Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Shimura

Kazuhito Shimura 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: 10544004
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveying portion conveying sheets; a stack portion staking the sheets; a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle on the stack portion in a crossing direction; a second regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle in the conveying direction; a first binding device moving in the crossing direction so that the first binding device moves between first and second sides of the sheet processing apparatus and to bind an upstream end portion of a sheet bundle by a staple at a plurality of positions in the crossing direction; a second binding device binding an upstream end portion of a sheet bundle, where the second regulating portion has contacted without a staple; and a controller causing, in a case that the first binding device binds a sheet bundle, the second binding device to be positioned outside the sheet bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Matsuki, Daiki Komiyama, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Publication number: 20190039852
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveying portion conveying sheets; a stack portion staking the sheets; a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle on the stack portion in a crossing direction; a second regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle in the conveying direction; a first binding device moving in the crossing direction so that the first binding device moves between first and second sides of the sheet processing apparatus and to bind an upstream end portion of a sheet bundle by a staple at a plurality of positions in the crossing direction; a second binding device binding an upstream end portion of a sheet bundle, where the second regulating portion has contacted without a staple; and a controller causing, in a case that the first binding device binds a sheet bundle, the second binding device to be positioned outside the sheet bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Satoru MATSUKI, Daiki KOMIYAMA, Kazuhito SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10118790
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a stack portion on which sheets conveyed in a conveying direction are stacked, a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle stacked on the stack portion in a crossing direction crossing the conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet bundle in the crossing direction, a second regulating portion regulating a position of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction, a first binding device which moves in the crossing direction and binds by a staple, a second binding device which moves and binds without a staple, and a controller which controls the first and second binding devices. The first and second binding devices bind the corner portion of the sheet bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Matsuki, Daiki Komiya, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Publication number: 20170283208
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a stack portion on which sheets conveyed in a conveying direction are stacked, a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle stacked on the stack portion in a crossing direction crossing the conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet bundle in the crossing direction, a second regulating portion regulating a position of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction by contacting an end of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction, a first binding device which moves in the crossing direction and binds by a staple, a second binding device which moves and binds without a staple, and a controller which controls the first and second binding devices. The first and second binding devices bind the corner portion of the sheet bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Satoru MATSUKI, Daiki KOMIYA, Kazuhito SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9725275
    Abstract: A sheet binding processing apparatus including a processing tray, a sheet positioning device, a first binding device, a second binding device, a driving device which moves the second binding device to a binding position where the sheets positioned by the sheet positioning device are to be bound and to a retracting position for retracting to the outside of the sheets positioned by the sheet positioning device, and a controller which controls the driving device and causes the second binding device to be located at the retracting position when the first binding device binds sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: CANON FINETECH INC., NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Matsuki, Daiki Komiyama, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Patent number: 9150378
    Abstract: In an apparatus structure having a sheet discharge mode to store sheets at a stack tray from a sheet discharging path and a sheet discharge mode to store binding-processed sheet bundles with collating and stacking, sheet holding means is arranged above a sheet placement face of the stack tray as a sheet pressurization force being variable in two steps, and then, the pressurization force of the sheet holding means is adjusted in two steps in accordance with the sheet discharge mode for storing sheets at the stack tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Shimura, Seiji Ono, Makoto Shimizu, Akira Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20150183610
    Abstract: A sheet binding processing apparatus including a processing tray, a sheet positioning device, a first binding device, a second binding device, a driving device which moves the second binding device to a binding position where the sheets positioned by the sheet positioning device are to be bound and to a retracting position for retracting to the outside of the sheets positioned by the sheet positioning device, and a controller which controls the driving device and causes the second binding device to be located at the retracting position when the first binding device binds sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Satoru MATSUKI, Daiki KOMIYAMA, Kazuhito SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9008568
    Abstract: In a sheet storing apparatus of the present invention, a tailing end supporting member which temporarily supports a tailing end of a dropping sheet bundle is arranged between a discharging port of a processing tray to discharge the sheet bundle and the upmost sheet on a stack tray as being movable between an operating position above a sheet placement face and a waiting position outside the stack tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Riso Kagaku Corporation, Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Shimura, Makoto Shimizu, Akira Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20140061991
    Abstract: In a sheet storing apparatus of the present invention, a tailing end supporting member which temporarily supports a tailing end of a dropping sheet bundle is arranged between a discharging port of a processing tray to discharge the sheet bundle and the upmost sheet on a stack tray as being movable between an operating position above a sheet placement face and a waiting position outside the stack tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito SHIMURA, Makoto SHIMIZU, Akira SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140061993
    Abstract: In an apparatus structure having a sheet discharge mode to store sheets at a stack tray from a sheet discharging path and a sheet discharge mode to store binding-processed sheet bundles with collating and stacking, sheet holding means is arranged above a sheet placement face of the stack tray as a sheet pressurization force being variable in two steps, and then, the pressurization force of the sheet holding means is adjusted in two steps in accordance with the sheet discharge mode for storing sheets at the stack tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: NISCA CORPORATION, RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito SHIMURA, Seiji ONO, Makoto SHIMIZU, Akira SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8226080
    Abstract: To provide a sheet post-processing apparatus enabling a sheet to be aligned in a predetermined collection position irrespective of the basis weight of the sheet and image formation surface in dropping and collecting the sheet onto a tray from a sheet discharge outlet, the apparatus has a tray for collecting a sheet from the sheet discharge outlet, and a sheet discharge rotating body for transferring the sheet that is carried out to the tray toward a sheet end regulation member, and is configured to be able to adjust the timing of shifting the sheet discharge rotating body to an operation position engaging in the sheet from a withdrawal position above the tray corresponding to image formation conditions of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Morita, Takeharu Takusagawa, Toshikazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Mukoyama, Kazuhito Shimura, Eiji Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 7949294
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion as an image forming system, is configured as follows. A paper post-processing portion that can perform a plurality of types of paper post-processing for recording paper transported from the apparatus main body after printing by the printing portion is finished, and a discharge portion to which recording paper is discharged after paper post-processing by the paper post-processing portion is finished, are disposed in a space of the apparatus main body formed by the original reading portion, the printing portion, and the feed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita, Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshikawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa, Shin Tsugane, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Publication number: 20110006476
    Abstract: To provide a sheet post-processing apparatus enabling a sheet to be aligned in a predetermined collection position irrespective of the weighing capacity of the sheet and image formation surface in dropping and collecting the sheet onto a tray from a sheet discharge outlet, the apparatus has a tray means for collecting a sheet from the sheet discharge outlet, and a sheet discharge rotating body for transferring the sheet that is carried out to the tray means toward a sheet end regulation means, and is configured to be able to adjust the timing of shifting the sheet discharge rotating body to an operation position engaging in the sheet from a withdrawal position above the tray corresponding to image formation conditions of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roy Morita, Takeharu Takusagawa, Toshikazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Mukoyama, Kazuhito Shimura, Eiji Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 7684750
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion as an image forming system, is configured as follows. A paper post-processing portion that can perform a plurality of types of paper post-processing for recording paper transported from the apparatus main body after printing by the printing portion is finished, and a discharge portion to which recording paper is discharged after paper post-processing by the paper post-processing portion is finished, are disposed in a space of the apparatus main body formed by the original reading portion, the printing portion, and the feed portion. The paper post-processing portion is provided such that it can slide relative to the apparatus main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, NISCA Corporation
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita, Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshikawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa, Kazuhito Shimura, Tomohisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7450874
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion as an image forming system, a paper post-processing portion that can perform a plurality of types of paper post-processing for recording paper transported from the apparatus main body after printing by the printing portion is finished, and a discharge portion to which recording paper is discharged after paper post-processing by the paper post-processing portion is finished, are disposed in a space of the apparatus main body formed by the original reading portion, the printing portion, and the feed portion, and the paper post-processing portion is controlled according to print conditions selected when a print request is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita, Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshikawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa, Shin Tsugane, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Publication number: 20060210337
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion as an image forming system, is configured as follows. A paper post-processing portion that can perform a plurality of types of paper post-processing for recording paper transported from the apparatus main body after printing by the printing portion is finished, and a discharge portion to which recording paper is discharged after paper post-processing by the paper post-processing portion is finished, are disposed in a space of the apparatus main body formed by the original reading portion, the printing portion, and the feed portion. The paper post-processing portion is provided such that it can slide relative to the apparatus main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita, Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshikawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa, Kazuhito Shimura, Tomohisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20060203068
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion as an image forming system, is configured as follows. A paper post-processing portion that can perform a plurality of types of paper post-processing for recording paper transported from the apparatus main body after printing by the printing portion is finished, and a discharge portion to which recording paper is discharged after paper post-processing by the paper post-processing portion is finished, are disposed in a space of the apparatus main body formed by the original reading portion, the printing portion, and the feed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita, Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshikawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa, Shin Tsugane, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Publication number: 20060204269
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion as an image forming system, a paper post-processing portion that can perform a plurality of types of paper post-processing for recording paper transported from the apparatus main body after printing by the printing portion is finished, and a discharge portion to which recording paper is discharged after paper post-processing by the paper post-processing portion is finished, are disposed in a space of the apparatus main body formed by the original reading portion, the printing portion, and the feed portion, and the paper post-processing portion is controlled according to print conditions selected when a print request is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha,
    Inventors: Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita, Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Hideo Yoshikawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa, Shin Tsugane, Kazuhito Shimura
  • Patent number: 5296906
    Abstract: An electrophotographic apparatus of this invention includes a stacking section for cut sheet; a stacking section for fanfold paper; a feed section for supplying printing paper which is cut sheet or fanfold paper from one of the stacking sections via one of different supplying paths; an exposure unit for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum; a developing unit for developing the latent image into a toner image; a belt conveyer for conveying the printing paper received from the feed section along common feeding path, a transferring unit for transferring the toner image on the photosensitive drum onto the printing paper; a fixing unit for fixing the transferred toner image on the printing paper; an ejecting section for receiving the printed printing paper from the belt conveyer; and a cutting device for cutting apart the printed fanfold paper at the perforation line thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Hano, Jun Inagaki, Yoshihiro Chujo, Takanobu Hagiwara, Eizo Kanaya, Yoshinobu Takatsuki, Satoru Kato, Hajime Saegusa, Tetsuya Aiyama, Hiroyuki Aonuma, Shozo Yoshizawa, Naoki Kobayashi, Koichi Sugihara, Akihito Dobashi, Kazuhito Shimura