Patents by Inventor Yoshinari Kuwabara

Yoshinari Kuwabara 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: 11717982
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Patent number: 11407136
    Abstract: A trimmer comprises a trim knife for trimming the bound material, a blade receiving portion 19 for receiving a blade edge of the trim knife, and an adjustment mechanism 60 configured to adjust a position of the blade receiving portion 19 in such a manner that each of one side 191 and other side 192 of the blade receiving portion 19 moves by not only a same amount but also a different amount and in directions toward and away from the blade edge of the trim knife. Each of positions of the one side 191 and the other side 192 of the blade receiving portion 19 can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Kuwabara, Osamu Nishimura, Satoshi Tsunawaki
  • Publication number: 20210122077
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Patent number: 10933553
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Publication number: 20200353639
    Abstract: A trimmer comprises a trim knife for trimming the bound material, a blade receiving portion 19 for receiving a blade edge of the trim knife, and an adjustment mechanism 60 configured to adjust a position of the blade receiving portion 19 in such a manner that each of one side 191 and other side 192 of the blade receiving portion 19 moves by not only a same amount but also a different amount and in directions toward and away from the blade edge of the trim knife. Each of positions of the one side 191 and the other side 192 of the blade receiving portion 19 can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshinari KUWABARA, Osamu NISHIMURA, Satoshi TSUNAWAKI
  • Publication number: 20200047367
    Abstract: A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukushima, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Tatsuaki Ida
  • Publication number: 20100165810
    Abstract: An optical pickup includes: light collecting element for selectively collecting main and sub beams emitted toward an optical disc formed by layering at least first and second recording layers, onto one of first and second recording layers; main and sub light reception elements receiving the main and sub light from the main and sub beams collected from the optical disc and outputting main and sub light signals; tracking error signal generator for generating a tracking error signal according to the sub light signal; noise component calculator for calculating a noise component generated by interference between the sub light and an invalid light attributed to at least one of the applied main and sub beams and received together with the sub light and the sub light from the other of the first and the second recording layer; and noise remover for removing the calculated noise component from the tracking error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinari Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 7686289
    Abstract: There are provided a plurality of sheet feeding units 2a to 2d arranged in a vertical direction at spacing therebetween, a vertical sheet conveyance path G arranged oppositely with the sheet outlets 12a to 12d of the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d, conveyance means 1 and 6 for sequentially conveying the sheets fed from respective sheet feeding units 2a to 2d, vertically downward along the sheet conveyance path G, and control means controlling the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d and the conveyance means 1 and 6 in such a manner that the sheets fed from the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d are conveyed while at least partially overlapping the sheets which are fed from a sheet feeding unit of a next lower site on the sheets which are fed from the sheet feeding unit of an upper site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ono, Yoshinari Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 7170831
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical pickup astigmatism adjusting method capable of easily correcting an astigmatism even if the spot shape of a light beam converged on an optical disc is not a true circle. An optical pickup astigmatism adjusting system of the present invention finds an inter-focal distance L0 between a focal position where a light beam is converged in RAD direction and another focal position where a light beam is converged in TAN direction, and a further inter-focal distance L45 between a focal position where a light beam is converged in a direction inclined 45 degrees from RAD direction and another focal position where a light beam is converged in a direction inclined 45 degrees from TAN direction, thereby measuring an astigmatism in accordance with the inter-focal distances L0 and L45. Then, an installation angle of a reflection mirror is adjusted in accordance with the inter-focal distances L0 and L45, thus correcting the astigmatism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takiguchi, Hidekazu Ouchi, Yasushi Kumamaru, Naoki Yamada, Tetsuya Murakami, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Ko Ishii
  • Patent number: 7064308
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to adjust the focus position of an optical pickup. A brightness measuring apparatus having a half mirror and an objective lens focusing on the half mirror is disposed at a position facing an optical pickup PUi, in a manner such that the objective lens OB of the optical pickup PUi faces the half mirror. Then, the optical pickup PUi is operated to start a focus servo, while the position of multi-lens provided in the optical pickup PUi is changed continuously, thereby measuring a highest brightness of a spot light image incident on the half mirror through the objective lens, by virtue of the brightness measuring apparatus. Subsequently, a highest brightness change caused by changing the position of the multi-lens ML is inspected so as to fix the multi-lens ML at a position when the maximum highest brightness has been obtained, thereby effecting an optimum focus position adjustment for an optical pickup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takiguchi, Hidekazu Ouchi, Yasushi Kumamaru, Naoki Yamada, Tetsuya Murakami, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Ko Ishii
  • Publication number: 20050242484
    Abstract: There are provided a plurality of sheet feeding units 2a to 2d arranged in a vertical direction at spacing therebetween, a vertical sheet conveyance path G arranged oppositely with the sheet outlets 12a to 12d of the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d, conveyance means 1 and 6 for sequentially conveying the sheets fed from respective sheet feeding units 2a to 2d, vertically downward along the sheet conveyance path G, and control means controlling the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d and the conveyance means 1 and 6 in such a manner that the sheets fed from the sheet feeding units 2a to 2d are conveyed while at least partially overlapping the sheets which are fed from a sheet feeding unit of a next lower site on the sheets which are fed from the sheet feeding unit of an upper site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ono, Yoshinari Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20040240336
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical pickup astigmatism adjusting method capable of easily correcting an astigmatism even if the spot shape of a light beam converged on an optical disc is not a true circle. An optical pickup astigmatism adjusting system of the present invention finds an inter-focal distance L0 between a focal position where a light beam is converged in RAD direction and another focal position where a light beam is converged in TAN direction, and a further inter-focal distance L45 between a focal position where a light beam is converged in a direction inclined 45 degrees from RAD direction and another focal position where a light beam is converged in a direction inclined 45 degrees from TAN direction, thereby measuring an astigmatism in accordance with the inter-focal distances L0 and L45. Then, an installation angle of a reflection mirror is adjusted in accordance with the inter-focal distances L0 and L45, thus correcting the astigmatism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takiguchi, Hidekazu Ouchi, Yasushi Kumamaru, Naoki Yamada, Tetsuya Murakami, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Ko Ishii
  • Publication number: 20040159770
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to adjust the focus position of an optical pickup. A brightness measuring apparatus having a half mirror and an objective lens focusing on the half mirror is disposed at a position facing an optical pickup PUi, in a manner such that the objective lens OB of the optical pickup PUi faces the half mirror. Then, the optical pickup PUi is operated to start a focus servo, while the position of multi-lens provided in the optical pickup PUi is changed continuously, thereby measuring a highest brightness of a spot light image incident on the half mirror through the objective lens, by virtue of the brightness measuring apparatus. Subsequently, a highest brightness change caused by changing the position of the multi-lens ML is inspected so as to fix the multi-lens ML at a position when the maximum highest brightness has been obtained, thereby effecting an optimum focus position adjustment for an optical pickup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takiguchi, Hidekazu Ouchi, Yasushi Kumamaru, Naoki Yamada, Tetsuya Murakami, Yoshinari Kuwabara, Ko Ishii
  • Patent number: 6099224
    Abstract: A paper supplying apparatus has a rotatable member around a horizontal axis, a pair of clamp plates supported by this rotatable member mutually parallel and in face-to-face relationship for clamping a book block in between, and guide plates each attached to an associated one of these clamp plates, extending downward from the clamp plates to a lower edge part of the book block when the book block is held vertically. Such a paper supplying apparatus can be removably connected to a book binding machine by attaching a guide rail to an outer wall of the book binding machine and a runner to the paper supplying apparatus. The runner is slidably engageable with the guide rail, allowing the paper supplying apparatus to move along the guide rail selectably towards or away from the book binding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Yoshinari Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 6019560
    Abstract: A paper supplying apparatus has a rotatable member around a horizontal axis, a pair of clamp plates supported by this rotatable member mutually parallel and in face-to-face relationship for clamping a book block in between, and guide plates each attached to an associated one of these clamp plates, extending downward from the clamp plates to a lower edge part of the book block when the book block is held vertically. Such a paper supplying apparatus can be removably connected to a book binding machine by attaching a guide rail to an outer wall of the book binding machine and a runner to the paper supplying apparatus. The runner is slidably engageable with the guide rail, allowing the paper supplying apparatus to move along the guide rail selectably towards or away from the book binding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Horizon International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Uchida, Yoshinari Kuwabara