Patents by Inventor Shiro Yamahashi

Shiro Yamahashi 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: 11446838
    Abstract: A trimming device includes: a moving unit including a transport unit that transports a booklet which includes one or more sheets and which is folded in half at a center portion of the booklet, with a folded portion of the booklet at a front, a correction unit that corrects a posture of the booklet in response to a leading end of the booklet transported by the transport unit abutting against the correction unit, the correction unit being capable of advancing to an abutting position on a path of the booklet and retracting from the path, and an upper guide unit that extends at least between the transport unit and the correction unit, the upper guide unit that guides an upper surface of the booklet, the moving unit being movable in a transport direction between (i) a predetermined upstream position and (ii) a downstream position downstream of the upstream position in the transport direction; a lower guide unit that guides a lower surface of the booklet transported by the transport unit; and a cutting unit that cu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigehiko Haseba, Shiro Yamahashi, Nobutoshi Hamasaki, Kazutoshi Shima, Hiroaki Mogi, Shoya Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20210291396
    Abstract: A trimming device includes: a moving unit including a transport unit that transports a booklet which includes one or more sheets and which is folded in half at a center portion of the booklet, with a folded portion of the booklet at a front, a correction unit that corrects a posture of the booklet in response to a leading end of the booklet transported by the transport unit abutting against the correction unit, the correction unit being capable of advancing to an abutting position on a path of the booklet and retracting from the path, and an upper guide unit that extends at least between the transport unit and the correction unit, the upper guide unit that guides an upper surface of the booklet, the moving unit being movable in a transport direction between (i) a predetermined upstream position and (ii) a downstream position downstream of the upstream position in the transport direction; a lower guide unit that guides a lower surface of the booklet transported by the transport unit; and a cutting unit that cu
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiko HASEBA, Shiro YAMAHASHI, Nobutoshi HAMASAKI, Kazutoshi SHIMA, Hiroaki MOGI, Shoya KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 9438750
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a transport path along which a medium having an image recorded thereon is transported; a light source member that radiates light onto the medium passing a predetermined read position in the transport path; a reading member that receives light from the read position and reads the image on the medium; a detecting member that is disposed in the transport path and that detects the medium; and a notifying member that notifies a user that the medium is jammed based on a detection result of the detecting member. The light source member is turned on when the medium is jammed based on the detection result of the detecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Yamazaki, Shiro Yamahashi
  • Publication number: 20160212278
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a transport path along which a medium having an image recorded thereon is transported; a light source member that radiates light onto the medium passing a predetermined read position in the transport path; a reading member that receives light from the read position and reads the image on the medium; a detecting member that is disposed in the transport path and that detects the medium; and a notifying member that notifies a user that the medium is jammed based on a detection result of the detecting member. The light source member is turned on when the medium is jammed based on the detection result of the detecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Akira YAMAZAKI, Shiro YAMAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20090225377
    Abstract: The image reading apparatus is provided with: a light source that is provided with a light-emitting face emitting light to a document, that has a width, and that is formed in a lengthy shape; and a light receiving part that receives light emitted from the light source and reflected from a read part where the document is to be read. The light source is arranged with inclination to the document, and a normal line from a center part of the light-emitting face in a width direction is directed to a part other than the read part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Shusaku Yokota, Shiro Yamahashi, Kaoru Takahashi