Patents by Inventor Akimitsu Hoshi

Akimitsu Hoshi 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).

  • Sorting apparatus
    Patent number: 4709915
    Abstract: A sheet sorting apparatus of the type in which a stack of trays are integrally moved by a driving device so that individual trays are sequentially brought into association with a sheet discharger to receive the sheets. A sheet passage is branched out of the passage for receiving the sheet from the sheet discharger to the trays so that two passages are usable for supplying the sheet to the trays. One of the two sheet passages is selected in response to the selection of the mode from the sorting mode and non-sorting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Akimitsu Hoshi