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7631858 Folded portion flattening unit, post-treatment device, and image forming apparatus  
A folded portion flattening unit includes: a sheet conveyance unit that conveys a booklet including a folded sheet with a folded portion in a lead toward a predetermined conveyance direction; a...
7628388 Postprocessing apparatus and image forming system  
A postprocessing apparatus includes: a housing to which a recording sheet is fed from a predetermined upstream device; a first postprocessing mechanism mounted in the housing and adapted for...
7621517 Re-circulating paper accumulator  
There is disclosed a sheet re-circulating accumulator ( 10 ) comprising: an inlet feed path ( 20 ) to an accumulation location ( 30 ); an outlet feed path ( 40 ); a sheet circulation path ( 60 )...
7611134 Cutter sequencing method and apparatus  
An improved apparatus and method for cutting and processing sheets from a web of printed material comprising first and second side-by-side portions of sheets along a length of the web. A first...
7611136 Document stream merging method and apparatus  
A collation control mechanism is used to transfer a collation from a dual accumulator to an exit nip of a collation machine. The collation control mechanism has a middle drum and two side rollers...
7607651 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus  
The object of the present invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus for passing sheets between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a binder that is fixed on a intermediate stacking portion...
7588241 Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing method, image forming apparatus, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program  
A sheet processing apparatus which can be reduced in size and suppress cost increase by preventing sheet buckling and jamming. Sheets stacked on an insert tray of a sheet processing apparatus are...
7584948 Sheet processing apparatus and control method therefor  
A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of accurately superimposing or aligning sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus during buffering even when the space intervals between the...
7566051 Sheet post-processing unit and image forming apparatus  
A sheet post-processing unit usable in an image forming apparatus includes a sheet stacking device; a sheet conveying device including at least one roller rotatably supported by an arm movably and...
7543805 Bookbinding system, image forming apparatus and bookbinding apparatus  
A bookbinding system wherein, when additional printing is conducted on a cover sheet which has been printed thereon outside an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus is provided with...
7527255 Image forming apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and method of controlling the sheet processing apparatus  
An image forming apparatus which enables the user to easily remove a sheet bundle left in the apparatus after a bookbinding-mode job is stopped in the middle of execution thereof. In a bookbinding...
7497424 Image forming apparatus and bookbinding system  
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet includes a reading unit that reads a plurality of original document sheets, a supply unit that supplies a sheet for a cover and a sheet for...
7497425 Sheet post-processing apparatus  
A sheet post-processing apparatus ( 1 ) includes a punching unit (P), an end-binding unit (S) which aligns end portions of a sheet bundle piled on a processing tray ( 2 ) and performs a stapling...
7487959 Eject mechanism with grip in finisher  
An eject mechanism with a grip in a finisher is disclosed, in which papers ejected from a digital output device are temporarily stacked on a paper eject tray and exactly aligned so that the papers...
7472901 Sheet processing apparatus with controller for controlling sheet supply unit  
The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet holding device capable of storing supplied sheets, a first sheet stacking tray on which sheets are stacked at a...
7451978 Continuously adjustable paper path guide deck  
A guide deck for use with a sheet processing device having a paper path. The adjustable paper path guide deck apparatus includes a first roller proximal the input end and a second roller proximal...
7451695 Apparatus for pressing sheet-like printed products  
An apparatus serves for pressing sheet-like printed products, in particular for pressing folded printed products. The apparatus has a first pair of pressing rollers, with a first, lower pressing...
7434797 Recording media processing device and image forming device  
The present invention comprises a shunting roller 41 , and when recording media P, which is output from an image forming device main body 11 , is stacked as a stack of recording media and staple...
7431280 Method and device for forming groups of flat articles  
Groups are formed from flat articles being supplied in a plurality of supply streams by combining the supply streams to form a group stream, and by separating article groups from the head end of...
7427059 Paper handling system materials exit path arrangement  
A materials handling system includes an insertion subsystem for inserting materials into envelopes to form mailpieces of a first type and mailpieces of a second type. The materials handling syatem...
7413178 Sheet processing apparatus and control method therefor  
A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of accurately superimposing or aligning sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus during buffering even when the space intervals between the...
7389985 Tray locking system for accepting sheets  
A multi-bin sheet collection system comprising at least one secured stacking bin operatively configured to secure imaged sheets from general purview.
7380779 Sheet processing system  
A sheet processing system comprises a plurality of sheet processing devices, a primary sheet conveyance path, a secondary sheet conveyance path, and a controller which controls the sheet processing...
7306214 Paper handling apparatus  
A paper handling apparatus is disclosed, having a first path that guides paper to a processing tray; a second path in which the paper is set aside; and a transportation unit that transports the...
7300046 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same  
A sheet processing apparatus including a first sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets thereon, a second sheet stacking portion provided downstream of the first sheet stacking portion with...
7240898 Post-processing device and post-processing method  
The state of post-processing operation is detected, and a drive signal is limited based on the result of detection for a predetermined period after the start of the post-processing operation (for...
