Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Yagi
Nobuaki Yagi 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).
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Patent number: 8397830Abstract: To adjust a length of each leg of a staple projected to a back side of sheets of paper 5 to be bound according to a thickness thereof. In an electric stapler containing a head portion 2 including a forming plate 12 that forms a straight staple 9a so as to be U-shaped and a driver plate 13 that ejects the formed staple, a cartridge including staple sheets stacked with multiple layers, and a stapler main body which supplies the staple sheet below the forming plate 12 and which contains a driving portion that drives the forming plate 12 and the driver plate 13 in the head portion 2, plural head portions 2 are provided in which the forming plate 12 and the driver plate 13 inside have width lengths different from each other, wherein each head portion 2 is attachable to and detachable from the stapler main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Max Co., LtdInventors: Nobuaki Yagi, Hiroshi Udagawa
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Patent number: 8393510Abstract: A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall, and a front wall provided on front sides of the right and left walls. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples, the pressing member including a first guide projection at a front end of the pressing member configured to contact an inner surface of the front wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Max Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Patent number: 8371490Abstract: A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall, a front wall provided on front sides of the right and left walls. A locking plate is provided on rear sides of the right and left walls. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples. The front wall includes a first locking section protruding forward from a lower portion of the front wall. The locking plate includes a second locking section.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Max Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Publication number: 20130032624Abstract: A stapler includes a driver mechanism and a clincher mechanism. The clincher mechanism includes a base, a clincher resiliently supported on the base such that the clincher is biased toward the driver mechanism, and a clincher guide having a guide portion configured to guide a movement of the clincher. The guide portion has an inner peripheral surface that forms a through hole extending through the clincher guide and surrounds an outer periphery of the clincher. The inner peripheral surface has recessed surface portions extending from a surface of the clincher guide facing the driver mechanism, such that a gap is provided between the clincher and the recessed surface portions. The recessed surface portions are formed at locations corresponding to portions of the clincher where distal ends of the leg portions of the staple hit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki YAGI, Futoshi KAMEDA
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Patent number: 8365970Abstract: An electric stapler includes: a driver for driving leg portions of a staple having a U-shaped section to penetrate the leg portions through a paper bundle; a table including a clincher for bending and forming the penetrated leg portions inwardly, the table for holding the paper bundle between the driver and the table; a motor for moving the table and the driver; a photo sensor for detecting an existence of the paper bundle inserted into a gap between the table and the driver; and a control portion for driving the motor. The photo sensor is disposed on the table in such a manner that a detection point of the photo sensor for detecting the paper bundle exists upwardly of a disposing position of the clincher by inclining an optical axis direction of a radiation light to be emitted from the photo sensor in a direction of the clincher.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Matsui, Nobuaki Yagi, Futoshi Kameda, Yoshio Chigira
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Patent number: 8360292Abstract: A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending right guide slot, and a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending left guide slot. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples, the pressing member including a guide shaft guided along the right and left guide slots. The guide shaft includes a right end portion protruding outside the right wall through the right guide slot, and left end portion protruding outside the left wall through the left guide slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Max Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Publication number: 20120298538Abstract: A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall, a front wall provided on front sides of the right and left walls. A locking plate is provided on rear sides of the right and left walls. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples. The front wall includes a first locking section protruding forward from a lower portion of the front wall. The locking plate includes a second locking section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiichi HARAMIISHI, Nobuaki YAGI, Katsunori MANABE
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Publication number: 20120298714Abstract: A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending right guide slot, and a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall and formed with a vertically extending left guide slot. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples, the pressing member including a guide shaft guided along the right and left guide slots. The guide shaft includes a right end portion protruding outside the right wall through the right guide slot, and a left end portion protruding outside the left wall through the left guide slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Publication number: 20120298715Abstract: A staple refill includes a refill body accommodating sheet-type connected staples. The refill body includes a bottom wall, a right wall provided on a right side of the bottom wall, a left wall provided on a left side of the bottom wall, and a front wall provided on front sides of the right and left walls. A pressing member is provided in the refill body in a movable manner to press the sheet-type connected staples, the pressing member including a first guide projection at a front end of the pressing member configured to contact an inner surface of the front wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiichi HARAMIISHI, Nobuaki YAGI, Katsunori MANABE
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Patent number: 8261957Abstract: Immediately after a clinch lever causes a clinch link to clinch the leg of a staple which penetrates sheets of paper to be stapled, a pressure by the clinch lever with respect to the clincher link is temporarily reduced by a pressure reducing unit. Therefore, a clincher moves down in a state where the clincher still receives the press-contacting force from a driver plate. Accordingly, the looseness occurs between the driver plate and the clincher link. A fixing plate becomes easy to draw out as much as the looseness. If the fixing plate is set to be drawn out at this timing, it can be simply drawn out to be moved to the initial position.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuaki Yagi
