Abstract: A sheet conveyance table for a sheet rotary press disposed in a gap between a plurality of conveyance tapes conveying a sheet fed from a sheet feeder and a feed board. The sheet conveyance table is constituted by stays suspended in the gap perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction; a pair of support tables, supported at two end portions of the stays, and a plurality of sheet receiving members. The pair of support tables are movable in a widthwise direction of the rotary press to adjust for sheets received from the conveyance tapes having different widths. The support tables also support side registering devices which align one side of the sheet as it passes over the sheet conveyance table. The sheet receiving members are formed by a thin plate material having a substantially U-shape when viewed from the top and are arranged along the stays so that their widths are increased when the support tables are displaced away from each other and reduced upon movement of the support tables towards each other.

Abstract: A sheet feeding and registration assembly has a finger for intercepting sheets for registration. An integral friction mounting member attaches the finger to a shaft, and a portion of the mounting member is radially urged toward the shaft so that the finger can selectively rotate with the shaft or slip relative to the shaft.

Abstract: In the feeding of sheet material to a machine such as a tire building former a sheet is first placed on a table and one edge of the sheet is aligned with a first datum line, preferably by tilting the table and supplying floatation air under the sheet. The sheet is then picked up and moved transversely through a predetermined distance by a gripping device to align one edge with a second datum line so as to enable the sheet to be fed in appropriate alignment to a machine.

Abstract: A device for centering plastic webs automatically fed thereon one by one so as to feed it to a pair of cramp chains to be correctly gripped thereby at the opposite side edges. This comprises a bed consisting of a central frame and longitidinal as well as transverse arms respectively extended in opposite directions from the central frame for supporting the web of varied size. A plurality of pairs of centering members, each having an upwardly projected pin, are oppositely arranged and adapted to move toward and apart with each other so as to abut on the longitudinal and transverse side edges of web on the table with said pin for centering. It is preferable and sufficient to move said centering members by means of a belt and pulleys for treating a light web.

Abstract: A scuffer/back stop mechanism for a duplex copy sheet tray is disclosed as having a carriage mechanism supporting two rotating members which serve as stops for the sheets entering the tray. The members are rotated to drive the sheets against side registration elements thereby effecting corner registration. The carriage is arranged to be driven to move the stop members in accordance with a parameter of the copy sheets sensed at the supply source for the sheets.

Abstract: A radiation image erase unit for erasing a radiation image from a stimulable phosphor sheet by exposing the same to erasure light in a radiation image read-out system having an image read-out unit for radiating stimulating rays to the stimulable phosphor sheet to cause the same to emit light representative of the radiation image stored therein, and for converting the emitted light photoelectrically to an electric signal. The radiation image erase unit includes a casing including a side panel having openings defined therein, a plurality of erase light sources disposed in the casing, a feed mechanism disposed in or outside the casing for delivering the stimulable phosphor sheet to a prescribed position in the casing, and forced-cooling air blowers having outlets disposed in the openings, respectively, of the side panels and directed toward the stimulable phosphor sheet positioned in the casing.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for the lateral registration and registration in the feed direction of sheets which are fed in a sheet stream across a feed table to a sheet treating machine, e.g. a printing press. They stretch out the sheet transversely to the feed direction. The apparatus includes two suction plates arranged at a distance one from another at right angles to the feed direction, which are each respectively drivable in rotation about an axis. By use of suction openings which can be subjected to suction, the respective frontmost sheet of the sheet stream can be grasped in the region of its front edge and moved to bring its side edge to lie against a side stop and to bring its front edge to lie against a front stop. In accordance with the invention, one suction plate is drivable rotatably in a first rotational sense and the second suction plate in the opposite rotational sense.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus for forming images at an image forming section after conveying sheet materials by the one side reference method, sheet materials of sizes smaller than a predetermined size are conveyed in accordance with a one side reference position, and sheet materials of sizes larger than the predetermined size are guided in accordance with a position shifted from the one side reference position.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for accurately positioning a generally rectangular sheet being fed in a direction generally parallel to one edge thereof in which a first stop offset from the centerline of the sheet in the direction of feeding engages the leading edge of the sheet to initiate a turning action thereof and in which second and third edge stops engage the lateral edges of the sheet with reference to the direction of feed and at points adjacent to the sheet corners before appreciable turning movement of the sheet has taken place.

Abstract: An alignment device for alignment of cardboard and corrugated cardboard sheets as they enter a processing machine. The device includes a lateral alignment member which works strongly with a stop and includes a parallelogram arrangement for mounting a pushing member to move in a linear path to push a sheet against the stop. The stop is provided with a brush and a free-moving omni-directional roller to frictionally grip a blank as it is moved against the stop, the brush and roller are mounted on a movable lever. Movement of the lever as well as movement of the pushing member are both controlled by different cams which are set to have the desired alignment followed by a release of the blank occur in the desired sequence.

Abstract: There is disclosed a registration device for use with an envelope inserting machine. The device includes a pair of support members which are L-shaped, and which each have an elongated first portion extending parallel to the feed deck of the machine. A second portion of the members reaches laterally outward and overlies a pair of laterally disposed support members which extend from the feed deck. There is a registration guide member placed over an L-shaped portion of each support member, such that an internal corner of each guide member provides a guide and support for documents moving parallel and between the guides. The guides are clamped to the deck to ensure that documents cannot jam between the guide and the deck.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording apparatus including a plurality of printers each for reproducing an image on a recording sheet upon receiving the same signal, and a single sheet delivering device for delivering recording sheets to the printers. The present invention also provides a recording apparatus including a plurality of printers each for reproducing an image on a recording sheet upon receiving the same signal, and a sheet discharge device for feeding the recording sheets from the printers to a collector or sorter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide stop for positioning sheet products. It is characterized by the fact that the stop guide is made up of a series of thin strips (9, 10) which, on the one hand, are substantially parallel to each other and, on the other, normal both to the plane P of the sheet (6) and to the corresponding edge (4 or 5) of said sheet (6) which the stop guide (2 or 3) is to position. The invention is used for positioning sheets of paper or cardboard in feed tables, printing or cutting presses or stacking machines.

Abstract: An automatic feeder for a photographic copying machine includes a housing and a plate for supporting a stack of originals which are consecutively conveyed towards a transparent exposure plate positioned on the copying machine. The feeder is provided with adjustable tappet rollers mounted against the exposure plate to receive a front edge of an original moved along the exposure plate, without damaging the front edge. The plate for supporting the stack of originals includes adjustable stops for adjusting the plate to differing formats of the originals being processed. An adjusting lever connected to the adjustable stops for adjusting the latter is operatively connected to an adjustment device for adjusting the position of tappet rollers along the exposure plate. Pivotable transport rollers are provided to hold the original against the exposure plate. The housing of the feeder is pivotable relative to the housing of the copying machine between an open and closed position.

Abstract: A mechanism for registering sheets in a printing or duplicating machine which includes a conveyor board for delivering the sheets seriatim to the registering mechanism. A stop guide is mounted on a fixed support of the machine at one side of the conveyor board. A jogger guide is mounted on a jogger device of the machine at the opposite side of the conveyor board. The jogger guide includes a spring loaded blade for acting against a side edge of the sheet to move the sheet laterally to engage an opposite side edge of the sheet against the stop guide. The spring pressure of the blade is adjustable to accommodate sheets of varying weight, and the blade is provided with floating movement to accommodate sheets which are skewed or out-of-square. A calibrated dial is employed for incrementally adjusting the location and spring pressure of the blade. The stop guide and jogger guide are easily converted for left hand or right hand jogging, or vice versa, without removing either guide from the machine.

Abstract: An information distributor has an entry tray for receiving document originals to be copied and also receives magnetic cards carrying indicia representing information to be reproduced. Copies emerge from a copying mechanism and enter an aligner which physically offsets selected sheets relative to nonselected sheets for stacking in a copy exit pocket. In the aligner, a fixed reference edge deflects incoming sheets along a reference line. A movable reference edge may be selectively lowered between the fixed reference edge and incoming sheets to deflect sheets along another line parallel to, but not coincident with, the reference line.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a correction label applying device for a portable label printing machine, which is used to correct the characters printed on price tags. The correction label applying device is detachably secured to the body of the portable label printing machine. The price tag holding device of the label applying device is provided with adjusting means in which the positions of stoppers which receive the tip edge portion of an inserted price tag and the positions of a pair of guides which guide both the side edges of the inserted price tag can be changed. A leaf spring gives elastic force to the price tag holder.

Abstract: A self-compensating registration mechanism for use with a sheet feeding apparatus for advancing sheets seriatim in a travel path subject to variation in dimension transverse to the direction of sheet travel in the path. The blocking means is movable relative to the path to a first position where it is engageable by an advanced sheet for registering such sheet, and a second position removed from the path so that the sheet can be advanced past the blocking means. The blocking means is urged toward its first position and movable to its second position against such urging by means including a coupling which compensates for variation in the dimension of the travel path so that the blocking means is movable to each of its positions for any dimension of the travel path.

Abstract: A machine tool is illustrated having a workpiece support table on which a workpiece is moved by an automatically controlled workpiece gripper movable in the X and Y directions. Movement of the gripper in at least the X direction is controlled in reference to a base line which is set within the automatic control in response to abutment of the workpiece edge against a table supported stop, the stop being movable against a spring from a rest position through a first or base line set in position in response to abutment by the moving edge of the workpiece carried by the gripper. Movement of the stop through the first position automatically sets the base line within the automatic control.

Abstract: A cornering conveyor, meaning a conveying enabling infeed of products in one direction and outfeed thereof in another direction, usually but not exclusively, essentially at right angles to one another. The conveyor or conveyor system of the invention comprises an infeed conveyor and an outfeed conveyor which travels past the discharge end of the infeed conveyor and at an angle with regard to its direction of conveying of the products or the like. The outfeed conveyor operatively has associated therewith essentially conical clamping bodies mounted to be rotatable about their related axis and arranged in succession in the direction of conveying of the outfeed conveyor and in spaced relationship from the discharge end of the infeed conveyor. The tips of the clamping bodies are directed towards the conveying direction of the infeed conveyor.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding record cards to and from a utilization station in a record card utilization machine comprises a support housing for a card origination hopper and a card collection hopper, which is mounted below the origination hopper. A transfer carriage is mounted for reciprocal, pivoted movement from a first position where it receives a card from the origination hopper, to a second position at the utilization station where the card is utilized, and back to the same first position where it returns the card to the collection hopper. A card feeding and returning mechanism is associated with the hoppers to feed cards to and remove cards from the carriage at different times in the sequence of operation of the apparatus, but nevetheless with the carriage at the same first position in its path of reciprocal, pivoted travel.

Abstract: In the automatic conveyor system for conveying corrugated cardboard sheets from a sheet making machine, the sheets are delivered to a right angle roller conveyor to change the direction of the travel of the sheets at right angles to the delivery from the sheet making machine; a transfer conveyor receives the sheets from the right angle conveyor and transfers the sheets to a stacker conveyor, at the stacker end of which latter the sheets are stacked. A back-up aligning device facing toward the direction from which the sheets are delivered from the sheet making machine is adjustable in accordance with the size of sheets. Above the transfer conveyor is a snubber with predetermined relation to the sheets thereon, and means are provided to adjust the snubber conveyor also in accordance with the size of the sheets. At the stacker end of the stacker conveyor are back-stops against which the sheets abut to be aligned in the stack.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to item or document signing apparatus for imprinting a legally acceptable signature and/or date, etc., upon individual items or documents fed on demand thereto at high speed from an input to an output hopper in a stop-start operation. An adjustably positionable item stop mechanism permits the printing of the data at selectable locations along the longer dimension of the item. Both date and signature imprinting means are simply efficiently and easily demountably removable and replaceable permitting alteration and/or rapid change of the imprinted data. Novel to be automatically maintained regardless of document thickness.

Abstract: A registration mechanism for feeding sheets seriatim including a plurality of continuously driven roller sets located along a sheet feed path. A first roller set receives the sheets seriatim and moves the sheets toward a second roller set. The second roller set includes a pair of axially spaced, continuously driven rollers mounted on a drive shaft and a pair of thrust washers which sandwich a registration disc therebetween, the disc being freely mounted on the roller drive shaft. The registration disc has a registration finger which selectively extends through the sheet feed path. When the finger is positioned to extend through the feed path, it is latched to prevent rotation of the disc and provide registration of the sheets fed by the first roller set against the finger.

Abstract: A newspaper streamliner for mounting in a newspaper conveyor system which includes a pair of roller-operated belts disposed in essentially parallel relationship on each side of a newspaper stream, and a flat cover plate disposed between the belts to receive a continuing flow of newspapers. The belts are wider at the upstream, receiving end of the streamliner than at the discharge end in order to effect a straightening of the newspapers as they enter the wide end and are forced into alignment as they exit the narrow end of the moving belt. The streamliner is designed to be compatible with existing newspaper conveyor systems and can be mounted by means of an adjustable frame onto the frame of such a conveyor system, or in the alternative, on the floor or other area in the vicinity of the conveyor system.