Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Taguchi

Nobuyuki Taguchi 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).

  • Patent number: 7747202
    Abstract: The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taguchi, Misaki Uchiyama, Masahiro Kurita, Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 7720416
    Abstract: The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taguchi, Misaki Uchiyama, Masahiro Kurita, Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 7720417
    Abstract: A toner container detachably attached to a toner-container holder of a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a container body that includes an opening, and discharges toner contained in the container body, from the opening; and a held portion that is held by the toner-container holder in a non-rotating manner. The held portion includes an open/close member for opening/closing the toner outlet in synchronization with an attachment/detachment operation of the held portion to/from the toner-container holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taguchi, Goro Katsuyama, Takeroh Kurenuma, Hideo Yoshizawa, Masayuki Yamane
  • Patent number: 7706699
    Abstract: A toner container includes a longitudinal container body, a held portion, and an electric component. The longitudinal container body has a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body. The held portion is attached to the first end of the container body and configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder. The held portion includes a toner outlet for discharging the toner. The electric component electrically communicates with a component in the main body to detect whether the toner container is operatively set in the toner-container holder. The electric component is attached to the held portion such that when the held portion is attached to the toner-container holder the electric component is located above the toner outlet with respect to a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Hideo Yoshizawa, Takeroh Kurenuma, Takayuki Tamaki, Seiji Terazawa, Masashi Hasegawa, Fumie Satoh, Teruo Hitosugi, Takashi Hisazumi, Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 7702262
    Abstract: A toner container includes a longitudinal container body and a held portion. The longitudinal container body has a first end and second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body and a gripper attached to the second end. The held portion is attached to the first end of the container body and is configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder. The held portion includes a toner outlet for discharging the toner contained in the container body, and an open/close member for opening/closing the toner outlet in synchronization with an attachment/detachment operation to/from the toner-container holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Hideo Yoshizawa, Takeroh Kurenuma, Takayuki Tamaki, Seiji Terazawa, Masashi Hasegawa, Fumie Satoh, Teruo Hitosugi, Takashi Hisazumi, Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 7577379
    Abstract: A toner container for installation in a toner supply device is provided. The toner container includes a toner accommodation member and a cap member freely attachable to and detachable from the toner accommodation member. The toner accommodation member includes a bag member having an opening, and a connection member attached to the opening of the bag member and having a toner supply opening. The cap member is configured to receive toner supplied from the toner supply opening of the connection member of the toner accommodation member and to discharge the received toner. Either of the connection member of the toner accommodation member and the cap member includes a groove part and the other includes a protrusion part to engage with the groove part, and the cap member is attached to the toner accommodation member by engaging the groove part and the protrusion part with each other. The protrusion part elastically deforms to engage with the groove part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Emi Kita, Takeroh Kurenuma, Kiyonori Tsuda, Masayuki Yamane, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Satoshi Narumi, Fumio Ogata, Seiji Terazawa, Kenzo Tatsumi, Keisuke Katoh
  • Publication number: 20090180817
    Abstract: The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAGUCHI, Misaki Uchiyama, Masahiro Kurita, Goro Katsuyama
  • Publication number: 20090123192
    Abstract: The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged in a circumferential surface of the cap and configured to output toner to a development apparatus of the image forming apparatus, a toner conveyance mechanism arranged in the bottle body and configured to convey the toner to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taguchi, Misaki Uchiyama, Masahiro Kurita, Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: D591336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane
  • Patent number: D596225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane
  • Patent number: D598490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao
  • Patent number: D598949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao
  • Patent number: D599845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Shigeru Horiguchi, Masateru Kohno
  • Patent number: D600275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao
  • Patent number: D602519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane
  • Patent number: D606583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao
  • Patent number: D607044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao
  • Patent number: D607045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Shigeru Horiguchi, Masateru Kohno
  • Patent number: D617828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao
  • Patent number: D619642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeroh Kurenuma, Nobuyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Yamane, Takayasu Nakao