Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Shioya

Tsutomu Shioya 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: 6577331
    Abstract: A printer comprising a printer main body, a cover, a sprocket for delivering a sheet from a sheet roll, a platen roller used in printing on the sheet, a thermal head for printing on the sheet, a driving gear mechanism for rotating the sprocket platen roller, and a gear mechanism for rotating, by the driving gear mechanism, the ribbon core of an ink ribbon cassette mounted on the cover, the printer main body being provided with the sprocket and platen roller, the cover being provided with the thermal head, wherein the platen roller is disposed downstream of the sprocket and it is arranged that when the cover is closed, the core gear of the ink ribbon cassette meshes with a gear of the gear mechanism to eliminate the backlash of the platen gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: MAX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Saito, Norihiro Nakabayashi, Tsutomu Shioya
  • Publication number: 20020140800
    Abstract: A printer comprising a printer main body (11), a cover (50), a sprocket (12) for delivering a sheet from a sheet roll (16), a platen roller (13) used in printing on the sheet, a thermal head (51) for printing on the sheet, a drive mechanism for rotating the sprocket (12) and platen roller (13), and a gear mechanism for rotating, by the drive mechanism, the ribbon core of an ink ribbon cassette (60) mounted on the cover (50), the printer main body (11) being provided with the sprocket (12) and platen roller (13), the cover (50) being provided with the thermal head (51), wherein the platen roller (13) is disposed downstream of the sprocket (12) and it is arranged that when the cover (50) is dosed, the core gear (65) of the ink ribbon cassette (60) meshes with a gear (34) to elliminate the backlash of the platen gear (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Tomoaki Saito, Norihiro Nakabayashi, Tsutomu Shioya
  • Publication number: 20020002805
    Abstract: A bonding member 1 comprising a metallic plate 2 formed as a small piece onto which a hot melt adhesive layer 3 is formed at least one side of said metallic plate 2, and a gypsum board mounting method for mounting a gypsum board 5 using the bonding member 1, comprising: fixing said bonding member 5 temporarily; pushing said gypsum board 5, heating the metallic plate 2 with electromagnetic induction to melt said hot melt adhesive layer 3; and thereby allowing the gypsum board 5 to be bonded easily without noise. The bonded gypsum board 5 can be recycled because it can be peeled off easily with melting the adhesive layer 3 without damage of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Max Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Yamaguchi, Keijiro Murayama, Mitsuhiro Takatsuru, Takashi Takayama, Tsutomu Shioya, Hiroshi Shiokawa, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Nobuaki Sekiguchi, Takumi Harigaya, Kigen Agehara, Motoshige Akatsu