Patents by Inventor Masahiro Funakoshi

Masahiro Funakoshi 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: 8155576
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a miniaturized sheet processing apparatus in that a conveying length a conveying distance need not be increased even though the number of sheets per bundle increases. A glue applying bookbinder that partially glues sheets and performs a pressing process to form a sheet bundle. The glue applying bookbinder includes a processing tray that stacks sheets, a glue applying portion that applies a glue on the sheets on the processing tray, and pressing portions that press the sheets on the processing tray. The glue applying portion is arranged such that the glue applying portion can be moved from a first standby position outside the sheets stacked on the stacking portion to a second standby position, different from the first standby position, outside the sheets through an upper surface of the sheets, and the pressing portions are moved integrally with the glue applying portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daijiro Kato, Katsuaki Hirai, Takeshi Aoyama, Masahiro Funakoshi, Shoko Magata, Yuichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7942399
    Abstract: The invention is to stabilize an amount of application of a glue to sheets, to stabilize adhesive force between the sheets, and to further improve the productivity of a glued sheet bundle. A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray 130 that stacks a sheet discharged by a pair of discharge rollers, an attitude changing unit 150 that displaces the aligned sheet bundle on the processing tray 130 to partially expose sheet surfaces, an adhesive agent delivery device 160 that applies a glue to the exposed parts of the sheet surfaces of the displaced sheet bundle on the processing tray 130, and a sheet bundle aligning portion such as aligning plates 140 and 141 that aligns the glued sheet bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuaki Hirai, Takeshi Aoyama, Shoko Magata, Yuichi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Daijiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7713015
    Abstract: Provided is a bookbinding apparatus including: a conveying unit which sequentially conveys sheets; a gluing unit which glues the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit; a stacking unit which sequentially stacks the sheets glued by the gluing unit; a pressurizing unit which pressurizes glued portions of the sheets stacked on the stacking unit; and a control unit which temporarily stops a stacking process carried out by the conveying unit onto the stacking unit and causes the pressurizing unit to execute a pressurizing process on the sheets stacked on the stacking unit when an operation interrupting event occurs during the stacking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoko Magata, Takeshi Aoyama, Masahiro Funakoshi, Yuichi Yamamoto, Daijiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20080296825
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a miniaturized sheet processing apparatus in that a conveying length a conveying distance need not be increased even though the number of sheets per bundle increases. A glue applying bookbinder that partially glues sheets and performs a pressing process to form a sheet bundle. The glue applying bookbinder includes a processing tray that stacks sheets, a glue applying portion that applies a glue on the sheets on the processing tray, and pressing portions that press the sheets on the processing tray. The glue applying portion is arranged such that the glue applying portion can be moved from a first standby position outside the sheets stacked on the stacking portion to a second standby position, different from the first standby position, outside the sheets through an upper surface of the sheets, and the pressing portions are moved integrally with the glue applying portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daijiro Kato, Katsuaki Hirai, Takeshi Aoyama, Masahiro Funakoshi, Shoko Magata, Yuichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080298929
    Abstract: The invention is to stabilize an amount of application of a glue to sheets, to stabilize adhesive force between the sheets, and to further improve the productivity of a glued sheet bundle. A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray 130 that stacks a sheet discharged by a pair of discharge rollers, an attitude changing unit 150 that displaces the aligned sheet bundle on the processing tray 130 to partially expose sheet surfaces, an adhesive agent delivery device 160 that applies a glue to the exposed parts of the sheet surfaces of the displaced sheet bundle on the processing tray 130, and a sheet bundle aligning portion such as aligning plates 140 and 141 that aligns the glued sheet bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuaki Hirai, Takeshi Aoyama, Shoko Magata, Yuichi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Daijiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20080080959
    Abstract: Provided is a bookbinding apparatus including: a conveying unit which sequentially conveys sheets; a gluing unit which glues the sheets conveyed by the conveying unit; a stacking unit which sequentially stacks the sheets glued by the gluing unit; a pressurizing unit which pressurizes glued portions of the sheets stacked on the stacking unit; and a control unit which temporarily stops a stacking process carried out by the conveying unit onto the stacking unit and causes the pressurizing unit to execute a pressurizing process on the sheets stacked on the stacking unit when an operation interrupting event occurs during the stacking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoko Magata, Takeshi Aoyama, Masahiro Funakoshi, Yuichi Yamamoto, Daijiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7184681
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus with a small installation area. In order to attain this object, an image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a recording material unit which stores recording materials; an image forming unit which is arranged above the recording material unit and forms an image on the recording material supplied from the recording material unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the image forming apparatus, in which the power supply unit is constituted as a unit integral with the recording material unit and is arranged below the image forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060236516
    Abstract: A recycling method of an apparatus having a part includes a collecting step of collecting a part from the apparatus; a processing step of processing the collected part to adapt it to an apparatus having different specifications; and a mounting step of mounting the part processed in the processing step on the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Masaaki Saito, Ikuo Takeuchi, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Naoya Kikkawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 7082660
    Abstract: A recycling method of an apparatus having a part includes a collecting step of collecting a part from the apparatus; a processing step of processing the collected part to adapt it to an apparatus having different specifications; and a mounting step of mounting the part processed in the processing step on the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Masaaki Saito, Ikuo Takeuchi, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Naoya Kikkawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6983113
    Abstract: A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus, and a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Masaaki Saito, Ikuo Takeuchi, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takayuki Kato, Naoya Kikkawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20050249520
    Abstract: A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus, and a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Masaaki Saito, Ikuo Takeuchi, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takayuki Kato, Naoya Kikkawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20050025515
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus with a small installation area. In order to attain this object, an image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a recording material unit which stores recording materials; an image forming unit which is arranged above the recording material unit and forms an image on the recording material supplied from the recording material unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the image forming apparatus, in which the power supply unit is constituted as a unit integral with the recording material unit and is arranged below the image forming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 6836628
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus with a small installation area. In order to attain this object, an image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a recording material unit which stores recording materials; an image forming unit which is arranged above the recording material unit and forms an image on the recording material supplied from the recording material unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the image forming apparatus, in which the power supply unit is constituted as a unit integral with the recording material unit and is arranged below the image forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 6836340
    Abstract: A multifunctional image processing apparatus which is capable of coping with changes expected to take place in office environment in the future, includes image forming means for forming an image on a sheet, image reading means, disposed above the image forming means with a void space part formed between the image forming means and the image reading means, for reading image information from an original having the image information recorded thereon, and a sheet delivery part arranged to deliver the sheet having the image formed thereon by the image forming means into the void space part formed between the image forming means and the image reading means, wherein the image reading means is supported by a support part provided on a frame body in which the image forming means is housed, and is arranged to be horizontally swingable around the support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yoshihara, Takashi Kusanagi, Masataka Isomoto, Akihisa Shiozaki, Masahiro Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20040005166
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus with a small installation area. In order to attain this object, an image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a recording material unit which stores recording materials; an image forming unit which is arranged above the recording material unit and forms an image on the recording material supplied from the recording material unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the image forming apparatus, in which the power supply unit is constituted as a unit integral with the recording material unit and is arranged below the image forming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Funakoshi
  • Publication number: 20030059229
    Abstract: A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus; a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Masaaki Saito, Ikuo Takeuchi, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takayuki Kato, Naoya Kikkawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20030044198
    Abstract: A recycling method of an apparatus having a part includes a collecting step of collecting a part from the apparatus; a processing step of processing the collected part to adapt it to an apparatus having different specifications; and a mounting step of mounting the part processed in the processing step on the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiro Funakoshi, Masaaki Saito, Ikuo Takeuchi, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Naoya Kikkawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6359705
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image reading apparatus comprising a transparent plate, a convey means for conveying an original onto the transparent plate, a light source for illuminating the original, a light receiving element for reading an image of the original illuminated by the light source through the transparent plate, the light receiving element being shifted in a first mode in which the original stopped on the transparent plate is read and being kept stationary in a second mode in which the original being shifted by the convey means is read, and a control means for controlling a light amount of the light source in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Funakoshi, Daisuke Suga
  • Publication number: 20010040707
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image reading apparatus comprising a transparent plate, a convey means for conveying an original onto the transparent plate, a light source for illuminating the original, a light receiving element for reading an image of the original illuminated by the light source through the transparent plate, the light receiving element being shifted in a first mode in which the original stopped on the transparent plate is read and being kept stationary in a second mode in which the original being shifted by the convey means is read, and a control means for controlling a light amount of the light source in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: MASAHIRO FUNAKOSHI, DAISUKE SUGA
  • Publication number: 20010021038
    Abstract: A multifunctional image processing apparatus which is capable of coping with changes expected to take place in office environment in the future, includes image forming means for forming an image on a sheet, image reading means, disposed above the image forming means with a void space part formed between the image forming means and the image reading means, for reading image information from an original having the image information recorded thereon, and a sheet delivery part arranged to deliver the sheet having the image formed thereon by the image forming means into the void space part formed between the image forming means and the image reading means, wherein the image reading means is supported by a support part provided on a frame body in which the image forming means is housed, and is arranged to be horizontally swingable around the support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yoshihara, Takashi Kusanagi, Masataka Isomoto, Akihisa Shiozaki, Masahiro Funakoshi