Patents by Inventor Kiichiro Noguchi

Kiichiro Noguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sheet post processing device
    Patent number: 7104538
    Abstract: A sheet post processing device receives, sheets on an inverter structure which causes initial sheets supplied to the inverter to be overlayed first sheet on the second sheet, and moves the overlayed first and second and subsequent sheets to a sheet transport path for delivery to a sheet sending device adapted to be indexed vertically between selective gates and fixed outlets into selected trays, and has a stapler for stapling sheets in sets, before sending the sets to the outlet and into a tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignees: Gradco (Japan) Ltd., Ikegami Communication Equipments, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kimura, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara, Kenichi Watanabe
  • Sheet set position adjuster means for moving sheet indexer
    Patent number: 6659455
    Abstract: A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
  • Sheet set position adjuster means for moving sheet indexer
    Publication number: 20030052446
    Abstract: A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Toshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
  • Sheet set position adjuster means for moving sheet indexer
    Patent number: 6357743
    Abstract: A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Gradco Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
  • Selective sheet delivery apparatus
    Patent number: 6250627
    Abstract: A printed sheet transporting apparatus has a sheet inlet adjustable to selected heights and including an optional inverter for incoming sheets, a sheet feed path leading to selected positions in which a deflector may be adjustably positioned for deflecting sheets to various receivers for the sheets which are mounted on the apparatus at a plurality of vertically spaced sheet receiving positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Takeuchi, Kiichiro Noguchi, Ryan S Stevenson, Peter M. Coombs