Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Nochi

Toshiaki Nochi 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: 8272632
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 8160488
    Abstract: An image formation processing system is provided with an image formation portion, an adhesive applying portion which receives a plurality of sheets from the image formation portion, gathers the received sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle, and applies an adhesive to an end face of the sheet bundle, and a post-processing portion which receives a plurality of sheets from the image formation portion, gathers the received sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle, and performs predetermined post-processing on the sheet bundle, where the adhesive applying portion is disposed downstream of the image formation portion in the sheet transport, while the post-processing portion is disposed downstream of the adhesive applying portion in sheet transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20110211935
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicants: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 7954799
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignees: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20110037216
    Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus including: a gathering tray device that collates sheets sequentially fed thereto into a sheet bundle; a sheet bundle conveying device that conveys the sheet bundle collated by the gathering tray device to an adhesive coating position located downstream of the gathering tray device; an adhesive coating device that coats the sheet bundle located at the adhesive coating position with an adhesive; a cover sheet stitching device that stitches a cover sheet with the sheet bundle; and a control device that controls a bookbinding process executed by the sheet bundle conveying device, the adhesive coating device, and the cover sheet stitching device, wherein, upon receiving a bookbinding process stopping signal before the sheet bundle is coated with the adhesive by the adhesive coating device, the control device controls the adhesive coating device to coat the sheet bundle in process with the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hommochi, Toshiaki Nochi
  • Publication number: 20110020094
    Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus provided with an accumulating portion, which accumulates sheets into a sheet bundle, a bundle position correcting device, which corrects an adhesive application position of the sheet bundle, an adhesive applying portion, which applies an adhesive to the sheet bundle, and a bookbinding device, which cases the sheet bundle having the adhesive applied thereto in a cover for casing-in a book.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kubo, Hiroki Honmochi, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno
  • Patent number: 7854581
    Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus provided with an accumulating portion, which accumulates sheets into a sheet bundle, a bundle position correcting device, which corrects an adhesive application position of the sheet bundle, an adhesive applying portion, which applies an adhesive to the sheet bundle, and a bookbinding device, which cases the sheet bundle having the adhesive applied thereto in a cover for casing—in a book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kubo, Hiroki Honmochi, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno
  • Patent number: 7845627
    Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus including: a gathering tray device that collates sheets sequentially fed thereto into a sheet bundle; a sheet bundle conveying device that conveys the sheet bundle collated by the gathering tray device to an adhesive coating position located downstream of the gathering tray device; an adhesive coating device that coats the sheet bundle located at the adhesive coating position with an adhesive; a cover sheet stitching device that stitches a cover sheet with the sheet bundle; and a control device that controls a bookbinding process executed by the sheet bundle conveying device, the adhesive coating device, and the cover sheet stitching device, wherein, upon receiving a bookbinding process stopping signal before the sheet bundle is coated with the adhesive by the adhesive coating device, the control device controls the adhesive coating device to coat the sheet bundle in process with the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hommochi, Toshiaki Nochi
  • Publication number: 20100187743
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicants: CANON FINETECH INC., NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 7726640
    Abstract: A sheet cutting apparatus, including: a cutting knife for cutting a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets; a sub-waste box capable of temporally receiving cutting wastage of a sheet bundle which has been cut; and a main waste box capable of receiving the cutting wastage received in the sub-waste box, in which the main waste box is constructed so that a wastage disposal operation of the cutting wastage received in the main waste box can be made while the sub-waste box temporally receives the cutting wastage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Finetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nochi, Hiroki Hommochi
  • Patent number: 7694948
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20080308990
    Abstract: A sheet cutting apparatus, including: a cutting knife for cutting a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets; a sub-waste box capable of temporally receiving cutting wastage of a sheet bundle which has been cut; and a main waste box capable of receiving the cutting wastage received in the sub-waste box, in which the main waste box is constructed so that a wastage disposal operation of the cutting wastage received in the main waste box can be made while the sub-waste box temporally receives the cutting wastage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nochi, Hiroki Hommochi
  • Publication number: 20080308992
    Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus including: a gathering tray device that collates sheets sequentially fed thereto into a sheet bundle; a sheet bundle conveying device that conveys the sheet bundle collated by the gathering tray device to an adhesive coating position located downstream of the gathering tray device; an adhesive coating device that coats the sheet bundle located at the adhesive coating position with an adhesive; a cover sheet stitching device that stitches a cover sheet with the sheet bundle; and a control device that controls a bookbinding process executed by the sheet bundle conveying device, the adhesive coating device, and the cover sheet stitching device, wherein, upon receiving a bookbinding process stopping signal before the sheet bundle is coated with the adhesive by the adhesive coating device, the control device controls the adhesive coating device to coat the sheet bundle in process with the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: HIroki Hommochi, Toshiaki Nochi
  • Publication number: 20080310935
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus for cutting a book bundle has: a book bundle rotating mechanism for rotating the book bundle and changing a cutting surface; a book bundle moving mechanism for moving the book bundle in the direction of a cutting mechanism; and the cutting mechanism for separately cutting the cutting surface of the book bundle a plurality of times and not continuously cutting the same surface excluding the cutting surface to be finally cut for the book bundle to be cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hommochi, Toshiaki Nochi
  • Publication number: 20080303201
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicants: CANON FINETECH INC., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 7413179
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20060249893
    Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus provided with an accumulating portion, which accumulates sheets into a sheet bundle, a bundle position correcting device, which corrects an adhesive application position of the sheet bundle, an adhesive applying portion, which applies an adhesive to the sheet bundle, and a bookbinding device, which cases the sheet bundle having the adhesive applied thereto in a cover for casing-in a book.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Finetech Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kubo, Hiroki Honmochi, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno
  • Publication number: 20050265765
    Abstract: An image formation processing system is provided with an image formation portion, an adhesive applying portion which receives a plurality of sheets from the image formation portion, gathers the received sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle, and applies an adhesive to an end face of the sheet bundle, and a post-processing portion which receives a plurality of sheets from the image formation portion, gathers the received sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle, and performs predetermined post-processing on the sheet bundle, where the adhesive applying portion is disposed downstream of the image formation portion in the sheet transport, while the post-processing portion is disposed downstream of the adhesive applying portion in sheet transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicants: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20050249574
    Abstract: In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicants: Canon Finetech Inc., Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Honmochi, Masayoshi Kubo, Toshiaki Nochi, Ken Yonekawa, Yuji Ueno, Keiichi Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakagomi