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Sheet feeding or delivering February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/09

20090051099 - Print media registration system and method: A system for registering print media includes a media tray configured to hold a plurality of sheets of print media, a pick assembly configured to pick a sheet of the print media from the media tray and route the sheet to a media path, and a registration assembly positioned in... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090051100 - Paper transport device, paper processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A paper transport device is configured to independently drive a paper ejecting roller when predetermined abnormal events occur. When paper-jamming occurs and if no paper is present downstream of a jammed paper or a preceding paper that is present most downstream is located upstream of a predetermined position, the paper... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090051101 - image forming apparatus, sheet size detection device, and sheet size detection method: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet size detection device including a sheet width direction regulating member, a sheet conveyance direction regulating member, two levers, a detection sensor, and a pattern supplementing device. The levers each have a concavo-convex pattern and interlock with the regulating members, respectively, and are superimposed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090051102 - Apparatus for handling documents of value: An apparatus for handling documents of value comprises at least a first device, which has a transport path portion, along which a document of value is transported to and/or from the first device and/or into the first device, at least a second device, which has a transport path portion, along... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090051103 - Apparatus for receiving and distributing cash: The present invention relates to methods and systems for receiving and distributing currency. In particular, the present invention provides a novel apparatus for the inflow and outflow of a variety of currency. The systems of the present invention are capable of recycling a variety of currency from multiple countries and... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090051104 - Sheet inverting and conveying mechanism and sheet inverting and conveying apparatus: There is provided a sheet inverting and conveying mechanism for conveying a sheet in a first direction, inverting obverse and reverse sides of the sheet, and then conveying the inverted sheet in a second direction. The mechanism includes: a first conveyance section for receiving, at its conveyance face, one side... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090051105 - Sheet separating apparatus and method: A sheet separating mechanism and a method of separating sheets is provided to prevent the multifeeding of sheets into printers or copiers. The sheet separating mechanism provides a first nip and a second nip for feeding a series of sheets therebetween. The first nip can include a first motor and... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090051106 - Automatic document feeder and image forming apparatus provided with such automatic document feeder: An automatic document feeder (10) includes an automatic document feeder main body (11) arranged openable and closeable relative to the document reading surface (2b) and feeding the document to the document reading surface (2b) when closed to be set to a reading posture, a document guiding member (20) so supported... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090051107 - Adu transport roller driving device, image forming apparatus, adu transport roller driving method: An ADU transport roller driving device, an image forming apparatus and an ADU transport roller driving method, in which a phenomenon of a warp does not occur on a succeeding sheet, are provided. There are included one drive motor that drives plural transport rollers to transport sheets in an ADU,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090051108 - Method for double feed detection: This invention relates to a method of detecting double-feed of email items (10, 12) that allows difficult mail types to be processed correctly, wherein simultaneous views are taking of both the sides and bottom of mail items and these views are processed to determine whether or not double feed has... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20090051109 - Transportation state evaluation method for a recording media processing device: A check processing device eliminates incorrect determinations by an insertion direction evaluation means that detects if the orientation of a conveyed check is correct or not based on the detection signal from a magnetic head. The check processing device 1 has an insertion direction evaluation means 76 that determines if... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090045565 - Paper change detection method: A method of detecting a media change includes the steps of comparing a previous media condition to a current media condition, detecting a media change when the previous media condition is in one state and the current media condition is not said one state and, prompting a user to make... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090045566 - Paper feed device, and paper feed cassette, manual paper feed tray, and image forming apparatus including same: A paper feed device including a paper feed unit configured to feed sheets; a separation unit configured to separate and feed the sheets fed from the paper feed unit automatically one by one; a sheet guide member provided between the paper feed unit and the separation unit, the sheet guide... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090045567 - Printing medium transferring device and image forming apparatus having the same: A printing medium transferring device and an image forming apparatus having the same, which are capable of stably conveying a printing medium supplied to a printing engine while ensuring a manual feeding path for the printing medium includes a conveyer roller which conveys a printing medium to the printing engine,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090045568 - Sheet material accumulating apparatus: The apparatus has a primary conveyer 2, a second conveyer 3, and an accumulation unit 4, the accumulation unit 4 has a posture conversion unit 35 for converting the sheet material W in a flatted posture into that in a standing posture, a descend conveyer unit 36 for conveying the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090045569 - Roller mechanism and image forming device: A roller mechanism includes a pair of rollers and an urging unit. The pair of rollers oppose one another sandwiching a conveyance path of a sheet material, and are provided to be capable of increasing and reducing an axis-to-axis separation thereof. The urging unit urges at least one of the... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090045570 - Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming system equipped therewith: An image forming system includes: a first sheet stacking device including a rack, provided downstream of an image forming apparatus in a conveyance direction of a recording sheet and connected with the image forming apparatus, for stacking the recording sheet delivered from the image forming apparatus; a second sheet stacking... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090039586 - Card processor: A card processor of the present invention has a carriage mechanism rotatably supporting a roller, around which a carriage belt is to be wrapped, with respect to a frame, wherein the roller of the carriage mechanism is incorporated into a fixing member so as to be rotatably held in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090039587 - Automatic paper feed device: An automatic paper feed device is disposed in a machine with a plurality of paper feed slots and comprises a paper storing unit having a plurality of inclined paper feed trays or paper feed slots, and a paper stopping unit which is mounted before the joint of a paper feed... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090039588 - Paper feed system: In a paper feed system where a first paper feed mechanism takes out and transfers one by one a plurality of papers placed on a paper feed table in a stack and a second paper feed mechanism transfers the papers transferred by the first paper feed mechanism to an image... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090039589 - Feed apparatus for printing press: A feed apparatus for a printing press includes a first sucker device and a second sucker device. The first sucker device includes a guide nozzle, a sucker which is supported by said guide nozzle to be vertically movable and includes a chuck hole at a bottom for chucking the sheet,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090039590 - Sheet stacker and finisher furnished with the same: Affords sheet stacking device that, in stacking sheets onto a loading tray, enables stacking of the sheets always in the correct posture regardless of the nature of the sheets' surface material. The sheet stacking device includes a tray unit located downstream of a sheet discharging port, a sheet-end regulating member... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20090039591 - Feeding device and recording apparatus: A feeding device includes a feeding unit configured to be driven while being in contact with a recording sheet to feed the recording sheet, and a stacking unit configured to stack a plurality of the recording sheets and to press or release the stacked recording sheets to or from the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090039592 - Product orienting apparatus: A product orienting apparatus for orienting a product according to the present invention comprises a table comprising a rotatable device. The table has a table surface comprising at least a first surface area being provided by the rotatable device. The device is rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090039593 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus and associated method are provided. The sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveying path, a sheet stack tray, a sheet discharging member, a sheet guide member, and a sheet contact portion. The sheet conveying path is configured to convey a sheet, the sheet discharging member discharges... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090039594 - Image forming apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to sequentially feed a plurality of documents loaded on a document positioning plate, a reading sensor arranged in a conveyance path configured to read a document of the plurality of documents fed by the sheet feeding unit, an acquisition unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090039595 - Sheet adsorption device, transport device, and image forming apparatus: A sheet adsorption device includes a sheet adsorbing surface, a suction hole disposed on the sheet adsorbing surface, and a flow path shifting unit that shifts between a first state and a second state of a communication flow path that is communicated with the suction hole in accordance with existence... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090039596 - Sheet media storage device and sheet media processing device: A sheet media processing device has a storage pocket. A feed roller for conveying checks into the storage pocket is disposed beside the upstream-side end wall of the storage pocket. The feed roller has a main roller part and a small roller part that is smaller in diameter than the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090033019 - Device for changing the direction of movement of sheet-type products: A transport apparatus (10) for transporting flat, rectangular sheet material (BN), in particular sheet-shaped value documents such as bank notes, comprises a distributing element (12) reciprocating between at least two positions, or at least two distributing elements reciprocating between two positions, said distributing element or elements moving delivered sheets of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090033020 - Presenting misaligned stacks of media: A method of operating a self-service terminal is described in which a stack of media is presented to a customer. If it is detected that at least some of the stack remains within the terminal, the remaining media is advanced out of the self-service terminal.... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20090033021 - Printing apparatus: This disclosure discloses a printing apparatus comprising a feeding device that applies a driving force to feed a print-receiving medium; a print forming device that performs a print forming process on the print-receiving medium; a harmonization controlling portion that harmonizes and controlling a driving speed of the feeding device and... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20090033022 - Paper feed roller and fabrication method thereof: A paper feed roller (10) comprises a hollow pipe member (11) forming a paper feed portion for feeding paper, and a pair of shaft members (12) fastened concentrically on to both end portions of the pipe member (11). The pipe member (11) comprises a hollow steel pipe (13), a synthetic... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090033023 - Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus provided with the sheet feeder: A sheet feeder is provided with a storing section for storing transfer sheets, a feed roller for feeding the transfer sheets stored in the storing section one by one from the uppermost one; a separation roller arranged to face the feed roller; a transport roller arranged downstream of the feed... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090033024 - Sheet conveying devices and image recording apparatuses including the same: A sheet conveying device includes a tray having a bottom surface. The tray holds at least one sheet therein, and has a recess formed in the bottom surface. A rotating member moves between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the rotating member contacts a sheet... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090033025 - Media ejection system and method: Various embodiments of a media ejection system and method are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090033026 - Sheet width aligning device, sheet transport device and image forming apparatus: A sheet width aligning device includes two width aligning members which respectively contact widthwise ends of a sheet to regulate a widthwise position of the sheet. A first detector detects one widthwise end of the sheet and a second detector detects the other widthwise end of the sheet. A moving... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090033027 - Drive conntrol method and apparatus for sheet processing machine: A drive control method for a sheet processing machine includes the steps of operating a driving motor of a sheet feed device which feeds a sheet to a sheet processing device that processes the sheet, in synchronism with a rotary member of the sheet processing device, and adjusting a rotary... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090033028 - Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first detector configured to detect a leading edge of a sheet conveyed in a conveying direction, a second detector provided on a downstream side of the first detector in the sheet conveying direction to detect the leading edge of the sheet conveyed, a punching... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090033029 - Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveying device for conveying a sheet includes a displacement-amount detector configured to detect an amount of displacement of a conveyed sheet from a conveyance reference in a width direction being substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction and a plurality of sheet conveying roller portions configured to be... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090033030 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus: A first detecting unit S1 for detecting a conveyed sheet at a first detecting position and a second detecting unit S2 for detecting the sheet at a second detecting position are provided. A calculation unit calculates a distance between the first and second detecting positions based on detection signals from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto