Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
271220000 | With movable pack-limiting member(s) (e.g., hold-down) | 83 |
20080217844 | Novel finisher compiler tray - This is a compiler tray with a Velcro® surfaced back guide enabled to be used with Birds Beak Edge Curl Suppressors to minimize up curl and down curl of sheets fed into the tray and improve Stapled Set Registration. The Velcro® is either fixed to the back guide or adjustably positioned on the back guide. The Velcro® is placed on the back guide in such a manner that the ribs and grooves of the Velcro® are at an angle significantly not parallel to the plane of the lead edge of paper sheets fed into the compiling tray. | 09-11-2008 |
20080230984 | SHEET MATERIAL STACKING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STACKING SHEET MATERIAL - The present invention provides a sheet material stacking apparatus that includes a sheet material stacking base on which sheet materials induced by a sheet material conveying unit are stacked, a first guide member disposed along the conveyance direction of the sheet materials to the sheet material stacking base and sorts the end surfaces at one end with respect to the width direction thereof, a second guide member which is disposed in parallel and opposite to the first guide member having the sheet material stacking base therebetween, a pusher that constitutes at least a portion of the first guide member and is displaced between a reference position in which the distance to the second guide member is equal to the width of the sheet material and a separating position in which the distance to the second guide member is larger than the width of the sheet material, and a driving unit that displaces the pusher and places side by side both ends of the sheet materials in the axis direction. | 09-25-2008 |
20090001659 | STACK HOLDING DEVICE TO PREVENT PUSH-OUT - A mechanical device to stabilize the stack height position of a compiler output tray and compress the sets in the tray is provided. The small mechanical device may be mounted in the back wall of the stacker tray near the top limit. The mechanical device includes a gravity-activated arm that moves out of the way when a set is ejected and, then, when the stacker tray lowers, the arm returns to the extended position. The tray rises again to the compiling position for the next set, pushing the arm upwards and compressing the set against the rubber contact member. The compression reduces the stack height, increases tray capacity and prevents each new set from pushing out the top of the stack. | 01-01-2009 |
20090014946 | PAPER SHEET STORING APPARATUS - A paper sheet storing apparatus is configured to collect and accumulate multiple different types of paper sheets in different sizes. The paper sheet storing apparatus has: a paper sheet cartridge configured to have a feeder provided on a side wall thereof for externally feeding paper sheets and arranged to accumulate and keep the paper sheets therein; and a stack guide member configured to introduce the paper sheets, which are fed by the feeder into the paper sheet cartridge, downward in the paper sheet cartridge and to press down surface of an uppermost paper sheet located on a top of the paper sheets accumulated and kept in the paper sheet cartridge. The stack guide member is structured in a specific shape to enable the surface of the uppermost paper sheet to be pressed downward in a vertical direction, with regard to all the multiple different types of paper sheets. This arrangement effectively reduces the potential for paper jams and relevant troubles and ensures stable accumulation of paper sheets. | 01-15-2009 |
20090026696 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A sheet processing apparatus includes an intermediate stacking portion which temporarily stacks, thereon, a sheet conveyed thereto; a discharge portion which discharges sheet stacked on the intermediate stacking portion; an aligning member which is provided downstream of the discharge portion in a sheet conveying direction and has a sheet holding surface capable of holding the lower surfaces of the sheet and a sheet aligning surface capable of abutting against end portions of the sheet in the widthwise direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction, the aligning member being movable in the widthwise direction; a first stacking portion which is provided below the aligning member and stacks, thereon, a sheet discharged from the discharge portion; and a second stacking portion which is provided above the aligning member and stacks, thereon, a sheet conveyed thereto; wherein a standby position of the aligning member is at a position more inward than the outermost position in the widthwise direction, within the range through which the aligning member is movable. | 01-29-2009 |
20090127772 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Typical configurations of a sheet stacking apparatus, a sheet processing apparatus, and an image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet; a stacking member which stacks a discharged sheet; and a holding unit which is movably disposed along a stacking surface of the stacking member and holds an upstream end in the discharging direction of a stacked sheet, wherein the holding unit is moved according to changes in the upstream end position of the sheet in the discharging direction. | 05-21-2009 |
20090127773 | SHEET ALIGNING APPARATUS - In a sheet aligning apparatus, a pair of sheet aligning members stops at three positions such that when a sheet aligning operation is not conducted, the pair of sheet aligning members is stopped at the first position of an upper level so as not to come in contact with sheets discharged from a discharging section, when the sorting section shifts for sorting, the pair of sheet aligning members is stopped at the second position of a middle level lower than the first position so as not to come in contact with sheets stacked on the tray, and when a sheet aligning operation is conducted, the pair of sheet aligning members is stopped at the third position of a lower level so as to come in contact with the top surface of the tray or the upper surface of the sheets stacked on the tray. | 05-21-2009 |
20090212487 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus of the invention has: a movement blocking unit for blocking a movement of a sheet which is moved to a side edge aligning unit by a moving unit, thereby allowing the moving unit to position adjustment slip move on the sheet so as to adjust a relative position with the sheet; and a block cancelling unit for allowing the movement blocking unit to cancel the block of the movement of the sheet when the moving unit slips and moves by a predetermined distance. | 08-27-2009 |
20090267290 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet post-processing apparatus | 10-29-2009 |
20090283961 | Sheet Stacking device, Drive control method, and computer program product - A sheet stacking unit that stacks sheets thereon is movable up and down. A lifting unit moves the sheet stacking unit up and down. A driving unit drives the lifting unit. A control unit controls a driving speed of the driving unit. A position detecting unit detects a position of the sheet stacking unit in an up-and-down direction. The control unit controls the driving speed according to the position of the sheet stacking unit detected by the position detecting unit. | 11-19-2009 |
20090289412 | SHEET EJECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHER PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sheet ejection device includes: a sheet ejection tray adapted to stack a sheet ejected thereon; an alignment member which aligns a position in a width direction and a direction perpendicular to a sheet ejection direction of the sheet on the sheet ejection tray; and a supporting unit which supports the alignment member so that the alignment member is displaced in a direction intersecting the sheet ejection direction when outer force is applied to the alignment member. | 11-26-2009 |
20090295074 | SHEET EJECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet ejection device capable of applying shift processing to the sheets on an ejection tray, using the alignment member contacting the sheets at a plurality of points in the direction in which the sheets are ejected. | 12-03-2009 |
20090309296 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING DISCHARGED SHEETS - In so-called an image forming apparatus of an in-body paper discharging type, a technology which improves convenience of handling of sheets discharged from the apparatus is provided. | 12-17-2009 |
20100019442 | Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing method, and image forming apparatus - When a sheet is conveyed to a position where a conveying speed can be changed from a first conveying speed to a second conveying speed while a discharging unit is discharging a preceding stack of sheets, a conveyance control unit calculates a third conveying speed for conveying the sheet based on a first conveyance time to be taken until a leading end of the stack of sheets reaches a second tray unit from a first tray unit and a second conveyance time to be taken until a current discharging operation is completed from a start of the current discharging operation, and changes the conveying speed from the first conveying speed to the third conveying speed. | 01-28-2010 |
20100078878 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CART - The sheet processing apparatus is provided with: an apparatus main body that performs processing for a sheet; a sheet stacker on which a sheet transported from the apparatus main body is stacked in a first state where the sheet stacker is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and that is downwardly movable; and a moving-down unit that moves the sheet stacker down. The sheet stacker is provided so as to be detachable from the apparatus main body, and so as to change posture from the first state to a second state where the sheet stacker is less inclined relative to the first state. | 04-01-2010 |
20100096801 | PAPER SHEET EJECTING/COLLECTING APPARATUS - Bills are aligned, ejected and collected in a storage tray without being bent. A bill conveyed to the storage tray is given curve habits in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the bill. The front edge of the bill immediately after being ejected from the last conveying part lifts up holding levers by pressing their lower surfaces. The holding levers impose a load on the bill, and strengthen the curve habits of the bill. Then, the bill is conveyed in an obliquely upward conveyance direction immediately after passing through the last conveying part. And the bill continues to be conveyed to the storage tray. | 04-22-2010 |
20100244369 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PAPER SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A post-processing method involves using a standby tray to receive a paper sheet to be supplied from a digital copier, a processing tray to receive a paper sheet dropped from a standby tray, a feed member which guides the rear end of a paper sheet received in a standby tray in the feeding direction to a processing tray, and scrapes and sends the rear end of a paper sheet dropped onto a processing tray to a stopper, a press member which clamps the rear end of a paper sheet received in a standby tray by cooperating with two feed members, and a stapler to staple the aligned rear ends of paper sheets. When a first paper sheet is supplied to the standby tray, the press member presses the rear end of the first paper sheet, to receive a second paper. | 09-30-2010 |
20100244370 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to accommodate sheets discharged from the discharge port and allowed to ascend and descend within a specific height range lower than the discharge port, and a sheet member disposed directly below the discharge port and configured to move along a wall surface of the housing in association with ascending and descending of the paper discharge tray and receive rear ends of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray, a width of a receiving portion thereof in a height direction varying with a quantity of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray. | 09-30-2010 |
20100295240 | LARGE FORMAT STACKING TRAY FOR AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A large format stacking tray in an image production device is disclosed. The large format stacking tray may include a tray body of a first length that may be attachable to a stacker device in a finishing module of the image production device, and a tray top surface located on top of the tray body on which a media stack containing one or more media sheets rests upon after being output by the image production device. The tray top surface has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The tray top surface may be sloped between the first end and the second end in a manner that permits media sheets that are longer than the first length to be output and stacked onto the stacker device. | 11-25-2010 |
20110006472 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A holding portion includes a engagement portion which holds a sheet pressing lever which presses from above a sheet discharged into a sheet stacking portion so that the engagement portion moves upward together with an image reading portion rotatably provided above an image forming portion, and an elastic portion which elastically deforms to release the holding of the sheet pressing lever by the engagement portion. If a force is applied to the sheet pressing lever being held by the holding portion in a direction which makes the lever rotate even lower than its lower limit position, the elastic portion elastically deforms to release the holding of the sheet pressing lever by the engagement portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110037219 | MEDIA STACKER - A media stacker unit comprises: (i) at least one stacker wheel and (ii) a detent. The stacker wheel includes: a hub for mounting on an axle, and a plurality of arcuate tines, each tine being coupled to the hub at a hub end and extending transverse to the axle to a point radially spaced from the axle at a capture end. When the stacker wheel is rotated about the axle, the capture ends traverse a capture circumference. Each tine further comprises a resilient tine portion. The detent partially extends within the capture circumference for engaging with and temporarily retarding a capture end as the stacker wheel is rotated. This reduces the time during which that capture end blocks a media transport path, thereby reducing the possibility of a media item colliding with a capture end and jamming the media stacker unit. | 02-17-2011 |
20110227278 | MEDIA RETRIEVAL MECHANISM AND DRIVING DEVICE THEREOF - A media retrieval mechanism includes a pivot shaft, a media delivery device and a driving device. The media delivery device is capable of rotating about the pivot shaft. The media delivery device includes a contact portion and a rotating arm. The contact portion is capable of engaging at least one media. The driving device is attached to the pivot shaft. The driving device is capable of being driven by the pivot shaft. The driving device includes a driving member and the driving member includes a driving arm. The driving arm is capable of directing the rotating arm to angle the media delivery device thereby elevating the contact portion from the lower position to a lift-up position for disengaging the at least one media. | 09-22-2011 |
20110248442 | BANKNOTE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a banknote separating and feeding portion which separates, from banknotes, one feed-out banknote closest to a banknote holding portion, and feeds out the feed-out banknote. The banknote separating and feeding portion includes a feed roller, a separating roller, a kick-on roller, and auxiliary rollers. The auxiliary rollers are positioned on an opposite side of the kick-on roller from the feed roller, protrude onto the banknote pressing portion side beyond the banknote holding surface, and contact with the feed-out banknote. Each of the auxiliary rollers has a plurality of large diameter portions formed intermittently in a circumferential direction of the auxiliary roller. The auxiliary rollers are positioned on the same axis and apart from each other such that phases of mutually adjacent auxiliary rollers in a rotation direction of the auxiliary rollers are offset from each other. | 10-13-2011 |
20120032390 | PAPER SUPPRESSING DEVICE FOR PAPER FINISHING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a paper suppressing device capable of improving paper alignment while safely discharging papers onto a stacker tray. The paper suppressing device includes a clamp holder shaft, a clamp on the clamp holder shaft, a crank arm to open the clamp fixed onto the clamp holder shaft, and a driving wheel driving the crank arm. A control mass, which includes a fixing member protruding from the clamp holder shaft perpendicularly to the clamp holder shaft, a pin provided perpendicularly to an end portion of the fixing member, and a lever protruding in adjacent to the fixing member, is fixed onto the clamp holder shaft. The crank arm has one end portion with a slit groove engaged with the pin of the control mass in such a manner that the pin is movable, and an opposite end portion eccentrically coupled with a rotational shaft of the driving wheel. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038102 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet discharged from a sheet discharging portion arranged at a distance from a sheet stacking portion, to a stacking portion, is conveyed along the sheet stacking portion while the sheet edge on an upstream side in a sheet discharging direction is held. A shifting unit arranged downstream of the sheet stacking portion in the sheet discharging direction shifts the discharged sheet from the sheet discharging portion toward the downstream side in the sheet discharging direction while a pressing member presses the sheet to the sheet stacking portion. | 02-16-2012 |
20120104689 | SHEET DISCHARGING TRAY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sheet discharging tray device includes: a discharging section from which a sheet is discharged; a discharging tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharging section is stacked sequentially; a tray drive section which drives the discharging tray in a tray shift direction that is perpendicular to a sheet discharging direction from the discharging section with reference to a sheet surface; a controller which conducts a tray shift operation that shifts a position of the discharging tray under a condition of the number of sheets stacked on the discharging tray, and a sheet detection section which detects an alignment deviation in the tray shift direction. The controller changes an operation status of the discharging tray when a tray shift operation is conducted and changes a discharging operation of a sheet to the discharging tray, based on a detected result of the sheet detection section. | 05-03-2012 |
20120193868 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING SHEET-SHAPED SUBSTRATES SO AS TO FORM A STACK - The present invention relates to a device and a method for depositing sheet-shaped substrates ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120205862 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING SHEET-SHAPED SUBSTRATES SO AS TO FORM A STACK - The present invention relates to a device and a method for depositing sheet-shaped substrates ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120235349 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SHEET DISCHARGE TRAY - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which can secure a stacking ability even when a paper is curled. | 09-20-2012 |
20120242035 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, an image forming unit disposed inside the housing, a discharging portion, a stacking unit and a pressing member. The discharging portion is configured to discharge a sheet medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit. The stacking unit is configured to stack the sheet medium discharged from the discharging portion. The stacking unit includes a stacking surface portion on which the sheet medium is stacked. The stacking surface portion includes a planar portion formed flat and a protruding portion configured to protrude upwardly from the planar portion. The pressing member is disposed in contact with an upper surface of the sheet medium stacked on the stacking surface portion. | 09-27-2012 |
