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05-01-2012 дата публикации

Sheet remaining amount detection device and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120001380A1
Автор: Satoru Hayama
Принадлежит: Kyocera Mita Corp

A sheet feeder includes a tray on which sheets are to be placed, a rope connected to the tray, a pulley which includes a shaft and on which the rope is taken up such that the winds thereof are aligned in an axial direction of the shaft, and a motor for moving the tray upward by rotating the pulley about the shaft in a direction to take up the rope to locate the uppermost sheet on the tray at a sheet pickup position. A sheet remaining amount detection device applied to this sheet feeder includes a position detector for detecting a present position which is a present take-up position of the rope on the pulley in the axial direction, and a remaining amount detecting section for detecting the remaining amount of the sheets on the tray based on the present position detected by the position detector.

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Номер записи: 1
05-01-2012 дата публикации

Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120001382A1
Автор: Takashi Yano
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet conveying apparatus includes a conveying portion which conveys a sheet, a lever which is pushed by the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion, and moves from a standby position, a detecting portion which generates a signal corresponding to a position of the lever, and generates a first signal when the lever moves in a first moving area from the standby position to a predetermined position and generates a second signal when the lever moves in a second moving area beyond the predetermined position, and a biasing portion which does not apply to the lever a biasing force when the lever is in the first moving area, and applies to the lever a biasing force opposite in a direction in which the lever is pushed by the sheet and moves when the lever is in the second moving area.

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Номер записи: 2
19-01-2012 дата публикации

Device for separating flat articles, a corresponding control method, and a corresponding postal machine

Номер: US20120013065A1
Автор: Mickael Dauvergne, Stephane Ambroise, Stéphane Samain
Принадлежит: Solystic SAS

The invention relates to a separator device ( 18 ) comprising a passage zone ( 40 ) through which the articles pass and which extends between drive means ( 20, 30 ), retaining means ( 24, 34 ) for retaining an article relative to another article, and suitable for separating them mutually, control means suitable for activating and deactivating, independently, each first and second drive means ( 20, 30 ), and each first and second retaining means ( 24, 34 ). The drive means ( 20, 30 ) are distant from each other so as to define the passage zone ( 40 ), and the retaining means ( 24, 34 ) are suitable for exerting substantially transverse forces in opposite directions, so as to suck at least one article against corresponding drive means. The invention also relates to a method of controlling the above-mentioned separator device ( 18 ), and to a postal sorting machine including such a separator device ( 18 ).

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Номер записи: 3
19-01-2012 дата публикации

Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120013069A1
Автор: Kenichi Hayashi, Yusuke Obuchi
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet stacking apparatus includes a gripper configured to discharge a sheet, a plurality of stacker trays arranged in a row and configured to stack the discharged sheet, and a guiding unit configured to guide the discharged sheet to a predetermined position. The plurality of stacking trays are horizontally arranged so that a large number of sheets can be stacked without increasing the size of the sheet stacking apparatus.

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Номер записи: 4
26-01-2012 дата публикации

Roll Paper Holder

Номер: US20120018483A1
Автор: Isao Matsumura
Принадлежит: Individual

Disclosed is a roll paper holder in which a leading end of roll paper extends outwardly from the roll paper holder by a certain length after cutting of the roll paper, to allow the user to easily grasp the leading end of the roll paper.

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Номер записи: 5
02-02-2012 дата публикации

Image forming device

Номер: US20120025453A1
Автор: Takuya Yamaguchi, Yoshiteru Hattori
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

An image forming device, comprising: a sheet-like medium accommodation unit; a supply member that carries a sheet-like medium; a pair of separation members that separate the sheet-like medium one by one; an image formation unit; a carrying path; a re-carrying unit to move inversely the sheet-like medium whose top face has been subjected to printing; a moving mechanism to move the supply member close to or away from the sheet-like medium and to move the pair of separation members close to or away from each other so that a path for the inversely carried sheet-like medium is formed; and a control unit to control the moving mechanism such that, when back-face printing is performed, the supply member is in a state of being moved away from the sheet-like medium and the pair of separation members are in a state of being moved away from each other.

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Номер записи: 6
02-02-2012 дата публикации

Storage Module for Flat Objects

Номер: US20120027553A1
Автор: Peter Enenkel
Принадлежит: SIEMENS AG

A storage module for flat articles, has a storage region for a stack of articles, an introduction unit for the introduction of articles from an article stream into the storage region, and a draw-off unit arranged at the same end of the stack as the introduction unit, for drawing off articles from the storage region. The storage module has a movement device for moving the stack away from the introduction unit toward the draw-off unit. The storage module thus provides for an intermediate storage of the articles, which is protective of the mail items.

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Номер записи: 7
09-02-2012 дата публикации

Gate system diverting sheets into multi-ways

Номер: US20120032389A1
Автор: Barry Paul Mandel, Injae Choi
Принадлежит: Xerox Corp

According to aspects illustrated herein, there are provided systems for conveying a sheet article into an intended pathway. The multi-way gate system for diverting sheets into multiple pathways in a sheet conveying device includes at least three pathways for directing the sheet from the sheet conveying member in a particular direction. A single gate plate is between the sheet conveying member and the pathways. The single gate plate is rotatable about a single axis to direct the sheet exiting the sheet conveying member toward one of the pathways.

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Номер записи: 8
09-02-2012 дата публикации

Device for supplying sheets

Номер: US20120035033A1
Автор: Fiorenzo Draghetti
Принадлежит: Gima SpA

A device ( 1 ) is described herein for supplying rough-shaped sheets, made especially of cardboard, for making a corresponding package for housing respective cigarettes or the like. The device comprises means ( 11 ) for supporting and conveying sheets (A) along a respective path, which comprise first and second means ( 111, 112 ) that still-retain respective ends (A 1 , A 2 ) of the sheet (A) along the advancement path.

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Номер записи: 9
23-02-2012 дата публикации

Rotation transmission mechanism and paper feeder

Номер: US20120043716A1
Автор: Hiroshi Murasaki, Takeji Morikawa
Принадлежит: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES INC

A one-way clutch is mounted on an outer periphery of a rotary shaft in a manner to place a clutch needle bearing in contact with the outer periphery of the rotary shaft. A rotary member is disposed on one side of the one-way clutch and engaged with the one-way clutch to be subjected to the rotation of the rotary shaft transmitted thereto. A retaining member is mounted on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft and located on the opposite side of the one-way clutch from the rotary member, while an urging unit is provided for urging the one-way clutch to abut against the retaining member.

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Номер записи: 10
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Tearing device of a continuous ribbon of paper material to be supplied on rewinding machines, rewinding machine for the formation of logs of paper equipped with such a device and tearing method of a continuous ribbon of paper material on rewinding machines

Номер: US20120048985A1
Автор: Giovanni Gambini
Принадлежит: Gambini International SA

The present invention concerns a tearing device of a continuous ribbon of paper material to be supplied on rewinding machines and a method for tearing the same ribbon. The device comprises mechanical tearing means to cause the tearing of the ribbon in correspondence of at least one perforation and weakening line of the same. The mechanical tearing means comprise an interception portion suitable for engaging, at least temporarily, the structure of the continuous ribbon, to cause it to break. The mechanical tearing means are mobile between a non operative position, in which the interception portion does not engage the ribbon, and an operative position, in which the interception portion engages the ribbon transversally until it causes it to break along a respective perforation and weakening line.

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Номер записи: 11
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Media stopper for a printing system

Номер: US20120049435A1
Автор: Sivanandam T. Sathiyamoorthy, Wayne E. Stiehler
Принадлежит: Individual

A printer comprising a media stopper element held in position by a rotatable shaft. The shaft comprises a lever which can be moved in order to rotate the shaft and move the media stopper element out of the way.

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Номер записи: 12
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Paper mixing preventing apparatus

Номер: US20120049440A1
Автор: Kijo JUNG
Принадлежит: Biztechone Co Ltd

Disclosed is a paper mixing preventing apparatus which prevents a paper sheet stacked on a paper buffering unit, a paper arranging unit, or a stacker tray on a paper feeing path and a succeeding feeding sheet from being out of sequence. A lower unit and an upper unit are installed between a stacked paper sheet and the succeeding paper sheet. A pressing plate of the upper unit and the support plate of the lower unit move, so the support plate of the lower unit is rotated together with the pressing plate to prevent the succeeding paper sheet from being damaged. The associated movements of the lower unit and the upper unit are released at a position where the pressing plate of the upper unit is moved, and the lower unit primarily returns to its initial state and the upper unit returns to its initial state subsequently.

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Номер записи: 13
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Externally-powerable media transport module

Номер: US20120049444A1
Автор: Duncan Keith, Gordon Burke
Принадлежит: Individual

A media transport module is described. The media transport module comprises: an upward transport, a divert transport, and a stacking transport. The upward transport extends from a pick coupling area to a diversion area and is operable to route individual media items from the pick coupling area to the diversion area. The divert transport extends from the diversion area to a diverter port; and the stacking transport extends from the diversion area to a stacking port. A diverter is located at the diversion area and is operable to route media items to either (i) the divert transport, or (ii) the stacking transport, in response to a signal received from a media thickness sensor. A drive gear is provided for receiving rotational motion from an external drive. An electrical connector is also provided for receiving electrical power from an external supply and using the received electrical power to energize the diverter.

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Номер записи: 14
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Sheet conveying device and recording apparatus

Номер: US20120050438A1
Автор: Itaru Wada
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet conveying device having a rolled-sheet supporting unit, a conveying unit, a driving unit, a tension applying unit, and a control unit. The rolled-sheet supporting unit supports a continuous sheet rolled up into a roll. The conveying unit conveys the continuous sheet from the rolled-sheet supporting unit as driven by the driving unit. The tension applying unit applies tension to the continuous sheet downstream of the conveying unit in a conveying direction. The control unit controls a driving amount of the driving unit per unit conveyance distance as the conveying unit conveys the continuous sheet. The driving amount is larger in a case where a first tension is applied by the tension applying unit compared to a case in which a second tension, that is larger than the first tension, is applied.

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Номер записи: 15
08-03-2012 дата публикации

Medium storage device, image forming device and medium storage system

Номер: US20120056370A1
Автор: Takashi Kobayashi
Принадлежит: Oki Data Corp

A medium storage device that is covered by a dust cover and that stores a recording medium, includes: a guide member that is extendably and retractably provided in the medium storage device and that restricts a position of an edge part of the recording medium; and a lock member that locks the guide member and that releases the lock status of the guide member when the lock member moves in a first direction so as to allow the guide member to extend and retract, wherein the movement of the lock member in the first direction is restricted by the dust cover so that the guide member is stably locked.

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Номер записи: 16
15-03-2012 дата публикации

Loading member and sorting device

Номер: US20120061210A1
Автор: Junichi OOTAKA, Masaaki Mizutani
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A loading member includes a receiving section that changes a posture thereof from a receiving posture where a loading material is received to a rising posture where the loading material is supported in a raised state; and a positioning section that is projected from a portion of a base end of the receiving section and then positions a lower end position of the loading material when the posture of the receiving section is changed to the rising posture; wherein the positioning section is provided with a loading assisting member assists the positioning of the loading material in a case of the receiving posture, while the front end of the loading assisting member rotates in a direction to approach a receiving surface of the loading material at the receiving section in a case of changing from the receiving posture to the rising posture.

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Номер записи: 17
22-03-2012 дата публикации

Holding device of recording medium, image forming apparatus, and conveying method of recording medium

Номер: US20120068401A1
Автор: Hirofumi Kondo, Masahiro Doi, Satoshi Kaiho, Yoshiaki Kaneko
Принадлежит: Toshiba Corp, Toshiba TEC Corp

According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes, an endless device having a plurality of suction holes, and a negative pressure chamber which communicates with the suction holes, a rotation mechanism which rotates the endless device, a suction mechanism which discharges air in the negative pressure chamber, an opening and closing mechanism which has a switching blade which opens and closes the suction holes, a driving mechanism which moves the switching blade to a first position and a second position, a recording head unit, a supply mechanism which supplies the recording medium to the endless device, and a controller. If the switching blade moves to the first position, the suction holes are shut. If the switching blade moves to the second position, the suction holes communicate with the negative pressure chamber. The controller drives the opening and closing mechanism according to the size of the recording medium.

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Номер записи: 18
22-03-2012 дата публикации

Document transporting device and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120070211A1
Автор: Hideo Koiwai
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

A document transporting device includes: a document-accommodating-section; a transporting-mechanism; a feeding-member that feeds a document to the transporting-mechanism by rotating; a rotation-shaft that is driven to rotate and rotatably supports the feeding-member; an engaged-portion formed at an end portion of the feeding-member; a transmitting member that, by moving in a rotation-shaft-axial-direction, can be located at a transmitting-position where rotation of the rotation-shaft is transmitted to the feeding-member by an engaging-portion of the transmitting member being engaged with the engaged-portion, and at a releasing-position where engagement therebetween is released; a moving member provided on the rotation-shaft, that, upon relative rotating of the rotation-shaft and the transmitting member, moves the transmitting member to the transmitting-position and transmits the rotation of the rotation-shaft to the transmitting member; and a resistor that contacts with an outer peripheral surface of the transmitting member and provides a resistance in a rotational-direction to the transmitting member.

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Номер записи: 19
29-03-2012 дата публикации

Image recording apparatus

Номер: US20120074637A1
Автор: Yuta Uchino
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

An image recording apparatus including: (a) a recording portion for recording image on a top face of a sheet; (b) a supplying roller which is to be in contact with a bottom face of the sheet held in a tray and which is configured to supply the sheet toward a curved conveyance path; (c) a drive roller which is to be in contact with the top face of the sheet and which is configured to convey the sheet supplied from the supplying roller; and (d) a controlling portion which is configured, upon receipt of a command requesting start of conveyance of the sheet, to cause the supplying roller to be rotated without causing the drive roller to be rotated, and is configured, upon judgment that a leading end portion of the sheet has reached a flat surface extending away from the drive roller toward the recording portion, to cause the drive roller to be rotated.

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Номер записи: 20
29-03-2012 дата публикации

Paper automatic-feeding apparatus, copying machine and facsimile apparatus

Номер: US20120074643A1
Автор: Wataru Imura
Принадлежит: Individual

A paper automatic-feeding apparatus includes a first paper feeding path through which a paper medium passes; a second paper feeding path which is arranged separately from the first paper feeding path and through which a paper medium passes; a first fulcrum part to support a first chassis, which forms at least a part of the first paper feeding path, as a bearing so that the first chassis can be opened and closed; a second fulcrum part to support a second chassis, which forms at least a part of the second paper feeding path, as a bearing so that the second chassis can be opened and closed; and a fixation part to fix the first chassis and the second chassis so that the first chassis and the second chassis may be in a closed state through the fixation part being fixed on a predetermined fixed part; wherein the predetermined fixed part and the second fulcrum part are formed as a common part.

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Номер записи: 21
05-04-2012 дата публикации

Tray unit and image recording device

Номер: US20120081488A1
Автор: Satoru Nakakita, Tetsuo Asada
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

A tray unit includes a first tray, a second tray, and a cover. The first tray includes a first holding surface for holding thereon a first sheet. The second tray includes a second holding surface for holding thereon a second sheet. The second tray is configured to slide above and along the first holding surface between a first second-tray position and a second second-tray position, and is configured to pivot between the second second-tray position and a third second-tray position in which the second tray stands upward with respect to the first holding surface. The cover is configured to cover from above at least a part of the second tray when the second tray is in the second second-tray position, and is configured to pivot between a first cover position in which the cover extends along the first holding surface and a second cover position in which the cover stands upward with respect to the first holding surface.

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Номер записи: 22
26-04-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus for transporting flexible printed circuit board strip

Номер: US20120097784A1
Автор: Chia-Hung Shen, Tao-Ming Liao
Принадлежит: Zhen Ding Technology Co Ltd

An apparatus for transporting an FPCB strip includes a feeding spool, a collecting spool, and a buffer device between the feeding spool and the collecting spool. The feeding spool is configured for feeding an FPCB strip. The collecting spool is for collecting the FPCB strip from the buffer device. The buffer device includes a container, a redirection cylinder and an air pump. The redirection cylinder has a cavity defined therein, and a plurality of air exit holes defined in a side wall thereof. The air exit holes are in communication with the cavity. The air pump is in communication with the container and the cavity of the redirection cylinder for evacuating the air in the container so as to retain the bent portion in situ in the container and blowing air into the cavity, so as to form a cushion of air at the air exit holes.

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Номер записи: 23
26-04-2012 дата публикации

Alternative apparatus for reducing web feed rate variations induced by parent roll geometry variations

Номер: US20120097787A1
Автор: Paul Alan Binner, Sr.
Принадлежит: Procter and Gamble Co

An apparatus is disclosed for reducing feed rate variations when unwinding a web material. The apparatus includes a rotational position and speed determining device for determining the rotational position and speed of the parent roll, a drive system for imparting rotational movement to the parent roll, a device for measuring the radius of the parent roll, and a logic device. The logic device generates an ideal speed reference signal and utilizes calculated and measured data to establish a corrected speed reference signal to make adjustments in the driving speed based upon the corrected speed reference signal to maintain a relatively constant feed rate. By dividing the parent roll into 1, 2, . . . n sectors, the data can be refined to a relatively high degree taking into account high speed data processing capabilities as well as operating system response times to make appropriate driving speed adjustments.

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Номер записи: 24
26-04-2012 дата публикации

System and method for inline cutting and stacking of sheets for formation of books

Номер: US20120098184A1
Автор: Bruce J. Taylor, Edward J. Zanchi, Hans Eliasson, Richard SJOSTEDT, Sean Stewart, Steven P. Lewalski
Принадлежит: Lasermax Roll Systems Inc

This invention provides a system and method for aligning, feeding, trimming, slitting, rotating, cross-slitting and stacking sheets, each containing one or more discrete page images thereon that allows for greater automation of the overall process so that reduced or no manual intervention is required to generate completed book stacks or “blocks” from a stream or stack of printed sheets. Sheets are fed to a first, upstream trimming station to remove margin edges and optionally separate the sheets relative to the discrete page images. The sheets are then rotated 90 degrees and fed to a second, downstream trimming station that trims the right-angle edges and optionally separates the sheets into a final group of full-bleed pages, removing margins and gutter strips. The sheets are fed to a stacking assembly to be tacked in page order and any rejected, defective sheets or stacks are removed from the order.

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Номер записи: 25
03-05-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus with product conveyor and transverse drive

Номер: US20120103761A1
Автор: Günther Weber
Принадлежит: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH

The present invention relates to an apparatus having a product conveyor drivable in a conveying direction and a transverse drive by which the product conveyor is movable in a direction transverse to the conveying direction. The product conveyor is coupled to a compensation mass by means of which forces can be compensated which occur by a transverse movement of the product conveyor.

