Patents by Inventor Zhongqi CAO

Zhongqi CAO 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).

  • Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9981816
    Abstract: The present sheet conveying apparatus includes: a resist roller pair that corrects skew of a sheet conveyed from a sheet supplying unit; and a guide portion disposed at an upstream side relative to the resist roller pair in a sheet conveying direction, the guide portion including a first guide and a second guide disposed opposite to the first guide with a sheet conveying path therebetween, the second guide being located at a projection side of a curved portion formed in the sheet when a tip of the sheet is conveyed to a nip portion of the resist roller pair that is stopped, the second guide being divided into a plurality of divided guides in an axial direction of the resist roller pair, a flexible film being disposed to cover at least a portion of a space between the plurality of divided guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: KONICA MINOLTA, INC., KONICA MINOLTA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (WUXI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Omichi, Teruo Nagashima, Yunzhen Yang, Linfeng Zhou, Zhongqi Cao, Jianming Shi, Shuang Chu
  • Sheet Conveying Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus
    Publication number: 20170267474
    Abstract: The present sheet conveying apparatus includes: a resist roller pair that corrects skew of a sheet conveyed from a sheet supplying unit; and a guide portion disposed at an upstream side relative to the resist roller pair in a sheet conveying direction, the guide portion including a first guide and a second guide disposed opposite to the first guide with a sheet conveying path therebetween, the second guide being located at a projection side of a curved portion formed in the sheet when a tip of the sheet is conveyed to a nip portion of the resist roller pair that is stopped, the second guide being divided into a plurality of divided guides in an axial direction of the resist roller pair, a flexible film being disposed to cover at least a portion of a space between the plurality of divided guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiki OMICHI, Teruo NAGASHIMA, Yunzhen YANG, Linfeng ZHOU, Zhongqi CAO, Jianming SHI, Shuang CHU