Patents by Inventor Shoji Matsumoto

Shoji Matsumoto 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: 4380579
    Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus has a housing having at its top surface a transparent plate on which to place an original to be copied, a rotary drum disposed within the housing and having a photosensitive member on its surface, a charging, a developing, a transferring and a cleaning mechanism which are successively arranged around the rotary drum in the moving direction of its surface, an optical system for projecting the image of the original onto the surface of the rotary drum between the charging means and the developing means, and a receptor sheet conveying system for transferring a receptor sheet through a transfer station defined between the surface of the rotary drum and the transferring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Inventors: Shoji Matsumoto, Toshikazu Matsui, Toshimitsu Ikeda, Nobuhiko Kozuka, Hitoshi Nishihama, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4370379
    Abstract: A transfer film comprising a transparent plastic film substrate, an undercoating layer composed of an electrically conductive resin and having a surface resistance of 1.0.times.10.sup.6 to 9.0.times.10.sup.9 .OMEGA., and a toner receiving layer composed of a binder resin and having a surface resistance of 1.0.times.10.sup.10 to 1.0.times.10.sup.14 .OMEGA., which is formed on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate through the undercoating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Mamoru Kato, Shoji Matsumoto, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4320186
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing an original for projection by using a transfer film comprising a transparent plastic film substrate, an undercoating layer composed of an electrically conductive resin and having a surface resistance of 1.0.times.10.sup.6 to 9.0.times.10.sup.9 .OMEGA., and a toner receiving layer composed of a binder resin and having a surface resistance of 1.0.times.10.sup.10 to 1.0.times.10.sup.14 .OMEGA., which is formed on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate through the undercoating layer.An original for projection which is excellent in the surface smoothness and image characteristics can be obtained by electrostatically transferring an image of a one-component type magnetic developer on a photosensitive plate for the electrostatic photography, onto the toner receiving layer of the above transfer film and bringing the transferred developer image into contact with a roller under application of a pressure to fix the developer image on the toner receiving layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Mamoru Kato, Shoji Matsumoto, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4314018
    Abstract: An electrophotograhic copying process forms an electrostatic latent image on the surface of a photosensitive member, developes the image by applying a monocomponent developer to the latent image to form a toner image, transfers the thus formed toner image by contacting a receptor sheet with the photosensitive member to transfer the toner image to the surface of the receptor sheet, fixes the toner image onto the surface of the receptor sheet, eliminates electrostatic charge from the photosensitive member by irradiating the surface of the photosensitive member with an electrostatic eliminating lamp after the toner image has been transferred to the receptor sheet, and cleans the surface of the photosensitive member by removing the developer remaining on the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Matsumoto, Toshikazu Matsui, Toshimitsu Ikeda, Nobuhiko Kozuka, Hitoshi Nishihama, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4286861
    Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus has a housing having at its top surface a transparent plate on which to place an original to be copied, a rotary drum disposed within the housing and having a photosensitive member on its surface, a charging, a developing, a transferring and a cleaning mechanism which are successively arranged around the rotary drum in the moving direction of its surface, an optical system for projecting the image of the original onto the surface of the rotary drum between the charging mechanism and the developing mechanism, and a receptor sheet conveying system for transporting a receptor sheet through a transfer station defined between the surface of the rotary drum and the transferring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Matsumoto, Toshikazu Matsui, Toshimitsu Ikeda, Nobuhiko Kozuka, Hitoshi Nishihama, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4254202
    Abstract: An electrostatic copying apparatus has a housing having at its top surface a transparent plate on which to place an original to be copied, a rotary drum disposed within the housing and having a photosensitive member on its surface, a charging, a developing, a transferring and a cleaning mechanism which are successively arranged around the rotary drum in the moving direction of its surface, an optical system for projecting the image of the original onto the surface of the rotary drum between the charging means and the developing means, and a receptor sheet conveying system for transferring a receptor sheet through a transfer station defined between the surface of the rotary drum and the transferring mechanism: A support is mounted on the housing so that it is slidable in the forward and rearward directions between its operating position within the housing and its pulled-out position ahead of the housing, and the rotary drum and the developing device are mounted on the support so that they can be separately and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Matsumoto, Toshikazu Matsui, Toshimitsu Ikeda, Nobuhiko Kozuka, Hitoshi Nishihama, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4199356
    Abstract: A transfer sheet on which toner images free of broadening of edge portions and having sharp contours can be transferred even in the electrophotography or electrostatic printing of the transfer type using conductive or semiconductive toners, i.e., magnetic toners, is disclosed. This transfer sheet is characterized in that a conductive or semiconductive toner-receiving face having a volume specific resistance of at least 3.times.10.sup.13 .OMEGA.-cm is formed on at least one surface of a substrate of the transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Shoji Matsumoto, Hitoshi Nishihama, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 4096543
    Abstract: A corona discharge device including a corona discharge electrode, an opposing electrode disposed opposite to the corona discharge electrode, a high voltage alternate current source electrically connected between the two electrodes, and a grid provided in a corona discharge current flow path between the two electrodes. The grid is grounded through a nonlinear bias element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Kozuka, Shoji Matsumoto, Tetsuya Okada, Katsuhiko Gotoda, Tatsuo Aizawa
  • Patent number: 3950166
    Abstract: A sintered article of a titanium alloy is produced by powder metallurgy techniques, the alloy having uniform structure, and improved mechanical properties, machinability and weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Obara, Yoshio Nishino, Shoji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 3930850
    Abstract: An electrophotographic process comprising forming an electrostatic image on the surface of a sensitive member, transferring the electrostatic image onto the surface of a transfer member, and developing the image so transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Matsumoto, Hitoshi Nishihama, Tatsuo Aizawa