Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Kobayashi

Tatsuo Kobayashi 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).

  • Exposure device of a copying machine
    Patent number: 4080071
    Abstract: An exposure device for a copying machine that has a transparent platen includes a pair of reflecting members covering the end areas of the platen. The reflectors are movable according to the size of paper placed into the copying machine so as to increase or decrease the covering areas whereby the effective coverage area of the platen is made to coincide with the size of copy paper fed into the copying machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1978
    Assignee: Rank Xerox Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Sheet removing device for use in electrophotographic copying machine
    Patent number: 4073585
    Abstract: A sheet removing device for use in an electrophotographic copying machine which removes unstripped sheets from the photosensitive body by providing feed rollers which rotate in reverse upon a stripping failure to pull the sheet off the photosensitive body by acting on the trailing edge portion of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Rank Xerox Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kobayashi, Akira Miyazaki