Patents by Inventor Hideaki Tabuchi
Hideaki Tabuchi 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: 11298910Abstract: A sheet folding apparatus includes a sheet folding unit disposed to fold a sheet and a conveyance unit disposed to feed the sheet to the sheet folding unit in a feed direction orthogonal to a fold direction of the sheet folding unit while correcting a skew of the sheet. The conveyance unit includes an elongated reference guide, a conveyance mechanism disposed to convey the sheet in the feed direction while exerting a force on the sheet toward the reference guide, an adjustment mechanism disposed to adjust an inclination of the reference guide with respect to the feed direction. The apparatus further includes an input unit through which a user inputs a folding misalignment amount of the sheet folded by the sheet folding unit. The inclination of the reference guide is corrected by the adjustment mechanism based on at least the folding misalignment amount inputted through the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATONAL INC.Inventors: Hideaki Tabuchi, Hiroki Yamamoto, Shigeru Wakimoto, Yoshikazu Nakamura
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Patent number: 11180339Abstract: A conveying unit 2including conveyor belts 7, a stopper 3positioning a sheet S at a folding position P on a conveying path 2, a knife-type folding unit 4, an anti-bounce roller unit 16having rollers 25a, 25b, and a motor 22 are provided. The rollers can be moved back and forth. A roller rotational speed monitoring unit 31 and a roller position setting unit 32 operatively connected to the motor are further provided. In setting mode, the rollers are moved from an upstream or a downstream of a tail end of the sheet positioned at the folding position P toward the tail end at a constant speed and stopped when the rotational speed of the rollers changes.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Horizon International Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Shigeru Wakimoto, Hideaki Tabuchi
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Patent number: 11091346Abstract: A sheet supplying unit 1 supplies sheets S one by one. A knife-type folding unit 5 folds the sheet. A first sensor 28 detects the sheet entering the folding position. A second sensor 30a, 30b detects the sheet passing through the opening. A timer 31 measures a time interval from end of sheet detection by the second sensor to start of sheet detection by the first sensor. A sheet feed interval change unit 33 calculates a reduction amount of the sheet feed interval using the measured values of the timer and changes the sheet feed interval based on the reduction amount each time a predetermined number of the sheets are folded.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Shigeru Wakimoto, Hideaki Tabuchi
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Publication number: 20200346887Abstract: A paper folding machine comprising folding mechanisms (11, 15, 24) arranged at folding positions (A-C) on a transport path (1), respectively, guides (8, 19, 20, 28, 29) positioning a paper sheet (F) relative to the folding positions by engagement with at least one side edge of the paper sheet, stoppers (12, 15, 25) stopping and positioning the paper sheet at the folding positions by bringing a leading edge of the paper sheet into contact with the stoppers, a fold misalignment detection unit (50) detecting a fold misalignment amount of the paper sheet for each folding position, and a controller (42) controlling positions of the guides and stoppers. The controller calculates, for each folding position, an average fold misalignment amount, and adjusts the position of the guide and/or stopper associated with the corresponding folding position so as to correct fold misalignment corresponding to the average fold misalignment amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Horizon International Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Shigeru Wakimoto, Hideaki Tabuchi
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Patent number: 10654186Abstract: The trimmer includes: a pusher 2 that pushes the bound material 1; a pusher moving device that moves the pusher; a positioning part 111 that positions the bound material pushed by the pusher; an allowable position memory that memorizes an allowable position range relevant to the pusher; an allowable reaction force memory that memorizes an allowable reaction force range relevant to the pusher; and a determiner that determines whether a length of the bound material is normal or abnormal. The determiner determines that: the length L of the bound material is normal; or the length L of the bound material is abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Tomoyuki Shimizu, Masamichi Kanao, Hideaki Tabuchi
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Publication number: 20200130981Abstract: A conveying unit 2including conveyor belts 7, a stopper 3positioning a sheet S at a folding position P on a conveying path 2, a knife-type folding unit 4, an anti-bounce roller unit 16having rollers 25a, 25b, and a motor 22 are provided. The rollers can be moved back and forth. A roller rotational speed monitoring unit 31 and a roller position setting unit 32 operatively connected to the motor are further provided. In setting mode, the rollers are moved from an upstream or a downstream of a tail end of the sheet positioned at the folding position P toward the tail end at a constant speed and stopped when the rotational speed of the rollers changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Yoshikazu NAKAMURA, Shigeru WAKIMOTO, Hideaki TABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200122955Abstract: A sheet supplying unit 1 supplies sheets S one by one. A knife-type folding unit 5 folds the sheet. A first sensor 28 detects the sheet entering the folding position. A second sensor 30a, 30b detects the sheet passing through the opening. A timer 31 measures a time interval from end of sheet detection by the second sensor to start of sheet detection by the first sensor. A sheet feed interval change unit 33 calculates a reduction amount of the sheet feed interval using the measured values of the timer and changes the sheet feed interval based on the reduction amount each time a predetermined number of the sheets are folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Yoshikazu NAKAMURA, Shigeru WAKIMOTO, Hideaki TABUCHI
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Publication number: 20200039171Abstract: A sheet folding apparatus includes a sheet folding unit disposed to fold a sheet and a conveyance unit disposed to feed the sheet to the sheet folding unit in a feed direction orthogonal to a fold direction of the sheet folding unit while correcting a skew of the sheet. The conveyance unit includes an elongated reference guide, a conveyance mechanism disposed to convey the sheet in the feed direction while exerting a force on the sheet toward the reference guide, an adjustment mechanism disposed to adjust an inclination of the reference guide with respect to the feed direction. The apparatus further includes an input unit through which a user inputs a folding misalignment amount of the sheet folded by the sheet folding unit. The inclination of the reference guide is corrected by the adjustment mechanism based on at least the folding misalignment amount inputted through the input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Hideaki TABUCHI, Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Shigeru WAKIMOTO, Yoshikazu NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190381683Abstract: The trimmer includes: a pusher 2 that pushes the bound material 1; a pusher moving device that moves the pusher; a positioning part 111 that positions the bound material pushed by the pusher; an allowable position memory that memorizes an allowable position range relevant to the pusher; an allowable reaction force memory that memorizes an allowable reaction force range relevant to the pusher; and a determiner that determines whether a length of the bound material is normal or abnormal. The determiner determines that: the length L of the bound material is normal; or the length L of the bound material is abnormal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Horizon International Inc.Inventors: Tomoyuki Shimizu, Masamichi Kanao, Hideaki Tabuchi
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Publication number: 20090288537Abstract: A machine includes a table (2) on which a sheet bundle (3) is placed, a cutting blade (4) cutting four sides of the sheet bundle, a blade receiving plate (5) arranged on the table, a positioning block (6) arranged on the table in parallel to the blade receiving plate for slide movement in directions toward and away from the blade receiving plate, an operation data storage section (15) storing data of a order of cutting of sides of the sheet bundle, data of a distance between a cutting line of the positioning block and the sheet bundle for each cutting operation accordance with the order of cutting, and data of both a direction and an angle of rotation of the sheet bundle for each cutting operation, and an indication section (16) indicating the order of cutting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: Horizon International Inc.Inventors: Hisahiro Hirayama, Minoru Ogawa, Hideaki Tabuchi