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Номер записи: 26
03-05-2012 дата публикации

Paper sheet processing device

Номер: US20120104691A1
Автор: Takao Nireki
Принадлежит: Universal Entertainment Corp

A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing paper sheet clogging in a traveling route in which a paper sheet is conveyed is provided. The paper sheet processing apparatus comprises an open/close member 2B which is opened or closed with respect to a frame 2A and a traveling route through which the paper sheet (a bill, a card, a coupon ticket, and the like are collectively referred to as “paper sheet”) is conveyed is formed between the open/close member 2B and the frame 2A when the open/close member 2B is closed with respect to the frame 2A. The open/close member 2B is provided with a sensor 31 for detecting that the open/close member 2B is opened from the frame 2A.

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Номер записи: 27
10-05-2012 дата публикации

Reel dispenser

Номер: US20120111988A1
Автор: Andrew Dean
Принадлежит: Wrap Film Systems Ltd

A reel dispenser includes a housing, a coupling associated with a reel and a mounting for removably mounting the coupling to the housing so that the coupling is movable between a mounted and a dismounted condition. The coupling includes a key. The mounting includes a lock arrangement which is movable between a locked condition and a free condition. The reel dispenser is arranged so that when the coupling is moved from the dismounted condition to the mounted condition, the key moves the lock arrangement to the free condition, permitting rotation of the coupling relative to the housing.

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Номер записи: 28
17-05-2012 дата публикации

Lateral Correcting Device and Prining Press

Номер: US20120118186A1
Автор: Daisuke Okawa, Kazuhiro Naito, Koji Nishiyama, Manabu Fujike, Takanori Nitta
Принадлежит: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing and Packaging Machinery Ltd

A lateral register correcting device includes, a first adjusting unit that comprises a plurality of the pressing members arranged in a central area in the width direction of the web, a second adjusting unit that comprises one or more of the pressing members arranged in an outer area in the width direction of the web than the first adjusting unit, and an adjusting system that can adjust a pressure amount in the central area in the width direction of the web and a pressure amount in the outer area in the width direction of the web to different values through the first and second adjusting units. The pressing members are pressure rollers in a disc shape, and the pressure rollers of the second adjusting unit have an outer diameter set larger than that of the pressure rollers of the first adjusting unit.

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Номер записи: 29
24-05-2012 дата публикации

Sheet de-curling mechanism and printing apparatus using the same

Номер: US20120128397A1
Автор: Yu-Lun Chang
Принадлежит: Individual

A sheet de-curling mechanism includes a passageway, a first roller and a second roller. The first roller, disposed in the passageway, transports a sheet at a first speed in a transporting direction. The second roller, disposed downstream of the first roller, transports the sheet at a second speed greater than the first speed, to stretch and flatten the sheet. A printing apparatus using the sheet de-curling mechanism is also provided.

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Номер записи: 30
21-06-2012 дата публикации

Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120153559A1
Автор: Hajime Sekiguchi, Isao Kannari, Shinichi Onodera, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Taro Ikeda, Yuya Yokobori
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

Provided is a sheet feeding device having a sheet surface detecting mechanism installed to be movable up and down between adjacent adsorption conveyance belts 21, and detects a position of the top surface of the sheet by a sheet surface detecting member 61 that moves upward higher than the adsorbing surface of an adsorption conveyance belt 21. The position of the lower surface of the sheet surface detecting member 61 being pushed up by the blown-up sheet is regulated such that the difference in height between the adsorbing surface of the adsorption conveyance belt 21 and the lower surface of the sheet surface detecting member 61 is smaller than the difference in a height direction between the adsorbing surface of the adsorption conveyance belt 21 and the upper surface of a separation nozzle by a sensor abutting portion 62 that regulates upward movement of the sheet surface detecting member 61.

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Номер записи: 31
21-06-2012 дата публикации

Paper-feeding device and multi-functional printers

Номер: US20120154839A1
Автор: Ken-Hua Chang, Shih-Jer Din
Принадлежит: Cal Comp Electronics and Communications Co Ltd, Kinpo Electronics Inc

A paper-feeding device and a multi-functional printer are provided. The paper-feeding device includes a base, a driving axle, a position-limiting element and a retaining element The base has a first assembling portion. The driving axle, the position-limiting and the retaining elements are all in the base. The position-limiting element has a second assembling portion and two position-limiting portions on radial directions of the second assembling portion between the inserting portion and the body. The retaining element includes a swing frame, a paper-separating element and a spring. The body of the swing frame is located between the two position-limiting portions. The first and second pivoting portions coaxial and connect the body are pivoted respectively to the first and second assembling portions. The inserting portion of the paper-separating element is sheathed by the body and the separating element leans against the driving axle.

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Номер записи: 32
12-07-2012 дата публикации

Dual hopper assembly

Номер: US20120175836A1
Автор: Chad Johnson, James R. Meier, Jeff Stangler
Принадлежит: HID Global Corp

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a dual hopper assembly ( 104 ) for use in a credential processing device ( 100 ), a credential processing device ( 100 ) that includes a dual hopper assembly ( 104 ), and methods of feeding substrates in a credential processing device ( 100 ). One embodiment of the dual hopper assembly ( 104 ) comprises an upper hopper ( 106 ) configured to support one or more card substrates ( 102 ), a lower hopper ( 108 ) configured to support one or more card substrates and an input feed roller ( 140 ). The input feed roller is positioned between the upper and lower hoppers and is movable between a first position ( 132 ), in which the input feed roller engages a bottom substrate ( 102 A) supported in the upper hopper, and a second position ( 134 ), in which the input feed roller is displaced from the bottom substrate.

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Номер записи: 33
12-07-2012 дата публикации

Display device

Номер: US20120176570A1
Автор: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata
Принадлежит: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd

A display device having a light-emitting element and a see-through capability, with which a variety of display modes can be exhibited depending on a use application or situation. In such a display device having a see-through capability, between a first display portion having pixels including dual-emission type light-emitting elements and a second display portion having a light-scattering liquid crystal layer, a shutter-shaped light-blocking unit is provided so that a variety of display modes can be exhibited depending on use applications or situations by selecting modes of the first display portion, the second display portion, and the shutter-shaped light-blocking unit.

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Номер записи: 34
12-07-2012 дата публикации

Card substrate rotator

Номер: US20120177474A1
Автор: Anthony L. Lokken, James R. Meier, John P. Skoglund
Принадлежит: HID Global Corp

A card substrate rotator comprises a substrate support, a rotator mechanism and a lift mechanism. The substrate support is configured to receive a card substrate and comprises a feed roller. The rotator mechanism is configured to rotate the substrate support about an axis. The lift mechanism is configured to move the substrate support and the axis in a vertical plane.

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Номер записи: 35
19-07-2012 дата публикации

Device and method for receiving, holding and/or handling two-dimensional objects

Номер: US20120181740A1
Автор: Dennis Fritsch, Kai Wegener, Peter Kirschner, Richard Eschlbeck
Принадлежит: KRONES AG

A receiving, holding and/or handling device for two-dimensional objects, with at least two controllable suction grippers. The suction grippers are arranged and connected to free ends of movable cantilever arms, which are elastically deformable at least in some sections. The cantilever arm are mounted and supported on a bridge. The cantilever arms each include at least one lower pull and one upper pull which meet at the free end of the cantilever arm and are connected there. An actuating device is assigned to the upper pull. The actuating device generates a pulling force with at least one horizontal direction component which is approximately parallel to the longitudinal extension direction of the cantilever arm. A method is also disclosed.

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Номер записи: 36
19-07-2012 дата публикации

Inkjet image recorder and method for correction of belt conveyance

Номер: US20120182347A1
Автор: Keigo Shimizu, Tatsuki Tahara
Принадлежит: Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co Ltd

Provided are an ink-jet image recorder for recording an image precisely and a method for correction of belt conveyance mechanisms by controlling the roller drive on the basis of fluctuation of the conveyance rate caused by a particular failure in the endless belt. In the belt conveyor mechanism of the ink-jet image recorder, the method for correction of the belt conveyance comprises a position detection step (Step S 1 ) for detecting a specified position on the endless belt; a measurement step for measuring the rotation rate of the roller; a position calculation step (Step S 4 ) for specifying a position on the endless belt; a calculation step (Step S 5 ) for calculating the corrected conveyance rate; in the error-causing region where a conveyance error is caused by the endless belt during movement of the endless belt, by addition to the position of the endless belt, of the amount of correction of the conveyance rate of the endless belt calculated from the conveyance error corresponding to the error-causing region; and a driving rate calculation step (Step S 6 ) for adjusting the motor driving rate in accordance with the corrected conveyance rate.

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Номер записи: 37
26-07-2012 дата публикации

Control apparatus, control method for control apparatus, and storage medium

Номер: US20120188571A1
Автор: Hiroyuki Amano
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A control method for a control apparatus includes obtaining an amount of a recording material applied on a first area of a sheet and an amount of a recording material applied on a second area of the sheet on the basis of image data recorded on the sheet stacked on a stacking unit; and performing control, in a case where a plurality of sheets are stacked on the stacking unit, so that a difference between a total amount of the recording material applied on the first area of the sheets and a total amount of the recording material applied on the second area of the sheets does not exceed a predetermined value on the basis of the obtained amount of the recording material. With this method, a limit of the number of stacked sheets is relieved while stability of the stacked sheets is maintained.

