公开(公告)号：US08511120B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US12631542

申请日：2009-12-04

申请人： Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Chad Michael Plening ,  Louann Behymer Samuels ,  Thomas Campbell Wade ,  Curtis Duane Woodson

发明人： Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Chad Michael Plening ,  Louann Behymer Samuels ,  Thomas Campbell Wade ,  Curtis Duane Woodson

IPC分类号： E05B69/00

CPC分类号： B41J13/0027 ,  Y10T70/5009 ,  Y10T70/5031 ,  Y10T70/5128 ,  Y10T70/7062 ,  Y10T70/7068

摘要： An electronic locking system to secure consumable items in an image forming device and a method therefore. In one embodiment of the invention, an electronic locking system to secure media sheets includes a media tray to hold media sheets, a tray receiving member for receiving the media tray, and a controller. The tray receiving member includes a drive device and a plunger. The plunger is moved by the drive device between a locked and an unlocked position. The controller is configured to control the drive device to move the plunger to engage a portion of the media tray in the locked position and to move the plunger to disengage from the portion of the media tray in the unlocked position. The electronic locking system, incorporating the controller, provides an effective and efficient way to lock/unlock the media tray and eliminates the use of mechanical keys.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在图像形成装置中固定消耗品的电子锁定系统及其方法。 在本发明的一个实施例中，用于固定介质片的电子锁定系统包括用于保持介质片的介质托盘，用于接收介质托盘的托盘接收构件和控制器。 托盘接收构件包括驱动装置和柱塞。 柱塞由驱动装置在锁定位置和解锁位置之间移动。 控制器被配置成控制驱动装置移动柱塞以将介质托盘的一部分接合在锁定位置，并且使柱塞移动以与解锁位置中的介质托盘的部分分离。 结合了控制器的电子锁定系统提供了有效和高效的方式来锁定/解锁介质托盘，并消除了使用机械键。

公开(公告)号：US08113504B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-14

申请号：US12266232

申请日：2008-11-06

申请人： Daniel Paul Cahill

发明人： Daniel Paul Cahill

IPC分类号： B65H1/18

CPC分类号： B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/0684 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H2513/40 ,  B65H2513/512 ,  B65H2513/514 ,  B65H2513/53 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/11 ,  B65H2220/02

摘要： A sheet feeding method includes supporting a media stack on an elevator, initiating operation of a pick roll in conjunction with a top most sheet, sensing whether or not the pick roll is operating in conjunction with the top most sheet, and moving the elevator, in response to the pick roll not operating in conjunction with the top most sheet, to overcome occurrence of a media handling failure mode between the pick roll and the top most sheet. The elevator is lowered, in response to the pick roll rotating but the top most sheet not arriving at a sheet arrival sensor, to increase a normal force imposed on the top most sheet to overcome the occurrence of a ‘fails to feed’ failure mode. The elevator is raised, in response to the pick roll not rotating, to decrease the normal force imposed on the top most sheet to overcome the occurrence of a ‘pick roll stall’ failure mode.

摘要翻译： 纸张馈送方法包括在电梯上支撑介质堆叠，结合最顶层的片材开始拾取辊的操作，感测拾取辊是否与最顶层的片材一起操作，并且移动电梯 对拾取辊的响应不与最上面的纸张结合操作，以克服拾取辊和最上面的纸张之间的介质处理故障模式的发生。 升降机响应于拾取辊旋转但是最顶部的纸张未到达纸张到达传感器而降低，以增加施加在最上面的纸张上的法向力以克服“不能进给”故障模式的发生。 升降机响应于拣选辊不旋转而升高，以减小施加在最上面的片材上的法向力，以克服“扒手失速”故障模式的发生。

公开(公告)号：US07887045B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-15

申请号：US12176155

申请日：2008-07-18

申请人： Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr. ,  William Paul Cook ,  Robert Ryan Fresnoza Cruz ,  Irvin Langit Libres ,  Jake Tia Pia ,  Jason Lee Rowe ,  Kim Limpahan Balahan ,  Stacey Edward Balch ,  Daniel Paul Cahill

发明人： Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr. ,  William Paul Cook ,  Robert Ryan Fresnoza Cruz ,  Irvin Langit Libres ,  Jake Tia Pia ,  Jason Lee Rowe ,  Kim Limpahan Balahan ,  Stacey Edward Balch ,  Daniel Paul Cahill

IPC分类号： B65H3/14

CPC分类号： B65H1/14 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/222 ,  B65H2511/51 ,  B65H2513/51 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02 ,  B65H2220/11

摘要： A method for dynamically lifting an elevator includes picking a sheet from a stack to feed to a media process where the stack is on a platform that can be lifted by an elevator, performing the media process, sensing a top of the stack to detect presence or absence of the stack at a media home position, sensing the top of the stack to detect presence or absence of the stack on the platform, sensing the platform to detect its presence or absence at a maximum elevator level, and indexing the stack at least once by lifting the platform through a given distance, during the media process and not during picking a sheet, unless presence of the top of the stack at the media home position is sensed or absence of media sheets on the elevator platform is sensed or presence of the elevator platform at the maximum elevator level is sensed.

摘要翻译： 用于动态提升电梯的方法包括从堆栈拾取片材以馈送到媒体处理，其中该堆栈位于能够由电梯升高的平台上，执行媒体处理，感测堆叠的顶部以检测存在或 在媒体起始位置不存在堆栈，感测堆叠的顶部以检测平台上的堆叠的存在或不存在，感测平台以在最大电梯水平检测其存在或不存在，以及将堆栈索引至少一次 通过提升平台一定距离，在介质过程中，而不是在拾取纸张期间，除非感测到在介质原始位置处的堆叠顶部的存在或者感测到电梯平台上不存在介质片，否则存在 检测最大电梯水位的电梯平台。

公开(公告)号：US07766320B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-03

申请号：US12192556

申请日：2008-08-15

申请人： Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr. ,  Kim Limpahan Balahan ,  Stacey Edward Balch ,  Daniel Paul Cahill ,  William Paul Cook ,  Robert Ryan Fresnoza Cruz ,  Irvin Langit Libres ,  Jake Tia Pia ,  Jason Lee Rowe

发明人： Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr. ,  Kim Limpahan Balahan ,  Stacey Edward Balch ,  Daniel Paul Cahill ,  William Paul Cook ,  Robert Ryan Fresnoza Cruz ,  Irvin Langit Libres ,  Jake Tia Pia ,  Jason Lee Rowe

IPC分类号： B65H1/08

CPC分类号： B65H1/14 ,  B65H1/12 ,  B65H1/20 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H2405/15 ,  B65H2511/212 ,  B65H2513/512 ,  B65H2513/514 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02

摘要： A media handling system includes a platform, a bin supporting the platform below and for undergoing movement toward and away from a sheet feeding position, a first motion transmitting assembly coupled between the platform and bin and tailored to counterbalance the weight of the platform and any stack such that as the weight decreases the platform is lifted toward the sheet feeding position to maintain the stack top below a lower limit position thereof, a control mechanism to sense the position of the stack top relative to a given range between the lower limit position to an upper home position, and a second motion transmitting assembly drivingly coupled to the platform via the first motion transmitting assembly and responsive to the control mechanism sensing to cause the first motion transmitting assembly to further lift the platform to and maintain the stack top position within the given range.

摘要翻译： 介质处理系统包括平台，在下方支撑平台并且用于朝向和远离送纸位置运动的平台;联接在平台和箱之间的第一运动传递组件，并且被定制以平衡平台的重量和任何堆叠 使得当重量减小时，平台被提升到片材进给位置以将堆叠顶部保持在其下限位置以下，控制机构用于感测堆叠顶部相对于下限位置之间的给定范围的位置 以及第二运动传递组件，其经由所述第一运动传递组件驱动地联接到所述平台，并且响应于所述控制机构感测以使所述第一运动传递组件进一步升高所述平台并将所述平台顶部位置保持在所述给定 范围。

