Patents by Inventor Natsumi Nakata

Natsumi Nakata 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: 20230312289
    Abstract: A medium transport device include: an inclination corrector including a first inclination correction member and a second inclination correction member disposed away from each other in a width direction of a medium, the first inclination correction member and the second inclination correction member being individually drivable during transport of the medium, the inclination corrector being configured to correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium by causing a difference in the transport of the medium between the first inclination correction member and the second inclination correction member; and a medium transporter disposed on a downstream side of the inclination corrector in the transport direction and configured to transport the medium, the medium transporter including a pair of medium transport members disposed across the medium in a thickness direction of the medium, the medium transport members being movable between a transport position where the medium transport
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230314998
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, at least one pair of first transport rollers transports the sheet while bending the sheet in the transport space by producing a difference in transport rate within a portion of a section upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Natsumi NAKATA, Koji DEGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE
  • Publication number: 20230312282
    Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: a pair of transporting rolls provided to a sheet transport path; a separating component configured to move one of transporting rolls that form the pair of transporting rolls to an open position where the one of the transporting rolls is spaced apart from an other of the transporting rolls; and a switching component having a switching function of switching a position of the pair of transporting rolls between a nipping position and an unnipping position, the switching component being configured to resume the switching function when the pair of transporting rolls once moved to the open position by the separating component is returned to a normal operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Koji DEGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230312288
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a positional corrector configured to transport a medium and correct a position of the medium in a width direction of the medium by moving the medium in the width direction, a first inclination corrector disposed on a transport path of the medium and configured to correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium, and a second inclination corrector configured to correct the inclination of the medium on an upstream side of the first inclination corrector in the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE, Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230312292
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers is displaced in the axial direction while holding a portion of the transported sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Koji DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230312291
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, first transport rollers in at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers are separated not to hold at least part of a portion of the transported sheet located upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Koji DEGUCHI, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230312293
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a positional corrector configured to transport a medium and correct a position of the medium in a width direction of the medium by moving the medium in the width direction, and an inclination corrector configured to transport the medium and correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium on an upstream side of the positional corrector in the transport direction, the inclination corrector being disposed at a position where the medium is transported in a flat posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE, Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230312290
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed at a distance from each other upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of first transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is moved in the axial direction, at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers is displaced in a direction to widen the transport space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Koji DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230312281
    Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: plural pairs of transporting rolls that are arranged adjacent to one another in a direction of transport of a sheet; and a component configured to switch individual positions of the plural pairs of transporting rolls between a nipping position and an unnipping position, the component being a single switching component capable of switching a state of nipping by the plural pairs of transporting rolls between a state where all of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the nipping position, a state where some of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the nipping position while remaining ones of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the unnipping position, and a state where all of the plural pairs of transporting rolls are in the unnipping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Koji DEGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11518636
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet and that is disposed in a housing having a bottom plate such that a gap is provided between the sheet storage unit and the bottom plate, the gap extending horizontally; a sheet transport unit that feeds the sheet from the sheet storage unit and transports the fed sheet along a transport passage including a reversing transport path along which the sheet is transported downward and then upward to reverse the sheet front to back, the reversing transport path extending vertically and being connected to the gap; and a first gate unit that prevents passage of the sheet that has entered the reversing transport path when the sheet free falls and allows passage of the sheet when the sheet receives a sheet transport driving force from the sheet transport unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryuga Oishi, Takuyoshi Kimura, Yasunobu Goto, Takehiko Koizumi, Natsumi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11433694
