Abstract: An arrangement for automatically feeding sheets of paper of varying rectangular formats into an automatic zigzag folding machine allows sheets to be processed whose lower edge of the printed side is on the opposite side. Processing can take place in the same machines together with regular sheets, and the results are the same. For this purpose the sheets are inverted about an axis at a right angle to the direction of advancement by use of the feeding channel, and the sequence of the folding machine is changed to work in reverse order.

Abstract: A radiation image read-out apparatus comprises a section for reading out a radiation image stored in a stimulable phosphor sheet, a section for erasing the radiation energy remaining on the stimulable phosphor sheet after image read-out, and a section for stacking the stimulable phosphor sheets after erasing. The erasing section and the stacking section are positioned above the read-out section. A read-out sheet conveyance system is positioned between the read-out section and the erasing section for conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet so that the surface of the stimulable phosphor sheet facing up at the read-out section faces up also at the erasing section. An erased sheet conveyance system is positioned between the erasing section and the stacking section for conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet so that the surface of the stimulable phosphor sheet facing up at the erasing section faces down at the stacking section.

Abstract: A stimulable phosphor sheet conveyance apparatus has a first conveyance path for receiving a stimulable phosphor sheet from an image read-out section and conveying it in the forward direction, a third conveyance path for receiving the stimulable phosphor sheet from the first conveyance path and then conveying it in the reverse direction, a second conveyance path for receiving the stimulable phosphor sheet conveyed from the third conveyance path, conveying it to an erasing section with its side for recording an image facing erasing light sources in the erasing section, and, after the stimulable phosphor sheet has been erased, conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet in the forward direction to return it to the third conveyance path.

Abstract: A mechanism for use with a sheet transport apparatus for turning over a sheet transported along a travel path, such mechanism reliably functioning irrespective of sheet weight or size. With the mechanism, a sheet is selectively moved in one direction from a travel path or in an opposite direction into such travel path. The surface of the moving sheet is engaged so that energy derived by the sheet being transported in the direction from the travel path is stored. When the sheet is no longer being transported in such direction, the stored energy is utilized to move the sheet in the opposite direction to a point where it can be transported in such opposite direction back into the travel path with its trail edge becoming the lead edge and its surface orientation reversed.

Abstract: A recirculating document feeder for presenting document sheets to a copier apparatus for reproducing multiple collated sets of information respectively contained on one face of such document sheets, or information respectively contained on both faces of such sheets, at a rate which makes maximum use of the full reproduction rate of the copier apparatus. In the recirculating document feeder, during the first circulation of a set of document sheets, after both sides of each sheet are exposed to reproduce information contained thereon, such sheets are returned to the hopper with their facial orientation reversed with respect to their initial facial orientation in the hopper. During all during subsequent circulations of such document sheets except the last circulation, after both sides of each sheet are exposed to reproduce information contained thereon, such sheets are returned to the hopper with the facial orientation reversed with respect to their initial facial orientation in the hopper.

Abstract: An apparatus for arranging the obverse and reverse sides of the bills or the like includes a carrying-in passage and a carrying-out passage. A reversible conveying passage is provided between the carrying-in passage and the carrying-out passage for conveying the bills from the carrying-in passage in a direction identical or opposite to the carrying-in passage.

Abstract: A sheet-reversing device suitable for use in copying machines and other sheet-handling machines has a main roller and a feed-in and a feed-out roller which are frictionally driven by the main roller. The axes of those rollers remain fixed with respect to each other. When a sheet is fed to the nip between the main roller and the feed-out roller, it is transported without reversing, but when fed up to the nip between the main roller and the feed-in roller, it enters into a switchback path and the formerly trailing edge of the sheet is fed to the nip between the main roller and the feed-out roller and then is reversely transported (trailing edge first). By selecting the appropriate inlet path, the sheet is selectively reversed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a bill receiving/dispensing apparatus applied to a vending machine and a money changing machine which can house and store bills inserted by users and return a desired number of bills. Provision of a reversing roller (10) makes it possible to ensure that in paying out a bill (1) only a single bill is paid out at a time from a plurality of bills (3) overlaid one on another in a bill storing device (2).

Abstract: In a paper feeding and ejecting device for a printing apparatus, a sheet of paper is fed by a paper feeding roller from the top of a stack of paper sheets in a magazine through a feeding guide to a gripping assembly on the peripheral surface of a platen which is rotated in one direction during printing and in the opposite direction during ejecting of a printed sheet through an ejecting guide to ejecting rollers. The feeding roller and the ejecting rollers are driven by a single reversible drive motor at suitable times during the operating cycle. The feeding guide and the ejecting guide are separated from each other at the platen so that the feeding of a sheet to the platen will not interfere with the ejecting of a printed sheet. At the completion of each operating cycle, the feeding roller is accurately located at a standby position without requiring the use of a control sensor therefor.

Abstract: An original feeding apparatus for single or both side original copy has belts and rollers to carry an original to an exposure position a glass platen, motors for driving the belts and rollers, an electromagnetic brake and a drive control circuit to apply electromagnetic and electric brake forces on the motors, and a .mu.-COM to control the operation of the apparatus. The original can be stopped at the exposure position with high position, and both side original copy can be automatically performed without requiring the user to rearrange the originals after the copy operation.

Abstract: A document stacker assembly including a plurality of document stackers each having a bin wherein documents are selectably stacked against a bin wall member. A belt moves documents along a document track and an idler wheel is pressed against the belt in each stacker assembly. A flicker wheel is driven to rotate by pressure thereagainst by the rotating idler wheel. A solenoid is operable selectably to move a document deflector pivoted about the flicker wheel axle to deflect a document along the track into the pinch between a central waisted portion of the flicker wheel and the idler wheel. The document is urged into the bin and the trailing edge of the document, having disengaged from the pinch between the idler wheel and a waisted portion of the flicker wheel is engaged by projections on the unwaisted top and bottom serrated portions of the flicker wheel, to urge the document further into the bin and to disengage the trailing edge at a predetermined location therein.

Abstract: In an automatic sheet reversing apparatus having a convey/reversing section with a plurality of conveyor belts, a stacking/moving section with a stopper for stopping a leading end of a reversed sheet, and a feed section, the stopper is located below the conveyor belts. The upper portion of the stopper is located above the lower surface of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: A document printer includes sheet-feeding apparatus for sequentially presenting both faces of a print-receiving sheet to a print station. According to a preferred embodiment, such apparatus features, as part of the duplex sheet path, reversible sheet-feeding means operable in first or second active modes for selectively feeding sheets into and out of a chute, located upstream from the feeding means, to reverse the sheet's lead edge/trail edge orientation. Such sheet-feeding means is also operable in a passive mode in which it allows sheets to advance, without substantial interference, downstream therepast to a registration position.

Abstract: An automatic duplex copying type copying apparatus for automatically copying opposite copying faces of an original document onto opposite faces of a copy paper sheet, respectively, including first and second trays for sequentially accommodating first and second copy paper sheets, respectively, an original feeding device for feeding first and second original documents from an original feeding tray to an original platform, a transport device for transporting the first and second copy paper sheets to the first and second trays, respectively, an original returning device for returning the first and second original documents to the original feeding tray and a paper feeding device for feeding the first and second copy paper sheets from the first and second trays, respectively.

Abstract: An automatic document feeder for use with a facsimile apparatus, a copier or the like includes a separator roller and feed rollers which are mounted on a common shaft and each is provided with a spring clutch. While the separator roller cooperates with a friction roller for separating documents from a stack on a tray one at a time, the feed rollers cooperate one with another feed roller, which is provided with a one-way clutch, for feeding the separated document. A reversible stepping motor is selectively driven in opposite directions depending upon the position of a document in a predetermined path, so that the coactive feed rollers selectively serve as drive rollers and follower rollers. The separator roller rotates in the same direction as the feed rollers which are coaxial therewith only when the latter serves as drive rollers.

Abstract: A drive mechanism is disclosed for a document feeder which is used in supplying documents to-be-copied onto the glass top of a copy machine.The drive mechanism includes a set of feed wheels which remove the document to-be-copied from a document support and by rotating in one direction move the document to-be-copied against a set of drive wheels. The drive wheels, when rotated in one direction, move the document onto the glass top of a document copier against a stop, where the document is copied. Thereupon the drive wheels rotate in the opposite direction to remove the copied document from the glass top of a copying machine and deposit the copied document into a receiving tray.

Abstract: A paper sheet feeding arrangement for feeding paper sheets one sheet by one sheet, including a paper sheet cassette, a paper feeding roller, a feed roller, a paper sheet separating roller rotated, in contact with the feed roller, in a direction counter to a paper feeding direction, a return roller provided rotatably and coaxially with one of the feed roller and the paper sheet separating roller, and a paper sheet returning device which, in response to release of the paper sheet cassette from a paper feeding section, not only brings the feed roller and the paper sheet separating roller out of contact with each other but rotates the return roller in the direction counter to the paper feeding direction.

