Patents by Inventor Hideaki Oike

Hideaki Oike 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).

  • Powder material recovery container, and powder material recovery device and image forming device using powder material recovery container
    Patent number: 8249470
    Abstract: A powder material recovery container includes: a container main body that accommodates a powder material; a conveying member that is arranged with a part existing at least in an intermediate position of a dropping movement of the powder material and rotates to convey it, the conveying member having a conveying part that conveys the powder material around a central line of rotation; and a moving passage surface arranged in a lower part of the part existing at least in the intermediate position, and opposed to one part of the conveying member and move it by a conveying force, wherein the moving passage surface has upper end parts of side surfaces opposed to each other with respect to the central line that are formed with relatively different heights, and the relatively lower upper end part is formed with height not higher than a height of the central line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Nishimura, Kanji Watanabe, Hideaki Oike, Kazuhiro Yoshihara, Tsuneo Fukuzawa
  • POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY CONTAINER, AND POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20100111582
    Abstract: A powder material recovery container includes: a container main body that accommodates a powder material; a conveying member that is arranged with a part existing at least in an intermediate position of a dropping movement of the powder material and rotates to convey it, the conveying member having a conveying part that conveys the powder material around a central line of rotation; and a moving passage surface arranged in a lower part of the part existing at least in the intermediate position, and opposed to one part of the conveying member and move it by a conveying force, wherein the moving passage surface has upper end parts of side surfaces opposed to each other with respect to the central line that are formed with relatively different heights, and the relatively lower upper end part is formed with height not higher than a height of the central line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Koji Nishimura, Kanji Watanabe, Hideaki Oike, Kazuhiro Yoshihara, Tsuneo Fukuzawa