Patents by Inventor Hisahiro Hirayama

Hisahiro Hirayama 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: 7926798
    Abstract: A saddle-stitched brochure comprising a collated sheet stack (P1 to P3) folded in two at its center portion and stitched with wire at least two positions spaced from each other on the folding line (1a), characterized in that a small printed material (2, 2a) is arranged between the adjacent sheets (P2, P3) of the sheet stack (P1 to P3) and inserted between the adjacent stitched portions (3, 3) on the folding line (1a) and folded along the folding line (1a) together with the sheet stack (P1 to P3) so as to be held in the brochures (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Taketsugu, Hisahiro Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20090288537
    Abstract: A machine includes a table (2) on which a sheet bundle (3) is placed, a cutting blade (4) cutting four sides of the sheet bundle, a blade receiving plate (5) arranged on the table, a positioning block (6) arranged on the table in parallel to the blade receiving plate for slide movement in directions toward and away from the blade receiving plate, an operation data storage section (15) storing data of a order of cutting of sides of the sheet bundle, data of a distance between a cutting line of the positioning block and the sheet bundle for each cutting operation accordance with the order of cutting, and data of both a direction and an angle of rotation of the sheet bundle for each cutting operation, and an indication section (16) indicating the order of cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Hirayama, Minoru Ogawa, Hideaki Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20070262509
    Abstract: A saddle-stitched brochure comprising a collated sheet stack (P1 to P3) folded in two at its center portion and stitched with wire at least two positions spaced from each other on the folding line (1a), characterized in that a small printed material (2, 2a) is arranged between the adjacent sheets (P2, P3) of the sheet stack (P1 to P3) and inserted between the adjacent stitched portions (3, 3) on the folding line (1a) and folded along the folding line (1a) together with the sheet stack (P1 to P3) so as to be held in the brochures (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuo Taketsugu, Hisahiro Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7261507
    Abstract: A book binding system for a saddle-stitched bound booklet comprises a sheet feeding section (1) feeding sheets or sets of sheets (P) one by one, a sheet folding section (3) sequentially receiving a sheet or a set of sheets (P) from the sheet feeding section (1) and folding the sheet or the set of sheets (P) along the center line thereof, a sheet stacking section (4) stacking the sheet or the set of sheets (P) folded by the sheet folding section (3) in such a manner that the folded sheets or the folded sets of sheets are aligned with each other with respect to the fold lines thereof, a sheet stitching section (5) receiving a stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P?) from the sheet stacking section (4) each time the predetermined number of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P) are stacked in the sheet stacking section, and stitching the stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P?) at the fold line thereof, and a control section (46) controlling operation of the sheet feeding section (1), the sheet folding
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Horii, Eiji Katayama, Masayuki Kashiba, Ko Ouchiyama, Kazuhisa Fujita, Tomonori Yachi, Takakazu Hori, Hisahiro Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20030214092
    Abstract: A book binding system for a saddle-stitched bound booklet according to the present invention comprises a sheet feeding section (1) feeding sheets or sets of sheets (P) one by one, a sheet folding section (3) sequentially receiving a sheet or a set of sheets (P) from the sheet feeding section (1) and folding the sheet or the set of sheets (P) along the center line thereof, a sheet stacking section (4) stacking the sheet or the set of sheets (P) folded by the sheet folding section (3) in such a manner that the folded sheets or the folded sets of sheets are aligned with each other with respect to the fold lines thereof, a sheet stitching section (5) receiving a stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P′) from the sheet stacking section (4) each time the predetermined number of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P) are stacked in the sheet stacking section, and stitching the stack of the sheets or the sets of sheets (P′) at the fold line thereof, and a control section (46) controlling operation of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Horii, Eiji Katayama, Masayuki Kashiba, Ko Ouchiyama, Kazuhisa Fujita, Tomonori Yachi, Takakazu Hori, Hisahiro Hirayama
  • Patent number: 6206358
    Abstract: Servers (4a, 4b) respectively define printing informations (2b, 3b) inclusive of identifying informations ID1, ID2 of a paper block (2) and a cover (3) whereas printing machines (1a, 1b) respectively perform a printing operation on the paper block (2) and the cover (3). Information readers (6a, 6b) respectively read the printing informations of the paper block (2) and the cover (3) so as to supply the information thus acquired to a book-binding controller (7). Based on either of the informations thus supplied, the book-binding controller (7) supplies a book binding apparatus (20) or (80) with a control signal (CS) of settings for the book binding process. Additionally, the control signal (CS) of the settings for the book binding process is outputted when the ID1 and ID2 are in correspondence. Based on the printing information of the paper block, respective quantities of movement of the laterally movable members (31, 32, 42, 43, 61, 62) are automatically regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamaguchi, Eiji Katayama, Hisahiro Hirayama, Hiroyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 6152439
    Abstract: The present invention provides a collator system comprising a sheet collating device (1a) in which a plurality of sheet supply shelves (2a-2h) are provided, a stack of sheets to be collated are supported on each sheet supply shelf (2a-2h), the sheets are fed one by one from each sheet supply shelf to a collating section (6a) for each collating operation and one sheet bundle is thus collated, a sheet loading device (21) for receiving the sheet bundle collated from the sheet collating device (1a), a controller (14) for controlling operations of the sheet collating device (1a) and the sheet loading device (21), a sheet feeding error detecting section provided on each sheet supply shelf of the sheet collating device (1a), and a sheet feeding error display unit (17) connected to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Hirayama, Eiji Katayama