveying path while holding the sheet, and a changing unit configured to change a first state in which the first member and the second member convey the same sheet along the predetermined conveying path and a second state in which the first member and the second member convey different sheets in the predetermined conveying path according to a length of a sheet along the predetermined conveying path. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080252002 | Turning Device for Turning Over Sheets in a Printing Machine - The invention relates to a turning device ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080290594 | Transfer Drum for Conveying a Sheet in a Machine of the Graphic Arts Industry - A transfer drum for conveying a sheet in a machine of the graphic arts industry. The transfer drum is developed for controlling grippers without much effort and without much wear to the components of the gearing mechanism. The transfer drum includes grippers that are suited for holding an edge of the sheet and are arranged on a gripper shaft. Levers are fixed to the ends of the shafts. A cam mechanism for opening and closing the grippers has control cams that are connected to the frame and have contact surfaces, and cam followers fixed to the levers and in contact with the contact surfaces. Opposing torques act on the ends of the gripper shaft. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090008871 | SHREDDER PAPER FEED MECHANISM AND PAPER FEEDER - A shredder paper feed mechanism and paper feeder that, simply by setting a paper stack in the paper tray, enable a stack of document sheets to be fed to the shredder in an amount that matches the shredding capability of the shredder. This is done by using first and second rotating members equipped with claw members. The paper feed mechanism utilizes the transmitted rotary driving force of the shredder unit. The paper feed mechanism has a first rotating member having disc-shaped claw members with sharp portions for feeding the paper sheets, and rotation members; a transport roller; a second rotating member that limits the number of paper sheets that are fed onwards, and also has disc-shaped claw members with sharp portions for feeding the paper sheets, and rotation members; and a pressure roller that presses against the second rotating member to thereby grip and feed the paper sheets. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090045569 | ROLLER MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A roller mechanism includes a pair of rollers and an urging unit. The pair of rollers oppose one another sandwiching a conveyance path of a sheet material, and are provided to be capable of increasing and reducing an axis-to-axis separation thereof. The urging unit urges at least one of the pair of rollers in a direction of reducing the axis-to-axis separation of the pair of rollers with an urging force that increases with an increase in the axis-to-axis separation of the pair of rollers, and presses the sheet material with the pair of rollers. The urging unit increases the urging force non-linearly, with a rate of increase of the urging force falling as the axis-to-axis separation of the pair of rollers increases within a range of changes at times of sheet material-pressing. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090189343 | PAPER-FEEDING MECHANISM - The paper-feeding mechanism includes a duplex drive roller disposed on a terminal end of a feeding path of an image-forming device for feeding paper and on a side of an output tray, a first idle roller for conveying the paper back to the output tray with the duplex drive roller after a single side of the paper is printed, a second idle roller for conveying the paper back to the output tray with the duplex drive roller after double sides of the paper are printed, and a stop means installed between the terminal end of the feeding path and the output tray for switching to a shut position to stop the paper when the paper is driven back to the feeding path and for switching to an open position when the paper is driven to the output tray after the double sides of the paper are printed. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090236800 | Feed assist assembly - A media feedpath having a feed assist roller, comprises a media feedpath having a C-shaped portion, a media input and a feed roll nip, an input roller feeding media from the media input, a feed assist roller downstream of the C-shaped portion of the media feedpath, the feed assist roller assisting media indexing through the media feedpath on a single side and without an opposed pinch roller, the feed roll nip having a driven roller and a feed roll pinch roll opposite the driven roll, the feed assist roller being driven by a toggle gear transmission from the driven roller of the feed roll nip, the gear train adapted for toggling to operably engage or disengage the feed assist roller depending on a driving direction of the driven roller of the feed roll nip. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100072697 | COLLAPSIBLE GRIPPERS BASED MEDIA HANDLING TRANSPORT APPARATUS WITH PROCESS AND CROSS-PROCESS DIRECTION REGISTRATION - This is a media transport apparatus using gripper segments that are connected to conveyor belts. These segments grip the leading edges of paper media and pull the media on a path toward a paper exit. Above the conveyor belts are baffle panels that have at least two panel separations. It is through these separations that the gripper segments move as the endless conveyor belts rotate. The gripper segments are provided with shifting structures that can laterally align the paper sheets. The leading edges of the paper are held between a gripper bar and elastomeric rollers. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100230894 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is provided with a storage unit that is configured by a curved carrying route including first and second arc carrying routes which are sequentially connected to a carry-out side of a main carrying path along a sheet carrying direction, and the first and second arc carrying routes are arranged on upper and lower sides of a line component extending along a sheet carrying surface in a printing device. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100283200 | DEFLECTING NIP SHEET SHINGLING BUFFER MECHANISM - A novel media path mechanism which utilizes the position and/or motion of buffer nips to deflect the leading and trailing edges of the sheets entering the buffer to enable the sheets to be reliably shingled in the buffer media path. The sheets are stored in properly collated order until needed for insertion into the print stream. By shingling or overlapping successive sheets in close relationship in a row within the buffer, this process can greatly increase the volume of storage or parking of sheets within the buffer. This can significantly reduce the size or footprint of the buffer within the printing system or significantly increase the capacity of an existing system. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110012302 | OFFICE MACHINE - An office machine includes a casing, a feeding-out mechanism and a first roller assembly. The feeding-out mechanism and the first roller assembly are disposed in the casing. The first roller assembly is used for feeding in a sheet member. The first roller assembly transports the sheet member to the feeding-out mechanism in a nipping manner. When the sheet member enters the feeding-out mechanism and then the feeding-out mechanism transports the sheet member, the first roller assembly does not nip the sheet member. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20130200566 | DRIVEN NIP ROLLS FOR SHEET STACKER INFEED - In a sheet downstacker of a corrugator dry end, sheets are delivered by a drive system driving both the bottom and top nip rolls with a single motor that also drives the last flat belt sheet conveyor to the nip. | 08-08-2013 |
