Patents Examined by Henok D Legesse
  • Patent number: 11904602
    Abstract: A printing device includes a transport roller performing a first transport that transports recording paper drawn from roll paper in a transport direction and a second transport that transports the recording paper in a direction opposite to the transport direction, a cutter having a first blade configured to move between an advanced position and a retracted position, and a second blade for cutting the recording paper together with the first blade moving from the retracted position to the advanced position, and a guide member provided downstream of the first blade in the transport direction and guiding the recording paper during the second transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11890866
    Abstract: A recording device as a processing device includes: a recording unit accommodated in a housing and configured to perform recording on a medium; and a medium accommodating unit that accommodates the medium discharged from the housing. The medium accommodating unit includes: a sheet-shaped accommodating member; a rotating shaft provided inside the housing and to which one end of the accommodating member is connected; and an operating portion provided separably from the housing and to which the other end of the accommodating member is connected. The accommodating member is wound around the rotating shaft and accommodated inside the housing when the operating portion is mounted on the housing. The accommodating member is fed from the rotating shaft so that the medium is accommodated when the operating portion is separated from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Yato, Mitsuru Murata
  • Patent number: 11890881
    Abstract: An electronic device including a substrate, a first electronic component provided on the substrate, a second electronic component provided on the substrate and having a thickness in a normal direction of the substrate smaller than that of the first electronic component, a first heat conductive member in contact with the first electronic component, a second heat conductive member in contact with the second electronic component, and a heat sink attached to the substrate, in which the heat sink includes a base portion provided so as to cover the first electronic component and the second electronic component and attached to the substrate, a first protruding portion that protrudes from the base portion toward the first electronic component and is in contact with the first heat conductive member, and a second protruding portion that protrudes from the base portion toward the second electronic component and is in contact with the second heat conductive member, and a length of the first protruding portion in the norm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 11884060
    Abstract: A print device includes a head, a medium holding portion, an opening/closing cover, a feed path, a sensor, a window portion, and a blocking wall. The medium holding portion holds the medium and open to allow the medium to be taken out and put in. The opening/closing cover opens and closes an opening in the medium holding portion. The feed path extends from the medium holding portion toward the head and feeding the medium. The sensor is provided in the feed path. The window portion is provided in a position corresponding to between the sensor and the head, in a wall portion of the case, and allows the inside of the case to be seen from outside. The blocking wall is provided between the sensor and the window portion, and blocks a light coming in through the window portion toward the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Tanizaki
  • Patent number: 11872825
    Abstract: A head cooling device includes a refrigerant supplying portion, a switching portion, and a switch processing portion. The refrigerant supplying portion supplies a refrigerant to each of a plurality of recording heads, which ejects ink, through a supplying path. The switching portion can switch a corresponding supplying path of at least one of the plurality of recording heads. The switch processing portion controls the switching portion to switch the corresponding supplying path so as to decrease the temperature difference among the plurality of recording heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kakeru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11876940
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first medium scanned with a first signal, a second medium scanned with a second signal, a rotary polygon mirror that deflects the first and second signals, a synchronization signal generation circuit that generates a synchronization signal representing a time to start scanning the first medium, and at least one pseudo synchronization signal generation circuit that generates a pseudo synchronization signal with the synchronization signal. The pseudo synchronization signal represents a time to start scanning the second medium. Based on a previously calculated period of the synchronization signal and a period of the synchronization signal counted on a particular surface of the polygon mirror, the pseudo synchronization signal generation circuit generates a particular value for generating the pseudo synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichiro Shukuya
  • Patent number: 11858261
    Abstract: A recording apparatus capable of recording on a medium includes a recording unit configured to record on a medium, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, a winding unit configured to rotate about a rotation axis and windup the medium transported by the transport unit, and a first bar member configured to be wrapped around by a first surface of the medium, a second bar member disposed between the first bar member and the winding unit and configured to be wrapped around by a second surface of the medium, and an arm member swingable about a swing axis that coincides with the rotation axis, wherein the arm member supports the first bar member and the second bar member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Shibata, Satoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 11850844
    Abstract: Printing machine, for printing a laminar web, comprising a feeding unit (10) defining a printing area (A); an inkjet printing station (20) comprising a plurality of inkjet printing modules (21) slidably arranged along a transverse guide (22); a positioning device (30) adapted to precisely slide the inkjet printing modules (21) along the transverse guide (22); wherein each inkjet printing module (21) includes a first coupling (31) and is independent from other inkjet printing modules (21) allowing an independent movement of each inkjet printing module (21) along the transverse guide (22); and the positioning device (30) includes a second coupling (32) complementary to each first coupling (31), the second coupling (32) being releasably engageable to each first coupling (31) in an automatic manner, the positioning device (30) being configured to precisely slide each inkjet printing module (21) engaged thereto, along the transverse guide (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: COMEXI GROUP INDUSTRIES, SAU
    Inventors: Jordi Sahun Peres, Bernat Recasens Artigues, Pol Morral Martí, Andreu Rosales Perez, Lluís Turon Castelló, Jordi Edo i Flores, Joaquim Quintana Vilà
  • Patent number: 11845268
    Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing using a printhead including a plurality of nozzles, each configured to discharge ink, and a plurality of sensors, corresponding to the plurality of nozzles, for detecting a discharge state of ink from the plurality of nozzles, judges a discharge state. The apparatus prints, based on print data, an image by driving the printhead under a first drive condition to discharge the ink from the printhead to a first area, discharges ink to a second area different from the first area by driving the printhead, based on inspection data, under a second drive condition different from the first drive condition, and judges a discharge state of each nozzle by monitoring an output from each sensor at a timing of driving the printhead under the second drive condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Murase, Yoshiaki Murayama, Satoshi Kitai, Masahiko Umezawa, Tomoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11840064
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveying unit, a supporting unit, and a static elimination unit. The conveying unit conveys a recording medium in a first direction to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit. The supporting unit supports the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit and includes an abutment surface that abuts the recording medium when the supporting unit supports the recording medium. The static elimination unit eliminates static from the recording medium in a static elimination portion. The static elimination portion is not provided at a position opposed to the abutment surface and is provided at a position not opposed to the abutment surface in the supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Akira Kida, Takaaki Ishida, Masaaki Matsuura, Koki Kudo, Atsushi Arai, Masashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11841633
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor; an image signal generating unit configured to generate an image signal based on input image data; a light emitting portion configured to emit light based on the image signal and expose the photoreceptor; a driving unit configured to drive the light emitting portion; a first substrate in which the driving unit is provided and a plurality of the light emitting portions is provided in a direction parallel to a rotational axis direction of the photoreceptor; an exposure head including the first substrate; a reference clock signal generating unit configured to generate a reference clock signal that is a clock signal of a constant frequency; a modulated clock signal generating unit configured to generate a modulated clock signal by performing spread spectrum on the reference clock signal, the modulated clock signal being a composite wave in which odd-order harmonics are combined with a fundamental wave when a triangular wave is subjected to Fourier series expansi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Izuru Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11840103
    Abstract: A carrier includes a body and a prong formed as a unilaterally fixed arm connected to the body at an end. The prong is folded in a longitudinal direction and has a kink. The prong is insertable into a tube shaped object and mechanically fixes the tube shaped object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.