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Номер записи: 38
09-08-2012 дата публикации

Automatic document feeder

Номер: US20120200027A1
Автор: Kenji Korenaga
Принадлежит: Murata Machinery Ltd

An automatic document feeder includes a first roller portion on the first transportation path to feed an original to a scanning position to scan a first face of the original, a second roller portion on a second transportation path to transport the scanned original, a third roller portion on the second transportation path to feed the original to the scanning position to scan a second face of the original, a fourth roller portion on the first transportation path to transport the scanned original, and a transporting speed adjusting unit gaining a circumferential velocity of the second roller portion than the one of the first roller portion and gaining a circumferential velocity of the fourth roller portion than the one of third roller portion, when the original is transported from the first transportation path to the second transportation path and from the second transportation path to the first transportation path, respectively.

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Номер записи: 39
09-08-2012 дата публикации

Small and bulk pack napkin separator

Номер: US20120201643A1
Автор: James Andrew Walsh, James R. Michler, Tim Schramm
Принадлежит: CG Bretting Manufacturing Co Inc

An apparatus and method are provided, for alternatively producing either small or bulk packs of napkins from a stack of folded napkins produced by one folding machine, through use of a pack dispatching arrangement having an inlet, a small pack transfer station and a bulk pack transfer station, and configured for operation in a small pack mode for dispatching a stream of spaced apart small packs of folded sheets separated from the stack of folded sheets, and received at an inlet of the pack dispatching arrangement, to the small pack transfer station, and alternatively operable in a bulk pack mode for dispatching a stream of spaced apart bulk packs of folded sheets separated from the stack of folded sheets, and received at an inlet of the pack dispatching arrangement, to the bulk pack transfer station.

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Номер записи: 40
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Stacking of gloves

Номер: US20120204517A1
Автор: Jonathan William Stollery, Kim Marie Stollery
Принадлежит: Altevo Ltd

A glove stacking apparatus for preparing a stack of gloves prior to packing into a box, and a method of stacking gloves, particularly ambidextrous disposable hygienic gloves, preferably with the thumbs of each glove in a desired orientation with respect to each other are disclosed. A glove stacking apparatus for forming a stack of gloves comprises a packing recess for receiving the gloves to be stacked, and adjacent the recess at least one movable flap for folding towards the recess a portion of a glove overlapping said edge of the recess. The movable flap has a surface that is permeable to gaseous flow through the surface, and the glove stacking apparatus including a source of vacuum pressure and means to apply the vacuum air pressure through the permeable surface of the movable flap in order to pull the overlapping portion of the glove to the flap prior to folding of the overlapping portion. The source of vacuum pressure is separate from the flap so that as the flap folds towards the recess, the application of the vacuum air pressure through the permeable surface is automatically released.

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Номер записи: 41
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120205856A1
Автор: Shinichi Onodera, Taro Ikeda, Yuya Yokobori
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet guiding rib protrudes below a sheet suction surface of a plurality of suction conveyer belts, the sheet guiding rib being provided at a position on a downstream side in a sheet conveying direction of a sheet suction region, in which a sheet can be sucked, of the sheet suction surface of the plurality of suction conveyer belts, and between the plurality of suction conveyer belts. At a time of conveying a topmost sheet sucked and deflected downward at a part of pressing a sheet surface detecting flag, a deflection amount of the topmost sheet is reduced by bringing the deflected part of the topmost sheet into abutment against the sheet guiding rib.

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Номер записи: 42
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Device and method for depositing sheet-shaped substrates so as to form a stack

Номер: US20120205862A1
Автор: Dieter Gritzuhn, Frank Nagel, Soenke Christian Bluethgen
Принадлежит: Individual

The present invention relates to a device and a method for depositing sheet-shaped substrates ( 6 ), in particular printing materials, in a printing machine so as to form a stack. The device comprises a tray ( 10 ) for receiving the substrates, said tray having a tray surface ( 8 ) that is tilted about a first axis and about a second axis, relative to a horizontal. Also provided are a lifting device for lifting and lowering the tray, as well as a first abutment having a first abutment surface and a second abutment ( 26 ) having a second abutment surface, with the first and the second abutment surfaces being arranged so as to be perpendicular to each other, and with substrates deposited on the tray coming to abut against the first and the second abutment surfaces due to the tilting of the tray surface.

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Номер записи: 43
16-08-2012 дата публикации

Lifting device and method for gloves stacking

Номер: US20120207577A1
Автор: Jonathan William Stollery, Kim Marie Stollery
Принадлежит: Altevo Ltd

A glove stacking apparatus for preparing a stack of gloves prior to packing into a box, and a method of stacking gloves using a glove stacking apparatus for preparing a stack of gloves prior to packing into a box, particularly ambidextrous disposable hygienic gloves are disclosed. A glove stacking apparatus for lifting and depositing gloves to be stacked comprises a lifting means for lifting each of the gloves. The lifting means includes an attractive glove lifting surface, wherein the lifting means includes within the lifting surface a movable member, the movable member being movable from a first position in which the movable member is substantially flush with the lifting surface to a second position in which the movable member stands proud of the lifting surface in order to help dislodge the lifted glove from the lifting surface. The movable member has a surface that is permeable to air flow through the surface, the glove lifting means including a source of positive air pressure and means to control the application of said positive air pressure through the permeable surface of the movable member in order to control the dislodging of the lifted glove from the glove lifting surface.

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Номер записи: 44
23-08-2012 дата публикации

Feed tray

Номер: US20120211937A1
Автор: Zenko Motoki
Принадлежит: Individual

A cover of a feed tray is attached to a tray body in a movable manner in a direction away from the tray body when the cover is in a closed state for covering an upper surface of the tray body.

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Номер записи: 45
06-09-2012 дата публикации

Web media moving apparatus

Номер: US20120223118A1
Автор: Harsha S. BULATHSINGHALAGE, John Leonard Hryhorenko, Michael J. Piatt, Randy E. Armbruster, W. Charles Kasiske, Jr.
Принадлежит: Individual

An apparatus for moving a continuous web of print media includes a roller having an axis of rotation. The roller includes a pattern of recesses and ridges positioned along the axis of rotation of the roller. A second section of the roller is located between a first section of the roller and a third section of the roller as viewed along the axis of rotation. The roller includes a profile as viewed along the axis of rotation in which the diameter of the ridges located in the first section of the roller and the diameter of ridges located in the third section of the roller are greater than the diameter of the ridges located in the second section of the roller.

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Номер записи: 46
13-09-2012 дата публикации

Sheet transport apparatus

Номер: US20120228822A1
Автор: Koji Kanda, Mamoru Akiyama, Seiji Nishizawa, Tetsuya Noda, Toshiya Sato, Toshiyuki Ito
Принадлежит: Nisca Corp

A sheet transport apparatus for transporting a sheet along a transport path has a sheet transport mechanism having a plurality of transport rollers that transports a sheet, and a jam clearing mechanism to remove a sheet which causes a transport failure and is jammed on the transport path. The jam clearing mechanism has a coupling member coupled to a transport roller, a jam clearing dial that transfers a rotation force to the transport roller via the coupling member, and a switching device for switching so that the coupling member separates from the transport roller in transporting a sheet, while being coupled to the transport roller in clearing a jam.

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Номер записи: 47
27-09-2012 дата публикации

Transmission device for scanner

Номер: US20120240705A1
Автор: Ping-Chih Wang
Принадлежит: Mustek Systems Inc

A transmission device for a scanner includes a driving member, two worms, two rollers, and two worm wheels. The driving member is disposed on a housing base, and includes a main body and an output shaft. The output shaft has two ends disposed respectively at two opposite sides of the main body. The worms are connected respectively and fixedly to the two ends of the output shaft. The rollers are disposed rotatably on the housing base. The worm wheels are connected respectively and fixedly to the rollers, and mesh respectively with the worms.

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Номер записи: 48
27-09-2012 дата публикации

Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120242033A1
Автор: Masatoshi Takiguchi, Naoki HAYASHI, Ryukichi Inoue, Seietsu Miura
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

The sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller that includes an arc-shaped friction portion and a notch portion, and causes the friction portion to feed the sheet; a feeding motor rotationally driving the feeding roller; a separation pad that presses the sheet fed by the friction portion on a surface other than a surface at the friction portion, and separates a double-fed sheet; and a feeding spring that causes the sheet supporting portion to wait below the feeding roller such that the sheet supported on the sheet supporting portion is not in contact with the friction portion until the friction portion reaches the separation pad, and, when the friction portion reaches the separation pad, moves up the sheet supporting portion to an abutting position at which the sheet supported on the sheet supporting portion is pressed against the friction portion and the friction portion feeds the sheet.

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Номер записи: 49
27-09-2012 дата публикации

Sheet processing apparatus

Номер: US20120245012A1
Автор: Ryouta SHIBAYAMA, Shigeki Nozawa, Zen KAYABA
Принадлежит: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES INC

The sheet processing apparatus processes a sheet having an image formed thereon by an image forming apparatus. The sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet folding unit for folding the sheet having an image formed thereon, a sheet tray loaded with the sheet folded by the sheet folding unit to be taken out, and a control unit for controlling the sheet processing apparatus as a whole. The sheet tray includes a mechanism capable of adjusting an angle with a virtual plane and a detection device detecting a change of the angle with the virtual plane. The control unit prohibits ejection from the sheet folding unit to the sheet tray, based on the detection result of the detection device and the content of the folding processing by the sheet folding unit.

