Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
400642000 | Including sheet guide (e.g., for sheet insertion, etc.) | 29 |
20080213025 | Image Generating Apparatus - An image generating apparatus capable of properly feeding papers in the body thereof and reliably suppressing wrinkling easily caused on cross-directional ends of an ink sheet is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a print head, including a print portion pressing an ink sheet, capable of printing an image on a paper, a paper guide member guiding a transport direction for the paper when feeding the paper and an ink sheet guide member, having a central portion convexed toward a take-up direction for the ink sheet with respect to the print head in plan view, for guiding transportation of the ink sheet in printing, while a region of the paper guide member corresponding to a cross-directional end of the ink sheet integrally includes an ink sheet contact portion so shaped as to apply tension to the cross-directional end of the ink sheet. | 09-04-2008 |
20080213026 | Configuring Gaming Voucher Layouts in Gaming Machines - Systems and methods for configuring gaming voucher layouts are described herein. In one embodiment the method includes receiving, in a gaming machine, a gaming voucher layout defining a print layout for a gaming voucher. The method can also include loading the gaming voucher layout into a printer, where the printer is part of the gaming machine. | 09-04-2008 |
20080253823 | PRINTER AND FEEDING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A printer includes a supporting member, a print head and a guide member. The supporting member is configured to support a sheet print medium on an upper surface of the supporting member. The print head is provided to print on the sheet print medium fed onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member is configured to guide the sheet print medium to feed the sheet print medium onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member includes at least one guide collar around which the sheet print medium is wound and a guide bar provided in the at least one guide collar so that the at least one guide collar is rotatable around the guide bar. | 10-16-2008 |
20080292382 | GUIDE DEVICES AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A guide device includes a pair of side guides configured to guide a sheet in a first direction, and a sliding mechanism configured to support the side guides and to slide the side guides in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between a first position and a second position. The guide device also includes a pinion rotatably positioned at the tray between the side guides, and a plurality of rack members, in which each of the rack members is connected to and extends from a corresponding one of the side guides in the second direction, and includes a rack which engages the pinion. In addition, each of the rack members is configured to move in the second direction in response to a sliding of the side guides. The guide device further includes a plurality of slide guides positioned at the tray, in which each of the slide guides is configured to guide the rack members when the rack member move in the second direction. The guide device also includes an urging member positioned between at least one of the rack members and a one of the slide guides facing the at least one of the rack members, in which the urging member is configured to urge the at least one of the rack members in the first direction when the side guides are at a predetermined position which is closer to the pinion than the first position which corresponds to a position at which the side guides are a maximum distance from the pinion. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298874 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of guiding a printing medium in a smooth manner by minimizing resistance to the printing medium feed and preventing a developer from adhering and accumulating on a printing medium guide device. The image forming apparatus includes a printing medium guide device to guide a printing medium in a print path to a discharge path or guide the printing medium in the discharge path to a reverse path, and the printing medium guide device includes rollers to rotate by contacting the printing medium. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310907 | Printer - In a printer ( | 12-18-2008 |
20090097897 | MEDIUM FEEDING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A medium feeding unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes: a cassette frame to load a printable medium; a guiding member disposed inside the cassette frame to move in a widthwise direction of the printable medium, and to guide the printable medium; and a stopper disposed rotatably to the cassette frame to regulate movement of the guiding member. | 04-16-2009 |
20100054840 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATION FOR THE VARIATION OF WIDTH OF A FLEXIBLE PRINTING SUBSTRATE AND PRINTING MACHINE THAT COMPRISES SUCH A DEVICE - A device for compensating for the variation in width of a flexible print support ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100166484 | Edge Guide Adjustment System - The invention describes a method and system for correct positioning of a plurality of edge guides of a media source assembly. The system senses the proximity of documents with the plurality of edge guides by employing one or more sensors. Based on the sensed proximity, the one or more sensors provide notifications to the user through one or more indicators. | 07-01-2010 |
20100221058 | Printer - A printer enables setting fanfold paper inserted from a paper inlet to a horizontal transportation path that passes the printing position without paper jams occurring. The horizontal paper transportation path is positioned downstream of a first transportation path that extends from the paper inlet and a second transportation path that extends from a roll paper compartment, all of which are formed inside the printer. An attachment of an access cover to the roll paper compartment forms an intermediate paper path that renders the first and horizontal paper paths continuous at a junction near the convergence of the first and second paper transportation paths. The intermediate paper transportation path not only renders a continuous path for the fanfold paper from the paper inlet to the printing position, it smoothes the flow of the fanfold paper to the horizontal paper transportation path. | 09-02-2010 |
20100239349 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - An apparatus includes a supporting surface including a curved surface that is convex in a direction opposite to gravity, the supporting surface supporting a sheet under the weight of the sheet, wherein an air venting path is disposed at the supporting surface, the air venting path allowing air to be vented from an air space between the supporting surface and the sheet placed on the supporting surface; a holding section holding an end of the sheet, the sheet drooping toward both sides of the supporting surface; and a feeding path through which the sheet is fed from the holding section side to a processing unit. | 09-23-2010 |
