Patents by Inventor Toru INODA

Toru INODA 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).

  • Opening-closing portion and image forming apparatus comprising the same
    Patent number: 9846404
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an object disposed in an apparatus body so as to be capable of being taken out through an opening; an opening-closing portion that is rotatable and that covers the opening and rotates upward to open the opening; and an operating portion that is rotatable and disposed in front of the opening-closing portion. The operating portion is disposed at a position on a rotation trajectory along which the opening-closing portion rotates upward and on a path along which the object is taken out of the apparatus body. The operating portion rotates forward so as to be retracted from the rotation trajectory and the path along which the object is taken out and so that the path along which the object is taken out is formed between the operating portion and the opening-closing portion in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahito Shikata, Satoshi Tejima, Toru Inoda
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170255158
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an object disposed in an apparatus body so as to be capable of being taken out through an opening; an opening-closing portion that is rotatable and that covers the opening and rotates upward to open the opening; and an operating portion that is rotatable and disposed in front of the opening-closing portion. The operating portion is disposed at a position on a rotation trajectory along which the opening-closing portion rotates upward and on a path along which the object is taken out of the apparatus body. The operating portion rotates forward so as to be retracted from the rotation trajectory and the path along which the object is taken out and so that the path along which the object is taken out is formed between the operating portion and the opening-closing portion in the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito SHIKATA, Satoshi TEJIMA, Toru INODA