    Inventor: Lee Smith
  • Patent number: 11833814
    Abstract: Printing apparatus (20) includes a continuous blanket (24) and a set of motorized rollers (31), which advance the blanket at constant speed through an image area. Print bars (38) eject droplets of ink at respective locations onto the blanket in the image area. Monitoring rollers (42), in proximity to the locations of the print bars, contact the blanket to be rotated by blanket advancement. Each monitoring roller includes an encoder (44), which outputs a signal indicative of a rotation angle of the monitoring roller. A control unit (40) collects, during a calibration phase, the signal from the encoders over multiple rotations of the monitoring rollers, detects a deviation of the signal from the encoder relative to a clock signal having a predefined frequency, and computes runout correction factors. During an operational phase, the control unit applies the runout correction factors to synchronize the droplets ejection from the print bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventor: Vitaly Burkatovsky
  • Patent number: 11833842
    Abstract: A holding stand including: a housing having a mounting surface on which a printing device is capable of being detachably mounted and a bottom surface, the mounting surface being an inclined surface where a distance between an upstream end portion of the mounting surface and the bottom surface is greater than a distance between a downstream end portion of the mounting surface and the bottom surface; a fixed engaging member provided at the upstream end portion; a movable engaging member provided at a substantially middle portion of the mounting surface; a guide part provided on the mounting surface and configured to allow the printing device to slide thereon to guide the printing device; and an operation part capable of switching the movable engaging member from an engaging position in which the movable engaging member engages with a second engaging portion to a disengaging position in which engagement is disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furuyama, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Takehiko Inaba
  • Patent number: 11827014
    Abstract: A printing system includes a discharging unit, a mounting unit, a post-process unit, a relay unit, and a control unit. The discharging unit discharges sheets. The mounting unit is provided to an apparatus body, and sheets are mounted on the mounting unit. The post-process unit performs a post-process on sheets. The relay unit is provided to the apparatus body, is configured to transport sheets to the post-process unit, and includes a lower path member. The lower path member is configured to be switched between a first state in which the lower path member serves as part of a relay path from the discharging unit to the post-process unit and a second state in which the lower path member opens the relay path. The control unit, when the lower path member is in the second state, makes sheets be discharged from the discharging unit to the mounting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiobara, Namiki Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 11827040
    Abstract: A medium-transport apparatus includes: an apparatus main body having the transport path for transporting the medium; and a cover CV provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body and configured to be switched between a first state of exposing the transport path and a second state of covering the transport path. The cover CV is divided into: a first cover that has the rotation shaft along a Z-axis and is rotatable with respect to the apparatus main body; and a second cover that is arranged on a ?Z side of the first cover, has the rotation shaft along a Y-axis on the Z? side, and is rotatable with respect to the apparatus main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Wanibe, Hironori Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11820130
    Abstract: A system (10) includes an intermediate transfer member (ITM) (44) and a substrate conveyor (80). The ITM (44) is configured to receive droplets of one or more printing fluids so as to form an image thereon, and to transfer the image to a target substrate (50). The substrate conveyor (80) is configured to grip and move the target substrate (50) to and from the ITM (44) for transferal of the image, the substrate conveyor (80) includes one or more rotatable elements (110, 200), which are configured to provide mechanical support to the target substrate (50), such that, when the target substrate (50) moves over the one or more rotatable elements (110, 200), at least one of the rotatable elements (110, 200) is configured to rotate in response to a physical contact with the target substrate (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Benzion Landa, Rotem Adar, Evgeniy Pelepey
  • Patent number: 11807024
    Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including applying an ink containing water, a resin X, and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature Td and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature Tr, in which ?total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm2 or less. E(Td) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature Td, ?(Td) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, ?r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and ?s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyato, Michio Arai, Yusuke Fujii, Kenji Shirokane
  • Patent number: 11806996
    Abstract: In a printer, an accommodating portion accommodates roll paper. A supply roller pair is disposed upstream of a recording unit in a transport direction, and nips the roll paper. The intermediate roller pair is rotatably disposed between the supply roller pair and the accommodating portion, and nips the roll paper. A second motor and a third motor apply tension to the roll paper between the intermediate roller pair and the accommodating portion. A control unit can switch between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, first tension is applied to the roll paper between the intermediate roller pair and the accommodating portion. In the second mode, second tension smaller than the first tension is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Haruna Takahashi, Shun Ito, Keiichi Yato
  • Patent number: 11806991
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a feeding tray inserted into and pulled out from the housing, an image forming unit, and first and second guide members. The feeding tray includes a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated and a second accommodation part in which stacked sheet-shaped media are accommodated. The first guide member guides a sheet-shaped medium to a conveying path. The second guide member guides a roll medium unrolled from the roll body to the conveying path. The second guide member is movable between a guide position for guiding the roll medium to the conveying path, and a retreat position further distant from the first guide member than the guide position and where the second guide member does not interfere with a sheet-shaped medium accommodated in the second accommodation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatomo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Miyase, Yuya Tatematsu, Hideaki Yoshimune, Gakuro Kanazawa