20120292849 | BILL ACCUMULATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a compact bill accumulation device which has a bill accumulation space with decreased depth and does not cause bill accumulation errors. The bill accumulation device ( | 11-22-2012 |
20120313316 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING MACHINE AND PAPER SHEET HANDLING METHOD - A paper sheet handling machine according to the present invention includes: an imaging unit configured to take an image of a paper sheet and generate a paper sheet image; an identification unit configured to identify a character of each digit position included in a serial number, from a serial number region of the paper sheet image; an output unit configured to output the image of a part corresponding to the serial number region of the paper sheet image, when there is a digit position whose character therein cannot be identified by the identification unit; a display unit configured to display each character identified by the identification unit as well as the image outputted from the output unit; and an input unit configured to accept input of each character corresponding to the digit position whose character therein cannot be identified by the identification unit. | 12-13-2012 |
20130020756 | SHEET LOADING DEVICE AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet loading device that includes a tray having a sheet loading surface, transports sheets one by one to the tray along a transport path, and loads the sheets one by one onto the sheet loading surface, comprising: a guide member for guiding a sheet to the tray along the transport path; a drive member; a restriction member; and a bias mechanism. Along a course of movement for pressing a loaded sheet against the sheet loading surface, the guide member engages with the restriction member, causes the restriction member to move to a position for restricting forming of a curl on the loaded sheet, and thereby prevents the transport path from being blocked by the curl. When the engagement between the guide member and the restriction member is released, the restriction member returns to an initial position by bias force applied by the bias mechanism. | 01-24-2013 |
20130026703 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A finisher | 01-31-2013 |
20130032991 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS - A sheet stacking apparatus includes an alignment unit configured to align a sheet stacked on a stacking tray in a width direction which is orthogonal to a direction in which the sheet is discharged. The alignment unit includes first and second alignment members configured to move in the width direction. The first and second alignment members come into contact with side ends in the width direction of the sheet stacked on the stacking tray to align the sheet. When a second sheet of a different length in the width direction from that of a first sheet is stacked while shifted in the width direction on the first sheet which is already stacked on the stacking tray, the sheet stacking apparatus prohibits an alignment operation of the alignment unit on the second sheet. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032992 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS - A sheet stacking apparatus includes an alignment member to align a sheet stacked on a stacking tray in a width direction perpendicular to a direction in which the sheet is discharged. When stacking a plurality of sheets on the stacking tray, the sheet stacking apparatus lowers the stacking tray, so that a predetermined distance is maintained between the top surface sheet and a sheet discharge port. If the stacking tray is lowered to a predetermined position while the alignment unit is executing an alignment operation at a first position, the sheet stacking apparatus lowers the alignment member to a second position lower than the first position and causes the alignment member to execute the alignment operation at the second position. | 02-07-2013 |
20130119604 | SHEET COLLECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH THE APPARATUS - A sheet collecting apparatus includes a sheet discharge outlet for sequentially carrying out a sheet, a sheet collecting device to load and store the sheet from the sheet discharge outlet, a stopper device for regulating a front end position of the sheet loaded on the sheet collecting device, a stopper driving device for shifting a position of the stopper device, and a carry-in guide member for guiding the sheet from the sheet discharge outlet onto an uppermost sheet collected on the sheet collecting device. The carry-in guide member includes a pivot point, a slide-contact guide surface that swings on the pivot point corresponding to a load amount of the sheet collecting device to guide a sheet front end fed from the sheet discharge outlet onto the uppermost sheet, and a sheet pressing portion continued to the slide-contact guide surface and pressing the uppermost sheet on the sheet collecting device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130140763 | Non-Stop Device - In the case of a non-stop device having load-bearing rods ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130181393 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE, POST-PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium transport device includes a stack portion having a stack surface, a medium being stacked on the stack surface, a guide portion provided at the stack surface, the guide portion extending in a width direction intersecting with a transport direction, the medium being transported in the transport direction, an alignment member supported movably along the guide portion, the alignment member contacting the medium and aligning a position of the medium stacked on the stack surface, and an urging member arranged between the alignment member and the stack portion, the urging member urging the alignment member to the stack surface. | 07-18-2013 |
