Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
271314000 | Rotary conveyor | 50 |
20090008872 | Low noise compile paddles - A flexible blade for use in a paddle wheel drive element is disclosed. This flexible blade, usually made from rubber or other flexible materials is horizontally split into two sections to provide reduced audible noise when the blade contacts and moves paper sheets. | 01-08-2009 |
20090008873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A FAN WHEEL - A method and an apparatus for driving a fan wheel of a web-fed printing press is disclosed. The fan wheel is driven, at least in a predetermined time period (t | 01-08-2009 |
20090039596 | Sheet media storage device and sheet media processing device - A sheet media processing device has a storage pocket. A feed roller for conveying checks into the storage pocket is disposed beside the upstream-side end wall of the storage pocket. The feed roller has a main roller part and a small roller part that is smaller in diameter than the main roller part. A reverse feed prevention plate disposed to the end wall covers at least part of the gap between the end wall and the feed roller. The distal end of the reverse feed prevention plate extends to a position between the outside surface of the main roller part and the outside surface of the small roller part. | 02-12-2009 |
20090179376 | SHEET CARRYING DEVICE, AND DOCUMENT CARRYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SHEET CARRYING DEVICE - A sheet carrying device has a mechanism that prevents a sheet from being fed backward into a carriage path after once discharged from the device, and the sheet carrying device includes a carriage surface that guides a sheet, a reverse roller attached to a rotation shaft of a sheet discharging portion, whose rotation direction is switchable between forward and backward, and a backward-feed prevention valve that prevents an edge of a discharged sheet from entering into a nip portion of the reverse roller, and the backward-feed prevention valve includes a resin sheet and an elastic member disposed at one end on the sheet discharging side of the resin sheet, and the elastic member has one surface supported by the rotation shaft of the reverse roller and the other surface pressing the resin sheet against the carriage surface. | 07-16-2009 |
20090184466 | Printing apparatus - A printing apparatus comprises: a first paper discharge roller unit | 07-23-2009 |
20090189344 | SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a sheet discharging apparatus and an image forming apparatus, in which even a curled sheet can properly be discharged to and stacked on a sheet stacking portion. | 07-30-2009 |
20090200736 | SHEET EJECTING DEVICE - A sheet ejecting device having a pair of ejection rollers, a strengthener provided in a sheet ejection route, a tray for receiving ejected sheets and a driver for lifting up and down the tray. A sheet is ejected via the ejection rollers while being strengthened by the strengthener. A specified time after the sheet comes into contact with a stack of sheets on the tray, the tray is lifted up so that the contact point between the currently ejected sheet and the stack of sheets on the tray becomes nearer to the pair of ejection rollers. | 08-13-2009 |
20090243211 | DRIVE APPARATUS FOR DRIVING MEDIA SHEETS IN A PRINTING DEVICE - A drive apparatus for driving media sheets in a printing device is disclosed. The drive apparatus includes a fuser drive train, a duplexer drive train, an exit roll gear and a bell crank. The bell crank is at least partially disposed in-between the fuser drive train and the duplexer drive train and is capable of swinging to assume one of a first position and a second position. The bell crank in the first position couples the fuser drive train to the exit roll gear driving the exit roll gear in the first direction for driving a media sheet into an output bin of the printing device. The bell crank in the second position couples the duplexer drive train with the exit roll gear driving the exit roll gear in the second direction for driving the media sheet along a redrive path into the printing device. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243212 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet having an image formed thereon includes: a first rotator; a second rotator that comes into pressure contact with the first rotator and contacts a surface of the sheet having the image formed thereon; and a plurality of ribs that are formed on a circumferential surface of the second rotator and disposed in an axial direction so as to be continuous in a circumferential direction. Among the plurality of ribs, the ribs disposed at both ends of the second rotator in the axial direction have a diameter that is smaller than those of the other ribs. | 10-01-2009 |
20090289413 | SHEET EJECTION MECHANISM AND DUPLEX SHEET FEEDING SYSTEM HAVING THE SGEEET EJECTION MECHANISM - A sheet ejection mechanism including a sheet ejection roller capable of rotating along a selective direction and having an arc portion and a plane portion, the arc portion and the plane portion forming a D-shape cross-section, and a pinch member configured at a position adjacent to the sheet ejection roller, wherein a recording medium is clamped and conveyed between the pinch member and the arc portion of the sheet ejection roller, and a gap is formed between the plane portion and the pinch member for allowing the recording medium to pass. Also, the present invention provides a duplex sheet feeding system having the sheet ejection mechanism. | 11-26-2009 |
20090295084 | MEDIUM DISCHARGING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE MEDIUM DISCHARGING MECHANISM - A medium discharging mechanism includes a first roller, a second roller, and a resiliently deformable member. The second roller is in pressure contact with the first roller to form a nip between the first roller and the second roller. The resiliently deformable member is formed of a resiliently deformable material and is rotatable about a rotating shaft of one of the second roller. The resilient member has a larger diameter than the second roller. The resilient member deforms at the nip such that a surface of the resilient ring is flush with the nip. | 12-03-2009 |
