| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6345763 |
Image reading apparatus for reading a bookform document placed on a document table in face-up st |
February 12, 2002 |
| An image reading apparatus which reads out a document, such as as a book, placed face-up and opened on a document table. The apparatus includes an image reading device for reading out the document image placed on the document table, a mirror for imaging the document upper side plane, a |
| 5995245 |
Image reader |
November 30, 1999 |
| The present invention pertains to a book scanner that reads the image of an document such as a book or magazine while it is placed open and face up, and more particularly, to an image reader that detects the height distribution of the document prior to performing a pre-scanning to detect |
| 5614991 |
Document placement mechanism and image reading device for books |
March 25, 1997 |
| The present invention relates to a document placement device suitable for accommodating book-like documents for image reading and image reader device provided with the document placement device. The document placement device has a first platform for placement of pages on the right side o |
| 5459548 |
Information forming apparatus with mechanism for unsealing and sealing a cover of recording mate |
October 17, 1995 |
| An image forming apparatus that can be charged with a sheet cassette with a resealable flexible cover includes a roller member engageable with and translatable across the cover to wind the cover on the roller member. The size of the sheet material accommodated in the sheet cassette can b |
| 5228678 |
Disposable sheet cassette and image forming apparatus designed to employ same |
July 20, 1993 |
| Disclosed is a disposable sheet cassette and an image forming apparatus in which such a sheet cassette is preferably employed. The sheet cassette is comprised of a cassette box capable of accommodating a plurality of sheet materials and having a flange portion extending outwards from the |
| 5181707 |
Sheet handling apparatus provided with a sheet sucking unit |
January 26, 1993 |
| An sheet handling apparatus includes suckers for sucking up a sheet from a sheet storing unit and two sensors which are disposed on the suckers. One of the sensors detects whether the suckers come into contact with the topmost sheet of a sheet stack in the sheet storing unit, and the oth |
| 5127646 |
Image forming apparatus provided with a sheet magazine |
July 7, 1992 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a regulating member for regulating a sheet fed from the magazine in the widthwise direction, the regulating member being movable between a regulating position and a retreating position. The image forming apparatus further includes a cover member for |
| 5097273 |
Recording medium detecting apparatus |
March 17, 1992 |
| A recording medium detecting apparatus detects the fact that a recording medium has been conveyed to an image forming part of a laser beam printer. The image forming part is provided with a driving roller for producing a rotational motion and a following roller held in pressed contact wi |
| 5090677 |
Sheet feed arrangement |
February 25, 1992 |
| A sheet feed arrangement is provided in an image forming apparatus such as a printer or the like and is comprised of a sheet cassette for accommodating a plurality of sheet materials, a feed roller assembly disposed above the sheet cassette for feeding the sheet materials sheet by sh |
| 5051775 |
Image forming apparatus provided with a device for covering and uncovering a sheet magazine |
September 24, 1991 |
| An image forming apparatus provided with a magazine in which sheets are stacked, the image forming apparatus comprising a flexible cover member for the magazine, which cover member is capable of adhering to and separating from a flange of the magazine, a cover removing unit which rem |
| 5049924 |
Image forming apparatus |
September 17, 1991 |
| An image forming apparatus provided with a sensor for detecting a sheet transport problem. When a sheet transport problem occurs before a sheet reaches an image forming section, the sheet is returned to a sheet feeding section, and when a transport problem occurs at or after the image fo |
