Patents by Inventor Osamu Kuramochi

Osamu Kuramochi 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).

  • Printing device with carriage and carrier therefor each integrally press-formed from a respective metal sheet
    Patent number: 4795284
    Abstract: A printing device such as a printer of the type using a type wheel in which a carriage is loaded with a printing mechanism and movable along a carrier to allow the printing mechanism to print out data on a paper, which is wrapped around a platen. The carrier and/or the carriage is produced by press-forming a single sheet metal to cut down the production cost and the number of structural elements of the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Yumoto, Shoji Yanagida, Tomoyuki Moriya, Mamoru Takezawa, Shingo Kato, Osamu Kuramochi, Shunichi Ogawa, Takashi Kimura, Takeshi Motohashi, Hideto Miyazaki, Eiji Hashimoto
  • Dot matrix printer control and storage device
    Patent number: 4674895
    Abstract: A printer capable of operating in a bidirectional printout mode by converting a print code to pattern data and using a print head in which print elements are arranged in a plurality of arrays. A buffer control is provided for controlling in a ring structure entry and retrieval of pattern data into and out of an image buffer. A detachable font cassette stores the pattern data and data associated with print configurations. A pattern data store stores print pattern data in blocks for each of the print element arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetake Tanaka, Akio Niki, Osamu Kuramochi