Patents by Inventor Hideto Shima

Hideto Shima 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).

  • Patent number: 7866362
    Abstract: The invention provides a transfer tool which can preferably maintain a shape while improving a strength at a time of using, and has an improved usability. The transfer tool is provided with a first case (1) holding a replacement part including at least a transferring object, a second case (2) detachably engaged with the first case (1) and holding a non-replacement part constituting at least a part of a feeding mechanism part feeding the transferring object to a transferred object, a holding portion (3) outside fitted detachably to a predetermined region of the first case (1) and the second case (2) and capable of holding the first case (1) and the second case (2), and an engagement portion (X) detachably engaging the first case (1) and the second case (2) in a opposite direction of the holding portion (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7798356
    Abstract: A cylindrical case receives a stick in a reciprocating manner so through an opening of the case. A cap is arranged to engage with the opening of the case. Engagement release of the cap is carried out by rotating an operating member. The operating member includes a peripheral member and an operating force imparting portion continuous with the peripheral member mounted on an upper portion of the case. When the operating force imparting portion is pressed downward, force apply points opposite to the operating force imparting portion impart a push-up force to the cap thereby releasing the cap from the engagement with the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shogo Kobayashi, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7793883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool comprising a refill which has a supply reel and a winding reel around which a transfer tape is wound and which hold the transfer tool, and a support plate which rotatably supports the supply reel and the winding reel, a stopping member is provided between the supply reel and the support plate such that the stopping member can be inserted and pulled out, and rotation of the supply reel or the winding reel is suppressed when the stopping member is disposed at a predetermined inserting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7748564
    Abstract: A transfer tool has a transfer tool main body including a case and a transfer head for applying tape. It also may include a cover housing a rotating shaft configured to engage the case and enable the cover to rotate about the rotating shaft such that the transfer head is exposed when the cover is in an open position and the transfer head is covered by the cover in a closed position. The transfer tool also may includes a latching structure for latching the cover and the transfer tool main body. The latching structure may be located proximate to the rotating shaft and may include complementary concave and convex portions housed on the transfer tool main body and the cover. The cover may be latched to the transfer tool main body in the open, closed and other predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Publication number: 20100116440
    Abstract: A transfer tool A in the present preferred embodiment is provided with a refill 3 including a reel section 31 for holding a transfer tape T therein, a transfer head 35 capable of transferring a transferring material attached to the transfer tape T onto a transfer target, and a support plate 34 having the reel section 31 fixed thereto and being integrated with a base end 351 of the transfer head 35, wherein a engaging section 5 capable of prohibiting a relative turn between the base end 351 and each of a first case member 1 and a second case member 2 is provided between the base end 351 and each of the first case member 1 and the second case member 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Takashi Mitsui, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7703715
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a pair of cases, and a hinge which connects the cases such that they can relatively move between a use position and an open position, wherein an outer edge of one of the first and second cases is provided outward of the hinge, a portion of the one case located outward of the hinge and an outer edge of a portion in the vicinity of the portion of the one case located outward of the hinge as a hinge corresponding portion are continuous with an outer edge of another portion of the one case, and a hinge corresponding portion of the other case is provided with an retraction space which can receive the hinge corresponding portion of the one case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Takashi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20090025884
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a transfer head which has a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls, a refill for holding at least the transfer head, a case capable of holding the refill such that the refill can be inserted into and pulled out from the case in one direction, and a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Keiji Kai
  • Publication number: 20090026307
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a pair of cases, and a hinge which connects the cases such that they can relatively move between a use position and an open position, wherein an outer edge of one of the first and second cases is provided outward of the hinge, a portion of the one case located outward of the hinge and an outer edge of a portion in the vicinity of the portion of the one case located outward of the hinge as a hinge corresponding portion are continuous with an outer edge of another portion of the one case, and a hinge corresponding portion of the other case is provided with an retraction space which can receive the hinge corresponding portion of the one case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Takashi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20090026302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool comprising a refill which has a supply reel and a winding reel around which a transfer tape is wound and which hold the transfer tool, and a support plate which rotatably supports the supply reel and the winding reel, a stopping member is provided between the supply reel and the support plate such that the stopping member can be inserted and pulled out, and rotation of the supply reel or the winding reel is suppressed when the stopping member is disposed at a predetermined inserting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Publication number: 20090028620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool in which a transfer tape supplied from a supply reel rotatable around a spindle is wound around a winding reel through a transfer head, comprising a transfer tool body which holds at least the supply reel and the winding reel, the transfer head provided on the transfer tool body, a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the transfer tool body or the transfer head through a pivot shaft portion and which can turn between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, and an urging mechanism provided near the pivot shaft portion, the urging mechanism elastically capable of urging the head cap, toward the close position when the head cap is located closer to the close position than a dead point provided at only one location near an intermediate portion between the close position and the open position, and toward the open position when the head cap is located closer to the open position than the dead point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D575344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Kobayashi, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D575345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Kobayashi, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D592700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D592701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D592702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D594904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D594905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D598498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D598956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D607056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima