Patents by Inventor Kouichi Furutoh

Kouichi Furutoh 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).

  • Automatic document feeder and manuscript scanner provided with platen cover with easily operable handle
    Patent number: 7970337
    Abstract: An automatic document feeder is mounted on a platen cover, which is located on a housing of a manuscript scanning section and movable relative to the housing to have open and shut states. The automatic document feeder is provided with: a manuscript stacker adapted to have manuscripts stacked on it; an outer frame structure having the manuscript stacker movable to attain the open and shut states; and a handle section provided integrally with the outer frame structure and disposed anteriorly to the manuscript stacker. The space between the manuscript stacker and the platen cover serves as a manuscript discharging section. The handle section is formed in a shape so as to avoid narrowing the entrance for inserting a hand into the manuscript discharging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Uchida, Kouichi Furutoh
  • Automatic document feeder and manuscript scanner provided with platen cover with easily operable handle
    Publication number: 20050200920
    Abstract: An automatic document feeder is mounted on a platen cover, which is located on a housing of a manuscript scanning section and movable relative to the housing to have open and shut states. The automatic document feeder is provided with: a manuscript stacker adapted to have manuscripts stacked on it; an outer frame structure having the manuscript stacker movable to attain the open and shut states; and a handle section provided integrally with the outer frame structure and disposed anteriorly to the manuscript stacker. The space between the manuscript stacker and the platen cover serves as a manuscript discharging section. The handle section is formed in a shape so as to avoid narrowing the entrance for inserting a hand into the manuscript discharging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Uchida, Kouichi Furutoh