Patents by Inventor Takahito Shinfuku
Takahito Shinfuku 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).
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Patent number: 8925448Abstract: According to one embodiment, an accumulating and strapping apparatus includes a first accumulation device configured to accumulate paper sheets, a second accumulation device, a strapping device configured to strap a bundle of the accumulated paper sheets by a tape, a base carrier provided movably up and down among a first position, a second position, and a third position, and a sheet carrier movable on the base carrier. The sheet carrier is configured to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the first accumulation device at the first position of the base carrier, move from a standby position to an advanced position at the third position of the base carrier to transfer the accumulated paper sheets to the strapping device, and move from the standby position to the advanced position at the second position of the base carrier to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the second accumulation device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshitaka Sakoguchi, Kazuhiro Mukai, Takahito Shinfuku
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Patent number: 8903544Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus includes pickup unit which picks up a plurality of sheets loaded in a loading unit, a first determining unit which determines a type or a state of the sheet picked up by the pickup unit, a data collecting unit which collects handling amount data for respective types of the sheets or respective states of the sheets, a second determining unit which determines a distribution destination of the sheet based on the handling amount data for the respective types or the respective states of the sheets which are determined by the first determining unit, a distributing unit which distributes the sheet based on a determination result of the distribution destination of the sheet by the second determining unit, and a stacking unit composed of a plurality of cassettes to stack the distributed sheets.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Satoko Uezono, Takahito Shinfuku
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Publication number: 20140182248Abstract: According to one embodiment, an accumulating and strapping apparatus includes a first accumulation device configured to accumulate paper sheets, a second accumulation device, a strapping device configured to strap a bundle of the accumulated paper sheets by a tape, a base carrier provided movably up and down among a first position, a second position, and a third position, and a sheet carrier movable on the base carrier. The sheet carrier is configured to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the first accumulation device at the first position of the base carrier, move from a standby position to an advanced position at the third position of the base carrier to transfer the accumulated paper sheets to the strapping device, and move from the standby position to the advanced position at the second position of the base carrier to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the second accumulation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshitaka Sakoguchi, Kazuhiro Mukai, Takahito Shinfuku
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Patent number: 8746135Abstract: According to one embodiment, an accumulating and strapping apparatus includes a first accumulation device configured to accumulate paper sheets, a second accumulation device, a strapping device configured to strap a bundle of the accumulated paper sheets by a tape, a base carrier provided movably up and down among a first position, a second position, and a third position, and a sheet carrier movable on the base carrier. The sheet carrier is configured to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the first accumulation device at the first position of the base carrier, move from a standby position to an advanced position at the third position of the base carrier to transfer the accumulated paper sheets to the strapping device, and move from the standby position to the advanced position at the second position of the base carrier to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the second accumulation device.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshitaka Sakoguchi, Kazuhiro Mukai, Takahito Shinfuku
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Publication number: 20130261789Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus includes pickup unit which picks up a plurality of sheets loaded in a loading unit, a first determining unit which determines a type or a state of the sheet picked up by the pickup unit, a data collecting unit which collects handling amount data for respective types of the sheets or respective states of the sheets, a second determining unit which determines a distribution destination of the sheet based on the handling amount data for the respective types or the respective states of the sheets which are determined by the first determining unit, a distributing unit which distributes the sheet based on a determination result of the distribution destination of the sheet by the second determining unit, and a stacking unit composed of a plurality of cassettes to stack the distributed sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Satoko Uezono, Takahito Shinfuku
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Publication number: 20120240794Abstract: According to one embodiment, an accumulating and strapping apparatus includes a first accumulation device configured to accumulate paper sheets, a second accumulation device, a strapping device configured to strap a bundle of the accumulated paper sheets by a tape, a base carrier provided movably up and down among a first position, a second position, and a third position, and a sheet carrier movable on the base carrier. The sheet carrier is configured to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the first accumulation device at the first position of the base carrier, move from a standby position to an advanced position at the third position of the base carrier to transfer the accumulated paper sheets to the strapping device, and move from the standby position to the advanced position at the second position of the base carrier to receive the accumulated paper sheets from the second accumulation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Yoshitaka Sakoguchi, Kazuhiro Mukai, Takahito Shinfuku
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Patent number: 7386964Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the upper unit is stopped, sheets that may possibly be conveyed into the lower unit by inertia are rejected in a safety pocket.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Ayumu Kuru, Toru Otsuka, Takahito Shinfuku
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Publication number: 20070205256Abstract: In a paper processing apparatus including a loading unit, pickup mechanism, color detection unit, pickup control unit, discrimination unit, collecting unit, and rejecting unit, partition cards having colored areas and medium are loaded into the loading unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Teruhiko Uno, Ryuuji Higashi, Takahito Shinfuku
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Patent number: 7017902Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the upper unit is stopped, sheets that may possibly be conveyed into the lower unit by inertia are rejected in a safety pocket.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Ayumu Kuru, Toru Otsuka, Takahito Shinfuku
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Publication number: 20060006594Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the upper unit is stopped, sheets that may possibly be conveyed into the lower unit by inertia are rejected in a safety pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ayumu Kuru, Toru Otsuka, Takahito Shinfuku
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Publication number: 20040144695Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises an upper unit, a lower unit and a banding unit. When sheets being conveyed are jammed in the upper unit, the upper unit is stopped and the processes of the lower unit and the banding unit are continuously executed. After the upper unit is stopped, sheets that may possibly be conveyed into the lower unit by inertia are rejected in a safety pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2004Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ayumu Kuru, Toru Otsuka, Takahito Shinfuku