Patents by Inventor Junko Kurakane

Junko Kurakane 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).

  • Original feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus
    Patent number: 7422205
    Abstract: An original feeding apparatus includes a feeder tray for stacking originals, a separating device for separating the originals into a single sheet, and a feeding device for feeding the original to the separating device. The feeding device is raised or lowered between a feeding position where the feeding device contacts an uppermost original stacked on the feeder tray, and a retracted position where the feeding device is separated from the uppermost original. A drive device and a control device are disposed for raising and lowering the feeding device. The control device adjusts a rotating speed of the drive device for raising and lowering the feeding device according to a reading mode, so that the feeding device is lowered at a different speed to touch the uppermost original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Akiyama, Eiichi Kubo, Sei Takahashi, Junko Kurakane
  • Original feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus
    Publication number: 20050225022
    Abstract: An original feeding apparatus includes a feeder tray for stacking originals, a separating device for separating the originals into a single sheet, and a feeding device for feeding the original to the separating device. The feeding device is raised or lowered between a feeding position where the feeding device contacts an uppermost original stacked on the feeder tray, and a retracted position where the feeding device is separated from the uppermost original. A drive device and a control device are disposed for raising and lowering the feeding device. The control device adjusts a rotating speed of the drive device for raising and lowering the feeding device according to a reading mode, so that the feeding device is lowered at a different speed to touch the uppermost original.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Akiyama, Eiichi Kubo, Sei Takahashi, Junko Kurakane