20090322020 | Decelerator, drive device including same, and image forming apparatus incorporating the drive device - A decelerator for reducing a speed of rotation of a drive source and transmitting drive of the drive source to an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus includes a drive shaft, a drive transmission member, and a pressure regulator. The drive shaft is rotated by the drive source. The drive transmission member is rotated by the drive shaft and includes a peripheral surface that contacts the drive shaft. The pressure regulator presses the drive shaft against a center of rotation of the drive transmission member and includes an alignment regulator to regulate alignment of the drive shaft in a direction of rotation of the drive transmission member. A drive device for rotating an image bearing member includes a drive source including a drive shaft, and the decelerator. An image forming apparatus includes the drive device and an image bearing member rotated by the drive device. | 12-31-2009 |
20100013151 | DELIVERY MECHANISM, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet delivery mechanism including: a first roll; a second roll; and a plurality of convexes formed circumferentially for pushing a rear end of a sheet to be delivered, wherein: a sheet delivery roll pair comprises the first roll and the second roll in contact with each other; at least one of the first roll and the second roll is provided with the plurality of convexes; and one of the plurality of convexes is arranged to be more inside radially than the tangential line drawn from the radial tip of another convex upstream adjacent in the rotating direction to the one convex at issue to the outer periphery of the roll. | 01-21-2010 |
20100032895 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE - In a sheet discharging unit including a pair of sheet discharge rollers which discharges a sheet P, the outer diameter of a sheet discharge drive roller included in the pair of sheet discharge rollers is set so that the outer diameter of a straight portion which is a central portion in the width direction perpendicular to the discharging direction of the sheet P is larger than the outer diameters of both end portions in the width direction. Further, in the sheet discharging unit, the pair of sheet discharge rollers respectively include metal shafts extending in the width direction and elastic layers respectively wound around the metal shafts and continuously formed to be longer in the width direction than the width of a sheet P with a passable maximum size. Further, at least one elastic layer of the pair of sheet discharge rollers is formed of a foamed material. | 02-11-2010 |
20100078884 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING OUTER COVER AND JAM COVER LINKED TO THE OUTER COVER - An image forming device includes a casing formed with an opening, a pivot member pivotably disposed in the casing so as to be selectively opened and closed, a cover disposed outward of the pivot member, a lock mechanism that maintains a closed state of the pivot member, and a link mechanism. When a first force is applied on the cover to open the cover beyond a predetermined angle, the link mechanism transmits the first force as a second force to the pivot member. The second force is in an opening direction of the pivot member. | 04-01-2010 |
20100194037 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus according to the invention includes a conveying portion that conveys a sheet; and an abutment member against which an end of the sheet in a conveying direction abuts, the sheet being conveyed by the conveying portion. Herein, the abutment member is movable so as to change a distance between the abutment member and the conveying portion adjacent to the abutment member based on sheet information about the stiffness of a sheet, when an end of the sheet in the conveying direction is abutted against the abutment member. | 08-05-2010 |
20100289213 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet finishing apparatus includes a conveyance section which is disposed in a space section which is surrounded by peripheral walls of an image forming apparatus main body and conveys a recording medium discharged from the image forming apparatus in a paper discharge direction, a frame which is positioned in the space section and contains the conveyance section, and a removal mechanism to bring the conveyance section into a removal mode in synchronization with an operation of extracting the frame from the space section. | 11-18-2010 |
20100320681 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet post-processing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a sheet discharge section that feeds a sheet supplied from an image forming apparatus to a post-processing section and leads the sheet that has passed through the post-processing section to a sheet discharge port; a sheet discharge tray that receives a sheet discharged from the sheet discharge port and can move to a first standby position and a second standby position higher than the first standby position and nearer to the sheet discharge port; and a controller that controls the height position of the sheet discharge tray by identifying the type of the sheet. The controller changes the height position of the sheet discharge tray to allow the sheet discharge tray to receive the discharged sheet at the first standby position in the case where the sheet is a first type while to receive the discharged sheet at the second standby position in the case where the sheet is a second type. | 12-23-2010 |
