Patents by Inventor Shoichiro Tajima

Shoichiro Tajima 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).

  • Sorter with rotary spirals and guide rails
    Patent number: 5305994
    Abstract: A sorter includes a sheet processing device, a plurality of bin trays arranged in a vertical direction, each bin tray having a specified width and length and adapted for bearing a sheet, shifting means for shifting the plurality of bin trays in the vertical direction, and moving means for moving the bin tray in a predetermined position in a lengthwise direction of the bin tray so that the sheet on the bin tray is processed by the sheet processing device. The bin tray can be moved to a position where sheet processing is to be applied by the sheet processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Matsui, Takatoshi Nishimura, Kenichi Honda, Shoichiro Tajima, Keiichi Asano, Hiroyuki Nagai, Nobukazu Ootsuka
  • Sheet finishing device with calculating means for efficient operation
    Patent number: 5290020
    Abstract: An automatic sheet processing device mountable on a sorting unit of an image forming apparatus includes a sheet processor for applying a sheet processing to a sheet having a specified length and width, a moving unit capable of supporting the sheet processor for moving the sheet processor along a side of the sheet, and a controller having a storage unit for storing sheet processing data, a calculator for calculating a processing position from the sheet processing data, and a control portion for controlling the moving unit so as to move the sheet processor to the calculated processing position. The processing position is calculated from the stored sheet processing data, and the sheet processor is moved to the calculated processing position, so that sheet processing can be automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Matsui, Takatoshi Nishimura, Kenichi Honda, Shoichiro Tajima, Keiichi Asano, Nobukazu Ootsuka, Hiroyuki Nagai, Yoichiro Irie, Tooru Himegi, Yoshio Sugishima