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Номер записи: 50
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Spool and handle for cable and wire

Номер: US20120248232A1
Автор: Sidney Wierstra
Принадлежит: Nexans SA

A cable carrying assembly includes a spool made from a first flange region, drum portion and a second flange region where each of the first flange region, drum portion and a second flange region are integrally molded as a single polymer unit. The drum portion is molded as a hollow drum for supporting a cable. The first flange region includes at least two openings and a handle receiving region and the handle has a grip portion, two stems each with a latch knob. The stems and knobs of the handle are inserted into the at least two openings on the first flange region of the drum and lock into place via the knobs, such that the grip portion of the handle is arrangable in a first open position with the grip portion substantially perpendicular to the first flange regions and a second closed position with the grip portion folded down about the articulated joints, into the handle receiving region of the first flange region.

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Номер записи: 51
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Sheet conveying device

Номер: US20120248681A1
Автор: Ai YAMAZAKI, Daisuke Kozaki, Hiroshi Shiomi
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

A sheet conveying device includes a cover member made of resin and partially defining a conveying path, a roller member rotatably disposed on the cover member and configured to convey a sheet along the conveying path, an urging member disposed between the cover member and a rotary shaft of the roller member and urging the roller member toward the conveying path while one end of the urging member contacts the rotary shaft, and a plate member made of metal and disposed between the cover member and the urging member. The plate member includes a first segment extending along the cover member and contacting the other end of the urging member, a second segment extending from an edge of the first segment in a direction toward the conveying path, and a third segment extending from an edge of the second segment in a direction different from the second segment extending direction.

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Номер записи: 52
04-10-2012 дата публикации

Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120248684A1
Автор: Yuushi Sadamitsu
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet conveying apparatus includes a conveying roller which conveys a sheet, a cylindrical motor which drives the conveying roller, an outer diameter of the motor being approximately equal to or smaller than an outer diameter of the conveying roller, and a supporting portion which supports the motor such that a rotational center of the motor is arranged coaxially with a rotational center of a rotational shaft of the conveying roller the motor is positioned within a maximum sheet that can be conveyed by the conveying roller in a width direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction.

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Номер записи: 53
25-10-2012 дата публикации

Method and system for job separation in high volume document scanning

Номер: US20120269611A1
Автор: John Allott Moore, Xing Li
Принадлежит: Xerox Corp

A method for job separation in a high volume document scanning is provided. The method includes monitoring a document receiver with a monitor device to determine when a batch of documents has been received by the document receiver and in response to the monitor device determining the batch of documents has been received by the document receiver, automatically inserting a job separation document with a separation document inserter at an end of the batch to separate the batch of documents from a successive batch of documents.

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Номер записи: 54
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Transporting device and image forming apparatus using the same

Номер: US20120286468A1
Автор: Makoto Ui
Принадлежит: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES INC

A transporting device includes steering rollers, a center roller which is disposed between the steering rollers and deflection-detecting sensors that are positioned downstream from the steering rollers. When a sheet of paper has a width which is narrower than a width of a reference sheet of paper, the positional deflection of the sheet of paper is corrected by transporting the sheet of paper to a shift roller with the sheet of paper being nipped by the center roller and thrusting a forward end of the sheet of paper against a shift roller. When a sheet of paper has a width which exceeds the width of the reference sheet of paper, the positional deflection of the sheet of paper is corrected by rotating the steering rollers separately based on a detected result of the sensors with the sheet of paper being nipped by the steering rollers.

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Номер записи: 55
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Sheet processing apparatus

Номер: US20120286469A1
Автор: Hitoshi Kato, Naoki Ishikawa, Tomoharu Sato, Yasuo Fukatsu
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet processing apparatus that is capable of aligning sheets in a sheet longitudinal direction with high accuracy when bundling the sheets. A conveyance unit conveys a sheet. A stacking unit stacks a plurality of sheets that are conveyed by the conveyance unit. A grasping member performs a grasping operation that grasps the rear end of the sheet surface of the sheets stacked on the stacking unit. A driving unit moves the grasping member. A control unit controls the driving unit so as to align the sheets stacked on the stacking unit in a sheet conveyance direction by making the grasping member contact the rear end of the stacked sheets after the sheets are stacked on the stacking unit, and controls the driving unit so that the grasping member performs the grasping operation when a following sheet is stacked on the stacked sheets.

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Номер записи: 56
15-11-2012 дата публикации

Sheet transporting device and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20120288309A1
Автор: Hisakazu ONOE, Makio Uehara, Michio Tada, Takashi Abe, Yasunobu Gotoh, Yoichi Yamakawa, Yoshiyuki Takaishi, Yousuke Hasegawa
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

A sheet transporting device includes a regulating member is arranged so that an edge of a sheet is abutted against the regulating member while moving toward downstream in a transporting direction of the sheet, and a first transport member that transports the sheet toward the regulating member while moving toward the downstream in the transporting direction, and that pushes the sheet against the regulating member while slipping on a surface of the sheet in a state where the sheet is abutted against the regulating member, wherein the regulating member and the first transport member moving together toward the downstream in the transporting direction.

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Номер записи: 57
22-11-2012 дата публикации

Systems and methods for supplying a web of packaging material to an indexing-motion packaging machine

Номер: US20120292422A1
Автор: Craig R. Bonneville, Ian Thornley Eisele
Принадлежит: Alkar RapidPak Inc

Methods and systems for supplying a web of packaging material to an indexing-motion packaging machine include rotating a roll of a web of packaging material, sensing changes in position of a dancer caused by rotation of the roll, rotating the roll at a starting speed of rotation that is based upon sensed changes in position of the dancer, and then maintain substantially constant tension in the web of flexible packaging material during indexing motion of the packaging machine.

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Номер записи: 58
29-11-2012 дата публикации

Image forming system, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Номер: US20120301198A1
Автор: Akira Iwasaka, Hiroyuki MOMIYAMA, Michio Tada, Takashi Abe, Toshitaka Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Takaishi
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a feeding unit, a side edge reversal unit, a leading edge reversal unit, and a control unit, wherein, when there is a request for image formation on a bundle of sheets including a special sheet having a special part at an edge so that the edge is not straight and there is a request for image formation on both surfaces of the special sheet, the control unit controls the feeding unit, the image forming unit, the side edge reversal unit, the image forming unit to transport the special sheet having the image of the preceding page formed thereon to the downstream side after the front and back of the sheet are reversed by the leading edge reversal unit.

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Номер записи: 59
29-11-2012 дата публикации

System For Bifolding An Absorbent Article

Номер: US20120302418A1
Автор: John Glasgow Burns, Jr., Yoichiro Yamamoto
Принадлежит: Individual

A system is provided for bifolding disposable absorbent articles on a high speed production line on which the disposable absorbent articles are moved along a predetermined path. The system includes the use of one or more vacuum conveyor assemblies to engage and transfer the leading end portion of the article from the surface of a peel-roll to a folding drum. Thereby potentially reducing the occurrence of undesirable misalignment between opposing edges of an article during a bifolding process.

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Номер записи: 60
06-12-2012 дата публикации

Adhesive tape dispenser

Номер: US20120305198A1
Автор: HARRISON Huang
Принадлежит: Individual

An adhesive tape dispenser, to which a tape roll having a roll of an adhesive tape can be mounted and which is composed of a main body, a tape roll holder, and a pressing roller. The main body includes a handgrip, a protective wall connected with the handgrip, and an assembly member. A receiving space is formed between the handgrip and the protective wall. The protective wall has a contact surface formed at one side thereof opposite to the other side thereof facing the handgrip. The tape roll holder is mounted to the assembly member and includes a rotatable member for installing the tape roll thereto. The pressing roller is mounted to the main body and includes a rolling member which is rotatable relative to the main body for rolling the adhesive tape pulled out from the tape roll.

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Номер записи: 61
20-12-2012 дата публикации

Tool tray and drafting table for use with cable-containing cartons

Номер: US20120318939A1
Автор: Martin J. Mcguire, Richard Galgano
Принадлежит: Windy City Wire Cable and Technology Products LLC

A system for dispensing wire or cable from at least one carton has one or more reels disposed in the carton and a toolbox disposed to be above the carton. The tool box has a floor, left and right walls, and top and bottom fastening holes such that an axial rod may be inserted through the fastening holes, through the carton(s), and secured to a cart. The system preferably includes a drawing board that can be attached to the tool box.

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Номер записи: 62
20-12-2012 дата публикации

Sheet transport and hold down apparatus

Номер: US20120319347A1
Автор: Steven R. Moore
Принадлежит: Xerox Corp

A media sheet transport including a belt for supporting the media thereon. The belt is operably connected to a drive mechanism for moving the belt in a process direction past an image marking unit. The belt has a plurality of openings therein. A vacuum plenum has a surface disposed below the belt and is operably connected to a vacuum source. The vacuum plenum is adapted to applying a negative pressure to the media for holding the media to the belt. An electrostatic hold down apparatus includes a first tacking roller spaced in a cross-process direction from a second tacking roller. The first and second tacking rollers are engagable with the belt. The first tacking roller is disposed to engage the inboard edge of the media, and the second tacking roller is disposed to engage the outboard edge of the media. The first and second tacking rollers impart an electrostatic charge to the edges of the media for electrostatically securing the inboard and outboard edges of the media to the belt.

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Номер записи: 63
27-12-2012 дата публикации

Sheet material feeding device and image forming apparatus including the same

Номер: US20120326385A1
Автор: Shinji Yoshinaga
Принадлежит: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

A sheet material feeding device includes a send-out means that is pressed to contact with the uppermost surface of the sheet material stacked on the sheet material stacking member to move the contact surface in a predetermined direction for sending out the sheet material, a lift up/down means that moves the sheet material stacking member between a feeding position and a separate position, a member to be detected that can move in the up and down direction when the sheet material stacking member moves, a detecting member that can output a detection signal when the member to be detected moves to a predetermined position, and a cassette that supports the sheet material stacking member and can be attached and detached from an apparatus main body. The cassette has an engaging portion for moving the member to be detected to the predetermined position when being attached to the apparatus main body.

