Patents by Inventor Akehiro Kusaka

Akehiro Kusaka 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).

  • Patent number: 9969593
    Abstract: A sheet ejection device includes: a paper ejection chain (22b) for conveying paper (W); a first pile (26) or a second pile (26b) having loading plates (27a or 27b) arranged in a multistage manner and used for loading the paper ejected from the paper ejection chain; a first beam sensor (62a or 62b), a second beam sensor (63a or 63b), and a third beam sensor (64a or 64b) for detecting an intrusion into the first pile or the second pile. The sheet ejection device further comprises: a plate upper-limit position detection sensor (58a or 58b) for detecting that the loading plate has been positioned at a plate upper-limit position (L2); and a control device (50) for, based on the detection signal of the plate upper-limit position detection sensor, neglecting (disabling) a command for stopping a driving device (printing machine), the command is issued by the first to third beam sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ushigome, Soichi Nakamura, Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9770895
    Abstract: An intaglio printing press includes: a first intaglio printing unit; a second intaglio printing unit; a dryer for drying a printed surface of a sheet subjected to printing by the first intaglio printing unit; a convertible unit which holds and conveys the sheet received from the first intaglio printing unit and passes the sheet to the second intaglio printing unit in such a way that a surface of the sheet to be subjected to intaglio printing by the second intaglio printing unit is switchable between one surface and another surface of the sheet; and a second skewing adjustment cylinder and a second circumferential adjustment cylinder which are disposed between the convertible unit and the second intaglio printing unit and which adjust a position of a pattern to be intaglio-printed on the sheet by the second intaglio printing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kamoda, Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9579880
    Abstract: In a screen printing apparatus including: an impression cylinder that receives a sheet from a transfer cylinder located upstream in the sheet transport direction through a sheet gripping device and transports the sheet held in the sheet gripping device; and a rotary screen cylinder that is in contact with the impression cylinder and performs screen printing for the sheet held by the impression cylinder, the transfer cylinder is located above the impression cylinder, and the rotary screen cylinder is located to the side of the impression cylinder so that ink, varnish, or the like accumulates in a squeegee portion including a squeegee shaft, a squeegee, and the like in the rotary screen cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventor: Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9579881
    Abstract: A rotary screen printing press includes: a screen plate; a squeegee; squeegee supporting means for supporting the squeegee; and a worm and a worm wheel. The squeegee supporting means includes: a supporting plate swingably supported and supporting the worm and the worm wheel; an eccentric sleeve configured to adjust the position of the center of swinging movement of the supporting plate; and a contact surface and a screw configured to limit the direction of the movement of the supporting plate. The eccentric sleeve and the contact surface and screw cooperate with each other to move the tip of the squeegee along the tangent line of an impression cylinder at a position at which the screen plate and the squeegee contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventor: Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9446582
    Abstract: A perfector includes: a printing unit that performs printing simultaneously on both surfaces of a paper sheet; detecting means for detecting printing conditions on both surfaces of the paper sheet; and transporting means for transporting the paper sheet to a delivery unit. The printing unit includes: a blanket impression cylinder that holds and transports the paper sheet; and a blanket cylinder in contact with the blanket impression cylinder. The transporting means includes: a transfer cylinder in contact with the blanket impression cylinder and receives the paper sheet from the blanket impression cylinder; and a delivery cylinder in contact with the transfer cylinder and receives the paper sheet from the transfer cylinder. The detecting means includes: a first checking camera that detects the printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet; and a second checking camera that detects the printing condition on the other surface of the paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Abe, Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9387662
    Abstract: Provided is an intaglio printing press including: a gravure printing device, which performs gravure printing on one surface of a sheet of paper; dryers, which dry the one surface of the sheet of paper, on which gravure printing is performed by the gravure printing device; an intaglio printing device, which performs intaglio printing on the sheet of paper having been dried by the dryers; and a printing surface switching device, which transfers the sheet of paper from the gravure printing device to the intaglio printing device in a manner that a surface of the sheet of paper on which the intaglio printing device performs intaglio printing is switched between any one of the one surface and the other surface of the sheet of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9327491
    Abstract: A rotary screen printing press includes: a sub-frame supporting a screen plate with brackets interposed therebetween, the screen plate being formed in a cylindrical shape; a screen-plate engagement-disengagement cylinder configured to move the sub-frame between a print position and a retreat position; and supporting plates supporting a squeegee in such a way that the squeegee is engageable with and disengageable from the inner periphery of the cylindrical screen plate. The supporting plates are supported on the sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9302461
