Patents by Inventor Takuya MAKITA
Takuya MAKITA 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: 11649131Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to pull in a recording medium transported from an upstream apparatus and perform processing on the recording medium; a discharge unit to which the recording medium processed by the processing unit is discharged; and a lifting drive device configured to, in a case where a folded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit, move the discharge unit downward such that a height of the discharge unit is lower than a height of the discharge unit in a case where an unfolded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Takuya Makita, Hiroshi Kato
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Publication number: 20220259000Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to pull in a recording medium transported from an upstream apparatus and perform processing on the recording medium; a discharge unit to which the recording medium processed by the processing unit is discharged; and a lifting drive device configured to, in a case where a folded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit, move the discharge unit downward such that a height of the discharge unit is lower than a height of the discharge unit in a case where an unfolded recording medium is pulled into the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Takuya MAKITA, Hiroshi KATO
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Patent number: 11097919Abstract: A recording material processing apparatus includes first teeth that are used for binding processing of a recording material bundle; second teeth that move along a linear route toward the first teeth and presses the recording material bundle located between the first teeth and the second teeth; and a guide portion that is disposed along the linear route and guides the second teeth moving toward the first teeth.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hideaki Ozawa, Yutaka Nobe, Takayuki Uchiyama, Takayuki Fukamachi, Takuya Makita, Naoto Terao, Hiroshi Kato, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210122602Abstract: A recording material processing apparatus includes first teeth that are used for binding processing of a recording material bundle; second teeth that move along a linear route toward the first teeth and presses the recording material bundle located between the first teeth and the second teeth; and a guide portion that is disposed along the linear route and guides the second teeth moving toward the first teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hideaki OZAWA, Yutaka NOBE, Takayuki UCHIYAMA, Takayuki FUKAMACHI, Takuya MAKITA, Naoto TERAO, Hiroshi KATO, Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10987890Abstract: A binding apparatus includes: a first toothed part including teeth arranged in one direction; and a second toothed part that includes teeth arranged in the one direction and is configured to mesh with the first toothed part and to press a bundle of sheets, wherein at least one first groove is formed between adjacent teeth of the first toothed part, the first groove has cross-sectional areas at central and end portions in a direction orthogonal to the one direction and a direction in which the first and second toothed parts mesh with each other, the one direction and the orthogonal direction are normal to the cross-sectional areas, and the cross-sectional area at the end portion is larger than the cross-sectional area at the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Terao, Hiroaki Awano, Masashi Matsumoto, Yutaka Nobe, Takuya Makita, Yoshiaki Tetsu, Jun Noguchi
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Patent number: 10940710Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a needleless binding device configured to form a recessed or raised impression as a needleless binding part by performing needleless binding on a bundle of sheets; an environment sensor; and a controller configured to perform, based on a value detected by the environment sensor, control to display a confirmation image requesting a user to make confirmation on the needleless binding prior to execution of the needleless binding.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hiroaki Awano, Yutaka Nobe, Takuya Makita, Naoto Terao
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Patent number: 10723580Abstract: A binding apparatus includes: a set of binding parts configured to press and bind a bundle of recording materials from one side and a remaining side in a thickness direction; a first support part configured to support the bundle of recording materials from the one side by performing rotation toward the bundle of recording materials around a predetermined fulcrum; and a second support part configured to support the bundle of recording materials from the remaining side so as to face the first support part when binding is performed by the set of binding parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Nobe, Hiroaki Awano, Masashi Matsumoto, Takuya Makita, Naoto Terao
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Publication number: 20200180339Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a needleless binding device configured to form a recessed or raised impression as a needleless binding part by performing needleless binding on a bundle of sheets; an environment sensor; and a controller configured to perform, based on a value detected by the environment sensor, control to display a confirmation image requesting a user to make confirmation on the needleless binding prior to execution of the needleless binding.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki AWANO, Yutaka NOBE, Takuya MAKITA, Naoto TERAO
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Patent number: 10632706Abstract: A binding member includes: an upper tooth that has an upper tooth form for forming unevenness in a bundle of recording materials; and a lower tooth that has a lower tooth form for forming unevenness in the bundle of recording materials and that forms a pair with the upper tooth. At least one of the upper tooth form and the lower tooth form is formed such that, in a sectional shape, a groove is formed in a trough portion of a concave portion of a tooth form and a length of an inclined portion which comes into contact with the bundle of recording materials is made small compared to a case where the inclined portion of the tooth form has reached a bottom of the trough portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Makita, Hiroaki Awano, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Katsumi Harada, Takashi Ogino, Masashi Matsumoto, Yutaka Nobe, Satoshi Kurihara
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Patent number: 10603945Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a needleless binding device configured to form a recessed or raised impression as a needleless binding part by performing needleless binding on a bundle of sheets; an environment sensor; and a controller configured to perform, based on a value detected by the environment sensor, control to display a confirmation image requesting a user to make confirmation on the needleless binding prior to execution of the needleless binding.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto, Hiroaki Awano, Yutaka Nobe, Takuya Makita, Naoto Terao
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Patent number: 10569492Abstract: A binding processing device includes a first pressing member including: a first convex portion; a first concave portion; and a first connection portion which is provided between the first convex portion and the first concave portion; and a second pressing member including: a second convex portion; a second concave portion; and a second connection portion which is provided between the second convex portion and the second concave portion. In a state in which the first convex portion of the first pressing member and the second concave portion of the second pressing member come in contact with each other at the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the first connection portion contacts with the second connection portion and a gap is formed between the first convex portion and the second concave portion along a pressing direction of the first and second pressing members.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nakano, Hiroaki Awano, Takuya Makita, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Katsumi Harada, Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Emiko Shiraishi, Junichi Hirota
