Patents by Inventor Tatsuaki Ida

Tatsuaki Ida 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).

  • Patent number: 11718120
    Abstract: Processing units 4 to 6 aligned along the transport path for a sheet bundle S are accommodated in a housing together with transport units 2 and 3. Windows 10a to 10c are provided in the housing front face, and variable-color lighting units 17 are arranged inside the housing. Light emitting surfaces (projection plates 18) of the variable-color lighting units are arranged facing the windows. Sensor units 13, 15a, and 15b that detect an anomaly of an operation of the transport unit and sensor units 14 and 16 that detect an anomaly of the operation of respective processing units are provided. A binding processing unit stops when an anomaly is detected by the sensor unit, when a system error occurs, or when an emergency stop instruction is input. The color of emission light from a light emitting surface changes to indicate the operation status of the binding processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Patent number: 11717982
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Publication number: 20230116501
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting apparatus including: a rotary table; a pressing unit; a cutting unit; a drive unit that rotates and moves the rotary table; a transport unit that transports a cut book in a transport direction to a stacking position; and a control unit that controls the drive unit and the transport unit, and the control unit performs, in a switchable manner, a first transport mode to transport a book having edges cut by the cutting unit in the transport direction in a state where the spine was rotated to be arranged in a predetermined direction about a rotation center of the rotary table and a second transport mode to transport a book having edges cut by the cutting unit in the transport direction in a state where the spine was rotated to be arranged in a direction different from the predetermined direction about the rotation center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi TSUNAWAKI, Kazuyuki FUKUSHIMA, Katsufumi NAKANISHI, Osamu NISHIMURA, Tatsuaki IDA
  • Publication number: 20220111675
    Abstract: Processing units 4 to 6 aligned along the transport path for a sheet bundle S are accommodated in a housing together with transport units 2 and 3. Windows 10a to 10c are provided in the housing front face, and variable-color lighting units 17 are arranged inside the housing. Light emitting surfaces (projection plates 18) of the variable-color lighting units are arranged facing the windows. Sensor units 13, 15a, and 15b that detect an anomaly of an operation of the transport unit and sensor units 14 and 16 that detect an anomaly of the operation of respective processing units are provided. A binding processing unit stops when an anomaly is detected by the sensor unit, when a system error occurs, or when an emergency stop instruction is input. The color of emission light from a light emitting surface changes to indicate the operation status of the binding processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki FUKUSHIMA, Tatsuaki IDA
  • Publication number: 20210122077
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Patent number: 10960701
    Abstract: A folding machine folding a sheet P1 into a predetermined folding pattern to form a signature P3, a saddle stitching machine 3 arranged downstream of the folding machine to staple and fold the signature and a control unit 15 controlling the folding machine and saddle stitching machine are provided. The folding machine has parameters adjustable depending on a thickness of the sheet. The saddle stitching machine has parameters adjustable depending on a thickness of the signature P3, P4. The control unit sets the parameters of the folding machine based on the information about the thickness of the sheet and sets the parameters of the saddle stitching machine based on the information about the thickness of the signature calculated using the information about the thickness of the sheet and the information about the folding pattern of the folding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Ida, Takakazu Hori, Masayuki Kashiba
  • Patent number: 10933553
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Publication number: 20200047367
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Publication number: 20190351692
    Abstract: A folding machine folding a sheet P1 into a predetermined folding pattern to form a signature P3, a saddle stitching machine 3 arranged downstream of the folding machine to staple and fold the signature and a control unit 15 controlling the folding machine and saddle stitching machine are provided. The folding machine has parameters adjustable depending on a thickness of the sheet. The saddle stitching machine has parameters adjustable depending on a thickness of the signature P3, P4. The control unit sets the parameters of the folding machine based on the information about the thickness of the sheet and sets the parameters of the saddle stitching machine based on the information about the thickness of the signature calculated using the information about the thickness of the sheet and the information about the folding pattern of the folding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Ida, Takakazu Hori, Masayuki Kashiba
  • Patent number: 10189668
    Abstract: When a length in a conveying direction of a margin to be cut off is shorter than a predetermined distance between a cutting part and a second conveying part, a sheet cutting machine feeds a first sheet to the cutting part using a first conveying part while keeping the second conveying part positioned at a conveying path. When the length is equal to or longer than the predetermined distance, the machine feeds the first sheet to the cutting part using the first conveying part after upwardly retracting the second conveying part from the conveying path using a retracting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Publication number: 20180118499
    Abstract: When a length in a conveying direction of a margin to be cut off is shorter than a predetermined distance between a cutting part and a second conveying part, a sheet cutting machine feeds a first sheet to the cutting part using a first conveying part while keeping the second conveying part positioned at a conveying path. When the length is equal to or longer than the predetermined distance, the machine feeds the first sheet to the cutting part using the first conveying part after upwardly retracting the second conveying part from the conveying path using a retracting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyuki FUKUSHIMA, Tatsuaki IDA
  • Patent number: 9776371
    Abstract: A scoring machine incorporated in a sheet folding apparatus forms scores on sheets according to a folding pattern. The scoring machine comprises upper and lower rotary shafts provided with pairs of convex and concave rollers, and a positioning unit slidably attached to a slide guide. When a rotatable member is arranged at a standing position, the convex roller engages with a groove on one end face of the rotatable member, or the concave roller engages with a projection on the other end face of the rotatable member. A sequence pattern of the pairs of convex and concave rollers on the upper and lower rotary shafts corresponding to the folding pattern is displayed on a display. The positioning unit stops at the specified positions of the pairs of convex and concave rollers while sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Watanabe, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Patent number: 9126798