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Publication number: 20110290849Abstract: A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type connected staples, and a pressing member which presses the sheet-type connected staples. A delivery port delivering the sheet-type connected staples and a locking plate provided with a locking section which locks a locked section in the stapler body are formed in the refill body. When the sheet-type connected staples are pressed, the pressing member is engaged with the locking plate not to allow rotation of the locking plate, and, when the sheet-type connected staples are not pressed, the pressing member is disengaged from the locking plate to allow rotation of the locking plate. Thereby, the locking section of the locking plate can be removed from the locked section in the stapler body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiichi HARAMIISHI, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Patent number: 8033437Abstract: A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type connected staples, and a pressing member which presses the sheet-type connected staples. A delivery port delivering the sheet-type connected staples and a locking plate provided with a locking section which locks a locked section in the stapler body are formed in the refill body. When the sheet-type connected staples are pressed, the pressing member is engaged with the locking plate not to allow rotation of the locking plate, and, when the sheet-type connected staples are not pressed, the pressing member is disengaged from the locking plate to allow rotation of the locking plate. Thereby, the locking section of the locking plate can be removed from the locked section in the stapler body.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Max Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Patent number: 8006882Abstract: A staple cartridge is detachably arranged in a body of a stapler. The staple cartridge includes a cartridge body for accommodating a staple belt in which a plurality of rod-shaped staples are connected to each other and rolled into a roller-shape and a guide member for guiding the staples at a time of forming leg portions of the staples or after forming the leg portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Futoshi Kameda, Nobuaki Yagi
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Patent number: 7938304Abstract: An electric stapler includes a staple sheet storage portion for storing a stack of staple sheets, a magazine storage portion disposed on a rear side of the staple sheet storage portion to store a staple magazine, a first staple feed mechanism operable to pull out a staple sheet from the staple magazine and to feed the staple sheet to the staple sheet storage portion, and a second staple feed mechanism operable to pull out the staple sheet from the staple sheet storage portion and to feed the staple sheet to a driver unit. According to this configuration, a continuous binding processing beyond a capacity of the staple magazine becomes possible by suitably replacing the staple magazine.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuaki Yagi
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Publication number: 20110042438Abstract: An electric stapler is provided with: a driver unit including a driver for striking out a staple to be penetrated through sheets of paper; and a clincher unit including a clincher for bending leg portions of the staple penetrated through the sheets of paper. The driver unit is provided with: a staple storage portion for storing therein a large number of connected staples; a head portion for striking out the staple; a drive portion configured to drive said driver provided slidably in the head portion; and a head raise/lower mechanism configured to relatively move the head portion with respect to the staple storage portion toward the clincher unit to thereby clamp the sheets of paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinpei SUGIHARA, Nobuaki Yagi
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Publication number: 20110017797Abstract: To adjust a length of each leg of a staple projected to a back side of sheets of paper 5 to be bound according to a thickness thereof. In an electric stapler containing a head portion 2 including a forming plate 12 that forms a straight staple 9a so as to be U-shaped and a driver plate 13 that ejects the formed staple, a cartridge including staple sheets stacked with multiple layers, and a stapler main body which supplies the staple sheet below the forming plate 12 and which contains a driving portion that drives the forming plate 12 and the driver plate 13 in the head portion 2, plural head portions 2 are provided in which the forming plate 12 and the driver plate 13 inside have width lengths different from each other, wherein each head portion 2 is attachable to and detachable from the stapler main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki Yagi, Hiroshi Udagawa
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Publication number: 20100301090Abstract: An electric stapler includes: a driver for driving leg portions of a staple having a U-shaped section to penetrate the leg portions through a paper bundle; a table including a clincher for bending and forming the penetrated leg portions inwardly, the table for holding the paper bundle between the driver and the table; a motor for moving the table and the driver; a photo sensor for detecting an existence of the paper bundle inserted into a gap between the table and the driver; and a control portion for driving the motor. The photo sensor is disposed on the table in such a manner that a detection point of the photo sensor for detecting the paper bundle exists upwardly of a disposing position of the clincher by inclining an optical axis direction of a radiation light to be emitted from the photo sensor in a direction of the clincher.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomokazu MATSUI, Nobuaki Yagi, Futoshi Kameda, Yoshio Chigira
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Patent number: 7784661Abstract: An electric stapler includes a stapler main body and a driver assembly which is attachable and detachable with respect to the stapler main body. The driver assembly includes a forming portion having a forming plate for forming a staple into a U shape, a driver portion having a driver plate for striking the U-shaped staple into papers, a slide block portion which slidably guides the driver portion, and a slide guide case portion. The slide block portion, the driver portion and the forming portion are integrally incorporated in the slide guide case portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: MAX Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuaki Yagi
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Publication number: 20100193563Abstract: A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type connected staples, and a pressing member which presses the sheet-type connected staples. A delivery port delivering the sheet-type connected staples and a locking plate provided with a locking section which locks a locked section in the stapler body are formed in the refill body. When the sheet-type connected staples are pressed, the pressing member is engaged with the locking plate not to allow rotation of the locking plate, and, when the sheet-type connected staples are not pressed, the pressing member is disengaged from the locking plate to allow rotation of the locking plate. Thereby, the locking section of the locking plate can be removed from the locked section in the stapler body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiichi HARAMIISHI, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe
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Patent number: 7748587Abstract: A refill for staples, which can not be removed from a cartridge unless all sheet-type connected staples in a stapler body are delivered. A refill for staples is installed in a detachable manner in a stapler body, and includes a refill body which holds the sheet-type connected staples, and a pressing member which presses the sheet-type connected staples. A delivery port delivering the sheet-type connected staples and a locking plate provided with a locking section which locks a locked section in the stapler body are formed in the refill body. When the sheet-type connected staples are pressed, the pressing member is engaged with the locking plate not to allow rotation of the locking plate, and, when the sheet-type connected staples are not pressed, the pressing member is disengaged from the locking plate to allow rotation of the locking plate. Thereby, the locking section of the locking plate can be removed from the locked section in the stapler body.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Max Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiichi Haramiishi, Nobuaki Yagi, Katsunori Manabe