Patents by Inventor Masaki Miyazawa
Masaki Miyazawa 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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Publication number: 20240174008Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a feeding portion configured to transport a medium, a processing tray on which the medium transported by the feeding portion is placeable, a processing portion configured to process the medium on the processing tray, and a discharging portion configured to discharge the medium placed on the processing tray, wherein a first mode in which the medium transported by the feeding portion is placed on the processing tray and then discharged by the discharging portion, and a second mode in which the medium transported by the feeding portion is discharged by the discharging portion without being placed on the processing tray are switchable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Hirohisa ADACHI, Takeru OGUCHI, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Masaki MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20240025677Abstract: A recording device 11 includes a device main body 20 including a recording section 25; a placement tray 21 on which a medium M is configured to be placed; and a cassette 22 provided below the recording section 25 and the placement tray 21 and configured to accommodate a medium M. The device main body 20 includes a first path 41 configured to feed medium M placed on the placement tray 21 to the recording section 25 and further to transport the recorded medium and a second path 42 configured to transport medium placed on the placement tray 21 to the cassette 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Hirohisa KODAIRA, Masaki MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230382140Abstract: A recording device configured to perform recording on a recording medium, includes a recording unit; a medium transport belt configured to transport the recording medium on which the recording is to be performed by the recording unit; a cleaning unit configured to move to a contact position at which the cleaning unit is in contact with the medium transport belt or a non-contact position at which the cleaning unit is not in contact with the medium transport belt, and to perform a cleaning operation on the medium transport belt when the cleaning unit is positioned at the contact position; a discrimination section configured to discriminate a surface state of the medium transport belt; and a control section configured to cause the cleaning unit to execute the cleaning operation according to the surface state of the medium transport belt discriminated by the discrimination section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Yoshikazu KOIKE, Takamasa IKAGAWA, Shintaro KOMURO, Hirohisa ADACHI, Masaki MIYAZAWA
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Patent number: 11820620Abstract: A post-processing unit is disposed so as to face the apparatus side surface of a printer that has a manual feed tray protruding from the apparatus side surface. The post-processing unit has an ejection tray, which is movably provided in a unit body and to which paper accepted from the printer is ejected. In an apparatus height direction crossing a direction in which paper is ejected, the ejection tray can be moved to a first position at which ejected paper can be mounted and to a second position at which part of paper mounted on the manual feed tray can be supported.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masaki Miyazawa, Hirohisa Adachi
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Patent number: 11802019Abstract: A post-processing device includes a processing tray on which a medium on which recording was performed by a recording unit is loaded, a rear end alignment unit that aligns a rear end (an example of an end portion) of the medium on the processing tray, a post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the medium aligned by the rear end alignment unit, and a pressing member that presses the rear end of the medium. The post-processing unit is configured to be movable. The pressing member is provided to be rotatable in conjunction with movement of the post-processing unit, in a state in which the pressing member is in contact with the medium aligned by the rear end alignment unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Kawakami, Kazuhiro Fujita, Masaki Miyazawa, Shun Hara
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Publication number: 20230321999Abstract: The medium discharge device 40 includes a transport path TB for transporting the medium P recorded by the recording device 10, a discharge section 38 for discharging the medium P transported in the transport path TB, a pair of support sections 60 for supporting the medium P discharged by the discharge section 38 onto a support surface 60a, and a stacking section 33 provided below the pair of support sections 60 in a gravity direction and on which are stacked the medium P that dropped from the pair of support sections 60, and the pair of support sections 60 have conductive members.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Masaki MIYAZAWA, Hiroyuki KOSUGE
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Publication number: 20230278823Abstract: A control unit controlling an operation of opening and closing a pair of support portions and an operation of displacing a loading tray in a loading direction can acquire curl information including information regarding the degree of curl of a medium. The control unit sets, based on the curl information, a position of the loading tray in the loading direction when the pair of support portions are opened and closed to a first position in a case where a condition when the pair of support portions are opened and closed is a first condition, and the position of the loading tray in the loading direction when the pair of support portions are opened and closed to a second position lower than the first position in a case where the condition is a second condition on which the medium curls more easily than on the first condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventor: Masaki MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230278821Abstract: A post processing device includes: a processing tray that supports media on which post processing is performed; a post processing section configured to perform post processing on the medium supported by the processing tray; and a blowing section configured to blow air at the medium supported by the processing tray, wherein a control section for controlling the blowing section sets a blowing amount by the blowing section to a first blowing amount when the number of sheets of medium supported by the processing tray is less than a predetermined set number of sheets and sets a blowing amount by the blowing section to a second blowing amount, which is larger than the first blowing amount, when the number of sheets of medium supported by the processing tray is equal to or greater than the set number of sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Masaki MIYAZAWA, Takeru OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230249938Abstract: A post-processing device includes a loading unit on which a sheet is loaded, a first transport unit configured to apply, to the sheet loaded on the loading unit, a transport force toward an alignment unit, a second transport unit located between the first transport unit and the alignment unit, and configured to apply, to the sheet, a transport force toward the alignment unit, a control unit configured to control rotation operation of the second transport unit, and a post-processing unit configured to perform post-processing on the sheet transported to the alignment unit, wherein the post-processing unit is configured to execute a plurality of types of the post-processing, and the control unit is configured to control the rotation operation of the second transport unit in accordance with the type of the post-processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Kenji UCHIBORI, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI
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Publication number: 20230242367Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a loading unit at which a sheet to be conveyed is loaded, a transport unit configured to impart to the sheet loaded at a sheet loading surface of the loading unit a transport force for transporting the sheet toward an alignment unit, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the transport force. The adjustment unit includes a movable loading unit formed so that at least part of the sheet loading surface is configured to protrude toward the transport unit and a driving unit configured to displace the movable loading unit in a protruding direction and a retracting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Kenji UCHIBORI, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Hirohisa ADACHI, Shun HARA
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Publication number: 20230202178Abstract: A maintenance operation can be executed by ejecting a liquid when a time measured with reference to displacement of a cap from a maintenance position to a separation position exceeds a defined time. Before start of a recording operation in a recording job, a first medium waits at a standby position where the medium can wait upstream of a liquid ejection head. The cap is located at the separation position when a first medium in the recording job is waiting at the standby position. During an initial control period, in parallel with the maintenance operation, a post-processing operation can be executed on a second number of media that is smaller than a first number of media, and a post-processing operation can be executed on the first number of media in parallel with the maintenance operation after end of the initial control period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Hirohisa ADACHI, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Kenji UCHIBORI
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Patent number: 11685626Abstract: A medium aligning device includes a stacking tray that stacks a medium discharged by a discharge section that discharges the medium, a side end aligning portion that is movable in a width direction that is a direction intersecting with a medium discharge direction of the discharge section, and positions and aligns a side end in the width direction of the medium stacked on the stacking tray, a rear end aligning portion that is movable in the width direction and positions and aligns a rear end that is an upstream end of the medium stacked on the stacking tray in the discharge direction, and a transmission portion that transmits the movement of the side end aligning portion in the width direction to the rear end aligning portion, in which a play in the width direction is provided between the side end aligning portion and the transmission portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Masaki Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20230183032Abstract: A transport unit transports a transport medium after the transport medium is newly placed as an uppermost medium in a state in which one or a plurality of placed media are already placed in a processing tray. At this state, at least one of the placed media placed on the processing tray is pressed by a pressing unit at a pressing position. After the transport unit is separated away from the transport medium, the pressing unit can move from the pressing position to a retraction position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Takeru Oguchi, Masaki Miyazawa
