B65H5/02

Conveyor mechanism and a method for adjusting a conveyor mechanism

The present invention provides a conveyor mechanism for conveying sheets. The conveyor mechanism comprises a movable conveyor body, a drive mechanism, and an adjustment system configured to detect and correct skewing of the conveyor body, comprising one or more markers provided on or in the conveyor body, a sensor arrangement for detecting each marker at two or more discrete positions, and a processor to determine the skewing of the conveyor body. The conveyor body and the drive mechanism of the conveyor mechanism are mounted on a movable conveyor frame, and the adjustment system includes a frame shifting device comprising one or one or more actuator for shifting or moving the conveyor frame relative to a fixed framework. The invention also provides a related method of correcting skewing in a conveyor mechanism for conveying sheets along a transport path.

SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND ROLL BODY REPLACING METHOD
20230202781 · 2023-06-29 ·

There is provided a sheet conveying apparatus including: a casing having an opening; a cover configured to uncover and cover the opening; a holder configured to hold a roll body, the roll body including a sheet being rolled; a slidable support attached to the casing, the slidable support being configured to support the holder, the slidable support being configured to slide to an accommodated position at which the slidable support is accommodated within the casing and to a drawn position at which at least a part of the slidable support is positioned at outside of the casing with respect to the opening; and a conveyer configured to convey the sheet of the roll body in a state that the slidable support is at the accommodated position.

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system
09850087 · 2017-12-26 · ·

A sheet processing apparatus includes a pair of belts, a water supplying unit, a curving unit and a controller. The pair of belts defines a conveying path for holding and conveying a paper sheet. The water supplying unit supplies water to outer surfaces of the belts. The curving unit curves the conveying path defined by the belts. The controller makes the water supplying unit supply water to the outer surfaces of the belts, and makes the belts convey the sheet between the belts in a state where the conveying path is curved by the curving unit to correct the curling of the sheet.

Media separation apparatus

A media separation apparatus may include: a pickup roller disposed at one side of the loaded media, and configured to sequentially pick up and transfer the loaded media; a feed roller disposed separately from the pickup roller in a media feeding direction, and configured to feed the media picked up and transferred by the pickup roller toward a transfer path; and a media separator disposed at a position facing the feed roller, having a plurality of separation rollers and a separation belt wound around a part of the circumference of each of the separation rollers, and configured to separate a following medium from a leading medium through friction of the separation belt, the following medium being in close contact with the leading medium fed by the feed roller and transferred at the same time as the leading medium.

BANKNOTE STORING/FEEDING UNIT
20170355543 · 2017-12-14 ·

An object of the invention is to provide a banknote storing/feeding unit which is capable of effectively utilizing winding spaces of a drum and a reel, to increase the number of banknotes to be stored. The banknote storing/feeding unit includes the drum which winds and rewinds a banknote together with a tape, and the reel which winds and rewinds the tape on and from the drum. A guide body swinging according to winding and rewinding of the tape and the banknote on and from the drum is provided between the drum and the reel. The guide body has a guide passage that guides the tape and the banknote to be wound and rewound on the drum. The guide body swings centering on a supporting point located within a region parallel to a virtual line connecting a rotational center of the drum and a rotational center of the reel.

Belt conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
09840387 · 2017-12-12 · ·

A belt conveyance apparatus includes a plurality of support rollers, an endless belt, a regulation portion configured to regulate a shift of the endless belt in a width direction, a regulation receiving member configured to contact the regulation portion to receive a regulation force by the regulation portion, and support members disposed on an upstream side, in a conveyance direction of the endless belt, of the support rollers provided with the regulation portion to oppose each other on an inner peripheral surface side and an outer peripheral surface side of the end portion side of the endless belt in the width direction, and configured to regulate a position of the regulation receiving member when the regulation receiving member enters a contact portion with the regulation portion.

MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND MEDIUM TRANSACTION DEVICE

A medium conveyance device is provided including a placement body, a Scott-Russell body, a moving section, and a conveyance state switching section. The placement body includes a bundle conveyance face on which a medium bundle configured by stacking plural medium into a bundle shape is conveyed in a state placed on the bundle conveyance face. The Scott-Russell body includes an abutting portion that abuts the medium bundle. The movement section causes at least a portion of the Scott-Russell body to abut against the medium bundle and moves the Scott-Russell body along the bundle conveyance face in a first direction, or in a second direction opposite to the first direction, so as to move the medium bundle along the bundle conveyance face in the first direction or in the second direction. The conveyance state switching section utilizes the Scott-Russell body being moved by the movement section to switch to a first conveyance state in which at least a portion of the Scott-Russell body is caused to abut against the second direction side of the medium bundle and conveyance of the medium bundle toward the first direction is enabled, or to a second conveyance state in which at least a portion of the Scott-Russell body is caused to abut against the first direction side of the medium bundle and conveyance of the medium bundle toward the second direction is enabled.

LABEL GRABBING METHOD AND GRABBING MECHANISM
20230166931 · 2023-06-01 ·

A label grabbing method and a grabbing mechanism are disclosed. The label grabbing method comprises: step S1, a conveying assembly (20) driving a plurality of labels (10) to move simultaneously so as to move the plurality of labels (10) to a position for grabbing; and step S2, a pickup assembly (30) picking up at least two labels (10) at the position for grabbing. The label grabbing method solves the problem in the prior art of a label grabbing method having too large a grabbing equipment loss.

Conveyor device for a folding apparatus for folding textiles

A conveyor device for a folding apparatus for folding textiles includes an infeed region for a textile and an outfeed region for a folded textile. A first belt conveyor conveys the textile on a first conveyor plane from the infeed region to a first transfer unit, which feeds the textile to a second conveyor plane of a second belt conveyor. At least one second transfer unit and at least one additional belt conveyor having an additional conveyor plane are disposed downstream of the belt conveyor. At least two subassemblies, each configured as modular conveyor units are provided, into which one belt conveyor and at least one transfer unit are each integrated. The conveyor device is modularly configured, in that a plurality of modular conveyor units are disposed one atop the other and connected to each other.

Layboy having at least one diverted belt section

A layboy includes an upper belt section with a plurality of transversely spaced upper belts that extend in a longitudinal direction such that bottom portions of the upper belts lie in a first plane that defines an upper boundary of a transport path through the layboy and a lower belt section having a plurality of transversely spaced lower belts that extend in the longitudinal direction such that top portions of the lower belts lie in a second plane that defines an upper boundary of the transport path. The bottom portion of one of the top belts and/or the top portion of one of the bottom belts extends away from the transport path to define a gap in the transport path at which scrap moving through the layboy can fall out of the transport path.