Patents by Inventor Singo Ito

Singo Ito 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).

  • Sheet feeder
    Patent number: 7798484
    Abstract: A sheet feeder including: a storing unit that stores a plurality of sheets of recording medium; a retaining unit provided at an edge of the recording medium that is stored in the storing unit, and having an inclined surface that is inclined to a surface of the recording medium and a protrusion member that retains the edge of the recording medium in a state being protruded from the inclined surface to be in contact with the edge of the recording medium; a sheet feeding mechanism that conveys the recording medium stacked in the storing unit toward the retaining unit and feeds the recording medium; and a protrusion amount adjusting mechanism that adjusts a protrusion amount of the protrusion member from the inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Takito, Singo Ito
  • Sheet feeder
    Publication number: 20050264636
    Abstract: A sheet feeder including: a storing unit that stores a plurality of sheets of recording medium; a retaining unit provided at an edge of the recording medium that is stored in the storing unit, and having an inclined surface that is inclined to a surface of the recording medium and a protrusion member that retains the edge of the recording medium in a state being protruded from the inclined surface to be in contact with the edge of the recording medium; a sheet feeding mechanism that conveys the recording medium stacked in the storing unit toward the retaining unit and feeds the recording medium; and a protrusion amount adjusting mechanism that adjusts a protrusion amount of the protrusion member from the inclined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Takito, Singo Ito