| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7595916 |
Manuscript carrying apparatus and automatic manuscript reading apparatus using same |
September 29, 2009 |
| In an embodiment of the present invention, a pickup roller R1 makes soft contact to an upper surface of a manuscript by being lowered incrementally in four raising-lowering operations S1 to S4 in which, when an electromagnetic clutch connects, the pickup roller is lowered, while bein |
| 7583926 |
Image recording apparatus |
September 1, 2009 |
| An image recording apparatus includes first to fifth transport paths. The first path transports a sheet from a sheet feeding section to a sheet output section through a first confluence, an image recording section, a first bifurcation, and a second confluence in that order. The second pa |
| 7464924 |
Sheet feeder device and image forming apparatus |
December 16, 2008 |
| A sheet feeder device is provided with a pick-up roller driving section which is operative to position the pick-up roller into a retracted position spaced a predetermined distance apart from a stack of document sheets on a document tray before and after the operation for feeding the |
| 7418220 |
Image recording apparatus |
August 26, 2008 |
| An image recording apparatus includes a sheet transport path, a first unit, and a second unit. The sheet transport path guides a sheet from a sheet feeding section, through an image recording section, to a sheet output section. The sheet transport path includes a first path and a sec |
| 7398970 |
Original transport apparatus |
July 15, 2008 |
| In the context of a structure wherein outer casing(s) is/are disposed so as to permit opening and closing about shaft(s), stopper member(s) and engagement piece(s) engaging with such stopper member(s) being disposed at such outer casing(s) so as to permit independent displacement in |
| 7320464 |
Original reading device with controller |
January 22, 2008 |
| An original reading device includes a registration roller located upstream of an original reading position in an original transport path for adjusting the timing of feeding an original to the original reading position. There is at least one original feed roller for transporting the o |
| 7240401 |
Hinge mechanism for platen cover |
July 10, 2007 |
| A hinge mechanism of an image forming apparatus supporting a platen cover for holding an original at a fixed position on a platen glass includes a hinge unit for supporting the platen cover in such a manner that the platen cover can be opened and closed by swinging it up and down, a |
| 6449459 |
Image forming apparatus |
September 10, 2002 |
| In an image forming apparatus in which the paper output portion is arranged under the scanner portion and over the main part including a paper feed cassette, image forming portion and control panel, a box-like paper output tray without lid is provided in the paper output portion. This pa |
| 6050564 |
Sheet feeding device |
April 18, 2000 |
| The feed device includes: a feed tray for stacking a multiple number of sheets thereon; a feed roller for feeding sheets from the feed tray; and a frictional plate which is pivotally supported on a pivotal axle and urged by a pressure spring in order to prevent multiple delivery of sheet |
| 5713568 |
Paper feeding apparatus |
February 3, 1998 |
| A paper feeding apparatus of simple structure which enables supply of paper onto a paper feeding tray and replacement of the paper thereon with an excellent operability. The paper feeding tray is rotated to be engaged with a locking piece of an engaging member and held at a standby posit |
| 4982241 |
Automatic original document feeder |
January 1, 1991 |
| An automatic original document feeder is provided which feeds an original document placed on an original document table so as to invert the original document thus fed through an inverting transport section for its transport to an image exposing position with an image surface of the origi |