公开(公告)号：US5950783A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-14

申请号：US128729

申请日：1998-08-04

申请人： Daniel Paul Cahill

发明人： Daniel Paul Cahill

IPC分类号： F16D13/02 ,  F16D27/105 ,  F16D11/06 ,  B60K41/24

CPC分类号： F16D27/105 ,  F16D13/025

摘要： A self-adjusting wrap spring clutch has a spring overlying driving and driven arbors and in engagement with each. One end of the spring is loosely connected to a control collar, which surrounds the spring and at least a portion of each of the arbors, while its other end is connected to the driven arbor. The control collar is held against rotation by a spring biased pawl engaging one of a plurality of preferably equiangularly spaced teeth on its circumference. When a solenoid is energized, the pawl is withdrawn from the tooth on the control collar and the spring tightens on the driving arbor to transmit torque to the driven arbor from the driving arbor. The pawl rides on a cam surface on a gear hub, which rotates whenever the driven arbor rotates, until the pawl falls into an opening or low dwell in the cam surface so that the pawl can engage one of the teeth on the control collar. Since the solenoid is deenergized shortly after energization, the pawl's engagement with the tooth stops rotation of the control collar to stop rotation of the driven arbor through holding the end of the spring so that it can no longer transmit torque to the driven arbor from the driving arbor.

摘要翻译： 自调整的包装弹簧离合器具有覆盖驱动和驱动的轴向并与每个的接合的弹簧。 弹簧的一端松动地连接到控制环，该控制环围绕弹簧和每个臂的至少一部分，而其另一端连接到从动轴。 控制套环通过弹簧偏置的棘爪来抵抗旋转而保持在其圆周上接合多个优选等角度间隔的齿中的一个的位置。 当螺线管通电时，棘爪从控制轴环上的齿退出，并且弹簧在驱动心轴上收紧，以将扭矩从驱动心轴传递到从动心轴。 棘爪骑在齿轮毂上的凸轮表面上，每当驱动轴心旋转时，凸轮表面旋转，直到棘爪落入凸轮表面中的开口或低停留位置，使得棘爪可接合控制轴环上的一个齿。 由于螺线管在通电后不久通电，所以棘爪与齿的啮合将阻止控制环的旋转，以通过夹持弹簧的端部来停止从动轴的旋转，使得其不再能够将驱动力矩从驱动轴传递到驱动轴 乔木。

公开(公告)号：US08023875B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-20

申请号：US12346229

申请日：2008-12-30

申请人： Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Thomas Paul Maddux ,  Chad Michael Piening ,  Louann Behymer Samuels ,  Curtis Duane Woodson

发明人： Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Thomas Paul Maddux ,  Chad Michael Piening ,  Louann Behymer Samuels ,  Curtis Duane Woodson

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2025

摘要： A system and drive arrangement for using fuser temperature cycling to change rotational position of a fuser roller wiper includes a frame, a hot roll, a fuser roller, and a drive arrangement. The frame of the fuser unit has side panels spaced apart from one another and positioned alongside a media path through the fuser unit. The hot roll on the fuser unit is rotatably mounted to the side panels of the frame and extends between the side panels across the media path. The fuser roller wiper is rotatably mounted between the side panels of the frame and performs a wiping action on the hot roll to remove foreign matter therefrom and supply of lubricant thereto. The drive arrangement is coupled to the fuser roller wiper and is operable in response to decrease in temperature of the fuser unit to rotate the fuser roller wiper.

