Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes an opening-and-closing member, a pressing member, a hook, a biasing member, and an adjuster. The opening-and-closing member has a lower end to be supported by an apparatus body and is rotatable. The pressing member is disposed in the opening-and-closing member to press a pressed member of the apparatus body. The hook engages with an engaging member of the apparatus body to hold the opening-and-closing member at a closing position of the opening-and-closing member. The biasing member biases the hook in a direction to maintain engagement of the hook. The adjuster adjusts at least one of a pressing force of the pressing member or a protrusion amount of the pressing member with respect to a surrounding member of the pressing member. The hook rotates against a biasing force of the biasing member to ride over the engaging member and engage with the engaging member.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first conveyance path, a conveyance roller, a printing unit, a reverse roller provided at a position on a downstream side of the printing unit in a first direction, a second conveyance path configured to reverse the front and back of the print medium, and a control unit. In a case where a first print medium on which printing has been performed first is conveyed in a second direction via the second conveyance path, the control unit controls the conveyance roller and the reverse roller, such that a trailing edge of the first print medium in the second direction passes through the reverse roller before a second print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller subsequent to the first print medium reaches the reverse roller.

Abstract: A document conveying device includes a sheet feeding tray, a sheet feeding mechanism, a discharge tray, a sheet feeding tray lifting mechanism, a top plate, a fixed wall part, and a lifting wall part. The discharge tray is provided below the sheet feeding tray. The top plate is adjacent to the sheet feeding tray on a downstream side in the sheet feeding direction. The fixed wall part is provided extending downward from an upstream side end portion of the top plate in the sheet feeding direction, and is fixed. The lifting wall part is provided extending upward from a downstream side end portion of the sheet feeding tray in the sheet feeding direction, and lifted and lowered together with the sheet feeding tray. The discharge tray includes a lowering restriction part which comes into contact with the lifting wall part to restrict a lowering of the lifting wall part.

Abstract: A transport device configured to transport a medium stacked on a loading section is disclosed. The transport device includes a transport roller and a separation roller and is configured to separate the medium one sheet at a time. A rotation shaft is attached to the separation roller and a movable guide member guides the medium between the transport roller and the separation roller, to be aligned with the separation roller in a shaft direction of the rotation shaft, and to be movable in the shaft direction. The separation roller is attachable to and detachable from the rotation shaft by moving in the shaft direction. By moving in the shaft direction, the movable guide member is displaced between a guide position at which the medium is guided and a retracted position at which the separation roller is movable in the shaft direction with respect to the rotation shaft.

Abstract: A feeding roller feeds a medium placed at a medium placement portion by forward rotation power supplied from a driving unit. A displacement portion displaces the feeding roller to an abutting position by the forward rotation power supplied from the driving unit and displaces the feeding roller to a separation position by reverse rotation power supplied from the driving unit. A power transmission unit includes a one-way clutch that transmits the forward rotation power, that is supplied from the driving unit, to the feeding roller but does not transmit the reverse rotation power, that is supplied from the driving unit, to the feeding roller.

Abstract: The invention discloses a sheet processing machine with an alignment plate at the input. The sheets are piled against the plate, and during each machine cycle, the bottommost sheet is extracted and delivered to a gripper bar of the machine. The alignment plate can move precisely longitudinally and diagonally to adjust the position and the skew of the sheet for correct positioning in the gripper bar. The alignment plate is guaranteed to be kept vertical by using a pair of synchronized linear actuators on each side of the plate. The machine can adapt to varying sheet thickness by adjusting the gap below that plate thanks to a motorized gauge. To even better position the sheets, a set of abutments is provided after the plate, and at a fixed distance to the plate. The abutments are pivoting to get out of the way of the gripper bar when needed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a feeder module for discharging sheets into a converting machine. The feeder module comprises a movable discharge conveyor comprising a plurality of belt conveyors which are configured to move between a discharge position (DP) in which the belt conveyors are contacting the lowermost positioned sheet in the stack and discharges said sheet, and a clearing position (CP) in which the conveyor belts are located underneath the loading surface.

Abstract: A relay transport device is configured to relay a medium fed from the feeding device and transport the medium to the recording device. The relay transport device includes a first restriction section having a first restriction surface configured to position a first edge, which is one edge in a width direction, a first transport belt configured to transport the medium toward the first restriction surface in a first direction, which intersects the transport direction and the width direction, a second transport belt that is provided downstream of the first transport belt in the transport direction and that is configured to transport the medium toward the first restriction surface in a second direction, which intersects the transport direction and the width direction, and a suction section configured to suck the medium via a through hole provided in the first transport belt and the second transport belt.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lifting device and an electrode sheet transfer apparatus using the same. The lifting device is a device for lifting a sheet-shaped member, and includes a main suction plate configured to make surface contact with a central portion of the sheet-shaped member and adsorb the central portion; a sub suction plate configured to make surface contact with an edge portion of the sheet-shaped member located outside the central portion and adsorb the edge portion; and a lifting unit connected to the main suction plate and the sub suction plate respectively to raise or lower the main suction plate and the sub suction plate, wherein the lifting unit is configured to lift the main suction plate and the sub suction plate when the main suction plate and the sub suction plate adsorb the sheet-shaped member, so that the sub suction plate is raised before the main suction plate.

