Patents by Inventor Susumu Orihara

Susumu Orihara 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).

  • Page turning apparatus
    Patent number: 6103963
    Abstract: Disclosed is a page turning apparatus for turning over a page of a medium. This page turning apparatus comprises a drive roller for turning over a page of the medium and carries the medium on a carrier path, a pressing roller, a carrier motor for driving the drive roller, a movable panel for bending the medium, a clamping member for clamping the medium, a driving member for driving the pressing roller, the movable panel and the clamping member, and a control circuit for controlling the driving member and the carrier motor. The control circuit has a page turning mode for retreating the pressing roller, protruding the movable panel and the clamping member, and driving the drive roller, and a carrier mode for pushing the pressing roller against the drive roller, retreating the movable panel and the clamping member, and carrying the medium by the drive roller. The single motor thereby works to turn over the page of the medium and to carry the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Nakamura, Susumu Orihara