公开(公告)号：US20190033769A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16029969

申请日：2018-07-09

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Sachiyori Shiina

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H29/60 ,  B65H43/06

CPC classification number: B65H29/70 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/60 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H43/06 ,  B65H85/00 ,  B65H2301/33312 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2404/632 ,  B65H2405/11151 ,  B65H2553/612 ,  B65H2601/25 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  G03G15/234

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a reverse conveyance portion and a second conveyance direction, a supporting portion configured to support a lower surface of the sheet conveyed by the reverse conveyance portion, and an opposing portion provided along and above the supporting portion. Either one of the supporting portion and the opposing portion comprises a first projected portion. The other of the supporting portion and the opposing portion comprises a second projected portion and a third projected portion. The first projected portion is arranged between the second projected portion and the third projected portion in a width direction intersecting with the first conveyance direction. At least a part of the first projected portion is arranged to overlap with the second projected portion and the third projected portion in a sheet thickness direction.

公开(公告)号：US10017351B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15633985

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA ,  TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shoichi Dobashi

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  B65H45/04 ,  B65H29/12 ,  B65H31/30

CPC classification number: B65H45/04 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/3018 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/4213 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2301/5122 ,  B65H2301/51611 ,  B65H2801/27 ,  G03G15/6529 ,  G03G15/6541 ,  G03G15/6552 ,  G03G15/6573 ,  G03G15/6582

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes: a standby unit configured to put a sheet on standby, the standby unit including a tray member on which the sheet is placed; a corrugation forming unit configured to form a corrugation in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction on the sheet in the standby unit, the corrugation forming unit integrally provided with the tray member; and a processing unit disposed below the standby unit and configured to process the sheet supplied from the standby unit, wherein the corrugation forming unit includes: a projecting roller projecting upward from a conveyance reference plane in the standby unit; and a housing unit configured as a part of the tray member to house the projecting roller below the conveyance reference plane.

公开(公告)号：US20180176398A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15834286

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Hidenori HARADA

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H1/02 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H5/06

CPC classification number: H04N1/00543 ,  B65H1/02 ,  B65H1/022 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/063 ,  B65H3/0653 ,  B65H5/062 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/22 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2402/343 ,  B65H2402/46 ,  B65H2405/1114 ,  B65H2405/11164 ,  B65H2405/324 ,  B65H2511/12 ,  B65H2511/22 ,  B65H2801/39 ,  H04N1/00591 ,  H04N1/00631 ,  H04N2201/0081 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/04

Abstract: The likelihood of a medium jamming is reduced or avoided during discharging media to a discharged-sheet receiving tray, and a plurality of media are appropriately discharged to, and stacked on, the discharged-sheet receiving tray. A scanner includes an apparatus body including a reading section that reads a sheet, a discharge roller pair that is provided inside the apparatus body and discharges the sheet after reads in the reading section, and a discharged sheet tray that receives the sheet being discharged by the discharge roller pair. The discharged sheet tray includes a first member that has at least a portion that is located inside the apparatus body. The first member is that supports the medium at a position higher than the placement surface of the discharged sheet tray.

公开(公告)号：US20180170701A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15832895

申请日：2017-12-06

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kohei Mizuguchi

IPC: B65H29/14 ,  G03G15/00

CPC classification number: B65H29/14 ,  B65H9/004 ,  B65H9/06 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H85/00 ,  B65H2301/33312 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2404/1521 ,  B65H2404/61 ,  B65H2404/63 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  G03G15/6529 ,  G03G15/6552

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first projected portion including a first contact portion configured to contact against the sheet nipped by the nip portion and arranged on one side with respect to a center-line of conveyance in a width direction, a second projected portion including a second contact portion configured to contact against the sheet nipped by the nip portion and arranged on the other side with respect to the center-line of conveyance in the width direction, and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of at least either one of the first projected portion and the second projected portion.

公开(公告)号：US20180118494A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15793021

申请日：2017-10-25

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Gakuro KANAZAWA ,  Iwane SANO ,  Tsuyoshi ITO

IPC: B65H29/12 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B65H5/06 ,  B65H5/38

CPC classification number: B65H29/12 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/15 ,  B41J11/0005 ,  B41J11/0025 ,  B41J11/0045 ,  B41J11/0065 ,  B41J11/06 ,  B41J11/08 ,  B41J13/0054 ,  B65H5/062 ,  B65H5/36 ,  B65H5/38 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2301/5122 ,  B65H2402/5441 ,  B65H2404/1115 ,  B65H2404/513 ,  B65H2404/5214 ,  B65H2801/12

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: an image recorder; a first supporter including support ribs extending to positions under the image recorder; an ink receiver disposed downstream of the support ribs; first and second roller pairs disposed downstream of the first supporter; a guide; and a protrusion disposed between the ink receiver and the first roller pair and having an upper end located below upper ends of the support ribs and above a first imaginary line connecting between a nip position of the first roller pair and a downstream end of the ink receiver. A distance between an upstream end of the ink receiver and a nip position of the second roller pair is less than a length of a first-size sheet and greater than a length of a second-size sheet. The protrusion is disposed, in a widthwise direction, in a region through which the second-size sheet is conveyed.

