Patents by Inventor Chukei Tsuchida

Chukei Tsuchida 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).

  • Photo film advancing device having a guide holder and a photo film carrier
    Patent number: 6778259
    Abstract: A photo film cassette contains IX240 type of photo film in a manner movable out through a photo film passageway. A photo film carrier has a feeding path with an entrance, toward which the photo film is advanced. The photo film carrier includes a carrier base plate disposed to extend upstream from the entrance. A holder plate is secured to the carrier base plate in a shiftable manner between first and second positions, and has a first face and a second face. The first face is loaded with the photo film cassette, and when the holder plate is in the first position, is positioned close to the entrance, for opposing the photo film passageway of the photo film cassette to the entrance. The second face, when the holder plate is in the second position, is positioned close to the entrance, for guiding entry of photo film of IX240 type in a cassetteless form to the entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chukei Tsuchida, Shigeru Tanaka
  • Photo film advancing device and photo film carrier
    Publication number: 20020131031
    Abstract: A photo film cassette contains IX240 type of photo film in a manner movable out through a photo film passageway. A photo film carrier has a feeding path with an entrance, toward which the photo film is advanced. The photo film carrier includes a carrier base plate disposed to extend upstream from the entrance. A holder plate is secured to the carrier base plate in a shiftable manner between first and second positions, and has a first face and a second face. The first face is loaded with the photo film cassette, and when the holder plate is in the first position, is positioned close to the entrance, for opposing the photo film passageway of the photo film cassette to the entrance. The second face, when the holder plate is in the second position, is positioned close to the entrance, for guiding entry of photo film of IX240 type in a cassetteless form to the entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chukei Tsuchida, Shigeru Tanaka