Patents by Inventor Futoshi Kameda

Futoshi Kameda 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).

  • Publication number: 20260098559
    Abstract: A refill includes: a bottom wall; a first side wall; a second side wall; and a front wall in which a discharge opening is formed. The first side wall includes, in a part thereof in a stacking direction, a first inclined wall extending in a coupling direction of staples and inclined in an axial direction. The second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a second inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction. The first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda, Kazuhiko Kishi
  • Patent number: 12529392
    Abstract: A refill includes: a bottom wall; a first side wall; a second side wall; and a front wall in which a discharge opening is formed. The first side wall includes, in a part thereof in a stacking direction, a first inclined wall extending in a coupling direction of staples and inclined in an axial direction. The second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a second inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction. The first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda, Kazuhiko Kishi
  • Patent number: 12515369
    Abstract: There is provided a stapler including: a driving portion that drives a staple into a sheet bundle; a clinch portion that bends a leg portion of the staple driven into and penetrating the sheet bundle; a table link that supports the clinch portion at a position facing the driving portion and move the clinch portion in a first direction where the clinch portion separated from and brought into contact with the driving portion; a motor that drives the driving portion; and a regulation portion that moves in a second direction intersecting the first direction while abutting against the table link and regulate a movement of the clinch portion in a direction away from the driving portion. A position where the regulation portion abuts against the table link changes in a direction toward the clinch portion as the clinch portion and the driving portion are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Futoshi Kameda, Takushi Shindo
  • Patent number: 12502802
    Abstract: There is provided a stapler including: a pair of clinchers that include a shaft portion, a staple abutting portion located closer to a distal end side than the shaft portion, and a spring abutting portion located closer to a proximal end side than the shaft portion, the pair of clinchers being rotatable about the shaft portion, and the staple abutting portion and the spring abutting portion being rotated in opposite directions from each other by rotation; a partition plate interposed between the pair of clinchers and partitioning one clincher and the other clincher from each other; and an elastic member having one end side fixed to the partition plate and the other end side abuttable against the spring abutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 12496743
    Abstract: There is provided a cartridge to be mounted on a stapler, and a stapler. The cartridge includes: a cartridge main body configured to accommodate a staple; a lever attached to the cartridge main body to be displaceable with respect to the cartridge main body; and a fixing portion for fixing the cartridge to the stapler when the cartridge is loaded on the stapler. The fixing portion is located at a first position in a fixed state where the cartridge is fixed to the stapler, and is located at a second position in a released state where the fixed state is released. The lever has a moving portion that moves the fixing portion to the second position when the lever is displaced in a first direction and a second direction with respect to the cartridge main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 12377572
    Abstract: A stapler includes: a forming plate configured to shape a staple; a face plate provided at a position to be face the staple; and a feeding portion configured to feed a staple sheet. The forming plate includes a first shaping portion that is configured to shape one leg portion of the staple and a second shaping portion that is configured to shape another leg portion thereof. The second shaping portion is configured to retract from a position facing the face plate after the first shaping portion retracts from the position facing the face plate after shaping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda
  • Publication number: 20240424710
    Abstract: A refill includes a peripheral wall defining a space capable of accommodating staples therein. The peripheral wall includes a bottom wall having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting end portions of the first side and the second side, a first side wall standing from the first side, a second side wall standing from the second side and opposing the first side wall, and a front wall positioned above the third side and connecting the first side wall and the second side wall. A first opening is formed on the first side wall and the front wall to extend across a boundary between the first side wall and the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Toshio Shimizu, Futoshi Kameda, Katsunori Manabe, Kiichi Haramiishi
  • Publication number: 20240401625
    Abstract: A refill includes: a bottom wall; a first side wall; a second side wall; and a front wall in which a discharge opening is formed. The first side wall includes, in a part thereof in a stacking direction, a first inclined wall extending in a coupling direction of staples and inclined in an axial direction. The second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a second inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction. The first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda, Kazuhiko Kishi
  • Publication number: 20240399610
    Abstract: A stapler includes: a forming plate configured to shape a staple; a face plate provided at a position to be face the staple; and a feeding portion configured to feed a staple sheet. The forming plate includes a first shaping portion that is configured to shape one leg portion of the staple and a second shaping portion that is configured to shape another leg portion thereof. The second shaping portion is configured to retract from a position facing the face plate after the first shaping portion retracts from the position facing the face plate after shaping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 12097635
    Abstract: A refill includes a peripheral wall defining a space capable of accommodating staples therein. The peripheral wall includes a bottom wall having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting end portions of the first side and the second side, a first side wall standing from the first side, a second side wall standing from the second side and opposing the first side wall, and a front wall positioned above the third side and connecting the first side wall and the second side wall. A first opening is formed on the first side wall and the front wall to extend across a boundary between the first side wall and the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Shimizu, Futoshi Kameda, Katsunori Manabe, Kiichi Haramiishi
