Patents Assigned to CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
  • Patent number: 10798181
    Abstract: To provide a system for easily deploying a generated application in a cloud environment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium contains a program, which is executable by a device to generate an application, the program causing the information processing device to function as: a first module to acquire definition information for generating the application; a second module to generate the application based on the definition information acquired by the second module; a third module to acquire connection information to be used for connecting to a cloud environment; a fourth module to acquire history information on the application; and a fifth module to connect to the cloud environment by using the connection information acquired by the third module, and deploy the application generated by the second module in the cloud environment based on the history information on the application acquired by the fourth module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CANON IT SOLUTIONS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumihiro Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 10086457
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply unit, which is to be used for a multi-wire electrical discharge machining apparatus arranged to slice a material to be machined by an electrical discharge generated between a wire group including a plurality of turns of a wire arranged in parallel and the material to be machined, and to which a power supply terminal to be brought into contact with the wire group at a time to supply a voltage to the wire group is mounted, the power supply unit including: a mounting portion to which the power supply terminal to be brought into contact with the wire group at a time is mounted; and an adjusting portion arranged to adjust an inclination of the mounting portion in a direction crossing a running direction of the wire group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha, Makino Milling Machine Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruya Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9707636
    Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machining apparatus includes: multiple main rollers around which a wire winds in parallel; multiple workpiece feeding units for feeding the workpiece toward the wire; a machining power supply unit for supplying a machining voltage to the workpiece; and a power supply terminal for supplying the machining voltage to the wire. The multiple workpiece feeding units are respectively arranged at a first position for feeding the workpiece toward a wire portion having a wire plane of the wire and a second position for feeding another workpiece toward another wire portion having another wire plane of the wire. The power supply terminal is arranged at a third position between the first position and the second position. The machining voltage supplied from the single machining power supply unit is supplied to the workpieces to be electrically discharge machined by the multiple workpiece feeding units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA MAKINO KURAISU SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Haruya Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9636764
    Abstract: A mechanism in a wire electrical discharge machining apparatus for machining a workpiece by electrical discharge between a wire and the workpiece is disclosed. The mechanism includes a processing fluid bath configured to store processing fluid used for electrical discharge machining between the workpiece and the wire, a processing fluid supply port to communicate with the processing fluid bath and supply the processing fluid into the processing fluid bath from a processing fluid supply apparatus supplying the processing fluid, and a stream control mechanism to suppress a stream of the processing fluid supplied from the processing fluid supply port into the processing fluid bath in the direction of the water surface of the processing fluid in the processing fluid bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Tsukamoto, Hisao Okazaki
  • Patent number: 9463259
    Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus provides a structure for feeding a sterilizer left in a vaporizing chamber configured to gasify the sterilizer, into a sterilizing chamber, to stimulate a sterilizing action while reducing waste of the sterilizer. The sterilizing apparatus includes a first atmosphere opening valve configured to perform an opening/closing operation to control communication between the atmosphere and the vaporizing chamber for vaporizing the sterilizer before the sterilizer is injected into the sterilizing chamber, and after a sterilizing gas vaporized in the vaporizing chamber is injected into the sterilizing chamber by vacuuming the vaporizing chamber with a vacuum pump, the vaporizing chamber and the atmosphere communicate with each other when the first atmosphere opening valve is opened while the vaporizing chamber and the sterilizing chamber communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: ELK CORPORATION, CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
    Inventor: Yasushi Hanada
  • Patent number: 9375799
    Abstract: A multi-wire electrical discharge machining system for slicing a workpiece into a thin leaf at intervals of a plurality of wires arranged together causes the wires arranged together to travel in the same direction and includes a power feed contact configured to collectively comes into contact with the traveling wires, a machining power supply portion configured to supply a machining power supply to the power feed contact, and an electrical discharge portion configured to electrically discharge a machining power supply in which the traveling wires comes into contact with the power feed contact to collectively supply power to the traveling wires to the workpiece, in which a resistance between the machining power supply portion and the power feed contact is smaller than a resistance between the power feed contact and the electrical discharge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA MAKINO HURAISU SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Akira Okada, Haruya Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9364910
