Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Kawamura
Toshihiro Kawamura 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).
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Patent number: 8540237Abstract: An auto document feeder includes a lead path, a first reverse path, a second reverse path, and a both surfaces eject path. The lead path guides a document from a left side to a right side of a read position. The first and second reverse paths are connected to the lead path, and reverse the document to guide the document from the right side to the left side of the read position. A both surfaces eject path is connected to the first and second reverse paths and guides the document whose image information of a second surface has been read to eject further to the right side than the read position. A shared curve path shared by the lead path and the both surfaces eject path includes a portion between the read position and a portion in which a lead curve path protrudes the most.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Nose, Toshihiro Kawamura
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Publication number: 20130208326Abstract: An auto document feeder includes a lead path, a first reverse path, a second reverse path, and a both surfaces eject path. The lead path guides a document from a left side to a right side of a read position. The first and second reverse paths are connected to the lead path, and reverse the document to guide the document from the right side to the left side of the read position. A both surfaces eject path is connected to the first and second reverse paths and guides the document whose image information of a second surface has been read to eject further to the right side than the read position. A shared curve path shared by the lead path and the both surfaces eject path includes a portion between the read position and a portion in which a lead curve path protrudes the most.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka NOSE, Toshihiro KAWAMURA
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Patent number: 8398075Abstract: An auto document feeder includes a lead path, a first reverse path, a second reverse path, and a both surfaces eject path. The lead path guides a document from a left side to a right side of a read position. The first reverse path and the second reverse path are connected to the lead path, and reverse the document to guide the document from the right side to the left side of the read position. A both surfaces eject path is connected to the first reverse path and the second reverse path and guides the document whose image information of a second surface has been read so as to eject further to the right side than the read position. Further, the lead path includes a lead curve path which protrudes to the left side and is arranged more to the left side than the read position. A shared curve path shared by the lead path and the both surfaces eject path includes a portion between the read position and a portion in which the lead curve path protrudes the most.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Nose, Toshihiro Kawamura
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Publication number: 20110254216Abstract: An auto document feeder includes a lead path, a first reverse path, a second reverse path, and a both surfaces eject path. The lead path guides a document from a left side to a right side of a read position. The first reverse path and the second reverse path are connected to the lead path, and reverse the document to guide the document from the right side to the left side of the read position. A both surfaces eject path is connected to the first reverse path and the second reverse path and guides the document whose image information of a second surface has been read so as to eject further to the right side than the read position. Further, the lead path includes a lead curve path which protrudes to the left side and is arranged more to the left side than the read position. A shared curve path shared by the lead path and the both surfaces eject path includes a portion between the read position and a portion in which the lead curve path protrudes the most.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka NOSE, Toshihiro KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20100098472Abstract: A copier includes an image scanning device having an ADF, and an image forming device having a duplex printing function that forms an image first on a back side surface of recording medium. The ADF includes an original tray, a separation unit, a first double-surface path, a second double-surface path, a discharge path, and a discharge tray. Originals with their front side surfaces facing upward can be placed on the original tray. The first double-surface path guides the original separated by the separation unit in such a manner that aback side surface of the original passes through a scanning position of a scanner unit. The second double-surface path reverses the original, which has passed through the first double-surface path and has had the back side surface scanned, and guides the original to the scanning position of the scanning unit so that the front side surface of the original can be scanned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro KAWAMURA, Kenji KORENAGA
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Patent number: 7588246Abstract: In a paper transportation device, a separation pressure adjusting screw is provided in a transportation device main body under a separating pad holder. One end of a coil spring makes contact with the separation pressure adjusting screw, and another end of the coil spring makes contact with a position located away from a separating pad in the separating pad holder. A screw adjusting hole is provided on the separating pad holder for adjusting a screwed-in amount of the separation pressure adjusting screw from above.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventor: Toshihiro Kawamura
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Publication number: 20070235919Abstract: In a paper transportation device, a separation pressure adjusting screw is provided in a transportation device main body under a separating pad holder. One end of a coil spring makes contact with the separation pressure adjusting screw, and another end of the coil spring makes contact with a position located away from a separating pad in the separating pad holder. A screw adjusting hole is provided on the separating pad holder for adjusting a screwed-in amount of the separation pressure adjusting screw from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshihiro KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20070194517Abstract: A paper tray unit includes a paper size sensor which is attached to a paper tray and determines a paper size in a paper width direction by detecting a position of a paper width guide. In the paper tray unit, a movable member moves in a paper feed direction accompanying movement of the paper width guide. The position of the paper width guide is detected by the paper size sensor detecting or not detecting the movable member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshitaka NOSE, Toshihiro KAWAMURA
