Patents by Inventor Yuichi Kuroyanagi

Yuichi Kuroyanagi 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 copying apparatus and image copying method
    Patent number: 7231171
    Abstract: The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of the original document on a medium. The image copying apparatus further comprises trays more than two which are movable upward and downward within a range covering a document feeding position to the document drawing-in port, a receiving position from the document discharging port, and a bottom region located further lower than the lower of these positions. At least one of the trays moves to a position within the bottom region, a tray on which an original document is placed moves to a document feeding position, and another tray moves to a document receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Shibata, Tetsuya Kagawa, Yuichi Kuroyanagi
  • Image copying apparatus and image copying method
    Publication number: 20060067758
    Abstract: The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of the original document on a medium. The image copying apparatus further comprises trays more than two which are movable upward and downward within a range covering a document feeding position to the document drawing-in port, a receiving position from the document discharging port, and a bottom region located further lower than the lower of these positions. At least one of the trays moves to a position within the bottom region, a tray on which an original document is placed moves to a document feeding position, and another tray moves to a document receiving position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Shibata, Tetsuya Kagawa, Yuichi Kuroyanagi