Sheet feeding or delivering inventions

20090278300 - 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 for engaging the stack and biasing the top most sheet against the top sheet engaging member, the stack engaging... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278301 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus is capable of reliably correcting skew feeding of a recording sheet in an arrangement for conveying the recording sheet absorbed by a belt surface. The recording apparatus includes: a driving roller for driving the conveying belt wound around the driving roller and electrically charging the conveying belt... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278302 - Actuation of output tray: One embodiment is an apparatus that has an input tray and an output tray. Commencement of a print job causes the output tray to move from a closed position to an open position.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090278303 - Meander control system, and meander control method: A meander control is performed by using: a guide roller that alters the conveying direction of a aluminum sheet conveyed along a conveying path; a first edge sensor that detects the amount of meandering at a first detection position that is upstream of the guide roller; a second edge sensor... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090278304 - Printing apparatus capable of handling paper size error: In a printing apparatus, even when the measured paper size differs from the scheduled size, it is possible to reduce the frequency of requiring a recovery procedure, and prevent the productivity from decreasing by continuing the operation of the printing apparatus as much as possible. The printing apparatus includes a... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090278305 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a sheet feeding portion feeding a sheet; a conveyance passage for conveying the sheet inside the apparatus; an image forming portion forming an image on the sheet; a skewing detector disposed in the conveyance passage between the sheet feeding portion and the image forming portion,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090278306 - Device for processing planar parts: A device for processing planar parts, in particular plastic substrates, preferably plastic cards, such as credit cards, having a transport apparatus, which defines a conveyance route, and at least two processing stations, which are situated in the conveyance route, the parts being transportable through the processing stations over a processing... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090278307 - Document handling apparatus: A document handling apparatus is disclosed which is particularly well adapted for counting documents of value, such as banknotes. The document handling apparatus comprises an input module for receiving a stack of documents and feeding them one by one into the apparatus, a detector box which houses a series of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090278308 - Printing system, control method, and computer-readable storage medium: A method for controlling a printing system includes stacking a sheet printed by executing a job on a stacking unit provided inside a stacker, the stacker including a door that can be opened and closed, opening the door in a case where a predetermined instruction is input by a user,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273134 - Automatic original conveying device and image forming apparatus: In an automatic original conveying device, a motor rotates in a single direction and a driving force transmission mechanism transmits the driving force of the motor from a sheet feeding roller to a switchback roller. The sheet feeding roller conveys an original that stands by in a switchback conveying path... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090273133 - Roller: An apparatus and method support rollers with a shaft along an axis absent of deflection of the shaft. Under load, the shaft deflects and the rollers reorient themselves along the shaft such that outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers are substantially parallel to the undeflected axis.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090273135 - Feeder system with independent control of rollers: The present subject matter relates to a feed roller system for high speed image scanning equipment, which improves the feeding of documents, and in particular, thin or ultra-thin documents, into the scanner equipment. The feed roller system comprises a pick roller and a feed roller, each associated with its own... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090273136 - Method and system for feeding media sheets into media processing device: Disclosed are a method, a system and a computer program product for feeding a media sheet in a media processing device. The method includes receiving a user input associated with at least one attribute of the media sheet. Further, the method includes exerting a normal force on the media sheet... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090273137 - Paper feeder having a paper stopper and office machine using the same: A paper feeder disposed on a casing for feeding a paper is provided. The paper feeder includes a feeding axle and a paper stopper. The feeding axle has a first engaging portion. The paper stopper includes a blocking plate and a second engaging portion. The paper stopper is co-axially and... Agent: CovenantIPConsulting Co.

