Sheet feeding or delivering inventions 10/07

20070246878 - Sheet transport apparatus: A sheet transport apparatus includes a pair of transporting rollers, a table and a table drive mechanism. The pair of transporting rollers consist of a driving roller and a driven roller. On the table are stacked a plurality of recording media to be supplied to the pair of transporting rollers.... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20070246879 - Sheet conveying apparatus, image scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A disclosed sheet conveying apparatus includes a first conveying unit configured to convey a sheet in a first sheet conveying direction; and a second conveying unit arranged on a downstream side of the first conveying unit in the first sheet conveying direction and configured to convey the sheet conveyed by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070246880 - Methods for moving a media sheet within an image forming device: The present application is directed to methods and devices for determining a media level in an input area within an image forming device. In one embodiment, a support section configured to hold a stack of media sheets is positioned in the image forming device. A pick mechanism is positioned to... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20070246881 - Device for conveying sheet-type flat items: A feed conveyor feeds in flat items to a discharge conveyor that discharges the same. A joint upper belt conveyor extends across feed-in and discharge regions and has a lower belt section above the feed and discharge conveyors. An operating mechanism moves a lower belt section of the joint upper... Agent: Venable LLP

20070241493 - Transfer device for tissues, napkins and the like: A transfer device for sheet products, comprising at least one drum which rotates about its own axis and is provided with retention apparatus adapted to retain the products so that they adhere to its outer surface along at least one portion of its rotation, and at least one star conveyor... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070241494 - Method and device for feeding sheets to a user machine: A method and device for feeding sheets to a user machine, whereby the sheets, arranged in a stack along a channel having a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis, are fed to a single-sheet pickup member by dividing the stack into an output portion, an intermediate portion, and an input portion; pushing... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070241495 - Paper sheet stacking apparatus and paper sheet post processing apparatus: There is described a paper sheet post processing apparatus that includes a paper sheet stacking apparatus in which the paper sheet stacking operation can be smoothly and stably conducted during a high-speed post processing of paper sheets. The paper sheet stacking apparatus includes: a paper sheet stacking tray that is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070235918 - Paper-pickup clutch of automatic paper-feeding device: A paper-pickup clutch of an automatic paper-feeding device includes a clamping member and a clamping-force adjusting member and can be applied to image processors such as printers, copiers or scanners. The automatic paper-feeding device includes a shaft and a paper-pickup mechanism transmitted to picking up paper by the shaft. The... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070235919 - Paper transportation device: In a paper transportation device, a separation pressure adjusting screw is provided in a transportation device main body under a separating pad holder. One end of a coil spring makes contact with the separation pressure adjusting screw, and another end of the coil spring makes contact with a position located... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20070235920 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped therewith: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a regulating member, provided along a feeding path in a feeding direction of the sheet, for regulating a widthwise position of a sheet by being abutted by an edge of the sheet; a sheet turning mechanism including a first pair of first driving roller and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070235921 - Advancing a media sheet along a media path: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for advancing a media sheet are shown and described in which a media sheet is urged along a media path toward a first position and a second position. The second position is downstream from the first position along the media path. As a leading... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070235922 - Sheet feeder: A sheet feeder includes: a feeding roller for feeding a sheet; a press member for pressing the sheet against the feeding roller; and a double feed detector for detecting double feed of the sheets when the sheets are fed in superimposition; wherein the feeding roller and the press member are... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070235923 - Sheet feeder, feed roller system and method: A sheet feed roller system for reversing the sheet contact side of a sheet feed mechanism for an offset printing press. A traction roller is attached to a pivot shaft in the place of an idler roller. A non-traction roller is attached in the place of a drive roller. A... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070235924 - Paper sheet supplying apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same: There is described a paper sheet supplying apparatus that supplies paper sheets one by one to the image forming apparatus and conducts the dehumidifying operation of paper sheets only when a specific kind of paper sheets are accommodated in the paper sheet accommodating section, so as to achieve a high... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070235925 - Constant lead edge paper inverter system: A printing apparatus capable of duplex imaging that maintains the lead edge of a sheet constant, is disclosed. The printing apparatus includes a first transport path to route a sheet along a processing direction, an edge position detector to detect a lead edge of the sheet, a marking device that... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070228635 - Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus: In a sheet storing portion, a sheet tray which supports a sheet and a side regulating plate which moves depending on a sheet size to regulate a side end of the sheet are arranged. A notched portion to make it possible to move the side regulating plate is formed in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228636 - Sheet-feeding device and image-forming apparatus: A sheet-feeding device and an image-forming apparatus incorporating the same. The sheet-feeding device includes a device body, a sheet storage unit that is detachably mounted in the device body, a tray for mounting sheets, the tray being provided at the sheet storage unit and being movable up and down, an... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070228639 - Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a sheet feeding apparatus which separates and feed a sheet one by one using a loosening fan which blows air from an air blowing portion for loosening the sheet on a tray. The rotating speed of the sheet loosening fan is adjusted while the sheet... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228638 - Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus: A sheet feeding device which blows air to placed sheets, separates and conveys the sheets includes a sheet containing portion which contains the sheets, an air blowing portion which blows air to the sheets contained in the sheet containing portion, and an air supply unit which supplies air to the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228640 - Image forming apparatus: A sheet surface detecting mechanism, which detects the upper surface of sheets stacked on a tray, including: a sensor disposed in a position spaced apart from a conveying portion; a pivotal sensor flag turning the sensor ON/OFF; and a sheet surface detecting member being disposed in parallel with the sheets... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228637 - High speed printer with gas-operated sheet feeding: A high speed printer for printing on sheets of porous media supplied from a stack of such sheets includes opposed pagewidth printheads. A sheet pick-up assembly is positioned operatively upstream of the pagewidth printheads. The sheet pick-up assembly has a gas conduit in fluid communication with a reversible gas supply,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070228642 - Image recording apparatus: In an image recording apparatus, a feed roller pair including a drive roller and a pinch roller is disposed on an upstream side of a sheet feed direction from an image recording unit. The pinch roller is rotatably supported in a pinch roller holder so as to press in contact... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070228641 - Recording medium conveying device: According to an aspect of the present invention, a recording medium conveying device includes a feeding roller that feeds a recording medium, a conveying guide that guides the recording medium fed by the feeding roller in a U-shape, a conveying roller that conveys the recording medium passing through the conveying... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070228643 - Sheet feeder: A sheet feeder includes: a roller, operable to rotate so as to feed a sheet in a feeding direction; a pad, operable to press the sheet against the roller; and a rotatable presser, having a pressing projection held in contact with a first surface of the pad and a pressing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070228644 - Image processing devices: An image processing device includes a first and second rotating member configured to selectively rotate between an open position and a closed position, and a first and second actuator configured to rotate in sync with the first rotating member and the second rotating member, respectively. The image processing device also... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070228645 - Sheet feeding apparatus with buffer system: A sheet feeding apparatus with a buffer system is disclosed, in which a sheet feeding drum has a certain rotational speed regardless of the size of the sheet to feed a plurality of sheets to a sheet finisher and eject the sheets after exactly aligning them. The sheet feeding apparatus... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070228646 - Sheet conveyance apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A presser member which abuts on a sheet which passes through a sheet conveyance path, and rotates toward a sheet conveyance direction while being pressed by the sheet is provided rotatably in the sheet conveyance path where the sheet conveyed to a sheet stack portion passes, and a move portion... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070228647 - Sheet conveyor, image forming apparatus having sheet conveyor, and sheet conveying method: A sheet conveyor includes a first roller and a second roller pressurized to the first roller to hold and convey a sheet, wherein when the sheet is held between the first roller and the second roller, the first roller and second roller are separated at a space equivalent to a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070228648 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: An image forming apparatus for discharging a sheet from a discharge port to a sheet tray, includes a main unit provided with a discharge port and movably provided with a sheet tray to hold the sheet discharged from the discharge port, a drive unit to start movement of the sheet... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070228649 - Printing device that controls discharge roller based on thickness of recording medium: A printing device includes a printing unit, a discharge roller, and a roller controller. The printing unit performs printing on a recording medium at a printing position. The discharge roller is configured to rotatably contact the recording medium on which the printing unit has performed printing, thereby discharging the recording... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760