When a length in a conveying direction of a margin to be cut off is shorter than a predetermined distance between a cutting part and a second conveying part, a sheet cutting machine feeds a first sheet to the cutting part using a first conveying part while keeping the second conveying part positioned at a conveying path. When the length is equal to or longer than the predetermined distance, the machine feeds the first sheet to the cutting part using the first conveying part after upwardly retracting the second conveying part from the conveying path using a retracting mechanism.

Disclosed herein is a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet tray configured to hold a bundle composed of the sheets fed from conveyance rollers, a wait path configured to keep waiting following sheets upstream the conveyance rollers, an accumulating tray configured to hold a sheet bundle, delivery rollers configured to nip the sheet bundle mounted on the sheet tray and the following sheets, to set off from one another, and to deliver them to the accumulating tray, and to switch back the following sheets to the sheet tray, and a conveyance member configured to convey the following sheets from the sheet tray.

A method is disclosed for transferring a film, preferably a wound-on stretch film, wound onto a winding mandrel, oriented in particular vertically and preferably supported exclusively in the region of its upper end, of an unwrapping apparatus, such that when the transfer position of the winding mandrel is reached, the film wound onto the winding mandrel is pulled off the winding mandrel by means of at least one transfer device and delivered to a disposal area. An apparatus for transferring a film, preferably a wound-on stretch film, wound onto a winding mandrel, oriented in particular vertically and preferably supported exclusively in the region of its upper end, of an unwrapping apparatus, is disclosed. The apparatus encompasses at least one transfer device for pulling off the film wound onto the winding mandrel when the transfer position of the winding mandrel is reached.

An electrode plate conveying mechanism includes: a first conveying roller used for conveying an electrode plate; and a negative pressure supply unit arranged on at least one end of the first conveying roller, spaced apart from the first conveying roller in an axial direction of the first conveying roller, and used for forming a negative pressure around a tab of the electrode plate so as to prevent the tab from being folded.

A sheet material feeding apparatus includes a first roll 106, and a second roll 108 arranged vertically below first roll 106, to feed a sheet material clamped between the first roll 106 and the second roll 108. The sheet material feeding apparatus further includes a first motor 102 provided with a rotatable first motor shaft 104 coupled to the first roll 106, and a second motor 103 provided with a rotatable second motor shaft 105 coupled to the second roll 108. The first motor shaft 104 and the second motor shaft 105 rotate at substantially the same rotation speed to allow the first roll 106 and the second roll 108 to rotate in synchronization with each other.

A recording device includes a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium with the recording medium being stored in a rolled state and unrolled from one end. The recording device includes a pair of abutting rollers, a support roller and a movable mechanism. The abutting rollers face each other, and convey the recording medium while the recording medium is nipped between the abutting rollers. The support roller is arranged on a downstream side of the abutting rollers in a conveyance path of the recording medium. The support roller abuts the recording medium to support the recording medium. The movable mechanism changes a position of at least one of the abutting rollers to switch between an abutting state in which the other of the abutting rollers abuts the recording medium and a released state in which the other of the abutting rollers does not abut the recording medium.

A device for winding an electrode plate includes a feed roller configured to guide a first electrode plate or a second electrode plate, each of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate including a plurality of electrode tabs protruding from one side, a deformation reducing member spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of one end of the feed roller and configured to guide the electrode tabs fed to the feed roller to be brought into close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the one end of the feed roller to reduce deformation of the electrode tabs, and a winding unit configured to wind together the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate transferred by the feed roller and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate.

Apparatus and method for the making of a pressure-sensitive adhesive stock for labels using a label production line, are disclosed. The stock comprises a first layer of facestock material configured to be die-cut to form the stock of labels surrounded by a matrix, the first layer being backed by a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive, which in turn is covered by a release liner. 5 The apparatus and method allow the matrix of the facestock to be peeled-off from the release liner on the label production line without stopping the label production line by merely slowing down the label production line. A pressure-sensitive adhesive stock free of the matrix of the facestock is therefore produced without lowering production yields.

A medium discharge device includes a discharge drive roller configured to contact a first surface of a medium, a discharge driven roller that is configured to contact a second surface of the medium and nip the medium between itself and the discharge drive roller, a driven roller shaft, and a discharge assisting member configured to contact the second surface of the medium to be discharged, that has a larger diameter than the discharge driven roller, and that rotates integrally with the discharge driven roller. The discharge driven roller has a shaft hole through which the driven roller shaft passes, an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole and an outer peripheral surface of the driven roller shaft slide with rotation of the discharge driven roller, and a quick-drying lubricant is used between the inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole and the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller shaft.

A lottery ticket is printed on a substrate sheet material having a front surface with lottery game indicia printed thereon and a removable covering material, typically scratch-off material, covering the lottery game indicia which is removable by a player to expose the game indicia for playing the game and other game information printed on the substrate sheet material where at least part of the substrate sheet material is formed of a translucent synthetic material to enable viewing through the part by the player.