Sheet feeding or delivering inventions 11/05

20050258586 - System and method for supplying media to a device: A system and method for 'supplying media to a device. The novel system includes a first tray for holding a first supply of media, a first mechanism including a shaft adapted to feed media from the first tray to the device when the shaft is rotated in a first direction,...

20050258587 - Sheet conveying device, image forming apparatus and method for conveying sheet: The sheet paper conveying device comprises: paper supply rollers at least part of which rotate to convey the sheet paper in a prescribed direction; separation rollers that rotate in the direction reverse to the sheet paper conveying direction or rotates jointly with the paper supply roller; auxiliary rollers that clamp...

20050258588 - Device and procedure for twisting a coil into perforations of flat components: Described is a device and a procedure to twist a coil into perforations that are provided in the margin sections of flat components, sheets of paper in particular, with a drive that causes the rotation and axial in-feed of the coil, corresponding to the inclination of its helix shape. With...

20050258589 - Starwheel feed apparatus and method: A starwheel feed apparatus and method for feeding and guiding sheets of a web material into a starwheel assembly. In some embodiments, a feeding conveyor is movable to convey sheets at a first velocity toward the starwheel, and a guiding conveyor is located adjacent the starwheel and has a conveying...

20050258590 - Sheet processing apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus takes out postal matters that are inserted by a take-out roller, and separates them in sheets by a feed roller and a reversing roller, and feeds into the apparatus. A cleaning roller having rubber sponges having foamed vesicles in mean diameter 50 to 500 μm is...

20050258591 - Device and method to accelerate and separate as well as spatially align blanks, especially envelope blanks: A device and method are disclosed to accelerate, separate, and spatially align blanks such as, for example, envelope blanks. The device may include at least one stop cylinder body that rotates on an axis (the cylinder body including at least one stop element), and may also include at least one...

20050258592 - Paper sheet takeout apparatus: A paper sheet takeout apparatus has a memory which has several processing modes, and stores parameters of a supply speed of a supply unit, a pressing force of a delivering roller and a separating force of a separating roller for each processing mode, a setting unit which selects one of...

20050253322 - Method and device for stacking sheet material: A spiral slot stacker has a two-part stripper 2 for stripping out sheet material from a stacker wheel 1. The two parts 2a, 2b of the stripper are movable. A first part 2a of the stripper is moved out of the stacker wheel together with the last bank note 100...

20050253323 - Paper feeder and image forming apparatus using the same: A paper feeder for feeding paper in an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The paper feeder includes multiple manual paper feed openings and multiple manual paper feed parts positioned corresponding to the manual paper feed openings. The manual paper feed openings and the manual paper feed parts are provided in...

20050253324 - Roller press: A portable roller press can be configured with a suction base to stabilize the press during operation. The suction base can allow for the roller press to remain stationary when feeding cutting or embossing dies or templates through the rollers. Substantially the entire bottom surface of the roller press can...

20050253325 - Sheet feeding device: A sheet feeding roller has an outer circumferential face which includes a generally flat portion and a curved portion. A first pivotable member is movable between a first position and a second position in accordance with the rotation of the sheet feeding roller. The first pivotable member has a first...

20050253326 - Feeding apparatus having a feed-in-roller arranged to move in a linear direction to prevent curling of the leading edge of a paper during the feeding operation: A paper-feeding mechanism includes a paper tray to receive a stack of papers therein, and a paper-separating plate disposed below and extending frontwardly from the paper tray. A feed-in roller is disposed in front of the paper tray in such a manner that rotation of the feed-in roller results in...

20050253327 - Printer paper tray: A paper tray (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) for holding a stack of sheets of paper in a printer (540, 640, 740, 840) is provided. The paper tray includes an actuator (221, 421, 521, 621, 721, 821), which is moveable between an engaged position by insertion of...

20050253328 - Device and method for optionally drawing in a cutout from a stack of several cutouts, or taking over a cutout from a separating cutting machine: A device for optionally or selectively drawing in a cutout from a stack of several cutouts, or taking over a cutout from a separating cutting device, which separates the cutout from a material web, includes a vacuum guide roller by means of which the cutout coming from the stack or...

20050253329 - Apparatus and method for conveying sheet member: In a facsimile device, a CPU determines whether or not a recording sheet is conveyed normally based on the conveyance state detected by a detecting portion. When the CPU determines that the recording sheet has been conveyed normally, the CPU increases the conveying speed in a stepwise manner based on...

20050248077 - Wheel for feeding sheet members and feed roller using the same: A wheel for a feed roller for feeding sheet members includes an annular wheel body and a plurality of protrusions protruded from a circumferential periphery of the annular wheel body. The present invention is also to provide a feed roller for feeding sheet members, which use the wheels. The feed...

20050248078 - Method of controlling sheet feeder apparatus: A sheet feeder apparatus is controlled for sequentially feeding sheets to a predetermined processing position. A detection signal of a sheet stacked in a rise and lower tray located at a lower limit position is received before receiving a feed signal to start feeding of the sheet. Upon receiving the...

20050248079 - Device and method for forming a stack of sheets on a delivery surface: A method and device for forming a stack of sheets including a delivery surface, and also a stop and a pusher element movable in the direction of the stop, and also a guide which can occupy a first and a second position, in which the first position a sheet can...

20050248080 - Shut-off valve and method of shutting off opening of vacuum chamber: A shut-off valve disposed between openings formed to a vacuum chamber includes a casing, a valve body disposed inside the casing and having a shaft rotating around a central axis of the valve body, a drive unit for driving the valve body to rotate the shaft, and an open/close mechanism...

20050248081 - Configuration for the transport and simultaneous alignment of sheets: A configuration for the transport and simultaneous alignment of sheets has a straightedge, at least one conveyor belt disposed slightly at an angle to the straightedge in the direction of movement of the sheets, and an air suction device. The conveyor belt exhibits open transverse slots on its upper side...

20050248082 - Folder: A folder includes a cutter for cutting a web of material into signatures, a folding device for producing at least one fold in a signature cut from the web of material, at least one delivery device and one conveyor path for directly feeding the cut signatures to the delivery device...

20050248083 - Conveyor belt, sheet feeding device, and image forming apparatus including the sheet feeding device: A sheet feeding device includes a conveyor belt having a first row of a plurality of convex portions intermittently arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the conveyor belt in a sheet conveying direction. The sheet feeding device further includes a plurality of rollers around which the conveyor belt is...

20050248084 - Device for successively transporting sheets in a platen press: A device for successively transporting sheets in a platen press includes gripper bars with respective ends fixedly attached to two flexible of endless loop elements. Each loop element is engaged respectively with an intermittent drive wheel and at least one free wheel. A rectangular working chase and a movable platen...

20050248085 - Discharge sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a first position and a second position overlying the first position,...

20050242484 - Vertical collating machine: There are provided a plurality of sheet feeding units 2a to 2d arranged in a vertical direction at spacing therebetween, a vertical sheet conveyance path G arranged oppositely with the sheet outlets 12a to 12d of the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d, conveyance means 1 and 6 for sequentially...

20050242485 - Recording medium feeder and image recording device: A recording medium feeder includes: a tray on which a plurality of recording medium are to be stacked; a feed roller that feeds the recording medium stacked on the tray; a first friction member provided on the tray and having high friction coefficient; and a second friction member provided on...

20050242486 - Paper feeding apparatus for printer having double feed prevention unit: A paper feeding apparatus of a printer is provided and includes a double feed prevention unit. The paper feeding apparatus includes a finger unit for generating a curl at a front edge portion of the paper picked up by the pick-up roller. The finger unit presses the front edge portion...

20050242488 - Feeder device having adjustably flexible gate apparatus and associated method: A feeder device for feeding a unit of media from a stack of media to a receiving apparatus is provided. The feeder device comprises a drive mechanism for driving the media in a feed direction through an opening defined by a gate apparatus. The opening extends from a first to...

20050242487 - Feeder device having increased media capacity and multiple media thickness feed capability and associated method: A feeder device is provided, comprising a drive mechanism for driving a media unit in a feed direction, the media unit being provided from a stack of media units by a hopper including upstream and downstream hopper members. A directing member associated with the upstream hopper member engages the trailing...

20050242489 - Image recording material supply apparatus and method: For replacing a cassette 9 in an automatic loader section 4, an operation of retracting the cassette 9 to a cassette accommodation section 3 is performed in parallel with an operation of inserting a new cassette 9 from the cassette accommodation section 3 to the automatic loader section 4. Accordingly,...

20050242490 - Method of producing a printed, bound document: A method of producing a bound document of printed sheets includes the step of sequentially feeding each sheet along a paper path. Each sheet is sequentially printed. An adhesive is applied to each sheet. The sheets are sequentially stacked to adhere to each other....

20050242491 - Plate feeding apparatus: Plate feeding apparatus for feeding plates from a plate stack is described. The apparatus comprises a deflectable separator and a feed member. In use, the feed member is adapted to urge the endmost plate in the stack against the separator, thereby causing deflection of the separator so as to allow...

20050242492 - Media cassette of printing apparatus: Provided is a removably detachable portable media cassette for a printing apparatus. The media cassette of a printing apparatus includes a loading case to load a first medium. A spacer is detachably installed on the loading case to guide two or more media having different sizes from that of the...

20050242493 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveying apparatus with a skew feed correcting device including a first guide supporting one side edge of the sheet, an aligning device provided in the first guide and having an abutment portion and a first roller pair for causing the sheet to abut the abutment portion, a contact-separation...

20050242494 - Apparatus for conveying sheets through a printing machine: An apparatus for conveying sheets through a printing machine allows driving a sheet transport belt obliquely with respect to the conveying direction with a simple configuration. At least one deflection roller has a conical running surface (with or without a crowned face). At least one belt travels over deflection rollers,...

20050242496 - Colour proofer with curl control means: A large format printer using web fed material is able to cope with roll fed material and sheets having residual curl. An anti-curl guidance device counteracts curl when feeding the medium to a second transport system. The medium is held flat by a vacuum system and during re-feeding of the...

20050242495 - Paper discharge device for printer: A paper discharge device for printer according to the present invention has a paper guide 4 that comprises a paper holding portion 41 for holding paper P with a paper guide surface 3 therebetween at a longitudinally intermediate position A of the paper guide surface 3 in front of a...

20050242497 - Conveyor apparatus: A conveyor apparatus includes a receiving clearance adjustment mechanism for adjusting the vertical clearance between portions of downstream-side upper belts, the portion being located furthest upstream with respect to the conveyance direction of signatures, and upstream-side lower belts. The conveyor apparatus also includes a separation start position adjustment mechanism for...

20050242498 - Delivery: Included are: a fan wheel for holding and rotationally transporting signatures delivered from a printing press; a pair of side guides for restricting the signatures in the width direction which are held in the fan wheel; a side-guide rodless air cylinder for moving a side guide between side-guide guide positions...

20050242499 - Arrangement for handling banknotes and/or other documents: An arrangement for handling banknotes comprises a magazine (13) containing a plurality of magazine pockets (18). Each pocket (18) has an infeed and outfeed opening (26) through which a banknote can be fed in into or fed out from the pocket (18). Furthermore, each pocket is provided with means (27)...