Patents by Inventor Fumiya Sawashima
Fumiya Sawashima 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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Publication number: 20230053404Abstract: A pull-in apparatus configured to pull in a unit toward a predetermined position in an apparatus body includes an arm member, a restriction member, a first action portion and a second action portion. The restriction member is movable between a lock position at which the restriction member restricts movement of the arm member in a first direction and a lock-release position at which the restriction member allows the movement of the arm member in the first direction. Movement of the restriction member from the lock position toward the lock-release position is restricted in a state in which the arm member is at a stand-by position, and is allowed in a state in which the arm member has been moved from the stand-by position in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Takehiro Hayashi, Takeo Kawanami, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 11524852Abstract: A pull-in apparatus configured to pull in a unit toward a predetermined position in an apparatus body includes an arm member, a restriction member, a first action portion and a second action portion. The restriction member is movable between a lock position at which the restriction member restricts movement of the arm member in a first direction and a lock-release position at which the restriction member allows the movement of the arm member in the first direction. Movement of the restriction member from the lock position toward the lock-release position is restricted in a state in which the arm member is at a stand-by position, and is allowed in a state in which the arm member has been moved from the stand-by position in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiro Hayashi, Takeo Kawanami, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 11513463Abstract: A charge removing unit emits light onto a surface of an image bearing member for removing charge on the surface. The charge removing unit includes a light source configured to emit the light, and a light guide that is configured to guide the light to irradiate the surface of the image bearing member with the light and has a cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction of the image bearing member. At both ends in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, one end portion and another end portion are respectively provided. The light is introduced to the one end portion. The another end portion includes an inclined surface inclining in a direction from the one end portion to the another end portion, toward a central axis of a circumference of the light guide.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Cation Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiya Sawashima, Takeo Kawanami
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Patent number: 11392082Abstract: A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nishida, Yuichi Fukui, Tetsushi Uneme, Yasuyuki Egami, Yohei Anzai, Takeo Kawanami, Toshiki Fujino, Sohta Sugimoto, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 11307532Abstract: A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nishida, Yuichi Fukui, Tetsushi Uneme, Yasuyuki Egami, Yohei Anzai, Takeo Kawanami, Toshiki Fujino, Sohta Sugimoto, Fumiya Sawashima
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Publication number: 20220050417Abstract: A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Yuichi Fukui, Tetsushi Uneme, Yasuyuki Egami, Yohei Anzai, Takeo Kawanami, Toshiki Fujino, Sohta Sugimoto, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 11194288Abstract: A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nishida, Yuichi Fukui, Tetsushi Uneme, Yasuyuki Egami, Yohei Anzai, Takeo Kawanami, Toshiki Fujino, Sohta Sugimoto, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 11048204Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes an apparatus body, a draw-out portion, and a positioning mechanism configured to position the draw-out portion at an attachment position with respect to the apparatus body, wherein the positioning mechanism includes a first engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the draw-out portion, a first engaged portion provided in another of the apparatus body and the draw-out portion and configured to determine a position of the draw-out portion in an attachment direction by engaging with the first engaging portion, and wherein the first engaged portion includes an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward a downstream side in the attachment direction and causes a force in the attachment direction to act on the draw-out portion on a basis of a weight of the draw-out portion in a state in which the first engaged portion is engaged with the first engaging portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiya Sawashima, Takeo Kawanami, Shunsuke Hijikata, Kohei Koguchi, Yoichiro Iizuka
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Publication number: 20210096479Abstract: A charge removing unit emits light onto a surface of an image bearing member for removing charge on the surface. The charge removing unit includes a light source configured to emit the light, and a light guide that is configured to guide the light to irradiate the surface of the image bearing member with the light and has a cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction of the image bearing member. At both ends in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, one end portion and another end portion are respectively provided. The light is introduced to the one end portion. The another end portion includes an inclined surface inclining in a direction from the one end portion to the another end portion, toward a central axis of a circumference of the light guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Fumiya Sawashima, Takeo Kawanami
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Publication number: 20200264554Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes an apparatus body, a draw-out portion, and a positioning mechanism configured to position the draw-out portion at an attachment position with respect to the apparatus body, wherein the positioning mechanism includes a first engaging portion provided in one of the apparatus body and the draw-out portion, a first engaged portion provided in another of the apparatus body and the draw-out portion and configured to determine a position of the draw-out portion in an attachment direction by engaging with the first engaging portion, and wherein the first engaged portion includes an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward a downstream side in the attachment direction and causes a force in the attachment direction to act on the draw-out portion on a basis of a weight of the draw-out portion in a state in which the first engaged portion is engaged with the first engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Fumiya Sawashima, Takeo Kawanami, Shunsuke Hijikata, Kohei Koguchi, Yoichiro Iizuka
