Patents by Inventor Koji YOSHITSUGU

Koji YOSHITSUGU 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).

  • Accommodating device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9102486
    Abstract: An accommodating device includes an accommodating portion including a bottom portion and in which a member to be accommodated is accommodated, a stacking member disposed in the accommodating portion such that, while one end side of the stacking member serves as a fulcrum, the other end side thereof is able to move upward, and on which the member to be accommodated is stacked, a lifting/lowering mechanism that lifts the other end side and causes the stacking member to drop under its own weight by releasing a lifting force, and a buffer member that acts as a buffer between the stacking member and the bottom portion of the accommodating portion while being constantly in contact with a bottom surface of the stacking member and a top surface of the bottom portion of the accommodating portion within a movable range in which the lifting/lowering mechanism causes the stacking member to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yoshitsugu, Satoshi Fukada
  • ACCOMMODATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150108713
    Abstract: An accommodating device includes an accommodating portion including a bottom portion and in which a member to be accommodated is accommodated, a stacking member disposed in the accommodating portion such that, while one end side of the stacking member serves as a fulcrum, the other end side thereof is able to move upward, and on which the member to be accommodated is stacked, a lifting/lowering mechanism that lifts the other end side and causes the stacking member to drop under its own weight by releasing a lifting force, and a buffer member that acts as a buffer between the stacking member and the bottom portion of the accommodating portion while being constantly in contact with a bottom surface of the stacking member and a top surface of the bottom portion of the accommodating portion within a movable range in which the lifting/lowering mechanism causes the stacking member to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YOSHITSUGU, Satoshi FUKADA