Equipment for stacking sheets with a stack support, input rollers for feeding entering sheets and transport belts with lower branches arranged above the stack support. A compensation mechanism modifies the height of the stack support, while the transport belts are motorized to drag the entering sheets with the lower branches and deposit the sheets on the stack support or on stacked sheets. An arrest member is provided for the entering sheets, a pressure member for the stack to be stacked and a sensor device for a last sheet of the stack. The arrest member arrests the sheets in stacking while the pressure member is contiguous to the stop member and operates on the last sheet of the stack with a stabilizing function and in which the compensation mechanism is servoized to the sensor, for maintaining constant the height of the last sheet of the stack from a reference plane.

A medium conveying apparatus includes a moving mechanism to move the set guide, a guide pair including a first guide having a first opening and a second opening, and a second guide to regulate a vertical direction of the medium conveyance path, a light emitting element and a light receiving element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with the first guide in between, and on the downstream side of the first opening and the second opening so as to be apart from the moving mechanism by a predetermined distance or more in the medium conveying direction, a first light guide which is bent so as to guide a light emitted from the light emitting element to the first opening, and a second light guide which is bent so as to guide the light incident from the second opening to the light receiving element.

What is disclosed is a system for detecting a leading edge of a sheet in a paper handling system of a document reproduction device. An illuminator continuously projects a beam of light into a first end of a light transmissive medium. The projected light propagates through the medium and exits an opposite end thereof. The first end is offset from the illuminator to form a first gap. The light is continuously detected by a detector as the light exits the light transmissive medium. The opposite end of the medium is offset from the detector to form a second gap. A paper sheet is transported along the paper path such that it traverses the area defined by the first and second gaps. If the detector no longer detects the light exiting the opposite end of the medium, a signal is given that a leading edge of the sheet has been detected.

A medium conveying apparatus conveyable a passport includes a guide pair including a first guide, and a second guide located so as to sandwich a medium conveyance path together with the first guide, to regulate a vertical direction of the medium conveyance path, a light emitting element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with one of the first guide or the second guide in between to detect the medium, a light receiving element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with the first guide in between, to receive a light emitted by the light emitting element, and an opening provided in the first guide, to pass the light emitted from the light emitting element. A reflectivity in a periphery of the opening of the first guide is 55% or less.

A medium conveying apparatus includes a moving mechanism to move the set guide, a guide pair including a first guide having a first opening and a second opening, and a second guide to regulate a vertical direction of the medium conveyance path, a light emitting element and a light receiving element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with the first guide in between, and on the downstream side of the first opening and the second opening so as to be apart from the moving mechanism by a predetermined distance or more in the medium conveying direction, a first light guide which is bent so as to guide a light emitted from the light emitting element to the first opening, and a second light guide which is bent so as to guide the light incident from the second opening to the light receiving element.

Systems and methods are provided for document handling. Non-vision detection systems may be capable of detecting the dimensions, orientation, and/or position of a single sheet, or multiple stacked sheets. A document scanning arrangement may be capable of double sided scanning for sheets with various characteristics. The systems and methods provided may accommodate high throughput and rapid digitization of various types of documents, at a high quality.

A medium conveying apparatus conveyable a passport includes a guide pair including a first guide, and a second guide located so as to sandwich a medium conveyance path together with the first guide, to regulate a vertical direction of the medium conveyance path, a light emitting element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with one of the first guide or the second guide in between to detect the medium, a light receiving element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with the first guide in between, to receive a light emitted by the light emitting element, and an opening provided in the first guide, to pass the light emitted from the light emitting element. A reflectivity in a periphery of the opening of the first guide is 55% or less.

Examples described herein include examples print media handling system including a first media guide assembly comprising a sensor assembly, and a second media guide assembly comprising a retractable pressure plate and disposed opposite the first media guide assembly to guide a print media along a path between the first media guide assembly and second media guide assembly, the pressure plate moveable about an axis perpendicular to the path between an actuated position and a retracted position.

A light detection sensor includes a light source that irradiates a detection target with light, a rod lens that collects emitted light from the detection target, a first light receiving element that detects the emitted light that has passed through the rod lens, and a second light receiving element that detects the emitted light that has passed through the rod lens, at a position different from a position at which the first light receiving element detects the light.

A sensor unit includes an edge detection sensor and an illumination device. The edge detection sensor is disposed in a conveying path of a recording medium and detects a recording medium edge position in a width direction perpendicular to a conveying direction. The illumination device is disposed to face the edge detection sensor in the conveying path and emits light toward the edge detection sensor. The illumination device includes a light source and a diffuser. The light source emits light. The diffuser diffuses the light from the light source and suppresses luminance unevenness.