Patents by Inventor Satoshi TEJIMA
Satoshi TEJIMA 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).
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Patent number: 11796938Abstract: A transfer device includes: an endless member in an endless shape that orbits; primary transfer members that are respectively arranged on an opposite side of plural image holding bodies disposed side by side in a circumference direction of the endless member with the endless member interposed between the primary transfer member and the image holding body, and transfer an image held by the image holding body to the endless member; a secondary transfer member that transfers the image transferred to the endless member to a recording medium; an applying roll around which the endless member is wound, that is disposed on a downstream side of all the primary transfer members and on an upstream side of the secondary transfer member in the circumference direction, and that urges the endless member from an inner peripheral surface of the endless member to apply tension to the endless member; an upstream roll around which the endless member is wound, and that is disposed on the downstream side of all the primary transfeType: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Satoshi Tejima
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Publication number: 20230305443Abstract: A transfer device includes: an endless member in an endless shape that orbits; primary transfer members that are respectively arranged on an opposite side of plural image holding bodies disposed side by side in a circumference direction of the endless member with the endless member interposed between the primary transfer member and the image holding body, and transfer an image held by the image holding body to the endless member; a secondary transfer member that transfers the image transferred to the endless member to a recording medium; an applying roll around which the endless member is wound, that is disposed on a downstream side of all the primary transfer members and on an upstream side of the secondary transfer member in the circumference direction, and that urges the endless member from an inner peripheral surface of the endless member to apply tension to the endless member; an upstream roll around which the endless member is wound, and that is disposed on the downstream side of all the primary transfeType: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Satoshi TEJIMA
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Publication number: 20230305442Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in contact with one surface of the recording medium along a conveyance path; a plural intermediate transfer bodies that are arranged in a conveyance direction on the other surface side of the recording medium of the conveyance path and to which toner images formed by a plural image forming sections are primarily transferred; a plural secondary transfer units that are arranged in a conveyance direction and secondarily transfers the toner images of the plural intermediate transfer bodies to the other surface of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit; and one or more rotating bodies of which peripheral surfaces are in contact with the other surface of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit between one secondary transfer unit and another secondary transfer unit, among the secondary transfer units arranged in the conveyance direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoshi TEJIMA, Akira SHIMODAIRA
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Publication number: 20230305444Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in contact with one surface of the recording medium along a conveyance path; a first image forming group that is provided on the other surface side of the recording medium in the conveyance path, and includes plural image forming sections that form a toner image; a second image forming group that is provided on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the first image forming group on the other surface side of the recording medium in the conveyance path, and includes plural image forming sections that form a toner image; a first intermediate transfer body that is provided on the downstream side in the conveyance direction of the first image forming group, and to which the toner image formed by the plural image forming sections of the first image forming group is primarily transferred; a second intermediate transfer body that is provided on an upstream side in the conveyance direction of the second image forming group, aType: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Akira SHIMODAIRA, Satoshi TEJIMA
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Patent number: 10477732Abstract: A light irradiation device includes a light emitting unit, a cooling unit, a supply unit, and a driving unit. The light emitting unit emits light while generating heat. The cooling unit includes a channel through which a coolant flows, a first surface on which the light emitting unit is mounted, and a second surface that faces a direction opposite to the first surface. The supply unit is disposed facing the second surface in one direction that the second surface faces and supplies the coolant to the cooling unit. The driving unit is disposed facing the second surface in the one direction and includes a driving board that drives the light emitting unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Michiaki Murata, Akira Sakamoto, Atsuyuki Kitamura, Hiroyuki Tsukuni, Akira Mihara, Naoya Kamigaito, Satoshi Tejima, Junichiro Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20180310438Abstract: A light irradiation device includes a light emitting unit, a cooling unit, a supply unit, and a driving unit. The light emitting unit emits light while generating heat. The cooling unit includes a channel through which a coolant flows, a first surface on which the light emitting unit is mounted, and a second surface that faces a direction opposite to the first surface. The supply unit is disposed facing the second surface in one direction that the second surface faces and supplies the coolant to the cooling unit. The driving unit is disposed facing the second surface in the one direction and includes a driving board that drives the light emitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Michiaki MURATA, Akira SAKAMOTO, Atsuyuki KITAMURA, Hiroyuki TSUKUNI, Akira MIHARA, Naoya KAMIGAITO, Satoshi TEJIMA, Junichiro HAYAKAWA
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Patent number: 9846404Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an object disposed in an apparatus body so as to be capable of being taken out through an opening; an opening-closing portion that is rotatable and that covers the opening and rotates upward to open the opening; and an operating portion that is rotatable and disposed in front of the opening-closing portion. The operating portion is disposed at a position on a rotation trajectory along which the opening-closing portion rotates upward and on a path along which the object is taken out of the apparatus body. The operating portion rotates forward so as to be retracted from the rotation trajectory and the path along which the object is taken out and so that the path along which the object is taken out is formed between the operating portion and the opening-closing portion in the open state.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahito Shikata, Satoshi Tejima, Toru Inoda
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Publication number: 20170255158Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an object disposed in an apparatus body so as to be capable of being taken out through an opening; an opening-closing portion that is rotatable and that covers the opening and rotates upward to open the opening; and an operating portion that is rotatable and disposed in front of the opening-closing portion. The operating portion is disposed at a position on a rotation trajectory along which the opening-closing portion rotates upward and on a path along which the object is taken out of the apparatus body. The operating portion rotates forward so as to be retracted from the rotation trajectory and the path along which the object is taken out and so that the path along which the object is taken out is formed between the operating portion and the opening-closing portion in the open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahito SHIKATA, Satoshi TEJIMA, Toru INODA
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Patent number: 9382736Abstract: A cover structure including a cover member movable between open and closed positions relative to an apparatus body, a supporting member that includes one end portion fixed to the cover member and another end portion attached to the apparatus body, the supporting member supports the cover member in the open position thereof, the apparatus body includes an engaging member that engages the supporting member to resist the movement of the supporting member and engages a portion of the supporting member when the cover member is in the closed position to maintain the cover member in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Tejima
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Publication number: 20150040483Abstract: Provided is a cover opening/closing structure including a cover member that performs an opening/closing operation with one end side as a rotation center with respect to an apparatus body, a supporting member that includes one end portion fixed to the cover member and the other end portion locked to the apparatus body to support the cover member in an opened state, and an engaging member that is provided at the apparatus body to give resistance to the supporting member with the opening/closing operation of the cover member, and that engages a portion to be engaged, which is provided at the supporting member to maintain the cover member in a closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi TEJIMA