20110042890 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus incorporating a discharging unit that discharges a printing medium outside the housing of the image forming apparatus, and which stacks the discharged printing medium. The discharging unit includes a discharging part arranged on the transportation path of the printing medium in the housing, a stacking lever rotatably supported on the housing and a driving unit that drives the stacking lever to rotate. The discharging part discharges a printing medium outside the housing, and stacks the discharged printing medium on a stacking unit provided outside the housing. The stacking lever guides the stacking of the printing medium in the stacking unit. A control unit may be provided to control the driving unit so as to vary the revolution position of the stacking lever based on the discharged position of the printing medium discharged by the discharging part. | 02-24-2011 |
20110309573 | SHEET DISCHARGE ROLLER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a sheet discharge roller, a transportation roller includes a roller portion formed integrally on a rotation shaft, and an annular elastic member attached to a surface of the roller portion, each of rigidity increasing portions includes a plurality of plate members axially spaced from each other by a predetermined distance, and the plurality of plate members have forms each obtained by circumferentially dividing a circular plate, respectively, are arranged in positions circumferentially shifted from each other, respectively, and thereby exhibit an outer periphery of a substantially circular form when viewed in the axial direction. | 12-22-2011 |
20120068403 | Image Forming Apparatus - A pair of conveyor rollers arranged in an image forming apparatus to convey a recording is configured to be shiftable relative to the body between a first position and a second position. A first holding member is configured to support one of the conveyor so that the supported conveyor roller is swingable around a pivot to allow the pair of conveyor rollers to be shifted between the first position and the second position. The first holding member including a sheet guide portion which provides a variable-position guideway extending from a position located upstream along the sheet conveyance path toward a peripheral surface of the supported conveyor roller, where the sheet guide portion moves to a position suitable to guide the recording sheet to be nipped by the pair of conveyor rollers at least when the pair of conveyor rollers is shifted to the first position. | 03-22-2012 |
20120098192 | DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - A discharge mechanism includes: a rotation shaft; a pair of roll members disposed on the rotation shaft at different positions in an axial direction; and a protrusion that protrudes from a section of the rotation shaft sandwiched between the pair of roll members, wherein a distance from a center of the rotation shaft to a tip of the protrusion is smaller than a radius of each of the pair of roll members, and the protrusion includes a projecting part that projects in a direction of rotation of the rotation shaft. | 04-26-2012 |
20120200031 | PAPER DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper discharge device that can sort sheets on a tray. The paper discharge device has paper discharge rollers, a tray and a driving mechanism. The paper discharge rollers are configured to discharge a sheet having an image formed thereon. The tray is configured to be stacked with the sheet discharged from the paper discharge rollers. The driving mechanism is configured to move the tray in a direction approaching the paper discharge rollers and a direction away from the paper discharge rollers and vary a stacking position of the sheet on the tray. | 08-09-2012 |
20120274021 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a discharger, and a presser including a swingable member and a contact member is provided. The contact member is partially attached to the swingable member in a condition to create clearance between an unattached part and the swingable member. Weights of the contact member and the swingable member affect the sheet when the recording medium contacts the contact member and the contact member is moved to swing upward along with the swingable member by the recording medium. Resilient force is provided by the contact member to affect the recording medium when the recording medium contacts the contact member and the contact member is moved in a direction to narrow the clearance. | 11-01-2012 |
20120286470 | DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A discharge mechanism includes a rotary shaft, a roller member, and a deforming unit. The roller member has a peripheral surface that is coaxial with the rotary shaft, rotates together with the rotary shaft, and discharges a medium that is in contact with the peripheral surface. The deforming unit deforms the medium in such a way that a part of the medium, the part being not in contact with the peripheral surface, passes through a position that is closer to the rotary shaft than the peripheral surface is. A part of the peripheral surface, the part being in contact with the medium, is continuously displaced in an axial direction and in a rotation direction of the rotary shaft when the roller member is rotated. | 11-15-2012 |
20130038018 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING OUTER COVER AND JAM COVER LINKED TO THE OUTER COVER - An image forming device includes a casing formed with an opening, a pivot member pivotably disposed in the casing so as to be selectively opened and closed, a cover disposed outward of the pivot member, a lock mechanism that maintains a closed state of the pivot member, a link mechanism and a first roller and a second roller that together convey a recording medium, the first roller being supported by the pivot member, wherein the first roller moves away from the second roller when the pivot member is in the opened state. | 02-14-2013 |
