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).
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Patent number: 9969593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Tadaaki Ushigome, Soichi Nakamura, Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9770895Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi Kamoda, Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9579880Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Komori CorporationInventor: Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9579881Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Komori CorporationInventor: Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9446582Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Abe, Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9387662Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventor: Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9327491Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventor: Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 9302461Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi Kamoda, Akehiro Kusaka, Heisuke Onoue
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Publication number: 20150352832Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi KAMODA, Akehiro KUSAKA
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Publication number: 20150075396Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventor: Akehiro KUSAKA
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Publication number: 20150040780Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: Akehiro KUSAKA
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Publication number: 20150040784Abstract: 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 thType: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Hiroyoshi KAMODA, Akehiro KUSAKA, Heisuke ONOUE
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Patent number: 8939078Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Komori CorporationInventors: Hiroyoshi Kamoda, Akehiro Kusaka, Hiroto Nagura, Norihiro Kumagai, Hiroyuki Sato, Akihiko Takenouchi
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Patent number: 8925453Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Komori CorporationInventor: Akehiro Kusaka
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Publication number: 20140239576Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Tadaaki Ushigome, Soichi Nakamura, Akehiro Kusaka
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Publication number: 20140182465Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi KAMODA, Akehiro KUSAKA
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Patent number: 8720334Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Komori CorporationInventor: Akehiro Kusaka
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Patent number: 8714083Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Komori CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu Numauchi, Isao Komuro, Akehiro Kusaka
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Publication number: 20140047991Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: KOMORI CORPORATIONInventor: Akehiro KUSAKA
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Publication number: 20140007785Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Yoichiro ABE, Akehiro KUSAKA