Abstract: A transporting apparatus includes a base unit made of resin, a tray configured to support a sheet, a transporting section supported by an upper portion of the base unit and configured to transport the sheet, and a feeding section supported by a lower portion of the base unit and including a feeding roller configured to contact an upper surface of the sheet supported by the tray and to feed the sheet toward the transporting section. The base unit is integrally formed with an inner-side guide which defines an inner side of a curved path which is configured to guide the sheet fed by the feeding section to the transport section.

Abstract: A printer accessory including a housing and a connector, the connector having a frame defining an opening in the housing, and including a contact housing and a door slideably disposed within the opening. Biasing elements bias the contact housing and door to extend from the opening, wherein the door is configured to be depressed into the housing through the opening to expose electrical contacts on the contact housing.

Abstract: An image recording device includes a tray unit, a sheet feeder disposed above the tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the sheet feeder, and a unit for discharging the sheet having as image recorded thereon. The tray unit includes a first tray for holding thereon a first sheet, a second tray disposed above the first tray to hold thereon a second sheet, and a third tray disposed above the first tray. The second tray selectively moves between a first position and a second position. When the second tray is in the first position, the sheet feeder feeds the second sheet from the second tray, and the third tray receives the second sheet discharged from the discharging unit. When the second tray is in the second position, the sheet feeder feeds the first sheet from the first tray, and the first tray, the second tray, and the third tray overlap one another vertically.

Abstract: A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet tray on which a recording medium is loaded, a regulating member, a link mechanism, and a guide storage. The regulating member is movably disposed to regulate a position of the recording medium loaded on the sheet tray and has guide portions having a height higher than a maximum possible thickness of a sheet stack loadable on the sheet tray and the height thereof is changeable. The link mechanism rotatably supports the sheet tray with respect to a tray storing position and a sheet feeding position. The guide storage stores the guide portions of the regulating member as the link mechanism moves the sheet tray from the sheet feeding position to the tray storing position and has a depth set to be greater than a length in a height direction of the guide portions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for loading at least one media item into a media item container. The apparatus includes at least one rotatable member comprising an outer surface including a plurality of apertures connected to at least one chamber where a negative pressure is selectively provided. The apparatus also includes a guide that guides each incoming item of media transported to the rotatable member. The rotatable member is rotatable when negative pressure is provided at the chamber region to locate a media item secured to the rotatable member by suction from the guide into the media item container.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a media tray for a media advance mechanism. The media tray includes an access door attached to the media tray via a hinge oriented in a vertical direction and a cleanout disposed on an interior surface of the access door. The access door pivots open around the hinge. The cleanout is mounted such that the cleanout can move translationally along the access door.

Abstract: A paper-pressing tray mounting apparatus for a printing apparatus includes a first paper support tray, a second paper support tray mounted on the first paper support tray, a paper-pressing tray pivotally mounted on the second paper support tray, and a sliding panel mounted on the second paper support tray. When the second paper support tray moves toward the first paper support tray along a first direction, the sliding panel moves on the second paper support tray along a second direction opposite to the first direction, the sliding panel abuts against the paper-pressing tray, the paper-pressing tray rotates toward the first paper support tray around the second paper support tray, the second paper support tray is accommodated in the first paper support tray, and the paper-pressing tray is accommodated between the first paper support tray and the second paper support tray.

Abstract: In a sheet feeding cassette (10), wall portions (25a to 25d) are provided upright at four peripheral end portions of a cassette base (25). Of the wall portions (25a to 25d), the wall portion (25a) positioned on a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction has a first notch portion (41) formed at a substantially center portion in a longitudinal direction of the wall portion (25a), the first notch portion (41) facing a feeding roller (30a) provided on an image forming apparatus (100) main body side.

Abstract: A sheet feed unit includes a medium container configured to contain sheet-like recording media; a bottom plate disposed in the medium container and configured to accommodate the recording media thereon; a sheet feed device configured to feed out the recording media contained in the medium container; a main body of the sheet feed unit, which the medium container can be inserted into and pulled out from, including the sheet feed device; and a displaying member configured to display a remaining level of the recording media in the medium container, the displaying member including a first display oriented in a first direction and a second display oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The sheet feed unit improves a freeness in the observable range of the displaying member and the remaining level of the recording media in the medium container can be more accurately ascertained.

Abstract: A slide rail includes a fixed rail, an intermediate rail a movable rail, and a first to fourth rollers. Use of three rails makes a total length of the slide rail shorter to provide a compact slide rail. The fixed rail includes a rectangular-shaped first plate and a pair of first bent parts; the intermediate rail includes a rectangular-shaped second plate opposed to the first plate and a pair of second bent parts; and the movable rail includes a rectangular-shaped third plate opposed to the second plate and a pair of third bent parts. Among the bent parts, the third bent parts are bent in a direction opposite that of the first and second bent parts.

Abstract: A large capacity automatic printer paper tray operatively mounts a printing device to its upper extent. A paper support is disposed in a frame of the paper tray and is slideably supported by vertical frame rails. A drive screw rotatably secured in the frame is operatively coupled to the paper support. An actuator motor operatively drives the drive screw to raise and lower the paper support. Lower and upper limit sensors control the motor to limit downward and upward movement of the paper support. A paper pick-up interface plate transfers a top paper from the paper support into a paper pick-up roller of the mounted print device, via a feed roller of the print device. A pull-track sensor operates the motor to maintain a top level of paper on the paper support between a minimum and a maximum pull-track threshold.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a sheet feed cassette to hold a stack of recording media, a cover detachably attachable to the sheet feed cassette to cover an opening of the sheet feed cassette through which the recording media are supplied, an image forming part to form images on the recording media, and a discharge tray having a top surface on which the recording media discharged from the image forming apparatus after image formation are stacked. The sheet feed cassette is disposed below the discharge tray and is contractibly extendable, protruding outwardly from the image forming apparatus to accommodate large-sized recording media in its extended state. The cover includes a displaceable discharge auxiliary member slidable against the cover so as to be flush with the top surface of the discharge tray and detachably attachable to the sheet feed cassette together with the cover.

Abstract: A sheet feeder is provided that includes a housing, a feed tray having a loading surface, and a swingable opening cover including a sliding contact portion, extending in a direction perpendicular to a width direction of a sheet. The sliding contact portion is configured to slide in contact with a feed tray in a swing motion of the feed tray from a first position where the loading surface is directed downward above the housing to a second position where the loading surface is directed upward at an upstream side relative to the housing in a feeding direction. The sliding contact portion is disposed on at least one end of the opening cover in the width direction, and exposed to an outside of the sheet feeder when the feed tray is in the first position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing including a first wall portion extending in a vertical direction, a second wall portion extending in the vertical direction on a side opposite from the first wall portion, and an internal space formed between the first wall portion and the second wall portion. In a first state in which a sheet cassette is not attached to the housing, a cover member seals an opening portion formed in the second wall portion and through which the sheet cassette passes through, and forms part of the second wall portion. In a second state in which the sheet cassette is attached to the housing, the cover member is pivoted by being abutted by part of the sheet cassette and covers a top of a portion of the sheet cassette that is exposed to the outside of the housing.

Abstract: A tray drawable from an image forming apparatus body in a specified first direction, the tray having: a tray body in which printing media are stored; a handle that is fastened to the tray body so as to be slidable in the first direction by a specified distance, a pull of the handle in the first direction effecting a slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body and applying a pull force in the first direction to the tray body; a lock mechanism for locking the tray body in the image forming apparatus body, the slide of the handle in the first direction relative to the tray body cancelling the lock mechanism; and an elastic member located between the handle and the tray body; wherein at least part of the pull force is transmitted from the handle to the tray body via the elastic member.

Abstract: A media container includes a holding portion having a holding surface on which media are held; a jogger that comes into contact with edges of the media held on the holding surface to align the edges of the media, the jogger having a blower nozzle from which gas is ejected at the edges of the media held on the holding surface; a guided member that is supported by the jogger member and is supported by the holding portion so as to be movable toward and away from the edges of the media; a blowing device that is supported by the holding portion and ejects the gas at the media; and a flow path that is formed inside the guided member and connects the blowing device and the blower nozzle, through which the gas from the blowing device flows.

Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a first feeding unit feeds the medium to be fed to a downstream side of a feeding direction. A second feeding unit then feeds the medium to a upstream side and a downstream side on the basis of a feeding direction of the first feeding unit. A friction member is positioned opposite to the first feeding unit. A displacement member converts between a first state in which the displacement member protrudes upwardly in a stacked direction with respect to the friction member and a second state in which the displacement member retracts downwardly. The displacement member is set as the second state when one remaining sheet of the medium is fed to the downstream side by the first feeding unit, and the displacement member is set as the first state when a trailing end of the one remaining sheet passes through the friction member.

Abstract: A multi-function peripheral (MFP) including a machine body, a paper feeding cassette, and a sensing module is provided. The paper feeding cassette is assembled to the machine body, and multiple pieces of paper are suited for being stacked on a supporting surface of the paper feeding cassette. The sensing module includes a holder and a sensor. The holder is disposed at a side of the paper feeding cassette and capable of moving along a normal of the supporting surface. The sensor is disposed on the holder. A sensing surface of the sensor faces the supporting surface and keeps a distance from a top piece of the paper.

Abstract: A paper retrieving mechanism includes a base, a handle movably connected to the base, and a resisting element. The base supports an amount of paper, and defines a first slot. The paper is to be placed over the first slot. The resisting element passes through the first slot, and is connected to the handle. The handle is to be acted upon by an external force to drive the resisting element to move along the first slot to push the paper to move relative to the base.

Abstract: Apparatus for continuous singling of stacks of loose sheet material, in particular bank notes, vouchers, checks, separation cards, etc., includes a singling unit for singling stacks of loose sheet material and a feeding device which transports stacks of loose sheet material to be singled into a position where sheet material of the stack is grasped by the singling unit and transferred to a transport system. The feeding device has a first, substantially single-axis moved feeding element and a second, substantially multi-axis moved feeding element. A container is provided to receive the stack of loose sheet material, the container having a movable platform on which the stack of sheet material rests. The container is received by a container receiving device which has a transport device connected to the platform of the container located in the container receiving device, wherein the platform of the container together with the transport device forms the first feeding element.

Abstract: A sheet supplying device includes a recording media container to accommodate a stack of recording media therein, a sheet feeding unit to feed a recording medium from the stack of recording media in the recording media container, a frame to support the recording media container and the sheet feeding unit, a holder to hold the recording media container by surrounding the outer circumference of the recording media container, and a locking mechanism to engage the frame and the holder with each other. The recording media container is detachably attachable to the frame in a first detaching and attaching operation and a second detaching and attaching operation. The locking mechanism causes the frame and the holder to engage at removal of the recording media container in the first detaching and attaching operation.

Abstract: A sheet adjusting device, applicable to a sheet holding receptacle and an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet setting plate to place a sheet thereon, first and second regulating member to slidably move in a given direction, a drive transmission mechanism to transmit a driving power generated by a driving power source to at least one of the first and second regulating members and move the first regulating member in the given direction, and a stopping unit to stop the first regulating member moving toward the sheet on the setting, plate either when a load exceeding a given threshold is given to either the driving power source or the drive transmission mechanism or when a pressure exceeding a given threshold is given to at least one of the first and second regulating members.

Abstract: A sensor can sense a weight of items in an area. A sensor can sense a height of items in the area. An available capacity of the area can be determined based on the sensed weight and height.

Abstract: An adjusting member is positioned in a sheet feeding opening. The adjusting member is adjusted according to the size of the paper sheet. The adjusting member does not jut out of an exterior surface of an apparatus body.

Abstract: A paper sheet processing device is provided which can more simply detect the attachment/detachment of the magazine accommodating paper sheets and that the amount of paper sheets has reached a predetermined level and can reduce costs. The paper sheet processing device of the present invention has a magazine 5 which is attachable to/detachable from to a frame and capable of accommodating paper sheets, a moving member 53 which moves when the amount of paper sheets accommodated in the magazine 5 reaches a predetermined level, and a detection sensor 35 for detecting the movement of the moving member 53. The moving member 53 is supported on the magazine 5, and is moved by the attachment/detachment operation of the magazine 5 when the magazine 5 is not mounted on the frame so that the detection sensor 35 can detect that the moving member 53 has moved.

Abstract: A storage tray for storing mailpieces for a mail-handling machine, which storage tray comprises a support wall, a first jogging wall adjacent and perpendicular to said support wall, and a second jogging wall adjacent and perpendicular both to said support wall and to said first jogging wall, these three walls meeting at a single junction point, the support wall being provided with at least one first slot for allowing motor-driven feed members of the mail-handling machine to pass through.

Abstract: There are provided a paper conveying apparatus which can effectively detect a sound which is generated when a jam occurs for various types of jams. The paper conveying apparatus includes a side guide, arranged to be movable in a direction which is perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a paper placed on a paper tray, for restricting a width direction of the paper, a sound signal generator, provided at the side guide so that a sound detector moves in accordance with movement of the side guide, for generating a sound signal corresponding to a sound generated by the paper during conveyance of the paper, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the sound signal.

Abstract: A medium processor is provided with a medium storage which can house two small storing boxes next to each other and has plural slots into which the two small storing boxes can be detachably loaded. Thus, the two small storing boxes can be loaded in a space equivalent to one conventional bill storing box, and the small storing boxes can be detached for servicing even when there are two small storing boxes loaded in one slot. Thus, various kinds of media can be handled without impairing maintainability.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus and printing media cassette thereof. The loading position of a loading plate of the printing media cassette can be varied based on the printing medium size by a capacity adjustment unit. The capacity adjustment unit may operate in association with the size adjustment guide so as to define the loading position based on the size of the printing media. The image forming apparatus can include the printing media cassette detachably received in the body thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus in which a pickup unit is arranged to be movable in association with the detaching/mounting movement of a detachable printing medium cassette. With such a movement of the pickup unit, it is possible to increase the number of printing media that can be stored in the printing medium cassette having a predetermined height.

Abstract: A sheet feeder is disclosed for feeding sheets from a stack by one sheet in a sheet feeding direction, the one sheet being an uppermost sheet of the sheet stack. The sheet feeder includes: a sheet stacker for accommodating the sheet stack therein; a side fence to regulate side ends of the sheets and movable in a direction perpendicular to the sheet feeding direction; a slide shaft arranged in the side fence and extending in a vertical direction; a link member that swings as the side fence moves, a first end of the link member configured to be slidable along the slide shaft, and a second end of the link member configured to be pivotable about a pivot point, which is arranged on a side wall of the sheet stacker at a position lower than the first end; and a swing stopper unit that stops swing of the link member.

Abstract: A Currency Cassette Replenishment Terminal (CCRT) and its method of use are disclosed. The CCRT includes a currency cassette support for locating a currency cassette in a loading position, a currency note support comprising at least one loading orifice located in said loading position, and a plunger located on a first side of the loading orifice and movable from a retracted position, through the loading orifice, to an extended position within the currency cassette.

Abstract: A printing medium supplying apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, and a printing medium aligning unit which is disposed on the apparatus main body to move between an aligning position at which the printing medium aligning unit aligns a printing medium and a distanced position at which the printing medium aligning unit is distanced from the aligning position.

