Patents by Inventor Shoko Fujiwara

Shoko Fujiwara 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 with guiding member configured to guide recording material and being fixed to holding member configured to hold roller
    Patent number: 11586131
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing belt, a first roller, a second roller, a rotatable member, a holding member, a feeding unit, and a guiding member. The guiding member is provided on a side downstream of the feeding unit and upstream of a transfer nip with respect to a recording material feeding direction at a position opposing a stretching portion stretched by the first roller and the second roller of the image bearing belt and guides a recording material, to the transfer nip, fed by the feeding unit. The guiding member is fixed to the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Yutaka Nishimura, Shoko Fujiwara, Tadahisa Sugiyama, Atsushi Takada
  • Image forming apparatus with guiding member fixed to guiding member to form feeding path of recording material
    Patent number: 11586130
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing belt, a first roller, a second roller, a rotatable member, a feeding unit, a first guiding member, and a second material guiding member. The second guiding member is fixed to the first guiding member so as to form a feeding path of a recording material with an interval between the second guiding member and the first guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishimura, Tadahisa Sugiyama, Naoki Hashimoto, Shoko Fujiwara, Atsushi Takada
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220269194
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing belt, a first roller, a second roller, a rotatable member, a holding member, a feeding unit, and a guiding member. The guiding member is provided on a side downstream of the feeding unit and upstream of the transfer nip with respect to a recording material feeding direction at a position opposing a stretching portion stretched by the first roller and the second roller for from the image bearing belt and guides a recording material, to the transfer nip, fed by the feeding unit. The guiding member is fixed to the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Yutaka Nishimura, Shoko Fujiwara, Tadahisa Sugiyama, Atsushi Takada
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220269193
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an endless image bearing belt, a first roller, a second roller, a rotatable member, a feeding unit, a first recording material guiding member, and a second recording material guiding member. The second recording material guiding member is fixed to the first recording material guiding member so as to form a feeding path of a recording material with an interval between itself and the first recording material guiding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishimura, Tadahisa Sugiyama, Naoki Hashimoto, Shoko Fujiwara, Atsushi Takada