Patents by Inventor Mineo Hashimoto

Mineo Hashimoto 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).

  • Image forming apparatus having suction holes formed in grooves of the paper supporting surface
    Patent number: 6729720
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a paper support unit for supporting paper carried by a paper carrying unit and an image forming unit for forming an image on the paper, the support unit having a plural grooves formed in its paper support surface along the paper carrying direction and a plural suction holes formed in the groove, and positions of the suction holes in two adjacent grooves being staggered in the paper carrying direction. Alternatively, the support unit includes a first surface portion on which both ends of the paper in the paper widthwise direction are slid and a second surface portion on which an intermediate portion of the paper between the both ends is slid, a length of a paper sliding surface of the first surface portion along the paper carrying direction is set longer than that of the second surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Miki, Yukitaka Kumagai, Nobuyuki Koyama, Yasuo Murata, Mineo Hashimoto, Masahiro Nakanishi
  • Heat-transfer laminating unit
    Publication number: 20030059572
    Abstract: A heat-transfer laminating sheet according to the present invention includes a laminating sheet and a backup sheet both of which are shaped like a cut sheet. The laminating sheet has a separate sheet and a heat-sensitive adhesive resin layer which is provided on the separate sheet and can be separated from the separate sheet. The backup sheet as large as the laminating sheet, at a minimum size, is arranged so as to be opposed to the heat-sensitive adhesive resin layer of the laminating sheet. The laminating sheet and the backup sheet has a bonded part at which they are bonded to each other and a separate part other than the bonded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaji Nishikawa, Motoharu Miki, Mineo Hashimoto, Nobuyuki koyama
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20020167578
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a paper support unit for supporting paper carried by a paper carrying unit and an image forming unit for forming an image on the paper, the support unit having a plural grooves formed in its paper support surface along the paper carrying direction and a plural suction holes formed in the groove, and positions of the suction holes in two adjacent grooves being staggered in the paper carrying direction. Alternatively, the support unit includes a first surface portion on which both ends of the paper in the paper widthwise direction are slid and a second surface portion on which an intermediate portion of the paper between the both ends is slid, a length of a paper sliding surface of the first surface portion along the paper carrying direction is set longer than that of the second surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Miki, Yukitaka Kumagai, Nobuyuki Koyama, Yasuo Murata, Mineo Hashimoto, Masahiro Nakanishi