20130134669 | DOCUMENT STACKING - An apparatus and method are disclosed for stacking items of media in a media container region. The apparatus includes a rotatable roller element arranged to rotate about a longitudinal axis to locate an incoming item of media at a deposit position with the container region. The apparatus also includes at least one trailing edge engaging element that engages with a trailing edge region of an incoming item of media and urges the trailing edge region towards a stack position. The apparatus also includes at least one preceding item edge engaging element that engages with an edge region of a preceding item of media to urge that edge region away from the incoming item of media. | 05-30-2013 |
20130154185 | DOCUMENT PINCHING - An apparatus and method are disclosed for stacking items of media in a container region. The apparatus includes at least one rotatable element, each having an outer surface and an opposed claw element for releasably clamping an item of media to the outer surface of the rotatable element for rotation therewith. The apparatus also includes a driven roller element for locating an item of media released by the claw element into a stack position. The apparatus also includes a support platform element biased towards the roller element to compress items of media located in the stack position between the platform element and the roller element. | 06-20-2013 |
20130187334 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - A sheet conveying device ( | 07-25-2013 |
20130249166 | SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a shift unit which includes a conveyance roller pair capable of being placed in a contact state and a separation state and configured to convey sheets having an overlapping portion where a rear end portion of a preceding sheet and a front end portion of a following sheet overlap each other. The shift unit is movable in a widthwise direction while conveying the sheets by the conveyance roller pair. The sheet conveyance apparatus moves the shift unit in the widthwise direction when it is determined that the overlapping portion of the sheets has reached the conveyance roller pair. | 09-26-2013 |
20130285321 | Method and Apparatus for Diverting Printed Products into Three Streams - A diverter for receiving printed products in a single stream and diverting the printed products into a plurality of streams is provided. The diverter includes a first rotating body rotating about a first axis and including first, second and third circumferential sections positioned around the first axis. Each circumferential section of the first rotating body extends radially a different distance from the first axis. The diverter also includes a second rotating body rotating about a second axis and including first, second and third circumferential sections positioned around the second axis. Each circumferential section of the second rotating body extends radially a different distance from the second axis. The first and second rotating bodies divert the printed products into three separate streams at a diverting area between the first and second axes. The diverter also includes a steeple positioned downstream of the diverting area. A method for diverting printed products in a folder, a printing press, a method for adjusting a diverter and a steeple for a diverter are also provided. | 10-31-2013 |
20140042695 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM USING THE APPARATUS - To provide a post-processing apparatus for preventing a sheet from becoming misaligned in dropping the rear end side of the sheet carried in a processing tray from a sheet discharge path to store on the tray, and enabling the mechanism to be simplified, compact and configured at low cost, a sheet guide that guides a sheet from the sheet discharge path to the processing tray is comprised of a pair of right and left guide members, at the same time in the processing tray are disposed a pair of right and left side edge alignment members, and each guide member and each side edge alignment member are configured to shift to positions in the sheet width direction in an integral manner using a common drive motor. | 02-13-2014 |
20140070485 | Medium Ejection Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A medium ejection apparatus is provided which may be part of an image forming apparatus. The medium ejection apparatus may include an ejection roller configured to eject a recording medium and a pinch roller disposed opposite to the ejection roller. The pinch roller is configured to move toward and away from the ejection roller and to press a recording medium toward the ejection roller. Also, the medium ejection apparatus may include an elastic member configured to press the pinch roller toward the ejection roller and a lever disposed downstream of the pinch roller in a recording medium transport direction. The lever is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position. When the lever is in the second position, the lever contacts the pinch roller, which causes a force to be applied against the elastic member, and the pinch roller is spaced away from the ejection roller. | 03-13-2014 |
20140103605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an output unit that transports and outputs a recording medium on which an image has been formed, a member having an opening through which the recording medium is output, and a shield member disposed at the opening, the shield member shielding the output unit. The shield member includes plural swing members and a shield plate. The swing members are swingably supported and arranged in an axial direction of the output unit. The shield plate is attached to a wall that restrains the recording medium that is output from returning toward the output unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20140319768 | MEDIUM RECEIVING CASSETTE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a medium receiving cassette that includes a medium receiving portion in which a medium is received, and a medium support tray which is pivotally provided on the medium receiving portion and of which a state can be switched, in a pivoting manner, between a received state in which the medium support tray is positioned above the medium receiving portion and a medium support surface for supporting the medium is directed downward and an expanded state in which the medium support surface is directed upward and at least