Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Fukiharu

Hidetaka Fukiharu 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).

  • Sheet feeding apparatus having the ability to retract the sheet supply
    Patent number: 5201873
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus with a sheet containing tray adapted to support a plurality of sheets and being shiftable between a sheet supplying position and a waiting position, a sheet supply roller for feeding out the sheet supported by the sheet containing tray at the sheet supplying position, a driving force transmitting device connected to the sheet supply roller and adapted to transmit a driving force from a drive source, and a holding device connected to the driving force transmitting device so that the sheet containing tray is shifted to the sheet supplying position by the driving force transmitted to the sheet supply roller and capable of holding the sheet containing tray at the sheet supplying position while the plurality of sheets are being supplied by the sheet supply roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Kikuchi, Kazuo Takeuchi, Ryuichi Inaba, Hitoshi Ishihama, Yasunori Kawakami, Akihito Nagayama, Kenichi Horikoshi, Hideo Saito, Hidetaka Fukiharu, Fumio Asano