Patents by Inventor Shoichi Nakamura

Shoichi Nakamura 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: 20100292659
    Abstract: The invention to provide a carbon dioxide mist pressure bath system which is possible to cause the carbon dioxide mist to be absorbed efficiently through the skin and mucous membrane of the human living-body. The system comprises a carbon dioxide supply means 11; a liquid supply means 21; a carbon dioxide mist generating means 31 for pulverizing and dissolving carbon dioxide and the liquid to generate the carbon dioxide mist; a living-body cover member 41 for covering the skin and mucous membrane of the living-body and formed with a space of sealing inside the carbon dioxide mist generated by the carbon dioxide mist generating means 31; a liquid circulation means 61 for again supplying a liquid collected in the carbon dioxide mist generating means 31 into the carbon dioxide mist generating means; and a pressurization means 81 for pressurizing the inside of the living-body cover member 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100286595
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a gas mist pressure bath device which enables to cause efficiently absorb a gas mist into a skin or mucous membrane of a living-body, and attains to be compact and to lower cost. The device 10 is to cause oxygen, carbon dioxide, or a mixed gas (called as “gas” hereafter) of oxygen and carbon dioxide at a density of not less than a predetermined value to contact the skin or mucous membrane of the living-body, and the device comprises a gas mist generating means 11 for generating and supplying a mist (called as “gas mist” hereafter) prepared by pulverizing and dissolving the gas and liquid, and a substantially bag shaped living-body cover member 21 for covering the living-body's skin or mucous membrane and sealing inside, and the gas mist is supplied into the living-body cover member in order to heighten internal pressure therein so that the gas mist is caused to contact the living-body's skin or mucous membrane at a pressure more than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100286750
    Abstract: The present invention is to offer a gas mist pressure bath device which is possible to cause a skin or mucous membrane of a living body to efficiently absorb gas of an even small amount, and can attain to make the device compact and reduce cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: SHOICHI NAKAMURA (INDIVIDUAL), ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100284721
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming system that is capable of performing an image forming operation in a post division processing mode and an insertion paper-sheet processing mode. The system includes an image forming section, a post processing section, an information establishing section to establish post processing information in regard to the post processing to be applied to a subset and a controlling section to control processing operations to be conducted in the post processing section. When both the post division processing mode and the insertion paper-sheet processing mode are established, the information establishing section make it possible to establish independent post processing information in regard to the independent subset of the insertion paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Shoichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100286751
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a gas mist pressure bath device with a flat shaped patch, and is possible to efficiently absorb even gas of a small amount through a skin or mucous membrane of a human living-body, and can be made compact and reduce cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7826788
    Abstract: Based on the image size and folding setting, a recording medium storing device is selected among a plurality of the recording medium storing devices, an image is formed on a recording medium in the selected recording medium storing device based on image information, and the recording medium on which the images is formed is folded by a folding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Ueda, Junji Sato, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100179470
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus for causing even a small amount of carbon dioxide to be efficiently absorbed from skin of a living body with the structure of a cover suit simplified, and the pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus is to bring carbon dioxide with a concentration of a predetermined value or more into contact with skin of the human body and thereby promote the blood circulation, and is characterized by being comprised of a carbon dioxide supply means 1 for supplying a mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor, a compressed air supply means 2, a first cover suit 3A which is connected to the carbon dioxide supply means 1 via a connector 6, is filled with the mixed gas supplied from the carbon dioxide supply means 1, and forms an enclosed layer 4 to bring the mixed gas into direct contact with skin of the human body, and a second cover suit 3B which is connected to the compressed air supply means 2 via a connector 7 and forms an enclosed layer 5 filled with compres
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicants: Shoichi Nakamura, ACP Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100168650
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus for bringing carbon dioxide into contact with skin of a living body by a predetermined pressure value or more using compressed air, and thereby enabling carbon dioxide to be absorbed efficiently from the skin, and the pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus is comprised of a carbon dioxide supply means 1 for supplying a mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor containing one or a plurality of chemical agents, a compressed air supply means 2, and a cover suit 3 of a two-layer structure having an enclosed layer 4 that is connected to the carbon dioxide supply means 1 via a connector 6 to confine the mixed gas supplied from the carbon dioxide supply means 1 so as to bring the mixed gas into direct contact with skin of the human body and an enclosed layer 5 that is connected to the compressed air supply means 2 via a connector 7 to confine compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply means 2, where the carbon dioxide is brought into cont
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: Shoichi NAKAMURA (Individual), ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7735598
    Abstract: A stethoscope is provided with two head portions for fitting two diaphragms different in caliber on a head main portion, having diverse design properties and functions. A stethoscope head comprising a head main portion and a conduit connecting portion provided on the head main portion, wherein said head main portion comprises a main head portion and a sub-head portion formed from a transparent or semitransparent element formed in the opposite direction each other with the pipe connecting port put therebetween; the main head portion comprises a transparent or semitransparent main diaphragm connected to the conduit connecting port, and the sub-head portion is provided with spaces for receiving the sub-diaphragm for high frequency and or narrow area stethoscope or various functions, and is provided with mounting means for mounting the sub-diaphragm or the apparatus on the sub-head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: ACP Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100134838
