| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090178562 | MERCHANDISE SALES PROCESSING APPARATUS - A dust collector is provided in the main body of a POS terminal so that the dust in the main body can be caught into the dust collector. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100258624 | PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM - Card data read by a card reader and a personal identification number inputted via an input unit are transmitted to an information processing apparatus. A timer is made to start measuring a predetermined waiting time in accordance with a notification of completion of processing using the card data and the personal identification number from the information processing apparatus. A warning is given if a card loaded in the card reader is detected by a detection unit when the measurement of the waiting time by the timer is finished. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110018809 | PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INPUT DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a personal identification number input device includes a device main body having an input unit for a personal identification number, a shielding member attached to the device main body and configured to shield the input unit for an identification number from the outside, and a non-slip section provided on an outer side of the shielding member. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110145077 | SETTLEMENT TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND POS TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a settlement terminal includes a card reading unit, an input unit, a card settlement unit, a cumulative storing unit, and a display unit. The card reading unit reads information stored in a card for settlement. The input unit inputs transaction information. The card settlement unit settles, using the card information read by the card reading unit and the transaction information input by the input unit, a commercial transaction related to the transaction information by card. The cumulative storing unit cumulatively stores predetermined numerical value information generated every time the commercial transaction is settled by card by the card settlement unit. The display unit displays a standby screen on which the start of the commercial transaction is received and a cumulative value of the numerical value information stored in the cumulative storing unit is shown. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20080308990 | SHEET CUTTING APPARATUS - A sheet cutting apparatus, including: a cutting knife for cutting a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets; a sub-waste box capable of temporally receiving cutting wastage of a sheet bundle which has been cut; and a main waste box capable of receiving the cutting wastage received in the sub-waste box, in which the main waste box is constructed so that a wastage disposal operation of the cutting wastage received in the main waste box can be made while the sub-waste box temporally receives the cutting wastage. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080308992 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus including: a gathering tray device that collates sheets sequentially fed thereto into a sheet bundle; a sheet bundle conveying device that conveys the sheet bundle collated by the gathering tray device to an adhesive coating position located downstream of the gathering tray device; an adhesive coating device that coats the sheet bundle located at the adhesive coating position with an adhesive; a cover sheet stitching device that stitches a cover sheet with the sheet bundle; and a control device that controls a bookbinding process executed by the sheet bundle conveying device, the adhesive coating device, and the cover sheet stitching device, wherein, upon receiving a bookbinding process stopping signal before the sheet bundle is coated with the adhesive by the adhesive coating device, the control device controls the adhesive coating device to coat the sheet bundle in process with the adhesive. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080310935 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND CUTTING METHOD - A cutting apparatus for cutting a book bundle has: a book bundle rotating mechanism for rotating the book bundle and changing a cutting surface; a book bundle moving mechanism for moving the book bundle in the direction of a cutting mechanism; and the cutting mechanism for separately cutting the cutting surface of the book bundle a plurality of times and not continuously cutting the same surface excluding the cutting surface to be finally cut for the book bundle to be cut. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20110020094 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS, BOOKBINDING SYSTEM, AND BOOKBINDING METHOD - A bookbinding apparatus provided with an accumulating portion, which accumulates sheets into a sheet bundle, a bundle position correcting device, which corrects an adhesive application position of the sheet bundle, an adhesive applying portion, which applies an adhesive to the sheet bundle, and a bookbinding device, which cases the sheet bundle having the adhesive applied thereto in a cover for casing-in a book. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110037216 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus including: a gathering tray device that collates sheets sequentially fed thereto into a sheet bundle; a sheet bundle conveying device that conveys the sheet bundle collated by the gathering tray device to an adhesive coating position located downstream of the gathering tray device; an adhesive coating device that coats the sheet bundle located at the adhesive coating position with an adhesive; a cover sheet stitching device that stitches a cover sheet with the sheet bundle; and a control device that controls a bookbinding process executed by the sheet bundle conveying device, the adhesive coating device, and the cover sheet stitching device, wherein, upon receiving a bookbinding process stopping signal before the sheet bundle is coated with the adhesive by the adhesive coating device, the control device controls the adhesive coating device to coat the sheet bundle in process with the adhesive. | 02-17-2011 |
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| 20080303201 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS, BOOKBINDING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110211935 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS, BOOKBINDING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction. | 09-01-2011 |