  • Publication number: 20240208103
    Abstract: There is provided a stapler including: a driving portion that drives a staple into a sheet bundle; a clinch portion that bends a leg portion of the staple driven into and penetrating the sheet bundle; a table link that supports the clinch portion at a position facing the driving portion and move the clinch portion in a first direction where the clinch portion separated from and brought into contact with the driving portion; a motor that drives the driving portion; and a regulation portion that moves in a second direction intersecting the first direction while abutting against the table link and regulate a movement of the clinch portion in a direction away from the driving portion. A position where the regulation portion abuts against the table link changes in a direction toward the clinch portion as the clinch portion and the driving portion are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Futoshi Kameda, Takushi Shindo
  • Publication number: 20240208104
    Abstract: There is provided a cartridge to be mounted on a stapler, and a stapler. The cartridge includes: a cartridge main body configured to accommodate a staple; a lever attached to the cartridge main body to be displaceable with respect to the cartridge main body; and a fixing portion for fixing the cartridge to the stapler when the cartridge is loaded on the stapler. The fixing portion is located at a first position in a fixed state where the cartridge is fixed to the stapler, and is located at a second position in a released state where the fixed state is released. The lever has a moving portion that moves the fixing portion to the second position when the lever is displaced in a first direction and a second direction with respect to the cartridge main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda
  • Publication number: 20240208102
    Abstract: There is provided a stapler including: a pair of clinchers that include a shaft portion, a staple abutting portion located closer to a distal end side than the shaft portion, and a spring abutting portion located closer to a proximal end side than the shaft portion, the pair of clinchers being rotatable about the shaft portion, and the staple abutting portion and the spring abutting portion being rotated in opposite directions from each other by rotation; a partition plate interposed between the pair of clinchers and partitioning one clincher and the other clincher from each other; and an elastic member having one end side fixed to the partition plate and the other end side abuttable against the spring abutting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 11787029
    Abstract: An electric stapler is configured to perform binding processing including a plurality of processes. The electric stapler includes: a binding unit configured to execute the binding processing for a sheet bundle; a motor configured to drive the binding unit; and a control unit configured to control the motor. The control unit is configured to control the motor; thereby adjusting processing times of the processes so that a binding processing time after the binding processing by the binding unit starts until the binding processing is completed falls within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshio Chigira, Kazuhiko Kishi, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 11376723
    Abstract: A stapler includes a striking part which causes a pair of staple legs to penetrate a sheet bundle, a bending part which bends the staple legs at a first position such that tips of the staple legs are directed inwardly, and a clincher part which bends the staple legs at a second position located closer to the sheet bundle than the first position to be entirely directed inwardly. The bending part includes a first part disposed on an inner side of the staple legs and having a first tip portion facing the staple legs at the first position, a second part disposed on an outer side of the staple legs and having a second tip portion facing the staple legs on a non-sheet bundle side than the first position, and a moving part which moves at least one of the first and second parts toward the staple legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Kameda, Kazuhiko Kishi, Yutaka Oshima
  • Patent number: 11077579
    Abstract: A staple-refill 11 is provided with: a casing 12 in which a plurality of sheet-type connected staples 10 are stacked; a staple inserting port 14; a staple discharge port 16; a cover member 15 which covers the sheet-type connected staples 10 in the casing 12 from a side of the staple inserting port 14; and a notch portion 18 formed in the casing 12 and extending from an edge of the staple inserting port 14 in an insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sugihara, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: 11077580
    Abstract: A refill includes a peripheral wall defining a space capable of accommodating staples therein. The peripheral wall includes a bottom wall having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting end portions of the first side and the second side, a first side wall standing from the first side, a second side wall standing from the second side and opposing the first side wall, and a front wall positioned above the third side and connecting the first side wall and the second side wall. A first opening is formed on the first side wall and the front wall to extend across a boundary between the first side wall and the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Shimizu, Futoshi Kameda, Katsunori Manabe, Kiichi Haramiishi
  • Publication number: 20210069928
    Abstract: An electric stapler is configured to perform communication with a sheet processing apparatus. The electric stapler includes: a binding unit configured to execute binding processing for a sheet bundle; a motor configured to drive the binding unit; a control unit configured to control the motor; and a communication interface configured to perform communication with the sheet processing apparatus. The control unit controls the motor to execute the binding processing by the binding unit when a predetermined signal is received from the sheet processing apparatus via the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio CHIGIRA, Kazuhiko KISHI, Futoshi KAMEDA
  • Patent number: D939911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sugihara, Toshio Shimizu, Futoshi Kameda
  • Patent number: D1124812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takushi Shindo, Futoshi Kameda, Kazuhiko Kishi