Patents by Inventor Sae Hiroki

Sae Hiroki 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
    Patent number: 8320786
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that prints an image on a recording paper, and is provided with an ion generating means that is attached at an outer side of the image forming apparatus main unit, and generates and emits ions, and an emission direction varying means that varies an emission direction of ions from the ion generating means in response to whether the image forming apparatus is operating or in standby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Kajiwara, Sae Hiroki, Hiroyuki Nagao
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100183327
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that prints an image on a recording paper, and is provided with an ion generating means that is attached at an outer side of the image forming apparatus main unit, and generates and emits ions, and an emission direction varying means that varies an emission direction of ions from the ion generating means in response to whether the image forming apparatus is operating or in standby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Junichi KAJIWARA, Sae Hiroki, Hiroyuki Nagao