公开(公告)号：US20240302782A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18429458

申请日：2024-02-01

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Eri FUKUI ,  Takayuki FUKAMACHI ,  Koji KAWANO ,  Yuki MIZUNO ,  Ryota IZUMI

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  B65H29/12 ,  B65H29/70

CPC classification number: G03G15/6555 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H2301/16 ,  B65H2301/36 ,  B65H2801/03 ,  G03G2215/00067 ,  G03G2215/00742

Abstract: A post-processing device includes: a loading section that has a loading surface directed obliquely upward and in which a recording medium is loaded on the loading surface in a state where one end of the recording medium is directed downward; a supporting section that supports the one end of the recording medium loaded on the loading surface; a transporting mechanism that transports a plurality of recording media transported one by one toward the loading section by shifting and stacking the recording media in a transport direction, and sets an amount of shift of the recording media on the basis of a predetermined condition; and a transporting section that bends each of the plurality of recording media transported from the transporting mechanism by applying a transport force to an upper end of each of the recording media opposite to the one end in a state where the one end is in contact with the supporting section, and separates one by one the recording media and loads the recording media on the loading surface.

公开(公告)号：US11975936B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17655656

申请日：2022-03-21

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Hidetoshi Kodama

IPC: B65H29/70 ,  B65H29/12

CPC classification number: B65H29/70 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H2301/5121 ,  B65H2404/1115 ,  B65H2404/63 ,  B65H2801/06

Abstract: A printer includes a guide frame, a deforming section, and a lever member. The guide frame includes a transport path. The deforming section includes a toothed roller, a supporting holder, and a torsion spring and deforms paper. The toothed roller comes into contact with the paper discharged from the transport path. The supporting holder is configured to pivot between a first position at which the toothed roller is located on the transport path and a second position at which the toothed roller is not located on the transport path. The torsion spring presses the supporting holder from the second position to the first position. The lever member is configured to switch between a regulating state in which pivoting of the supporting holder at the first position or the second position is regulated and a non-regulating state in which pivoting of the supporting holder is not regulated.

公开(公告)号：US11144000B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16534425

申请日：2019-08-07

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Fumiyuki Honda ,  Yukihiro Ichiki ,  Sota Hara ,  Kenichi Ishikura ,  Kazuhiro Tobita ,  Sho Ogawa

IPC: G01G15/00 ,  B65H29/00 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/00 ,  B65H31/22 ,  G03G15/00

Abstract: A paper ejection device includes: an ejection portion that ejects sheets of paper; a housing portion that houses the ejected sheets of paper in a sequentially stacked state; and a guiding portion that guides the sheets of paper, before being ejected, to the ejection portion while curving the sheets of paper. The housing portion is adjustable to plural angles including at least an angle at which the ejected sheets of paper are housed while being curved in a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets of paper have been curved by the guiding portion.

公开(公告)号：US20210302896A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US16984223

申请日：2020-08-04

Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.

Inventor： Nobuyoshi Komatsu ,  Shingo Akiyama ,  Shogo Kamiya ,  Seiji Taira

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/12

Abstract: A decurling device includes: a first transport unit including a transport roller, the first transport unit that sandwiches a transported sheet and transports the transported sheet further downstream; and a second transport unit including an endless belt that is in contact with the transport roller. The transport roller has an elasticity that, when the belt is pressed against the transport roller, allows the belt to bite into the transport roller by a bite amount corresponding to a pressing force, the second transport unit includes an abutting member disposed inside the belt, the abutting member pressing the belt from an inside of the belt and causing the belt to abut against the transport roller, and a guide member, the abutting member includes an upstream protrusion, an downstream protrusion, the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion being provided at positions away from each other at an upstream portion and a downstream portion in a sheet transport direction, each of the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the belt, and a recess provided in an intermediate portion between the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion in the sheet transport direction, the recess being recessed away from a straight line connecting a top portion of the upstream protrusion and a top portion of the downstream protrusion, the guide member includes a contact surface that is in contact with the inner surface of the belt, the contact surface defining a part of a circulation track of the belt, and the upstream protrusion protrudes beyond a virtual circle that is tangent to the contact surface.