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Publication number: 20200262664Abstract: A pull-in apparatus configured to pull in a unit toward a predetermined position in an apparatus body includes an arm member, a restriction member, a first action portion and a second action portion. The restriction member is movable between a lock position at which the restriction member restricts movement of the arm member in a first direction and a lock-release position at which the restriction member allows the movement of the arm member in the first direction. Movement of the restriction member from the lock position toward the lock-release position is restricted in a state in which the arm member is at a stand-by position, and is allowed in a state in which the arm member has been moved from the stand-by position in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Takehiro Hayashi, Takeo Kawanami, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 10710828Abstract: The sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking device on which a sheet is stacked, a feeding device, which is configured to feed the stacked sheet, a contact portion arranged at a position at which the stacked sheet is brought into contact with the contact portion, and a moving member, which is movable in a direction in which a protruding amount of the stacked sheet changes.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daigo Yamauchi, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 10654671Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes a rotating member to covey a sheet and a drive transmission having a first, gear in a first engaging portion, a second gear in a second engaging portion, and an urging member. In a state where the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other and the first gear is rotating in a first direction, a first surface of the first engaging portion transmits a driving force of a driving source from the first gear to the second gear. The first surface is inclined so that either engaging portion can retract, in the direction against the urging force of the urging member, to disengage with the other engaging portion while the first engaging portion rotates. A direction of twist of helical teeth in the first gear is configured to generate an axial force with respect to the urging direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Fumiya Sawashima
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Publication number: 20200117136Abstract: A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Yuichi Fukui, Tetsushi Uneme, Yasuyuki Egami, Yohei Anzai, Takeo Kawanami, Toshiki Fujino, Sohta Sugimoto, Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 10543997Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes an abutment part having an abutment area against which a leading edge of a sheet abuts and a moving part to move the abutment part between first and second positions. The moving part includes a link member having an engage portion to engage with a positioning portion, the link member being joined with the abutment part, and an urging member to urge the link member such that the abutment part moves toward the second position. The abutment part is retained at the first position against an urging force of the urging member in a case where the positioning portion is engaged with the engage portion of the link member.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumiya Sawashima, Tetsuji Suzuki, Ryuji Hamasaki
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Publication number: 20190062087Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking part, a feeding part, a separation part, an abutment part comprising an abutment area, the abutment part being configured to move between a first position and a second position, a transmission part comprising a rotary member and configured to transmit driving power from a driving source to the feeding part via the rotary member, the rotary member being configured to be stopped every one rotation, and a moving part configured to move the abutment part in response to rotation of the rotary member such that (1) the abutment part positions at the first position in a case where the rotary member is stopped, and (2) the abutment part moves from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position while the rotary member makes one rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Fumiya Sawashima, Tetsuji Suzuki, Ryuji Hamasaki
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Publication number: 20190031456Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes a rotating member to covey a sheet and a drive transmission having a first, gear in a first engaging portion, a second gear in a second engaging portion, and an urging member. In a state where the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other and the first gear is rotating in a first direction, a first surface of the first engaging portion transmits a driving force of a driving source from the first gear to the second gear. The first surface is inclined so that either engaging portion can retract, in the direction against the urging force of the urging member, to disengage with the other engaging portion while the first engaging portion rotates. A direction of twist of helical teeth in the first gear is configured to generate an axial force with respect to the urging direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventor: Fumiya Sawashima
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Patent number: 10160601Abstract: A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeo Kawanami, Yoshihiro Ito, Kenji Watanabe, Daigo Yamauchi, Fumiya Sawashima, Osamu Sasaoka, Yoichiro Iizuka, Hiromi Fujinaka, Takugo Kasaishi
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Publication number: 20180339873Abstract: The sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking device on which a sheet is stacked, a feeding device, which is configured to feed the stacked sheet, a contact portion arranged at a position at which the stacked sheet is brought into contact with the contact portion, and a moving member, which is movable in a direction in which a protruding amount of the stacked sheet changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Daigo Yamauchi, Fumiya Sawashima
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Publication number: 20170349378Abstract: A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Yoshihiro Ito, Kenji Watanabe, Daigo Yamauchi, Fumiya Sawashima, Osamu Sasaoka, Yoichiro Iizuka, Hiromi Fujinaka, Takugo Kasaishi