Abstract: A sheet feed apparatus which includes a sheet feed tray in which a plurality of sheets is loaded in piles; a sheet feed roller which is provided at a forward position of the sheet feed tray in a sheet feed direction, and sends the loaded sheets inside thereof; and a lift detection sensor which detects, by using a movable lever, a lift of a sheet bundle which occurs when the sheet bundle, of which a rear or a side in a sheet feed direction is bound, is sent by the sheet feed roller therein, the lift detection sensor being provided at a side position of the sheet bundle in a width direction and at a backward position with respect to the center of the sheet bundle in the sheet feed direction.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a sheet loading unit configured to load a plurality of sheets; a sheet feeding unit configured to feed the sheets loaded on the sheet loading unit; a light emitting unit configured to irradiate a sheet loaded on the sheet loading unit; an image sensor disposed at a position opposing the sheet loaded on the sheet loading unit and configured to sense an image reflected with light irradiated by the light emitting unit; and a trailing edge detection unit configured to cause the image sensor to repetitively perform sensing during sheet conveyance by the sheet feeding unit, compare images sensed by the image sensor, and detect a trailing edge of the sheet currently being conveyed from the sheet feeding unit based on a determination of an area where a pattern remains unchanged.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium cassette provided with a medium accommodation tray that has a medium accommodation unit for accommodating a medium which is transported to a recording unit, and a paper discharge tray that is disposed on the upper side of the medium accommodation tray and that receives a medium on which recording has been performed at the recording unit. The paper discharge tray has a cutout formed from an end portion of the paper discharge tray which is on a feed-out side in a transport direction of the medium accommodation unit, and the cutout exposes the medium accommodation unit.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium cassette that includes a first medium accommodation tray having a first medium accommodation portion for accommodating a medium to be transported to a recording unit, and a paper discharge tray that is placed on the medium cassette and receives a medium on which recording has been performed on the recording unit. The paper discharge tray has a close state where the paper discharge tray is overlapped on at least a part of the first medium accommodation portion of the first medium accommodation tray and receives the medium on which recording has been performed on the recording unit and an open state where the paper discharge tray is moved rotationally with respect to an end portion of the medium cassette to open the first medium accommodation portion.

Abstract: A paper aligning apparatus includes a paper tray, a plurality of blocking tabs, and an ordering block. The paper tray includes a stack of paper. The paper tray includes a first edge and a second edge. The plurality of blocking tabs is located on the paper tray and adjacent the first edge. The plurality of blocking tabs is aligned in a line. The ordering block is movably mounted on the paper tray and adjacent to the second edge. The ordering block pushes the stack of paper in the paper tray so that the plurality of blocking tabs resist against the stack of paper.

Abstract: A printing medium feeding cassette usable with an image forming apparatus includes a first casing including a guide member which extends along a sliding direction, and a plurality of coupling parts arranged in a central area of the guide member to be spaced from each other along the sliding direction, a second casing which forms a printing medium containing space in cooperation with the first casing to slide along the guide member, a stopper to reciprocate in a direction transverse to the sliding direction between a coupling position in which the stopper is coupled with any one of the plurality of coupling parts and a releasing position in which the stopper is released from the coupling part, and a releasing member which is coupled with the second casing to move in the sliding direction in connection with the second casing and is moved by an external force applied thereto in the sliding direction to allow the stopper to move to the releasing position from the coupling position.

Abstract: A loading device includes a disposing unit to dispose the recording media, and a detector to detect the disposed recording media. The disposing unit includes a loading member on which the recording media are loaded, a pair of guide members movable in width directions of the recording media that are mounted on the loading member, and a guide driver to move the guide members. The end detector detects positions at which the guide members are in contact with the recording media as the ends of the recording media. The guide driver further moves the guide members in the width direction to cause the recording media to form flexures, subsequently moves the guide members to separate from the recording media, and then moves the guide members to be in contact with the recording media again.

Abstract: A paper-pressing tray mounting apparatus for a printing apparatus includes a first paper support tray, a second paper support tray mounted on the first paper support tray, a paper-pressing tray pivotally mounted on the second paper support tray, and a sliding panel mounted on the second paper support tray. When the second paper support tray moves toward the first paper support tray along a first direction, the sliding panel moves on the second paper support tray along a second direction opposite to the first direction, the sliding panel resists against the paper-pressing tray, the paper-pressing tray rotates toward the first paper support tray around the second paper support tray, the second paper support tray is accommodated in the first paper support tray, and the paper-pressing tray is accommodated between the first paper support tray and the second paper support tray.

Abstract: A slide rail includes a fixed rail, an intermediate rail a movable rail, and a first to fourth rollers. Use of three rails makes a total length of the slide rail shorter to provide a compact slide rail. The fixed rail includes a rectangular-shaped first plate and a pair of first bent parts; the intermediate rail includes a rectangular-shaped second plate opposed to the first plate and a pair of second bent parts; and the movable rail includes a rectangular-shaped third plate opposed to the second plate and a pair of third bent parts. Among the bent parts, the third bent parts are bent in a direction opposite that of the first and second bent parts.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes an inner rail unit, a pair of first and second outer rails, first and second roller mounted to the inner rail unit, and third and fourth rollers mounted to the pair of first and second outer rails. The inner rail unit includes an inner substrate assembly, a pair of first bent portions provided to a first side of the inner substrate assembly, and a pair of second bent portions provided to a second side of the inner substrate assembly. The first outer rail includes a first outer substrate and a pair of third bent portions. The second outer rail includes a second outer substrate and a pair of fourth bent portions. The pair of first and second outer rails is disposed with the pairs of third and fourth bent portions facing inward, and slidable against the inner rail unit.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a slider that has a cam face with which a cam of the stopper comes into sliding contact and moves in the insertion direction from a first position to a second position with a resistance when the cassette is inserted into the mounting unit. The cam face includes a first cam face on which the cam slides when the slider moves from the first position to the second position and a press cam face against which the cam presses when the paper sheet comes into contact with the stopper. The press cam face has an inclination relative to a reference straight line which is perpendicular to a plane parallel to the insertion direction of the cassette which is greater than that relative to a straight line which extends from the contact point between the press cam face and the cam to the shaft.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a cassette having a stacking region for stacking recording materials mounted to main assembly of the recording apparatus; a feeder for feeding the recording material stacked to the cassette; a sheet discharge portion for sheet discharging the recording material having been subjected to a recording operation; a tray movable between a first position where the recording material is incapable of being discharged from the sheet discharge portion and a second position where the recording material is capable of being discharged from a main assembly of the recording apparatus; a holding portion, disposed on the tray, for holding the recording material discharged when the tray is at the second position; an auxiliary portion disposed on the tray and capable of stacking the recording material with the stacking region when the tray is at the second position.

Abstract: A paper-collecting apparatus for printing apparatuses is disclosed. The paper-collecting apparatus comprises a fixing board having two first protrusion portions; a first paper holding tray having two first hooks, and two second protrusion portions; wherein each of the two first hooks corresponds to each of the two first protrusion portions; and each of the two second protrusion portions is beside each of the two first hooks; and a second paper holding tray having two second hooks; wherein each of the two second hooks corresponds to each of the two second protrusion portions, wherein the first paper holding tray is fixed on to the fixing board by each of the two first hooks engages with each of the two first protrusion portions; and the second paper tray is fixed on to the first paper tray by each of the two second hooks engages with each of the two second protrusion portions.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Detecting a continuous level of paper in a paper supply providing paper for a printing device. A length of the paper supply includes applied indicia, with the indicia extend contiguously across the length of the paper supply. When a paper section is dispensed, the position of the indicia on the dispensed portion of paper is determined, with the position reflecting a level pertaining to the paper supply remaining or dispensed.

Abstract: A media container includes a holding portion having a holding surface on which media are held; a jogger that comes into contact with edges of the media held on the holding surface to align the edges of the media, the jogger having a blower nozzle from which gas is ejected at the edges of the media held on the holding surface; a guided member that is supported by the jogger member and is supported by the holding portion so as to be movable toward and away from the edges of the media; a blowing device that is supported by the holding portion and ejects the gas at the media; and a flow path that is formed inside the guided member and connects the blowing device and the blower nozzle, through which the gas from the blowing device flows.

Abstract: A slide cassette is slidably provided in a main cassette of a sheet cassette. When a sheet with a size larger than that of a sheet which may be stored in the main cassette is stored, the slide cassette is sled and moved to extend the sheet cassette. There is provided a fixing portion which may fix the slide cassette and the main cassette in a state in which the sheet cassette is in a shortened or an extended state by sliding the slide cassette. The fixing portion releases the fixing by an operation in which the slide cassette is sled in a shortening direction or extending direction.