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7547010 Image forming system, image forming device, post-processor, and program  
An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of...
7527260 Closed loop scuffer for sheet handling  
This is a paper-handling system using a motor driven frictional drive element to push a paper sheet into a compiling tray. The tray has a registration wall where a paper sheet is abutted to align a...
7510184 Paper thickness measuring device for a rotary paper feeding device  
A paper thickness measuring device for use in a rotary paper feeding device having a rotating cylindrical drum. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a gripper is mounted on the...
7487965 Multi-sheet in-line deformation binding apparatus  
An apparatus for fabricating a multi-sheet mailpiece including a compiler, and axial and radial deformation binding mechanisms. The compiler includes a sheet feeding apparatus and registration...
7489897 Recording medium output apparatus and image forming apparatus  
In a recording medium output apparatus that is assembled to an image forming apparatus and outputs a sheet-like recording medium being transported onto a stack tray on which recording media are...
7487964 Sheet finisher for an image forming apparatus  
A sheet finishing apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a discharging member configured to discharge recording media. A tray is configured to receive the discharged recording media. A...
7481427 Automatic document feeder  
An automatic document feeder of the present invention is provided with a turning/discharging path in a reversing path in order to read images on both sides of documents in lengths less than the...
7475874 Sheet processing apparatus and sheet bundle alignment method  
When a new paper sheet is supplied onto a compiling tray, a sub-paddle holds down paper sheets having already been stacked on the compiling tray until a leading edge of the new paper sheet S...
7448615 Sheet processing apparatus featuring relatively-displaced stapled sheet bundles and related method  
A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveyor for conveying sheets; a first loader for loading a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets conveyed by the sheet conveyor; a lateral...
7438289 Sheet material stacking apparatus  
A sheet material stacking apparatus comprises a shift sensor configured to detect the sheet conveyed by a branching path, a drop-down checking sensor configured to detect that sheet which reaches a...
7370861 Sheet holding apparatus and sheet transport apparatus equipped with the same  
A detection sensor detects a position of a level detection lever that touches an uppermost sheet of sheets stacked on a holding tray, and a computing device counts the number of sheets that have...
7333224 System and method for managing printed documents  
The present invention provides a system and method for managing printed documents. The method includes receiving a print request, assigning an identifier to a print job associated with the print...
7318585 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus to reverse a sheet, includes a branched conveyance path branched from a connection point between an entry and conveyance path and a reversal and conveyance path provided...
7296791 Image forming apparatus, sheet containing device, sheet inserting device, book-binding system, and sheet processing apparatus  
There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing input errors and eliminating the necessity of complicated input operations in making settings for a sheet mixing operation...
7270324 Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A sheet stacking apparatus including a sheet stacking tray for stacking sheets thereon, a first abutting member for abutting against the upper surface of the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking...
7255340 Sheet stack ejecting apparatus, image forming apparatus, and sheet stack processing apparatus  
It is intended to provide a sheet stack ejecting apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a sheet stack processing apparatus applicable to ejection of a sheet stack while ejection errors are...
7232122 Jam detection method and system for an inserter  
A document assembly system with jam detection capability. The system including an accumulation chassis having a series of pusher fingers for pushing collations of documents. Above the chassis,...
7210682 Sheet distributor, image recorder, and a sheet distributing method  
The invention provides a sheet distributor and a sheet distributing method. The sheet distributor with which supplied sheets of a specified length are distributed to a plurality of lines of sheets,...
7201372 Sheet accumulator systems and methods  
Sheet accumulator systems and methods are provided for forming a stack of under-accumulated sheets. The method can include advancing sheets in a predetermined sequence and under-accumulating a...
7080834 Sheets reversing controller and control method  
A sheet reversing controller has a first conveying path for conveying sheets in the first direction, sensors to detect lengths of sheets in the conveying direction; a reversing portion comprising a...
7044902 Printing press folder and folder components  
A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a...
7011306 Sheet processing unit and image forming apparatus  
The present invention discloses a sheet processing unit which can control the timing in conveying successively fed sheets to a sheet ejecting mechanism in accordance with operating conditions. The...
6959859 Banknote validator with improved drive path  
The banknote validator has an efficient drive path for moving banknotes through a validating head past a series of sensors. A series of sets of drive rollers are commonly connected by a gear train...
6796557 Sheet processing apparatus having a plurality of calculation sections  
There is disclosed a processing apparatus of sheets using an accumulation device of a vaned wheel system including a vaned wheel having a plurality of blades arranged at a predetermined interval in...
6786483 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system having the same  
There is provided a sheet processing apparatus that is capable of preventing sheets conveyed to the sheet processing apparatus from being skewed, wrinkled, damaged, or jammed, and prevent sheets...
6776407 Device for the stacking of flexible objects  
The present invention relates to a system and method for stacking objects in a stack. The objects may be flat flexible objects with front and back edges being narrower than side walls. Accordingly,...
6755414 Paper sheet feeder  
A paper sheet feeder ( 1 ), comprising a bill feeding means ( 4 ) having a motor ( 11 ) for feeding a bill (A) as a paper sheet along a bill feeding route ( 2 ), a bill detection sensor ( 15 )...
6749194 Drop pocket stack height and object count monitoring system and method  
A mail handling system that imports data from a thickness measurement device regarding the thickness of a substantially flat mail article, counts the number of flat articles deposited on the top...
6672586 Sheet processing apparatus and method of controlling same, sheet processing method, and storage media therefor  
A sheet processing apparatus is provided, which is capable of achieving high quality processing and maintaining high productivity without giving rise to problems such as sheet jam or damage of...
6655680 Document sensor and sensing method  
A sensor for detecting the entrance of a document into a sheet feeder. The document sensor is attached to the sheet feeder. The document sensor comprises a printed circuit board, a key peg and a...
6644652 Motion control for sheets in a duplex loop of a printing apparatus  
In a printing apparatus capable of producing duplex, or two-sided, prints, print sheets which have received a first-side image move to an inverter and a duplex loop which re-feeds the sheet to...
6634296 Printer document presenter apparatus and method  
A kiosk printer for unattended operation is equipped with a presenter to prevent a user from prematurely trying to remove a printed document. The presenter has motor driven feed rollers and a...
6623001 Sheet stacking apparatus and method for controlling the feed of sheet material into a stacking wheel  
In a sheet stacking apparatus, in particular spiral slot stacker, one determines the relative position of a group of sheets 7 A, 7 B, for example distance t a between the sheets or total length...
6585263 Deceleration drum assembly containing air guides  
A deceleration drum assembly has a deceleration drum with at least one gripper for gripping and transporting signatures. A guide surface assembly is provided which produces a fluid flow for...
6574013 Facsimile machine with paper sensor for stacker  
A facsimile machine has a stacker to which printed pages are delivered, and a paper sensor that senses whether the stacker is empty. The facsimile machine clears an internal page count to zero when...
6554273 Method and device for forming a wad of individual sheets  
In the case of a method of, and an apparatus for, forming a bundle of individual sheets, in particular banknotes ( 98 ), which are drawn off individually from a sheet-storage container, fed, via a...
6508463 Method and apparatus for staging envelopes  
A method and apparatus for staging envelopes in a mail insertion machine. In the mail insertion machine, envelopes are moved into an envelope inserting area one at a time with the flap of the...
6494447 Stacker wheel control apparatus and method utilizing start-stop synchronization  
An inspection and/or processing apparatus for sheets such as banknotes includes a stacker wheel arrangement in which, rather than continuously rotating the stacker wheel and decelerating or...
6491492 Batch sheet feeder  
A shingling nip roll is added between an infeed conveyor and a reciprocating table. The nip roll slows the speed of the sheets thereby reducing bruising and buckling as sheets are ejected to the...
6454255 Recirculating gripper accumulator having a circular paper path  
A sheet accumulator has a circular paper path and a compact design. Individual sheets of paper moving along a main linear path are diverted into the accumulator one by one, and each sheet enters a...
6446956 Paper discharge device for a printer  
A paper discharge device for a printer has a housing having a circular inside guide wall, a paper inlet, a paper taking out opening, a paper discharge opening, and a paper discharge space. A paper...
6443448 Speed changing device  
The invention relates to a device to change the speed of individual flat shipments that are jammed and displaced one behind the other on a two-part conveyance system. In order to carry out any...
6403908 Automated method and apparatus for playing card sequencing, with optional defect detection  
An automated method and apparatus for sequencing and/or inspecting decks of playing cards is presented. The method and apparatus utilizes pattern recognition technology or other image comparison...
6394448 Sheet discharging apparatus and a sheet discharging method  
A sheet discharging apparatus including a sheet discharging device which discharges a sheet on a sheet discharging tray. A sheet tip portion guide device holds thereupon a tip portion of the sheet...
6390464 Media handling devices and media handling methods  
The present invention relates to media handling devices and media handling methods. One aspect of the invention provides a media handling method including providing a media handling device having...
6378860 Collection tray overload detection and recovery  
A system has a media handler to transports media (e.g., paper, transparencies, etc.) from an input bin through a processing unit to a collection tray. A tray adjustment mechanism moves the...
6311973 Paper stacker apparatus used with facsimile device  
An apparatus for dropping paper sheets at a predetermined paper-stack position when the paper sheets are ejected from a facsimile device includes a conveyor belt which carries the paper sheets, a...
6264189 Sheet process apparatus  
The present invention provides a sheet process apparatus comprising a sheet discharge means for discharging a sheet, a first stacking means for stacking the sheet discharged by the sheet discharge...
6230596 Method of and apparatus for conveying flat pieces of a web  
An apparatus for advancing positions of a web material has a first transporter at which the pieces are separated from a web, a clamp which transfers the pieces to the plane of a second transporter...
6206363 Catch tray attachment for sheet feeding machine  
A catch tray attachment for a sheet feeding machine allows rapid accumulation and manual removal of a predetermined count of sheet articles from the catch tray. The catch tray itself is adapted for...
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