Patents by Inventor Satoru Katagami
Satoru Katagami 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: 9821556Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage including an ejecting unit which ejects liquid onto a medium, and can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage includes catching units which catch mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit on at least one side of the ejecting unit in the reciprocating direction, and the catching units include a fan which moves the mist from the catching units by generating an air current.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Suzuki, Tsutomu Sasaki, Satoru Katagami, Kazutoshi Fujishima, Takahiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9809042Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Suzuki, Tsutomu Sasaki, Satoru Katagami, Kazutoshi Fujishima
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Patent number: 9809030Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, and a collecting unit which collects mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit from a collecting port, in which the collecting unit includes a backflow prevention unit in the collecting port. By adopting such a liquid ejecting apparatus, it is possible to suppress backflow of mist of the liquid from the collecting unit which collects mist of the liquid which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Suzuki, Tsutomu Sasaki, Satoru Katagami, Kazutoshi Fujishima
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Publication number: 20170305175Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a driving roller which drives a recording medium in a predetermined direction by rotation thereof; a supporting member which supports the recording medium further on the downstream side in the predetermined direction than the driving roller; a discharge head which is provided to oppose the supporting member and discharges liquid to the recording medium supported by the supporting member; a tension control portion which adjusts tension of the recording medium supported by the supporting member by controlling tension of the recording medium based on a result of detecting tension of the recording medium further on the downstream side in the predetermined direction than the driving roller; and a first destaticizing portion which destaticizes the recording medium further on the upstream side in the predetermined direction than the driving roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi TOYAMA, Satoru KATAGAMI
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Patent number: 9770919Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus in which it is possible to use a suitable reaction liquid to be applied on the recording medium, out of multiple types of reaction liquids. A recording apparatus includes a transport mechanism that transports a recording medium, a reaction liquid applying mechanism that selectively applies, on the recording medium, either a first reaction liquid that reacts with ink or a second reaction liquid that reacts with the ink and is different from the first reaction liquid, and an ink discharge mechanism that is positioned downstream from the reaction liquid applying mechanism in the transport direction of the recording medium and discharges the ink onto the recording medium. It is preferable that the reaction liquid applying mechanism include a first reaction liquid discharge unit that discharges the first reaction liquid and a second reaction liquid discharge unit that discharges the second reaction liquid.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Washio, Kentaro Miyazaki, Kazuaki Sakurada, Satoru Katagami, Kazuya Tajima
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Publication number: 20170266953Abstract: In a recording apparatus that forms dots based on an interlace system, a movement amount when a recording unit is moved in a first direction, between one relative movement of the recording unit to a recording medium in a second direction and the next relative movement, is set to a regular amount ?y=HL (HL is the length of a recording head in the first direction)?OL (OL is the width of an overlap amount in the first direction)±PL (PL is the width of one pixel of printing resolution of a print image to be recorded by the recording unit in the first direction).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Kazuyoshi TANASE, Yuichi WASHIO, Satoru KATAGAMI, Tsutomu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20170246885Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reaction liquid application portion that applies reaction liquid to a recording medium, an ink application portion that applies ink which includes a color material that is coagulated using the reaction liquid onto the recording medium onto which the reaction liquid is applied, and a control portion that adjusts an amount per unit area of the reaction liquid that is applied to the recording medium from the reaction liquid application portion according to infiltration into the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazuyoshi TANASE, Tsutomu SASAKI, Yuichi WASHIO
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Publication number: 20170239938Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a reaction liquid application portion that applies dots of reaction liquid onto a recording medium by applying the reaction liquid to pixels in a pixel array in which rasters in which a plurality of pixels are lined up in a first direction are lined up in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction and an ink application portion that applies ink dots to the recording medium by applying ink which includes a color material that is coagulated using an action of the reaction liquid to the pixels of the pixel array, in which the reaction liquid application portion applies the reaction liquid dots by being separated by one pixel or more in the first direction and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Tsutomu SASAKI, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazuyoshi TANASE
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Publication number: 20170210158Abstract: A printing apparatus executes a continuous printing by a printing execution unit while transporting a belt-shaped printing base material by a transport path in a longer direction. The printing execution unit includes a reaction solution discharge head, an ink discharge head, and a head for overprinting. The reaction solution discharge head forms a reaction solution layer containing a flocculant on a printing face of the printing base material. The ink discharge head forms a printing image by discharging an ink containing a color material on the reaction solution layer. The head for overprinting forms an overprint layer so as to be positioned on the reaction solution layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Kazuaki SAKURADA, Kentaro MIYAZAKI, Satoru KATAGAMI, Yuichi WASHIO, Kazuya TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20170157958Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Manabu SUZUKI, Tsutomu SASAKI, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazutoshi FUJISHIMA
