Patents by Inventor Tuyoshi Miyamoto

Tuyoshi Miyamoto 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: 5075731
    Abstract: A transfer roller device for transferring onto a copy paper sheet a full color toner image formed on an intermediate transfer belt. A rear-surface electrode roller disposed at the opposite side to a transfer roller with the intermediate transfer belt positioned in between, is divided into a plurality of cylinder members, and at least one of the cylinder members corresponding to the size of a copy paper sheet is separately connected to ground. With the arrangement, occurrence of an excess current through a portion of the intermediate transfer belt carrying no copy paper sheet thereon is eliminated, thereby preventing a filming phenomenon. In another arrangement, a plurality of rear-surface electrode rollers are disposed at respective positions associated with a plurality of respective copying speeds which are set according to copy paper sheets. Thus, a voltage to be applied between the transfer roller and the rear-surface electrode roller is maintained constant regardless of different copying speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taisuke Kamimura, Yasutaka Maeda, Tuyoshi Miyamoto, Katsuhiro Nagayama, Hideyuki Nishimura, Natsuko Tanaka