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a setting unit to set a printing condition of a job, the printing condition containing a condition indicating whether check print is to be executed or not; an image forming unit to execute image forming processing in accordance with the printing condition set by the setting unit; and a control unit to determine one or more pages to be subjected to the check print based on the printing condition and a predetermined determination condition if the printing condition set by the setting unit indicates that the check print is to be executed, and to cause the image forming unit to execute the image forming processing for the check print with respect to the determined one or more pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7651081
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is used. When occurrence of a jam is detected by the jam detecting unit, the control unit recognizes whether a special sheet having been fed is present in the image forming system, and if it is recognized that a special sheet is present in the image forming system, the control unit controls the conveying unit, after the jam being released, to eject a special sheet or sheets as unnecessary up to one that is disposed preceding a special sheet that is of the same kind as a most front one that was present in the image forming system at the time of the occurrence of the jam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Yokobori, Takao Kurohata, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090259241
    Abstract: The invention provides a blade storage case which enables a blade to be attached to a holder body without touching the blade with the blade accommodated in the case, is safe and enables bacteria and the like to be prevented from adhering. The holder body is provided at its front end portion with an attaching finger to attach the blade, and in the blade is formed a fit hole adapted to an engagement portion such as a slit or the like formed in the attaching finger. The storage case that accommodates the blade is provided with an upper support face and a lower support face to sandwich upper and lower surfaces of the plate-shaped blade therebetween to store. As the upper and lower support faces, for example, the case is divided into two parts, and the upper support face is formed in the upper case while the lower support face is formed in the lower case. Alternately, an internal lid is provided to form the upper support face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090231699
    Abstract: Provided is a binocular loupe capable of adapting to current vision of a worker of a medical operation or precise operation in operating. The binocular loupe has frame means, a pair of binocular loupe bodies, attaching means for fixing the binocular loupe bodies to the frame means, focus adjusting means for adjusting a focal length of each of the binocular loupe bodies, and supporting means for detachably attaching the focus adjusting means to eyepiece portions of the binocular loupe bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7580667
    Abstract: Based on the image size and folding setting, a recording medium storing device is selected among a plurality of the recording medium storing devices, an image is formed on a recording medium in the selected recording medium storing device based on image information, and the recording medium on which the images is formed is folded by a folding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Ueda, Junji Sato, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090175667
    Abstract: Based on the image size and folding setting, a recording medium storing device is selected among a plurality of the recording medium storing devices, an image is formed on a recording medium in the selected recording medium storing device based on image information, and the recording medium on which the images is formed is folded by a folding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akio UEDA, Junji Sato, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090165310
    Abstract: Provided is a holder for a surgical knife blade enabling only the surgical knife blade stored in a case to be attached to the holder without coming into contact with the surgical knife blade, providing easy and safe attachment to the holder, and further enabling bacteria and the like to be prevented from adhering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD., Shoichi NAKAMURA (INDIVIDUAL )
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7547010
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is used. When occurrence of a jam is detected by the jam detecting unit, the control unit recognizes whether a special sheet having been fed is present in the image forming system, and if it is recognized that a special sheet is present in the image forming system, the control unit controls the conveying unit, after the jam being released, to eject a special sheet or sheets as unnecessary up to one that is disposed preceding a special sheet that is of the same kind as a most front one that was present in the image forming system at the time of the occurrence of the jam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Yokobori, Takao Kurohata, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080279573
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is used. When occurrence of a jam is detected by the jam detecting unit, the control unit recognizes whether a special sheet having been fed is present in the image forming system, and if it is recognized that a special sheet is present in the image forming system, the control unit controls the conveying unit, after the jam being released, to eject a special sheet or sheets as unnecessary up to one that is disposed preceding a special sheet that is of the same kind as a most front one that was present in the image forming system at the time of the occurrence of the jam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jun Yokobori, Takao Kurohata, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080273884
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an input unit for input of setting information, an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a control unit, and a jam detecting unit, wherein a set of a plurality of different kinds of special sheets disposed in a predetermined order is used. When occurrence of a jam is detected by the jam detecting unit, the control unit recognizes whether a special sheet having been fed is present in the image forming system, and if it is recognized that a special sheet is present in the image forming system, the control unit controls the conveying unit, after the jam being released, to eject a special sheet or sheets as unnecessary up to one that is disposed preceding a special sheet that is of the same kind as a most front one that was present in the image forming system at the time of the occurrence of the jam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jun Yokobori, Takao Kurohata, Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080245602
    Abstract: A stethoscope is provided with two head portions for fitting two diaphragms different in caliber on a head main portion, having diverse design properties and functions. A stethoscope head comprising a head main portion and a conduit connecting portion provided on the head main portion, wherein said head main portion comprises a main head portion and a sub-head portion formed from a transparent or semitransparent element formed in the opposite direction each other with the pipe connecting port put therebetween; the main head portion comprises a transparent or semitransparent main diaphragm connected to the conduit connecting port, and the sub-head portion is provided with spaces for receiving the sub-diaphragm for high frequency and or narrow area stethoscope or various functions, and is provided with mounting means for mounting the sub-diaphragm or the apparatus on the sub-head portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Acp Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura