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Sheet feeding or delivering September class, title,number 09/10

20100244353 - Paper feeder and image forming apparatus: When a recording medium is not detected even after an elapse of a predetermined period of time since a paper feeding unit fed the recording medium, the paper feeding unit is operated, to execute an assisting operation for assisting conveying of the recording medium.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100244354 - Combined sheet buffer and inverter: Disclosed is a sheet buffering and inverting device having a sheet transport path and multiple sheet inverter paths extending upward and/or downward there from. Sheets being transported through the sheet transport path are selectively diverted into the sheet inverter paths, held, and subsequently fed back into the sheet transport path... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC Frederick W. Gibb, Iii, Esq.

20100244355 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, a post-processing unit including a pivotable processing tray, and a recording medium discharging outlet. The processing tray includes a lock member, urging member and lock releasing member. The lock member is supported movably between first and second positions. The lock member engages... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100244356 - Paper sheet handling machine: A paper sheet handling machine 1 comprises a casing 92 and at least two stacking units 30, 40 provided in the casing 92. Each stacking unit 30, 40 is configured to stack therein paper sheets respectively taken in the casing 92 by a take-in unit 10. From among the paper... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20100244357 - Sheet output device and original sheet transporting device: A sheet output device includes a sheet receiver and a group of rollers. The group of rollers includes a plurality of output rollers arranged in the widthwise direction of the sheet and a plurality of pinch rollers arranged upward of the plurality of output rollers. The plurality of pinch rollers... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20100244358 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus include an image forming unit; a housing including a sheet feed opening for feeding a recording sheet to the image forming unit; a tray which accommodates a recording sheet; a feed member which rotates while pressing a recording sheet fed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20100244359 - Image forming system and paper sheet output method: The image forming system includes: a first transporting unit transporting paper sheets along a first transportation route; an image forming unit forming images on the paper sheets; a sheet supplying unit having a second transportation route, and transporting a sheet along the second transportation route to supply the sheet to... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20100244361 - Device for depositing flat objects or receipts: A device (1) for example for a scan system, a deposit of documents, receipts, or similar flat objects (2) in a secured sequence in which the objects (2) are fed through a slot (9) of a rotary body (8) to a conveyer device (7) and are pushed therefrom to a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100244360 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus 100 is equipped with a left-side cover 2, a manual supply tray 10b, a carry guide 31 and a lift plate 33, and these are rotatably supported by a third shaft 35. According to this, because it is possible to achieve size reduction of the apparatus... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20100244362 - Sheet conveying device and image recording apparatus comprising sheet conveying device: A first convey roller conveys a sheet in a sheet conveying direction such that a leading edge of the sheet passes through a nip of a second convey roller disposed downstream from the first convey roller. The second convey roller rotates in a reverse direction by a first rotation amount... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100244363 - Feeding mechanism and image processing apparatus using the same: The present invention provides a feeding mechanism and an image processing apparatus using the same. The feeding mechanism includes an upper casing, a lower casing disposed opposite the upper casing, a sheet tray, a main feeding roller, a sheet-separation member and a first auxiliary roller. The upper casing and the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100244364 - Paper sheet transporting device and image forming apparatus using the same: In a paper sheet transporting device, in an air duct portion of a suction duct, a suction confluence opening that collects air that is sucked and allows the air to pass through is disposed in a position included in a region where suction openings whose suction force is relatively the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100244365 - Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus: Sheets fed out from a sheet feeding portion, which is brought into pressure contact with the sheets by the upward movement of a sheet stacking portion to feed out the sheets, are separated and conveyed one by one while being upwardly curved. During the sheet feeding operation, the sheet stacking... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100244366 - Method of controlling the force of a solenoid, a controllable force transducer and the use thereof: A method of controlling a solenoid for controlling the force thereof, and a controllable force transducer includes that only a small part of the maximal stroke length of the solenoid is utilized, whereby the exerted force thereof is substantially constant within said stroke-length distance, when the solenoid is fed with... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20100244368 - Paper-blocking assembly and paper processing device using the same: This invention provides a paper-blocking mechanism and paper processing device using the same. The paper-blocking mechanism comprises a paper holder, a shaft connecting to a power source and driving a paper feeding portion, a restriction portion disposed on the shaft and moving between a first position and second position when... Agent: CovenantIPConsulting Co.

20100244367 - Sheet feeder and image recorder having the same: A sheet feeder includes a sheet tray configured to support one or more sheets stacked thereon in a slanted state, a feed roller disposed to face a lower end of a top one of the sheets stacked on the sheet tray, the feed roller being configured to feed the sheets,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20100244369 - Paper sheet processing apparatus, and paper sheet processing method: A post-processing method involves using a standby tray to receive a paper sheet to be supplied from a digital copier, a processing tray to receive a paper sheet dropped from a standby tray, a feed member which guides the rear end of a paper sheet received in a standby tray... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100244370 - Sheet processing apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100244371 - Double efficiency sheet buffer module and modular printing system with double efficiency sheet buffer module: Disclosed are a multi-sheet buffer module and a modular printing system incorporating the buffer module. The buffer module includes a primary sheet transport path that extends horizontally across a frame. Vertical buffer paths extend downward and upward from the primary sheet transport path. Each buffer path connects to a secondary... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC Frederick W. Gibb, Iii, Esq.

20100244372 - Sheet separation device, sheet feed tray including the sheet separation device, and sheet feed apparatus including the sheet separation device: A sheet separation device includes a separation member having a plurality of first separation portions that separate fed sheets one by one, and a turning member having an inclined surface, holes formed therethrough, and a plurality of second separation portions. The inclined surface is positioned to contact the fed sheets... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100244373 - Medium feeding device and image forming device: A medium feeding device includes: a sheet holding unit, which holds a sheet and is pivotally attached to a device main unit so that the sheet holding unit is pivotal between open and closed positions; a sheet feeding roller that is located close to the sheet holding unit and that... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100244374 - Sheet-conveying device: A sheet-conveying device conveys a recording medium to a sheet support surface positioned downstream of the sheet-conveying device in a sheet-conveying direction when recording an image with an image-recording unit. A drive roller and a follower roller define a nip line therebetween. The nip line is positioned above the sheet... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100244375 - Card transfer system and card reader: Card transfer system in which a card is transferred may include transfer roller which touches and transfers the card, and rotary shaft on which transfer roller is fixed, and rotating member rotatably supported on rotary shaft, and drive mechanism coupled to rotating member to rotate rotating member, and clutch mechanism... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100237554 - Recording apparatus: A movable component which can be moved between a protruding position in which the movable component protrudes from the outer chute into a curved path toward an inner chute so as to be able to contact the recording medium and a retracted position in which the degree of protrusion of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100237555 - Papper feeding module and multi-function peripheral having the same: A multi-function peripheral includes a main body and a paper feeding module. The paper feeding module includes a supporting base, a feeding element and a paper separating elastic element. The supporting base is disposed on the main body. The supporting base is suitable for supporting multiple paper sheets and defines... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20100237556 - Sheet stacker and image forming apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus includes a fixed tray and a movable tray. The fixed tray is fixed at its downstream portion in a sheet transport direction and includes a sheet loading surface. A downstream portion of the sheet loading surface of the fixed tray is positioned at a higher level... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100237557 - Printing machine and feeding method for printing machines: Configuration with paired register rollers cooperative with a downstream head unit on a circulation route to register a print sheet, a feed route extending up to the register rollers, and feeder elements controllable for a downstream feed of print sheet along part of the feed route to the register rollers,... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100237558 - Carriage reset for upcoming sheet: A method and system feeds sheets through a media path in a process direction and moves a laterally movable sheet registration carriage (positioned within the media path) in a lateral direction perpendicular to the process direction. It determines the lateral error of the sheets within the media path before the... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC Frederick W. Gibb, Iii, Esq.

20100237559 - Apparatuses useful for printing and corresponding methods: Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of cleaning debris from a surface in an apparatus useful for printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus useful for printing includes a first roll, a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface, the first roll and the outer surface... Agent: Prass LLP