20100296856 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a first transport unit; a second transport unit that is installed in a recording portion side of the downstream from the first transport unit and transports the medium to an upstream side and the downstream side; a first transport path that guides the medium between the first transport unit and the second transport unit; a second transport path that reverses both sides of the medium; and a third transport path that is installed on the second transport path, the second transport unit reversely transports the medium to the upstream side at a transport speed V | 11-25-2010 |
20110038658 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus includes a placement surface on which a sheet to be transported is placed; a fixed guide which abuts against one side edge of the sheet; a movable guide which abuts against the other side edge of the sheet; a sheet feeding roller which abuts against a surface of the sheet at a position which is at the side of the fixed guide; an abutment member which is provided on the movable guide. The abutment member has a side surface opposed to the fixed guide in the width direction, and the side surface is formed into a slant shape such that as a portion of the side surface is nearer to the fixed guide in the width direction, a distance between the portion of the side surface and the placement surface is increased. | 02-17-2011 |
20110052302 | PRINTER MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR FEED GUIDE MECHANISMS - A printer having a printer deck and a media support mechanism having a flexible biased mount is provided. In one configuration, the media support mechanism includes an adjustable side guide that is mounted in a biased clamp mechanism. The biased clamp mechanism includes opposing clamps arranged in the same plane that each have two portions with at least one biased toward the other portion. Each opposing clamp includes a top portion and a bottom portion fixed to the printer deck by a shoulder bolt wherein the bottom portion engages a coil spring and is spring biased from the deck toward the top portion of the clamp to engage the mounting portion of the side guide. The coil springs are selected to apply sufficient force to facilitate holding the side guide sufficiently in place during operation and to also allow a reasonable force to adjust the width of the side guide. | 03-03-2011 |
20110182647 | Printer - Provided is a printer capable of minimizing paper jam with a simple configuration, preventing a recording sheet from being caught around a platen roller, and quickly performing removal of the recording sheet. The printer includes: a main unit ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110182648 | PRINTER - The present invention provides method capable of easily correcting inclination of a lenticular sheet. When the front end of the lenticular sheet | 07-28-2011 |
20110188916 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a first convey path; a support member which supports a first recording medium, a second recording medium, and a tray; a second convey path connected to the first convey path; a first guide member partly defining the second convey path; and a posture change mechanism which changes the support member and the first guide member between (a) a first posture in which the first convey path has a height allowing the first recording medium to pass therethrough, and the second convey path has a height allowing the first recording medium to pass therethrough and (b) a second posture in which the first convey path has a height larger than the first height and allowing the second recording medium or the tray to pass therethrough, and the second convey path has a height smaller than the second height. | 08-04-2011 |
20110206441 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a housing configured to accommodating an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet; and a conveying mechanism configured to at least partially define a conveying path for guiding the sheet to the image forming portion, wherein the conveying mechanism includes a first conveying element including an upstream end on which a feeding assembly for feeding the sheet is formed, and a second conveying element confronting the first conveying element to form the conveying path in cooperation with the first conveying element, and the housing includes a rail configured to guide displacement of the second conveying element from a first position where the second conveying element forms the conveying path along the first conveying element to a second position where the second conveying element is away from the first conveying element. | 08-25-2011 |
20110236118 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a tray having a recess, a recording unit, a drive roller, a first driven roller, a second driven roller, a first urging member and a second urging member. The first driven roller is movable between a first basic position to contact the drive roller and press with a first force and a first nip position to press a first portion, corresponding to the recess, with a third force. The second driven roller is movable between a second basic position to contact the drive roller and press with a second force and a second nip position to press a second portion, not corresponding to the recess, with a fourth force. A difference between the first force and the second force is smaller than a difference between the third force and the fourth force, and the third force is smaller than the fourth force. | 09-29-2011 |
20120093559 | INTEGRATED BIDIRECTIONAL URGE UNIT FOR CONTINUOUS FEED PRINTERS - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided an apparatus and method to provide a modification of the paper path in an image forming system including a plurality of printing modules, and having a simplex mode that an image is formed on a front surface of a continuous medium, and a duplex mode that an image is also formed on a rear surface of a continuous medium, the image forming system further comprises a bidirectional urge unit added in the middle of the paper path tunnel. Placement of a bidirectional urge unit allows the continuous medium to be transported in two directions. | 04-19-2012 |
20120114407 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided that includes an image forming unit disposed in a main body and configured to form an image on a recording medium, an output tray provided in the main body and configured to receive the recording medium having an image formed thereon, and an ejection device provided in the main body and configured to eject the recording medium to the output tray. The apparatus may further include a movable sheet guiding member movably attached to the main body and a stationary sheet guiding member disposed downstream of the movable sheet guiding member in a recording medium ejection direction and above the output tray. The movable sheet guiding member can press a recording medium ejected from the ejection device downward, and the stationary sheet guiding member can protrude from the main body. | 05-10-2012 |
