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Sheet feeding or delivering August inventions list 08/10

20100213659 - Media feeding device and media processing device: An open/close mechanism of a media feed path for feeding a sheet medium from a media insertion unit can be rendered with a small parts count without requiring a large installation space. An open/close lever 27 and paper pressure member 26 of a check feeding device 9 can pivot horizontally... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100213660 - Paper sheet handling machine: The paper sheet handling machine is provided. The paper sheet handling machine includes: a paper sheet slot configured to receive and provide a paper sheet; a pair of push plates configured to hold the paper sheet inserted into and discharged from the paper sheet handling machine via the paper sheet... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100213661 - Paper sheet diverter, paper sheet processing apparatus and paper sheet diverting method: A diversion member 21 rotationally moves to at least three stopping positions including a first stopping position connecting a first transport path 11 and a second transport path 12 to form a first transport passage, a second stopping position connecting the first transport path 11 and a third transport path... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20100213662 - Sheet bundle with storage tags, method of manufacturing the same, and sheet transport mechanism in image forming apparatus: A sheet bundle with storage tags, a method for producing the sheet bundle and a sheet transport mechanism in an image forming apparatus are provide. The sheet bundle includes a plurality of sheets stacked to one another, each sheet being attached with a storage tag at an attachment position and... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20100213663 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, in which a trailing edge regulation portion is moved to a position according to a sheet contained in a cassette body to regulate a position of the sheet. A positioning lever is swingably provided to the trailing edge regulation portion to be engaged with a rack... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100213664 - Motor inside pick-up roller: A pick-up assembly moves a sheet of recording medium from a stack of recording media. The pick-up assembly includes a pick arm having a first end and a second end. Notably, a pivotal mounting is located proximate the first end of the pick arm; and a pick-up roller is mounted... Agent: David A. Novais, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20100213665 - Torque limiting roller and medium separating mechanism using the same: A torque limiting roller includes a shaft, a frictional unit, a roller assembly, a fixing unit and an elastic unit. The shaft includes a first end and a second end. The frictional unit is mounted on the first end of the shaft. The roller assembly is rotatably mounted on the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100213666 - Media transport device with vacuum-controlled positioning: Disclosed are embodiments of a machine which transports and processes print media. The machine incorporates a vacuum chamber within a print media transport device in order to maintain a print medium at a uniform predetermined distance from a print media processing device, such as an image printing device (e.g., an... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC Frederick W. Gibb, Iii, Esq.

20100207315 - Valve unit and paper sheet takeout device: A valve unit which circulates and blocks air has a first block connected to upstream suction tubes, a second block facing this first block and connected to downstream suction tubes, a shield plate disposed in a space S between the first block and the second block, and a motor which... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100207316 - Dispensing value sheet store: A store for storing value sheets such as banknotes in a stack and for dispensing the value notes from the stack. When more than a single value sheet is dispensed from the stack, the store returns all but one of the value sheets to the stack while moving the stack... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100207317 - Paper-sheet feeding device with kicker roller: A paper-sheet feeding device including a kicker roller configured to contact a forefront paper-sheet of a plurality of stacked paper-sheets and kick out the forefront paper-sheet; a feed roller to feed-out the paper-sheets to be kicked out by the kicker roller; and a press-fitting roller press-fit against the feed roller... Agent: Burr & Brown

20100207319 - Paper sheet handling machine: The present invention provides a paper sheet handling machine 1 configured to take therein paper sheets from the exterior and then storing the paper sheets in the interior thereof. This paper sheet handling machine 1 includes storage spaces 30p, 40p respectively provided therein. Each storage space 30p, 40p is configured... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20100207318 - Vacuum hold down for feeder tray: A vacuum apparatus holds flat printed product in a feeder tray of a document feeding apparatus. The apparatus is particularly useful for feeding sheet material such as newspapers one at a time from the bottom of a stack. The apparatus uses existing vacuum connections in the document feeder and is... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100207321 - Feeding device and image recording apparatus with the feeding device: A feeding device includes a conveying roller that conveys a sheet downstream when the conveying roller rotates forward. A first guide member guides the conveyed sheet toward the conveying roller. A second guide member guides the sheet when the conveying roller rotates in reverse. A rotating member is positioned between... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100207320 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, a sheet reversing mechanism is configured to take over and transfer, at a transfer speed Vr, a print sheet with an image already formed on one side being transferred at the transfer speed Vr from a first transfer mechanism, to stop the print sheet once,... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100207322 - Sheet conveying apparatus executing orientation correction: In a sheet conveying apparatus a first shape information that expresses at least a part of the outer shape of a sheet. An obtaining unit obtains second shape information that expresses at least the part of the outer shape of the sheet. A correction amount computing unit computes a correction... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100207323 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a sheet transporting unit provided to a side portion of the main body; and a noise source provided inside of the main body with a rotation portion, wherein the sheet transporting unit includes a plate having a plurality of holes, and an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100201059 - Open/close mechanism for paper tray for use in image forming apparatus: An open/close mechanism can be used for paper trays of an image forming apparatus. The open/close mechanism includes a plate member provided on a side of a housing of the image forming apparatus and configured to pivot upon an axis between an open position and a close position, and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100201060 - Apparatus and method for drawing in flat material pieces and in-register transportation of the flat material pieces: A device for pulling in flat-stock pieces and precisely-aligned transporting of the flat-stock pieces at a work station of a machine for processing the flat-stock pieces has a gripper apparatus that grabs a forward edge of a piece of flat stock and accelerates the flat-stock piece, and a sheet pick-up... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20100201061 - Universal module for enabling measurements on color printers: A measurement module for a printer generally includes a page diverter mechanism configured to selectively divert a sheet of media from a main media path to a module media path; a rotating drum configured to receive the media from the module media path and to affix the media on an... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20100201063 - Paper feeding apparatus with paper size detectors: A paper feeding apparatus includes a cassette main body that stacks a paper therein, a sidewall that moves in a width direction of the cassette main body, an end wall that moves in a longitudinal direction of the cassette main body, a first movable member that is connected at one... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100201062 - Side guide assembly with vertically repositionable side guides for use with friction sheet feeding machines: A repositionable side guide assembly with vertically repositionable side guides for use with a friction sheet feeding machine.... Agent: Sherrill Law Offices

