Patents by Inventor Rob Josephus Elisabeth Looijmans

Rob Josephus Elisabeth Looijmans has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sheet handling apparatus
    Patent number: 9676577
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet transport path, a pinch and drive mechanism disposed at an entry side of the transport path for conveying the sheets in a transport direction X along the transport path, at least one liftable pinch and drive mechanism disposed at the transport path downstream of said entry side pinch and drive mechanism, a sheet alignment mechanism disposed further downstream at the transport path and arranged to impart a movement in a direction Z normal to the transport direction X to at least a part of a sheet that passes through, and a controller arranged to receive a sheet length signal and to control said at least one liftable pinch and drive mechanism in accordance with the sheet length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Erik Jozef Wilhelmus Schoenmakers, Rob Josephus Elisabeth Looijmans
  • Sheet handling apparatus
    Publication number: 20160096698
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet transport path, a pinch and drive mechanism disposed at an entry side of the transport path for conveying the sheets in a transport direction X along the transport path, at least one liftable pinch and drive mechanism disposed at the transport path downstream of said entry side pinch and drive mechanism, a sheet alignment mechanism disposed further downstream at the transport path and arranged to impart a movement in a direction Z normal to the transport direction X to at least a part of a sheet that passes through, and a controller arranged to receive a sheet length signal and to control said at least one liftable pinch and drive mechanism in accordance with the sheet length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Erik Jozef Wilhelmus Schoenmakers, Rob Josephus Elisabeth Looijmans