Patents by Inventor Ichirou Kawashima

Ichirou Kawashima 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).

  • Printer with an initial sheet-setting function
    Patent number: 5035413
    Abstract: The printer drives the sheet feeding mechanism in response to the initial sheet-setting command and both the first sensor's and the second sensor's detection of no sheet, first forward until the second sheet sensor detects no sheet, then backward until the second sheet sensor detects no sheet, and finally forward the predetermined distance. The paper is neither caught nor crumpled near the exit of the first sheet supplier when the paper is fed backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Yamada, Mitsunobu Suda, Ichirou Kawashima, Nobuhiro Kitagawa