    Abstract: A mechanism capable of decreasing wires which are not appropriately supplied with power and performing the electrical discharge machining high in uniformity between multiple wires. A wire electrical discharge machining system configured to slice a workpiece at an interval of wires arranged side by side at equally spaced intervals causes the wire to travel in the same direction and includes a power feed contact configured to collectively supply a machining power supply to a plurality of the traveling wires, in which two adjacent power feed contacts respectively come into contact with the plurality of the wires supplied with the machining power supply and arranged without being aligned in the direction vertical to the direction in which the wire travels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Makino Huraisu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Akira Okada, Haruya Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9320819
    Abstract: There is provided a mechanism of preventing a cartridge in which a sterilizing agent is remaining from being taken out from a sterilization apparatus in order to prevent a user from touching the sterilizing agent. There is provided a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing an object by extracting a sterilizing agent from a cartridge containing the sterilizing agent. The apparatus includes locking means for locking the cartridge containing the sterilizing agent and mounted on the sterilization apparatus and extracting means for extracting the sterilizing agent from the cartridge, wherein the locking means is configured to maintain the lock on the cartridge until sterilizing agent has been extracted from the cartridge by the extracting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ELK CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
    Inventor: Takashi Koyama
  • Patent number: 9173968
    Abstract: There is provided a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing an object. The sterilization apparatus includes a concentration chamber configured to concentrate sterilizer, a vaporizing chamber configured to vaporize the sterilizer, a measuring pipe into which the sterilizer is introduced from the concentration chamber before being introduced into the vaporizing chamber, a vacuuming device configured to vacuum the sterilization chamber, and a first valve configured to be opened and closed to control communication between the sterilization chamber and the measuring pipe, wherein after the sterilizer is introduced from the concentration chamber into the measuring pipe, gas contained in the measuring pipe is removed from the measuring pipe by opening the first valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST, ELK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasushi Hanada
  • Patent number: 9044748
    Abstract: A cartridge capable of storing a chemical solution includes a first container, a second container installed within the first container and configured to store the chemical solution, and an exhaust path configured to exhaust a gas generated by the chemical solution stored in the second container, wherein the exhaust path is disposed between the first container and the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ELK CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
    Inventor: Takashi Koyama
  • Patent number: 8894926
    Abstract: It is to provide a mechanism where a sterilization process using a concentrated sterilizing agent and a sterilization process using a sterilizing agent that has not been concentrated can be switched without changing the sterilization process. In the case where the concentrated mode is received by receiving means the transfer of the sterilizing agent to the concentration chamber is controlled according to a first timing, and in the case where the non-concentrated mode is received by the receiving means, the transfer of the sterilizing agent to the concentration chamber is controlled according to a second timing, wherein the first timing is different from the second timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha, Elk Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Elquest
    Inventors: Yasushi Hanada, Takashi Koyama
  • Patent number: 8867051
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that stores print data transmits identification information for identifying itself to another image forming apparatus that includes a notification image forming apparatus is storing print data. When printing print data, the image forming apparatus requests a list of image forming apparatuses in which print data is stored from the another image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus requests a list of print data from image forming apparatuses corresponding to the received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 8815172
    Abstract: The application relates to apparatus capable of easily mounting an indicator to a device for verifying a sterilizing effect when a sterilizing process is performed. An installation apparatus is disclosed for positioning a sterilization verifying device in a sterilizing chamber having a sterilizing chamber door, said sterilization verifying device comprising a containing chamber for containing an indicator, the containing chamber having an opening for receiving an indicator into the chamber and connected to an introduction tube for introducing a sterilizing gas into the containing chamber, the installation apparatus comprising arrangement means configured to, in a case that the sterilizing chamber door is closed, position the opening of the containing chamber with respect to an inner wall of the sterilizing chamber door, such that the inner wall and the opening are brought into contact with each other thereby sealing the containing chamber against the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha, Elk Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Elquest
    Inventor: Yasushi Hanada
  • Publication number: 20140170020
    Abstract: There is provided a sterilization apparatus capable of delaying degradation of sterilant in a cartridge or a tank in which an extraction tube is inserted. A sterilization apparatus extracting sterilant from a cartridge containing the sterilant and sterilizing a sterilization target includes an extraction tube configured to extract the sterilant from the cartridge, and a movement unit configured to move the extraction tube so that a position of the extraction tube with respect to the cartridge in a case of extracting the sterilant in the cartridge by the extraction tube and a position of the extraction tube with respect to the cartridge in a case of waiting for extraction of the sterilant from the cartridge by the extraction tube to perform following sterilization processing with the same cartridge may differ from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST, CANON LIFECARE SOLUTIONS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Hiruta
  • Publication number: 20130284983
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism capable of decreasing wires which are not appropriately supplied with power and performing the electrical discharge machining high in uniformity between multiple wires. A wire electrical discharge machining system configured to slice a workpiece at an interval of wires arranged side by side at equally spaced intervals causes the wire to travel in the same direction and includes a power feed contact configured to collectively supply a machining power supply to a plurality of the traveling wires, in which two adjacent power feed contacts respectively come into contact with the plurality of the wires supplied with the machining power supply and arranged without being aligned in the direction vertical to the direction in which the wire travels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Akira Okada, Haruya Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20130228553
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-wire electrical discharge machining system for slicing a workpiece into a thin leaf at intervals of a plurality of wires arranged together causes the plurality of wires arranged together to travel in the same direction and includes a power feed contact configured to collectively comes into contact with the plurality of the traveling wires, a machining power supply portion configured to supply a machining power supply to the power feed contact, and an electrical discharge portion configured to electrically discharge a machining power supply in which the plurality of the traveling wires comes into contact with the power feed contact to collectively supply power to the plurality of the traveling wires to the workpiece, in which a resistance between the machining power supply portion and the power feed contact is smaller than a resistance between the power feed contact and the electrical discharge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MAKINO HURAISU SEISAKUSYO, CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA MAKINO HURAISU SEISAKUSYO
  • Publication number: 20130101467
    Abstract: The application relates to apparatus capable of easily mounting an indicator to a device for verifying a sterilizing effect when a sterilizing process is performed. An installation apparatus is disclosed for positioning a sterilization verifying device in a sterilizing chamber having a sterilizing chamber door, said sterilization verifying device comprising a containing chamber for containing an indicator, the containing chamber having an opening for receiving an indicator into the chamber and connected to an introduction tube for introducing a sterilizing gas into the containing chamber, the installation apparatus comprising arrangement means configured to, in a case that the sterilizing chamber door is closed, position the opening of the containing chamber with respect to an inner wall of the sterilizing chamber door, such that the inner wall and the opening are brought into contact with each other thereby sealing the containing chamber against the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST, ELK CORPORATION
    Inventors: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISH, ELK CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
  • Publication number: 20130094992
    Abstract: It is to provide a mechanism where a sterilization process using a concentrated sterilizing agent and a sterilization process using a sterilizing agent that has not been concentrated can be switched without changing the sterilization process. In the case where the concentrated mode is received by receiving means the transfer of the sterilizing agent to the concentration chamber is controlled according to a first timing, and in the case where the non-concentrated mode is received by the receiving means, the transfer of the sterilizing agent to the concentration chamber is controlled according to a second timing, wherein the first timing is different from the second timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicants: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST, ELK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha, ELK CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
  • Publication number: 20130094995
    Abstract: There is provided a mechanism of preventing a cartridge in which a sterilizing agent is remaining from being taken out from a sterilization apparatus in order to prevent a user from touching the sterilizing agent. There is provided a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing an object by extracting a sterilizing agent from a cartridge containing the sterilizing agent. The apparatus includes locking means for locking the cartridge containing the sterilizing agent and mounted on the sterilization apparatus and extracting means for extracting the sterilizing agent from the cartridge, wherein the locking means is configured to maintain the lock on the cartridge until sterilizing agent has been extracted from the cartridge by the extracting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicants: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST, ELK CORPORATION
    Inventors: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISH, ELK CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST
  • Publication number: 20130095010
    Abstract: A cartridge capable of storing a chemical solution includes a first container, a second container installed within the first container and configured to store the chemical solution, and an exhaust path configured to exhaust a gas generated by the chemical solution stored in the second container, wherein the exhaust path is disposed between the first container and the second container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicants: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST, ELK CORPORATION
    Inventors: CANON MARKETING JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISH, ELK CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA ELQUEST