Patents by Inventor Michio Kasuya

Michio Kasuya 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: 5587812
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is constructed with a minimum number of parts in a size as compact as possible, capable of reading, recording, and receiving data automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Michio Kasuya
  • Patent number: 5413426
    Abstract: During the forward driving of a recording motor, a platen roller is forwardly rotated and a de-curl shaft is rotated so as to bear against a recording sheet and at this time, a cutter is not driven. During the reverse driving of the recording motor 31, the cutter 17 is first driven to cut the recording sheet 14, whereafter the platen roller 15 is reversely driven and the de-curl shaft 27a becomes spaced apart from the recording sheet 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Ijuin, Michio Kasuya, Shinnichiro Otsuki
  • Patent number: 5400146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image formation apparatus comprising a first housing and a second housing which can be freely opened and closed, and in the first housing a locking nail is provided while a locking member is provided in the second housing, to which the locking nail can be hooked or released therefrom. Then, detection means is provided for the locking member in the second housing for detecting whether the locking nail is hooked or its hooking is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinnichiro Otsuki, Michio Kasuya, Kazuya Ijuin
  • Patent number: 5325214
    Abstract: An original feeding apparatus is structured with a first housing and second housing to enable the second housing to be opened and closed, and is provided with a feeding member for carrying an original respectively in the first housing and second housing. The original feeding apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by providing the aforesaid first housing with an original inlet for inserting an original and an original outlet for exhausting the original and at the same time, arranging the first housing to serve dually as an upper guiding plane when an original is fed while the second housing to serve dually as a lower guiding plane at the time of the original being fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Ijuin, Michio Kasuya, Shinnichiro Otsuki
  • Patent number: 4961091
    Abstract: A sheet receiving device has conveying means for conveying a sheet, restraining means disposed downstream of the conveying means with respect to the direction of conveyance by a distance shorter than the length of th esheet in th edirection of conveyance for restraining the leading end edge of the sheet being conveyed, first guide means for guiding the sheet to the restraining means, second guide means cooperating with the first guide means to hold the sheet therebetween, and support means for movably supporting at least one of the first guide means and the second guide means so that the distance between the first guide means and the second guide means can increase with the sheet held therebetween, in conformity with an increase in the sheet held between the first guide means and the second guide means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Kasuya, Akihiro Tomoda
  • Patent number: 4768100
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus in which the respective functional sections in the apparatus are clearly separated and constituted as units, thereby raising the productivity, and at the same time the maintenance for the reading optical system and for the jam processing of the sheets and the like can be easily performed. The enclosing space for the recording sheets discharged is built inside the casing, and the original base is also used as the cover for the recording system unit, thereby realizing a small and thin sized apparatus. Further, the heat generated from the power source unit and recording head can be easily radiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kunishima, Takeshi Ikeda, Michio Kasuya, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Masakatsu Iwata
  • Patent number: 4768063
    Abstract: This specification discloses a sheet material receiving device provided near the lower part of the sheet material discharging portion of an image forming apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus or a copying apparatus to receive sheet materials discharged from the image forming apparatus. The sheet material receiving device is provided with a first guide member against which the leading end of each discharged sheet bears and by which the sheet is directed downwardly, and a second guide member opposed to the first guide member and forming a sheet receiving space, and has a gripping portion for holding down the sheet material received in the sheet receiving space, or the first guide member is openable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kunishima, Takeshi Ikeda, Michio Kasuya, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Masakatsu Iwata
  • Patent number: 4426883
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the length of web wound on a bobbin. The apparatus detects the amount of rotation of the bobbin and the amount of feed of the web and detects the amount of roll by an operation on the basis of the detected amounts. The amount of rotation of the bobbin is detected by the pulses generated in response to the rotation of the bobbin and counted by a first counter. The amount of feed of the web is detected by the pulses generated in response to the feeding of the web and counted by a second counter. The amount of roll is calculated by an operation device on the basis of the count values of the first and second counters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunzo Inoue, Takeshi Nagasawa, Toshio Iwaya, Michio Kasuya, Shinji Murata
  • Patent number: 4405227
    Abstract: A photographic apparatus for photographing originals in succession onto a photographic film of a continuous web form and then processing the thus exposed film. The apparatus is provided with a storage chamber located between the photographing station and the processing station for temporarily storing the film advanced from the photographing station, a feeder for feeding the film from the storage chamber to the processing station and a switch for actuating the feeder to feed the film from the storage chamber to the processing station. There are further provided a photographing controller adapted to prohibit the operation of the photographing device when a determined amount of the film is stored in the storage chamber and enable the photographing operation in response to the actuation of said switch, and a cutter for cutting the exposed film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syunzo Inoue, Toshio Arai, Takeshi Nagasawa, Motofumi Konishi, Hitoshi Yanagawa, Toshio Iwaya, Michio Kasuya
  • Patent number: 4351609
    Abstract: This specification discloses an apparatus for photographing originals successively on a long footage of film. Originals of various sizes such as checks, stock-certificates, vouchers, etc. are photographed on the film. When originals of various sizes are photographed on unphotographed film, how may originals can be photographed on the unphotographed film is displayed. The number of originals photographable on the unphotographed film can be known for each size of original and can also be known as the number of originals having an average size which have hitherto been photographed or as the number of originals having a minimum or a maximum size. Also, in a photographing apparatus wherein photographed film is temporally stored in a storage portion and then fed to a developing portion, how many originals can be photographed on the film that is to be stored in the storage portion is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunzo Inoue, Takeshi Nagasawa, Hitoshi Yanagawa, Toshio Iwaya, Michio Kasuya
  • Patent number: 4259007
    Abstract: This invention provides a photographic apparatus for successively photographing originals on a photographic film in a continuous web form and subsequently developing the thus exposed film. Said apparatus comprises a camera unit and a processor unit, wherein said camera unit comprising a film chamber for storing the photographic film exposed at an exposing position into a loop form, a feed path for feeding said film in said film chamber into said processor and means for advancing said film into said film chamber. The photographic apparatus of this invention is selectively usable either as a camera for photographing only or as a camera-processor for continuous photographing and development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Arai, Shunzo Inoue, Yasuo Kuroda, Michio Kasuya, Motofumi Konishi, Mitsuo Nakamura