摘要翻译： 使用定影温度循环来改变定影辊擦拭器的旋转位置的系统和驱动装置包括框架，热辊，定影辊和驱动装置。 定影单元的框架具有彼此间隔开的并且沿着介质路径定位并通过定影单元定位的侧面板。 定影单元上的热辊可旋转地安装在框架的侧板上，并且在侧板之间穿过介质路径延伸。 定影辊擦拭器可旋转地安装在框架的侧板之间，并在热辊上进行擦拭作用以从中除去异物并向其供应润滑剂。 驱动装置耦合到定影辊擦拭器并且可响应于定影单元的温度降低而操作，以旋转定影辊擦拭器。

公开(公告)号：US20110133615A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-09

申请号：US12631542

申请日：2009-12-04

申请人： Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Chad Michael Plening ,  Louann Behymer Samuels ,  Thoas Campbell Wade ,  Curtis Duane Woodson

发明人： Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Chad Michael Plening ,  Louann Behymer Samuels ,  Thoas Campbell Wade ,  Curtis Duane Woodson

IPC分类号： E05B47/00 ,  E05B65/00 ,  A47B81/00 ,  A47B96/00 ,  G05B19/02

CPC分类号： B41J13/0027 ,  Y10T70/5009 ,  Y10T70/5031 ,  Y10T70/5128 ,  Y10T70/7062 ,  Y10T70/7068

摘要： An electronic locking system to secure consumable items in an image forming device and a method therefore. In one embodiment of the invention, an electronic locking system to secure media sheets includes a media tray to hold media sheets, a tray receiving member for receiving the media tray, and a controller. The tray receiving member includes a drive device and a plunger. The plunger is moved by the drive device between a locked and an unlocked position. The controller is configured to control the drive device to move the plunger to engage a portion of the media tray in the locked position and to move the plunger to disengage from the portion of the media tray in the unlocked position. The electronic locking system, incorporating the controller, provides an effective and efficient way to lock/unlock the media tray and eliminates the use of mechanical keys.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在图像形成装置中固定消耗品的电子锁定系统及其方法。 在本发明的一个实施例中，用于固定介质片的电子锁定系统包括用于保持介质片的介质托盘，用于接收介质托盘的托盘接收构件和控制器。 托盘接收构件包括驱动装置和柱塞。 柱塞由驱动装置在锁定位置和解锁位置之间移动。 控制器被配置成控制驱动装置移动柱塞以将介质托盘的一部分接合在锁定位置，并且使柱塞移动以与解锁位置中的介质托盘的部分分离。 结合了控制器的电子锁定系统提供了有效和高效的方式来锁定/解锁介质托盘，并消除了使用机械键。

公开(公告)号：US20100053699A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-04

申请号：US12200618

申请日：2008-08-28

申请人： Adam Daniel Cahill ,  Franklin Joseph Palumbo ,  Cary Patterson Ravitz ,  David Anthony Schneider ,  Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Mark Andrew Omelchenko ,  Philip David Jones

发明人： Adam Daniel Cahill ,  Franklin Joseph Palumbo ,  Cary Patterson Ravitz ,  David Anthony Schneider ,  Daniel Paul Cahill ,  Mark Andrew Omelchenko ,  Philip David Jones

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： H04N1/00002 ,  H04N1/00015 ,  H04N1/00034 ,  H04N1/00045 ,  H04N1/00053 ,  H04N1/00063 ,  H04N1/00087 ,  Y10T428/21

摘要： A method and system for carrying out an image-to-paper printer registration setup includes: using a printer undergoing registration setup, printing a test pattern on a sheet having reference targets within a printable region of the sheet; using a scanner, scanning the printed sheet to generate an image bitmap of the test pattern-bearing sheet larger than the sheet itself so that the image bitmap contains the sheet edges and measuring in numbers of pixels the distances between the reference targets and/or sheet edges using multiple swaths of the image bitmap itself as the measuring tool; and, using a processor and based on the measured distances, calculating error-associated adjustment values in millimeters to use to correct errors in the registration setup of the image-to-paper in the printer and transferring the error-associated adjustment values to the printer to perform adjustment of its setup actuators.

摘要翻译： 用于执行图像到纸打印机注册设置的方法和系统包括：使用正在进行注册设置的打印机，将测试图案打印在具有在片材的可打印区域内的参考目标的片材上; 使用扫描器扫描打印的纸张以生成大于纸张本身的测试图案承载纸张的图像位图，使得图像位图包含纸张边缘并且以像素数量来测量参考目标和/或纸张之间的距离 边缘使用图像位图的多个行作为测量工具; 并且使用处理器并且基于测量的距离，计算以毫米为单位的误差相关调整值，以用于校正打印机中图像到纸张的注册设置中的错误，并将错误相关调整值传送到打印机 以执行其设置执行器的调整。

公开(公告)号：US20100013143A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-21

申请号：US12176155

申请日：2008-07-18

申请人： Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr. ,  William Paul Cook ,  Robert Ryan Fresnoza Cruz ,  Irvin Langit Libres ,  Jake Tia Pia ,  Jason Lee Rowe ,  Kim Limpahan Balahan ,  Stacey Edward Baich ,  Daniel Paul Cahill

发明人： Douglas Andagan Baena, Jr. ,  William Paul Cook ,  Robert Ryan Fresnoza Cruz ,  Irvin Langit Libres ,  Jake Tia Pia ,  Jason Lee Rowe ,  Kim Limpahan Balahan ,  Stacey Edward Baich ,  Daniel Paul Cahill

IPC分类号： B65H3/00

CPC分类号： B65H1/14 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/222 ,  B65H2511/51 ,  B65H2513/51 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02 ,  B65H2220/11

摘要： A method for dynamically lifting an elevator includes picking a sheet from a stack to feed to a media process where the stack is on a platform that can be lifted by an elevator, performing the media process, sensing a top of the stack to detect presence or absence of the stack at a media home position, sensing the top of the stack to detect presence or absence of the stack on the platform, sensing the platform to detect its presence or absence at a maximum elevator level, and indexing the stack at least once by lifting the platform through a given distance, during the media process and not during picking a sheet, unless presence of the top of the stack at the media home position is sensed or absence of media sheets on the elevator platform is sensed or presence of the elevator platform at the maximum elevator level is sensed.

摘要翻译： 用于动态提升电梯的方法包括从堆栈拾取片材以馈送到媒体处理，其中该堆栈位于能够由电梯升高的平台上，执行媒体处理，感测堆叠的顶部以检测存在或 在媒体起始位置不存在堆栈，感测堆叠的顶部以检测平台上的堆叠的存在或不存在，感测平台以在最大电梯水平检测其存在或不存在，以及将堆栈索引至少一次 通过提升平台一定距离，在介质过程中，而不是在拾取纸张期间，除非感测到在介质原始位置处的堆叠顶部的存在或者感测到电梯平台上不存在介质片，否则存在 检测最大电梯水位的电梯平台。

公开(公告)号：US5918874A

公开(公告)日：1999-07-06

申请号：US96398

申请日：1998-06-11

申请人： Daniel Eugene Armstrong ,  Daniel Paul Cahill

发明人： Daniel Eugene Armstrong ,  Daniel Paul Cahill

IPC分类号： B65H1/04 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/52

CPC分类号： B65H3/0684 ,  B65H1/266 ,  B65H3/0669 ,  B65H3/5223 ,  B65H3/56 ,  B65H2405/1112 ,  B65H2405/1136 ,  B65H2405/141

摘要： A sheet support tray has its bottom support wall formed with a lower level planar portion and an upper level planar portion. The upper level planar portion extends from a reference edge a distance so that only one of two feed rollers can engage its sheet support surface, which has a last sheet restraint pad on it for engaging the one feed roller after the last sheet has been fed. The other feed roller cannot engage a last sheet restraint pad on the lower level planar portion so that narrow width sheets can be fed without skewing by the one feed roller.

摘要翻译： 片材支撑托盘的底部支撑壁形成有下部平面部分和上部平面部分。 上层平面部分从参考边缘延伸一定距离，使得两个进给辊中的仅一个可以与其片材支撑表面接合，该片材支撑表面上具有最后的片材约束垫，用于在最后一张纸被供给之后与一个进给辊接合。 另一个进料辊不能接合下一平面部分上的最后一个片材约束垫，使得窄幅片材可以被馈送而不会被一个进给辊歪斜。