Patents Represented by Attorney Michaud-Kinney Group LLP
  • Patent number: 7658558
    Abstract: A shutter for an optical apparatus has multiple sectors and an operation member. Each of the multiple sectors has a cam opening for engagement and is pivotally provided to open and close a shutter opening, the operation member moves each of said multiple sectors in engagement with the cam opening, and the cam opening of at least one sector that is one of the multiple sectors is formed to change a moving direction of said at least one sector, when the operation member moves said at least one sector to a position to close the shutter opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawamoto, Kazuya Shioda, Phichet Numnual
  • Patent number: 7654511
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a processing tray 42 to mount sheets ejected from an image formation section, aligning means (aligning plates 61, etc.) for aligning end portions of a sheet ejected on the processing tray 42, a post-processing apparatus 43 that performs binding processing on the sheets aligned by the aligning means, and moving means (unit moving motor 60, etc.) for moving the post-processing apparatus 43 to a plurality of post-processing positions set to perform the binding processing at different binding processing target position on the sheets, and moves the sheets to a post-processing undergoing position corresponding to the post-processing position substantially in parallel with a travel direction of the post-processing apparatus 43. It is thereby possible to perform the binding processing on the ejected sheets appropriately while implementing the apparatus compact in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Kozo Yamaguchi, Hideo Yoshikawa, Shin Tsugane, Makoto Shimura
  • Patent number: D609107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Kind Group
    Inventors: Craig Dubitsky, Jeremy Dawkins