Patents by Inventor Toshio Yoshimoto

Toshio Yoshimoto 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: 6228430
    Abstract: The treatment agent is a four-liquid one-powder coloring type agent consisting of a polymeric water emulsion having hydroxyl groups and/or carboxyl groups; a silica-based granular material; a base treatment agent in the state of a liquid; a base reinforcing agent in the state of a liquid; and a coloring agent. The base treatment agent is a mixture generally comprised of a silica-based powder or granular material; a calcium-containing substance coontaining calcium hydroxide and/or a calcium oxide; organic acid and/or salt of organic acid having an acid dissociation exponent ranging from 3 to 5; and water. The base reinforcing agent is a mixture generally comprised of an aqueous solution of alkali silicate; and organic acid and/or salt of organic acid having an acid dissociation exponent ranging from 3 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Shinichi AGIO
    Inventors: Katumi Iwama, Toshio Yoshimoto, Manabu Saito, Moriyasu Otaka
  • Patent number: 6222158
    Abstract: A fixing heater includes a ceramic substrate; a heat generating resistor provided on the ceramic substrate to extend in a longitudinal axis of the ceramic substrate; a temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of the ceramic substrate; and an electrically conductive member provided on the ceramic substrate to extend in the longitudinal axis of the ceramic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakata, Toshio Yoshimoto, Yasumasa Nashida
  • Patent number: 5874710
    Abstract: A fixing heater includes a dielectric substrate, a resistor formed on the substrate and Laser-trimmed in a current flow direction, a slidable film, and backup member forming a nip with the film. The trimmed portion lies outside the nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshimoto, Takashi Soya, Takashi Nakahara, Yasumasa Nashida, Yasuhiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 5754188
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an image data generating section for generating image data, and an interpolation image data forming section for forming and outputting interpolation image data based on the image data generated by the image data generating section. The interpolation image data forming section includes a memory for storing the image data generated by the image data generating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaoru Seto, Hiroshi Mano, Toshio Yoshimoto, Takashi Soya, Atsushi Kashihara, Masaharu Ohkubo, Hiroshi Sasame, Hiromichi Yamada, Masaki Ojima, Michio Ito, Takashi Kawana, Seiji Uchiyama, Tetsuo Saito, Hiroshi Atobe
  • Patent number: 5464964
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a heater; temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the heater; electric power supply controller for controlling electric power supply to the heater during image heating, so that the temperature detector detects a predetermined set temperature; and a temperature determining device for determining the set temperature on the basis of a change of the temperature detected by the temperature detector when electric power supply to the heater is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Okuda, Shunji Nakamura, Toshio Yoshimoto, Yasumasa Ohtsuka, Yohji Tomoyuki, Daizo Fukuzawa, Tomoko Nanbu, Hidenobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5455603
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a data receiver for receiving encoded character or graphic information in the unit of a page from the outside; a pixel converter for converting the encoded character or graphic information into pixel information; an image forming device for forming an image on a recording medium based on the pixel information; and a feeder for feeding the recording medium to said image forming device. In the apparatus, the feeder is adapted to feed the recording medium to a predetermined position prior to the completion of pixel conversion of a page by the pixel converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenjiro Hori, Satoshi Akiyama, Takashi Nakahara, Toshio Yoshimoto, Yoshimi Kuramochi, Shunichi Masuda, Makoto Takeuchi, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Akio Noguchi, Takahiro Inoue, Masahiro Goto, Junichi Kato, Koichi Hiroshima, Shinichi Tsukida, Koichi Suwa, Hideyuki Yano
  • Patent number: 5404214
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a heater; a heat transmitting member for transmitting the heat from the heater to an unfixed toner image while moving in contact with a recording material bearing the unfixed image; a pressure roller for forming a nip between the heat transmitting member and itself; wherein the heat transmitting member has a conductive surface; the pressure roller has a conductive core member; and wherein the image heating apparatus further contains a rotating conductive member on the conductive core material in contact with the conductive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshimoto, Nobukazu Adachi, Yasumasa Nashida, Yasuhiro Nakata, Akira Kuroda, Takeshi Sugita, Akira Yuza
  • Patent number: 5343019
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing heater driven by a voltage supplied from a commercial power supply, a transformer for transforming the voltage supplied from the commercial power supply into a predetermined voltage, and supplying the predetermined voltage to a load in the apparatus, and a controller for detecting the voltage transformed by the transformer, and controlling energization to the fixing heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Nashida, Toshio Yoshimoto, Yasuhiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 5229818
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, which is capable of obtaining high quality images, having a recording member on which a latent image is formed, a charging voltage generating portion which is positioned in contact with the recording member for the purpose of applying charging voltage containing an AC component to the recording member and from which said charging voltage is supplied, an application device for applying an AC component having a frequency, which is different from that of the AC component of the charging voltage, to the recording member, an electric current value control circuit for detecting an output AC value of the charging voltage generating portion so as to make the output AC value to be a predetermined value, and an erroneous operation preventing circuit for preventing an erroneous operation of the electric current value control circuit taken place due to an introduction of the AC component applied by the application device into the charging voltage generating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nakahara, Shunichi Masuda, Toshio Yoshimoto, Kenjiro Hori, Satoshi Akiyama, Yoshimi Kuramochi, Yasuhiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 5134427
    Abstract: A recording apparatus comprises a recording unit for recording information onto a recording medium, a feeder for feeding the recording medium to the recording unit, a detector between the recording unit and the feeder for detecting the recording medium being fed, and a controller for inhibiting the recording operation of the recording unit when the detector detects the recording medium before the elapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the feeding operation of the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Akiyama, Kenjiro Hori, Takashi Nakahara, Yoshimi Kuramochi, Toshio Yoshimoto, Shunichi Masuda