    Abstract: In a proof printing press, a length of an outer circumference of a plate cylinder at a downstream side of a facing position P1 in a rotation direction is longer than a length in a circumferential direction of a mounting surface of the plate cylinder, where the length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder extends between the facing position P1 where the plate cylinder faces a collecting cylinder and a facing position P2 where the plate cylinder faces a wiping roller, and a length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder at a downstream side of the facing position P2 is longer than the length in the circumferential direction of the mounting surface of the plate cylinder, where the length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder extends between the facing position P2 and a facing position P3 where the plate cylinder faces an impression cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kamoda, Akehiro Kusaka, Heisuke Onoue
  • Publication number: 20150352832
    Abstract: A coater (100), which is capable of spot coating a layer thick enough to be palpable onto a transfer object, is provided with a first coating unit (120) and a second coating unit (130). The first coating unit (120) is provided with a first impression cylinder (121) and a rotary screen cylinder (122) for transferring a first varnish on one surface of a sheet (1). The second coating unit (130) is provided with a second impression cylinder (131) and a cylinder (132) for transferring a second varnish on the first varnish that has been transferred onto the one surface of the sheet. Palpable protrusions formed by transfer of the first varnish in the first coating unit (120) are covered by the second varnish in the second coating unit (130) while maintaining the shapes thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KAMODA, Akehiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20150075396
    Abstract: A rotary screen printing press includes: a screen plate; a squeegee; squeegee supporting means for supporting the squeegee; and a worm and a worm wheel. The squeegee supporting means includes: a supporting plate swingably supported and supporting the worm and the worm wheel; an eccentric sleeve configured to adjust the position of the center of swinging movement of the supporting plate; and a contact surface and a screw configured to limit the direction of the movement of the supporting plate. The eccentric sleeve and the contact surface and screw cooperate with each other to move the tip of the squeegee along the tangent line of an impression cylinder at a position at which the screen plate and the squeegee contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akehiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20150040780
    Abstract: A rotary screen printing press includes: a sub-frame supporting a screen plate with brackets interposed therebetween, the screen plate being formed in a cylindrical shape; a screen-plate engagement-disengagement cylinder configured to move the sub-frame between a print position and a retreat position; and supporting plates supporting a squeegee in such a way that the squeegee is engageable with and disengageable from the inner periphery of the cylindrical screen plate. The supporting plates are supported on the sub-frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Akehiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20150040784
    Abstract: A proof printing press includes an impression cylinder, a collecting cylinder, and a wiping roller, which are positioned relative to a plate cylinder such that a length of an outer circumference of the plate cylinder at a downstream side of a facing position P1 in a rotation direction of the plate cylinder is longer than a length in a circumferential direction of a mounting surface of the plate cylinder, where the length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder extends between the facing position P1 where the plate cylinder faces the collecting cylinder and a facing position P2 where the plate cylinder faces the wiping roller, and that a length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder at a downstream side of the facing position P2 in the rotation direction of the plate cylinder is longer than the length in the circumferential direction of the mounting surface of the plate cylinder, where the length of the outer circumference of the plate cylinder extends between the facing position P2 where th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KAMODA, Akehiro KUSAKA, Heisuke ONOUE
  • Patent number: 8939078
    Abstract: An ink supply apparatus of a printing press includes at least one inking device. In the inking device, an ink fountain roller is rotatably supported. An ink fountain main body forms a space to store an ink together with an outer surface of the ink fountain roller. A guide member slidably supports the ink fountain main body and guides the ink fountain main body between a first position where the space is formed and a second position spaced apart from the ink fountain roller than the first position. A doctor including a blade is attached to a doctor holding member between the ink fountain main body and the ink fountain roller when the ink fountain main body is located at the second position. The blade abuts against the ink fountain roller and cleans the ink fountain roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Kamoda, Akehiro Kusaka, Hiroto Nagura, Norihiro Kumagai, Hiroyuki Sato, Akihiko Takenouchi
  • Patent number: 8925453