a part of the medium support surface is expanded outside the medium receiving portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20150008642 | SHEET EJECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT ARE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sheet ejection device comprises an ejection roller pair ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150042040 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a post-processing device including a stacking member on which recording materials sequentially transported are stacked, a pair of discharge sections that nips and transports the recording material stacked on the stacking member, an accommodation section in which the recording materials are stacked and accommodated, and a moving member that moves between a contact position where the moving member comes into contact with the recording material stacked on the stacking member and a non-contact position where the moving member does not come into contact with the recording material, wherein when the recording material is transported to the stacking member, the recording material is supported from a rear surface at the contact position. | 02-12-2015 |
20150048568 | DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A discharge device which discharges a sheet includes: a driving shaft which is driven to rotate by a driving source; a plurality of driving rotating members which is provided on the driving shaft; a rotating member which is provided on the driving shaft, has a larger outside diameter than an outside diameter of the driving rotating member, is formed by joining at least two divided components, and includes stepped portions that protrude, to a larger extent, in a radial direction in boundary portions of the at least two components on upstream sides of a rotation direction of the rotating member than on downstream sides thereof; and follower rotating members which are pressed against the driving rotating members. | 02-19-2015 |
20150091248 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN AUGER-BASED TRANSPORT MECHANISM FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORT OF IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIA IN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS - A system and method are provided for implementing an auger-based transport device as a vertical compiler in an image forming system. The auger-based transport device includes a plurality of mechanical augers for vertical transport of image receiving media substrates, or sets of substrates in a controlled manner. The disclosed auger-type drive systems leverage comparatively simpler mechanical operations to provide a plurality of auger devices that simplify the motions and mechanisms of the component elements in a vertical transport path in a manner that maintains positive control of each set of image receiving media substrates in a manner that does not disturb the sets as they are lowered vertically, eliminating errors introduced by random dropping of substrates in conventional vertical image receiving media substrate handling mechanisms. The auger components are not particularly limited in number, in pitch (constant or variable), in diameter and/or in use/function. | 04-02-2015 |
20150329305 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet stack face disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus body, a pair of sheet ejection rollers to eject a sheet onto the sheet stack face in an ejection direction toward a front side of the apparatus body, a hinge secured to the apparatus body, and a control panel disposed higher than the apparatus body and supported by the hinge rotatably around the hinge. The control panel is rotatable within a movable range positioned higher than a trajectory drawn by the sheet ejected onto the sheet stack face. | 11-19-2015 |
20160052741 | MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDIUM TRANSACTION DEVICE - An operation knob that turns a drum is exposed at the outer side of a left side face of a temporary holding section, and a knob cover is disposed at the outer side of the operation knob. When an opening guide of the temporary holding section is in a closed state and is closed onto the upper side of the drum, the knob cover is put into a covering state, via a stud, preventing operation of the operation knob. When the opening guide of the temporary holding section is turned in an opening direction from the closed state and opens apart from the upper side of the drum, the knob cover is turned in an exposing direction by the action of a spring and put into an exposing state. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055700 | AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE AND DEFLECTION CORRECTING APPARATUS THEREOF - A deflection correcting device includes a banknote running passage formed by a first passage plate and a second passage plate, and a deflection correcting wheel is arranged inside the banknote running passage and has a deflection correcting direction deviated with respect to a reference wall of the banknote running passage. Multiple deflection correcting wheels are dispersedly arranged in a conveying direction of the banknote running passage and are arranged to gradually close to the reference wall. An adjusting wheel having a guide direction along a guide direction of the reference wall is provided at the position of the reference wall, and the adjusting wheel is arranged between a first deflection correcting wheel and a second deflection correcting wheel in the multiple deflection correcting wheels. A linear speed of rotation of the adjusting wheel is greater than a linear speed of rotation of the respective deflection correcting wheel. | 02-25-2016 |
