Patents by Inventor Tomohiro KOMATSUZAKI

Tomohiro KOMATSUZAKI 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 having air cooling system
    Patent number: 10503118
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Komatsuzaki, Osamu Kitagawa
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING AIR COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190086862
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Komatsuzaki, Osamu KITAGAWA
  • Image forming apparatus having air cooling system
    Patent number: 10162305
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Komatsuzaki, Osamu Kitagawa
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING AIR COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170300010
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOMATSUZAKI, Osamu Kitagawa
  • Image forming apparatus having air cooling system
    Patent number: 9727022
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Komatsuzaki, Osamu Kitagawa
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160320749
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOMATSUZAKI, Osamu KITAGAWA