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Номер записи: 64
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Sheet feeder, processing device, and recording apparatus

Номер: US20130001856A1
Автор: Haruo Uchida
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet printer includes sheet stacking and supplying parts that overlap each other at upper and lower stages, and the first sheet stacking and supplying part includes a first feeding roller that separates, supplies and conveys a sheet, and a first feeding roller arm that holds the first feeding roller so as to be capable of abutting on the sheet, and rotates about an axis. The second sheet stacking and supplying part includes a second feeding roller that separates, supplies and conveys a sheet, and a second feeding roller arm that holds the second feeding roller so as to be capable of abutting on the sheet, and rotates about an axis. The second feeding roller arm is disposed outside the first sheet stacking and supplying part in a direction that intersects a supplying and conveying direction of the sheet.

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Номер записи: 65
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Medium feed device and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130001862A1
Автор: Hiroaki Fujikura, Hiroatsu Kazama
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

A medium feed device includes a suction member that sucks a medium on a stack member; a surrounding member supported movably in directions toward and away from the stack member together with the medium by suction; a stack-member moving mechanism; a suction-member moving mechanism; a transport member that transports the medium; a detected part associated with the surrounding member; a detecting part that is supported at the suction-member body and detects the detected part; a detector that detects a medium surface position based on a detection result of the detected part detected by the detecting part if the surrounding member moves toward the suction-member body from a state in which the medium contacts the surrounding member. The stack-member moving mechanism moves the stack member based on the medium surface position.

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Номер записи: 66
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Drive switching mechanism and feeding device

Номер: US20130005527A1
Автор: Kazuyuki Morinaga
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A drive switching mechanism includes a transmission gear and a planetary gear configured to transmit a drive from an input gear to an output gear. The drive switching mechanism further includes a swinging member configured to hold the planetary gear such that the planetary gear can swing around the input gear, a retaining unit configured to retain the swinging member in a swing enabled or disabled state, and a releasing unit configured to disengage the planetary gear from the output gear and cause them to be spaced apart. The output gear includes a toothless part that does not engage with a gear section engaging with the transmission gear.

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Номер записи: 67
10-01-2013 дата публикации

Recording medium processing apparatus and image forming system

Номер: US20130009354A1
Автор: Masatoshi Kimura
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

A recording medium processing apparatus includes: a first transportation route on which a recording medium is transported; a second transportation route branching from the first transportation route at a branch position; a transporting unit provided downstream of the branch position in a transport direction of the recording medium, the transporting unit (i) feeding at least a part of a first recording medium transported on the first transportation route and having passed through the branch position, into the second transportation route, (ii) transporting the fed first recording medium and a second recording medium with an overlap in the transport direction on the first transportation route to generate a bundle of the first and the second recording media and (iii) feeding the bundle which passed through the branch position into the second transportation route; and a punching unit provided on the second transportation route punching the fed bundle with one punching process.

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Номер записи: 68
17-01-2013 дата публикации

Paper discharging apparatus, paper discharging method, image forming apparatus and image forming method

Номер: US20130014624A1
Автор: Kenji Eoka, Tsuyoshi Sanada
Принадлежит: Toshiba TEC Corp

A paper discharging apparatus comprises: a first conveying unit; a second conveying unit which includes a pinch roller and a feeding roller that are arranged closer to the downstream side; a movable mechanism which moves a surface part between a first position that the surface part is not contacted with the pinch roller and a second position that the surface part is contacted with the pinch roller through the paper so as to push the pinch roller; a control unit which moves the surface part to the second position, clamps the paper by the pinch roller and the surface part, and conveys the paper, thereby bending the paper, and which moves the surface part to the first position and clamps the paper by the pinch roller and the feeding roller, and rotates the feeding roller, thereby discharging the paper from the conveyance path.

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Номер записи: 69
17-01-2013 дата публикации

Media Conveyance Device, Printing Device, and Media Conveyance Method

Номер: US20130016168A1
Автор: Akihiko Noguchi, Hiroshi Hamakawa, Tetsugo Ishida
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A conveyance device has a roll rotating unit that rotates a roll of sheet medium forward and in reverse, and a conveyance path along which is an upstream roller and a downstream roller for conveying the medium and cooperate in a reverse and rewind operation. A control unit controls driving of the upstream roller, the downstream roller, and the roll rotating unit, such that, during the reverse and rewind operation, the control unit (i) drives the upstream roller and the roll rotating unit, (ii) stops driving the upstream roller while continuing to drive the roll rotating unit, first slack being created as a result of (i) or (ii), (iii) causes the medium to be nipped at the downstream roller, and (iv) drives the upstream roller while the medium is nipped at the downstream roller to create second slack.

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Номер записи: 70
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130026702A1
Автор: Yohei Gamo
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus move, when stacking a sheet on a stacking tray, a supporting tray disposed to freely appear above the stacking tray to a first position in which the supporting tray projects above the stacking tray and supports the sheet stacked on an intermediate stacking tray. When these apparatuses discharge a processed sheet bundle, these apparatuses move the supporting tray from the first position to a second position in which the supporting tray supports an edge of the discharged sheet in an upstream side in a discharging direction, and guides the moving sheet bundle to a stacking wall. Further, these apparatuses move the supporting tray from the second position to a third position at predetermined timing, so that the supporting tray stops supporting the sheet bundle and stacks the sheet bundle on the sheet bundle previously stacked on the stacking tray.

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Номер записи: 71
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130026707A1
Автор: Hideki Kushida, Toshiyuki Iwata
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

There are provided a sheet stacking apparatus capable of stably stacking a large number of sheets and an image forming apparatus. The sheet stacking apparatus configured to stack sheets includes a plurality of discharge units disposed to an apparatus main body in a vertical direction and configured to discharge sheets, a plurality of sheet stacking units disposed to be independently elevatable on a side surface of the apparatus main body corresponding respectively to the plurality of discharge units and configured to stack thereon the sheets discharged from the discharge units, and an alignment unit disposed between the plurality of sheet stacking units and configured to sequentially align a position in a width direction perpendicular to a discharging direction of the sheets stacked on a lower sheet stacking unit among the plurality of sheet stacking units.

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Номер записи: 72
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Sheet processing apparatus

Номер: US20130028698A1
Автор: Kazushige Masunari, Yumiko Kato
Принадлежит: Individual

A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveying path; a sheet entrance unit provided in the sheet conveying path; a sheet discharge unit provided in a location separated from the sheet entrance unit by a predetermined distance; a driving unit that drives the sheet entrance unit and the sheet discharge unit; a sheet guide unit that guides sheets and is provided between the sheet entrance unit and the sheet discharge unit to allow the sheets passing through the sheet entrance unit to be sequentially stacked; and a sheet buffer device that is configured such that the stacked sheets pass through the sheet discharge unit while the stacked sheets are loaded on a step with each leading end of the stacked sheets being separated with a predetermined interval.

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Номер записи: 73
07-02-2013 дата публикации

Apparatus to fish

Номер: US20130031823A1
Автор: Miguel E. FERNANDEZ, Pedro J. ARIAS
Принадлежит: Individual

An apparatus to fish having a body with exterior and interior faces extending from a first edge to a first end. At least one shaped channel is defined at the interior face, each shaped channel has a first channel extending from the first edge, and a second channel extending from the first channel. The body further has a first wall that extends from the interior face at a first predetermined distance from the first edge. A housing assembly is removably mounted into the body. The housing assembly has a second wall with a second edge, a first base wall with a third edge, and a housing. A first outside diameter of the second wall is smaller than a first interior diameter of the interior face. Protrusions protrude from the second edge; and a handle fixed to the interior face.

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Номер записи: 74
07-02-2013 дата публикации

Sheet Stackable Devices

Номер: US20130032989A1
Автор: Hiroshi Nobe, Hiroyuki Okuchi
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

A sheet stackable device includes a sheet stackable plane. The sheet stackable device includes a first tray and a second tray, each of which is formed in a shape of a flat plate. The first tray includes a first contact part. The second tray is slidable along a slidable direction between a first position, in which the second tray overlaps the first tray, and a second position, in which the second tray is dawn out of the first tray. The second tray includes a second contact part, which is slidable on the first contact part. At least one of the first contact part and the second contact part includes a rack with rack teeth, which are aligned along the slidable direction. An upper plane of the first tray and an upper plane of the second tray in the second position form at least a part of the stackable plane.

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Номер записи: 75
07-02-2013 дата публикации

Image forming system and sheet conveyance method

Номер: US20130032990A1
Автор: Hitoshi Hattori
Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

An n image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a sheet processing apparatus including a post-processing unit to perform post-processing of sheets on a processing tray and a retaining channel disposed to accommodate at least a single sheet while the post-processing unit processes the sheets, and a controller that calculates a target interval time between an interval start sheet and an interval end sheet among the sheets output from the image forming apparatus to the sheet processing apparatus based on at least one of sheet data and post-processing data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the sheet processing apparatus, and adjusts an interval between discharge of the interval start sheet and the interval end sheet from the image forming apparatus to the sheet processing apparatus in accordance with the target interval time.

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Номер записи: 76
14-02-2013 дата публикации

Sheet take-out device

Номер: US20130038015A1
Автор: Haruhiko Horiuchi, Takashi Hirayama
Принадлежит: Individual

A sheet take-out device in which sheets are conveyed in an upright state and sheets having a low height can be stably taken out is provided. A sheet take-out device includes a main floor belt that conveys sheets that are placed in an upright state in a direction intersecting a conveying direction to a take-out portion, and a take-out unit that takes out the sheets conveyed by the main floor belt one by one in order from the frontmost sheet. The device includes a sub-floor belt that is capable of reverse conveyance, in which sheets are conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction of the main floor belt, a tightness detection unit, and a height detection unit that detects the height of the sheets immediately prior to being taking out by the take-out unit, and performs sub-floor control.

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Номер записи: 77
14-02-2013 дата публикации

Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130038016A1
Автор: Fumiki Inui
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet feeding apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which can improve sheet feeding performance at low cost without degrading usability, are provided. Projections 42 T and 43 T are provided in abutting surfaces, which abut on lateral end of a sheet S, of a pair of lateral-end regulating portions 42 and 43 provided opposite each other. The projections regulates climbing over the lateral-end regulating portions of the sheet S when the sheet S is fed. Guide projections 100 a and 100 c are provided opposite each other along a cassette attaching direction in an inner wall surface of an attaching space, in which a sheet feeding cassette of an apparatus body is attached. When the sheet S climbs over the projections in feeding the sheet S, the sheet S is abutted on the guide projections to regulate upward movement of the sheet S.

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Номер записи: 78
14-02-2013 дата публикации

Segmented Roll Assembly and Stopping Device for a Segmented Roll

Номер: US20130040793A1
Автор: Pekka Eronen
Принадлежит: Metso Paper Oy

A stopping device ( 10 ) for a segmented roll in a fiber-web machine for assisting the stopping of the rotation of one or more roll segment(s) ( 52 ) of the segmented roll ( 50 ) has at least one braking device ( 12 ), by means of which the roll segment ( 52 ) can be stopped, and at least one surface contact member ( 14, 14 ′), which surface contact member is connected to said braking device, and the stopping device further comprises actuators ( 16 ) for optionally bringing/releasing the surface contact member into/from surface contact with the shell of one or more roll segment(s) ( 52 ). The invention also relates to a segmented roll assembly ( 60 ) in a fiber-web machine, in which the segmented roll ( 50 ) comprises at least two, independently from one another rotatable roll segments ( 52 ) that are located end-to-end substantially in the transverse direction of the fiber-web machine.

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Номер записи: 79
21-02-2013 дата публикации

Roll-to-roll printing system

Номер: US20130042774A1
Автор: Jung Woo Cho, Kyeong-Min Yeo, Nam Hoon Lee, Sin Kwon, Sung Gun Lee
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A roll-to-roll printing system includes driven rolls to apply a feeding force to a flexible substrate so that the flexible substrate is fed from an unwinder to a rewinder, nip rolls respectively disposed above two opposite end portions of each of the driven rolls to pressurize two opposite side portions of the flexible substrate, nip roll driving motors connected to the nip rolls to rotate the nip rolls, and a control unit to receive information regarding change of torque values of the nip roll driving motors and control tension of the flexible substrate based on the information.

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Номер записи: 80
21-02-2013 дата публикации

Conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130043646A1
Автор: Hideyuki Terashima
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A conveying apparatus includes a first pair of rollers having a drive roller and a pinch roller driven by the drive roller, a second pair of rollers provided downstream of the first pair of rollers, and an arm member supporting the drive roller and adapted to be swingable such that a force for pressing the drive roller against the pinch roller increases as a conveyance resistance of the sheet increases. The force for pressing the drive roller against the pinch roller decreases if driven by the moving sheet. The conveying speed of the second pair of rollers is set to be higher than the conveying speed of the drive roller so as to cause the drive roller to be driven by the sheet in the case where a skew of the sheet has been corrected and the sheet having the skew corrected is conveyed by the second pair of rollers.

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Номер записи: 81
21-02-2013 дата публикации

Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus

Номер: US20130043648A1
Автор: Keisei Hakamata
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A conveying apparatus including a conveying path with a curved path through which a sheet is passed, a main conveying roller provided downstream of the conveying path in a conveying direction of the sheet, the roller being rotated in a first direction to perform a conveying operation of conveying the sheet in the conveying direction and being rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction to perform an skew correcting operation of forming a loop of the sheet, and an auxiliary guide member which supports the sheet using an inner side of a curvature of the conveying path and which is tilted toward the conveying direction side during the conveying operation when subjected to a force of the sheet which is stronger than during the skew correcting operation.

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Номер записи: 82
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Form-fitting Corner Protector Member or Profile for Facing and Finishing Inside Corners and Edges

Номер: US20130047533A1
Автор: Andreas Diener
Принадлежит: Individual

A corner protector member for establishing and finishing a transition between a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, the first, second and third surfaces forming an inside corner. One corner protector embodiment includes a rear face portion oriented inwardly in relation to the inside corner, which is securable to the inside corner, and from which integrally extends an external frontal or basal face portion, the lateral edges of which are securable alone or with the addition of an integral pin or barb to the inside corner, positively locking and engaging with the interior corner surfaces so as to firmly anchored therein and thereto.

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Номер записи: 83
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Media actuated media diverter for an imaging device

Номер: US20130049285A1
Автор: Glen Alan Reidhaar
Принадлежит: Lexmark International Inc

A media actuated, media diverter mounted on a media guide positioned between the output of a simplex path and the entrance of a duplex path in an imaging device. The media diverter comprises a plate having a media guiding surface and a media contract surface along portions of the edge of the plate. The plate is received within a slot through the guide member such that in a first position the media contact surface extends into the duplex path and when in a second position the media guiding surface extends into the simplex path with the plate biasable in the first position. A media sheet fed into the duplex path contacts the media contact surface actuating the media diverter to move the plate to the second position directing a following media sheet in the simplex path to an exit of the imaging device.

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Номер записи: 84
28-02-2013 дата публикации

Piling machine for flat items

Номер: US20130051968A1
Автор: Aitor Aizpurua Velez, Aitor Urbieta Arakistain, Andoni Izaguirre Iturbe, Javier Iturriza Iceta, José Luis Lerena Ruiz, Mikel Irulegui Unzalu
Принадлежит: Macarbox SA

A stacking machine for stacking flat items including a first stacking table which descends from a position higher than the infeed end to a stacking position, the separation of a constant flow of flat items in consecutive bundles occurring with this movement, and on which table flat items received from an infeed end are subsequently stacked to form bundles, connected to first displacement means which displace it between a stacking position in which the first stacking table receives flat items and an unloading position in which the bundles are transferred to the unloading means; a second stacking table which descends from a position higher than the infeed end to a stacking position, the separation of a constant flow of flat items in consecutive bundles occurring with this movement, and on which table flat items received from the infeed end are subsequently stacked to form bundles, connected to second displacement means which displace it between a stacking position in which the second stacking table receives flat items and an unloading position in which the bundles are transferred to the unloading means, unloading means for transferring the bundles from the first or second stacking table to a fixed unloading table; coupling means for coupling the unloading means alternatively to the first stacking table or to the second stacking table.

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Номер записи: 85
14-03-2013 дата публикации

Method of manufacturing wet wipes, manufacturing apparatus, and wet wipes

Номер: US20130061410A1
Автор: Takeshi Bando, Yoshihide Ishikawa
Принадлежит: Unicharm Corp

A method of manufacturing wet wipes includes a step of continuously conveying a plurality of sheets by a conveyor, a step of folding each of the sheets toward a conveyor non-contact surface side of the sheets, a step of impregnating each of the folded sheets with the predetermined chemical solution, from a conveyor contact surface side of the sheets a step of laminating each of the sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution, and a step of cutting the laminated sheets.

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Номер записи: 86
14-03-2013 дата публикации

Defective-workpiece discharging device

Номер: US20130062263A1
Автор: Takumi Nakano
Принадлежит: Unicharm Corp

In a defective-workpiece discharging device, a defective workpiece is discharged to a discharge path from a conveyance path that conveys a plurality of workpieces related to absorbent articles at a predetermined conveyance pitch. The conveyance path has a first path and a second path downstream of the first path. A sorting mechanism between the first and second paths sorts workpieces into either the second path or the discharge path. A defect detection sensor detects a defect and outputs a defect detection signal. A passage detection sensor detects passage of the workpieces at a predetermined position on the first path and outputs a passage detection signal. A controller controls the sorting mechanism based on the defect and passage detection signals. An end of the first path on the sorting mechanism side and the predetermined position are separated by a distance greater than or equal to the conveyance pitch.

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Номер записи: 87
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Rolling mill laying head pipe having modular construction

Номер: US20130074562A1
Автор: Keith Fiorucci
Принадлежит: Siemens Industry Inc

A rolling mill coil-forming apparatus includes a rotating quill that supports an elongated path hollow structure, such as a laying head pipe, for receiving elongated material after it has been rolled. A portion or the entire elongated structure is formed from modular, selectively replaceable components. The fabricated modular structures facilitate formation of zones within the component, such as including by way of example wear-resistant zones, material transport guide structures and friction reducing zones.

