Patents by Inventor Akinobu Nakahata
Akinobu Nakahata 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: 20200377323Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Kenji UCHIBORI
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Publication number: 20200377326Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Masaki MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20200095085Abstract: A stacker includes a medium stacking portion for receiving and stacking a medium processed and discharged by a processing unit, a medium butting portion for aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium, and a paddle that includes a feeding portion and is for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion in a direction toward the medium butting portion by rotating. Furthermore, the stacker has a first mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion and a second mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi SHIOBARA, Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Kohei UENO
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Publication number: 20200087096Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI
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Publication number: 20200087095Abstract: A medium transporting apparatus including a transport belt that transports a medium while suctioning the medium against a transport surface, a first tray on which the medium transported with the transport belt is mounted, and a transport roller configured to move between a transporting position that nips the medium with the transport belt, and a retracted position that is a position distanced away from the transport belt with respect to the transporting position, in which the transport roller is positioned at the retracted position when a single medium is transported with the transport belt and is positioned at the transporting position when a plurality of mediums in a superposed state are transported with the transport belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI
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Patent number: 10576758Abstract: A manual paper feeding portion includes a medium placing portion on which paper to be fed is placed, a guide portion that is provided on the medium placing portion, guides a side edge of the paper in a width direction intersecting with a feeding direction, and is movable in the width direction, and a positioning mechanism that determines a position of the guide portion in the width direction, in which the positioning mechanism regulates the position of the guide portion by positioning portions arranged with a predetermined interval in a first region of a moving region of the guide portion and regulates the position of the guide portion in a stepless manner in a second region which is a region other than the first region.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Takamasa Ikagawa
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Publication number: 20190300318Abstract: A suction mechanism for suctioning a loop transporting belt a medium processed by a processing unit, a rotation mechanism for rotating the transporting belt, a stacker for stacking the medium transported by the transporting belt, and a change mechanism for changing a movable area are included. The rotation mechanism, after suctioning the medium to the transporting belt to rotate in a first rotation direction to transport the medium in a first transport direction, rotates the transporting belt in a second rotation direction to transport the medium in a second transport direction to stack the medium on a stacker. The change mechanism narrows a movable area when the medium is transported in the second transport direction compared to an area when the medium is transported in the first transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Akinobu NAKAHATA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO
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Publication number: 20190300319Abstract: A medium transporting apparatus includes a transport belt that has a loop shaped, a cling mechanism that causes the medium to cling to the transport belt, a rotation mechanism that transports the medium by rotating the transport belt, a plurality of detection units that detect an transport direction end of the medium, a controller that corrects a skew of the medium, and a stacker on which the medium transported by the transport belt is stacked, in which the plurality of detection units are arranged at positions that are on an upstream side of the transport belt in the first transport direction and that are different from each other in a width direction, and the controller corrects, according to a result of the detection by the detection units, the skew of the medium in a state of being cling to the transport belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Akinobu NAKAHATA, Katsuyuki KONDO
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Patent number: 10406835Abstract: A transport roller for a printing apparatus transports a medium. The transport roller includes a shaft that extends in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium, and a wheel group in which a plurality of toothed wheels arrayed in the direction in which the shaft extends are held by holders. The toothed wheel includes non-formation portions having no teeth. The non-formation portions of the plurality of toothed wheels of the wheel group are arranged with an interval therebetween in a circumferential direction of the toothed wheels. The non-formation portions are cut portions that are formed when the toothed wheel is cut off from a base. The teeth other than the teeth adjacent to the cut portions are arranged away from each other at regular intervals in a circumferential direction of the wheel group.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yosaku Tamura, Akinobu Nakahata, Teppei Sugeta
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Patent number: 10384477Abstract: A transport roller, adapted to be used in a transport apparatus that transports a medium, includes a shaft, and a wheel group. The wheel group includes a plurality of toothed wheels arrayed in a direction in which the shaft extends, the plurality of toothed wheels being held by a holder which is held by the shaft. A plurality of teeth portions are provided on a peripheral surface of the wheel group, the plurality of teeth portions being disposed to be shifted in position from each other in a circumferential direction of the wheel group when the wheel group is viewed from the direction in which the shaft extends.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Takamasa Ikagawa, Hiroki Chino, Yosaku Tamura
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Patent number: 10350916Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print section, a supply path, a correction roller pair, an adjusting mechanism and a controller. The print section is configured to perform printing on a medium. The supply path is configured to supply the medium to the print section. The correction roller pair is configured to enable the medium transported on the supply path to strike the correction roller pair to correct skewing of the medium. The adjusting mechanism adjusts a nip load applied to the correction roller pair. The controller is configured to control the adjusting mechanism based on print job information. The correction roller pair includes a driving roller that has a plurality of convex portions disposed on a peripheral surface along a circumferential direction of the driving roller and a driven roller that is disposed to face the driving roller to be driven by the driving roller.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yosaku Tamura, Akinobu Nakahata