    Abstract: A knife folding machine comprises: a support surface (4) for supporting a lower surface of a sheet (S); a knife blade (5); a pair of folding rollers (6a, 6b) opposed to the knife blade (5) at a fold position with the support surface (4) therebetween. The knife blade (5) is reciprocated between first and second positions by a knife drive unit 7. The first position is away from an upper surface of the support surface, and the second position is adjacent a gap between the folding rollers. The reciprocal movement of the knife blade (5) effects a folding operation every time the sheet (S) is set at the fold position. The sheet (S) is conveyed to the fold position by the conveyer belt (13). The conveyer belt (13) is driven by a first servomotor (11). The control unit (12) controls the rotation of the first servomotor (11) so as to decelerate the sheet (S) before its abutment against the stopper (14) without its rebounding against the stopper (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Takehito Yokogi, Tatsuaki Ida, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20150231847
    Abstract: Pairs of convex and concave rollers 10, 11 are mounted on upper and lower rotary shafts 8, 9. A positioning unit 13 is slidably attached to a slide guide 12. When a rotatable member 15 is arranged at a standing position, an annular projection 10a of the convex roller engages with a groove on one end face of the rotatable member, or an annular groove 11a of the concave roller 11 engages with a projection on the other end face of the rotatable member. The positioning unit slides while stopping at the specified positions of the roller pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya WATANABE, Tatsuaki IDA
  • Patent number: 9079744
    Abstract: A paper folding device is configured so that a folding line is always formed at a predetermined position of paper sheets. A paper supply section is provided with a conveyor belt for conveying paper sheets (P) sequentially supplied from a paper sheet stack. A guide plate (4) for aligning the positions of the conveyed paper sheets is provided on a conveying surface of the conveyor belt. A paper folding section has a buckle (10) comprising an outer frame (11) and bars (12) which extend between opposite sides (11a, 11b) of the outer frame and are arranged at intervals from each other. Paper sheet introducing gaps extended in the direction of the length of the bars are provided in the buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Watanabe, Tatsuaki Ida, Yoshikazu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150119222
    Abstract: Buckles (b1 to b4) are each provided with a stopper (S1 to S4). A pair of uptake rollers (W, W1); (W, W2); (W2, W3); (W3, W4), to supply paper to the buckles, and a pair of discharge rollers (W, W2); (W2, W3); (W3; W4); (W4, W5), to fold the portion of the paper discharged outside the buckles, are disposed at each buckle inlet. The discharge roller for a previous buckle simultaneously functions as the uptake roller for the next buckle, and the paper is sequentially introduced into the buckles and folded into a bellows form. Stopper drive mechanisms (d1 to d4) are integrally controlled by a control unit (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Ida, Hiroki Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20120302415
    Abstract: A knife folding machine comprises: a support surface (4) for supporting a lower surface of a sheet (S); a knife blade (5); a pair of folding rollers (6a, 6b) opposed to the knife blade (5) at a fold position with the support surface (4) therebetween. The knife blade (5) is reciprocated between first and second positions by a knife drive unit 7. The first position is away from an upper surface of the support surface, and the second position is adjacent a gap between the folding rollers. The reciprocal movement of the knife blade (5) effects a folding operation every time the sheet (S) is set at the fold position. The sheet (S) is conveyed to the fold position by the conveyer belt (13). The conveyer belt (13) is driven by a first servomotor (11). The control unit (12) controls the rotation of the first servomotor (11) so as to decelerate the sheet (S) before its abutment against the stopper (14) without its rebounding against the stopper (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Takehito Yokogi, Tatsuaki Ida, Friedhelm Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20120238422
    Abstract: In the knife folding machine of the present invention it is possible to easily adjust the stroke of the reciprocal movement of the knife blade 5. The rod 10 is reciprocated by the feed screw 12. The feed screw 12 is rotated by the servomotor 14. Thus when the knife blade 5 reciprocates between the first and second positions, the first and second positions thereof are separately adjusted by controlling the amount of the rotation of the servomotor 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Watanabe, Tatsuaki Ida, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Takehito Yokogi
  • Publication number: 20120172189
    Abstract: A paper folding device is configured so that a folding line is always formed at a predetermined position of paper sheets. A paper supply section is provided with a conveyor belt for conveying paper sheets (P) sequentially supplied from a paper sheet stack. A guide plate (4) for aligning the positions of the conveyed paper sheets is provided on a conveying surface of the conveyor belt. A paper folding section has a buckle (10) comprising an outer frame (11) and bars (12) which extend between opposite sides (11a, 11b) of the outer frame and are arranged at intervals from each other. Paper sheet introducing gaps extended in the direction of the length of the bars are provided in the buckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Watanabe, Tatsuaki Ida, Yoshikazu Nakamura
  • Patent number: RE41976
    Abstract: A sheet conveying section (B) sequentially conveys a sheet (P) from a sheet feeding section (A), and a sheet folding section (D) folds the sheet (P) received from the sheet conveying section (B) in a conveying direction. The sheet conveying section (B) comprises a conveyer belt (3), and a positioning ruler (4) for positioning the sheet (P) while it is conveyed. The sheet folding section (D) comprises a folding knife (9), a pair of folding rollers (10), and first and second guides (11a, 11b) arranged on either side of the folding knife (9). The sheet (p) is positioned to a fold position by the first and second guides (11a, 11b) and folded by the folding knife (9) and the folding roller (10). The positioning ruler (4) is moved in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction by a first driving mechanism (5, 6). The first and second guides (11a) are moved in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction respectively by second and third driving mechanisms (21, 22; 23, 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Tatsuaki Ida