20130285312 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a finisher in which a sheet discharged by a pair of discharge rollers is stacked on a stack tray moveably provided in a sheet stack direction so that the position of a top surface of the sheet is constant and the sheet stacked on the stack tray is aligned by a pair of aligning members moveably provided in a width direction perpendicular to a discharge direction of the sheet, as a stack amount of the sheets stacked on the stack tray, which amount is detected by a stack amount detecting portion, is increased, the pair of aligning members upon the alignment are controlled to approach the top sheet stacked on the stack tray. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285313 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet stacking apparatus including a discharge roller pair, a stacking tray, a tray drive motor, a sheet surface detecting sensor detecting a position of a topmost sheet on the stacking tray, an alignment portion including front and rear alignment members which are provided above the stacking tray and sandwiching a sheet to align, and a finisher control portion executing: raising/lowering control for raising and lowering the stacking tray so that the topmost sheet is located at a predetermined height in accordance with a detection result obtained from the sheet surface detecting sensor; alignment control for aligning the sheet when the sheet is discharged; and alignment stop control for stopping the alignment of the alignment portion in the case that a movement amount of the stacking tray, at the time when the stacking tray moves in accordance with the detection result, exceeds a predetermined movement amount. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285314 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides a sheet stacking apparatus including a stacking tray whose stacking surface is inclined, a sheet presence/absence detecting sensor that detects presence and absence of a sheet on the stacking surface, an abutting member to which an end of the sheet on the stacking surface abuts, an alignment mechanism that aligns the sheet on the stacking surface widthwise by a pair of aligning members, and a control portion that controls the aligning mechanism. Determining presence of the sheet on the stacking tray from a detected result of the sheet presence/absence detecting sensor, the control portion aligns the sheet by setting a distance between aligning faces of the pair of aligning members as a first distance, and determining absence of the sheet, the control portion sets the distance between the aligning faces of the pair of aligning members as a second distance which is wider than the first distance. | 10-31-2013 |
20130292897 | SHEET DISCHARGE CONTROL BY SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - Discharging a sheet bundle of a sheet N and a sheet N−1 on preceding sheets already stacked on a stacking tray can cause the already-stacked sheets to be pushed out by the front end of the succeeding sheets. By pressing already-stacked sheets with a bundle pressing member when a sheet bundle of succeeding sheets is discharged, it is possible to reduce the likelihood of the already-stacked sheets being pushed out. Employing the bundle pressing member reduces disturbance of sheet alignment that can occur when a sheet bundle is discharged on already-stacked sheets. | 11-07-2013 |
20130341856 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AS WELL AS IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a sheet processing apparatus including an intermediate processing tray on which a sheet conveyed by a discharge roller is stacked, a proximal aligning plate and a distal aligning plate moving in a sheet width direction for aligning the sheet conveyed onto the intermediate processing tray, and a finisher controller for moving and controlling the proximal aligning plate and the distal aligning plate to align, when a sheet having a length in the sheet conveyance direction shorter than a predetermined length in the sheet conveyance direction is conveyed, the sheet at a position shifted nearer to a take-out port side A in the sheet width direction than a position in the sheet width direction at which a sheet having a length in the sheet conveyance direction equal to or more than the predetermined length in the sheet conveyance direction is aligned. | 12-26-2013 |
20140001703 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING VALUE NOTES, COMPRISING A FEED MODULE HAVING MOVABLE RETAINING ELEMENTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140049001 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, an image forming unit disposed inside the housing, a discharging portion, a stacking unit and a pressing member. The discharging portion is configured to discharge a sheet medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit. The stacking unit is configured to stack the sheet medium discharged from the discharging portion. The stacking unit includes a stacking surface portion on which the sheet medium is stacked. The stacking surface portion includes a planar portion formed flat and a protruding portion configured to protrude upwardly from the planar portion. The pressing member is disposed in contact with an upper surface of the sheet medium stacked on the stacking surface portion. | 02-20-2014 |
20140062004 | SHEET EJECTION DEVICE - A sheet ejection device includes a sheet tray on which ejected sheets are stacked, a pair of side fences for restricting positions of the ejected sheets along a lateral direction perpendicular to an ejection direction, and at least one rib is formed vertically on each inner side of the side fences. The ribs are configured to contact with side edges of each of the ejected sheets while the each of the ejected sheets falls down to the sheet tray to align the ejected sheet along the lateral direction. The ejected sheets are aligned adequately by the ribs. According to the sheet ejection device, superior sheet ejection performance can be brought without affected by its environment. | 03-06-2014 |
20140062005 | SHEET EJECTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET EJECTING METHOD - A sheet ejecting device includes: a sheet ejecting unit configured to eject a sheet; a stacking unit on which the sheet that is ejected by the ejecting unit is stacked; an aligning unit configured to align the sheet in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the sheet is ejected; and a blowing unit configured to be provided to the aligning unit and blow a wind toward the ejected sheet. | 03-06-2014 |
20140131940 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When a second sheet that is different from a first sheet discharged and stacked on a stacking unit is to be stacked on the first sheet, whether or not to apply an alignment process to the second sheet is determined. If it is determined that the alignment process is not to be applied to the second sheet, the second sheet is stacked on the stacking unit. The alignment process is not applied thereto. If it is determined that the alignment process is to be applied to the second sheet, the second sheet is stacked on the stacking unit and the alignment process is applied thereto. | 05-15-2014 |