7204482 Printer with a page binding apparatus  
The present invention relates to a printer with an apparatus for binding pages. The apparatus includes a tray having a support surface for supporting a stack of pages. The support surface is...
7195240 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A sheet processing apparatus comprising a stack means for stacking sheets to be fed; a feeding path comprising guide members for feeding the sheets to the stack means, disposed facing with each...
7192020 Sheet processing apparatus for storing supplied sheets while preceding sheet are processed  
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a buffer unit which stores plural supplied sheets with upstream edges in a conveying direction thereof aligned; a processing tray on which sheets discharged...
7185883 Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A sheet treating apparatus including, a conveying device for conveying sheets, a sheet stack tray for stacking the sheets conveyed by the conveying device, a sensor detecting the sheets conveyed to...
7175173 Finisher with increased conveyance speed  
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus capable of conveying a recording sheet at a predetermined speed; at least one finisher capable of conveying the sheet eject from the...
7158858 Method to determine when a media handling system configuration is valid and a media handling system arranged in accordance with the same method  
A media handling system comprises a configuration of N linked modules. Each module has an order based on the module's linkage in the configuration. Thus, a first module of order 1 links to a second...
7111839 Sheet stacking device and image forming apparatus  
The present invention relates to a sheet stacking device which stacks sheets thereon, comprising: a buffer unit which allows a preceding sheet to temporarily stay so as to superimpose the preceding...
7100911 Method and apparatus for assembling a stack of sheet articles from multiple input paths  
An apparatus for assembling a plurality of sheet articles into a document includes a plurality of individual sheet input paths along which one or more sheet articles can be advanced, and a central...
7080830 Sheet processing apparatus with multiple conveying units  
The invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including a sheet processing portion for processing a sheet, and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet to the sheet processing portion,...
7014730 Selective card diverting  
Cards may be singly fed along a primary lane so that a batch of cards is fed along the primary lane. One or more cards may be selectively diverted from the primary lane to a secondary lane such...
7000665 Stacking apparatus and method for assembly of polymer batteries  
A stacking apparatus and a method for assembly of electrochemical cells. The stacking apparatus includes at least one stacking head having an adjustable holding member adapted to hold an...
6873426 Method and apparatus to provide alternate or abstract finishing to a print job  
A printing system alternately provides both literal finishing and abstract finishing to a print job. The printing system includes a user interface for supplying print job information including...
6796558 Sheet collector with next stack stop  
In a method for transporting sheets of paper the individual sheets are conveyed successively in a conveying direction to a stop unit and at least one sheet is held at the stop unit to form a set at...
6793113 Universal and precise stapling method and apparatus  
A universal and precise stapling assembly is provided and includes (a) a moveable stapling head for driving staples at precise locations through an aligned set of sheets on any one of plural types...
6730870 Flat bed sorter  
Large items such as magazines or large envelopes lie flat upon and are transported by a first conveyor in a first, transverse direction until they sequentially encounter a frustoconical member...
6669384 Printing apparatus  
In a printing apparatus in which a sheet handling device for conducting plural kinds of post processing is connected to a subsequent stage of an image forming device, a plurality of sheet feeding...
6666443 Sheet finisher having stapler and image forming apparatus for use therewith  
In a sheet finisher having a stacker for sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus and a stapler for stacked sheets, the sheet finisher further has a conveying timing adjustment section...
6648319 Apparatus for collating sheets  
Sheet collation apparatus is disclosed in which an initial sheet (A 1 ) from a sheet feeder ( 4 ) is advanced to a collation station ( 10 ), reversed into an accumulation station ( 8 ) and then...
6634641 Sheet discharge apparatus, sheet finishing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same  
An apparatus prevents unwanted stop caused by erroneous detection of a sheet when the sheet bends during a sheet bundle alignment or stapling. The apparatus includes a control device for ignoring a...
6629690 Apparatus and method for conveying a product  
An apparatus and method for high-speed conveying of product along a product conveying path and permitting products of different widths to be conveyed utilize six primary assemblies: outer rail...
6568676 Removable turnbar in a sheet accumulator  
A turnbar for use in a sheet accumulator having an accumulating assembly which causes sheets serially and separately entering an entry point to overlap each other to form a stack at an exit point....
6481711 Fast inkjet printer having multiple output trays  
An output mechanism for use with an inkjet printer for printing a multi-page document, including plural paper-receiving output trays; a controller for determining the total number of pages, the...
6460842 Device for superposing sheets of paper or the like  
A device for superposing sheets of paper comprising a lower vacuum conveyance unit for one row of sheets of paper (R 1 ) and an upper vacuum conveyance unit for another row of sheets of paper (R 2...
6460844 Cut sheet streamer and merger  
An apparatus for selectively streaming and merging side-by-side sheets is provided. In general, sheets enter in a side-by-side orientation onto an input feed surface and are directed selectively...
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