Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Noji

Tetsuo Noji 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: 7826778
    Abstract: In a powder supplying device, a powder container contains powder therein and is provided at a bottom of the powder container with a gas blowout part for ejecting gas to the inside of the powder container. A powder transport unit attracts powder contained in the powder container from a suction opening and transports the powder to a powder receiving device. A first detection unit is provided in the powder container to detect a remaining powder in the powder container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Hiroshi Tateishi, Tetsuo Noji, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Patent number: 7773918
    Abstract: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Tetsuo Noji, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Patent number: 7773890
    Abstract: A toner supplier, including a toner container configured to contain a toner, an air discharger configured to discharge air from a bottom of the toner container to form a fluidized toner, a detector configured to detect usage information of the toner contained in the toner container, and a communicator configured to send and receive the usage information. The communicator is configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus connected to the toner supplier and a controller connected to the toner supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizoh Chiba, Hiroshi Tateishi, Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji
  • Patent number: 7621448
    Abstract: An information managing apparatus for managing an information display medium is disclosed that includes a reversible display unit that is configured to reversibly display information in visible form and a reversible display storage unit that is configured to store display content data corresponding to the information displayed at the reversible display unit. The apparatus further includes a scanner unit that is configured to read a display of the reversible display unit and acquire display read data of the read display; a reader unit that is configured to acquire first display content data stored in the reversible display storage unit; and a control unit that is configured to compare the display read data acquired by the scanner unit and the first display content data acquired by the reader unit, extract a difference between the display read data and the first display content data based on the comparison, and output the extracted difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Sakurai, Atsushi Kutami, Tetsuo Noji, Yoshihiro Sugiyama, Junpei Sakae, Yoshiaki Nishizaki
  • Patent number: 7593737
    Abstract: A disclosed transportation management system includes a database including operational information and operator information that correspond to a target object, a transmission control part for transmitting a transmission radio wave to an information storage medium attached to the target object and a reception control part for receiving a reception radio wave, including identification information of the target object, from the information storage medium, a transport information obtaining part for obtaining transport information of the target object, an operational information retrieving part for retrieving the operational information from the database in accordance with the identification information of the target object, an information comparing part for comparing the transport information of the target object and the operational information, a notification information generating part for generating notification information indicative of the result of the comparison; and a notification information transmitting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Noji, Yoshihiro Sugiyama, Wakoh Hamada, Hideki Kawashima, Hideo Sakurai, Atsushi Kutami, Tatsuro Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20090129838
    Abstract: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Tetsuo Noji, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Patent number: 7489892
    Abstract: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Tetsuo Noji, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Patent number: 7463853
    Abstract: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, and a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Tetsuo Noji, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Publication number: 20080193161
    Abstract: In a powder supplying device, a powder container contains powder therein and is provided at a bottom of the powder container with a gas blowout part for ejecting gas to the inside of the powder container. A powder transport unit attracts powder contained in the powder container from a suction opening and transports the powder to a powder receiving device. A first detection unit is provided in the powder container to detect a remaining powder in the powder container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Hiroshi Tateishi, Tetsuo Noji, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Publication number: 20070223945
    Abstract: A toner supplier, including a toner container configured to contain a toner, an air discharger configured to discharge air from a bottom of the toner container to form a fluidized toner, a detector configured to detect usage information of the toner contained in the toner container, and a communicator configured to send and receive the usage information. The communicator is configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus connected to the toner supplier and a controller connected to the toner supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Keizoh Chiba, Hiroshi Tateishi, Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji
  • Publication number: 20070201904
    Abstract: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, and a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Tetsuo Noji, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Publication number: 20070201905
    Abstract: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated in the particle accommodating unit and conveys the particles toward a supply destination, and a gas discharge unit that discharges gas contained within the particle accommodating unit toward an exterior side of the particle accommodating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hirosato Amano, Keizo Chiba, Tetsuo Noji, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Fumihito Itoh
  • Patent number: 7156130