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Patent number: 9643418Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes multiple nozzle rows, in which a plurality of nozzles capable of discharging liquid onto a medium are arranged, that are arranged in an intersection direction intersecting with a nozzles-arranged direction where the nozzles are arranged, a shielding portion that shields an area between the nozzle rows, and a collecting portion that collects mist which is attached to the shielding portion and is generated due to discharging of the liquid from the nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoru Katagami, Tsutomu Sasaki, Manabu Suzuki, Kazutoshi Fujishima
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Patent number: 9610790Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Suzuki, Tsutomu Sasaki, Satoru Katagami, Kazutoshi Fujishima
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Patent number: 9573388Abstract: A printing method uses a reaction liquid containing an aggregating agent capable of causing the aggregation of a color material. This printing method includes: applying a first reaction liquid to a recording medium; applying a background color ink that contains a color material for a background color to a region of the recording medium which is coated with the first reaction liquid; drying the recording medium coated with the background color ink by heating the recording medium; applying a second reaction liquid to a region of the dried recording medium which is coated with the background color ink; and applying an image forming ink that contains a color material having a color different from that of the background color ink to a region of the recording medium which is coated with the second reaction liquid.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoru Katagami, Kazuaki Sakurada, Kazuya Tajima, Kazuyoshi Tanase, Yuichi Washio, Kentaro Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20160279949Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage including an ejecting unit which ejects liquid onto a medium, and can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage includes catching units which catch mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit on at least one side of the ejecting unit in the reciprocating direction, and the catching units include a fan which moves the mist from the catching units by generating an air current.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Manabu SUZUKI, Tsutomu SASAKI, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazutoshi FUJISHIMA, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20160279984Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Manabu SUZUKI, Tsutomu SASAKI, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazutoshi FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20160279948Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes multiple nozzle rows, in which a plurality of nozzles capable of discharging liquid onto a medium are arranged, that are arranged in an intersection direction intersecting with a nozzles-arranged direction where the nozzles are arranged, a shielding portion that shields an area between the nozzle rows, and a collecting portion that collects mist which is attached to the shielding portion and is generated due to discharging of the liquid from the nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Satoru KATAGAMI, Tsutomu SASAKI, Manabu SUZUKI, Kazutoshi FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20160271953Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, and a collecting unit which collects mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit from a collecting port, in which the collecting unit includes a backflow prevention unit in the collecting port. By adopting such a liquid ejecting apparatus, it is possible to suppress backflow of mist of the liquid from the collecting unit which collects mist of the liquid which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Manabu SUZUKI, Tsutomu SASAKI, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazutoshi FUJISHIMA
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Publication number: 20160221366Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus in which it is possible to use a suitable reaction liquid to be applied on the recording medium, out of multiple types of reaction liquids. A recording apparatus includes a transport mechanism that transports a recording medium, a reaction liquid applying mechanism that selectively applies, on the recording medium, either a first reaction liquid that reacts with ink or a second reaction liquid that reacts with the ink and is different from the first reaction liquid, and an ink discharge mechanism that is positioned downstream from the reaction liquid applying mechanism in the transport direction of the recording medium and discharges the ink onto the recording medium. It is preferable that the reaction liquid applying mechanism include a first reaction liquid discharge unit that discharges the first reaction liquid and a second reaction liquid discharge unit that discharges the second reaction liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Yuichi WASHIO, Kentaro MIYAZAKI, Kazuaki SAKURADA, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazuya TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20160129702Abstract: A printing method uses a reaction liquid containing an aggregating agent capable of causing the aggregation of a color material. This printing method includes: applying a first reaction liquid to a recording medium; applying a background color ink that contains a color material for a background color to a region of the recording medium which is coated with the first reaction liquid; drying the recording medium coated with the background color ink by heating the recording medium; applying a second reaction liquid to a region of the dried recording medium which is coated with the background color ink; and applying an image forming ink that contains a color material having a color different from that of the background color ink to a region of the recording medium which is coated with the second reaction liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazuaki SAKURADA, Kazuya TAJIMA, Kazuyoshi TANASE, Yuichi WASHIO, Kentaro Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9315048Abstract: A target supporting apparatus includes a first supporting member having a plurality of first suction holes open to the front surface of the member and the rear surface thereof; a second supporting member having a plurality of second suction holes formed therein and being stacked on and fixed to the first supporting member, the cross-sectional area of each of the plurality of second suction holes being smaller than the cross-sectional area of each of the plurality of first suction holes; and a sucking unit that sucks in the plurality of first suction holes and hence sucks in the plurality of second suction holes communicating with the plurality of first suction holes. Here, a target which is supported in order for a liquid to be adhered thereto is sucked and held onto a supporting face of the second supporting member due to the driving of the sucking unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoru Katagami, Jun Yamada, Motoharu Habata