Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Tokisawa
Toshiaki Tokisawa 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: 11964492Abstract: A stirring element to stir liquid includes a rod-shaped body configured to have a magnetic force at a first end portion and to have a magnet force at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in a longitudinal direction, a first blade configured to extend on the first end portion of the rod-shaped body, and a second blade configured to extend on the second end portion of the rod-shaped body. The first blade and the second blade each have a plate shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiaki Tokisawa, Takashi Abe
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Patent number: 11845290Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank, a supply flow path, a supply pump located in the supply flow path, a collection flow path, a relief flow path connecting a first position in the supply flow path to a second position in the supply flow path, wherein the first position is located at a downstream side of the supply pump in the supply flow path and the second position located at an upstream side of the supply pump in the supply flow path, and a differential pressure regulating valve located in the relief flow path and configured to, in a case where the pressure of the pumped ink in the supply flow path is larger than a predetermined value, open the relief flow path so as to allow ink in the supply flow path to flow from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kyoshiro Okude, Ryoma Arai, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Takashi Abe
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Publication number: 20230391095Abstract: A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Ryoji Inoue, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Takashi Fukushima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Toshiaki Tokisawa
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Patent number: 11833834Abstract: A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Inoue, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Takashi Fukushima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Toshiaki Tokisawa
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Patent number: 11833841Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit to eject a liquid to an object to be printed in a first direction to perform printing, a placement unit on which the object is placed, and a detection unit capable of detecting a position of the object in the first direction in a noncontact manner. A control unit performs a first detection which changes relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit in the first direction and on a plane intersecting the first direction before the printing on the object to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit, and the control unit performs a second detection which changes the relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit on the plane during the printing on the object to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Arita, Sho Takahashi, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Soma Nakai, Yuka Tani
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Publication number: 20230219347Abstract: A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Ryoji Inoue, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Takashi Fukushima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Toshiaki Tokisawa
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Publication number: 20230202191Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a tank in which ink is contained; a print head for ejecting ink supplied from the tank to perform print operation; a supply flow path for supplying ink from the tank to the print head; a collection flow path for collecting ink from the print head to the tank; and a pump provided in the supply flow path or the collection flow path. The pump is driven, during print operation, at a first speed to circulate ink within a circulation path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path, and the pump is driven, from a start of the ink circulation until a lapse of predetermined time period, at a second speed which is faster than the first speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Junya Kosuge, Yumi Mukoyama, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Takashi Abe
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Publication number: 20230166531Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording medium placed at a first position, a placement unit configured to place the recording medium on the placement unit, and a pressing member configured to apply a pressing force to the recording medium placed on the placement unit toward the placement unit in a case where the recording medium is at the first position, and to release the pressing force in a case where the recording medium moves from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: YUKA TANI, TOSHIAKI TOKISAWA, SOMA NAKAI, KEISUKE ARITA
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Patent number: 11642892Abstract: A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Inoue, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Takashi Fukushima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Toshiaki Tokisawa
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Patent number: 11618264Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a tank in which ink is contained; a print head for ejecting ink supplied from the tank to perform print operation; a supply flow path for supplying ink from the tank to the print head; a collection flow path for collecting ink from the print head to the tank; and a pump provided in the supply flow path or the collection flow path. The pump is driven, during print operation, at a first speed to circulate ink within a circulation path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path, and the pump is driven, from a start of the ink circulation until a lapse of predetermined time period, at a second speed which is faster than the first speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junya Kosuge, Yumi Mukoyama, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Takashi Abe