    Abstract: An intaglio printing press includes: an intaglio cylinder; an ink collecting cylinder which has a blanket attached to a circumferential surface of the collecting cylinder, is in contact with the intaglio cylinder, and transfers ink onto the intaglio cylinder; multiple chablon rollers which are in contact with the ink collecting cylinder and transfer ink onto the ink collecting cylinder; and an inking device which feeds ink to the chablon rollers. In the intaglio printing press, a work space is formed between the chablon roller located at the highest position and the chablon roller immediately below the highest chablon roller. The work space allows an access to the ink collecting cylinder without detachment of the chablon rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventor: Akehiro Kusaka
  • Publication number: 20140239576
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet ejection device enabled to operate continuously by automatically disabling an intrusion detector while effectively ensuring safety and also provide a sheet ejection method. The sheet ejection device comprises: a paper ejection chain (22b) for conveying paper (W); a first pile (26) or a second pile (26b) having loading plates (27a or 27b) arranged in a multistage manner and used for loading the paper ejected from the paper ejection chain; a first beam sensor (62a or 62b), a second beam sensor (63a or 63b), and a third beam sensor (64a or 64b) for detecting an intrusion into the first pile or the second pile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ushigome, Soichi Nakamura, Akehiro Kusaka
  • Publication number: 20140182465
    Abstract: An intaglio printing press includes: a first intaglio printing unit; a second intaglio printing unit; a dryer for drying a printed surface of a sheet subjected to printing by the first intaglio printing unit; a convertible unit which holds and conveys the sheet received from the first intaglio printing unit and passes the sheet to the second intaglio printing unit in such a way that a surface of the sheet to be subjected to intaglio printing by the second intaglio printing unit is switchable between one surface and another surface of the sheet; and a second skewing adjustment cylinder and a second circumferential adjustment cylinder which are disposed between the convertible unit and the second intaglio printing unit and which adjust a position of a pattern to be intaglio-printed on the sheet by the second intaglio printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KAMODA, Akehiro KUSAKA
  • Patent number: 8720334
    Abstract: A sheet-fed printing press comprises: a screen printing unit for printing one surface of a sheet being transported; a drying unit, provided downstream of the screen printing unit in a transport direction, for drying the screen-printed one surface of the sheet; a gravure printing unit, provided downstream of the drying unit in the transport direction, for performing printing on the dried sheet; and a reversing unit, provided between the drying unit and the gravure printing unit, for switching between double-sided printing in which the other surface on the side opposite to the screen-printed one surface of the sheet is gravure-printed, and single-sided printing in which the screen-printed sheet is reversed, and the one surface of the reversed sheet is gravure-printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventor: Akehiro Kusaka
  • Patent number: 8714083
    Abstract: In a rotary stencil printing press including a rotary screen cylinder which supports a screen printing form and is supported rotatably, and a squeegee which is located within the rotary screen cylinder and, when printing is done, contacts an inner peripheral surface of the screen printing form to transfer ink stored within the rotary screen cylinder to a web via holes of the screen printing form and, when printing is stopped, leaves the inner peripheral surface of the screen printing form, throw-on and throw-off of the squeegee with respect to the inner peripheral surface of the screen printing form, and adjustment of the position of the throw-on are performed by motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Komori Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Numauchi, Isao Komuro, Akehiro Kusaka
  • Publication number: 20140047991
    Abstract: In a screen printing apparatus including: an impression cylinder that receives a sheet from a transfer cylinder located upstream in the sheet transport direction through a sheet gripping device and transports the sheet held in the sheet gripping device; and a rotary screen cylinder that is in contact with the impression cylinder and performs screen printing for the sheet held by the impression cylinder, the transfer cylinder is located above the impression cylinder, and the rotary screen cylinder is located to the side of the impression cylinder so that ink, varnish, or the like accumulates in a squeegee portion including a squeegee shaft, a squeegee, and the like in the rotary screen cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akehiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20140007785
    Abstract: A printing unit prints simultaneously on both surfaces of a paper sheet while a detecting unit detects printing conditions on both surfaces of the paper sheet. The printing unit includes: a blanket impression cylinder configured to hold and transport the paper sheet; and a blanket cylinder being lateral to the blanket impression cylinder and being in contact with the blanket impression cylinder. The transporting device includes: a transfer cylinder configured to receive the paper sheet from the blanket impression cylinder; and a delivery cylinder configured to receive the paper sheet from the transfer cylinder. The detecting unit includes: a first checking camera configured to detect the printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet transported by the transfer cylinder; and a second checking camera configured to detect the printing condition on the other surface of the paper sheet transported by the delivery cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Yoichiro ABE, Akehiro KUSAKA