Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Onuki

Tetsuro Onuki 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).

  • Sheet supply apparatus
    Patent number: 5348284
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet supply apparatus comprising a sheet containing device for containing a plurality of sheets, a sheet positioning member provided in the sheet containing device to position the sheets in a widthwise direction thereof by abutting against a side edge of the contained sheets, and a supply device for feeding out the sheets positioned by the sheet positioning member. Wherein the sheet positioning member is previously inclined at a predetermined angle toward a direction opposite to a direction that the sheet positioning member may be inclined by the deflection of the sheet containing device due to the weight of the sheets contained in the sheet containing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishihama, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Naoki Asano, Kenichi Horikoshi, Tetsuro Onuki, Akihiro Toma, Masanori Yamagata