Patents by Inventor Kohki Ohmura

Kohki Ohmura 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: 11137953
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a storage, circuitry, and an information provider. The storage is configured to temporarily store one or more sheets to be removed without being used in the image forming apparatus. The circuitry is configured to determine whether a manual operation is performed on the image forming apparatus and whether the one or more sheets stored in the storage exceed a given value in number or height. The information provider is configured to provide information urging removal of the one or more sheets from the storage in response to determination by the circuitry that the manual operation is performed and that the one or more sheets stored in the storage exceed the given value in number or height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohki Ohmura
  • Patent number: 11073783
    Abstract: A fixing device is drawn from an image forming apparatus in a drawing direction. The fixing device includes a first unit, a second unit coupled with the first unit, and a third unit coupled with the second unit. A fastener releases coupling between at least two of the first unit, the second unit, and the third unit. An exterior cover is disposed at a front of the image forming apparatus in the drawing direction. The exterior cover includes a slot disposed opposite the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohki Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20200341424
    Abstract: A fixing device is drawn from an image forming apparatus in a drawing direction. The fixing device includes a first unit, a second unit coupled with the first unit, and a third unit coupled with the second unit. A fastener releases coupling between at least two of the first unit, the second unit, and the third unit. An exterior cover is disposed at a front of the image forming apparatus in the drawing direction. The exterior cover includes a slot disposed opposite the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohki Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20200285422
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a storage, circuitry, and an information provider. The storage is configured to temporarily store one or more sheets to be removed without being used in the image forming apparatus. The circuitry is configured to determine whether a manual operation is performed on the image forming apparatus and whether the one or more sheets stored in the storage exceed a given value in number or height. The information provider is configured to provide information urging removal of the one or more sheets from the storage in response to determination by the circuitry that the manual operation is performed and that the one or more sheets stored in the storage exceed the given value in number or height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kohki Ohmura
  • Patent number: 4919045
    Abstract: An offset printer having a printing section and a plate making section in a unitary assembly. The plate making section is located above the printing section. The printing section includes a plate drum, a rubber drum, and a press drum. The press drum is disposed above and at a predetermined angle relative to the rubber drum. The diameter of the press drum is at least two times as great as the diameter of the rubber drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Okubo, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Kohki Ohmura, Yoshinobu Sai, Takuo Satoh, Yukihiko Yoshino, Nobuyuki Hoshi, Takayuki Onodera, Yasuo Endoh, Sigenobu Irokawa, Toshiaki Sannohe