Patents by Inventor Kazuki Takai

Kazuki Takai 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: 12158719
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a conveyor, and a guide. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the fuser pressure member in a sheet conveyance direction. The guide guides the two-ply sheet in a sheet conveyance passage between the conveyor and the fuser pressure member. At least one of the fuser pressure member or the conveyor is operable to guide the two-ply sheet outside the sheet conveyance passage in response to an occurrence of an abnormal stop of the sheet laminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takai, Keisuke Sugiyama, Yuichiro Kato, Kazuki Shimodate, Shota Yoshida, Takaya Ochiai, Yosuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20240369957
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a thermal fixing roller pair, a first heater, a second heater, multiple temperature detectors, and a driver. The thermal fixing roller pair includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller facing the first thermal fixing roller. The thermal fixing roller pair thermally fixes and conveys a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium nipped between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The first heater heats the first thermal fixing roller. The second heater heats the second thermal fixing roller. The multiple temperature detectors are at different positions along an axial direction of the thermal fixing roller pair. The multiple temperature detectors detect a surface temperature of the thermal fixing roller pair. The driver drives the thermal fixing roller pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota YOSHIDA, Keisuke SUGIYAMA, Yuichiro KATO, Kazuki SHIMODATE, Takaya OCHIAI, Naoki TAKAI, Yosuke SAITO
  • Patent number: 12072658
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a thermal fixing roller pair, a first heater, a second heater, multiple temperature detectors, and a driver. The thermal fixing roller pair includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller facing the first thermal fixing roller. The thermal fixing roller pair thermally fixes and conveys a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium nipped between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The first heater heats the first thermal fixing roller. The second heater heats the second thermal fixing roller. The multiple temperature detectors are at different positions along an axial direction of the thermal fixing roller pair. The multiple temperature detectors detect a surface temperature of the thermal fixing roller pair. The driver drives the thermal fixing roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Yoshida, Keisuke Sugiyama, Yuichiro Kato, Kazuki Shimodate, Takaya Ochiai, Naoki Takai, Yosuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20240253341
    Abstract: A sheet processing system includes a sheet processing device and a lamination processing device. The sheet processing device includes a sheet separator that separates a two-ply sheet and inserts an inner sheet between the two-ply sheet to form a first enclosed two-ply sheet. The lamination processing device bonds the first enclosed two-ply sheet, and bonds a second enclosed two-ply sheet in which the inner sheet is inserted outside the sheet separator. The sheet processing system includes a relay conveyor that conveys the first enclosed two-ply sheet from the sheet separator to the lamination processing device attachable to a sheet feeder to directly feed the second enclosed two-ply sheet to the lamination processing device. The sheet processing device includes a cord holder to hold the power cord of the lamination processing device at a position where feeding and ejecting the two-ply sheet after bonding the two-ply sheet are not hindered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki SHIMODATE, Naoki TAKAI, Yuichiro KATO, Sho ASANO, Ruki MIDORIKAWA, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240246329
    Abstract: A sheet separation device for separating two sheets of a two-ply sheet, in which the two sheets are overlapped and a part of the two sheets are joined, and inserting at least one sheet medium between the two sheets includes an upper surface, an ejection tray, and a conveyor. A lamination fixing device that laminates the two-ply sheet including the at least one sheet medium inserted between the two sheets is to be mounted on the upper surface. The ejection tray is disposed on the upper surface. The two-ply sheet laminated and ejected from an ejection port of the lamination fixing device is to be stacked on the ejection tray. The conveyor is coupled to the lamination fixing device to convey the two-ply sheet including the at least one sheet medium from the sheet separation device to the lamination fixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAI, Ruki MIDORIKAWA, Kazuki SHIMODATE, Yuichiro KATO, Sho ASANO, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240239092
    Abstract: A lamination processing system includes a sheet separation device, a lamination fixing device, and a conveyor. The sheet separation device separates a two-ply sheet to insert a sheet medium between two sheets of the two-ply sheet to form an enclosed two-ply sheet. The lamination fixing device includes an inlet port and a heater. The conveyor conveys the enclosed two-ply sheet from the sheet separation device to the lamination fixing device in a conveyance direction. The conveyor includes a conveyance passage and a guide. The conveyance passage guides the enclosed two-ply sheet from the sheet separation device toward the lamination fixing device. The guide guides the enclosed two-ply sheet to the inlet port. The guide forms a space accommodatable a deflected part of the enclosed two-ply sheet formed by a difference in a conveyance speed of the enclosed two-ply sheet between the sheet separation device and the lamination fixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke SAITO, Yuichiro KATO, Sho ASANO, Ruki MIDORIKAWA, Naoki TAKAI, Kazuki SHIMODATE
  • Patent number: 7020883
    Abstract: A disk loading mechanism has a turntable. A turntable 36 itself is fixed in external dimensions of a brushless spindle motor, and a chucking face relevant to a disk 11 is precisely placed on a turntable base 46 with a predetermined height. On the turntable base 46, columns 47 are embedded in three directions on a circumference which surrounds the outer periphery of the turntable 36. A column tip end stepped portion 47b and a disk placement face 36a of the turntable 36 are precisely constructed in predetermined dimensions. When the column tip end stepped portion 47b abuts against a bottom face (a reference face L) of a drive board 15, a relative position between the disk placement face 36a of the turntable 36 and a pickup constructed while the bottom face of the drive board 15 is defined as a reference is precisely determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takai, Akira Takahashi, Yoshikazu Omura
