Patents by Inventor Jun SEKIYA

Jun SEKIYA 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).

  • Developing device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 10036980
    Abstract: A developing device includes a container that contains a developer containing a toner therein, a supply tank that is provided adjacent to the container and is supplied with the toner at a supply point within the supply tank, a transport member that is rotatably driven within the supply tank to transport the toner to the container, and an annular member, wherein the annular member has an inner diameter larger than a diameter of a rotatably-driven shaft in the transport member, the rotatably-driven shaft extends through the annular member, and the annular member is held in a partial section in a longitudinal direction of the rotatably-driven shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Manabu Furuki, Masahiro Uchida, Makoto Kamisaki, Teppei Yawada, Jun Sekiya, Koji Funaba
  • DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170357176
    Abstract: A developing device includes a container that contains a developer containing a toner therein, a supply tank that is provided adjacent to the container and is supplied with the toner at a supply point within the supply tank, a transport member that is rotatably driven within the supply tank to transport the toner to the container, and an annular member, wherein the annular member has an inner diameter larger than a diameter of a rotatably-driven shaft in the transport member, the rotatably-driven shaft extends through the annular member, and the annular member is held in a partial section in a longitudinal direction of the rotatably-driven shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro IGARASHI, Manabu FURUKI, Masahiro UCHIDA, Makoto KAMISAKI, Teppei YAWADA, Jun SEKIYA, Koji FUNABA