Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Hoshi

Nobuyuki Hoshi 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).

  • Printer having plural sheet feeding apparatuses with variable print speeds
    Patent number: 7995236
    Abstract: A printer of the present invention allows a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, to be selectively connected thereto. When any one of the sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to the printer, a controller automatically sets a print speed range on the printer in accordance with print speed range information corresponding to the sheet feeding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hoshi, Mituru Takahashi
  • Printer
    Publication number: 20060075909
    Abstract: A printer of the present invention allows a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, to be selectively connected thereto. When any one of the sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to the printer, a controller automatically sets a print speed range on the printer in accordance with print speed range information corresponding to the sheet feeding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hoshi, Mituru Takahashi
  • Offset printer having a press drum larger than its rubber drum
    Patent number: 4919045
    Abstract: An offset printer having a printing section and a plate making section in a unitary assembly. The plate making section is located above the printing section. The printing section includes a plate drum, a rubber drum, and a press drum. The press drum is disposed above and at a predetermined angle relative to the rubber drum. The diameter of the press drum is at least two times as great as the diameter of the rubber drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Okubo, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Kohki Ohmura, Yoshinobu Sai, Takuo Satoh, Yukihiko Yoshino, Nobuyuki Hoshi, Takayuki Onodera, Yasuo Endoh, Sigenobu Irokawa, Toshiaki Sannohe