Patents by Inventor Kumiko UCHINO
Kumiko UCHINO 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: 9266366Abstract: A printer including a roll supporting part, a feed roller, a printing head, and an urging device. The roll supporting part rotatably supports a print-receiving tape roll including a print-receiving tape in a rolled shape. The feed roller pulls out and feeds the print-receiving tape and the printing head prints on the print-receiving tape. The urging device slides to and contacts an outer peripheral surface of the print-receiving tape in the rolled shape and elastically presses the print-receiving tape roll supported by the roll supporting part while the print-receiving tape is fed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuki Nagashima, Minoru Yamamoto, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo, Keiji Seo
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Patent number: 9266367Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a substantially cuboid-like shaped housing, a touch panel, and a cover. The printing head performs desired printing on a print-receiving medium fed by the feeder. The touch panel is capable of executing desired operation input. The cover is provided to the housing or the touch panel. The cover comprises a plurality of locking hooks. The plurality of locking hooks is provided to areas other than a center part of the cover along a longitudinal direction. The housing or the touch panel comprises a plurality of locked parts to which the plurality of locking hooks is respectively to be locked.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nagashima, Keiji Seo, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo
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Patent number: 9168771Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprises a roll storage part, a platen roller, a printing head, a separation plate, a first discharging exit, a pinch roller, a second discharging exit, and a first rib member. The platen roller contacts and feeds a print-receiving tape. The printing head is provided above the platen roller. The separation plate is provided on the other side than the platen roller and loops back a separation material layer toward a downward side and peel the print-receiving layer and the adhesive layer from the separation material layer. The first rib member is provided to a first section of a feeding path of the print-receiving tape and contacts the print-receiving tape from above, the first section being between a sandwiching position by the platen roller and the printing head and a support position of an end part of the separation plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidenori Jo, Keiji Seo, Kumiko Uchino, Takamine Hokazono, Yuki Nagashima, Hiroki Ohnishi
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Patent number: 9126438Abstract: A printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a plurality of support rollers, and at least one guide member. The roll storage part rotatably stores a roll that winds a print-receiving tape around a predetermined axis. The feeder pulls out and feeds the print-receiving tape. The printing head performs desired printing on the print-receiving tape. The plurality of support rollers contact an outer peripheral surface of the roll and rotatably support the roll. The at least one guide member is provided to the roll storage part in an advanceable and retreatable manner and guides the print-receiving tape by contacting an end surface of the roll. The guide member comprises a plurality of through-holes configured to guide advancing and retreating of the guide member. A plurality of support rollers are respectively inserted along the width direction thorough the through-holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kumiko Uchino, Keiji Seo, Takamine Hokazono, Hidenori Jo, Yuki Nagashima
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Patent number: 9120337Abstract: A printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a first guide member, a second guide member, and a driving gear. The first and second guide members guide a print-receiving medium in a width direction and provided in an advanceable and retreatable manner. The driving gear makes the first and second guide members advance and retreat. The roll storage part comprises a first through-hole for guiding the first guide member in the width direction, and a second through-hole for guiding the second guide member in the width direction. The first guide member comprises a first driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a first sandwiching part holding the first guide member. The second guide member comprises a second driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a second sandwiching part holding the second guide member.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kumiko Uchino, Keiji Seo, Takamine Hokazono, Hidenori Jo, Yuki Nagashima, Hiroki Ohnishi
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Patent number: 9039312Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a pair of guide members, a guide driving mechanism, a cover, a pressing roller, and a recessed part. The printing head is configured to perform desired printing on the print-receiving tape fed by a feeder. The pair of guide members are configured to determine a width-direction position of the print-receiving tape while sandwiching the stored roll. The guide driving mechanism is configured to make the pair of guide members move close to and away from each other by advancing and retreating in tandem in a width direction of the roll. The pressing roller is configured to contact the print-receiving tape near a feed-out position. The recessed part is configured to house at least a part of the pressing roller, provided to each position of the pair of guide members.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Ohnishi, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo, Yuki Nagashima, Keiji Seo
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Publication number: 20140375738Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll supporting part, a feeder, a printing head, and an urging device. The roll supporting part rotatably supports a print-receiving tape roll that winds a print-receiving tape in a rolled form. The feeder pulls out and feed the print-receiving tape of the print-receiving tape roll supported by the roll supporting part. The printing head performs desired print on the print-receiving tape that is fed out and fed from the print-receiving tape roll by the pull-out of the feeder. The urging device elastically presses the print-receiving tape roll supported by the roll supporting part inward in a radial direction of the print-receiving tape roll while the print-receiving tape being fed out.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nagashima, Minoru Yamamoto, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo, Keiji Seo
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Publication number: 20140255075Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a pair of guide members, a guide driving mechanism, a cover, a pressing roller, and a recessed part. The printing head is configured to perform desired printing on the print-receiving tape fed by a feeder. The pair of guide members are configured to determine a width-direction position of the print-receiving tape while sandwiching the stored roll. The guide driving mechanism is configured to make the pair of guide members move close to and away from each other by advancing and retreating in tandem in a width direction of the roll. The pressing roller is configured to contact the print-receiving tape near a feed-out position. The recessed part is configured to house at least a part of the pressing roller, provided to each position of the pair of guide members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Ohnishi, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo, Yuki Nagashima, Keiji Seo
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Publication number: 20140212198Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a first guide member, a second guide member, and a driving gear. The first and second guide members guide a print-receiving medium in a width direction and provided in an advanceable and retreatable manner. The driving gear makes the first and second guide members advance and retreat. The roll storage part comprises a first through-hole for guiding the first guide member in the width direction, and a second through-hole for guiding the second guide member in the width direction. The first guide member comprises a first driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a first sandwiching part holding the first guide member. The second guide member comprises a second driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a second sandwiching part holding the second guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kumiko UCHINO, Keiji SEO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Hidenori JO, Yuki NAGASHIMA, Hiroki OHNISHI
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Publication number: 20140147187Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprises a roll storage part, a platen roller, a printing head, a separation plate, a first discharging exit, a pinch roller, a second discharging exit, and a first rib member. The platen roller contacts and feeds a print-receiving tape. The printing head is provided above the platen roller. The separation plate is provided on the other side than the platen roller and loops back a separation material layer toward a downward side and peel the print-receiving layer and the adhesive layer from the separation material layer. The first rib member is provided to a first section of a feeding path of the print-receiving tape and contacts the print-receiving tape from above, the first section being between a sandwiching position by the platen roller and the printing head and a support position of an end part of the separation plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidenori JO, Keiji SEO, Kumiko UCHINO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Yuki NAGASHIMA, Hiroki OHNISHI
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Publication number: 20140147186Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a plurality of support rollers, and at least one guide member. The roll storage part rotatably stores a roll that winds a print-receiving tape around a predetermined axis. The feeder pulls out and feeds the print-receiving tape. The printing head performs desired printing on the print-receiving tape. The plurality of support rollers contact an outer peripheral surface of the roll and rotatably support the roll. The at least one guide member is provided to the roll storage part in an advanceable and retreatable manner and guides the print-receiving tape by contacting an end surface of the roll. The guide member comprises a plurality of through-holes configured to guide advancing and retreating of the guide member. Plurality of support rollers are respectively inserted along the width direction thorough the through-holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kumiko UCHINO, Keiji SEO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Hidenori JO, Yuki NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20140146493Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a substantially cuboid-like shaped housing, a touch panel, and a cover. The printing head performs desired printing on a print-receiving medium fed by the feeder. The touch panel is capable of executing desired operation input. The cover is provided to the housing or the touch panel. The cover comprises a plurality of locking hooks. The plurality of locking hooks is provided to areas other than a center part of the cover along a longitudinal direction. The housing or the touch panel comprises a plurality of locked parts to which the plurality of locking hooks is respectively to be locked.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki NAGASHIMA, Keiji SEO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Kumiko UCHINO, Hidenori JO