Patents by Inventor Aki Ikeda

Aki Ikeda 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: 8774699
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes an attraction separation unit including an attraction belt facing the upper surface of a stacked sheet bundle to attract an uppermost sheet thereof, and rotatably supported by a support member at a position upstream of the attraction belt in a sheet feeding direction; and a swing device for swinging the attraction separation unit around the support member as a fulcrum to move the attraction belt between an attraction position and a feed position more distant from the sheet bundle than the attraction position is. The swing device includes a first drive transmitting portion attached to a downstream end portion of the attraction separation unit and a second drive transmitting portion attached to the body of the sheet feeder and connected with the first drive transmitting portion. The first drive transmitting portion and the rack connect to swing the attraction separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Kobayashi, Aki Ikeda, Yoshikuni Ishikawa, Manabu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 8585040
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a loading member, an attraction separation unit, and a control device. The loading member carries sheet materials. The attraction separation unit includes an endless dielectric belt, holding rollers, and an adjustment device. The endless belt attracts and holds the uppermost one of the sheet materials. The holding rollers holding the endless belt include upstream and downstream holding rollers. The upstream holding roller is rotated around a shaft of the downstream holding roller as the rotation axis in accordance with rotation of the downstream holding roller. The adjustment device provided to the upstream holding roller adjusts the movement range of the upstream holding roller in the height direction. The control device controls, in accordance with the type of sheet materials, an operation of lifting and lowering the loading member, to thereby allow the adjustment device to adjust the movement range of the upstream holding roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Ikeda, Manabu Nonaka, Yoshikuni Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8439347
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes an attractive separation unit and a contacting and separating device. The attractive separation unit includes an attraction belt arranged to face the upper surface of a sheet stack, two rollers that stretch the attraction belt taut, with the upstream-side roller in the sheet conveying direction supported to be movable in substantially upward and downward directions within a predetermined range with respect to the upper surface of the sheet stack, and a charging device which charges a surface of the attraction belt. The contacting and separating device swings the attractive separation unit to make the attraction belt come into contact with and separate from the sheet stack, with a fulcrum of the swing of the attractive separation unit set to a position upstream in the sheet conveying direction of the upstream-side roller in the sheet conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Ishikawa, Manabu Nonaka, Yu Wakabayashi, Aki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20120235346
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a loading member, an attraction separation unit, and a control device. The loading member carries sheet materials. The attraction separation unit includes an endless dielectric belt, holding rollers, and an adjustment device. The endless belt attracts and holds the uppermost one of the sheet materials. The holding rollers holding the endless belt include upstream and downstream holding rollers. The upstream holding roller is rotated around a shaft of the downstream holding roller as the rotation axis in accordance with rotation of the downstream holding roller. The adjustment device provided to the upstream holding roller adjusts the movement range of the upstream holding roller in the height direction. The control device controls, in accordance with the type of sheet materials, an operation of lifting and lowering the loading member, to thereby allow the adjustment device to adjust the movement range of the upstream holding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Aki Ikeda, Manabu Nonaka, Yoshikuni Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120230745
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes an attraction separation unit including an attraction belt facing the upper surface of a stacked sheet bundle to attract an uppermost sheet thereof, and rotatably supported by a support member at a position upstream of the attraction belt in a sheet feeding direction; and a swing device for swinging the attraction separation unit around the support member as a fulcrum to move the attraction belt between an attraction position and a feed position more distant from the sheet bundle than the attraction position is. The swing device includes a first drive transmitting portion attached to a downstream end portion of the attraction separation unit and a second drive transmitting portion attached to the body of the sheet feeder and connected with the first drive transmitting portion. The first drive transmitting portion and the rack connect to swing the attraction separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Kobayashi, Aki Ikeda, Yoshikuni Ishikawa, Manabu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20110204557
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes an attractive separation unit and a contacting and separating device. The attractive separation unit includes an attraction belt arranged to face the upper surface of a sheet stack, two rollers that stretch the attraction belt taut, with the upstream-side roller in the sheet conveying direction supported to be movable in substantially upward and downward directions within a predetermined range with respect to the upper surface of the sheet stack, and a charging device which charges a surface of the attraction belt. The contacting and separating device swings the attractive separation unit to make the attraction belt come into contact with and separate from the sheet stack, with a fulcrum of the swing of the attractive separation unit set to a position upstream in the sheet conveying direction of the upstream-side roller in the sheet conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Ishikawa, Manabu Nonaka, Yu Wakabayashi, Aki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20090088497
    Abstract: The purposes of the present invention are to provide a paving material which is easy to be handled, has less restriction on the conditions of execution of work, decomposes fast, and is superior in durability, and a method for construction of paved body using the paving material. The purposes are attained by providing a paving material and a method for construction of paved body using the same, said paving material comprises at least binder emulsion for pavement, non-water soluble epoxy resin, and amine compound(s) a hardener thereof, and is prepared by mixing these three ingredients at the time of the execution of work, at the scene of the execution of work. The purposes are also attained by providing binder emulsion for pavement comprising an amine compound(s) that is a hardener of epoxy resin and the amine compound comprises at least polyaminoamido.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicants: PETRO CHEMICALS CO., LTD., NICHIREKI CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Sasada, Akito Hagiwara, Masahiko Fujii, Kazuma Takeuchi, Sadaharu Ueno, Takashi Kanazawa, Tada-aki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6546773
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a can having a can body including a dome section and an annular projection. The dome section is formed on a bottom of the can and is recessed inwardly of the can body. The annular projection is formed around a peripheral edge of the dome section so as to project outwardly in a direction of an axis of the can. A plurality of inner recesses are formed on an inner wall of the annular projection. The apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; a mandrel disposed on the apparatus main body for supporting the can body; a can bottom processing unit disposed on the apparatus main body so as to be relatively movable in the direction of the can axis with respect to the can bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Masahiro Hosoi, Aki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20010045116
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a can having a can body including a dome section and an annular projection. The dome section is formed on a bottom of the can and is recessed inwardly of the can body. The annular projection is formed around a peripheral edge of the dome section so as to project outwardly in a direction of an axis of the can. A plurality of inner recesses are formed on an inner wall of the annular projection. The apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; a mandrel disposed on the apparatus main body for supporting the can body; a can bottom processing unit disposed on the apparatus main body so as to be relatively movable in the direction of the can axis with respect to the can bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Masahiro Hosoi, Aki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6296139
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a can having a can body including a dome section and an annular projection. The dome section is formed on a bottom of the can and is recessed inwardly of the can body. The annular projection is formed around a peripheral edge of the dome section so as to project outwardly in a direction of an axis of the can. A plurality of inner recesses are formed on an inner wall of the annular projection. The apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; a mandrel disposed on the apparatus main body for supporting the can body; a can bottom processing unit disposed on the apparatus main body so as to be relatively movable in the direction of the can axis with respect to the can bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Masahiro Hosoi, Aki Ikeda