Patents by Inventor Shuji Kinugasa

Shuji Kinugasa 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: 8360128
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a transfer head which has a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls, a refill for holding at least the transfer head, a case capable of holding the refill such that the refill can be inserted into and pulled out from the case in one direction, and a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Keiji Kai
  • Patent number: 7900679
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool in which a transfer tape supplied from a supply reel rotatable around a spindle is wound around a winding reel through a transfer head, comprising a transfer tool body which holds at least the supply reel and the winding reel, the transfer head provided on the transfer tool body, a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the transfer tool body or the transfer head through a pivot shaft portion and which can turn between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, and an urging mechanism provided near the pivot shaft portion, the urging mechanism elastically capable of urging the head cap, toward the close position when the head cap is located closer to the close position than a dead point provided at only one location near an intermediate portion between the close position and the open position, and toward the open position when the head cap is located closer to the open position than the dead point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7793883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool comprising a refill which has a supply reel and a winding reel around which a transfer tape is wound and which hold the transfer tool, and a support plate which rotatably supports the supply reel and the winding reel, a stopping member is provided between the supply reel and the support plate such that the stopping member can be inserted and pulled out, and rotation of the supply reel or the winding reel is suppressed when the stopping member is disposed at a predetermined inserting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7748564
    Abstract: A transfer tool has a transfer tool main body including a case and a transfer head for applying tape. It also may include a cover housing a rotating shaft configured to engage the case and enable the cover to rotate about the rotating shaft such that the transfer head is exposed when the cover is in an open position and the transfer head is covered by the cover in a closed position. The transfer tool also may includes a latching structure for latching the cover and the transfer tool main body. The latching structure may be located proximate to the rotating shaft and may include complementary concave and convex portions housed on the transfer tool main body and the cover. The cover may be latched to the transfer tool main body in the open, closed and other predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 7703715
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a pair of cases, and a hinge which connects the cases such that they can relatively move between a use position and an open position, wherein an outer edge of one of the first and second cases is provided outward of the hinge, a portion of the one case located outward of the hinge and an outer edge of a portion in the vicinity of the portion of the one case located outward of the hinge as a hinge corresponding portion are continuous with an outer edge of another portion of the one case, and a hinge corresponding portion of the other case is provided with an retraction space which can receive the hinge corresponding portion of the one case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Takashi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20090026307
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a pair of cases, and a hinge which connects the cases such that they can relatively move between a use position and an open position, wherein an outer edge of one of the first and second cases is provided outward of the hinge, a portion of the one case located outward of the hinge and an outer edge of a portion in the vicinity of the portion of the one case located outward of the hinge as a hinge corresponding portion are continuous with an outer edge of another portion of the one case, and a hinge corresponding portion of the other case is provided with an retraction space which can receive the hinge corresponding portion of the one case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Takashi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20090026302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool comprising a refill which has a supply reel and a winding reel around which a transfer tape is wound and which hold the transfer tool, and a support plate which rotatably supports the supply reel and the winding reel, a stopping member is provided between the supply reel and the support plate such that the stopping member can be inserted and pulled out, and rotation of the supply reel or the winding reel is suppressed when the stopping member is disposed at a predetermined inserting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Publication number: 20090028620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer tool in which a transfer tape supplied from a supply reel rotatable around a spindle is wound around a winding reel through a transfer head, comprising a transfer tool body which holds at least the supply reel and the winding reel, the transfer head provided on the transfer tool body, a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the transfer tool body or the transfer head through a pivot shaft portion and which can turn between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, and an urging mechanism provided near the pivot shaft portion, the urging mechanism elastically capable of urging the head cap, toward the close position when the head cap is located closer to the close position than a dead point provided at only one location near an intermediate portion between the close position and the open position, and toward the open position when the head cap is located closer to the open position than the dead point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Publication number: 20090025884
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a transfer head which has a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls, a refill for holding at least the transfer head, a case capable of holding the refill such that the refill can be inserted into and pulled out from the case in one direction, and a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Keiji Kai
  • Publication number: 20060244558
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an latching structure of simplified structure but capable of certainly latching a cover. The invention is an latching structure X and a transfer tool A employing the latching structure X for the cover 2 including a transfer tool main body 1 and a cover 2 attached to a case 3 of the transfer tool main body 1 in a rotating manner for latching the cover at a predetermined position, and a transfer tool A employing the latching structure X, wherein an latching means Y for latching the cover with respect to the case 3 is provided proximate of a rotating shaft 21 around which the cover 2 rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Kinya Matsushita, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D550774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kokuyo S & T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D598498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D607056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima