Patents Assigned to Kaneko Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 7419151
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first roller pair conveying a sheet received from an external apparatus, a second roller pair conveying the sheet conveyed from the first roller pair, a jogging tray configured to receive the sheet conveyed from the second roller pair and jog the received sheet, and a binding device configured to bind a stack of sheets received and jogged by the jogging tray. The second roller pair can be driven to rotate such that sheets received from the external device and conveyed by the first roller pair one after another are pinched by the second roller pair one after another while being overlapped one upon another with leading edges thereof shifted stepwise one after another and are held by the second roller pair to be further conveyed to the jogging tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Kaneko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7389979
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus receives sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus one after another on a binding tray to be stacked on top of another, jogs each sheet as the sheet is received on the binding tray, binds a set of the sheets on the binding tray with a binding device, and discharges the bound set of the sheets from the binding tray. Sheets received from the image forming apparatus one after another after the binding device has started binding the set of the sheets on the binding tray and before the binding tray has returned from a discharging position to a receiving position are received one after another, stacked on top another and held on a sheet holding device. The sheet holding device releases the held sheets to be fallen and received on the binding tray after the binding tray has returned to the receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Kaneko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6983931
    Abstract: A binding apparatus includes a receiving device configured to receive a sheet from outside and convey the sheet, and a sheet folding device configured to fold the sheet, conveyed by the receiving device, in two at a center portion thereof in a direction the sheet is conveyed, so as to be a folded sheet, and convey the folded sheet with the folded portion thereof being a leading edge of the folded sheet. A jogging device includes a jogging table and is configured to receive and jog the folded sheet, conveyed by the sheet folding device, one after another, so as to be stacked into a stack of folded sheets on the jogging table. A binding device is configured to bind the stack of folded sheets stacked on the jogging table at an edge portion of the stack of folded sheets at the side where the folded portion of each folded sheet of the stack of folded sheets is located. A discharging device is configured to discharge the bound stack of folded sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Kaneko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6851666
    Abstract: An image forming and binding system and method for producing a booklet of a document file, in which images of two pages of the document file are formed on each side of a full-size sheet (such as an A3 or B4 size sheet) conveyed in its longitudinal direction and an image of one page of the document file is formed on each side of a half-size sheet half the size of the full-size sheet (such as an A4 or B5 size sheet) conveyed in its lateral direction, and in which the full-size sheet conveyed in its longitudinal direction is folded in two at its center portion in the longitudinal direction thereof and the folded full-size sheet is stacked one upon another to be bound at its folded side edge portion and the half-size sheet conveyed in its lateral direction is conveyed without being folded to be stacked and bound while being mixed with the folded full-size sheet, so that blank pages in the booklet, which are caused when the number of total pages of the document file is not a multiple number of 4, are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Kaneko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Nagao, Yoshihisa Nakaya, Ikoh Miyazawa, Tamaki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20040262832
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first roller pair conveying a sheet received from an external apparatus, a second roller pair conveying the sheet conveyed from the first roller pair, a jogging tray configured to receive the sheet conveyed from the second roller pair and jog the received sheet, and a binding device configured to bind a stack of sheets received and jogged by the jogging tray. The second roller pair can be driven to rotate such that sheets received from the external device and conveyed by the first roller pair one after another are pinched by the second roller pair one after another while being overlapped one upon another with leading edges thereof shifted stepwise one after another and are held by the second roller pair to be further conveyed to the jogging tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Kaneko Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6755410
    Abstract: A binding apparatus includes a receiving device configured to receive a sheet from outside and convey the sheet, and a sheet folding device configured to fold the sheet, conveyed by the receiving device, in two at a center portion thereof in a direction the sheet is conveyed, so as to be a folded sheet, and convey the folded sheet with the folded portion thereof being a leading edge of the folded sheet. A jogging device includes a jogging table and is configured to receive and jog the folded sheet, conveyed by the sheet folding device, one after another, so as to be stacked into a stack of folded sheets on the jogging table. A binding device is configured to bind the stack of folded sheets stacked on the jogging table at an edge portion of the stack of folded sheets at the side where the folded portion of each folded sheet of the stack of folded sheets is located. A discharging device is configured to discharge the bound stack of folded sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6729612
    Abstract: An image forming and binding system and method for producing a booklet of a document file, in which images of two pages of the document file are formed on each side of a full-size sheet (such as an A3 or B4 size sheet) conveyed in its longitudinal direction and an image of one page of the document file is formed on each side of a half-size sheet half the size of the full-size sheet (such as an A4 or B5 size sheet) conveyed in its lateral direction, and in which the full-size sheet conveyed in its longitudinal direction is folded in two at its center portion in the longitudinal direction thereof and the folded full-size sheet is stacked one upon another to be bound at its folded side edge portion and the half-size sheet conveyed in its lateral direction is conveyed without being folded to be stacked and bound while being mixed with the folded full-size sheet, so that blank pages in the booklet, which are caused when the number of total pages of the document file is not a multiple number of 4, are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Kaneko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Nagao, Yoshihisa Nakaya, Ikoh Miyazawa, Tamaki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 6167562
    Abstract: The apparatus for creating an animation program can create animation programs for use with game software and presentations with high efficiency, without requirements for a high degree of programming techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignees: Kaneko Co., Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kaneko