20140138905 | MEDIUM STACKING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium stacking device includes a medium stacking part stacking a medium, and a first movement part movably provided with respect to the medium stacking part. The first movement part has a first medium restriction part restricting a position of the medium, and a first movement restriction parts including a plurality of restriction members, each of which engaging with the medium stacking part and restricting a direction of the movement of the first movement part. | 05-22-2014 |
20140151958 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A sheet processing apparatus of one aspect of the present invention includes an alignment unit configured to align sheets stacked on a stack tray, and perform. The sheet processing apparatus determines whether or not a part of sheets stacked on the stack tray has been removed from the stack tray. When it is determined that a part of sheets stacked on the stack tray has been removed from the stack tray, the sheet processing apparatus inhibits an alignment of the sheets using the alignment unit. | 06-05-2014 |
20140159301 | SHEET STACKING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET STACKING METHOD - A sheet stacking device includes: a stacking unit that stacks thereon a sheet discharged in a sheet discharging direction; a conveying unit that performs a moving-back operation of conveying the stacked sheet in a direction opposite to the sheet discharging direction; a pressing unit that performs a pressing operation of pressing the conveyed sheet; and a driving unit that drives the conveying unit and the pressing unit by a same driving source. | 06-12-2014 |
20140167350 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A post-processing device includes: a stacking section that stacks a sheet; an output section that outputs the sheet stacked on the stacking section; a facing section that is arranged to face an end portion of the stacked sheet on an upstream side in an output direction; a movable support section that is provided to be movable from the stacking section toward a downstream side in the output direction of the stacked sheet, and when the stacked sheet is outputted from the stacking section, supports the stacked sheet with the stacking section; and a pressing section that is provided in the movable support section to face an end portion of the stacked sheet on the downstream side in the output direction, and presses the stacked sheet against the facing section with movement of the movable support section. | 06-19-2014 |
20140175736 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus, including: a stacking section; a first alignment section which aligns both end portions in a sheet conveyance direction of the sheet stacked in the stacking section; a second alignment section which aligns both end portions in a width direction, that is orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction, of the sheet aligned by the first alignment section; a sheet ejection section which ejects the sheet stacked in the stacking section outside the stacking section; and a control section which moves a pair of horizontal alignment plates away from the both end portions in the width direction of the sheet after operating a gripping section so as to grip the sheet in a state where the pair of horizontal alignment plates contacts the both end portions in the width direction of the sheet supported by a supporting section. | 06-26-2014 |
20140203502 | SHEET PRODUCTS STACKING AND FEEDING APPARATUS - In an apparatus for stacking and feeding sheet products discharged successively from a discharge position, catcher bars 4 are bent to be accumulated at an accumulated position. The sheet products collide against shutter bars 9 to fall onto a conveyor 3 after being discharged successively, for stacking the sheet products on the conveyor 3. The catcher bars 4 are pushed out of the accumulated position to pass between the shutter bars 9 and protrude toward the discharge position so that coming products should be received on the catcher bars 4 after stacking the sheet products. | 07-24-2014 |
20140291921 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a discharge tray having a supporting surface supporting a recording medium; a discharge mechanism which has a discharging slot through which the recording medium on which an image is formed is discharged and is provided to discharge the recording medium from the discharging slot in a discharge direction which is a direction toward a space vertically above the supporting surface of the discharge tray; and a press down unit which is configured to relatively move toward and away from the supporting surface with respect to the discharge tray, the press down unit being relatively moved away when contacting with a downstream end in the discharge direction of the recording medium discharged onto the discharge tray by the discharge mechanism, and applying the own weight to the downstream end of the recording medium when the recording medium is supported by the supporting surface. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291922 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet tray, a processing unit configured to process one or more sheets that are placed on the sheet tray, a supporting member that is movable into and out of a conveying path of a sheet to be placed on the sheet tray, and a driving unit configured to move the supporting member into and out of the conveying path of the sheet. The supporting member includes a sheet support section that supports the sheet when the supporting member is moved into the conveying path. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306402 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A sheet discharging device discharges a sheet to a sheet tray on which the sheet is to be placed. The sheet discharging device includes a discharge path configured to discharge the sheet to the sheet tray, a discharging portion arranged in the discharge path and configured to discharge the sheet passing along the discharge path to the sheet tray, and a pressing member capable of changing a posture between a hanging posture where the pressing member hangs down from a pivot center above the discharge path so as to block the discharge path for the sheet and a retracted posture where the pressing member is pivoted in a discharging direction about the pivot center to open the discharge path by receiving a pressing force in the discharging direction from the sheet. The pressing member includes an attaching portion to which a weight member having a predetermined weight is attachable. | 10-16-2014 |
20140312560 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet stacking apparatus comprising: a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet discharged from a sheet discharge port is stacked; a cover portion configured to move to a closed position for covering the sheet discharge port and the sheet stacking portion and an open position for allowing taking out of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion; a sheet pressing portion configured to move to a press-down position for pressing the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion and an apart position that is distant from the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion; and a movement-linking portion configured to cause the sheet pressing portion to move from the apart position to the press-down position upon an opening movement of the cover portion. | 10-23-2014 |
