Patents by Inventor Keiichi Horikiri

Keiichi Horikiri 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: 8356436
    Abstract: An information display panel is configured to be held by a shelf label for displaying information. The information display panel has a display body portion for displaying the information and a holding portion formed along one edge of the display body portion and having a pair of slits. The holding portion is configured for insertion into a through-hole portion of the shelf label so as to form steps in the respective slits by which the holding portion is. engaged with the through-hole portion of the shelf label to thereby hold the information display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc., Toshiba Tec Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Horikiri
  • Publication number: 20110286195
    Abstract: Supporting force for an information display panel is increased to reduce troubles such as displacement and removal of the panel, and attachment and detachment of the information display panel are facilitated. An electronic shelf label (1) includes an electronic shelf label body (2) having a liquid crystal panel (21), and a shelf label frame (3) for housing the electronic shelf label body (2). The shelf label frame (3) includes a frame-like portion (32), which is arranged on a display portion surface side and has a window for an electronic display portion formed therein, and a pair of opposing guide rails (33A and 33B), which are provided on a surface of the frame-like portion (32) and are capable of holding a window frame display panel (4) capable of displaying arbitrary information with the window frame display panel (4) inserted thereinto from above the display portion surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Keiichi Horikiri, Hiromi Chida
  • Publication number: 20110239509
    Abstract: Provided is a structure that allows stability of a holding portion to be enhanced and a process to be facilitated. An information display panel (1) includes: a display body portion (11) capable of displaying arbitrary information; an insertion base end portion (13) provided continuously to a bottom edge portion of the display body portion (11); a foldable piece (14) extending from the insertion base end portion (13) in a direction along the bottom edge portion; and a pair of slits (15A and 15B) formed in the foldable piece (14) so as to be in parallel to each other along the bottom edge portion. The insertion base end portion (13) is bent with respect to the display body portion (11) along a boundary line therebetween, and the foldable piece (14) is folded so as to overlap with the insertion base end portion (13), to thereby form a holding portion (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Keiichi Horikiri
  • Patent number: 5084728
    Abstract: Novel packing cases for image forming sheets are invented. An image forming machine, such as a color hard copying machine uses image forming sheets which are coated on their surfaces with image forming material. Since the image forming material easily comes off from the surface of an image forming sheet, the surface must be protected from physical contacts, particularly during transportation, handling, storing, etc. The novel packing cases are not only provided with protective sheets to protect image forming sheets accommodated in the packing case, but also with other inventive features to avoid any possible physical contacts with the surface of the image recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Horikiri, Haruki Nakamura, Michiyasu Onda
  • Patent number: 5006882
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus has a sheet feeding device which employs the structure wherein pawls or the like disposed at part of the sheet feeding device push down both ends of the sheet to be fed so as to separate the sheets that overlap with one another. The sheet feeding device further employs the structure which pushes the sheet, that falls onto a sheet tray, into the tray in order to store the sheet in the sheet tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Keiichi Horikiri
  • Patent number: D624598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromi Chida, Keiichi Horikiri