Patents by Inventor Kenji Umehara

Kenji Umehara 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: 7104538
    Abstract: A sheet post processing device receives, sheets on an inverter structure which causes initial sheets supplied to the inverter to be overlayed first sheet on the second sheet, and moves the overlayed first and second and subsequent sheets to a sheet transport path for delivery to a sheet sending device adapted to be indexed vertically between selective gates and fixed outlets into selected trays, and has a stapler for stapling sheets in sets, before sending the sets to the outlet and into a tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignees: Gradco (Japan) Ltd., Ikegami Communication Equipments, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kimura, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara, Kenichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6659455
    Abstract: A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
  • Publication number: 20030052446
    Abstract: A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Toshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
  • Patent number: 6357743
    Abstract: A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Gradco Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
  • Patent number: 5860644
    Abstract: A base cabinet for an electronic printer has facilities for feeding sheets of paper from the base to a printer resting on the base and selectively for a) returning printed sheets to the base for stacking; b) inverting printed sheets exiting the printer and passing them to a receiver; c) passing sheets or envelopes exiting the printer straight through to a receiving tray; and d) feeding sheets exiting the printer upwardly to a sorter or mailbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Takeuchi, Shun Mizutani, Kenji Umehara, Bradford Billings
  • Patent number: 5312557
    Abstract: A bleaching detergent composition is disclosed which contains granulated sodium percarbonate incorporated therein formed by separately spraying an aqueous boric acid solution and an aqueous alkali metal silicate solution onto sodium percarbonate particles kept in a fluidized state to coat the sodium percarbonate particles with an aqueous solution of the boric acid and the alkali metal silicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Onda, Akira Ito, Yasuo Hiro, Kenji Umehara, Yuji Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 5219549
    Abstract: A bleaching detergent composition is disclosed which contains granulated sodium percarbonate incorporated therein formed by separately spraying an aqueous boric acid solution and an aqueous alkali metal silicate solution onto sodium percarbonate particles kept in a fluidized state to coat the sodium percarbonate particles with an aqueous solution of the boric acid and the alkali metal silicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Lion Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Onda, Akira Ito, Yasuo Hiro, Kenji Umehara, Yuji Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 5172003
    Abstract: An optically transparent dustproof plate provided to a reflex type optical sheet sensor being for detecting passage of a sheet, transferred in front of the sheet sensor, by irradiating light from a light source provided in the sheet sensor to the sheet and receiving light reflected from the sheet at a light sensor provided in the sheet sensor, the sheet sensor being for protecting the light source and the light sensor from dust and having an outer surface, which faces outside of the dustproof plate, roughed for dispersing the irradiating light so as to decrease light reflected at the outer surface and received to the light sensor and an inner surface, which faces inside of the sheet sensor, inclined against the irradiating light so as to prevent light reflected at the inner surface from directing to the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Nasu, Kenji Umehara, Kazuhiro Kakuguchi
  • Patent number: 5120146
    Abstract: A printer having a bail roller opening and closing apparatus including a bail roller for pressing a printing medium against a platen, a bail roller opening and closing mechanism for moving the bail roller between a closed position and an open position, and a clutch for connecting a space motor to the bail roller opening and closing mechanism. The bail roller opening and closing mechanism includes a rotating member rotationally driven by the space motor via the clutch, a transmission member causing the bail roller to be displaced by displacement of the transmission member and manual displacement of the bail roller, and a bidirectional motion transmission mechanism for transmitting bidirectional motion between the rotating member and the transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakayasu, Chikako Kawana, Masaki Kanoh, Kenji Umehara, Yoshiaki Hosokawa, Takashi Maekawa
  • Patent number: 5071275
    Abstract: A printer having a bail roller opening and closing apparatus including a bail roller for pressing a printing medium against a platen, a bail roller opening and closing mechanism for moving the bail roller between a closed position and an open position, and a clutch for connecting a space motor to the bail roller opening and closing mechanism. The bail roller opening and closing mechanism includes a rotating member rotationally driven by the space motor via the clutch, a transmission member causing the bail roller to be displaced by displacement of the transmission member and manual displacement of the bail roller, and a bidirectional motion transmission mechanism for transmitting bidirectional motion between the rotating member and the transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakayasu, Chikako Kawana, Masaki Kanoh, Kenji Umehara, Yoshiaki Hosokawa, Takashi Maekawa
  • Patent number: 4432924
    Abstract: An electrically conductive thermoplastic resin monofilament having a high mechanical strength and an excellent electrical conductivity is produced. This monofilament containing an electrically conductive carbon black is produced through extrusion, cooling, aging, and orientation steps, the temperature of the monofilament in the orientation step is within the range of from 60.degree. C. to 5.degree. C. less than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin, and orientation is carried out at a stretching strain rate of 5000%/min or less. Also in the aging step the temperature is optionally kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignee: Lion Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Umehara, Hiroshi Takeda, Susumu Tomidokoro
  • Patent number: D384970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Takeuchi, Shun Mizutani, Kenji Umehara
  • Patent number: D392994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Gradco (Japan) Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Takeuchi, Shun Mizutani, Kenji Umehara
  • Patent number: D823581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Umehara, Takayuki Ueda, Seiji Yano, Keishi Kitamoto, Tatsuro Ushiyama, Jun Takei, Yousuke Atarashi, Takuto Ishii