Patents by Inventor Eiji Uekawa

Eiji Uekawa 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).

  • Image heating apparatus having rotary metal member in contact with heater, such rotary member and producing method therefor
    Publication number: 20030038125
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus for an image forming apparatus comprises a heater and a rotary member having plasticity and rotated in contact with the heater. The rotary member in the image heating apparatus has an external shape becoming larger toward the end portions in the longitudinal direction, thereby preventing generation of wrinkles or unevenness in the conveyed recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Akihito Kanamori, Satoru Izawa, Eiji Uekawa, Shinji Hashiguchi
  • Image heating apparatus having metallic rotary member contacting with heater
    Publication number: 20030035667
    Abstract: The image heating apparatus has a heater and a rotary member rotated while contacting with the heater, and the rotary member has a metal layer contacting with the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Izawa, Akihito Kanamori, Hiroshi Kataoka, Eiji Uekawa, Shinji Hashiguchi
  • Image heating apparatus
    Publication number: 20020168202
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member contactable to a recording material carrying an image; a regulating member for regulating a movement of rotatable member in the direction of a generating line of rotatable member; wherein the regulating member is fixed so as not to rotate and has a surface opposed to an outer surface of an end portion of the rotatable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Izawa, Masao Amano, Hiroshi Kataoka, Eiji Uekawa, Fumiki Inui