20160060065 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A sheet discharging device has a discharge port, a discharge tray, a discharge roller including first and second rollers, a flick-out pulley, a sheet pressing member, and a pressing rib. The flick-out pulley is formed coaxially with the rotary shaft of the first roller at an interval from an end of the first roller, and has a circumferential edge and a plurality of projections protruding from it. The sheet pressing member is supported on a pivot axis provided on the downstream side of the discharge roller with respect to the sheet discharge direction to be swingable in the sheet discharge direction. A pressing rib is arranged at a position overlapping the flick-out pulley in the direction along the pivot axis as seen from the sheet discharge direction. | 03-03-2016 |
20160090262 | STACKING APPARATUS - There is provided a stacking apparatus capable of stably conveying and stacking sheets without occurrence of damage or buckling of the sheets in the structure of discharging the curled sheets one by one. In regard to each of a plurality of clamp guides which project toward stacking trays from conveyance means to guide sheets S, the projecting position varies in accordance with a size and an amount of stacked sheets Sa on the stack trays. The stacking tray comprises an inclined surface and a curved surface. An upper guide is located to face the inclined surface by a predetermined interval, and the upper guide is located not to face the curved surface or is located to face it by an interval larger than a predetermined interval. | 03-31-2016 |
20160185550 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE - A sheet conveying device includes a casing, first discharge rollers arranged in an axial direction, a roller shaft supporting the first discharge rollers and configured to rotate together with the first discharge rollers, second discharge rollers provided in correspondence with the first discharge rollers, a bearing member attached to the casing such that the bearing member is entirely located between adjacent two of the first discharge rollers, the bearing member supporting roller shaft. The bearing member includes a downstream guide located downstream of the roller shaft in a conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed. The downstream guide of the bearing member protrudes toward the plurality of second discharge rollers beyond a tangential line at a contact point between one of the first discharge rollers and a corresponding one of the second discharge rollers, when viewed in the axial direction. | 06-30-2016 |
20160185556 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a discharge tray having a support surface supporting a sheet discharged by a discharge unit of a conveyor. A first stopper is provided on the support surface. A movable member is provided on the support surface between the discharge unit and the first stopper. The first stopper is changeable between a first position at which the first stopper protrudes from the support surface and a second position at which the first stopper is stored in the discharge tray. The movable member is changeable between a third position at which the movable member protrudes from the support surface and a fourth position located nearer to the support surface than the third position. The first stopper is changed from the first position to the second position in conjunction with a change of the movable member from the third position to the fourth position. | 06-30-2016 |
271315000 | With circumferential pocket members | 2 |
20110198803 | Paper discharge device - Provided is a paper discharge device ( | 08-18-2011 |
20150061221 | Stacker Wheel for Stacking Sheets - The stacking wheel has one or a plurality of first and second stacking-wheel disks which are disposed on an axle in a mutually concentric relationship and spaced apart in the axial direction. Distributed over their circumference, the stacking-wheel disks respectively have a plurality of sheet slots for receiving a sheet and are disposed in a mutually staggered relationship in a portion of the sheet slots. An azimuthal profile offset of the stacking-wheel disks has the effect that the sheet slots of the first stacking-wheel disk run ahead of or run behind the sheet slots of the second stacking-wheel disk. The sheet slots of the first and second stacking-wheel disks have at their radially inside end an azimuthal profile offset that is reduced or eliminated again up to the slot end of the sheet slots. This avoids damage to the stacked sheets. | 03-05-2015 |
271081000 | Traveling | 1 |
20090302524 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a first conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a reversal conveyance driving unit which drives to reversely convey the sheet conveyed through the first conveying path; a second conveying path which branches off with the first conveying path and through which the sheet reversely conveyed by the reversal conveyance driving unit is conveyed; and a movable unit which causes a branch position between the first conveying path and the second conveying path to move on a downstream side in a conveying direction of the sheet which is conveyed through the first conveying path, after a trailing end of the sheet which is conveyed through the first conveying path passes the movable unit. | 12-10-2009 |
271083000 | Flies | 1 |
20160052742 | PAPER CURRENCY RECEIVING DEVICE AND HOT WHEEL FLOATING CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF - A banknote receiving device includes a supporting frame; a pair of roller wheels, located at an inlet of the banknote receiving device and configured to bring in banknotes by clamping; a blade wheel, mounted on the supporting frame via a rotating shaft, the blade wheel being joined with the pair of roller wheels and configured to convey the banknotes delivered from the pair of roller wheels in a way of carrying the banknotes and rotating at a high speed; and a support plate, located below the blade wheel, configured to carry the banknotes delivered from the blade wheel. The banknote receiving device further includes a blade wheel floating control device configured to control an upward and downward floating of the blade wheel and to further control the support plate to move downward according to an upward floating degree of the blade wheel to increase the banknote receiving space. | 02-25-2016 |