Patents by Inventor Daisuke Ishizuka

Daisuke Ishizuka 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).

  • Book-binding apparatus and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 5899649
    Abstract: A book-binding apparatus conveying a bind tape in front of a tape heater and an aligned sheet bundle is urged against the bind tape pre-heated by the tape heater to glue a plurality of sheets by melted adhesive on the bind tape. An aligning time for the sheet bundle is calculated on the basis of attributes of the sheets being aligned and a conveyance start timing for the bind tape is changed in accordance with the calculated aligning time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideto Kohtani, Katsunari Suzuki, Daisuke Ishizuka
  • Sheet binding apparatus capable of performing two kinds of binding processes
    Patent number: 5592280
    Abstract: A sheet stapling apparatus includes a storage unit for storing sheets ejected out from an image forming apparatus, and a stapling unit for stapling to the sheets stored in the storage unit. The sheet stapling apparatus can execute a first bending process for bending the feet of a staple which were pierced through the sheets to the inside and a second bending process for bending the feet of the staple which were pierced through the sheets to the outside. In the facsimile mode or the printer mode, the second bending process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishizuka, Akiyoshi Kimura, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Tadashi Suzuki, Shinichi Nakamura, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Minoru Nada, Satoru Kutsuwada, Kenji Kobayashi, Satoshi Kaneko, Syokyo Koh, Norifumi Miyake, Hirohiko Tashiro