    Abstract: There is provided a toner container filling device and a toner production management system. The toner container filling device is installed at a toner container filling base and is able to fill a toner container with toner automatically, and obtain information about the toner container filling process while filling the toner container with toner. The toner production management system receives the information from the toner container filling device, and determines the amount of toner to be produced at a toner production base and time of delivering toner to the toner container filling base according to the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji, Hidenori Minowa
  • Publication number: 20060081696
    Abstract: An information managing apparatus for managing an information display medium is disclosed that includes a reversible display unit that is configured to reversibly display information in visible form and a reversible display storage unit that is configured to store display content data corresponding to the information displayed at the reversible display unit. The apparatus further includes a scanner unit that is configured to read a display of the reversible display unit and acquire display read data of the read display; a reader unit that is configured to acquire first display content data stored in the reversible display storage unit; and a control unit that is configured to compare the display read data acquired by the scanner unit and the first display content data acquired by the reader unit, extract a difference between the display read data and the first display content data based on the comparison, and output the extracted difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Hideo Sakurai, Atsushi Kutami, Tetsuo Noji, Yoshihiro Sugiyama, Junpei Sakae, Yoshiaki Nishizaki
  • Patent number: 7017625
    Abstract: There is provided a toner container filling device and a toner production management system. The toner container filling device is installed at a toner container filling base and is able to fill a toner container with toner automatically, and obtain information about the toner container filling process while filling the toner container with toner. The toner production management system receives the information from the toner container filling device, and determines the amount of toner to be produced at a toner production base and time of delivering toner to the toner container filling base according to the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji, Hidenori Minowa
  • Publication number: 20060060260
    Abstract: G There is provided a toner container filling device and a toner production management system. The toner container filling device is installed at a toner container filling base and is able to fill a toner container with toner automatically, and obtain information about the toner container filling process while filling the toner container with toner. The toner production management system receives the information from the toner container filling device, and determines the amount of toner to be produced at a toner production base and time of delivering toner to the toner container filling base according to the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji, Hidenori Minowa
  • Publication number: 20060059193
    Abstract: A disclosed transportation management system includes a database including operational information and operator information that correspond to a target object, a transmission control part for transmitting a transmission radio wave to an information storage medium attached to the target object and a reception control part for receiving a reception radio wave, including identification information of the target object, from the information storage medium, a transport information obtaining part for obtaining transport information of the target object, an operational information retrieving part for retrieving the operational information from the database in accordance with the identification information of the target object, an information comparing part for comparing the transport information of the target object and the operational information, a notification information generating part for generating notification information indicative of the result of the comparison; and a notification information transmitting
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Tetsuo Noji, Yoshihiro Sugiyama, Wakoh Hamada, Hideki Kawashima, Hideo Sakurai, Atsushi Kutami, Tatsuro Saitoh
  • Patent number: 6981530
    Abstract: There is provided a toner container filling device and a toner production management system. The toner container filling device is installed at a toner container filling base and is able to fill a toner container with toner automatically, and obtain information about the toner container filling process while filling the toner container with toner. The toner production management system receives the information from the toner container filling device, and determines the amount of toner to be produced at a toner production base and time of delivering toner to the toner container filling base according to the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji, Hidenori Minowa
  • Publication number: 20050139284
    Abstract: There is provided a toner container filling device and a toner production management system. The toner container filling device is installed at a toner container filling base and is able to fill a toner container with toner automatically, and obtain information about the toner container filling process while filling the toner container with toner. The toner production management system receives the information from the toner container filling device, and determines the amount of toner to be produced at a toner production base and time of delivering toner to the toner container filling base according to the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji, Hidenori Minowa
  • Publication number: 20050139285
    Abstract: There is provided a toner container filling device and a toner production management system. The toner container filling device is installed at a toner container filling base and is able to fill a toner container with toner automatically, and obtain information about the toner container filling process while filling the toner container with toner. The toner production management system receives the information from the toner container filling device, and determines the amount of toner to be produced at a toner production base and time of delivering toner to the toner container filling base according to the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Hirosato Amano, Tetsuo Noji, Hidenori Minowa