公开(公告)号：US09873583B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US14784934

申请日：2014-02-13

Applicant: GRG Banking Equipment Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yougang Jin ,  Shaohai Huang ,  Hongjun Wu

IPC: B65H29/14 ,  B65H43/00 ,  B65H31/30 ,  B65H31/36 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H5/00 ,  G07D11/00 ,  B65H5/02

CPC classification number: B65H29/14 ,  B65H5/023 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/3027 ,  B65H31/36 ,  B65H43/00 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/4213 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2404/2641 ,  B65H2404/2691 ,  B65H2405/1114 ,  B65H2408/13 ,  B65H2701/1912 ,  G07D11/0018

Abstract: A banknote stacking device includes a piece-by-piece banknote conveying mechanism, an upper conveyor belt, an arc-shaped stacking plate, a movable blocking mechanism, a sensor device, and a control unit. An elastic sheet is arranged on the arc-shaped stacking plate at a position for stacking banknotes, an end of the elastic sheet is fixed on the arc-shaped stacking plate, and a free end of the elastic sheet extends in a direction opposite to the conveying direction of the banknotes, the extending segment of the elastic sheet forms an arch and is configured to elastically support the upper conveyor belt, and a through-groove is provided in the arc-shaped stacking plate at a position corresponding to the elastic sheet, and the free end of the elastic sheet is configured to extend and retract freely in the through-groove.

公开(公告)号：US20170343934A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

申请号：US15438984

申请日：2017-02-22

Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA ,  TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Atsushi Yamazoe

IPC: G03G15/20

CPC classification number: G03G15/2053 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2301/5122 ,  B65H2301/51256 ,  B65H2404/1313 ,  B65H2801/27 ,  G03G15/6576 ,  G03G2215/00662 ,  G03G2215/0132

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, comprising a conveyance path configured to convey an image receiving medium; a fixing device configured to fix an image formed on the image receiving medium; a first roller arranged at the downstream side of a conveyance direction of the image receiving medium with respect to the fixing device, the first roller comprising an axis; a second roller configured to face the first roller and an end thereof of which protrudes towards a central part of the conveyance path with respect to an end of the first roller at the central part of the conveyance path in a first direction substantially parallel to the axis; and a protrusion arranged at the second roller side to protrude towards the first roller side from the second roller side and a protruding amount of which is greater than that of the second roller.

公开(公告)号：US09783386B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-10

申请号：US14978076

申请日：2015-12-22

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuo Ito

IPC: B65H29/54 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/26 ,  B65H31/14 ,  B65H31/12

CPC classification number: B65H29/14 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H31/12 ,  B65H31/14 ,  B65H31/26 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2405/11161 ,  B65H2405/1144 ,  B65H2405/3321 ,  B65H2515/81 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  B65H2801/39 ,  B65H2220/01

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path; and a discharge tray having a support surface for supporting the sheet discharged from the conveyor. The conveyor includes a discharge unit for discharging the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path, onto the discharge tray. The discharge tray is provided with a projection protruding upward from the support surface and elongated in a direction along a discharge direction in which the sheet is conveyed. At least a portion of the projection which has a downstream edge of the projection in the discharge direction is a movable portion changeable between a first position at which an upper end portion of the projection is farthest from the support surface and a second position which is nearer to the support surface than the first position.

公开(公告)号：US09758336B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US15052656

申请日：2016-02-24

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Kotaro Kurokawa ,  Masahiko Ohta

IPC: B65H31/36 ,  B65H31/26 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/70

CPC classification number: B65H31/26 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H2301/4212 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2402/545 ,  B65H2404/63 ,  B65H2405/115 ,  B65H2405/3321 ,  B65H2601/111 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  B65H2801/39

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path; a discharge tray configured to support the sheet discharged from the conveyance path; a sheet presser movable toward and away from a support surface of the discharge tray and configured to press the sheet being discharged, onto the support surface; a first stopper configured to limit a spaced distance between the sheet presser and the support surface to a first distance when the first stopper is located at a first position, and configured to allow the spaced distance to become greater than the first distance when the first stopper is located at a second position; and a position change mechanism configured to change a position of the first stopper between the first position and the second position.

公开(公告)号：US09630799B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-25

申请号：US14332446

申请日：2014-07-16

Applicant: Anthony Galea

Inventor： Anthony Galea

IPC: B65H20/28 ,  B65H45/22

CPC classification number: B65H45/22 ,  B65H2301/3612 ,  B65H2301/51214 ,  B65H2301/5124 ,  B65H2404/51 ,  B65H2404/61 ,  B65H2404/662 ,  B65H2404/6942 ,  B65H2701/1944

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a stretch film roll comprises a device configured to fold a stretch film web to yield a folded stretch film web comprising at least one longitudinal band of increased thickness, with each band of increased thickness being spaced from the longitudinal edges of the folded stretch film web, and a driven winding shaft for winding the folded stretch film web.