    Abstract: A sheet tray includes a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet, the sheet storage unit being capable of being pulled out of a housing in a forward direction and pushed into the housing in a rearward direction to a position such that a gap is provided below the sheet storage unit; and a sheet moving portion fixed to the sheet storage unit, the sheet moving portion moving together with the sheet storage unit when the sheet storage unit is pulled out, thereby moving a sheet that has entered the gap in the forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takuyoshi Kimura, Yasunobu Goto, Takehiko Koizumi, Ryuga Oishi, Natsumi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11292687
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a drawer unit, a sheet inverting unit, a sheet guide plate, and a projection. The drawer unit is drawable from an apparatus body. The sheet inverting unit is disposed in the apparatus body, and pulls a sheet into a lower portion of the drawer unit to invert the sheet. The sheet guide plate is disposed on the sheet inverting unit to face the drawer unit, and includes a recess extending in a pull-out direction of the drawer unit that crosses a direction in which the sheet is transported. The projection protrudes toward the recess from a portion of a lower surface of the drawer unit facing the sheet guide plate near a pull-out start point in the pull-out direction and on a rear of a transport area of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Goto, Ryuga Oishi, Takuyoshi Kimura, Takehiko Koizumi, Natsumi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20210107306
    Abstract: A sheet tray includes a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet, the sheet storage unit being capable of being pulled out of a housing in a forward direction and pushed into the housing in a rearward direction to a position such that a gap is provided below the sheet storage unit; and a sheet moving portion fixed to the sheet storage unit, the sheet moving portion moving together with the sheet storage unit when the sheet storage unit is pulled out, thereby moving a sheet that has entered the gap in the forward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuyoshi KIMURA, Yasunobu GOTO, Takehiko KOIZUMI, Ryuga OISHI, Natsumi NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20210107755
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet and that is disposed in a housing having a bottom plate such that a gap is provided between the sheet storage unit and the bottom plate, the gap extending horizontally; a sheet transport unit that feeds the sheet from the sheet storage unit and transports the fed sheet along a transport passage including a reversing transport path along which the sheet is transported downward and then upward to reverse the sheet front to back, the reversing transport path extending vertically and being connected to the gap; and a first gate unit that prevents passage of the sheet that has entered the reversing transport path when the sheet free falls and allows passage of the sheet when the sheet receives a sheet transport driving force from the sheet transport unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuga OISHI, Takuyoshi KIMURA, Yasunobu GOTO, Takehiko KOIZUMI, Natsumi NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20210094783
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a drawer unit, a sheet inverting unit, a sheet guide plate, and a projection. The drawer unit is drawable from an apparatus body. The sheet inverting unit is disposed in the apparatus body, and pulls a sheet into a lower portion of the drawer unit to invert the sheet. The sheet guide plate is disposed on the sheet inverting unit to face the drawer unit, and includes a recess extending in a pull-out direction of the drawer unit that crosses a direction in which the sheet is transported. The projection protrudes toward the recess from a portion of a lower surface of the drawer unit facing the sheet guide plate near a pull-out start point in the pull-out direction and on a rear of a transport area of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Ryuga OISHI, Takuyoshi KIMURA, Takehiko KOIZUMI, Natsumi NAKATA
  • Patent number: 10552039
    Abstract: A storage control apparatus including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a process, the process including storing, in the memory, management information including an operation history for a storage region of a storage device, specifying at certain timing, from the management information, a first operation that has been executed to set a configuration of the storage region to a configuration at the certain timing, determining a second operation from among operations, in the management information, that precede the execution of the first operation and that target the storage region, deleting the second operation from the management information, and transmitting the management information after the deletion to a management apparatus that manages a state of the storage region of the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Natsumi Nakata, Toshiharu Makida
  • Publication number: 20190310579
    Abstract: A transport device including: a first transporting part that transports a medium; and a second transporting part that includes a pair of transport members each having a shaft and multiple rotary members arranged at intervals in an axial direction. The second transporting part transports the medium while nipping the medium between the pair of transport members after a leading end of the medium transported by the first transporting part comes into contact with the transport members. At least one of the multiple rotary members of one transport member is a circular-truncated-cone-shaped rotary member in which a diameter of one base is larger than a diameter of the other base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko KOIZUMI, Yoshinori KOIKE, Takuyoshi KIMURA, Natsumi NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20180181313
    Abstract: A storage control apparatus including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a process, the process including storing, in the memory, management information including an operation history for a storage region of a storage device, specifying at certain timing, from the management information, a first operation that has been executed to set a configuration of the storage region to a configuration at the certain timing, determining a second operation from among operations, in the management information, that precede the execution of the first operation and that target the storage region, deleting the second operation from the management information, and transmitting the management information after the deletion to a management apparatus that manages a state of the storage region of the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Natsumi Nakata, TOSHIHARU MAKIDA