20090273138 - Recording apparatus: This invention relates to a recording apparatus, comprising an opening delivering a recording medium after completion of recording and a cover capable of closing the opening in moving pivotally and a holding rib formed at the cover for holding a rear end as well as both sides of the delivered... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090267283 - Manual feed trays and image forming apparatus: A manual feed tray including a cover member pivotally supported at a lower end and assuming a storage position and a sheet feeding position; a sheet feeding platform situated at the lower end side of the cover member in the sheet feeding position, and mounted to the cover member so... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090267285 - Media path crossover clearance for printing system: A media path crossover for a printing system includes a first crossover pathway on which sheets of print media are conveyed across a crossover junction without interruption and a second crossover pathway on which sheets of print media are conveyed across the crossover junction without interruption. The second crossover pathway... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090267284 - Transport device and image recording apparatus: A transport device includes a transport path which connects an inlet and an outlet and is formed between a first curved surface which is convex in a first direction, and a second curved surface which faces the first curved surface via a gap, and along which a sheet-like medium is... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090267286 - Method and apparatus for separating media combinations from a media stack: The present invention provides a method and apparatus separating a media combination from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates and relates to image recording systems such as, for example, computer-to-plate (CTP) systems. Image recording systems include imaging systems that image an image recordable material in response to imaging... Agent: Raymond L. Owens Patent Legal Staff

20090267287 - Method and apparatus for separating media combinations from a media stack: The present invention provides a method and apparatus separating a media combination from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates and relates to image recording systems such as, for example, computer-to-plate (CTP) systems. Image recording systems include imaging systems that image an image recordable material in response to imaging... Agent: Raymond L. Owens Patent Legal Staff

20090267288 - Sheet feeding apparatus, sheet feeding method and control program: A sheet feeding apparatus provided with a fan for blowing air against sheets stacked on a sheet tray, a position detecting sensor for detecting the position of the sheets floated up by the fan, and a tray lifting and lowering mechanism for lifting and lowering the sheet tray. The tray... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090267289 - Transport apparatus: A transport apparatus, including a first transport portion for transporting one signature, a second transport portion for transporting other signature, and a fan wheel for entering both sheets, which have been transported by the first and second transport portions, between vanes thereof, and rotationally transporting the sheets, comprises: a main... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090267290 - Sheet post-processing apparatus: A sheet post-processing apparatus 100 includes bundle discharge rollers 6, a sheet detection sensor 31, a main tray 11, and a sheet hold device 32 having a plurality of hold portions 34a to 34c. When a sheet bundle is discharged from the bundle discharge rollers 6, the hold portions 34a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090267291 - Sheet transport direction switching device, and image forming apparatus incorporated with the same: A sheet transport switching device include a rotary guide that is pivotal about an axis orthogonal to a sheet transport direction to align a guide passage with one of two discharge destinations. A stepping motor changes the posture of the rotary guide and a controller controls the stepping motor. A... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090267292 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus: Positioning in the width direction of a sheet is performed by a skew correcting unit which is provided on a re-conveying path for reversing the sheet and conveying it again to an image forming unit and which has a reference surface that is come into contact with a side edge... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090267293 - Feed device and image forming apparatus: A feed device includes a shaft, a roller member, and a cover member. The shaft is rotatably supported. The roller member engages with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member. The cover member covers the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supports... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090267294 - Image forming apparatus and method for conveying recording material: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a conveying path along which the sheet is conveyed to the image forming unit, a sensor configured to detect the width of the sheet in a direction perpendicular to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090267295 - Printing medium transferring apparatus: According to detection results obtained by a plurality of printing medium detection device, a printing medium is carried in while controlling an operation of pressing a pinch roller to be in contact with a conveying roller and of separating the pinch roller from the conveying roller and an operation of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090261524 - Image forming system, image forming apparatus and print server: An image forming apparatus has: pluralities of sheet storage units; a printing unit; a sheet driving unit that feeds a sheet of paper from the sheet storage units to the printing unit; a group setting maintaining unit that forms a group of the sheet storage units; a residual sheet amount... Agent: Von Simson & Chin

20090261525 - Magnetic paper-feeding roller assembly: A magnetic paper-feeding roller assembly is adapted to feed a piece of paper in a machine that requires paper-feeding and that includes a casing. The magnetic paper-feeding roller assembly includes a first roller and a second roller, both of which are adapted to be pivotably mounted in the casing. The... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090261526 - Feeding device and feeding method: A feeding device comprises at least two feeding units. At least one feeding unit may send a sample towards the measurement device so that the sample passes at least one feeding unit next in the feed direction.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC