Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Kitahara

Yoshihiko Kitahara 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: 5446511
    Abstract: An original conveying apparatus includes an original stacker, a separator for separating the stacked originals from an upper side and for supplying the separated originals, a conveyor for conveying the separated originals to pass them through a reading portion and holding the originals in page sequence, a driver for rotating the conveyor normally or reversely, a discharger for returning the original to the original stacker and a controller for controlling the driver, the discharger and the separator so that an original is selected and set on the reading portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kitahara, Kimiaki Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 5090673
    Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet post treatment apparatus having receive means for receiving sheets, align means provided with a reference member providing a reference for aligning the sheets and a moving member movable relative to the reference member to align the sheets, and control means for controlling the aligning means to cause the moving member to wait at a different position in conformity with sheet size information before the discharge of the sheets in a case where the sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are discharged so that the centers thereof may coincide with one another irrespective of the sizes of the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha & Canon Aptex, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kitahara, Kenji Kobayashi