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Publication number: 20230081423Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head having an ejection opening surface on which ejection openings for ejecting ink are formed, a tank storing ink to be supplied to the print head, a supply flow path for supplying the ink from the tank to the print head, a collection flow path for collecting the ink from the print head to the tank, a supply pump provided in the supply flow path to supply the ink from the tank to the print head, a tank decompression pump which decompresses the inside of the tank, and a control unit which controls to drive the supply pump and the tank decompression pump to fill the collection flow path with ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Toshiaki Tokisawa, Yumi Mukoyama, Kyoshiro Okude, Takashi Abe, Takahiro Kiuchi
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Patent number: 11577522Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head having an ejection opening surface on which ejection openings for ejecting ink are formed, a tank storing ink to be supplied to the print head, a supply flow path for supplying the ink from the tank to the print head, a collection flow path for collecting the ink from the print head to the tank, a supply pump provided in the supply flow path to supply the ink from the tank to the print head, a tank decompression pump which decompresses the inside of the tank, and a control unit which controls to drive the supply pump and the tank decompression pump to fill the collection flow path with ink.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiaki Tokisawa, Yumi Mukoyama, Kyoshiro Okude, Takashi Abe, Takahiro Kiuchi
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Publication number: 20220312929Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique to adjust an inclination of a surface of a nail. One embodiment of the present invention is a nail printing apparatus that prints an image on a nail and includes: a finger placement unit capable of lifting and lowering on which a finger corresponding to the nail is placed; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust an inclination in a height direction of a tip side and a bottom side of a surface of the nail corresponding to the finger placed on the finger placement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Soma Nakai, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Yuka Tani
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Publication number: 20220314638Abstract: A nail printing apparatus includes a finger-disposing unit on which a printing finger which is a finger with a nail portion on which printing an image is to be performed is to be disposed and which is capable of being elevated and lowered and an abutting member configured to, in a case where the printing finger is inserted, abut a near-tip portion of the inserted printing finger, wherein in a case where the printing finger is inserted, the finger-disposing unit and the abutting member slide in an insertion direction of the printing finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Yuka Tani, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Soma Nakai
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Publication number: 20220305825Abstract: A technique capable of properly detecting the height position of an object to be printed is provided. A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to eject a liquid to an object to be printed in a first direction to perform printing; a placement unit on which the object is placed; a detection unit capable of detecting the position of the object in the first direction in a noncontact manner; and a control unit configured to change relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit on a plane intersecting the first direction to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Keisuke Arita, Sho Takahashi, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Soma Nakai, Yuka TANI
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Patent number: 11376859Abstract: A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Inoue, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Takashi Fukushima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Toshiaki Tokisawa
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Publication number: 20220161565Abstract: A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Ryoji Inoue, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Takashi Fukushima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Toshiaki Tokisawa
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Publication number: 20220134764Abstract: A stirring element to stir liquid includes a rod-shaped body configured to have a magnetic force at a first end portion and to have a magnet force at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in a longitudinal direction, a first blade configured to extend on the first end portion of the rod-shaped body, and a second blade configured to extend on the second end portion of the rod-shaped body. The first blade and the second blade each have a plate shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Toshiaki Tokisawa, Takashi Abe
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Publication number: 20220016899Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank, a supply flow path, a supply pump located in the supply flow path, a collection flow path, a relief flow path connecting a first position in the supply flow path to a second position in the supply flow path, wherein the first position is located at a downstream side of the supply pump in the supply flow path and the second position located at an upstream side of the supply pump in the supply flow path, and a differential pressure regulating valve located in the relief flow path and configured to, in a case where the pressure of the pumped ink in the supply flow path is larger than a predetermined value, open the relief flow path so as to allow ink in the supply flow path to flow from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Kyoshiro Okude, Ryoma Arai, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Takashi Abe
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Patent number: 11167559Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank, a supply flow path, a supply pump located in the supply flow path, a collection flow path, a relief flow path connecting a first position in the supply flow path to a second position in the supply flow path, wherein the first position is located at a downstream side of the supply pump in the supply flow path and the second position located at an upstream side of the supply pump in the supply flow path, and a differential pressure regulating valve located in the relief flow path and configured to, in a case where the pressure of the pumped ink in the supply flow path is larger than a predetermined value, open the relief flow path so as to allow ink in the supply flow path to flow from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kyoshiro Okude, Ryoma Arai, Toshiaki Tokisawa, Takashi Abe