Patents by Inventor Shuji Yokoyama

Shuji Yokoyama 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: 20230364925
    Abstract: A label printer for printing on a label sheet that is stored in a rolled shape and includes a base sheet and a plurality of labels attached thereon, includes a platen roller configured to convey the label sheet, a head configured to print on a label of the conveyed label sheet, a peeling bar by which the printed label is peeled off from the base sheet, a winding shaft configured to rotate to wind thereon the base sheet from which the printed label has been peeled off, and a support member configured to pivot around an axis at a first end thereof and biased to press with a second end thereof the base sheet wound around the winding shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Shuji YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11681249
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a belt and a contact member. The belt has a tubular shape. The contact member is provided inside the belt. The contact member is formed in an arc shape along the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The contact member is slidably in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt. When the amount of deflection of the belt is D, the radius of curvature of the inner peripheral surface of the belt is A, and the radius of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the contact member is B, the following equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: D?10 mm??(1) 0.4 mm?A?B?0 mm??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230168616
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical belt, a heat generating member, and a support member. The heat generating member is disposed in an interior region surrounded by the belt and in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The support member is provided in the interior region surrounded by the belt and contacts and supports the heat generating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Shuji YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11579549
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical belt, a heat generating member, and a support member. The heat generating member is disposed in an interior region surrounded by the belt and in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The support member is provided in the interior region surrounded by the belt and contacts and supports the heat generating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11420928
    Abstract: To provide a photopolymerization sensitizer which will not cause problems of dusting or coloring of a cured product by bleeding of additives such as the photopolymerization sensitizer on the surface e.g. by blooming at the time of photo-curing or during storage of the cured product, and which imparts a practically sufficient photo-curing rate. An oligomer of a 9,10-bis(substituted oxy)anthracene compound having repeating units represented by the following formula (1): wherein n represents a repetition number and is from 2 to 50, each of X and Y which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a C1-8 alkyl group or a halogen atom, and A is a bivalent substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Kawasaki Kasei Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamada, Shuji Yokoyama, Shigeaki Numata, Tatsuki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220197202
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a belt and a contact member. The belt has a tubular shape. The contact member is provided inside the belt. The contact member is formed in an arc shape along the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The contact member is slidably in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt. When the amount of deflection of the belt is D, the radius of curvature of the inner peripheral surface of the belt is A, and the radius of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the contact member is B, the following equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: D?10 mm??(1) 0.4 mm?A?B?0 mm??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11347167
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a medium to the medium. The fixing device includes a heating rotator which is rotatably supported, an auxiliary heating member which is disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the heating rotator, and swings as the heating rotator rotates, a lubricant supply member which is disposed at a position on which the swing auxiliary heating member abuts, and is impregnated with a lubricant, and a pressing rotator which abuts on the heating rotator, and forms a nip portion through which the medium passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11340542
    Abstract: A fixing device that fixes a toner image to a medium, includes: a heating body rotatably supported; an auxiliary heating member disposed along an inner surface of the heating rotation body; a temperature sensor facing the inner surface via the auxiliary heating member; a first elastic body configured to press, via a first force, the temperature sensor against the inner surface; and a second elastic body configured to press, via a second force, a sliding member against the inner surface. A product of a distance from a center of the auxiliary heating member to the first elastic body and the first elastic force is equal to a product of a distance from the center to the second elastic body and the second elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11334011
    Abstract: A heating device for an image forming unit includes a heater unit, a cylindrical film, a support member, a first heat transfer unit, and a second heat transfer unit. The cylindrical film is at least partially disposed around the heater unit. The support member is configured to support the heater unit above the cylindrical film and such that the heater unit is located between the support member and the cylindrical film. The first heat transfer unit is disposed between the cylindrical film and the heater unit and in confronting relation with a first surface of the heater unit. The first heat transfer unit has a first contact area with the heater unit. The second heat transfer unit is disposed between the heater unit and the support member and in confronting relation with a second surface of the heater unit. The second surface is opposite the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11300909
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a belt and a heat generating member. The belt has a tubular shape. The heat generating member is provided inside the belt. The heat generating member is formed in an arc shape along the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The heat generating member is slidably in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt. When the amount of deflection of the belt is D, the radius of curvature of the inner peripheral surface of the belt is A, and the radius of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the heat generating member is B, the following equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: D?10 mm??(1) 0.4 mm?A?B?0 mm??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220091548
