Patents by Inventor Tohru Marakami

Tohru Marakami 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).

  • Space saving document transport device having extendable feed tray
    Patent number: 6070868
    Abstract: A document transport device provided with a document tray comprising a main tray and a foldable auxiliary tray disposed above a discharge tray. A document transport device provided with a projection and a projection on an auxiliary tray to guide ejected sheets to a discharge tray without buckling or bending at the gap and height differential at the order between a main tray and an auxiliary tray, and to allow both large size document and small size documents to be easily removed from a document tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Nagato, Akiyoshi Johdai, Tohru Marakami