20100237560 - Quality inspection apparatus for sheet-shaped matter: Provided is a quality inspection apparatus including: gripper units provided to each delivery chain, each gripper unit configured to hold an end portion of a sheet; an arc-shaped track portion provided in a part of a movement track of the gripper units and formed by the movement track; an inspection... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100230889 - Printing apparatus: There is provided a printing apparatus in which a first printing medium which is inserted through an inserting port is fed toward a predetermined printing location by a first feeding path unit, and the first printing medium is discharged through the inserting port in a direction opposite to the feeding... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100230891 - Sheet feeding apparatus: A sheet feeding apparatus, including a sheet loading portion on which a plurality of sheets are loaded, a sheet take-in portion to take in the sheet loaded on the sheet loading portion, a first mechanism to displace between a first sheet and a second sheet in the sheets which are... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100230890 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, including: a recording head; a conveyor belt to convey the medium in a conveyance direction; an attraction device including a first electrode having first extending portions and a second electrode having second extending portions and configured to permit the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100230892 - Transporting path configuration and image forming apparatus: A transporting path configuration includes: a separating mechanism that separates from one of transporting members the other transporting member; an opening/closing transporting path member that is rotatably attached above the transporting members and has one surface that configures a first transporting path of the recording medium discharged from the transporting... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20100230893 - Sheet guide apparatus: A sheet guide apparatus includes an impression cylinder having a gripper device for holding a thin sheet or a thick sheet and adapted to transport the thin sheet or the thick sheet, and an air blowing device comprising an air discharge duct and discharge nozzles for blowing air on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100230894 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus is provided with a storage unit that is configured by a curved carrying route including first and second arc carrying routes which are sequentially connected to a carry-out side of a main carrying path along a sheet carrying direction, and the first and second arc carrying routes... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100225043 - Image recording apparatus: Disclosed is a recording apparatus including a recording portion which records an image on a recording medium, a feeding mechanism which feeds the medium along a feed path extending from a recording-medium supply position to a recording-medium ejection position via a recording point where the recording portion performs the recording... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20100225044 - Post-processing device and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A post-processing device includes an introductory feed path, a processing tray, a post-processing section, a catch tray, a sheet delivery section, and a control section. The post-processing section is configured to perform post-processing on the sheet placed on the processing tray. The catch tray is disposed below the processing tray.... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20100225045 - Document feeding device, image forming apparatus including same, and control method for the document feeding device: A document feeding device includes a carrying unit capable of carrying documents, a drawing device drawing and supplying the documents, a drawing device drive source driving the drawing device, a separation unit including a separation device to separate the documents one by one, a separation device drive source driving the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100225046 - Image forming apparatus, computer readable medium, paper feed control method, and image forming system: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body provided with an image formation unit and plural paper feeding apparatuses. Paper conveyance paths of the plural paper feeding apparatuses are daisy-chained with respect to the image forming apparatus body. An output unit outputs an instruction signal which instructs a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100225047 - Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus: There are provided a plurality of sheet feed trays in which sheets are stored, a sheet feeding section which enables a continuous sheet feeding of sheets stored in the above sheet feed tray, and a control section which controls the above sheet feeding section and has an auto tray switch... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100225048 - Automatic sheet feeding apparatus with clutch: An automatic sheet feeding apparatus includes a pick-up mechanism, a sheet transporting mechanism, a power source and a clutch. The sheet transporting mechanism transports a sheet picked up by the pick-up mechanism through and out of a passageway. The power source for driving the pick-up mechanism includes a power output... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100225049 - Sheet feed mechanism: A sheet feed mechanism includes a chassis for supporting a stack of sheets; a top sheet engaging member for engaging a top most sheet of the stack; a stack engaging structure, a first end of the stack engaging structure engaging the stack of sheets to bias a top most sheet... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20100225050 - Feeding device and image recording apparatus with the feeding device: A feeding device has a conveying roller that rotates in a forward direction and a reverse direction, to selectively convey a sheet in a conveying direction and a reverse conveying direction. A particular guide member is positioned on an upstream side, guides the conveyed sheet toward the conveying roller, and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20100225051 - Inline skew and lateral measurement of a sheet during printing: According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a method and system for measuring and controlling an angular orientation of a printed sheet along a feed path of a print making device, the printed sheet being a sheet of paper with a paper edge moving along the feed path and... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100225053 - Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus including same: A sheet feeder including a sheet feed shaft, a partially cut-out semicircular sheet feed roller coaxially provided to the sheet feed shaft, a cam coaxially provided to the sheet feed shaft, a driven gear having a toothless portion coaxially provided to the sheet feed shaft, a bottom plate movable to... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20100225052 - Transport device, overlap feed sign detection device, and computer readable medium: A transport device includes a feed unit that feeds transport subjects being loaded in a loading portion one by one in a transport direction, a protrusion amount detection unit that detects a protrusion amount of the transport subjects from the loading portion in the transport direction and an overlap feed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100225054 - Sheet feed assembly defining curved and straight feed path: A sheet feed assembly for feeding sheets of material having a known bending stiffness through a device with low friction. The sheet feeding assembly has feed path structures for defining a feed path, the feed path having a first point with a first radius of curvature, a second point with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20100219577 - Multi-tray sheet feeder: By providing an apparatus having a plurality of sheet feeders, each having a tray elongate in top plan view for supporting a stack of elongate sheets, wherein a tray can be displaced in an outward direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the sheet feeders, it is made possible for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100219578 - Medium delivery apparatus and medium processing apparatus with dual pressing members: A media delivery apparatus includes a media insertion portion and a media delivery port. A media guide surface is configured to guide media toward the delivery port. The feed roller is configured to feed the media toward the delivery port. The first pressing member is configured to press the media... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20100219579 - Stacker and card processing apparatus equipped with the stacker: A stacker is composed of a bottom plate, a containing section for storing a plurality of cards by stacking it on the bottom plate and a guiding section for guiding each card entering into the containing section. The guiding section is composed of a sidewall for restricting movement of an... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20100219580 - Paper sheet handling mechanism and method for handling paper sheets: A loop-shaped part is provided in a middle part of a transport path 11c provided in a paper sheet handling mechanism 10. This loop-shaped part can serve to hold a paper sheet (or paper sheets) W1 by circulating the paper sheet W1 thereon. Once the paper sheet W2 present on... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20100219581 - Paper feed mechanism and printer: A printer has a paper feed mechanism that can reliably balance the paper feed force of the paper feed roller and paper pressure roller on the left and right sides of the recording paper width. Using the self-centering action of a pressure lever fulcrum 31k and adjustment of the position... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP