Patents by Inventor YOSHIHIKO SUKUKI

YOSHIHIKO SUKUKI 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).

  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE IN COPY MODE AND MODE OTHER THAN COPY MODE
    Publication number: 20020057445
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming images on sheets in the copy mode, the facsimile mode, and the printer mode a plurality of storage units for storing the sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit, a setting unit for setting storage units which are to store sheets on which images are formed in the respective modes, a detection unit for detecting empty states of the storage units, and a control unit for storing sheets on which images are formed in the facsimile or printer mode in the storage units that are set by the setting unit, and storing sheets on which images are formed in the copy mode in storage units whose empty states are detected by the detection unit independently of the setting state of the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: YOSHIHIKO SUKUKI, AKIYOSHI KIMURA, YOSHIYUKI SUZUKI, TADASHI SUZUKI, SHINICHI NAKAMURA, MINORU NADA, SATORU KUTSUWADA, KENJI KOBAYASHI, SATOSHI KANEKO, SHOKYO KOH, NORIFUMI MIYAKE, HIROHIKO TASHIRO