Abstract: Systems are provided for an axle assembly for a vehicle comprising a baffle that includes a first section parallel to a first plane, a second section parallel to a second plane and angle to the first section, and a third section parallel to a third plane and angled to the first section and the second section, where the baffle is a spring.

Abstract: A media feeding apparatus includes a feed roller, a separation roller, a torque limiter, a unit, a pressing portion, and a reaction-force generator. The feed roller feeds a medium. The separation roller faces the feed roller and is located on a rotation shaft to which power is not transmitted. The torque limiter is located on the rotation shaft. The separation roller is driven by the feed roller when a torque greater than a predetermined torque is applied to the torque limiter. The unit supports the rotation shaft. The pressing portion applies a pressing force to the unit to swing the unit in a direction in which the separation roller is pressed against the feed roller. The reaction-force generator generates a reaction force to swing the unit in a direction in which the separation roller moves away from the feed roller as the separation roller rotates.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a housing, an opening unit, and a drive rotator. The opening unit is openably close the housing, the opening unit including a driven rotator including first driven rollers at each end regions of an axis of the driven rotator, and a second driven roller at a center region of the axis. The drive rotator forms a conveyance roller pair with the driven rotator to convey a sheet. The second driven roller has an outer diameter greater than each of the first driven rollers.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a medium loading device includes a loading table on which a medium is loaded, a fence in contact with an end of the medium loaded on the loading table, and a processor configured to vibrate the fence when leaning of the medium against the fence is detected.

Abstract: A sheet processing unit includes a postprocessing apparatus and a sorting device. The postprocessing apparatus performs postprocessing on a printed sheet. The sorting device is removably attached to the postprocessing apparatus, and sorts the printed sheet to a predetermined tray. The postprocessing apparatus includes a postprocessing device and a processing destination switch guide. The postprocessing device performs postprocessing on the sheet. The processing destination switch guide switches a destination of the sheet to be processed, between the postprocessing device and the sorting device. The sorting device includes a sorting destination switch guide and a guide drive device. The sorting destination switch guide switches the tray to which the sheet is to be sorted. The guide drive device drives the sorting destination switch guide. The guide drive device also drives the processing destination switch guide.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a rotary member pair, a moving unit configured to move the rotary member pair in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction, an abutment member, an obliquely conveying portion, a detection portion, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute (1) a first mode of controlling the moving unit such that the rotary member pair is moved in the width direction based on a detection result of the detection portion before the sheet arrives at the obliquely conveying portion, and (2) a second mode of controlling the moving unit such that the rotary member pair is moved in a second direction regardless of a detection result of the detection portion in a state where the sheet is nipped by the rotary member pair and before the sheet arrives at the obliquely conveying portion.

Abstract: A medium discharge device includes a discharge drive roller configured to contact a first surface of a medium, a discharge driven roller that is configured to contact a second surface of the medium and nip the medium between itself and the discharge drive roller, a driven roller shaft, and a discharge assisting member configured to contact the second surface of the medium to be discharged, that has a larger diameter than the discharge driven roller, and that rotates integrally with the discharge driven roller. The discharge driven roller has a shaft hole through which the driven roller shaft passes, an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole and an outer peripheral surface of the driven roller shaft slide with rotation of the discharge driven roller, and a quick-drying lubricant is used between the inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole and the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller shaft.

Abstract: A feed roller mechanism that feeds a continuous paper while nipping the continuous paper between a first roller and a second roller that face each other, the feed roller mechanism includes a plate-shaped first support member that supports the first roller, and a plate-shaped second support member that supports the first support member, wherein the first roller nips the continuous paper with the second roller by a deflection reaction force of the first support member.

Abstract: An image reading device includes an inner roller and an outer roller in a curved path, and a path forming member that forms an outer side of a first path portion when a path portion extending downstream in a conveying direction from a nip position between the inner roller and the outer roller in the curved path is defined as the first path portion, wherein a support portion that supports a trailing end of a medium is provided on a lateral side of the outer roller in a swing member that rotatably supports the outer roller, and the support portion protrudes further inward of the curved path than the path forming member in the first path portion.

Abstract: A sheet container includes a body and a feed tray. The body includes a guide rail having a protrusion at a contact position. The feed tray loads multiple sheets. The feed tray is insertable to and removable from the body along the guide rail in a horizontal direction and includes a contact in an upstream portion of the feed tray in a drawing direction along the horizontal direction. In response to the feed tray drawn from the body to the contact position, the contact contacts the protrusion to restrict drawing of the feed tray from the body.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a first optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing and in a central part of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a medium conveying direction, a second optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing and on a side of the first optical sensor in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, and a processor to detect a folding of a medium based on the first signal or the second signal, and stop feeding of the medium by the feed roller in accordance with a detection result of the folding of the medium. The first light emitter emits first light toward a downstream side of the medium in the medium conveying direction, and the second light emitter emits second light toward an upstream side of the medium in the medium conveying direction.