  • Patent number: 5115119
    Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a heat rotary member, a heater arranged in the heat rotary member along a rotation center line thereof and having a low heat-conductive base member at each end, and a holder member for holding at least one of the base members. One base member has an outer configuration larger than that of the other base member. In addition, the heater can be removed from the heat rotary member along the rotation center line without removing the holder member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobukazu Adachi, Toshio Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4853740
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sheet feeder for multiple image recording on one or both sides of a sheet. A first sheet feeding mechanism feeds the sheets to a recording station, while a second sheet feeding mechanism refeeds the recorded sheet for second recording, and a control unit regulates the interval of sheet feeding according to the state of the second feeding mechanism, in order to achieve efficient sheet feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihide Ushio, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Kenjiro Hori, Kaoru Seto, Toshio Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4761662
    Abstract: A movable image bearing member is provided with marks for detecting a moving speed of the image bearing member. A sensor detects the speed of movement of the marks. The signal as a result of the detection is compared with a reference signal to determine a phase difference therebetween. A driving motor for driving the image bearing member is controlled to remove the phase difference. Thus, the actual speed of the image bearing member is directly detected, and the speed is controlled so that the moving speed of the periphery of the image bearing member concerned with the image formation is accurately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshimoto, Kiyoshi Kanaiwa, Kenjiro Hori, Yukihide Ushio, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Kaoru Seto
  • Patent number: 4750729
    Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet loading device for causing sheets put out one after another from a sheet output apparatus such as a laser beam printer or a copying apparatus onto a sheet receiving member to be loaded in orderly, mutually superposed relationship without being deviated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanobu Kanoto, Jun Saito, Tadashi Yagi, Yuji Takahashi, Toshio Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4712118
    Abstract: A laser beam printer includes: a recording medium for forming an image; a scanning unit for scanning a beam modulated by an image signal on the recording medium; a beam detector for detecting the position of the beam scanned by the scanning unit and outputting a synchro signal which defines the record start position on the recording medium; a sheet position detector for detecting the position, in the direction of scanning the beam, of a sheet to which the image formed on the recording medium is transferred; and a controller for controlling the output timing of the synchro signal in accordance with the position of a sheet detected by the sheet position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaoru Seto, Yukihide Ushio, Kenjiro Hori, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Toshio Yoshimoto, Kiyoshi Kanaiwa
  • Patent number: 4506718
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for off-road vehicles, comprising a carcass body containing organic fiber cords and a breaker composed of at least one rubberized layer each containing reinforcing elements embedded therein and having an overall cut resistant property for all types of cuts together with an excellent separation resistant property and high abrasion resistant property is disclosed. The reinforcing element is composed of a bundle formed by merely assembling helically formed filaments together without twisting. The reinforcing element is formed of a material having a tensile strength of at least 140 Kg/mm.sup.2 and an elongation at breaking strength which is 0.15 to 1.7 times that of the organic fiber cord of the carcass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Masaru Abe, Isao Miyoshi, Toshiro Tezuka, Toshio Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4438796
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for off-road vehicles comprising a reinforcing element composed of helically formed filaments and having an excellent side-cut resistant property is disclosed. The tire is provided at its side portion with a side portion reinforcing layer composed of at least one rubberized layer containing a reinforcing element embedded therein and formed of a helically formed filament or a bundle of at least two helically formed filaments assembled together without twisting at random. The filament is formed of a material having a tensile breaking strength of at least 140 kg/mm.sup.2. The reinforcing filament has an elongation at tensile breaking strength which is 0.15 to 1.7 times that of organic cord of a ply of a carcass body. The rubberized layer containing said reinforcing element embedded therein as a whole is extensible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Masaru Abe, Isao Miyoshi, Toshiro Tezuka, Toshio Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4077454
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for off-road vehicles comprising a multi-layered carcass and a breaker superimposed about the carcass. The carcass is composed of rubberized ply layers each containing cords formed of organic fiber and inclined at an angle of 23.degree. to 45.degree. with respect to the equatorial line of the tire. The cords of approximately one-half of the carcass plies extend in an opposite direction to the cords associated with the remaining plies. The breaker is composed of at least one rubberized layer each containing reinforcing elements formed of a plurality of filaments whose material having a tensile strength of at least 140 Kg/mm.sup.2, the reinforcing element being inclined at an angle which is not larger than a selected angle of the carcass cord by at least 5.degree. and not smaller than the selected angle of the carcass cord by at least 15.degree.. At least one rubberized layer of the breaker disposed near the tread is extended over a width of 40 to 60% of the tread width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Isao Miyoshi, Masaru Abe, Toshiro Tezuka, Toshio Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4043372
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for off-road vehicles, which is highly durable under heavy load conditions is disclosed. The tire makes use as its breaker of a reinforcing element formed of material having a high cut resistant property such as steel or glass. The least possible number of those plies of a plurality of rubberized ply layers of a carcass body which extend from a crown portion of the tire through both side portions up to both bead members and which can substantially withstand internal pressure applied to the tire and external force subjected thereto is determined on the basis of a fundamental safety factor .xi. and which lies within a range of a correction safety factor .eta. which depends on the use and type of the tire and the depth of tread groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Isao Miyoshi, Masaru Abe, Toshiro Tezuka, Toshio Yoshimoto