20130084121 | PRINTER - A printer comprises a storing section configured to store a label paper attached with a label on backing paper in a peelable way, a printing section prints on the label, a peeling platen roller configured to be rotated by driving force from a driving unit acting through a driving gear and be butted with the backing paper to convey the backing paper, a peeling unit configured to peel the label from the backing paper conveyed by the peeling platen roller, a first guide roller presses the backing paper from a surface opposite to a surface butted with the peeling platen roller and butts the backing paper with the peeling platen roller and a second guide roller presses the backing paper by butting with the backing paper from the surface opposite to the surface butted with the peeling platen roller between the peeling unit and the peeling platen roller. | 04-04-2013 |
20130136521 | PRINT SUBSTRATE EDGE GUIDE - In one example, a device for use in a printer includes a flexible piece and a holder configured to removably attach the piece to a platen that has a surface over which a print substrate is moved through the print zone for printing on the substrate. The piece and the holder are configured to place the piece in tension along the platen surface such that, when the piece is attached to the platen, the piece becomes sufficiently rigid to counter substrate edge curl. | 05-30-2013 |
20130142561 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAING A PICKUP UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a pick-up unit configured to pick up a printing medium stored in a printing medium storage unit and transport the picked printing medium to a printing medium transportation path provided inside a body, the pick-up unit having a pick-up roller to pick up the printing medium in the printing medium storage unit and a forward roller to guide the picked-up printing medium, to the printing medium transportation path, and the body including a guide portion slantingly extending from a lower side of the forward roller toward one side of the forward roller to guide the picked-up printing medium, and a plurality of locking protrusions protruding from the guide portion to prevent a plurality of printing media from being simultaneously entered to a gap between the forward roller and the guide portion. | 06-06-2013 |
20140212198 | PRINTER - This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a first guide member, a second guide member, and a driving gear. The first and second guide members guide a print-receiving medium in a width direction and provided in an advanceable and retreatable manner. The driving gear makes the first and second guide members advance and retreat. The roll storage part comprises a first through-hole for guiding the first guide member in the width direction, and a second through-hole for guiding the second guide member in the width direction. The first guide member comprises a first driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a first sandwiching part holding the first guide member. The second guide member comprises a second driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a second sandwiching part holding the second guide member. | 07-31-2014 |
400644000 | Sheet stripper (e.g., for preventing reentry, etc.) | 2 |
20100239350 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of stripping media from surfaces in apparatuses useful for printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus useful for printing includes a first roll, a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface, the first roll and the outer surface of the belt forming a nip, and a stripping member located internal to the belt. The stripping member includes a first needle bearing, wherein the first needle bearing contacts with the inner surface of the belt to facilitate stripping of media fed to the nip from the outer surface of the belt. | 09-23-2010 |
20130243512 | PRINTER WITH LABEL SELF-STRIPPING MECHANISM - A printer is described herein that is equipped to internally remove the backings off of self-adhesive label paper, exposing an adhesive layer when ejected from the printer. A user desiring to print some sort of indicia on the self-adhesive paper need only initiate printing, and a label with exposed adhesive is ejected from the printer. A print side of the paper is split from a backing inside the printer pulling preceding print sides and backings at certain tensions, thereby creating a particularly effective separation angle. A ribbon break shaft and one or more rollers create the correct tension in the print sides, while a platen roller and cantilever leaf spring create the correct tension in the backings. In some embodiments, the optimal separation angle lies between 19 and 25 degrees. | 09-19-2013 |
400645000 | Sheet holddown member (e.g., "paper-finger", end-of-page holddown, etc.) | 1 |
400645200 | On or with erasing plate or signal or indicator | 1 |
20110222951 | ERASING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET CASSETTE COMMON USE SYSTEM, AND A STORING METHOD OF ERASE-PROCESSED SHEETS - An erasing device includes an image erasing portion that erases an erasable image which is printed on a sheet using an erasable color material, a reusability determination portion that determines whether or not to reuse the sheet obtained by erasing the erasable image by the image erasing portion; a sorting carrying portion that carries the determined sheets to a carrying destination for reusable sheets and a carrying destination for non-reusable sheets according to the determination result from the reusability determination portion; a common sheet cassette that can be used in an image forming apparatus and detachably installed in the carrying destination for reusable sheets, and that stacks and contains the sheets from the sorting carrying portion therein; a storage medium that is installed in the common sheet cassette; and a communication portion that stores information regarding the sheets contained in the common sheet cassette in the storage medium. | 09-15-2011 |
400647000 | Movable sheet table or apron (e.g., detachable, extensible, etc.) | 1 |
20090202284 | PLACING TABLE AND LIQUID BODY DISCHARGE DEVICE - A placing table includes a placing surface on which a substrate is placed; a suction unit which sucks the substrate to the placing surface; a separation unit which separates the substrate from the placing surface; and a rotation unit, being a part of the placing surface and rotating about a vertical axis with respect to the placing surface. In the table, the suction unit sucks the substrate to the placing surface at the rotation unit and the separation unit separates the substrate from a part of the placing surface excluding the rotation unit if the rotation unit is rotated. | 08-13-2009 |