Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Kinno

Kiyoshi Kinno 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).

  • Developer recovering unit with grounded downstream transporting device and image forming apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 8090307
    Abstract: A developer recovering unit is provided with a recovery vessel that contains a developer to be recovered, a transporting device that includes a transporting member that transports the developer through a tubular transport path connecting a portion where the developer is generated to the recovery vessel, and a detecting device that detects an amount of the developer contained in the recovery vessel, wherein the transporting member is formed as a conductive member and is grounded at least in a most downstream section of the transport path connected to the recovery vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Hoshino, Kiyoshi Kinno, Tatsuya Soga
  • DEVELOPER RECOVERING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100119270
    Abstract: A developer recovering unit is provided with a recovery vessel that contains a developer to be recovered, a transporting device that includes a transporting member that transports the developer through a tubular transport path connecting a portion where the developer is generated to the recovery vessel, and a detecting device that detects an amount of the developer contained in the recovery vessel, wherein the transporting member is formed as a conductive member and is grounded at least in a most downstream section of the transport path connected to the recovery vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Hirohisa Hoshino, Kiyoshi Kinno, Tatsuya Soga