Patents Assigned to Seiko Corporation
  • Publication number: 20120007306
    Abstract: A stacker device includes a conveying belt, a longitudinal receiving guide, a paper sheet discharge detecting part, a first detecting part having a rod body, a second detecting part, and a control part for controlling the guide drive mechanism and the belt drive mechanism. The control part is formed so as to control both the mechanisms so that after the predetermined time T, which is required for the paper sheet to be stacked on the stacking surface after the paper sheet discharge detecting part detects the rear edge of the paper sheet having been conveyed to the discharging roller, passes and until the first detecting part detects the paper sheet, the longitudinal receiving guide and the conveying belt move to the upstream side of the conveyance direction at the same time, and after that, until the first detecting part does not detect the paper sheet, the longitudinal receiving guide and the conveying belt move to the downstream side of the conveyance direction at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8052142
    Abstract: A turn guide is disposed between a first transport surface and a second transport surface on which a sheet is transported while being sucked. The turn guide has a plurality of guide ribs. The plurality of guide ribs have curved inverting transfer surfaces from an inversion start point corresponding to a first transport surface to an inversion end point corresponding to a second transport surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Nobuki Tanimoto, Kazuya Yamamoto, Katsunori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8052143
    Abstract: When a sheet of paper is inverted and the direction is changed, members such as a roller do not come into contact with the printed surface of the sheet and it is possible to prevent smudges by eliminating an ink stain on a surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamamoto, Akira Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8052146
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet inverting apparatus wherein members, such as a roller, are not brought into contact with the printed surface of a sheet at all, and the occurrence of dirt can be prevented by eliminating friction of ink on the surface of the sheet. A first transport apparatus and a second transport apparatus each have a plurality of transport belts which move on transport tracks along sheet transport directions and a suction box which sucks the sheet on the transport belts through suction holes formed on the transport belts. A turn guide arranged between the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus has a plurality of guide ribs disposed between the transport belts. Each of the guide ribs coming into slidable contact with the sheet forms a curved inverting transfer surface from an inversion starting point side to an inversion end point side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Duplo Seiko Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Kazuya Yamamoto, Katsunori Takahashi, Hidemasa Kanada, Junichi Kakuta
  • Patent number: 7918449
    Abstract: A double-sided image forming device includes: a paper feeding section (3); a printing section (4); a first conveyance route (6) for conveying a fed paper sheet (2) to a paper discharge section (8) via the printing section (4); and a second conveyance route (7) for receiving, on its conveyance surface, the paper sheet (2), a first side (21) of which has been printed, from the first conveyance route (6), and for conveying the paper sheet (2) while reversing it, thereby conveying the paper sheet (2) to the upstream side of the printing section (4) in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance route (6), wherein the second conveyance route (7) has a reverse conveyance route (9) for receiving, on its conveyance surface, a second side (22) of the paper sheet (2), and for conveying the paper sheet (2) while reversing it, and wherein the reverse conveyance route (9) is formed by a combination of a plurality of reverse mechanisms each including: a first conveyance section (91) for linearly conveying the paper sh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110074091
    Abstract: A paper sheet conveying device is equipped with a conveying path (2) formed of a large number of conveying roller pairs and a controlling section for detecting the position of the paper sheet being conveyed and controlling the operation of the conveying rollers. The conveying path (2) is composed of a first-half conveying path (2A) and a last-half conveying path (2B). The first-half conveying path (2A) has a first-half driving mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the lower conveying rollers and a first-half vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the upper conveying rollers. The last-half conveying path (2B) has a last-half driving mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the lower conveying rollers and a last-half vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the upper conveying rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, HIdeki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7905585
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid and a switching device. The switching device includes a first ON-OFF valve that selectively opens and closes a first supply passage at a position upstream from the joining point, and a second ON-OFF valve that selectively opens and closes a second supply passage at a position upstream from the joining point. When the first ON-OFF valve is open and the second ON-OFF valve is closed, the liquid guide portion divides the first liquid into a first liquid flow proceeding from the first supply passage directly to the head supply passage and a second liquid flow flowing from the first supply passage into the head supply passage after passing the vicinity of the second ON-OFF valve in the second supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tanaka, Toshio Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20110057377
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing paper with paste includes a paper-feeding unit, a pasting main body which seals open ends of a sheet of paper by an adhesive, and a paper-receiving unit on which the sealed sheets of paper are loaded. The pasting main body includes an opening mechanism which opens a closed sheet of paper, an adhesive applying mechanism which applies a peelable temporary adhesive in a streaky form to a lower folded piece of the opened sheet of paper, a sealing mechanism which superposes an upper folded piece on the lower folded piece, and which temporarily adheres the open ends of the upper and lower folded pieces, and a conveying mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Kei SAKATA
  • Patent number: 7841683
    Abstract: A printing apparatus which mounts a printing medium on a conveyor belt, conveys it to a printing area, and carries out printing by ejecting a liquid onto the printing medium from nozzles of a liquid ejection head, includes: a tension imparter which imparts tension to the conveyor belt, a tension remover which removes the tension imparted to the conveyor belt by the tension imparter, a conveyance failure detector which detects a printing medium conveyance failure, and a conveyance failure controller which, when the printing medium conveyance failure is detected by the conveyance failure detector, causes the tension remover to remove the tension imparted to the conveyor belt by the tension imparter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 7832318
