Patents by Inventor Tsutomu SHIIHARA

Tsutomu SHIIHARA 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: 9944489
    Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes a housing that accommodates a processing unit, which is capable of processing a recording medium, and that has an internal space a part of which is open; an internal stacker that is disposed in the internal space and that allows the recording medium to be stacked thereon; a light source that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that emits a light beam toward a predetermined position on the internal stacker, the light beam notifying a user of a state in which the recording medium is or is not stacked on the internal stacker; and a reflection member that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that reflects the light beam from the light source laterally outward from the internal stacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Arikawa, Shiro Suzuki, Toshihiko Matsuo, Tsutomu Shiihara, Hiromitsu Tomioka, Mitsuyuki Ishida, Takahiro Ikeda, Seiji Honda
  • Publication number: 20180101114
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reader reading an image, an image forming section forming an image on a recording medium, an exterior member having an outer surface housing the reader and the image forming section, and an operating display having an outer surface. The operating display is disposed in front of the reader, accepts an operation performed by an operator, displays an image, and is rotatable about a rotational axis disposed on its front side between a position in which the operating display faces an upper side and a position in which the operating display faces the front side. The outer surface of the exterior member has a first region which is a background behind the operating display in front view and which is colored in a color similar to a color of the outer surface of the operating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ko TAKEUCHI, Hiroshi NAKADA, Megumi OKUBO, Kazuyuki OGI, Hiroko SAITO, Tsutomu SHIIHARA, Hidetoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170088387
    Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes a housing that accommodates a processing unit, which is capable of processing a recording medium, and that has an internal space a part of which is open; an internal stacker that is disposed in the internal space and that allows the recording medium to be stacked thereon; a light source that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that emits a light beam toward a predetermined position on the internal stacker, the light beam notifying a user of a state in which the recording medium is or is not stacked on the internal stacker; and a reflection member that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that reflects the light beam from the light source laterally outward from the internal stacker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro ARIKAWA, Shiro SUZUKI, Toshihiko MATSUO, Tsutomu SHIIHARA, Hiromitsu TOMIOKA, Mitsuyuki ISHIDA, Takahiro IKEDA, Seiji HONDA