Abstract: A sheet material transporting apparatus has a first convey portion for conveying a sheet having an image on one surface thereof in a first direction along a first convey path, the image being formed by an image-forming section, and a second convey portion for conveying the sheet in a second direction along a second convey path extending to the image-forming section through the first convey path so as to form an image on the other surface of the sheet. A trailing edge detector is arranged in the vicinity of a branched portion between the first and second convey path to detect the trailing edge of the sheet. In a sheet guide portion for causing the branched portion between the first and second convey paths to communicate with the discharge portion, the sheet is sent in a first direction for a predetermined period of time after the trailing edge of the sheet is detected by the trailing edge detector to invert the sheet conveying direction to the second convey path.

Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus having defined therein a copying paper conveying passage extending from a paper feeder to a paper receiver through a transfer zone and a fixing zone. In the transfer zone, a toner image on an electrostatographic material is transferred to a copying paper, and then fixed in the fixing zone.

Abstract: An imbricated product subformation is formed from one half of the printed products delivered in an imbricated product formation by a conveyor or transporter. This subformation is guided through a deflection or turning device. The printed products are accelerated and separated or singled as they run through this deflection or turning device and are simultaneously inverted. After leaving the deflection or turning device, the printed products are conveyed against a fixed stop member and are then deposited upon a belt conveyor to form a new imbricated product subformation. A second subformation is formed from the other half of the arriving printed products and is deposited upon the first altered subformation and is then conjointly wound up with this first altered subformation to form a coil or wound product package.

Abstract: Printed products delivered in imbricated product formation by a conveyor having individually releasable grippers are deposited upon a belt conveyor also in imbricated product formation. This imbricated product formation is delivered to a turning device in which the printed products are singled by acceleration and are also inverted. After leaving this turning device, the printed products are conveyed against a fixed stop. After impinging upon this stop, the printed products fall upon a belt conveyor, respectively upon an already formed imbricated product formation. In this imbricated product formation the leading edges are exposed, just as they are in the arriving imbricated product formation. However, the now leading edges are formed by those edges of the printed product which formed the trailing edges in the arriving imbricated product formation. Furthermore, in the newly formed imbricated product formation the originally upper side of the printed products now lies on the underside.

Abstract: A high accuracy pen plotter includes an automatic sheet feeder for feeding individual sheets of paper from a paper tray to a platen for plotting. A microprocessor, various stepper motors and encoders allow for accurate and repeatable positioning and alignment of the sheet of paper to be plotted. The sheet of paper is automatically fed from the tray to the platen, is pulled entirely free from the tray, is aligned against a reference edge and may be forcefully ejected from the plotter after plotting is finished.

Abstract: The printed products unwound from a storage coil or wound package in imbricated product formation are conveyed over two belt conveyors against a stop. According to one embodiment the printed products are separated from the imbricated product formation before reaching the end of the first conveyor device formed by the two belt conveyors by an acceleration imposed by the second of the two belt conveyors, i.e. they are singled. According to another embodiment the imbrication of the printed products is inverted before the products reach the end of the first conveyor device. The individual printed products fall downward after impinging the stop and are deposited upon the preceding printed product in an imbricated formation. The imbricated product formation is conveyed away by a belt conveyor of a second conveyor device in a conveying direction opposite to the conveying direction of the first conveyor device.

Abstract: A bill discriminator including within a housing a bill conveying mechanism which comprises a bill conveying path, a driving pulley, a driven pulley and conveyor belt and which is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions for conveyance of a bill within the bill conveying path, and bill discriminating magnetic head and photo sensors disposed in the bill conveying path, characterized by further including a tiltable lever having a pressing roller which is brought into pressure contact with the magnetic head by a biasing force of a spring, a latch gear integral with the driven pulley of the bill conveying mechanism, and a rocking lever which is normally in pressure contact with the outer periphery of the latch gear and which, at the time of reverse rotation of the bill conveying mechanism, imparts a tilting action to the tiltable lever against the spring to let the pressing roller depart from the magnetic head.

Abstract: A high-speed compact sheet handling device is disclosed. In this device sheet members are supplied from a stacking table to a required position and are ejected at a higher speed from that position to the stacking table, and the functions of supply and ejection can be effected at the same time.

Abstract: In a document handler for a copier for providing recirculative copying at the copier imaging station of plural documents stacked in a recirculative copying input tray with automatic inversion of duplex documents by a document inverter with a document inverting chute in the recirculative path of the documents, and with a document return path after this recirculative copying back to the input tray, and wherein this same document handler also has an integral alternative non-recirculative copying document input for non-recirculative document copying at the same imaging station, and a document output for this alternative document input for ejecting documents from the document handler after the non-recirculative copying, the improvement wherein the document inverting chute is substantially planer, and open ended, to provide for alternative unobstructed unidirectional document feeding therethrough, and the document inverter operates to reverse the direction of movement of documents in the inverting chute from the in

Abstract: In a copier with a recirculating document handler pivotally mounted to be closable over an imaging station on the upper surface of the copier, and a document inverter, and the capability of automatically copying both sides of documents at the imaging station by utilizing the document inverter to invert documents being recirculated by the document handler, the improvement wherein the document inverter is only partially in the document handler and operatively but non-integrally incorporates a generally planar document chute which is independently integrally mounted to the copier and is not a physical part of or pivotal with the document handler, to provide a more compact document handler with automatic document inversion capability, wherein the document chute is defined by upper and lower baffles for containing and guiding a document for reversal therein by the document inverter, and wherein at least a major portion of these upper and lower baffles are integral to the copier, laterally adjacent to both the imag

Abstract: Apparatus for removing the bottom sheets from a stack of sheets or inserting sheets at the bottom of a stack of sheets including an air knife to provide an air cushion between the stack of sheets and the bottom sheet in the stack and a reversible drive roll mounted within a vacuum plenum for driving sheets beneath or away from the sheet stack.

Abstract: A device for classifying handled objects. This device comprises a mechanical sorting system and an electronic control system. The former comprises two storage devices, each organized in the form of a queue or line, i.e., the objects can be removed in the order in which they are entered, and a third storage device organized in the form of a stack or pile, i.e., the objects can be removed in the opposite order to that in which they entered. The mechanical system also comprises conveyors for transferring the objects between the different storage devices. The electronic system comprises a control computer, equipped with two memory zones organized in the form of a queue, and a third memory zone organized in the form of a stack, in which are stored the codes allocated to each object. The computer controls the transfer of codes from one memory zone to another, in order to sort in one of them the codes in a given order, and controls the corresponding displacement of the objects carrying the codes.

Abstract: A paper loading apparatus for a printer wherein sheets of paper are moved by a paper feeding device to a printing device to effect printing on the paper. The apparatus comprises a paper stacker for storing a stack of the sheets of paper, a feed roller engageable with the top of the paper stack and rotatable for feeding along a first paper path the individual sheets in one direction from the paper stacker toward the paper feeding device, a controller for controlling the paper feeding device such that the sheets of paper fed from the paper stacker are first moved in the above one direction into the printing device and subsequently moved in a reverse direction opposite to the above one direction, and a guiding device for guiding the sheet of paper moving in the reverse direction along a second paper path in which the sheet of paper is free from engagement with the feed roller.

Abstract: An automatic video digitizing system for document scanning wherein a document is inserted into a roller feed arrangement located adjacent a video scanning head. The system includes a front pair and a rear pair of drive rollers located respectively in front of and behind the video scanning head. The ones of each pair of document drive rollers are initially spaced apart to permit the document to be inserted through the spacing between the drive rollers without damaging the input edges of the document. Lift means are operatively connected to the drive rollers for moving the opposing drive rollers from their spaced-apart, non-feed position into contact with each other. A motor drive operates in response to a document position sensor for driving the document backwards to a predetermined starting position where a front edge of the document is located at a preset distance from the video scanning head.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing overlapped documents including a plurality of drive rollers for moving the overlapped document in a direction towards engagement with a stop member, first sensing means for detecting the overlapped condition of the documents and for disabling the operation of one of the drive rollers enabling each of the overlapped documents to engage the stop member in registry with each other and second sensing means for operating the drive rollers to move the stacked documents to a remote distribution station.

Abstract: A thermal transfer color printer is disclosed for printing color images on individual sheets of paper. One sheet of paper at a time is removed from a stack of paper stored in a cassette and this sheet is transported by a reversible platen roller in a first or forward direction at a first predetermined rate. While the sheet of paper is gripped between the reversible platen roller and one or more pinch rollers, slack is removed by a slack removing device. A multicolored ink ribbon with successively arranged color segments also is transported in the first direction at the same predetermined rate. A thermal printhead presses against the reversible platen roller to press the ink ribbon and sheet of paper together as they move in the first direction. Energization of the thermal elements on the thermal printhead by color component signals corresponding to the current color of the ink ribbon causes the particular current color to be thermally and selectively transferred to the sheet of paper.

Abstract: This specification discloses an automatic original conveying device for conveying a supported original to a reading position and discharging the original from the reading position after the surface to be read of the original is read.

