Patents by Inventor Takafumi Hoshimura

Takafumi Hoshimura 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: 20020043910
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a table top formed above a paper discharge area. The paper discharge area is formed on a top surface of a main body of the image forming apparatus. Support members are provided on the top surface of the main body of the image forming apparatus, and the table top is supported by the support members. This structure allows the area above the paper discharge area on the top surface of the image forming apparatus not to be wasted and to be efficiently utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: MASANORI HASHIMOTO, TAKAFUMI HOSHIMURA, MASAHIRO YONEKAWA, MASAHIRO KURITA, KAZUYUKI SAITOH
  • Patent number: 6260843
    Abstract: A sheet-receiving device has multiple sheet receiving faces on which to receive different print jobs. The print faces are positioned in tandem with respect to each other. Sheets ejected from an apparatus are ejected onto a first of the multiple faces and remain their until moved. If another print job is to be printed, the operator may move the first print job from the first sheet receiving face to the second sheet receiving face simply by sliding the first print job to the second sheet receiving face. The first print job snaps into place, and curled edges of upper sheets in the first print job are blocked by a barrier between the first and second sheet receiving face so that sheets in the first print job do not interfere with the reception of sheets in the second print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Hoshimura, Yuji Suzuki, Shigeru Horiguchi
  • Patent number: D324064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Tomatsu, Yoko Nakamura, Tatsuo Okuda, Takafumi Hoshimura
  • Patent number: D350767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiyo Kojima, Akira Momose, Mayumi Hamazaki, Tatsuhiro Terasaki, Takafumi Hoshimura, Makoto Sugita
  • Patent number: D358412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Momose, Tamaki Someya, Yoko Nakamura, Takafumi Hoshimura