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Patent number: 10543655Abstract: There is provided a binding member. An upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials. A lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in a cross section shape of the toothed part, the recesses of the toothed part have depressed areas depressed from virtual lines which are extensions of inclined surfaces of the toothed part.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Awano, Yoshinori Nakano, Takuya Makita, Junichi Hirota, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Emiko Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Katsumi Harada
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Patent number: 10539914Abstract: A binding processing device includes: a needle binding unit that forms a needle binding portion that binds a paper bundle using a needle; a needleless binding unit that forms a needleless binding portion that binds the paper bundle without using a needle; and a plurality of exit rolls that exit the bound paper bundle. A distance between the needleless binding portion and a center of the plurality of exit rolls is equal to or longer than a distance between the needle binding portion and the center.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Awano, Masashi Matsumoto, Takuya Makita, Katsumi Harada, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Takashi Ogino
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Publication number: 20190292001Abstract: A binding apparatus includes: a set of binding parts configured to press and bind a bundle of recording materials from one side and a remaining side in a thickness direction; a first support part configured to support the bundle of recording materials from the one side by performing rotation toward the bundle of recording materials around a predetermined fulcrum; and a second support part configured to support the bundle of recording materials from the remaining side so as to face the first support part when binding is performed by the set of binding parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka NOBE, Hiroaki AWANO, Masashi MATSUMOTO, Takuya MAKITA, Naoto TERAO
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Publication number: 20190291497Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a needleless binding device configured to form a recessed or raised impression as a needleless binding part by performing needleless binding on a bundle of sheets; an environment sensor; and a controller configured to perform, based on a value detected by the environment sensor, control to display a confirmation image requesting a user to make confirmation on the needleless binding prior to execution of the needleless binding.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki AWANO, Yutaka NOBE, Takuya MAKITA, Naoto TERAO
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Patent number: 10421306Abstract: There is provided a binding member. The binding member includes: an upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials; and a lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in side surfaces of the recesses of one toothed part, when the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part are engaged, surfaces wide in a direction parallel to the pressing direction of the toothed parts are formed so as to be provided gaps between the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Awano, Yoshinori Nakano, Takuya Makita, Junichi Hirota, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Emiko Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Katsumi Harada
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Publication number: 20190283358Abstract: A binding apparatus includes: a first toothed part including teeth arranged in one direction; and a second toothed part that includes teeth arranged in the one direction and is configured to mesh with the first toothed part and to press a bundle of sheets, wherein at least one first groove is formed between adjacent teeth of the first toothed part, the first groove has cross-sectional areas at central and end portions in a direction orthogonal to the one direction and a direction in which the first and second toothed parts mesh with each other, the one direction and the orthogonal direction are normal to the cross-sectional areas, and the cross-sectional area at the end portion is larger than the cross-sectional area at the central portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto TERAO, Hiroaki AWANO, Masashi MATSUMOTO, Yutaka NOBE, Takuya MAKITA, Yoshiaki TETSU, Jun NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 10406843Abstract: In a cross section shape of the toothed part, in gaps formed between a recesses and a projections when a upper toothed part and a lower toothed part are engaged without a bundle of recording materials, when the distances between the recesses and the projections in a pressing direction of the toothed part at positions where the distances from a center lines of the projections in a direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part to the surfaces of the projections in the direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part are a distance L1 are H1, and the distances between the recesses and the projections at positions where the distances from the center lines to surfaces of the projections in the direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part are H2, a combination of L1 and L2 satisfies H1 is smaller than H2.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Awano, Yoshinori Nakano, Takuya Makita, Junichi Hirota, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Emiko Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Katsumi Harada
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Patent number: 10386773Abstract: A binding apparatus includes a first pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the first pressing member presses a recording media stack from one side; and a second pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the second pressing member facing the first pressing member and pressing the recording media stack from the other side. At least one of the first and second pressing members has at least one lower projection whose apex in a projecting direction closer to the base part than the apexes of the other projections are, and the lower projection is provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other, or more lower projections are provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Makita, Hiroaki Awano, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Katsumi Harada, Takashi Ogino
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Patent number: 10357932Abstract: There is provided a binding member. The binding member includes an upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials; and a lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in some of parts of inclined surfaces of the toothed part which form the recesses, second curved surfaces having the centers of curvature on the opposite sides of the inclined surfaces to the centers of curvature of first curved surfaces which form the recesses are formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Awano, Yoshinori Nakano, Takuya Makita, Junichi Hirota, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Emiko Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Kusumoto, Kojiro Tsutsumi, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Katsumi Harada