Patents by Inventor Daisuke Kaneko
Daisuke Kaneko 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).
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Patent number: 9617090Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of storage portions each configured to store the sheet with the image formed thereon by the image forming unit; an opening configured to expose the sheet stored in the storage portion to the outside; and a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet until a leading edge of the sheet stored in the storage portion passes the opening and a portion of the sheet is exposed from the opening to the outside. The sheet moving unit exposes sheets stored in a plurality of the storage portions in a stacked manner from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Genki Takahashi, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hiroharu Tsuji, Yohei Suzuki, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazuhisa Sato, Hajime Sugaya, Yuu Matsuda
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Patent number: 9567181Abstract: An image forming apparatus having an apparatus main body includes an image forming unit provided within the apparatus main body, a stacker portion provided on an upper surface of the apparatus main body, and a sheet storage portion provided between the image forming unit and the stacker portion. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The stacker portion may receive, as stacked sheets, sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit. The sheet storage portion may store, within the apparatus main body, a sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroharu Tsuji, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Yohei Suzuki, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9551971Abstract: Provided is a sheet storage apparatus for storing a sheet conveyed by a sheet conveyance unit, wherein at a home position, at least a part of a sheet presence detection flag overlaps a rotational axis of a sheet presence detection flag of an adjacent sheet storage unit in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroharu Tsuji, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Yohei Suzuki, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9521282Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20160282790Abstract: An inclined flange roller is located outward of an end portion of a tension roller in the belt width direction. The inclined flange roller includes a flange surface capable of being in contact with the edge portion of a belt in a region in which the belt is wound around the tension roller and a roller surface capable of being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt between the flange surface and an end portion of the tension roller in the belt width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9411293Abstract: An image forming apparatus performs control to parallelly achieve document image reading by a reading unit and image formation by an image forming unit for forming on a recording material a document image read by the reading unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuki Nakajima, Masaru Aoki, Hiroto Endo, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9400456Abstract: An inclined flange roller is located outward of an end portion of a tension roller in the belt width direction. The inclined flange roller includes a flange surface capable of being in contact with the edge portion of a belt in a region in which the belt is wound around the tension roller and a roller surface capable of being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt between the flange surface and an end portion of the tension roller in the belt width direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9395672Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path guiding a sheet such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path guiding the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion to the first conveying path. A document is fed to the second conveying path and the image forming apparatus includes a first drive transmission portion transmitting a drive force to the image forming portion and a second drive transmission portion transmitting the drive force to a document feeding portion, a conveyance portion and a document discharge portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20160044931Abstract: [Problem to Be Solved] A present invention provides a soy milk fermented substance with a taste and flavor or smooth physicality similar to that of yogurt obtained by fermenting milk with a lactic acid without applying processing treatment such as enzyme treatment or extraction treatment to soy milk which is a material and without adding a material such as a sugar source, even in a case where only Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus are employed as a lactic acid bacteria mixture starter at the time of making a fermented substance which employs soy milk as a material. [Means for Solving the Problem] The problem is solved by a soy milk fermented substance obtained by using a lactic acid bacteria mixture starter including: Streptococcus thermophilus which is capable of accumulating 0.4 g/L or more of fructose in the fermented substance when inoculated and cultured in soy milk; and Lactobacillus debrueckii subsp. bulgaricus which is capable of accumulating 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: KIKKOMAN CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke KANEKO, Kenji AOYAMA, Engels WIM, Wegkamp ARNO, Kingma FEDDE
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Publication number: 20160028908Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Patent number: 9203994Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20150307295Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of storage portions each configured to store the sheet with the image formed thereon by the image forming unit; an opening configured to expose the sheet stored in the storage portion to the outside; and a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet until a leading edge of the sheet stored in the storage portion passes the opening and a portion of the sheet is exposed from the opening to the outside. The sheet moving unit exposes sheets stored in a plurality of the storage portions in a stacked manner from the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Genki Takahashi, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hiroharu Tsuji, Yohei Suzuki, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazuhisa Sato, Hajime Sugaya, Yuu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150291375Abstract: Provided is a sheet storage apparatus for storing a sheet conveyed by a sheet conveyance unit, wherein at a home position, at least a part of a sheet presence detection flag overlaps a rotational axis of a sheet presence detection flag of an adjacent sheet storage unit in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Hiroharu Tsuji, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Yohei Suzuki, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9156645Abstract: A sheet storage apparatus for storing sheets including a sheet storage unit including a lower guide configured to guide a lower surface of the conveyed sheet, an upper guide configured to guide an upper surface of the conveyed sheet, and a shutting-off unit provided in one of the lower guide and the upper guide, configured to be movable around a rotational axis and between a shutting-off position at which a downstream end of the conveying direction of the sheet stored in the sheet storage unit is shut off and a retracting position for retracting from the shutting-off position, and a plurality of stages of sheet storage units is vertically stacked and at least a part of the shutting-off unit overlaps the rotational axis of the adjacent sheet storage unit in a vertical direction at the shutting-off position.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroharu Tsuji, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Yohei Suzuki, Daisuke Kaneko
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Patent number: 9137403Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path which connects between a sheet feed portion and a sheet discharging portion, and on which a image forming portion is arranged. The image forming apparatus further includes a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again, a document conveying path, and a reading portion. The document conveying path includes a document feeding path, a document discharging path, and a common conveying path which serves as at least a part of the second conveying path, and guides the document from a document feed portion to a document discharging portion through the document feeding path, the common conveying path and the document discharging path without causing the document to pass through the image forming position. The reading portion reads a first face and a second face of the document which is fed from the document feed portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Ogata, Ichiro Yasumaru, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Daisuke Kaneko, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Hiroto Endo
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Patent number: 9124743Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit, an image forming unit, a first conveyance path configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit, a second conveyance path configured to guide the sheet on one surface of which an image has been formed by the image forming unit to the first conveyance path again, a document feeding unit configured to feed a document to the second conveyance path, an image reading unit configured to read the document, a third conveyance path branching off from the second conveyance path and configured to guide the document, a switch back conveyance unit configured to convey the document in the third conveyance path, a fourth conveyance path configured to guide the document conveyed by the switch back conveyance unit, and a document discharge unit configured to discharge the document guided by the fourth conveyance path.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kato, Hiroki Kato, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata
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Patent number: 9071712Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed portion configured to feed a sheet, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet, a first conveying path configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet feed portion such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again, a document feed portion configured to feed a document to the second conveying path, an image reading portion configured to read an image of the document fed by the document feed portion, and a control portion configured to control the sheet feed portion and the document feed portion such that the document and the sheet are conveyed on the second conveying path in a sequence in which the document and the sheet are mixed in a case where an operation of forming images respectively on both surfaces of a plurality of sheets overlaps with an operatiType: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazushi Ino, Ichiro Yasumaru, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Masaru Aoki, Hiroshi Kato
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Patent number: 9071713Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a reading unit, first and second original sheet conveyance paths, a common conveyance path in which a recording material or the original sheet is conveyed to form an image, a third original sheet conveyance path that connects the first original sheet conveyance path and the second original sheet conveyance path and is used for conveying the original sheet conveyed in the second original sheet conveyance path to the common conveyance path, and a control unit that controls so as to convey the original sheet conveyed in the second original sheet conveyance path to the common conveyance path via the third original sheet conveyance path, and form an image on the original sheet.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Ogata, Ichiro Yasumaru, Kazushi Ino, Hiroshi Kato, Daisuke Kaneko, Hiroki Kato
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Publication number: 20150109645Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Atsushi Ogata, Daisuke Kaneko, Kazushi Ino, Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Masaru Aoki
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Publication number: 20150110538Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet storage device having a high sheet receiving performance and whose size is reduced. A point 272 of intersection of a first upper guide and a second upper guide is located upstream from a point 271 of intersection of a first lower guide and a second lower guide in a sheet conveyance direction. Thus, the size of the sheet storage device can be reduced while the sheet receiving performance remains unaffected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Daisuke Kaneko, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hiroharu Tsuji, Yohei Suzuki, Ichiro Yasumaru