Patents Assigned to Duplo Seiko Corporation
  • Publication number: 20140011654
    Abstract: In the control of a cutting mechanism of a sheet processing apparatus, when rear end cut region of a sheet is finely cut and divided into predetermined fine-cutting unit length, if sheet conveying direction length of rearmost end divided region is equal to or more than minimum reference length corresponding to the distance between cutting position of the cutting mechanism and nipping position of a pair of first conveying rollers and is less than maximum reference length in which predetermined fine-cutting unit length is added to minimum reference length, upper and lower blades of the cutting mechanism are held opened immediately after the downstream edge of rearmost end divided region is cut and the pair of first conveying rollers are driven at limited conveying speed lower than normal conveying speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Maeda, Akihiko Toki, Satoshi Ota, Shuhei Kosaka, Masasuke Funase
  • Publication number: 20130057930
    Abstract: A paper processing apparatus equipped with a paper transferor for sequentially transferring paper sheets while maintaining a predetermined interval between a certain paper sheet and the next paper sheet; a paper position detector for detecting the position of a paper sheet; a plurality of processors for performing processing for the paper sheet; an information reader for reading information relating to processing to be performed for the paper sheet; and a controller for controlling operations relating to the paper transferor, the paper position detector, the plurality of processors, and the information reader, wherein upon judging that the certain paper sheet has passed through a certain processor, the controller carries out control to adjust the widthwise position of the certain processor so as to be adapted for the processing for the next paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Toki, Masasuke Funase, Hideki Oiwa
  • Patent number: 8353509
    Abstract: A stacker device includes a conveying belt, a longitudinal receiving guide, a paper sheet discharge detecting part, a first detecting part having a rod body, a second detecting part, and a control part for controlling the guide drive mechanism and the belt drive mechanism. The control part is formed so as to control both the mechanisms so that after the predetermined time T, which is required for the paper sheet to be stacked on the stacking surface after the paper sheet discharge detecting part detects the rear edge of the paper sheet having been conveyed to the discharging roller, passes and until the first detecting part detects the paper sheet, the longitudinal receiving guide and the conveying belt move to the upstream side of the conveyance direction at the same time, and after that, until the first detecting part does not detect the paper sheet, the longitudinal receiving guide and the conveying belt move to the downstream side of the conveyance direction at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8322713
    Abstract: When the sheet (100) is mounted onto the conveyance surface (20), the alignment guide (3) is located at the retraction position by the alignment guide moving mechanism, and after the sheet (100) is mounted onto the conveyance surface (20), the alignment guide (3) is located at the guide position by the alignment guide moving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda, Akihiko Toki
  • Patent number: 8273004
    Abstract: A paper folding mechanism includes: first and second folding rollers (51, 52); first and second conveyance rollers (61, 62); a protrusion member (71); and a control part. Both the rollers (51, 52) are provided so that a paper is sandwiched therebetween with its fold line located in front, and is allowed to pass therethrough in a first direction. The first folding roller (51) and the first conveyance roller (61) are provided so that the paper is sandwiched therebetween and conveyed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second folding roller (52) and the second conveyance roller (62) are provided so that the paper is sandwiched therebetween and conveyed in any one of the second direction and the direction opposite thereto. The protrusion member (71) is provided so that the fold line of the paper conveyed by both the rollers (61, 62) is protruded in the first direction and fed between both the rollers (51, 52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8220385
    Abstract: In a stencil printing machine including a plate discharge device for stripping a master from a plate cylinder and collecting the master after attaching the master subjected to plate making to the plate cylinder for printing on a sheet, the plate discharge device includes a storing section for storing the master, a lid for closing the storing section to be opened/closed freely, and a device for locking the lid in a closed state, the plate discharge device being provided such that it can be taken out to the housing of the stencil printing machine. Consequently, a stencil printing machine from which the plate discharge device can be taken out while secrecy is kept surely can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Sato
  • Patent number: 8210527
    Abstract: A paper ejecting device with a plurality of swinging protruding members is provided which allows a sheet jumping from a paper ejecting device to a paper receiving tray to be ejected with a desired shape by changing the corrected shape of the sheet according to the kind (size, thickness) of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kawaguchi, Katsunori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8167302
    Abstract: A sheet of paper is reliably held by suction at the front and rear of a turn guide on the transport path of the sheet according to paper transport conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kawaguchi, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8157261
    Abstract: A paper sheet conveying device is equipped with a conveying path (2) formed of conveying roller pairs and a controlling section conveying rollers. The conveying path (2) is composed of a first-half conveying path (2A) and a last-half conveying path (2B). The first-half conveying path (2A) has a first-half driving mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the lower conveying rollers and a first-half vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the upper conveying rollers. The last-half conveying path (2B) has a last-half driving mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the lower conveying rollers and a last-half vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the upper conveying rollers. The controlling section is configured so as to control the first-half driving mechanism, the first-half vertically moving mechanism, the last-half driving mechanism and the last-half vertically moving mechanism depending on the position of the paper sheet being conveyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8152152
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing paper with paste includes a paper-feeding unit, a pasting main body which seals open ends of a sheet of paper by an adhesive, and a paper-receiving unit on which the sealed sheets of paper are loaded. The pasting main body includes an opening mechanism which opens a closed sheet of paper, an adhesive applying mechanism which applies a peelable temporary adhesive in a streaky form to a lower folded piece of the opened sheet of paper, a sealing mechanism which superposes an upper folded piece on the lower folded piece, and which temporarily adheres the open ends of the upper and lower folded pieces, and a conveying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Kei Sakata