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Patent number: 7210677Abstract: A paper feeder includes a sheet supply unit that feeds sheets placed on a sheet placing part, a separating roller the separates the sheets fed by the sheet supply unit one sheet at a time and supplies each sheet to a sheet transportation path, a transportation roller that transports the sheets provided downstream of the separating roller and a link mechanism connected to the transportation roller via a transmitting unit. When the transportation roller rotates in a sheet transporting direction, the link mechanism swings so that a shutter opens the sheet transportation path and maintains an opened state. When the transportation roller rotates in a direction opposite to the sheet transporting direction, the link mechanism swings so that the shutter closes the sheet transportation path.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Fukumura, Toshihiro Kawamura, Hirokazu Inoue
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Patent number: 7149011Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans a document, a recording unit including a transfer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet, and a fuser unit that affixes a toner image on the recording sheet transferred by the transfer unit. A sheet discharging unit discharges the recording sheet and a recording sheet discharging tray stacks recording sheets discharged from the sheet discharging unit in a space formed above the scanning unit. The sheet discharging unit includes a guide member curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Kawamura, Katsushi Shoji
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Publication number: 20050035524Abstract: A paper feeder includes a sheet supply unit that feeds sheets placed on a sheet placing part, a separating roller the separates the sheets fed by the sheet supply unit one sheet at a time and supplies each sheet to a sheet transportation path, a transportation roller that transports the sheets provided downstream of the separating roller and a link mechanism connected to the transportation roller via a transmitting unit. When the transportation roller rotates in a sheet transporting direction, the link mechanism swings so that a shutter opens the sheet transportation path and maintains an opened state. When the transportation roller rotates in a direction opposite to the sheet transporting direction, the link mechanism swings so that the shutter closes the sheet transportation path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Atsushi Fukumura, Toshihiro Kawamura, Hirokazu Inoue
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Publication number: 20030081262Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans a document, a recording unit including a transfer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet, and a fuser unit that affixes a toner image on the recording sheet transferred by the transfer unit. A sheet discharging unit discharges the recording sheet and a recording sheet discharging tray stacks recording sheets discharged from the sheet discharging unit in a space formed above the scanning unit. The sheet discharging unit includes a guide member curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Kawamura, Katsushi Shoji
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Patent number: 6185270Abstract: In a connection part of vertical transfer registers with respect to a horizontal transfer register, transfer electrodes to which clocks &phgr;V1, &phgr;V2A, &phgr;V3A, &phgr;V2B, &phgr;V3B, and &phgr;V1A are applied are arranged in the cited order. In a horizontal transfer register 6, transfer is conducted by 3-phase clocks &phgr;H1A, ØH1B, and &phgr;H2. By activating clocks, signal charges of a channel denoted by A-A′ and channels equivalent thereto are first transferred to undersides of electrodes of &phgr;H1A of the horizontal transfer register. The signal charges are transferred in the rightward direction to underside of electrodes of &phgr;H1B. Subsequently, signal charges of a channel denoted by B-B′ and channels equivalent thereto are transferred to undersides of electrodes of &phgr;H1B of the horizontal transfer register, and mixed with the signal charges previously transferred.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Toshihiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 5993874Abstract: A method for applying seasoning liquid to dried laver, in which seasoning liquid containing solid matter. The seasoning liquid is applied on the surfaces (13) of hydrophobic rollers (12) having a rugged surface (11), and the dried laver (4) is brought into contact with the rollers (12), by which the seasoning liquid on the surfaces (13) is applied to the dried laver (4).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1997Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yamagataya NoritenInventors: Shuji Takashima, Toshihiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 5767903Abstract: In a solid-state image pickup device comprises a solid-state image pickup section (10) including a substrate and a plurality of photoelectric converting sections formed on the substrate, the photoelectric converting sections accumulates, in response to incident light, electric charges during a controllable accumulating time interval in each frame period as signal charges in synchronism with a frame rate. Connected to the substrate, electronic shutter means discards disused charges during a discarding time interval in the frame period from the photoelectric converting sections to the substrate. The discarding time interval is equal to a difference between the frame period and the controllable accumulating time interval. Connected to the solid-state image pickup section, a timing pulse generating section (20) controls the controllable accumulating time interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Kawamura, Yukio Taniji
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Patent number: D525291Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Fukumura, Toshihiro Kawamura, Kouichi Motoyoshi
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Patent number: D549769Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Kawamura, Atsushi Fukumura, Makoto Kawamoto, Yasuhiro Sakanashi, Kouichi Motoyoshi
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Patent number: D565645Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Murata Kikai Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Kawamura, Atsushi Fukumura, Makoto Kawamoto, Yasuhiro Sakanashi, Kouichi Motoyoshi
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Patent number: D567848Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Kawamura, Atsushi Fukumura, Makoto Kawamoto, Yasuhiro Sakanashi, Kouichi Motoyoshi