Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording part configured to record onto a recording medium; a discharge part configured to discharge a recorded medium, which is the recording medium that has been previously recorded on; and a medium catcher part configured to catch the discharged recorded medium. The medium catcher part has a guide surface configured to guide a leading end of the discharged recorded medium toward a side (the direction of approach side) opposite to a discharge direction in which the recorded medium is discharged, at a lower side of the discharge part and is configured so that the guide surface is separable from the discharge part.

Abstract: A system and method designed to collate sequenced product. The system includes a holding bin having a first open end and a second open end. A moveable table is positioned at the first open end of the holding bin. A sheet inserter mechanism is positioned adjacent to the second open end of the holding bin, and includes an inserting mechanism which inducts a sheet of material into the holding bin between product for each discrete delivery destination. In this manner, a collated stack of sequenced product may be formed by the system.

Abstract: An efficient collator. The collator includes a first mechanism for selectively separating physical output from a device. A second mechanism is coupled to the first mechanism and facilitates angling and/or rotating the first mechanism based on the physical output. In a specific embodiment, the second mechanism includes a controller that generates control signals to control the second mechanism to facilitate automatic positioning of the first mechanism about a curved track.

Abstract: A displacement device for a machine for processing flat printing materials includes a slide displaceable along a displacement path in and counter to a thrust direction, and being divided along the thrust direction into two slide parts. A drag joint forms a mutual connection between the slide parts. The drag joint has a joint axis extending perpendicularly to the displacement path. A machine for processing flat printing materials, such as a sheet-processing rotary printing press, is provided with the displacement device.

Abstract: A recording apparatus with a relatively simple structure for easily, reliably, and stably transporting a recording medium includes a recording head performing a recording operation by discharging ink; a platen for guiding the recording medium, disposed so as to face the recording head; a discharge roller for discharging the recording medium, disposed in the downstream region of the platen and comprising at least two first roll portions and at least one second roll portion having a smaller diameter than the first roll portions; and at least two discharge guides for guiding the recording medium from the platen to the discharge roller. One end of each of the discharge guides is rotatably supported by the platen, and the other end thereof abuts against the second roll portion of the discharge roller.

Abstract: A sheet discharging apparatus of a printer has a tray on which printed paper is consecutively stacked, holders for supporting the printed paper above the tray, a rack reciprocating in a direction perpendicular to a sheet discharging direction “A” by the driving of a motor, and levers connecting the holders with the rack and pivoting in association with a movement of the rack. The holders horizontally move above the tray in association with a reciprocal movement of the rack, thereby supporting printing media of various widths above the tray.

Abstract: A sheet discharge unit has a transfer passage 3 for transferring a sheet of printed paper 2 toward a sheet receiving tray 20, and a pair of left and right jump wings 11, 11 located at both sides of the transfer passage 3 and moveable between a guide position in which the jump wings protrude upward from a bottom wall of the transfer passage and await position in which the jump wings are retracted below the bottom wall. In one embodiment, each of the jump wings 11, 11 comprises divided wing components laterally spaced in a direction S perpendicular to a sheet transfer direction T. In an alternative embodiment, each of the jump wings comprises a unitary body having a plurality of convex segments and a plurality of concave recesses which are alternately located in the direction S.

Abstract: A fulcrum shaft 61 and a recessed sheet member 64, which together constitute an ejected paper receiving unit that is rotatable force forward and backward within a range extending from a front receiving position and a rear receiving position. When an operator rotates the ejected paper receiving unit 6 forward and sets it at the front receiving position, a print sheet that is ejected by a paper ejection unit 4 is accepted while sliding forward along the sheet member 64. And when the operator rotates the ejected paper receiving unit 6 to the rear and sets it at the rear receiving position, a print sheet ejected by the paper ejection unit 4 is accepted while sliding to the rear along the sheet member 64.