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Publication number: 20190070869Abstract: A manual paper feeding portion includes a medium placing portion on which paper to be fed is placed, a guide portion that is provided on the medium placing portion, guides a side edge of the paper in a width direction intersecting with a feeding direction, and is movable in the width direction, and a positioning mechanism that determines a position of the guide portion in the width direction, in which the positioning mechanism regulates the position of the guide portion by positioning portions arranged with a predetermined interval in a first region of a moving region of the guide portion and regulates the position of the guide portion in a stepless manner in a second region which is a region other than the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Akinobu NAKAHATA, Takamasa IKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20180319182Abstract: A transport roller for a printing apparatus transports a medium. The transport roller includes a shaft that extends in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium, and a wheel group in which a plurality of toothed wheels arrayed in the direction in which the shaft extends are held by holders. The toothed wheel includes non-formation portions having no teeth. The non-formation portions of the plurality of toothed wheels of the wheel group are arranged with an interval therebetween in a circumferential direction of the toothed wheels. The non-formation portions are cut portions that are formed when the toothed wheel is cut off from a base. The teeth other than the teeth adjacent to the cut portions are arranged away from each other at regular intervals in a circumferential direction of the wheel group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Yosaku Tamura, Akinobu Nakahata, Teppei SUGETA
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Publication number: 20180297379Abstract: A transport roller, adapted to be used in a transport apparatus that transports a medium, includes a shaft, and a wheel group. The wheel group includes a plurality of toothed wheels arrayed in a direction in which the shaft extends, the plurality of toothed wheels being held by a holder which is held by the shaft. A plurality of teeth portions are provided on a peripheral surface of the wheel group, the plurality of teeth portions being disposed to be shifted in position from each other in a circumferential direction of the wheel group when the wheel group is viewed from the direction in which the shaft extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Akinobu NAKAHATA, Takamasa IKAGAWA, Hiroki CHINO, Yosaku TAMURA
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Publication number: 20180272764Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print section, a supply path, a correction roller pair, an adjusting mechanism and a controller. The print section is configured to perform printing on a medium. The supply path is configured to supply the medium to the print section. The correction roller pair is configured to enable the medium transported on the supply path to strike the correction roller pair to correct skewing of the medium. The adjusting mechanism adjusts a nip load applied to the correction roller pair. The controller is configured to control the adjusting mechanism based on print job information. The correction roller pair includes a driving roller that has a plurality of convex portions disposed on a peripheral surface along a circumferential direction of the driving roller and a driven roller that is disposed to face the driving roller to be driven by the driving roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Yosaku TAMURA, Akinobu NAKAHATA
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Patent number: 10040301Abstract: A correction driving roller of a printing apparatus, which is used for transporting a paper sheet, includes at least one toothed roller that includes a plurality of wheels configured to be brought into contact with the paper sheet when the paper sheet is transported, and holders that hold the wheels, and is constructed such that the plurality of wheels are fixed to the holders while being arrayed in an axial direction orthogonal to the side surfaces of the wheels. Cut portions are formed on the wheel and are spaced away from each other when the toothed roller is viewed in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yosaku Tamura, Akinobu Nakahata, Teppei Sugeta
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Patent number: 10029489Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints an image on a sheet by using ink, a feed path along which the sheet is transported toward the printing unit, a switchback mechanism that, when two sides of the sheet are to be printed, switches back the sheet of which one of the two sides has been printed and sends the sheet to the feed path, and a correction roller pair capable of correcting skew of the sheet by having firm contact with the sheet transported along the feed path.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akinobu Nakahata, Takamasa Ikagawa, Hiroki Chino, Yosaku Tamura
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Patent number: 10011131Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print section to perform printing on a medium, a supply path to supply the medium to the print section, a correction roller pair to enable the medium transported on the supply path to strike the correction roller pair to correct skewing of the medium, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a nip load applied to the correction roller pair, and a controller to control the adjusting mechanism based on print job information.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yosaku Tamura, Akinobu Nakahata
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Publication number: 20170259591Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print section to perform printing on a medium, a supply path to supply the medium to the print section, a correction roller pair to enable the medium transported on the supply path to strike the correction roller pair to correct skewing of the medium, an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a nip load applied to the correction roller pair, and a controller to control the adjusting mechanism based on print job information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Yosaku TAMURA, Akinobu NAKAHATA
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Publication number: 20170259592Abstract: A correction driving roller of a printing apparatus, which is used for transporting a paper sheet, includes at least one toothed roller that includes a plurality of wheels configured to be brought into contact with the paper sheet when the paper sheet is transported, and holders that hold the wheels, and is constructed such that the plurality of wheels are fixed to the holders while being arrayed in an axial direction orthogonal to the side surfaces of the wheels. Cut portions are formed on the wheel and are spaced away from each other when the toothed roller is viewed in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Yosaku TAMURA, Akinobu NAKAHATA, Teppei SUGETA