Patents by Inventor Makoto Kawarama

Makoto Kawarama 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 feeding apparatus
    Patent number: 5725319
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a sheet supporting means for supporting a sheet, a rotatable sheet supply means for feeding out the sheet supported by the sheet supporting means and a skew-feed correction means for correcting a skew-feed of the sheet by rotating the sheet in a plane including a surface of the sheet while the sheet is being fed by the rotatable sheet supply means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Tetsuo Suzuki, Makoto Kashimura, Masahiro Taniguro, Koichi Tanno, Haruyuki Yanagi, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Makoto Kawarama, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masaya Shinmachi, Tan At Ming, Kentaro Ohnuma, Seiji Ogasawara
  • Recording medium transport mechanism and ink jet recording apparatus using the mechanism
    Patent number: 5567069
    Abstract: A recording medium transport mechanism has first rotary members provided downstream of a recording area in the direction of transport of a recording medium and on the side of a recording surface of the recording medium, and a second rotary member provided downstream of the recording area and on the side opposite from the recording surface side of the recording medium to guide the recording medium in association with the first rotary members to discharge the recording medium out of the recording area, the second rotary member including a liquid absorbing member provided on its circumferential surface portions and capable of contacting the first rotary members. This recording medium transport mechanism is used in an ink jet recording apparatus to prevent a contamination on the surface of a recording medium opposite from the recording surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Suzuki, Masahiro Taniguro, Hiroyuki Saito, Koichi Tanno, Haruyuki Yanagi, Makoto Kawarama, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masaya Shinmachi, Tan A. Ming