Abstract: In a document transport apparatus for feeding document sheets over a copier platen with a reversible direction of motion document feeding belt with a normal-force pressure system for applying pressure to an area of the back of the lower belt flight, mounted to engage and be moved by the belt, which pressure is automatically substantially greater for one direction of motion of the belt than the other, the improvement comprising apparatus for applying a preset maximum gravitational force with the pressure system actuated solely by engagement and movement of the pressure system by the lower belt flight in one direction, and further apparatus for counteracting that gravitational force automatically in response to the reversal of direction of the belt flight to greatly reduce the applied pressure in the reversed direction of motion of the belt flight, wherein a disclosed pressure system is an integral arm/roller unit with a variable axis of rotation about a fixed pivot by means of a limited slot connection therewi

Abstract: An inverter for reversing the direction of movement of sheets fed to it even at high speed comprises a guide member onto and along which a sheet is fed and having an end edge portion spaced a small distance from a bend-over guide that lies across and at an acute angle to the path of the leading edge of the sheet and deflects the leading edge so that a leading portion of the sheet is bent over the end edge portion to retard the sheet movement. The sheet then is in a position to be delivered by movement in the reverse direction. The bend-over guide typically is disposed at a distance of 3 to 10 mm from the end edge portion and at an acute angle of 60.degree. to 85.degree. to the adjacent surface of the guide member. Preferably, the guide member presents a concavely bowed sheet guiding surface having angled recesses extending across it.

Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray examination apparatus comprising a light-tight film processing section with one or more film storage magazines. A film sheet can be removed from the magazine in order to be transported to the exposure position. The apparatus also comprises a cassette loading and unloading station as well as a film guide device. A film sheet can be transported by the film guide device either into the beam path at the exposure position or into a cassette in the cassette loading and unloading station. Thus, cassette exposures can also be made without loading and unloading the cassette in a separate dark room or without a so-called daylight system being necessary.

Abstract: A feeder has a link mechanism comprising a connecting rod, an intermediate arm and a pivotal arm. The uppermost sheet is lifted at its front end rearwardly upward first and is then sent forward by a sucking disk supported by the pivotal arm.

Abstract: A rotating inverter mechanism includes a drive shaft and dual primary and secondary rollers mounted within a set of collars such that the drive shaft is adapted to provide rotation to the primary rollers in a clockwise direction while the secondary rollers which are initially in an out of sheet contact position are driven by the primary rollers in a counterclockwise direction. A sheet passing through the inverter in a clockwise direction actuates a first sensor which in turn actuates a solenoid linked to one of the collars. The solenoid pulls the collar through a predetermined angle and thereby places the corresponding secondary roller in contact with the sheet. Since the secondary roller is rotating in a direction opposite to the incoming sheet direction and opposite to the other primary roller, the sheet will be rotated. A chute is positioned to deflect the sheet downward as it is rotated so that the rotation can be accomplished in a distance no wider than the width of the sheet.

Abstract: A copier or similar device is provided with an apparatus for storing and reversing or turning over a plurality of sheets used for two-sided copying. The sheets are stored between adjacent windings of a film or belt member after copying on one side thereof, after which the belt member is reversed to feed sheets one by one to the copying station such that the unprinted side of the sheets may be recorded upon.

Abstract: A system for presenting documents to a slit-scan xerographic exposure station includes a fluidic storage station having a housing in which a rack for storing documents is located. The rack includes a plurality of pockets in each of which a document may be stored, the rack being movable in a vertical direction so that any one of its pockets may be aligned with an opening in the housing. A fluid stream is used to move a document in a pocket aligned with the opening out of the storage apparatus and into engagement with transport apparatus. The transport apparatus includes a vacuum document drum which moves a document past the exposure station and, in one mode of operation, inverts the document prior to its return to a pocket at the station. In another mode of operation, the direction of travel of the drum is reversed after the document has been exposed and the document is returned without inversion.

Abstract: A system wherein documents are presented to an exposure station of reproduction apparatus includes a housing in which a rack for storing documents is located. The rack includes a plurality of pockets in each of which a document may be stored, the rack being movable in a vertical direction so that any one of its pockets may be aligned with an opening in the housing. Fluid streams are used to either move a document in an aligned pocket through the opening and to the exposure station or from the exposure station into the pocket. Copies of documents presented to the exposure station are made by the reproduction apparatus. Adjacent the housing there is located an inverter into which documents from the rack are fluidically fed as desired. Inverted documents are returned to the rack with the assistance of a fluid stream. Inverted documents may be fed to the exposure station to provide duplex copies.