  • Publication number: 20120049443
    Abstract: When the sheet (100) is mounted onto the conveyance surface (20), the alignment guide (3) is located at the retraction position by the alignment guide moving mechanism, and after the sheet (100) is mounted onto the conveyance surface (20), the alignment guide (3) is located at the guide position by the alignment guide moving mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda, Akihiko Toki
  • Patent number: 8109510
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet inverting and conveying mechanism for conveying a sheet in a first direction, inverting obverse and reverse sides of the sheet, and then conveying the inverted sheet in a second direction. The mechanism includes: a first conveyance section for receiving, at its conveyance face, one side of the sheet, and for conveying the sheet in the first direction; a sheet inverting section for receiving, at its bent inner peripheral face, one side of the sheet, and for inverting the sheet while bending the sheet along the bent inner peripheral face; and a second conveyance section for receiving, at its conveyance face, one side of the inverted sheet, and for conveying the sheet in the second direction, wherein the first conveyance section and the second conveyance section are formed so that the sheet is conveyed while being attracted to the conveyance faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120007306
    Abstract: A stacker device includes a conveying belt, a longitudinal receiving guide, a paper sheet discharge detecting part, a first detecting part having a rod body, a second detecting part, and a control part for controlling the guide drive mechanism and the belt drive mechanism. The control part is formed so as to control both the mechanisms so that after the predetermined time T, which is required for the paper sheet to be stacked on the stacking surface after the paper sheet discharge detecting part detects the rear edge of the paper sheet having been conveyed to the discharging roller, passes and until the first detecting part detects the paper sheet, the longitudinal receiving guide and the conveying belt move to the upstream side of the conveyance direction at the same time, and after that, until the first detecting part does not detect the paper sheet, the longitudinal receiving guide and the conveying belt move to the downstream side of the conveyance direction at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8052142
    Abstract: A turn guide is disposed between a first transport surface and a second transport surface on which a sheet is transported while being sucked. The turn guide has a plurality of guide ribs. The plurality of guide ribs have curved inverting transfer surfaces from an inversion start point corresponding to a first transport surface to an inversion end point corresponding to a second transport surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Nobuki Tanimoto, Kazuya Yamamoto, Katsunori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8052146
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet inverting apparatus wherein members, such as a roller, are not brought into contact with the printed surface of a sheet at all, and the occurrence of dirt can be prevented by eliminating friction of ink on the surface of the sheet. A first transport apparatus and a second transport apparatus each have a plurality of transport belts which move on transport tracks along sheet transport directions and a suction box which sucks the sheet on the transport belts through suction holes formed on the transport belts. A turn guide arranged between the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus has a plurality of guide ribs disposed between the transport belts. Each of the guide ribs coming into slidable contact with the sheet forms a curved inverting transfer surface from an inversion starting point side to an inversion end point side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Kazuya Yamamoto, Katsunori Takahashi, Hidemasa Kanada, Junichi Kakuta
  • Patent number: 8052143
    Abstract: When a sheet of paper is inverted and the direction is changed, members such as a roller do not come into contact with the printed surface of the sheet and it is possible to prevent smudges by eliminating an ink stain on a surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamamoto, Akira Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 7918449
    Abstract: A double-sided image forming device includes: a paper feeding section (3); a printing section (4); a first conveyance route (6) for conveying a fed paper sheet (2) to a paper discharge section (8) via the printing section (4); and a second conveyance route (7) for receiving, on its conveyance surface, the paper sheet (2), a first side (21) of which has been printed, from the first conveyance route (6), and for conveying the paper sheet (2) while reversing it, thereby conveying the paper sheet (2) to the upstream side of the printing section (4) in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance route (6), wherein the second conveyance route (7) has a reverse conveyance route (9) for receiving, on its conveyance surface, a second side (22) of the paper sheet (2), and for conveying the paper sheet (2) while reversing it, and wherein the reverse conveyance route (9) is formed by a combination of a plurality of reverse mechanisms each including: a first conveyance section (91) for linearly conveying the paper sh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110074091
    Abstract: A paper sheet conveying device is equipped with a conveying path (2) formed of a large number of conveying roller pairs and a controlling section for detecting the position of the paper sheet being conveyed and controlling the operation of the conveying rollers. The conveying path (2) is composed of a first-half conveying path (2A) and a last-half conveying path (2B). The first-half conveying path (2A) has a first-half driving mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the lower conveying rollers and a first-half vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the upper conveying rollers. The last-half conveying path (2B) has a last-half driving mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the lower conveying rollers and a last-half vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the upper conveying rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, HIdeki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110057377
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing paper with paste includes a paper-feeding unit, a pasting main body which seals open ends of a sheet of paper by an adhesive, and a paper-receiving unit on which the sealed sheets of paper are loaded. The pasting main body includes an opening mechanism which opens a closed sheet of paper, an adhesive applying mechanism which applies a peelable temporary adhesive in a streaky form to a lower folded piece of the opened sheet of paper, a sealing mechanism which superposes an upper folded piece on the lower folded piece, and which temporarily adheres the open ends of the upper and lower folded pieces, and a conveying mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Kei SAKATA
  • Patent number: 7832318
    Abstract: A paper sheet processing device for processing paper sheets while carrying the paper sheets, includes a device body, a carrier for carrying the paper sheets one by one, a carrier driver for driving the carrier, processing device parts which are installed in a carrying route and which process the paper sheets, and a processing driver for driving the processing device parts. The processing device parts are installed detachably from the device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Akira Wada