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Patent number: 11639280Abstract: A medium discharging device includes a first tray, a second tray receiving a medium from the first tray, a supporter which is configured to be displaced from a retreat position in the first tray and an advance position above the second tray and which supports the medium, an aligner which is provided in the supporter and that aligns a first end portion which is an upstream end portion in a discharge direction of the medium supported by the supporter, to be displaced together with the supporter, and a restrictor configured to be displaced between a restriction position where an upstream movement of the first end portion of the medium in a position of the aligner in the discharge direction and a non-restriction position where the movement is not restricted, when the supporter is in the advance position.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Masaki Miyazawa, Kazuyoshi Ohashi
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Patent number: 11608242Abstract: A post-processing device includes a processing tray on which a medium recorded by a recording portion is loaded, and a first paddle which is an example of a transportation member provided above the processing tray and rotating to transport the medium toward the upstream in a transport direction. In addition, the post-processing device includes a roller which is an example of a rotating body provided above the rotation shaft of the first paddle, and a paddle unit frame which is an example of an upper member provided above the roller. The roller and the paddle unit frame are positioned within a rotation locus of the first paddle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masaki Miyazawa, Shun Hara, Kazuhisa Kawakami
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Publication number: 20230036816Abstract: A stacking unit includes a processing tray, an alignment section, a transport section, and a moving section. The processing tray has a placement area in which one or more paper sheets are placed. The alignment section aligns leading edges of the paper sheets. The transport section transports the paper sheets to the alignment section. The moving section moves the paper sheets in ±X directions. The alignment section includes: a first alignment surface having a first friction coefficient; and a second alignment surface having a second friction coefficient. The second alignment surface is positioned upstream of the first alignment surface in a +A direction and closer to a center of the placement area in the ±X directions than the first alignment surface is.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Takeru OGUCHI, Masaki MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230028320Abstract: A post-processing unit is disposed so as to face the apparatus side surface of a printer that has a manual feed tray protruding from the apparatus side surface. The post-processing unit has an ejection tray, which is movably provided in a unit body and to which paper accepted from the printer is ejected. In an apparatus height direction crossing a direction in which paper is ejected, the ejection tray can be moved to a first position at which ejected paper can be mounted and to a second position at which part of paper mounted on the manual feed tray can be supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Masaki MIYAZAWA, Hirohisa ADACHI
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Publication number: 20230022668Abstract: A recording system includes a printer, a post-processing apparatus, and a first support to be mounted on a floor outside a mounting area of the printer. The printer includes a manual feed tray and an opening/closing portion each configured to be moved outward from a body of the printer to enable a process. The post-processing apparatus is located, in a Z direction, above the manual feed tray and the opening/closing portion that were moved. The first support supports the post-processing apparatus and forms a space in which the manual feed tray and the opening/closing portion are moved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Masaki MIYAZAWA, Chiaki KUWAHARA, Hirohisa ADACHI
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Patent number: 11518640Abstract: A medium discharge includes a first tray having a first medium receiving surface, a second tray having a second medium receiving surface for receiving the medium discharged from the first tray, a discharge section that discharges the medium disposed on the first tray to the second tray, and a push-down portion that is located downstream of a downstream end of the first medium receiving surface in the medium discharge direction, and that is located at a place deviated from the discharge section in a width direction that is a direction intersecting with the medium discharge direction, and pushes down a part of an upstream end of the medium to be discharged in the medium discharge direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Masaki Miyazawa, Kenji Uchibori
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Publication number: 20220385774Abstract: A multi-function printer, which is an example of a display apparatus, includes a display section with a screen and a controller that changes display content of the screen. The multi-function printer includes the display section including an input section for input of a location on the screen as a contact location by a touch on the screen, and the controller that controls the display section. At least one of the factors indicating the degree of contamination of the screen since the previous screen cleanup is used as a parameter. In this case, the controller accumulates the value of at least one parameter since the previous screen cleanup and, in accordance with the accumulated value of the parameter, reducing the degree of visibility of display content displayed on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Masaki MIYAZAWA, Hiroyuki KOSUGE