Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Imura

Tomoaki Imura 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).

  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8532519
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus including a fixing part that heats and fixes an unfixed toner image formed on a recording material, onto the recording material, an electric field generation member that forms an electric field in a space in which a component evaporated from a wax flows, the component being generated during the heating and fixing, and a collection member to which a voltage is applied, the collection member electrostatically collecting the component passing through the space in which the electric field has been formed. The image forming apparatus prevents conveyance failures resulting from evaporated components of a release wax adhering to parts within the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hijikata, Taku Fukita, Tomoaki Imura, Takaaki Tsuruya
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110274458
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus including a fixing part that heats and fixes an unfixed toner image formed on a recording material, onto the recording material, an electric field generation member that forms an electric field in a space in which a component evaporated from a wax flows, the component being generated during the heating and fixing, and a collection member to which a voltage is applied, the collection member electrostatically collecting the component passing through the space in which the electric field has been formed. The image forming apparatus prevents conveyance failures resulting from evaporated components of a release wax adhering to parts within the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hijikata, Taku Fukita, Tomoaki Imura, Takaaki Tsuruya
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 6543758
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus in which various kinds of sheets can be used and which can be made compact and reduce the number of parts. The present invention provides an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, which has a sheet feeding cassette, first sheet feeding means, and image forming means, wherein the sheet feeding cassette is provided with second sheet feeding means for feeding out a sheet contained in a second sheet storing portion different from the first sheet storing portion of the sheet feeding cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Imura, Katsuhiko Oba, Eiji Wakiyama
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20010028144
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus in which various kinds of sheets can be used and which can be made compact and reduce the number of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Tomoaki Imura, Katsuhiko Oba, Eiji Wakiyama