Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki FUKUYO

Hiroyuki FUKUYO 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).

  • Stacking apparatus and stacking method
    Patent number: 11708232
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stacking apparatus includes: a first precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys first sheets; a second precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys second sheets; a merging unit that guides, to a merge point, the first sheets output from the first precedent-stage conveyor unit and guides, to the merge point, the second sheets output from the second precedent-stage conveyor unit; a subsequent-stage conveyor unit that sequentially receives, at the merge point, the conveyed first sheets and the conveyed second sheets, and conveys the received first sheets and the received second sheets in order of the reception while lining up in a conveying direction; and a stacking unit that sequentially catches each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets and stacks, at a predetermined position, each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets in order of the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuko Kobayashi, Misato Ishikawa, Shunsuke Hattori, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Takahiro Kokubo, Noboru Nakamura, Masahito Kochiwa, Hiroyuki Fukuyo, Kazuhiro Mukai, Takeshi Yamagata, Mitsuhiro Saitou
  • STACKING APPARATUS AND STACKING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210245982
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stacking apparatus includes: a first precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys first sheets; a second precedent-stage conveyor unit that conveys second sheets; a merging unit that guides, to a merge point, the first sheets output from the first precedent-stage conveyor unit and guides, to the merge point, the second sheets output from the second precedent-stage conveyor unit; a subsequent-stage conveyor unit that sequentially receives, at the merge point, the conveyed first sheets and the conveyed second sheets, and conveys the received first sheets and the received second sheets in order of the reception while lining up in a conveying direction; and a stacking unit that sequentially catches each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets and stacks, at a predetermined position, each of the first sheets and each of the second sheets in order of the catch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuko KOBAYASHI, Misato ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke HATTORI, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Takahiro KOKUBO, Noboru NAKAMURA, Masahito KOCHIWA, Hiroyuki FUKUYO, Kazuhiro MUKAI, Takeshi YAMAGATA, Mitsuhiro SAITOU