Scanning System with Automatic Paperclip Attacher
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorGin Yoshidome
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Abstract
A multi-functional scanner for attaching paperclips to a sheaf of papers, which includes a paperclip dispensing system for holding and dispensing paperclips, a paperclip clamping assembly adjacent to the paperclip dispensing system for retrieving paperclips from the paperclip dispensing system, a conveyor belt located adjacent to the paperclip clamping assembly for feeding a sheaf of papers to the paperclip clamping assembly, a control circuit for controlling the paperclip dispensing system, the paperclip clamping assembly, and the conveyor belt, and where the paperclip clamping assembly is configured to attach a paperclip onto the sheaf of papers on the conveyor belt.
Claims20
A scanner comprising:
- a paperclip dispensing system for holding and dispensing paperclips;
- a paperclip clamping assembly adjacent to the paperclip dispensing system for retrieving paperclips from the paperclip dispensing system;
- a conveyor belt located adjacent to the paperclip clamping assembly for feeding the sheaf of papers to the paperclip clamping assembly;
- a control circuit for controlling the paperclip dispensing system, the paperclip clamping assembly, and the conveyor belt;
- wherein the paperclip clamping assembly is configured to attach a paperclip onto the sheaf of papers on the conveyor belt.
A method of attaching a paperclip to a sheaf of papers for use in a scanner, comprising:
- retrieving the paperclip with a paperclip clamping assembly;
- advancing the paperclip clamping assembly toward the sheaf of papers;
- holding the sheaf of papers securely in place by using a push-down bar and a push-up bar, which are opposed to one another to apply a securing force to the sheaf of papers;
- opening the paperclip with the paperclip clamping assembly;
- and
- pushing the opened paperclip onto the sheaf of papers.
An apparatus for attaching a paperclip to a sheaf of papers, comprising:
- a paperclip dispensing system for holding and dispensing paperclips;
- a paperclip clamping assembly adjacent to the paperclip dispensing system for retrieving paperclips from the paperclip dispensing system;
- a conveyor belt located adjacent to the paperclip clamping assembly for feeding the sheaf of papers to the paperclip clamping assembly;
- a control circuit for controlling the paperclip dispensing system, the paperclip clamping assembly, and
- the conveyor belt;
- wherein the paperclip clamping assembly is configured to attach a paperclip onto the sheaf of papers on the conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.