  • Patent number: 6826765
    Abstract: A disk player compatible with two types of large and small diameter disks is provided. A startup arm 20 is transversely moved by a selection arm 50 turned by abutment of a side edge of a large diameter disk 14b. Then, the startup arm 20 turning together with a shift bar 17 moved to be pushed at the front edge of the disk 14b is longitudinally moved. A cam follower pin 25 is engagingly locked with a pocket 53c by a spring 24, and the startup arm 20 is constrained in cooperation with a swivel shaft 22, whereby the shift bar 17 is restricted, and the center of the large diameter disk is positioned. The small diameter disk 14a restricts the shift bar 17 by the startup arm 20 by which the cam follower pin 25 is engagingly locked with the pocket 43c by the spring 24 irrespective of the selection arm 50. The center of the small diameter disk is positioned at the same central position as that of the large diameter disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takai, Akira Takahashi, Yoshikazu Omura
  • Patent number: 6697319
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Patent number: 6697318
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20040022160
    Abstract: A disk player compatible with two types of large and small diameter disks is provided. A startup arm 20 is transversely moved by a selection arm 50 turned by abutment of a side edge of a large diameter disk 14b. Then, the startup arm 20 turning together with a shift bar 17 moved to be pushed at the front edge of the disk 14b is longitudinally moved. A cam follower pin 25 is engagingly locked with a pocket 53c by a spring 24, and the startup arm 20 is constrained in cooperation with a swivel shaft 22, whereby the shift bar 17 is restricted, and the center of the large diameter disk is positioned. The small diameter disk 14a restricts the shift bar 17 by the startup arm 20 by which the cam follower pin 25 is engagingly locked with the pocket 43c by the spring 24 irrespective of the selection arm 50. The center of the small diameter disk is positioned at the same central position as that of the large diameter disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuki Takai, Akira Takahashi, Yoshikazu Omura
  • Patent number: 6661766
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20030174628
    Abstract: A thin slide disk loading mechanism is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuki Takai, Akira Takahashi, Yoshikazu Omura
  • Patent number: 6560171
    Abstract: A disk changer device is provided which is capable of maintaining continuity of control, small, and simple, by means of perpetually maintaining a 1-to-1 correspondence relation between the direction of rotation of the driving source and the direction of operation of the disk holding member. A loading unit 40 comprises a transporting plate 43 for transporting disk holding members 11, a chucking plate 44 for driving a drive plate 72 and clamp arm 73, a driving block 45, and so forth. The driving block 45 is provided with a loading pinion 50 which rotates according to the output of a loading motor 47. While the transporting plate 43 makes one reciprocal movement to perform extracting returning operation of the disk holding member 11 by certain rotation control of the loading pinion 50, via the rack 43a, the loading gear 54 is rotated 180° and the chucking plate 44 is driven on the going path or the returning path to perform chucking operation or chucking disengagement operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Satoh, Hideki Hayashi, Kazuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20010050897
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20010050886
    Abstract: A disk changer device is provided which is capable of maintaining continuity of control, small, and simple, by means of perpetually maintaining a 1-to-1 correspondence relation between the direction of rotation of the driving source and the direction of operation of the disk holding member. A loading unit 40 comprises a transporting plate 43 for transporting disk holding members 11, a chucking plate 44 for driving a drive plate 72 and clamp arm 73, a driving block 45, and so forth. The driving block 45 is provided with a loading pinion 50 which rotates according to the output of a loading motor 47. While the transporting plate 43 makes one reciprocal movement to perform extracting returning operation of the disk holding member 11 by certain rotation control of the loading pinion 50, via the rack 43a, the loading gear 54 is rotated 180° and the chucking plate 44 is driven on the going path or the returning path to perform chucking operation or chucking disengagement operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Satoh, Hideki Hayashi, Kazuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20010043554
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Publication number: 20010038599
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Patent number: 6262952
    Abstract: A magazine casing is composed of a magazine upper section and a magazine lower section. A chassis unit includes a magazine shift unit for lifting the magazine upper section, a vertical-tracking unit for selecting a desired disk, a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided magazine upper section and the magazine lower section, and a drive unit provided on the swing unit for playing back the selected disk. A vertical guide hole is formed in the magazine upper section. The chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft that is inserted into the guide hole when lifting the magazine upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Clarion Co., LTD
    Inventor: Kazuki Takai
  • Patent number: 6246643
    Abstract: A disk changer device is provided which is capable of maintaining continuity of control, small, and simple, by means of perpetually maintaining a 1-to-1 correspondence relation between the direction of rotation of the driving source and the direction of operation of the disk holding member. A loading unit 40 comprises a transporting plate 43 for transporting disk holding members 11, a chucking plate 44 for driving a drive plate 72 and clamp arm 73, a driving block 45, and so forth. The driving block 45 is provided with a loading pinion 50 which rotates according to the output of a loading motor 47. While the transporting plate 43 makes one reciprocal movement to perform extracting returning operation of the disk holding member 11 by certain rotation control of the loading pinion 50, via the rack 43a, the loading gear 54 is rotated 180° and the chucking plate 44 is driven on the going path or the returning path to perform chucking operation or chucking disengagement operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Satoh, Hideki Hayashi, Kazuki Takai