By Means To Convey Sheet (e.g., From Pack To Operation) Patents (Class 271/264)
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Patent number: 8998205Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a apparatus main body, and a unit body that forms a medium transportation path, and is configured to be attachable and detachable with respect to the apparatus main body. The unit body includes a feeding roller that transports a medium, and a driven transportation unit that transmits the drive force of the drive transportation unit to the feeding roller. The unit body is displaceable between a first position at which the driven transmission unit is connected to the drive transmission unit and a second position at which the driven transmission unit is separated from the drive transmission unit. When a user pulls out the medium, the unit body retained at the first position moves from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Takeshi Aoki
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Publication number: 20150091247Abstract: An image recording device having a first housing, a second housing, and a support tray adjacent to a first side of the second housing and a first side of the first housing. The support tray is pivotably connected to the first housing and is movable between a third state and a fourth state and a retainer portion connecting the support tray to the second housing in a first state and a second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shota IIJIMA
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Patent number: 8991818Abstract: A sheet conveyor device includes a conveyor that conveys a sheet along a conveyance path in a conveying direction, a sheet stack portion that receives the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, and a conducting member. The conveyor includes an ejection roller that ejects the sheet to the sheet stack portion. The conducting member includes a contact portion, disposed along the conveyance path downstream of the ejection roller, which comes into contact with the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, and a discharge portion that discharges static electricity transferred to the contact portion by contact between the sheet and the contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Daisuke Kozaki
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Publication number: 20150084275Abstract: A sheet feeder of a corrugated paperboard box making machine includes a sheet feed table, feed rolls, an adjusting mechanism, a main unit, and a backing roller. The adjusting mechanism holds support plates pivotally supporting both ends of a first feed roll opposed to a second feed roll having an axis fixed to the main unit so as to allow an axis of the first feed roll to move with respect to the main unit. The support plates support a first backing roller via a connecting member connecting the support plates so that the first backing roller contacts with an outer peripheral surface of the first feed roll.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Junichi KODAMA
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Patent number: 8988741Abstract: An image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to scan, at a scanning position, an image of a document, a first discharge portion, a second discharge portion, a conveying unit configured to selectively convey the document along a first conveying path from the scanning position to the first discharge portion, and along a second conveying path from the scanning position to the second discharge portion, a driving unit configured to generate a driving force for driving the conveying unit, and a path switching unit configured to receive the driving force generated by the driving unit such that the path switching unit moves between a first position for guiding the document toward the first discharge portion, and a second position for guiding the document toward the second discharge portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuro Miura, Yoshinori Osakabe
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Patent number: 8973920Abstract: A conveying apparatus including a conveying path with a curved path through which a sheet is passed, a main conveying roller provided downstream of the conveying path in a conveying direction of the sheet, the roller being rotated in a first direction to perform a conveying operation of conveying the sheet in the conveying direction and being rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction to perform an skew correcting operation of forming a loop of the sheet, and an auxiliary guide member which supports the sheet using an inner side of a curvature of the conveying path and which is tilted toward the conveying direction side during the conveying operation when subjected to a force of the sheet which is stronger than during the skew correcting operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Keisei Hakamata
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Publication number: 20150061218Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus 1 for performing processes on paper sheets while conveying the paper sheets, being equipped with an apparatus body 10, processing means 3 for performing predetermined processes on the paper sheets, a control section 5 for controlling the operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, an input section 6 to which a paper sheet processing condition is input, and a display section 7 for displaying the operation information of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, wherein the processing means 3 is configured so that the processing pattern for the paper sheets can be changed, and the control section 5 obtains processing means setting information, serving as the processing pattern of the processing means 3, for achieving the processing condition having been input to the input section 6 and displays the processing means setting information on the display section 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Takitani, Satomi UEGAITO
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Patent number: 8967617Abstract: The present invention is to provide a printing apparatus capable of correctly detecting an origin of a conveying roller for conveying a print medium at the time of its rotation with a simple configuration that does not accompany an increase of cost. For this purpose, the printing apparatus is equipped with a lock mechanism (a lock link lever) for stopping rotation of the conveying roller at a predetermined rotational position and saves a count value of a rotation amount of the conveying roller when the conveying roller is locked by the lock mechanism concerned as origin information. After this, driving of the conveying roller is controlled based on the saved origin information and a phase of rotation of the conveying roller obtained from the count value of the conveying roller.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Takaaki Ishida
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Patent number: 8967618Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a transport roller which transports a sheet, a cover which covers the transport roller, a pinch roller attached to the cover via a shaft facing the transport roller, and a regulation member projecting from a facing surface, facing the transport roller, of the cover and configured to regulate a movement of the shaft in an extending direction of the shaft. The regulation member includes a surface which extends along the extending direction of the shaft, a first end portion fixed to the cover, and a second end portion which faces an end face of the shaft, and is located closer to the end face of the shaft than the first end portion in the extending direction of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Arisa Sakakibara
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Patent number: 8967620Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a device body that transports a sheet; a pair of transport rollers that come into contact with each other and transport the sheet toward a downstream side in a transport direction of the sheet; a transport member that guides and transports the sheet toward the transport rollers; and an open and close member that opens and closes a side surface of the device body. One of the transport rollers is provided at the device body and the other transport roller is provided at the transport member, and the transport member is rotatable around an axis parallel to the transport rollers. When the open and close member moves to an open position at which the side surface is open, the open and close member rotates around the axis and the contact between the transport rollers is allowed to be released.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Ishikura, Naoya Kamigaito
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Patent number: 8960672Abstract: A sheet feeder control method for controlling a sheet feeder of an image forming apparatus includes feeding a sheet through a sheet feed path exposable to the exterior of the sheet feeder, detecting the feeding of the sheet at at least a first position on the sheet feed path, discharging the fed sheet to the exterior of the sheet feeder, detecting the discharge of the sheet at a second position downstream of the first position in a sheet feeding direction, detecting a sheet jam during the feeding and discharging of the sheet, and if the jammed sheet is detected at the second position but not at the first position, cancelling a malfunction state due to the sheet jam when the sheet stops being detected at the second position, irrespective of whether the sheet feed path is covered or exposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Ricoh CompanyInventor: Ryo Takenaka
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Publication number: 20150042037Abstract: A sheet stacking device includes a base member and a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked. The sheet stacking portion is supported by the base member swingably in a first direction orthogonal to a second direction, and swings and changes an inclination angle for holding the stacked sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Tomohito Nakagawa, Hideki Kushida
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Patent number: 8953230Abstract: An image reading apparatus is provided with a registration roller configured such that a downstream end in a sheet feeding direction of a sheet abut to correct a skew of the sheet, and a pulling roller that conveys the sheet to the registration roller. The pulling roller is disposed such that a center of an arrangement in a direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction of the pulling roller is located on a side of the first restricting plate from a widthwise center of the sheet conveying path.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Seiichiro Adachi
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Publication number: 20150035219Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transporting media items along a transport path. The apparatus comprises a first transport member and a further transport member that selectively apply an urging force to at least one media item to urge said media item along a transport path, wherein in a first mode of operation, the urging force is applied to said media item to transport said media item at least partially along the transport path and, in a further mode of operation, the urging force on said media item is released to allow at least one end region of the media item to move freely along the transport path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventor: Matthew Sonnenberg
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Publication number: 20150029254Abstract: An inkjet printer having a conveyer, a recording head, a carriage, a corrugation mechanism, and a controller is provided. The controller executes an operation including a conveying step to convey a sheet and a recording step to discharge ink through the recording head toward the sheet. The recording step includes a discharging step, in which the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink toward the sheet in response to the carriage being placed in a discharging position when the sheet is in a nipped condition, in which the sheet is nipped by the conveyer roller unit; and a corrected discharging step, in which the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink toward the sheet in response to the carriage being placed in a corrected discharging position, when the sheet is in a non-nipped condition, in which the sheet is not nipped by the conveyer roller unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Satoru ARAKANE
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Patent number: 8939449Abstract: In a sheet transport apparatus, first transport guides are provided in pair in parallel to, and spaced from, each other to form a first transport path to convey sheets. The transport guides have one ends engageable with the ends of second transport guides, which are provided in pair to be parallel to, and spaced from, each other to form a second transport path. A supporting member rotatably supports the second transport guides in response to the position of the first transport guides. When the ends of the first and second transport guides are brought into engagement with each other with the one ends of the second transport guides inclined against the first transport guides to displace the ends from each other, both transport paths can be connected to each other without changing the transverse cross-sectional depth thereof, thereby preventing a step or hollow from being formed in the connecting section.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Takada
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Publication number: 20150021850Abstract: Provided are a sheet feeding device and an image forming apparatus for feeding small-size sheets without causing skew and paper jamming. On a downstream side of far-side and near-side side regulating members in a sheet feeding direction, far-side and near-side auxiliary side regulating members are provided so as to be movable in a width direction. When each of sheets has a length capable of being regulated by the far-side and near-side side regulating members in the width direction, the far-side and near-side auxiliary side regulating members are moved to retreat positions. When a sheet has a length shorter than the length capable of being regulated by the far-side and near-side side regulating members in the width direction, the far-side and near-side auxiliary side regulating members are moved to protruding positions, at which they protrude in the width direction with respect to the far-side and near-side side regulating portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Tomohito Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20150021852Abstract: To reduce the size of a sheet cassette by reducing the height of a holding portion and to improve assembling properties by reducing the number of components around a regulating member. A sheet stacking apparatus including a rotating portion provided in an operation member to rotate around a first rotation fulcrum, an elastic portion provided in the operation member to be elastically deformed by the rotating portion being rotated, and a disengaging portion that rotates an engaging portion between an engagement position and a disengagement position by the elastic portion being elastically deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Masaki Sato, Yuichi Obara
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Publication number: 20150014921Abstract: Provided is a transporting device including a transport section that contacts with a material to be transported and that transports the material to be transported, a table on which the material to be transported is placed, a moving member that includes the table provided on an upper surface of the moving member so that an upper surface of the table is higher than the upper surface of the moving member in a vertical direction and moves the material to be transported, which is placed on the table, to a contact position where the material to be transported contacts with the transport section, and a positioning member that contacts with an end portion of the material to be transported in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction in which the material to be transported is transported by the transport section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi ABE, Yusuke ITOZAKI, Shouichi MAEDA, Takuya MORI, Yoshinori SHUIN, Koki ADACHI, Yuki KAWAZOE
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Patent number: 8931775Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a sheet conveying path, a first conveying roller pair, a second conveying roller pair and a sheet guiding member. The sheet conveying path conveys a sheet in a first direction, and then, conveys the sheet in a second direction. The first conveying roller pair conveys the sheet in the first direction. The second conveying roller pair is located at a downstream side from the first conveying roller pair to convey the sheet to the second direction from the first direction. The sheet guiding member is located between the first conveying roller pair and second conveying roller pair so as to advance and retreat to the sheet conveying path, and then, in an advance state, to come into contact with a sheet face of the sheet conveyed while being bridged across the first conveying roller pair and second conveying roller pair.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Masaki Murashima, Yasuyuki Fukunaga
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Publication number: 20150001794Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a door supported by the apparatus body turnably within a range of a first turning angle, a sheet stacking tray supported by the door turnably within a range of a second turning angle, and a bias member whose first end is fixed to the apparatus body and whose second end is fixed to the sheet stacking tray. The bias member pulls the sheet stacking tray to the apparatus body side by a bias force generated by the door pulling the bias member when the door is opened in the state in which the sheet stacking tray is opened and reduces a turning angle of the sheet stacking tray formed with the door to be smaller than the second turning angle at least when the door is turned by the first turning angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventor: Shigeo Doi
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Patent number: 8922851Abstract: An image scanning device has a sheet conveying roller conveying a sheet when a conveyed sheet scanning function is activated, a guide member defining a sheet feed path, a first gear transmitting a driving force to the sheet conveying roller, a first supporting shaft extending in a direction parallel with a width direction of the sheet feed path and supporting the first gear, a second gear engaging with the first gear, a second supporting shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the first supporting shaft and supporting the second gear, a holder unit holding the second supporting shaft, the holder unit arranged at one end of the sheet feed path in the width direction, a reinforce member made of metal and extending in the width direction, first and second fixing units fixing longitudinal ends of the reinforce member to the holder unit and the guide member, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takayuki Akimatsu
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Publication number: 20140374987Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes a fixing device that fixes a sheet, a curl correcting device that corrects a curl of the fixed sheet, a first guiding member that guides the fixed sheet in a sheet discharging direction, a second guiding member that guides the fixed sheet in the sheet discharging direction and is arranged on a side opposite to the first guiding member, a support part that rotatably supports the first guiding member, and an engaging part that engages with the support part. The curl correcting device includes a correcting roller that is attached to the first guiding member. The engaging part includes a hole including an oblong shape so that the first guiding member is movable apart from the second guiding member. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet, and the sheet discharge device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Kentaro UEHARA, Tamotsu IKEDA, Yoo DONGKYU, Park SUNGKYU
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Publication number: 20140353908Abstract: A medium conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism to convey a medium along a main conveyance path from a front side to a rear side; a sub-conveyance unit including a sub-conveyance path parallel with the main conveyance path and configured to convey the medium along the sub-conveyance path from the rear side to the front side; a medium transport mechanism to transport the medium from the sub-conveyance path or the medium supply unit to the main conveyance path; and a support member supporting the sub-conveyance unit to be slidable toward the front side. The sub-conveyance unit includes: a plate member defining the sub-conveyance path; and a medium guide mechanism attached to one end of the plate member on the front side. The medium guide mechanism guides the medium from the medium supply unit to the medium transport mechanism, and the medium from the sub-conveyance path to the medium transport mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventor: Yuta KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20140351737Abstract: A paper-sheet handling system includes a plurality of paper-sheet handling units 15, 90, 60, 200 and 300 each configured to handle a paper sheet. The paper-sheet handling system includes a display unit 59 configured to display information related to one or more paper-sheet handling unit/units 15, 90, 60, 200 and 300. When the display unit 59 displays a part of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling units 15, 90, 60, 200 and 300, the display unit 59 displays the information related to the paper-sheet handling unit/units 15, 90, 60, 200 and 300 per each unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventor: Koji MIZUMOTO
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Patent number: 8888094Abstract: There is provided a conveying device including a controller that makes a conveying speed of a printing medium conveyed by a first conveyor unit be higher than a conveying speed of a printing medium conveyed by a second conveyor unit and makes the printing medium be conveyed while forming sagging on the printing medium between the first and second conveyor units. The controller makes a sheet sensor acquire the amount of light, which passes through the printing medium conveyed between a light emitting part and a light receiving part, as the amount of received light and determines whether or not the double-feed of the printing media has occurred only when this amount of received light is smaller than the double-feed criterion amount of received light at substantially the same conveying distance of the printing medium conveyed by the first conveyor unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventor: Eiji Hori
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Patent number: 8876109Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a medium feeding unit that feeds a medium by contacting the medium, a separating unit that presses the medium against the medium feeding unit to separate the medium from subsequent media, and a conveying unit that conveys the medium having been separated by the separating unit. A first guide member is provided between the medium feeding unit and the conveying unit, and configured to guide a surface of the medium on the medium feeding unit side. A second guide member provided is so as to face the first guide member, and configured to guide the medium. The first guide member has a guide protruding portion that protrudes toward the second guide member.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Oki Data CorporationInventor: Makoto Kitamura
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Publication number: 20140319764Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes a first rotating portion having a first facing portion, and a second rotating portion having a second facing portion. The second rotating portion has an operation range partially overlapping with that of the first facing portion. A cushioning member is provided between the first facing portion and the second facing portion. The cushioning member is deformed by being applied with a pressure. The first rotating portion and the second rotating portion transmit a driving force in a state where the cushioning member is deformed by application of the pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: OKI DATA CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi SAITO
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Patent number: 8864124Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes a casing, a first conveying path, a second conveying path, a joining conveyance path, and a guide member. The joining conveyance path is connected to a junction portion of the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and extends downward in a sheet conveying direction. The guide member is disposed in the junction portion of the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and shifted to a position between a first position to guide the first sheet from the first conveying path to the joining conveyance path and a second position to guide the second sheet from the second conveying path to the joining conveyance path. The guide member includes a supporting point portion disposed at a central part or around thereof in a lengthwise direction, so as to change in position by pivoting around the supporting point portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Koju Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8864132Abstract: Upon continuous feeding of a plurality of sheets and upon detection of a leading end of a sheet by a detection unit before an elapse of a first time after a start of a paper feed roller, a controller performs control such that a paper conveyance speed of the paper feed roller is set lower than a paper conveyance speed of a registration roller, and the paper feed roller is stopped after conveying the sheet having the leading end detected for a specified conveyance distance before a next timing of starting the registration roller.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventor: Akihiro Yamagata
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Patent number: 8864122Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sheet supplier configured to supply a recording medium; a first conveyor configured to convey the recording medium supplied from the sheet supplier in a conveying direction; a recording portion configured to record an image on the recording medium conveyed by the first conveyor; and a controller configured to detect an orientation of the recording medium with respect to the conveying direction while the recording medium is conveyed and change a conveying speed of the recording medium conveyed by the first conveyor depending on the detected orientation of the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akihiro Hayashi
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Publication number: 20140306397Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet tray, a sheet feeding roller and a pair of link members. The sheet tray constitutes a loading surface. The sheet tray includes a tray main body and a lifting plate. The tray main body is openable and closable with respect to the wall portion. The lifting plate has a pair of first fulcrum portions disposed upstream of the sheet feeding roller. The downstream side of the lifting plate is rotationally movable up and down around the first fulcrum portions. The tray main body has a pair of second fulcrum portions . The second fulcrum portions are configured to be a pivot point for the opening and closing operation of the tray main body. Each of the pair of link members is coupled to the first fulcrum portion and to the wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Tetsuro Kawashima
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Publication number: 20140292172Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a lower structure; a first body that is provided in a pivotal manner with respect to the lower structure, the first body opening and closing an upper portion of the lower structure by pivotal movement; a second body that is provided in a pivotal manner with respect to the first body, the second body opening and closing, by pivotal movement, an upper portion of the first body; a first angle restricting section that restricts a maximum opening angle of the second body with respect to the first body to a first angle when the first body is in a closed state; and a second angle restricting section that restricts a maximum opening angle of the second body with respect to the first to a second angle that is smaller than the first angle when the first body is in an open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetaka KAWATA, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA
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Patent number: 8848264Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprising: a reading unit; a feeding unit; a carriage; a motor-side transmission gear for transmitting power from a motor; a feeding unit-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the feeding unit in a feeding reading of reading an image of the document fed by the feeding unit; a carriage-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the carriage in a moving reading of reading an image of the document while moving the carriage; a switching gear configured to be switched between a feeding unit-side position and a carriage-side position; a sensor; and a control device configured to, when it is determined that the jam has occurred, drive the motor in a direction of releasing a meshed state between the feeding unit-side transmission gear and the switching gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kosuke Mori
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Patent number: 8849178Abstract: A sheet detecting apparatus including: a sheet detecting member having a plurality of abutment surfaces in a peripheral direction thereof, the sheet detecting member being rotated by a conveyed sheet abutting against one of the plurality of abutment surfaces; a detection portion which operates in association with the sheet detecting member; a sensor which generates a signal based on a position of the detection portion; and an urging portion which generates an urging force for positioning the one of the plurality of abutment surfaces of the sheet detecting member in a waiting position in which the leading edge of a sheet conveyed by a conveying portion abuts against the one of the plurality of abutment surfaces, and thereafter the urging portion switching the urging force to an urging force for positioning, in the waiting position, another one of the plurality of abutment surfaces against which a succeeding sheet abuts.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Yoshimura, Kenji Watanabe, Minoru Kawanishi, Motohiro Furusawa, Yohei Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140284868Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a housing, a sheet storage portion, a sheet conveying path, and a guide member. Housing is mounted to apparatus body that includes bottom portion having opening portion, and main sheet conveying path extending upward from opening portion to convey sheets, and includes top face portion arranged opposing bottom portion. Sheet conveying path extends from sheet storage portion to top face portion, and is configured to be capable of communicating with main sheet conveying path. Sheets are conveyed on sheet conveying path. Guide member is pivotably supported by housing, and is configured to be capable of changing its position between a first position where guide member follows along top face portion and a second position where guide member projects upward from top face portion to guide sheet toward main sheet conveying path from sheet conveying path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140272142Abstract: Imaging apparatus and methods for bindery systems. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a platform having a plurality of openings to provide suction through a surface of the platform and a first track that moves across the surface of the platform. The first track has a plurality of apertures to fluidly couple the suction to an upper surface of the first track.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: R. R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyInventors: Ty Daniel Wyble, Todd Tracy Rose
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Patent number: 8833765Abstract: A paper sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveying path in which a paper sheet is conveyed; a plurality of conveying rollers; a plurality of driving motors; an out-of-step detection portion; a stop control portion; and a driving restart control portion. The plurality of conveying rollers are disposed along the conveying path. The plurality of driving motors rotates the conveying rollers. The out-of-step detection portion detects an out-of-step in each of the driving motors. The stop control portion stops each of the driving motors when an out-of-step is detected. The driving restart control portion drives, after each of the driving motors is stopped, a first driving motor in which an out-of-step has occurred, and a second driving motor in which no out-of-step occurs, under a driving start condition that an amount of rotation of the second driving motor is less than an amount of rotation of the first driving motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Shinya Aono
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Publication number: 20140255072Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an ejection section including an ejection roller to eject a sheet from a first sheet passing path to a sheet ejection port and a reverse roller to reverse a transport direction of a sheet transported along a second sheet passing path, the ejection roller and the reverse roller being placed close to each other and close to the sheet ejection port; and a switching lever switches the transport destination of the sheet between the first and the second sheet passing paths for transporting the sheet to the ejection roller and to the reverse roller, respectively. A moving trajectory of a sheet transported along the first sheet passing path between the ejection roller and the switching lever is substantially identical to a moving trajectory of a sheet transported along the second sheet passing path between the reverse roller and the switching lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hironobu Kinoshita, Masaya Shitami, Kazunori Matsuo
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Patent number: 8827258Abstract: A recording medium transport device includes a connecting member that connects two transport roller pairs, and a drive switching section that is provided to one of the two transport roller pairs, and switches between a state in which a rotational drive force is transmitted between the two transport roller pairs via the connecting member and a state in which the rotational drive force is not transmitted between the two transport roller pairs. A controller of the recording medium transport device causes the drive switching section to switch from the state in which the rotational drive force is not transmitted between the two transport roller pairs to the state in which the rotational drive force is transmitted between the two transport roller pairs via the connecting member, when the rotational speed of at least one of the transport roller pairs falls outside a predetermined speed range.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masafumi Miki
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Patent number: 8820740Abstract: According to one embodiment, a link member is arranged on a conveying path where a sheet is conveyed in a direction substantially perpendicular to an access door. In conjunction with the opening operation of the access door, the link member is raised. On the raised portion of the link member, an upper side conveying guide has one side supported in a free rotatable way and forms a portion of the upper side of the conveying path where the sheet is conveyed in the direction substantially perpendicular to the access door. By interlocking with the opening operation of the access door, the link member is raised, and the upper side conveying guide is opened.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshiaki Sugizaki
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Patent number: 8811857Abstract: The sheet feeding device includes a housing, first and second feeding paths, and first and second covers. The first feeding path extends in a vertical direction within the housing. The second feeding path extends in the vertical direction within the housing, and a lower end thereof is connected to an upper end of the first feeding path. The first cover exposes, in an open state, the first feeding path outside of the housing. The second cover exposes, in an open state, the second feeding path outside of the housing. When both the first cover and the second cover are opened, the first cover and the second cover are respectively in the open state relative to the housing in a mode where a second opening angle of the second cover relative to the housing is smaller than a first opening angle of the first cover relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yasuyuki Fukunaga, Takeshi Ishii
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Patent number: 8807560Abstract: A recording sheet guide structure configured to guide a recording sheet conveyed between an image carrier and a transfer part, including: a pair of first guide parts including first ridgeline parts which are configured to respectively slidingly contact with a transfer surface side of both end portions of a first recording sheet having a first width; and a pair of second guide parts including second ridgeline parts which are configured to respectively slidingly contact with a transfer surface side of both end portions of a second recording sheet having a second width narrower than the first width, wherein the pair of second guide parts is positioned at an inner side of the pair of first guide parts in a width direction and is arranged at a downstream side than the pair of first guide parts in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keita Hironaka, Hideaki Deguchi
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Patent number: 8807554Abstract: The inventive sheet conveying roller includes a plurality of linear projections provided on an outer peripheral surface of a roller body of an elastic material and each having a generally right-angled triangular cross section which includes a hypotenuse edge and an adjoining edge provided on a forward side and on a rearward side, respectively, with respect to a roller body rotation direction, the adjoining edge aligning with a line perpendicular to a center axis of the roller body. The linear projections are rounded with the hypotenuse edges and the adjoining edges thereof connected to each other by curves as seen in section, and provided integrally with the roller body to be equidistantly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the roller body.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Mine, Hirokazu Nishimori, Masahiro Yoshizato, Toshiyuki Hirai, Toshihiro Tamura, Keishi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8783682Abstract: There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a main body with first and second transporting paths, a transporting roller pair, a recording portion, a reversal roller pair, a re-transporting roller pair, a transporting motor, first and second transmission mechanisms, and a controller. The second transmission mechanism has: a sun gear, an arm, a pendulum gear, and a gear row. The second transmission mechanism is configured to change a posture between a first posture and a second posture. The controller is configured to determine a position of the sheet, determine a size of the sheet, switch the rotation of the transporting motor under certain conditions, and increase the rotation amount of the transporting motor more for the case that the size of the sheet is determined to be not less than a transport distance than for the case that it is determined to be less than the transport distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shota Iijima
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Patent number: 8781365Abstract: An automatic document transportation device includes an ADF main body, a first lock pin and a second lock pin, a cover, a first lock lever and a second lock lever, and an unlock portion. The first lock pin and the second lock pin are arranged in the ADF main body. The cover is supported in an openable/closable manner at the ADF main body. The first lock lever and the second lock lever lock the cover so as not to open by being hooked at the first lock pin and the second lock pin when the cover is closed. The unlock portion is arranged on the surface on the ADF main body side of the cover and in the vicinity of the end of the distal end side of the cover, and can unlock the lock of the first lock lever and the second lock lever.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventor: Hirokazu Inoue
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Publication number: 20140191466Abstract: A medium processing device includes holding section that temporarily retains a medium therein. A gear inside the holding section drives a mechanism that stores the medium into and feeds out from the holding section. A main body includes a mounting location at which the holding section is mounted, and transfers the medium to and from the holding section at a time at which the holding section is mounted. An operation knob transmits, to the gear, a rotary operation applied from outside the holding section. An operation restriction portion at the main body, blocks transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a mounted state in which the holding section is mounted at the mounting location, and allows transmission of the rotary operation from the knob to the gear in a detached state in which the holding section is detached.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventor: Takamoto Yokote
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Publication number: 20140191467Abstract: An image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to scan, at a scanning position, an image of a document, a first discharge portion, a second discharge portion, a conveying unit configured to selectively convey the document along a first conveying path from the scanning position to the first discharge portion, and along a second conveying path from the scanning position to the second discharge portion, a driving unit configured to generate a driving force for driving the conveying unit, and a path switching unit configured to receive the driving force generated by the driving unit such that the path switching unit moves between a first position for guiding the document toward the first discharge portion, and a second position for guiding the document toward the second discharge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuro Miura, Yoshinori Osakabe
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Patent number: 8764011Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for handling notes of value. The device comprises a first module (14) and a second module (12). The first module (14) is movable relative to the second module (12) and/or the second module (12) is movable relative to the first module (14) in at least one direction (P1, P2, P5). In a first operating state of the device (10), notes of value can be transported between the modules (12, 14). The second module (12) comprises at least one guiding element (24, 26, 100, 106) for guiding the notes of value during the transport of the notes of value between the modules (12, 14).Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbHInventors: André Michels, Heinz Strohdiek, René Hempel
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Publication number: 20140175738Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a sheet-type medium stacking and guiding device, also disclosed in the present invention are a control system and a method based on the same. The device comprises: a left limiting plate (14) and/or a right limiting plate (19), which locate at the outer end of a medium passage made up of a left and a right passage plate (301, 304); a driving mechanism (25), which is in transmission connection with the limiting plates and drives the limiting plates to move along the longitudinal direction of the medium. The system comprises a central control module (901), a detection module (902), a data processing module (903), an image acquisition module (904), a storage module (905) and an execution module (906).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: GRG Banking Equipment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heng Liu, Dong Tan, En Wu, Fa Ran