Patents by Inventor Takeyuki Ishihara

Takeyuki Ishihara 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).

  • Patent number: 4941377
    Abstract: A continuous form and cutform feeding unit for a printer. The feeding unit permits feeding a continuous form and cutforms utilizing a cutform feeding arrangement and a continuous form tractor feed. In order to permit either type of form to be fed to a main body of a printer, through a single form feeding passage, a cutform feeding passage and a continuous form feeding passage are provided upstream of the single form feeding passage. In the continuous form feeding passage, a continuous form cutting apparatus is operable to cut a continuous form in response to a signal such as for the beginning of the feeding of cutforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyuki Ishihara, Tetsuo Kanno
  • Patent number: 4929982
    Abstract: An electrophotographic printer of the transfer type with separate input bins for holding cut sheet print material and fan-fold form print material. Separate paper paths are provided from each bin to a first function. An input paper path is provided for moving either cut sheet or fan-fold forms from the first function to the transfer station. An output paper path is provided for moving either cut sheet or fan-fold forms from the transfer station through the fuser to a second function. Separate paper paths are provided from the second fuction to stack cut sheet material and fan-fold forms in separate output bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ainoya, Takeyuki Ishihara, Tesuo Kanno, Takahiro Kikuchi, Seiichi Mori, Shogo Nobumori, Junji Shirakawa