Patents by Inventor David GOWARD

David GOWARD 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).

  • Inkjet recording device
    Patent number: 10214034
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device allows a recording medium to be set easily, and prevents the recording medium from being warped so that printing quality is not lowered. An inkjet printer includes a bed including a surface that supports a recording medium, and a pivoting device that pivots the bed around a horizontal axis to locate the bed horizontally or vertically or pivots the bed around the horizontal axis to incline the bed with respect to a horizontal plane. The inkjet printer also includes a pair of guide rails provided on the bed and extending in an X direction and a movable member extending in a Y direction, engaged with the pair of guide rails and slidable on the pair of guide rails to move in the X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Fujioka, David Goward, Yoshihiro Nariyama, Yuji Sakata, Shinji Tabuchi
  • INKJET RECORDING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190016160
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device allows a recording medium to be set easily, and prevents the recording medium from being warped so that printing quality is not lowered. An inkjet printer includes a bed including a surface that supports a recording medium, and a pivoting device that pivots the bed around a horizontal axis to locate the bed horizontally or vertically or pivots the bed around the horizontal axis to incline the bed with respect to a horizontal plane. The inkjet printer also includes a pair of guide rails provided on the bed and extending in an X direction and a movable member extending in a Y direction, engaged with the pair of guide rails and slidable on the pair of guide rails to move in the X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Hidenori FUJIOKA, David GOWARD, Yoshihiro NARIYAMA, Yuji SAKATA, Shinji TABUCHI
  • Inkjet recording device
    Patent number: 10105972
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device allows a recording medium to be set easily, and prevents the recording medium from being warped so that printing quality is not lowered. An inkjet printer includes a bed including a surface that supports a recording medium, and a pivoting device that pivots the bed around a horizontal axis to locate the bed horizontally or vertically or pivots the bed around the horizontal axis to incline the bed with respect to a horizontal plane. The inkjet printer also includes a pair of guide rails provided on the bed and extending in an X direction and a movable member extending in a Y direction, engaged with the pair of guide rails and slidable on the pair of guide rails to move in the X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Fujioka, David Goward, Yoshihiro Nariyama, Yuji Sakata, Shinji Tabuchi
  • INKJET RECORDING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170297351
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device allows a recording medium to be set easily, and prevents the recording medium from being warped so that printing quality is not lowered. An inkjet printer includes a bed including a surface that supports a recording medium, and a pivoting device that pivots the bed around a horizontal axis to locate the bed horizontally or vertically or pivots the bed around the horizontal axis to incline the bed with respect to a horizontal plane. The inkjet printer also includes a pair of guide rails provided on the bed and extending in an X direction and a movable member extending in a Y direction, engaged with the pair of guide rails and slidable on the pair of guide rails to move in the X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hidenori FUJIOKA, David GOWARD, Yoshihiro NARIYAMA, Yuji SAKATA, Shinji TABUCHI