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a belt and a heat generating member. The belt has a tubular shape. The heat generating member is provided inside the belt. The heat generating member is formed in an arc shape along the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The heat generating member is slidably in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt. When the amount of deflection of the belt is D, the radius of curvature of the inner peripheral surface of the belt is A, and the radius of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the heat generating member is B, the following equations (1) and (2) are satisfied: D?10 mm??(1) 0.4 mm?A?B?0 mm??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220057734
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical belt, a heat generating member, and a support member. The heat generating member is disposed in an interior region surrounded by the belt and in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The support member is provided in the interior region surrounded by the belt and contacts and supports the heat generating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Shuji YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11149103
    Abstract: To provide a photopolymerizable composition which can be quickly cured by light of from 300 nm to 450 nm, and a cured product of which is less colored. A photopolymerization sensitizer composition containing a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound, of which the maximum value of an absorption coefficient in a wavelength region ranging from at least 400 nm to at most 500 nm is higher than the maximum value of an absorption coefficient in a wavelength region ranging from at least 400 nm to at most 500 nm of said compound; and a photopolymerizable composition containing the photopolymerization sensitizer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Kawasaki Kasei Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Numata, Shuji Yokoyama, Yasuaki Miki, Akihiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210286301
    Abstract: A heating device for an image forming unit includes a heater unit, a cylindrical film, a support member, a first heat transfer unit, and a second heat transfer unit. The cylindrical film is at least partially disposed around the heater unit. The support member is configured to support the heater unit above the cylindrical film and such that the heater unit is located between the support member and the cylindrical film. The first heat transfer unit is disposed between the cylindrical film and the heater unit and in confronting relation with a first surface of the heater unit. The first heat transfer unit has a first contact area with the heater unit. The second heat transfer unit is disposed between the heater unit and the support member and in confronting relation with a second surface of the heater unit. The second surface is opposite the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210124292
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a medium to the medium. The fixing device includes a heating rotator which is rotatably supported, an auxiliary heating member which is disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the heating rotator, and swings as the heating rotator rotates, a lubricant supply member which is disposed at a position on which the swing auxiliary heating member abuts, and is impregnated with a lubricant, and a pressing rotator which abuts on the heating rotator, and forms a nip portion through which the medium passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210080883
    Abstract: A fixing device that fixes a toner image to a medium, includes: a heating body rotatably supported; an auxiliary heating member disposed along an inner surface of the heating rotation body; a temperature sensor facing the inner surface via the auxiliary heating member; a first elastic body configured to press, via a first force, the temperature sensor against the inner surface; and a second elastic body configured to press, via a second force, a sliding member against the inner surface. A product of a distance from a center of the auxiliary heating member to the first elastic body and the first elastic force is equal to a product of a distance from the center to the second elastic body and the second elastic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10935912
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical body, a heater unit, a support member, a first heat transfer unit, and a second heat transfer unit. The cylindrical body has a film shape. The heater unit is disposed inside the cylindrical body. In the heater unit, the axial direction of the cylindrical body is taken as a longitudinal direction. The support member supports the heater unit. The first heat transfer unit is disposed between the inner surface of the cylindrical body and the heater unit. The first heat transfer unit abuts on a first surface of the heater unit. The second heat transfer unit is disposed between the heater unit and the support member. The second heat transfer unit abuts on a second surface of the heater unit opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10915044
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a medium to the medium. The fixing device includes a heating rotator which is rotatably supported, an auxiliary heating member which is disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the heating rotator, and swings as the heating rotator rotates, a lubricant supply member which is disposed at a position on which the swing auxiliary heating member abuts, and is impregnated with a lubricant, and a pressing rotator which abuts on the heating rotator, and forms a nip portion through which the medium passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10845757
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a heating device a temperature sensor, and a controller. The heating device includes a rotator, a fan, an introduction duct, a cooling duct, and a movement mechanism. The introduction duct is shaped such that an airflow generated by the fan is directed towards and is incident on a first end portion of the rotator. The cooling duct extends between the introduction duct and a first end of the rotator, and faces the first end portion. The cooling duct includes a plurality of duct portions. The movement mechanism is configured to move the fan, the introduction duct, and at least one of the duct portions along the rotational axis. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature at the first end portion. The controller is configured to control a movement of the movement mechanism based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kawashima, Masaya Tanaka, Shuji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10824099
    Abstract: A fixing device that fixes a toner image to a medium, includes: a heating body rotatably supported; an auxiliary heating member disposed along an inner surface of the heating rotation body; a temperature sensor facing the inner surface via the auxiliary heating member; a first elastic body configured to press, via a first force, the temperature sensor against the inner surface; and a second elastic body configured to press, via a second force, a sliding member against the inner surface. A product of a distance from a center of the auxiliary heating member to the first elastic body and the first elastic force is equal to a product of a distance from the center to the second elastic body and the second elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuji Yokoyama