Terumitsu
Terumitsu Azuma, Aichi JP
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20100237556 | Sheet stacker and image forming apparatus - A sheet processing apparatus includes a fixed tray and a movable tray. The fixed tray is fixed at its downstream portion in a sheet transport direction and includes a sheet loading surface. A downstream portion of the sheet loading surface of the fixed tray is positioned at a higher level than an upstream portion thereof. The movable tray is pivotally supported, at its upstream portion, by a pivot support provided on the fixed tray. An angle between a sheet loading surface of the movable tray and a horizontal direction is more gentle than an angle between the sheet loading surface of the fixed tray and the horizontal direction. | 09-23-2010 |
20110074081 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a staple tray on which sheets are stacked temporarily and stapled after being aligned together and from which the stapled sheets are discharged to a discharge tray; a discharger to discharge the sheets to the staple tray; a rear end reference against which rear ends of the sheets are abutted to be aligned together; a returner to return the sheets discharged by the discharger and to align the sheets together in a conveying direction based on the rear end reference fence; a lifter to lift and lower the returner with respect to a sheet; and a guide configured to guide the sheets toward the rear end reference fence when the sheets are returned and to be lifted and lowered in synchronization with the lifting and lowering by the lifter. | 03-31-2011 |
20110091260 | Paper processing apparatus and image forming apparatus - A paper processing apparatus includes: a discharging unit that discharges the paper onto a staple tray; a paper returning unit that reverses the paper discharged by the discharging unit and performs alignment in a conveying direction by abutting the paper against a rear end reference fence; a supporting unit that supports the discharging unit in a state capable of coming in contact with or separating from the paper; a contact and separation unit by which the discharging unit comes in contact with or separates from the paper; and a pressurizing unit that is moved by the contact and separation unit, does not load the discharging unit in a standby state where the discharging unit is held apart from the paper, and applies contact pressure in a state where the discharging unit is in contact with the paper. | 04-21-2011 |
Terumitsu Noso, Osaka-Shi JP
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20100239316 | FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A fixing unit is provided with a heat roller having a plurality of heaters provided therein for applying heat to a toner image formed on a sheet of paper, an upper-side casing for holding the heat roller, a holding member detachably fitted to the upper-side casing, and a plurality of fitting portions that are provided in the holding member and to which first to third terminal portions of the plurality of heaters can be detachably fitted from a same direction. | 09-23-2010 |
20120207486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH CONVEYANCE UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveyance unit withdrawably mounted on the apparatus body, and a driving mechanism disposed in the apparatus body. The conveyance unit has a power transmission member which transmits the driving force generated by the driving mechanism to the conveyance member. The power transmission member has a drive input section disposed on the outside of a housing for receiving the driving force. The driving mechanism is disposed on the apparatus body side, and has a drive output section engageable with the drive input section. The drive input section and the drive output section engage with each other in a mounted state that the conveyance unit is mounted on the apparatus body, and the engagement between the drive input section and the drive output section is released in a withdrawn state that the conveyance unit is withdrawn from the apparatus body. | 08-16-2012 |
Terumitsu Noso, Osaka JP
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20100232852 | TONER CONVEYING MECHANISM, CLEANING UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An embodiment of a toner conveying mechanism may include a housing, a conveying member, and a protrusion. In some embodiments, the housing configured to hold toner. An embodiment of a conveying member may be disposed in the housing and may be configured to convey the toner by rotation. In some embodiments, a protrusion may be disposed on the surface of the inner wall of the housing. An embodiment of the protrusion may protrude toward the conveying member. In some embodiments, the protrusion may intermittently contact the conveying member during rotation of the conveying member. | 09-16-2010 |
20110293336 | CAM DRIVING MECHANISM, AND BELT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A cam driving mechanism has: a cam; a motor which drives the cam; a gear train which transmits, while reducing the speed of, the output of the motor to the cam; a pulse disk which is formed integrally with a gear coupled in the gear train and in which a plurality of slits are formed at equal intervals; a home position detecting member which is arranged coaxially with the pulse disk so as to be rotatable independently thereof and which, by meshing with another gear coupled in the gear train, rotates at a lower rotation speed than the pulse disk; and a cam position detecting sensor which has a detecting portion including a light-emitting portion and a light-receiving portion, the cam position detecting sensor detecting the amount of driving of the cam based on the number of slits of the pulse disk that have passed through the detecting portion, the cam position detecting sensor detecting the home position of the cam based on the timing with which the home position detecting member shields the detecting portion. | 12-01-2011 |
20130266357 | RECORDING MEDIUM EJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A job separator includes a conveyance port communicating with a paper conveyance path in a main body of an image forming apparatus, an exit port open toward a second exit tray, and a reversing port configured to switch back paper in forming images on both surfaces of the paper. A branch guide, which is configured to switch a paper conveyance direction between toward the exit port and toward the reversing port, is arranged upstream of the exit port and the reversing port in a paper ejection direction. | 10-10-2013 |
20140270837 | COMBINED UNITS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a post-processing apparatus, a fixed member, a first connector, a connecting member, and a second connector. The mage forming apparatus includes the fixed member on which the first connector is mounted and the post-processing apparatus includes connecting member on which the second connector is mounted. The connecting member is movable in a front-back direction and configured so as to be displaced between an engaging position in which the connecting member is engaged with the fixed member and a disengaging position in which the connecting member is disengaged from the fixed member. The first connector and the second connector are disconnected from each other when the connecting member is set to the disengaging position, and connected to each other when the connecting member is set to the engaging position. | 09-18-2014 |
20140346726 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A sheet processing device includes an exit tray and a sheet alignment mechanism. On the exit tray, ejected sheets or ejected sheet sheaves subjected to stapling are stacked. When at least a sheet is ejected, the sheet alignment mechanism aligns the sheets in a manner to be in contact with and catch opposite ends of the sheets stacked on the exit tray from a base end side of the exit tray. When a sheet sheaf is ejected, the sheet alignment mechanism comes in contact with a plurality of points on a topmost surface of the sheet sheaves stacked on the exit tray to detect a height difference between the plurality of points. | 11-27-2014 |
Terumitsu Ozawa, Aichi JP
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20100283299 | SEAT - A seat for reducing looseness of a seated posture in the entirety of the body. In connection with a load peak position of the pelvis of a seated occupant as detected by a pelvis displacement sensor disposed in the seat cushion of a seat, a control device compares an initial peak position and a peak position after displacement. At the same time, the control device detects a shoulder blade position from load distribution of the chest of the seated occupant, detected by a chest displacement detecting sensor disposed in the upper portion of a seat back, and compares an initial position detected in advance and an after-displacement position. Next, the control device moves the seating position of a seat cushion in a direction to eliminate dislocation between the initial peak position and the after-displacement peak position, and moves the upper portion of the seat back in a direction to eliminate dislocation between the initial position and the after-displacement position of the shoulder blade of the seated occupant. | 11-11-2010 |