公开(公告)号：US11124376B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16158806

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tomooku Koyama

IPC: B65H7/04 ,  B65H31/04 ,  B65H31/10 ,  B65H43/02 ,  B65H5/04 ,  B65H5/06 ,  B65H29/38 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/14 ,  B65H31/18 ,  B65H33/08

Abstract: A sheet discharging apparatus includes a first detecting portion provided in an apparatus body and configured to detect a move of a movable member in a state where a movable tray is at an upper limit position in a moving direction of the movable tray, wherein a detection result of the first detecting portion changes depending on a position of the movable tray in the moving direction. In addition, a second detecting portion detects the position of the movable tray in the moving direction, and a control portion, in a case where the second detecting portion detects that the movable tray is at the upper limit position, determines whether a sheet is present on the movable tray based on the detection result of the first detecting portion. When the second detecting portion does not detect that the movable tray is at the upper limit position, the control portion determines that a sheet is present on the movable tray regardless of the detection result of the first detecting portion.

公开(公告)号：US11046544B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16391422

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

Inventor： Roberto A Irizarry ,  Glenn Batchelor ,  Rachel Lynn Tanchak ,  Ali R Dergham ,  Erwin Ruiz

IPC: B65H29/24 ,  B65H29/12 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H5/06 ,  B65H5/36 ,  B65H5/22 ,  B65H7/20

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling cross curl in corners of sheets between in-line transports includes a curved baffle placed between the two transports. A thin layer of high velocity air is applied to the curved baffle only at lead edge corner regions of the sheets. The high velocity air layer, which will have a tendency to follow the curved baffle (Coanda effect), will divert corners of the sheets (Bernoulli effect) towards the curved baffle. By positioning a curved baffle between the two transports and by applying a uniform air stream to it, a lower pressure area will be created. This will flatten the corners of the sheets and ensure passage between downstream baffles and acquisition by a downstream transport.

公开(公告)号：US20210070079A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17049834

申请日：2018-05-11

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Taehong KIM ,  Kevin LO ,  Matthew RAISANEN ,  Stephen Thomas ROHMAN

IPC: B41L23/24 ,  B41F23/08 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H29/38

Abstract: A knockdown apparatus for a finisher includes a register tray, a paddle coupled to a rotatable shaft to compile a recording medium toward an end of the register tray, and a knockdown device, provided above the register tray, to rotate to apply a downward force to the recording medium while the recording medium is in the register tray to decrease a curl in the recording medium.

公开(公告)号：US10935910B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US16819279

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yuki Akamatsu

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  B65H29/00 ,  G03G15/20 ,  B65H29/24 ,  B65H29/70

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first guide guiding one surface of a sheet downstream of a fixing unit fixing a toner image on the sheet and upstream of discharging rollers discharging the sheet to a stacking portion in a sheet conveying direction; a second guide facing the first guide, the second guide guiding the other surface of the sheet; protrusions with openings provided on the second guide in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; recesses provided on the first guide in the sheet width direction, the recesses facing the protrusions; and a blower unit blowing air toward the sheet via the openings provided on the second guide, wherein a corrugated shape is formed in the width direction on the sheet to which air is blown by the protrusions provided on the second guide and the recesses provided on the first guide.

公开(公告)号：US20200148495A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16514395

申请日：2019-07-17

Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shuqi Liu ,  Junwei Yan ,  Haoran Gao ,  Li Li

IPC: B65H29/70 ,  B65H23/04

Abstract: A curling device for curling a flexible sheet is provided. The curling device includes: a curling component configured to fix a first end of the flexible sheet; a movable part configured to fix a second end of the flexible sheet, the second end being opposite to the first end; and a transmission mechanism coupled to the curling component and the movable part, respectively; the transmission mechanism is configured to move the movable part relative to the curling component in a first direction, in response to receiving an external driving force, so as to drive the curling component to rotate, the first direction is perpendicular to an axis direction of the curling component.

公开(公告)号：US10647132B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US16085939

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Inventor： Jun Hong Goh ,  Fei Nie ,  Wee Hien Tok ,  Wei Lit Teoh

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/02 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H29/52 ,  B65H29/70 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B41J13/10

Abstract: In one example, a device for partially dried inkjet media output management includes a starwheel positioned on a first side between a number of rollers positioned on a second side to corrugate partially dried inkjet media between the starwheel and the number of rollers.