Patents by Inventor Yutaka Kiuchi

Yutaka Kiuchi 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 and fixing apparatus
    Patent number: 6810228
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying body, a heating unit, a pressure unit for applying pressure, a recording medium supporting member, and a depressing/close-contacting unit. The recording medium supporting member moves in the same direction as the image carrying body moves, from a pressure position where the pressure unit applies pressure to the recording medium and the image carrying body to an exfoliation position where the recording medium is exfoliated from the image carrying body while supporting the recording medium overlapped with the image carrying body. The depressing/close-contacting unit sandwiches and depresses the recording-medium supporting member and the image carrying body in a middle position between the pressure position and the exfoliation position to closely contact the recording medium with the image carrying body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kiuchi, Tohru Inoue, Yuichi Fukuda
  • Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus
    Publication number: 20030063930
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying body, a heating unit, a pressure unit for applying pressure, a recording medium supporting member, and a depressing/close-contacting unit. The recording medium supporting member moves in the same direction as the image carrying body moves, from a pressure position where the pressure unit applies pressure to the recording medium and the image carrying body to an exfoliation position where the recording medium is exfoliated from the image carrying body while supporting the recording medium overlapped with the image carrying body. The depressing/close-contacting unit sandwiches and depresses the recording-medium supporting member and the image carrying body in a middle position between the pressure position and the exfoliation position to closely contact the recording medium with the image carrying body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kiuchi, Tohru Inoue, Yuichi Fukuda