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Номер записи: 88
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Paper sheet conveying roller

Номер: US20130075234A1
Автор: Akifumi Okamoto, Tomohisa Shimada, Yasuhisa Ueda, Yukuhiko Ishibashi
Принадлежит: Nitta Corp

A paper sheet conveying roller is constructed with a roller body ( 20 ) attached to an outer peripheral side of a support body ( 12 ). The roller body ( 20 ) is provided with a tubular section ( 21 ), which is arranged to form a cavity ( 19 ) between the support body ( 12 ) and the tubular section ( 21 ), and ring-shaped side walls ( 22, 22 ) that are interconnected, respectively, with both ends of the tubular section ( 21 ) in the axial direction thereof. Two annular grooves ( 13, 13 ) and first and second branched grooves ( 14 A, 14 B) branched out from the respective annular grooves ( 13, 13 ) are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the support body ( 12 ). Inner peripheral edges ( 25, 25 ) of the side walls ( 22, 22 ) are fitted in the annular grooves ( 13, 13 ). The inner peripheral edges ( 25, 25 ) are provided with first and second protrusions ( 26 A, 26 B) that protrude bilaterally in the axial direction. The protrusions ( 26 A, 26 B) are fitted in the branched grooves ( 14 A, 14 B).

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Номер записи: 89
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Rolling mill coil-forming laying head with path or pipe having laterally joined segmented construction

Номер: US20130075514A1
Автор: Keith Fiorucci
Принадлежит: Siemens Industry Inc

A rolling mill coil-forming apparatus includes a rotating quill that supports an elongated path hollow structure, such as a laying head pipe, for receiving elongated material after it has been rolled. The elongated structure is constructed of combinations of ferrous and non-ferrous dissimilar materials. Elongated path hollow structures are formed from adjoining, abutting segments, and can be constructed in any three dimensional compound curve shape that can replicate the smooth, continuous curve elongated material transport path of known laying pipes, or any other desired path. A pathway structure segment or plurality of segments may be constructed of a homogeneous material, or alternatively, different materials may be spliced or otherwise joined to form the composite, complete elongated path hollow structure. The adjoining segment portions may be nested within or circumscribe another pathway structure layer.

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Номер записи: 90
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Manufacturing device for composite bodies of continuous sheet-like members

Номер: US20130079207A1
Автор: Hidefumi Goda, Hiroki Yamamoto
Принадлежит: Individual

A device for manufacturing a composite body of a continuous sheet-like member by attaching and handing over a retained workpiece to a continuous sheet-like member, at a workpiece hand over position including a rotating body that rotates about a rotating shaft, a workpiece retaining portion supported by the rotating body in a state where a retaining surface that retains the workpiece faces outward in a direction of radius of gyration of the rotating body, a workpiece hand over mechanism that is positioned to accord with the workpiece hand over position along a direction of rotation of the rotating body, and that hands over the workpiece from the retaining surface to the continuous sheet-like member when the retaining surface passes the workpiece hand over position, wherein the workpiece hand over mechanism has a roller that comes into contact with the continuous sheet-like member to transport the continuous sheet-like member, and a pushing mechanism that is capable of pushing out an outer circumferential face of the roller inward along the direction of radius of gyration to push the continuous sheet-like member against the workpiece, and the pushing mechanism changes an amount by which the outer circumferential face is pushed out in conjunction with a location, of the retaining surface along the direction of radius of gyration, at the workpiece hand over position.

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Номер записи: 91
04-04-2013 дата публикации

Image recording apparatus

Номер: US20130084119A1
Автор: Shota Iijima
Принадлежит: Brother Industries Ltd

There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion with a first transporting path formed to guide a sheet with its recording surface facing upward, a recording portion, a transporting roller, a second transporting portion with a second transporting path, a first flap, a sandwiching member sandwich the sheet between itself and the first flap, and a second flap. The first flap turn between a first position being able to guide the sheet along the first transporting path and a second position spaced downward from the sandwiching member farther than in the first position, and the second flap change between a third position for a third surface to define a guide surface of the second transporting path and a fourth position to open up the second transporting path.

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Номер записи: 92
11-04-2013 дата публикации

Image forming apparatus and rotation control method for motor driving rotation of timing rollers

Номер: US20130089364A1
Автор: Takumi MICHIBATA
Принадлежит: KONICA MINOLTA INC

An image forming apparatus having a transport device including a pair of timing rollers, operable to cause a leading edge of a recording sheet to abut a nip portion of the non-rotating timing rollers, and then initiate rotation to transport the sheet toward a transfer position, the transport device comprising: a motor transmitting rotational force to the timing rollers via a power transmission mechanism such that the timing rollers rotate; and a control unit controlling motor rotation, wherein the control unit activates the motor, causes the timing rollers to transport a first recording sheet at a first speed, and stops the motor once transportation is complete, and when a second recording sheet is to be subsequently transported at a different second speed, the control unit causes the timing rollers to execute an idle rotation at the second speed or at another speed, and then stopping, before beginning second sheet transportation.

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Номер записи: 93
09-05-2013 дата публикации

Power transmission method and apparatus, medium discharging apparatus using the same, and image forming device having the medium discharging apparatus

Номер: US20130114983A1
Автор: Jin-ho Park, Karp-Sik Youn
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A power transmission, which transmits a driving force from a driving roller to a driven roller by using a friction roller. The power transmission includes a driving roller, a driven roller spaced apart from the driving roller, and a friction roller to transmit a driving force from the driving roller to the driven roller. The friction roller is disposed above a line connecting between centers of the driving roller and the driven roller. With this construction, the friction roller transmits the driving force in a state of being interposed between the driving rollers and the driven rollers by rotation thereof, thereby allowing the power transmission to have a simplified structure, which does not require a separate pressing spring, and at the same time, to generate a minimum amount of power loss.

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Номер записи: 94
09-05-2013 дата публикации

Sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130116101A1
Автор: Kenichi Hayashi, Yuri Urano
Принадлежит: Canon Inc

A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a discharge portion configured to discharge a sheet having a folding portion, a conveyance portion configured to abut on a lower surface of the sheet discharged by the discharge portion, to convey the sheet downstream in a sheet conveyance direction of the discharge portion, a pressing portion arranged at a position opposing the conveyance portion, configured to press an upper surface of the sheet discharged by the discharge portion, and a moving portion configured to move the pressing portion in the sheet conveyance direction of the conveyance portion, in which the moving portion moves the pressing portion upstream in the sheet conveyance direction of the conveyance portion, to move the pressing portion from a position where the sheet discharged by the discharge portion is not pressed to a position where the sheet discharged by the discharge portion is pressed.

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Номер записи: 95
23-05-2013 дата публикации

Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus

Номер: US20130127107A1
Автор: Takeshi Goto
Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

In a sheet feeder comprising a pair of sheet feeding units and an image forming apparatus comprising the sheet feeder according to the present invention, a feed roller of a first sheet feeding unit of the pair of sheet feeding units is driven to rotate when a driving source of the first sheet feeding unit rotates in the forward direction, and a conveying roller of a second sheet feeding unit of the pair of sheet feeding units is driven to rotate when the driving source of the first sheet feeding unit rotates in the backward direction.

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Номер записи: 96
30-05-2013 дата публикации

Methods and apparatuses for conveying flexible glass substrates

Номер: US20130134202A1
Автор: Nikolay A. Panin, Sean M. Garner
Принадлежит: Corning Inc

A method of redirecting a glass ribbon assembly from a first glass conveyance path to a second. The method includes conveying the glass ribbon assembly that includes includes a flexible glass substrate that has first and second surfaces that extend laterally between the edges, and first and second handling tabs affixed to the respective edges. The handling tabs extend above and below the flexible glass substrate and define a handling surface envelope. The method also includes supporting the glass ribbon assembly on the first and second handling tabs such that the flexible glass substrate is free to flex out of the handling surface envelope while remaining spaced apart from a primary roll member when the flexible glass substrate is directed around the primary roll member.

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Номер записи: 97
20-06-2013 дата публикации

Guiding pathway

Номер: US20130153653A1
Автор: Owen H. Wilson
Принадлежит: NCR Corp

A method and apparatus are disclosed for guiding an item of media travelling along a pre-determined transport pathway. The apparatus includes a guide body comprising an arcuate guide surface, at least one drive roller comprising an outer drive surface, and at least one pulley member having an outer item engaging surface that extends through an opening in the guide surface and is urged against the outer drive surface. The drive roller and pulley member co-operate to lift an item away from the guide surface at an arcuate region of the transport pathway.

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Номер записи: 98
20-06-2013 дата публикации

Document Guide Systems And Methods Employing A Document Platen

Номер: US20130154181A1
Автор: Thang Doan
Принадлежит: De la Rue North America Inc

Document guide systems and methods employing a document platen are provided. According to an illustrative embodiment, a document guide system employing a document platen includes a document platen having a first, document-faceable side and a second, opposing side, and a document support sub-system adjacent the first side of the document platen. The document support sub-system and the first side of the document platen are adapted to receive a document therebetween, and the document platen forms an aperture adapted to allow electromagnetic radiation therethrough.

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Номер записи: 99
27-06-2013 дата публикации

Paper sheet material receiving and stacking system

Номер: US20130161895A1
Автор: Tzu-Che Lin
Принадлежит: Individual

A paper sheet material receiving and stacking system includes a conveying unit including a feed table for receiving pieces of paper sheet material cut out of a continuous web, a receiving and adjustment unit including a carrier frame pivotally connected to the conveyor unit for transferring the received pieces of paper sheet material and a driving device for biasing the carrier frame between a horizontal position and an inclined position and an adjustment mechanism for controlling the gap of a sheet-transfer passage, and a stacking unit including a platform adapted for receiving pieces of paper sheet material passing through the sheet-transfer passage and a transmission mechanism controllable to move the platform horizontally forward, backward, leftward and rightward and vertically up and down and a sliding limiter for stopping pieces of paper sheet material on the platform in a stack.

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Номер записи: 100