20150028538 | MEDIA STACKER TO RECEIVE MEDIA SHEETS FROM A SYSTEM - A drawer defines a chamber to receive a media sheet from a system. A moving element is to engage the media sheet as the media sheet is output from the system. The moving element is to slide the media sheet to a target position in the drawer, and the moving element is to disengage from the media sheet once the particular media sheet has reached the target position. A retaining element is to engage the media sheet as the media sheet slides into the drawer. | 01-29-2015 |
20150123342 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, there is provided a sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking unit that stacks a sheet conveyed thereto; a first alignment unit that aligns the sheet or a bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a second alignment unit that aligns the sheet or the bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of sheets at an end portion thereof on a predetermined one side; and a control unit that causes at least one of the first and second alignment units to execute an alignment operation during a press operation of the sheet or the bundle of sheets performed by the pressing unit. | 05-07-2015 |
20150368057 | BANKNOTE PRESSING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a banknote pressing device, including a banknote blocking mechanism ( | 12-24-2015 |
20150368059 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet post-processing device for, after sheets that are ejected from an image forming device are stored on a storage tray, transporting the sheets in a transport direction to a post-processing position and performing post processing at the post-processing position, including: an aligner configured to align sheets on the storage tray; and a transporter configured to transport to the post-processing position a stack of sheets aligned by the aligner. The transporter includes a first contact member and a second contact member, and transports the stack to the post-processing position by causing the first contact member and the second contact member to simultaneously move in the transport direction while causing the first contact member to be in contact with a rear end portion of the stack in the transport direction and the second contact member to be in contact with a leading end portion of the stack in the transport direction. | 12-24-2015 |
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271221000 | And means to move members cyclicly against sheet edges (e.g., jogger) | 7 |
20090160124 | SHEET STACKING/ALIGNING APPARATUS, SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In order to reduce the stack failure of a sheet bundle, there is provided a sheet stacking/aligning apparatus comprising: a stack tray for stacking sheets thereon; and a rear end aligning member for pushing and aligning the rear end of a sheet conveyed onto the stack tray. The rear end aligning member includes sheet holding paddle for holding the sheets stacked on the stack tray. | 06-25-2009 |
20090236798 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - In a sheet processing device in the form of an offset stacker, a sheet fence ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090243198 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A sheet stacking apparatus including a stacking section which stacks sheets; a sorting section which changes an ejecting position of the sheet in the stacking device to sort the sheets; an aligning section which aligns the sheet sorted by the sorting section and ejected onto the stacking section; a shifting section which shifts the aligning section based on the ejecting position changed by the sorting section in the stacking section; and a control section which controls at least the aligning section and the shifting section; wherein when the number of sheets as a sheet unit to be sorted by the sorting section is plural, the control section controls the aligning section to align the sheets as the sheet unit, and when the number of sheets is singular, the control section controls at least the aligning section and shifting section not to align the single sheet in the sheet unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20100283198 | Method of aligning sheets - In a method of aligning a sheet on a tray, the sheet on the tray is transferred toward a stopper member in one direction by a transfer device. Then, the sheet is moved in a sheet width direction perpendicular to the one direction to align the sheet in the sheet width direction by an aligning device. Further, force is provided to the sheet on the tray to move the sheet in the one direction by the transfer device while the aligning device regulates the sheet in the sheet width direction. | 11-11-2010 |
20120299238 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet processing device in the form of an offset stacker, a sheet fence ( | 11-29-2012 |
20140159302 | PAPER JOGGING APPARATUS - Sheets conveyed to a loading tray are stacked on the loading tray while they are sequentially aligned with an aligning unit, then, when pressing processing is performed with respect to a bundle of the stacked sheets, a presser is moved downward in a state where ends of the sheet bundle are abutting-held with the aligning unit. The sheet bundle is aligned by performing the pressing with a presser member gradually from a first reference fence side, to gradually discharge air staying in the sheet bundle from a first elastic body fence side. | 06-12-2014 |
20150028539 | SHEET ALIGNMENT MODULE AND POST-PROCESSING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH SHEET ALIGNMENT MODULE - Sheet alignment module and post-processing device comprising such sheet alignment module for aligning sheets in an operative orientation on a substantially horizontal sheet support member, comprising a support roller, the support roller being rotatably mounted on the sheet alignment module and configured to support the sheet alignment module during a sheet aligning movement, the sheet alignment module further comprising a jogger member comprising a substantially flat surface extending in a substantially vertical direction, the jogger member is moveably mounted on the sheet alignment module such that the jogger member is freely moveable in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the sheet alignment module. | 01-29-2015 |
271223000 | Members adjustable to sheet size | 10 |
20110049790 | Sheet collecting apparatus and image formation system provided with the apparatus - In the invention, to construct, in a simplified structure, a compact sheet collecting apparatus that enables sheets successively carried out of a sheet discharge outlet to be reliably collated and collected in the order of pages, a carry-in guide member is disposed between the sheet discharge outlet and sheet collecting means, and is comprised of a pivot point, a slide-contact guide surface that swings on the pivot point corresponding to a load amount of the sheet collecting means to guide a sheet front end fed from the sheet discharge outlet onto the uppermost sheet, and a sheet pressing portion that is continued to the slide-contact guide surface and that presses the uppermost sheet on the sheet collecting means. Concurrently therewith, the pivot point, slide-contact guide surface and sheet pressing portion are arranged in this order in the sheet discharge direction from the sheet discharge outlet. Then, a stopper means for regulating a front end position of a sheet to be loaded on the sheet collecting means regulates a front end position of the sheet so that a contact point, where the front end of the sheet fed from the sheet discharge outlet first comes into contact with the slide-contact guide surface, is positioned on the downstream side in the sheet discharge direction from a rear end of the sheet loaded on the sheet collecting means. | 03-03-2011 |
20110148030 | PRINTER WITH PAPER HOLDING DEVICE - A printer includes a main body and a paper holding device. The main body is capable of printing and outputting paper. The paper holding device is secured to the main body, and includes a paper tray, a plurality of sliding members, a connecting mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The paper tray is configured for receiving the outputted paper. The sliding members are slidably located on the paper tray. The connecting mechanism is attached to the paper tray and connected to the sliding members. The driving mechanism is attached to the paper tray and capable of driving the connecting mechanism to slide the plurality of sliding members to shape a space to fit the size of outputted paper. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148031 | PAPER HOLDING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH THE PAPER HOLDING DEVICE - A paper holding device includes a paper tray, a sliding plate, and a driving mechanism. The paper tray is configured for receiving printed paper. A shaft is secured to the paper tray. The sliding plate is slidably attached to the paper tray. A main gear member is disposed on the sliding plate. The driving mechanism is secured to the sliding plate and capable of sliding the main gear member along the shaft to slide the sliding plate on the paper tray. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148032 | PAPER HOLDING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH PAPER HOLDING DEVICE - A printer includes a main body and a paper holding device. The main body is capable of printing and outputting paper. The paper holding device is secured to the main body and includes a paper tray, a connecting mechanism, and a sliding mechanism. The paper tray is configured for receiving the outputted paper. A driving gear member is located on the paper tray. The connecting mechanism is located on the paper tray and connected to the driving gear member. The sliding mechanism is located on the paper tray and connected to the connecting mechanism. The driving gear member controls the sliding mechanism by the connecting mechanism to shape a space to fit the size of the outputted paper. | 06-23-2011 |
20130277908 | MEDIUM RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A medium receiving device includes a support shaft that extends in a width direction of the sheet that intersects with an ejection direction of the sheet at a position spaced from the apparatus body, a locking member that is fixedly provided at a position which is lower than the apparatus body in the gravity direction and on the side of the apparatus body with respect to the support shaft and extends in the width direction of the sheet, and a medium holding member that is hung between the support shaft and the locking member so as to form a receiving surface for the sheet which falls thereon and is capable of holding the sheet on the receiving surface, wherein the support shaft moves between a first position and a second position with rotative displacement about a rotation shaft that extends in the width direction of the sheet. | 10-24-2013 |
20130313772 | PAPER OUT MECHANISM AND PRINTING APPARATUS WITH PAPER OUT MECHANISM - A paper out mechanism includes a paper tray, a holding tray, and an actuating device. The holding tray is slidably attached to the paper tray. The actuating device is located on the paper tray and meshed with the holding tray. The holding tray is slidable relative to the paper tray driven by the actuating device. | 11-28-2013 |
20140319760 | MEDIUM STORAGE CASSETTE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A medium storage cassette includes a medium storage portion that stores a medium; and a medium support tray that is provided in the medium storage portion such that the medium support tray can be displaced with respect to the medium storage portion in a slidable manner, the medium support tray being able to be set in a contained state that is a state in which the medium support tray is slid to an upper portion of the medium storage portion and being able to be set in an extended state that is a state in which a medium supporting surface that supports the medium becomes an inclined surface that is oriented obliquely upwards towards an end portion of the medium support tray and in which the medium supporting surface is extended outside of the medium storage portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319761 | MEDIUM RECEIVING CASSETTE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a medium receiving cassette that includes a medium receiving portion in which a medium is received, a medium support tray which is pivotally provided on the medium receiving portion and of which a state can be switched, in a pivoting manner, between a received state in which the medium support tray is positioned above the medium receiving portion and a medium support surface for supporting the medium is directed downward and an expanded state in which the medium support surface is directed upward and at least a part of the medium support surface is expanded outside the medium receiving portion, and a drawer portion which is drawn out from the medium receiving portion to extend a length of the medium receiving portion in a medium discharging direction. | 10-30-2014 |
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