Patents Assigned to ELM
  • Patent number: 5222645
    Abstract: A power stapler is provided with a casing 1 composed of a pair of separably joined casting halves 1a and 1b, with a control circuit incorporated into a circuit board 66 which is located along an inner wall surface of one casing half 1a. Various component parts of the stapler, including staple punch which punches out staple pins one after another, a matrix anvil 61 for bending a punched staple pin, arm drive for driving a punching arm of the staple punch, a motor 40 or a drive source for the punching arm etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norio Sueda
  • Patent number: 5172536
    Abstract: A continuous packing apparatus providing a cylindrical net supply source for supplying a cylindrical long packing net, an inner sliding member to be inserted in the cylindrical net so as to be vertically moved, a support member for externally supporting the inner sliding member through the cylindrical net with the inner sliding member inserted in the cylindrical net, a moving member for lifting up the support member, an upper support member for supporting the upper end of the cylindrical net moved upward with being opened, a stator for removably fixing the middle portion of the cylindrical net moved upward, a cutter for vertically cutting a portion just under a fixing position, a heater for heating and melting an upper cut portion so as to form a net bag, and a hopper for putting goods to be packed into the net bag through the opening of its upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Elm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takakazu Miyahara
  • Patent number: 5048737
    Abstract: In a motor-driven tape cutter including a cavity formed longitudinally on the upper side of a cutter body, a reel provided at one end of the cavity for supporting a ring-like roll of adhesive tape, a feed roller provided at the other end of the cavity for peeling and reeling out the leading end of the adhesive tape over a predetermined length, a backing roller and a presser roller adapted to grip the unreeled tape portion from opposite sides for straightening warping of the tape, a cutter blade for cutting the unreeled tape portion, a motor for driving the feed roller and the backing roller, a switch for actuating the motor, and a switch operating member which closes the switch in response to a tape cutting operation thereby reeling out a predetermined length of the ensuing tape portion, a cutter blade holder pivotally mounted on the front side of the cutter body to cover a fore end portion of the body cavity and at least part of the feed, backing and presser rollers and mounting the cutter blade and presser
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Sueda, Yoshihiko Chino
  • Patent number: 5048414
    Abstract: Described herein is an automatic stamper for imprinting desired letters or characters on documents, which is of the type including a printing block having a plural number of stamp units mounted around the circumference of a drum, a support frame rotatably and detachably supporting the printing block, and a base structure having a document support surface and supporting thereon the support frame movably for a reciprocal movement toward and away from the document support surface. The stamp units are detachably mounted on stamp support surfaces on and around the circumferences of the drum such that the longitudinal axes of the respective stamp units are disposed parallel with the axis of the drum for the sake of compact construction, while the support frame is automatically driven from an electric motor which is adapted to be closed upon setting a document on the document support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Hoshino
  • Patent number: 4926729
    Abstract: An envelope opener having a pair of entries in its opposite sides through which an envelope may enter the opener from either side to have its head automatically cut as it passes through the opener, comprises: cutters driven by a reversible electric motor; a lane for guiding the envelope, interrupted by the cutters; a pair of bar-type sensors swingably mounted crossing the lane, each being positioned in opposite sides of the cutters; a link connecting the sensors with each other to swing the sensors in synchronism when one is swung by an envelope passing through the lane; and contact assemblies coupled with the sensors, one of the assemblies being operated by the of the sensors to establish rotational directions of the motor and the cutters when the envelope entered the opener from either side swings one of the sensors to bring the other through the link into a position where the other of the contact assemblies coupled with the other of the sensors remains opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Igarashi
  • Patent number: 4859275
    Abstract: A reinforcing piece pasting an apparatus for pasting annular reinforcing piece around a binding which is punched before-hand on a document. The purpose of the invention is to provide a reinforcing piece pasting apparatus which, by a simple operation, enables one to feed a reinforcing piece to a prescribed position securely and one piece at a time, and to paste the reinforcing piece correctly around the binding hole.The reinforcing piece pasting apparatus in accordance with the present invention has a base, a frame, and a handle whose base end parts are combined pivotally so as to be turnable relative with each other and which are urged by springs in the direction to have their tip parts separated further away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Sueda, Hiroyasu Hoshino
  • Patent number: 4746394
    Abstract: A paper punch sends out a tape carrying a number of punched-hole reinforcing pieces by the length of a single reinforcing piece interlockingly with the motion of a handle that raises and lowers a punching rod, sticking the reinforcing piece in the desired position of a sheet of paper placed on a base and, then, cutting a binding hole through the paper and reinforcing piece stuck thereon. The improvement is such that an insertion hole is provided in the handle to loosely pass through a horizontal pin that is attached to the punching rod so that the punching rod is kept from descending to perform a punching operation while the carrying tape is let out by the length of a single reinforcing piece in the early stage of the descending stroke of the handle. A pressing mechanism is provided so that the reinforcing piece supplied from the carrying tape into the desired position on the paper is firmly pressed against the paper before the punching rod cuts a hole therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Sueta, Hiroyasu Hoshino
  • Patent number: 4679058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cassette-type printing head which comprises in combination: a cassette body for housing an ink, an ink guiding member in which one end portion thereof is immersed in the cassette body, and a film member having a plurality of holes or recesses for housing an ink which is contacted by the ink guiding member which protrudes from the cassette body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Elm Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Hori
  • Patent number: 4630075
    Abstract: At least one pulley member which is rotatably positioned in said casing member; a film member which is movably contacted with a heating surface of a thermal head and is movably guided by said pulley in said casing member; a plurality of small holes which is shaped to said film member; a recording ink which is stored in said casing member; said pulley and film members are immersed in said recording ink; said recording ink is housed in said small holes; said recording ink in said small holes of said film member is moved to a corresponded position to a heating surface of said thermal head by rotating said pulley member and moving said film member according to a rotation of said pulley member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Elm Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Hori
  • Patent number: 4608577
    Abstract: A printing machine is provided, comprising a thin film having first and second surfaces connected by a plurality of hole or recess portions and movably positioned; an ink tank for supplying ink to the hole or recess portions; a thermal head member having a plurality of thermal head elements in contact with the first surface of the film; a driving circuit for selectively driving the thermal head elements; and a recording paper feeding mechanism to feed recording paper adjacent the second surface of the film. The ink fills the holes or recess portions, and the thermal head element is selectively driven by the driving circuit when one thermal head element corresponds to a plurality of holes or recesses of the film, whereby ink is sprouted or jetted from a plurality of the holes or recesses onto the recording paper by bubble pressure caused by heat from the thermal head element. Color printing is also possible with the apparatus of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Elm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiichi Hori
  • Patent number: 4290548
    Abstract: A high security mailbox for multiple family dwellings is provided with sliding doors opening to individual compartments. The doors slide in a channel between a one piece face plate and retaining means which are welded to the mailbox housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Elm Window Co.
    Inventor: Norbert J. Denhart
  • Patent number: PP6227
    Abstract: An elm tree characterized by high resistance to Dutch Elm Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Elm Research Institute
    Inventors: Eugene B. Smalley, Donald T. Lester
  • Patent number: D298838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Sueta, Hiroyasu Hoshino
  • Patent number: D304131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shintaro Tanigami
  • Patent number: D304416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co.
    Inventor: Shintaro Tanigami
  • Patent number: D318999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shintaro Tanigami
  • Patent number: D325394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Ishii
  • Patent number: D335300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Ishii
  • Patent number: D336838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Elm Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Ishii