Patents by Inventor Masataka OONO

Masataka OONO 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).

  • Publication number: 20220033205
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes: a sheet stacking unit that stacks a bundle of sheets; a pick-up roller that is enabled to move up and down and sends a sheet of the bundle of sheets toward downstream side in a carrying direction; a pair of rollers that is arranged at downstream side in the carrying direction, and when multiple sheets are sent out by the pick-up roller, that separates the first sheet from the second sheet or later; a separation member that is arranged between the pick-up roller and the pair of rollers and that is in contact with a leading end of the sheet and limits the number of the sheet carried to the pair of rollers; and a hardware processor that determines a height position of the pick-up roller corresponding to a type of the sheet and sets the pick-up roller to be at the determined height position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takao SHIBAZAKI, Masataka OONO, Yasuo NAKAMURA