| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 271287000 | Of successive sheets to plural receivers in succession | 21 |
| 20090146371 | PRINTING INTEGRATION SYSTEM - This disclosure relates to a printing integration system. Specifically, this disclosure provides a means to integrate one or more pairs of substantially vertically aligned marking engines using an intersection transport. The intersection transport includes a media sheet input intersection transport, a single horizontal transport, and a media sheet output intersection transport. | 06-11-2009 |
| 271288000 | With control means to vary mode of operation | 15 |
| 20090309300 | SHEET-STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet-stacking apparatus includes a gripper configured to convey a sheet, two stacker trays stacking sheets arranged in a row, and a support member configured to separately elevate the two stacker trays. The stacker tray is selected according to a sheet length. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100066013 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording material stacking apparatus equipped with a plurality of discharge ports and a plurality of stacking trays can be set to normal mode and large capacity stacking mode each having a different maximum loading capacity. A stacking tray on the upper side has a plurality of lower limit positions and uses a lower limit position located on the upper side when normal mode is selected. On the other hand, it uses a lower limit position located on the lower side when the large capacity stacking mode is selected. The lower limit position located below a stacking tray on the upper side when this large capacity stacking mode is selected exists at a position in which it blocks a lower discharge port of sheets. Selection of the large capacity stacking mode and normal mode is executed according to a result of computation from data input through an input portion. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110175284 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of trays; a plurality of full-stack detectors; a first storage section; a second storage section; and a controller. The plurality of trays are loaded with first sheets that are output from an image forming section. Each of the plurality of full-stack detectors is provided at one of the plurality of trays, each full-stack detector detecting that a corresponding tray is full of first sheets. The first storage section stores the number of second sheets printed in the past by sheet type. The second storage section stores usage priorities of the trays by sheet type based on the contents stored in the first storage section and a sheet stack capacity of each tray. The controller decides a first tray for outputting a third sheet that is output this time based on the priorities stored in the second storage section. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120013069 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet stacking apparatus includes a gripper configured to discharge a sheet, a plurality of stacker trays arranged in a row and configured to stack the discharged sheet, and a guiding unit configured to guide the discharged sheet to a predetermined position. The plurality of stacking trays are horizontally arranged so that a large number of sheets can be stacked without increasing the size of the sheet stacking apparatus. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20130334771 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to providing a mechanism for allowing a user to easily take out print products discharged onto a plurality of sheet discharge trays in the discharge order. A control method for controlling a sheet processing apparatus for performing control to discharge sheets onto a plurality of sheet discharge trays includes storing, in a storage unit, the discharge order in which sheets have been discharged onto equal to or more than two sheet discharge trays by executing a job, and performing, upon reception of a take-out instruction for taking out in the discharge order the sheets discharged by executing the job, processing for allowing a user to take out the sheets discharged onto the equal to or more than two sheet discharge trays, in the discharge order stored in the storage unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130341861 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS - By adding a distinction for every sheet bundle of a same delivery destination and ejecting the sheet bundle, a sorting burden on the user is reduced. According to a control method of a printing apparatus, an image is printed to a sheet by executing a job including predetermined information, and on the basis of the predetermined information included in the job, the sheet which is printed by executing the job is ejected to a position different from that of a sheet ejected before the sheet. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140159306 | SHEET STACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The sheet stacking system discharges a sheet to one of a first stacking apparatus including a first stacking tray and a second stacking tray, and a second stacking apparatus including a third stacking tray, executes one of a first discharging method and a second discharging method, the first discharging method for moving, after a sheet is discharged to the first stacking tray by executing a job, the sheet which has been discharged to the first stacking tray to the second sheet stacking tray and discharging a sheet to the first stacking tray of the first stacking apparatus by executing the job, and the second discharging method for, after a sheet is discharged to the first stacking tray by executing the job, discharging a sheet to the third stacking tray of the second stacking apparatus by executing the job. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140333021 | PRINT MEDIUM FINISHING APPARATUS - A print medium finishing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyance module configured to convey print media on a first tray to a second tray. Since a rotary member of the conveyance module is rotated to support the print media on the first tray during a process in which the conveyance module passes through a through-hole formed in a support section of a main body to move over the first tray, disorder of the print media is reduced during a process of conveying the print media to the second tray. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140353909 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus discharges, into a stacking unit, sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a first job that is set to print a plurality of copies, and discharges sheets of a plurality of copies obtained by executing a second job that is set to print a plurality of copies and follows the first job. The control apparatus carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for copies discharged by executing the first job changes from a first discharge position in the stacking unit to a second discharge position in the stacking unit between copies, and carries out control so that a sheet discharge position for the plurality of copies discharged by executing the second job changes from a third discharge position in the stacking unit to a fourth discharge position in the stacking unit between copies. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150042039 | OUTPUT ASSEMBLY FOR RECEIVING A SHEET OUTPUT BY A PRINTING DEVICE - In order to enable simple and easy handling of a large number of large format sheets, an output assembly is provided. The output assembly comprises a lower output tray element for receiving the sheets. In order to reliably transport and deposit a large format sheet from the printing device onto the lower output tray element, a guide element is provided just below an output opening of the printing device such to guide a leading edge of the sheet onto the lower output tray element. Once the leading edge is supported by the lower output tray element, the guide element is retracted such to enable a trailing edge to be deposited on the lower output tray element. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150145203 | MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium conveying device including a first stacker to which a medium is ejected, a first conveying path guiding the medium to the first stacker, a second conveying path branched from the first conveying path at a first branching position, and a second stacker to which the medium guided by the second conveying path is ejected. The second stacker is provided on an apparatus main body so as to be openable and closable. A first switching unit is movable between a first position and a second position. The first switching unit guides the medium to the first conveying path at the first branching position when the first switching unit is in the first position, and guides the medium to the second conveying path at the first branching position when the first switching unit is in the second position. A moving mechanism moves the first switching unit from the first position to the second position in conjunction with an opening operation of the second stacker. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160039627 | PRINTING SYSTEM IMPROVED IN SHEET DISCHARGE PROCESSING, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system capable of properly changing a content of a notification based on occurrence of a full state of a sheet in an output destination. A printing system which is able to output a sheet to any of a plurality of sheet stacking units includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a first setting for selecting a specific sheet stacking unit as an output destination of the sheet is performed or a second setting for automatically selecting any sheet stacking unit from among the plurality of sheet stacking units as the output destination is performed, a notification unit configured to perform a notification according to occurrence of a fully-stacked state in the output destination, and a control unit configured to change a content of the notification based on the determining by the determining unit. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160052743 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - Sheet discharge preparation is performed in a finisher that is different to the stacking apparatus, before the discharge of sheets to the stacking apparatus is interrupted by the operation of the stacking apparatus for sliding stacked sheets to a position for user retrieval. When sheet discharge preparation is performed in the finisher, a second job in which sheets are discharged to the finisher is executed. | 02-25-2016 |
| 271289000 | To bypass array of receivers | 2 |
| 271290000 | To route sheets to subsequent array of receivers | 2 |
| 20130328263 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A paper sheet processing apparatus comprises a taking-in unit | 12-12-2013 |
| 20150123343 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a printer section configured to print image data to a paper according to a print job, a control panel configured to receive instructions regarding the print job, a first discharging tray configured to receive the printed paper, and an second discharging tray configured to be opened and closed, to receive the printed paper when opened, and guide the printed paper to the first discharging tray when closed. The image forming apparatus further includes a detection section configured to detect whether the second discharging tray is open or closed, and a control section configured to control execution of the print job including controlling the printer section based on the instructions received in the control panel and the detection result of the detection section. | 05-07-2015 |
| 271292000 | With movable receivers or receiver portions | 2 |
| 20080265502 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH PROTECTION COVER - A sheet post-processing apparatus of the invention includes a sheet guiding unit configured to have plural components including paper carrying components be attached thereto, a tray onto which a sheet of paper is discharged, and a protection cover attached to the sheet guiding unit at a portion in close proximity to the tray side. A protection cover has a cover main body, a screw attachment portion, a screw cover that covers the screw attached to the screw attachment portion, and a slit used for the tip end of the screw cover to be inserted into the cover main body to be fixed thereto. | 10-30-2008 |
| 271293000 | With means to increase spacing between receiver defining portions | 1 |
| 20140062014 | SHEET SORTING DEVICE - A controller temporarily opens a pair of side fence plates under a prescribed condition to move the side fence plates away from both side ends of sheets in a sheet width direction, after each time stacking of sheets at a first or second sheet stacking position is completed, but before a sheet receiving tray is temporarily lifted down to offset an offset guide plate and an end fence plate. Else, the controller sets an amount of lifting up and down of the sheet receiving tray such that the amount at the second sheet stacking position is smaller than that at the first sheet stacking position when offsetting the offset guide plate and the end fence plate after each time the stacking of sheets at the first or second sheet stacking position on the sheet receiving tray is completed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 271297000 | By individual diverter for each receiver | 3 |
| 20100066014 | LIFTING MECHANISM WITH A TILTING PLATFORM FOR TRANSFERRING PAPER STACKS - This is a lifting mechanism especially suited to move a stack of paper to a height so that it is easier to remove or work with. The lifting mechanism has as a bottom portion a tilting platform that receives and holds a paper stack and its support. This tilting platform will be tilted in a front down position prior to and during loading of the paper stack thereon, and will automatically tilt down at its back portion when stack loaded. This is because the fulcrum of the tilting platform is located nearer the front sections of the platform than it is to the back section of the platform. When the weight of the paper stack acts upon the tilting platform, it will force the platform down at its back portion. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20140217669 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - Device with: banknote processing unit ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140319766 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a first discharge opening and a second discharge opening, a sheet discharge portion, a restricting member and a sheet discharge tray. The sheet discharge portion is connected at a position below the first discharge opening, and the sheet discharged through the first discharge opening is to be placed thereon. The restricting member stands up on a downstream side of the sheet discharge portion in a discharging direction of the sheet and can come into contact with a downstream end edge of the sheet discharged to the sheet discharge portion in the discharging direction. The sheet discharge tray includes a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion to be fixed to an upper end part of the restricting member and is attachable above the sheet discharge portion, and a sheet discharged through the second discharge opening is to be placed thereon. | 10-30-2014 |