20100201064 - Transporting device, image reading device, method and program storage medium: The present invention provides a transporting device that includes: a transport unit that transports a document placed on a document tray; a detector that detects the width of the document placed on the document tray; a controller that controls the transport unit to transport the document when the width of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100201065 - Adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus and method: An adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus is provided. The adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus includes a variable cutting apparatus cutting a printed web into a first signature and a second signature, a first assembly receiving the first signature and a second assembly downstream of the first assembly receiving the second... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20100201066 - Multiple delivery web conversion apparatus and method of producing and delivering variable printed products: A web conversion and delivery apparatus is provided. The web conversion and delivery apparatus comprises a first delivery for transporting printed products, a second delivery for transporting printed products and a cutting apparatus upstream of the first delivery and the second delivery. The cutting apparatus is capable during a first... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20100194025 - Method for feeding a shingled stack of sheet material: A method for feeding a shingled stack of sheet material to a downstream processing device includes the step of identifying a discontinuity in the shingled stack of sheet material wherein the discontinuity has a length dimension from an aft end of a downstream portion of the shingled sheet material to... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc.

20100194026 - Paper jam removal mechanism for sheet finishing process device: A sheet finishing process device includes: a housing unit which houses a sheet discharged from an image forming unit; a carrying unit which is driven in a first direction toward the housing unit from the image forming unit or in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100194027 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet storage portion, an image forming portion, a sheet ejector, a sheet-reversing unit, first to fourth conveying paths, and a two-sided conveyance unit. The fourth conveying path includes a linear path formed between two conveyance guides constituting the two-sided conveyance unit. The two-sided conveyance... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20100194028 - Continuous feed remote control for slow speed paper motion: Systems and methods are described that facilitate remotely controlling paper feed-forward mechanisms on multiple printers in a continuous feed print line, to reduce operator movement during simplex and/or duplex printing and increase print line throughput. The remote control detects a print line (e.g., by user input, a beacon signal provided... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20100194029 - Device for handling sheet material: Apparatus for continuous singling of stacks of loose sheet material, in particular bank notes, vouchers, checks, separation cards, etc., includes a singling unit for singling stacks of loose sheet material and a feeding device which transports stacks of loose sheet material to be singled into a position where sheet material... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100194030 - Drive transmission apparatus and feeding apparatus: A drive transmission apparatus includes a sun gear driven by a drive source, a planetary gear, a supporting member that supports the planetary gear capable of revolving around the sun gear in a rotatably engaged state with the sun gear, a driven gear that is engaged with the planetary gear... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100194031 - Image forming apparatus: Even if a sheet surface detection mechanism outputs a signal indicating that an uppermost sheet among blown-up sheets is within a conveyance range, if a trailing edge sheet surface sensor outputs a signal indicating that the uppermost sheet among the blown-up sheets is lower than the conveyance range when the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100194032 - Method and apparatus for controlling a fluffer port in an image production device: A fluffer section and method for controlling a fluffer port in an image production device is disclosed. The fluffer section may include a variable port configuration device that contains a plurality of fluffer port configurations, a stepper motor that moves the variable port configuration device, a variable-speed pressure blower that... Agent: Prass LLP

20100194033 - Three-way guide for redirecting sheet-shaped media: A guide is proposed for devices for processing sheet material, particularly bank notes and checks, that is equipped with a guide body (1), with several guide wings (2) on the guide body (1), with at least three edges (15, 16, 17) on the guide wings (2) running parallel to each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100194034 - Density unevenness reduction method and sheet transport mechanism: A density unevenness reduction method of a printing apparatus having a sheet transport mechanism which transmits a driving force of a driving device to a roller via a plurality of gears to drive the roller for transporting a sheet, the method includes: assuming one tooth and one turn of each... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100194035 - Apparatus for transitioning media sheets in a printer: A new media path includes a flexible member that cooperates with a control point for smooth transitions of media sheets along the path. The media path includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end, the elongated member having a longitudinal axis and a cross-member axis perpendicular... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20100194036 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of an intra-body paper discharge type includes: a sheet discharge port for discharging a sheet to an intra-body space; a movable tray on which the sheet discharged from the sheet discharge port can be stacked, the movable tray having a guided section guided when the movable... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100194037 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus according to the invention includes a conveying portion that conveys a sheet; and an abutment member against which an end of the sheet in a conveying direction abuts, the sheet being conveyed by the conveying portion. Herein, the abutment member is movable so as to change... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto