Printing media status sensing

JR Nottingham, BL Knorpp - US Patent 5,507,478, 1996 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A printing media position sensing device provides sheet medium position
status information for synchronizing media transfer operations in a hard copy machine using …

Paper sheet feeder

K Iseda - US Patent 5,383,654, 1995 - Google Patents
An image forming apparatus is provided with a paper sheet feeder for selective feeding from
a group of paper sheets in either a first or second cassette. In the paper sheet feeder, first …

Methods and apparatus for transporting sheet media

AJ Worley, LC Doan, K Bokelman, A Donley - US Patent 7,275,741, 2007 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Numerous types of imaging apparatus that utilize sheet media are known.
Examples of Such imaging apparatus include flatbed scanners, photocopiers, printers …

Feeding timing control for an image forming apparatus

H Miyamoto - US Patent 5,221,949, 1993 - Google Patents
G03G15/6561—Feeding path after the copy sheet preparation and up to the transfer point,
eg registering; Deskewing; Correct timing of sheet feeding to the transfer point for sheet …

Automatic document feeder

A Kobayashi, M Akiyama, H Mukouyama - US Patent 5,634,635, 1997 - Google Patents
An automatic document feeder for feeding and discharging a document or documents to and
from a document handling device such as a copying machine includes a document supply …

Sheet conveyance apparatus

H Ura, T Shiozawa - US Patent 4,878,657, 1989 - Google Patents
Woodward 57) ABSTRACT A sheet conveyance apparatus composed of a unit which is
driven independently of an image forming part of the electrophotographic copying …

Paper sheet feeder

K Iseda - US Patent 5,199,694, 1993 - Google Patents
An image forming apparatus is provided with a paper sheet feeder for selective feeding from
a group of paper sheets in either a first or second cassette. In the paper sheet feeder, first …

Image forming apparatus and conveyance malfunction decision method

M Ito - US Patent 7,957,687, 2011 - Google Patents
Preventing a paperjamas much as possible when actual paper size differs from designated
paper size with increasing throughput by starting conveyance of a second sheet before …

Document feeder

GR Marshall, AS Murison, PNE McLean - US Patent 6,089,561, 2000 - Google Patents
A document feeder is provided for feeding documents along a document feed path. The
document feeder comprises a tray for containing a stack of documents to be fed along the …

Sheet feeding mechanism for feeding sheets and sheet guiding equipment for conveying sheets

K Arai - US Patent 5,451,043, 1995 - Google Patents
A sheet feeding mechanism for feeding sheets is described including an advance preventive
member which is abuttable on the sheet feeding roller by a spring. The advance preventive …