Patents by Inventor Eiichi Miyashita

Eiichi Miyashita 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: 9914312
    Abstract: A printer includes a head that is positioned at a plurality of recording positions by moving in a direction which is orthogonal to a transport direction of a sheet and a pressing member that has a medium guide surface which is able to face the sheet, in which when the head is positioned, the medium guide surface is positioned below the head surface, and during maintenance of the head, the medium guide surface is positioned above the head surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Eiichi Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9694605
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20170165982
    Abstract: A printer includes a head that is positioned at a plurality of recording positions by moving in a direction which is orthogonal to a transport direction of a sheet and a pressing member that has a medium guide surface which is able to face the sheet, in which when the head is positioned, the medium guide surface is positioned below the head surface, and during maintenance of the head, the medium guide surface is positioned above the head surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Eiichi MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160121628
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus; and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi MIYASHITA, Takashi AKAHANE, Hiroki NAKASHIMA, Satoshi NODA
  • Patent number: 9242491
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20140232768
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Patent number: 8740486
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a feed unit that transports a recording medium from a setting position, a record head that performs recording on the recording medium, a first detection unit that detects passage of a rear end of the recording medium at a predetermined position on the downstream side of the feed unit, and a control unit that controls the feed unit such that the recording medium of a next page reaches a predetermined position until a predetermined timing after detection of the rear end of a preceding page by using the first detection unit for performing an advance feed mode in which the recording medium of the next page is transported from a setting position to the predetermined position without waiting for completion of recording on the preceding page, when the rear end of the preceding page is detected by the first detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Eiichi Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20130010044
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20130002780
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Patent number: 8292424
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20120044311
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20120007904
    Abstract: A printing device includes a print head, a carriage moveable in a width direction of a medium, a carriage driver that drives the carriage to move back and forth in the width direction within a movement range, a detector that detects a position of the carriage, and a controller that monitors the position of the carriage. The controller is also configured to reverse a direction of movement of the carriage using the carriage driver when the carriage is determined to be immovable at a first position within the movement range, and, when the carriage, after the direction of movement of the carriage has been reversed, is determined to be immovable at a second position within the movement range, to further reverse the direction of movement of the carriage again using the carriage driver, and to output an error after stopping the carriage between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumito ANZAI, Eiichi MIYASHITA
  • Patent number: 8070284
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Hiroki Nakashima
  • Patent number: 7740348
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium, A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
  • Patent number: 7729611
    Abstract: In order to detect a position of an optical recording medium on which printing is performed, it is provided an optical sensor provided with include a photo emitter operable to emit light and a photo receiver operable to receive light and output a first signal in accordance with an amount of the received light. The optical sensor is transported to a position above a marker provided on the tray. Light is emitted from the photo emitter to irradiate the marker. Light reflected from the marker is received by the photo receiver. A reference value is determined based on a first value of the first signal outputted when the marker is irradiated. A predetermined calculation is executed with respect to the reference value to determine a threshold value. The optical sensor is transported above the tray, while emitting light from the photo emitter and comparing the first signal outputted from the photo receiver with the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Niioka, Eiichi Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7651087
    Abstract: A recording device including a linear transporting path for transporting a plate-shaped body, comprising a stacker disposed downstream from an ejecting unit, the stacker being capable of switching between a first position where the stacker forms a portion of the linear transporting path and a second position which is positioned below the first position and where the stacker stacks the recording medium ejected by the ejecting unit, wherein the stacker includes a pair of guide ribs which supports the plate-shaped body at the first position and guides both side ends of the plate-shaped body positioned at the first position, and which to support the ejected recording medium at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Sanshiro Takeshita
  • Patent number: 7628558
    Abstract: A transport system includes a guide, operable to guide a transported medium in a transport direction; a driver, disposed at a downstream side of the guide in the transport direction, and operable to come into contact with a bottom surface of the transported medium; a presser, disposed between the guide and the driver, and operable to be displaced between a pressing position where the presser presses an upper surface of the transported medium toward the driver and a non-pressing position where the presser is separated from the upper surface of the transported medium; and a changer, adapted to be engaged with the transported medium so as to displace the presser to the pressing position from the non-pressing position, wherein a leading end of the transported medium reaches the driver before or at a time when the presser presses the transported medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sanshiro Takeshita, Eiichi Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7600866
    Abstract: A tray adapted to be loaded in a recording apparatus which comprises a transport roller transporting a medium in a first direction, a recording head moved in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to record information on the medium, and a sensor, the tray comprising: a tray body, adapted to be transported in the first direction by the transport roller to a region opposing to the recording head; a set portion, adapted such that the medium is placed thereon; a first boundary line, defining two regions having different reflectivities and orthogonal to the second direction, the first boundary line being adapted to be detected by the sensor to provide a first reference position relative to the second direction; and a second boundary line, defining two regions having different reflectivities and orthogonal to the first direction, the second boundary line being adapted to be detected by the sensor to provide a second reference position relative to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sanshiro Takeshita, Eiichi Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7591552
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a transporting path to transport a first target medium in a first direction and to transport a second target medium in the first direction and a second direction, a first and second rollers, a supporting member that supports the second roller and is movable between a first position where the first roller contacts the second rollers and a second position where the second roller is separated from the first roller, a releaser that moves the supporting member between the first and second positions, wherein the releaser has a lever that projects into the transporting path when the supporting member is in the first position and is adapted to be pushed by a leading edge of the second target medium, thereby receding from the transporting path and rotating the releaser such that the releaser moves the supporting member to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sanshiro Takeshita, Eiichi Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20090207227
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda