Patents by Inventor Hiromi Kusunoki

Hiromi Kusunoki 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).

  • Medium conveyance device
    Patent number: 9896285
    Abstract: A medium conveyance device includes: a first conveyance unit that applies a first conveyance force in a conveyance direction to a lowest medium among media on a medium stacker; a second conveyance unit disposed downstream in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance unit and that applies a second conveyance force in the conveyance direction to the medium being conveyed in the conveyance direction; a detector that detects that a rear end of the lowest medium receiving the first conveyance force passes through the first conveyance unit; and a controller that controls the first and second conveyance units. Upon determining that the rear end of the lowest medium receiving the first conveyance force passes through the first conveyance unit, the controller switches the first conveyance unit from a conveyance state of applying the first conveyance force to a non-conveyance state of not applying the first conveyance force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Kae Anzai, Hiromi Kusunoki
  • MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160347562
    Abstract: A medium conveyance device includes: a first conveyance unit that applies a first conveyance force in a conveyance direction to a lowest medium among media on a medium stacker; a second conveyance unit disposed downstream in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance unit and that applies a second conveyance force in the conveyance direction to the medium being conveyed in the conveyance direction; a detector that detects that a rear end of the lowest medium receiving the first conveyance force passes through the first conveyance unit; and a controller that controls the first and second conveyance units. Upon determining that the rear end of the lowest medium receiving the first conveyance force passes through the first conveyance unit, the controller switches the first conveyance unit from a conveyance state of applying the first conveyance force to a non-conveyance state of not applying the first conveyance force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Kae ANZAI, Hiromi Kusunoki