Patents by Inventor Hironobu Ata

Hironobu Ata 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).

  • Publication number: 20030215276
    Abstract: A sheet after-treatment device equipped with a stapler main body which staples sheets fed between upper and lower jaws in an opened state with a staple by closing the upper and lower jaws, and a holder for holding the stapler main body, in which a sheet transport guide surface of an upstream-side portion of the holder and the lower jaw of the stapler main body are arranged in the area where the sheets are transported, and the sheet transport guide surface of the upstream-side portion of the stapler main body is situated above the lower jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironobu Ata, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu
  • Publication number: 20030185612
    Abstract: A sheet post-treating apparatus is provided with a discharged sheet stacking tray displaceably provided in a casing portion for stacking thereon sheets discharged from the casing portion, and a holding portion for holding the discharged sheet stacking tray in a first position and a second position overlying the first position, and is designed such that the sheets are stacked on the discharged sheet stacking tray when in the first position, and therefore, when the sheet post-treating apparatus is incorporated into a printer and a cartridge in the printer is to be interchanged with a cartridge cover opened, a user can retract the discharged sheet stacking tray to the second position to thereby interchange the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Cannon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Sekiyama, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Atsushi Ogata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hironobu Ata
  • Publication number: 20030155705
    Abstract: A sheet treating apparatus including the first intermediate stacking portion for hitting an edge of a sheet in a transport direction against a wall to align the sheet, a pair of delivery rollers for delivering the sheet from the first intermediate stacking portion, the second intermediate stacking portion for carrying-in and supporting the sheet downstream of the pair of delivery rollers in the transport direction and aligning edges of the sheet in a cross direction perpendicular to the transport direction, a sheet stacking portion located below the second intermediate stacking portion in the gravitational direction, and a full load detecting unit for detecting full load of sheets on the sheet stacking portion, in which the full load detecting unit contacts an upper surface of sheets on the sheet stacking portion with a full load detecting flag, which has a pivotal fulcrum in a higher position than that of the pair of delivery rollers to detect a height of the upper surface, and does not perform full load det
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Sekiyama, Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Kuwata, Kenichiro Isobe, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Hironobu Ata