    Abstract: A paper sheet processing device for processing paper sheets while carrying the paper sheets, includes a device body, a carrier for carrying the paper sheets one by one, a carrier driver for driving the carrier, processing device parts which are installed in a carrying route and which process the paper sheets, and a processing driver for driving the processing device parts. The processing device parts are installed detachably from the device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Akira Wada
  • Publication number: 20100242756
    Abstract: In a stencil printing machine including a plate discharge device for stripping a master from a plate cylinder and collecting the master after attaching the master subjected to plate making to the plate cylinder for printing on a sheet, the plate discharge device includes a storing section for storing the master, a lid for closing the storing section to be opened/closed freely, and a device for locking the lid in a closed state, the plate discharge device being provided such that it can be taken out to the housing of the stencil printing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20100222195
    Abstract: A paper folding mechanism includes: first and second folding rollers (51, 52); first and second conveyance rollers (61, 62); a protrusion member (71); and a control part. Both the rollers (51, 52) are provided so that a paper is sandwiched therebetween with its fold line located in front, and is allowed to pass therethrough in a first direction. The first folding roller (51) and the first conveyance roller (61) are provided so that the paper is sandwiched therebetween and conveyed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second folding roller (52) and the second conveyance roller (62) are provided so that the paper is sandwiched therebetween and conveyed in any one of the second direction and the direction opposite thereto. The protrusion member (71) is provided so that the fold line of the paper conveyed by both the rollers (61, 62) is protruded in the first direction and fed between both the rollers (51, 52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Masasuke Funase, Takaaki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100156037
    Abstract: When a sheet of paper is inverted and the direction is changed, members such as a roller do not come into contact with the printed surface of the sheet and it is possible to prevent smudges by eliminating an ink stain on a surface of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamamoto, Akira Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 7686295
    Abstract: Curling of a printed sheet is corrected, friction is reduced on a paper transport surface, and the shape of the printed and ejected sheet is adjusted to a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kawaguchi, Katsunori Takahashi, Nobuki Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20100019437
    Abstract: A double-sided image forming device includes: a paper feeding section (3); a printing section (4); a first conveyance route (6) for conveying a fed paper sheet (2) to a paper discharge section (8) via the printing section (4); and a second conveyance route (7) for receiving, on its conveyance surface, the paper sheet (2), a first side (21) of which has been printed, from the first conveyance route (6), and for conveying the paper sheet (2) while reversing it, thereby conveying the paper sheet (2) to the upstream side of the printing section (4) in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance route (6), wherein the second conveyance route (7) has a reverse conveyance route (9) for receiving, on its conveyance surface, a second side (22) of the paper sheet (2), and for conveying the paper sheet (2) while reversing it, and wherein the reverse conveyance route (9) is formed by a combination of a plurality of reverse mechanisms each including: a first conveyance section (91) for linearly conveying the paper sh
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sugiyama, Kazuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7586237
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrator includes: a flat plate piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric vibrator vibrating in a mixed mode of stretching vibration that generates a displacement in a first direction within a plane of the piezoelectric element and a bending vibration that generates a displacement in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a vibrating member provided with the piezoelectric element and vibrated by applying voltage on the piezoelectric element; a support member provided on the vibrating member to support the vibrating member in a vibratable manner the support member being provided on an outer edge of the vibrating member at a position adjacent to anti-node other than free end of the bending vibration, the support member including a first support section extending in a direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction and a second support section extending in a direction approximately orthogonal to the direction in which the first support section extends; and a fixing portion
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuharu Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20090212484
    Abstract: Curling of a printed sheet is corrected, friction is reduced on a paper transport surface, and the shape of the printed and ejected sheet is adjusted to a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kawaguchi, Katsunori Takahashi, Nobuki Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20090212497
    Abstract: A paper ejecting device is provided which allows a sheet jumping from a paper ejecting device to a paper receiving tray to be ejected with a desired shape by changing the corrected shape of the sheet according to the kind (size, thickness) of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kawaguchi, Katsunori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090205517
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adjusting mechanism in which a paper feed timing adjustment member (95) is moved around the axis of a rotary shaft of a cam by an adjustment member drive means so as to adjust the position of an end of a second arm and then the position of a cam follower on a sliding surface of the cam, thereby adjusting a timing at which a paper feed drive means drives a timing roller, wherein there is provided an urging means (98) for constantly urging the paper feed timing adjustment member (95) in either one of directions around the axis of the rotary shaft of the cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventor: Takamitsu Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 7506868
    Abstract: A sheet feeder is characterized by comprising a suction carrying means, an oblique carrying means, a handling member, a detecting means located downstream of the handling member and for detecting a sheet passing through the handling member, and a retracting mechanism for retracting the handling member from the sheet passing through while the detecting means is detecting the sheet passing through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Duplo Seiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Oota, Hideki Oiwa, Akira Wada