Patents by Inventor Eiji Kumai
Eiji Kumai 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: 11932005Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiji Kumai
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Publication number: 20220388316Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventor: Eiji KUMAI
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Patent number: 11413885Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiji Kumai
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Publication number: 20200147987Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventor: Eiji Kumai
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Patent number: 10543702Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiji Kumai
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Patent number: 10150314Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that is capable of ejecting a liquid; and a tension adjusting unit that is rotatable about a rotational shaft and that is capable of applying a tension to a medium by coming into contact with the medium onto which the liquid is ejected. The tension adjusting unit is capable of applying the tension to the medium at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Kumai, Takashi Akahane, Yoji Takahashi, Osamu Murayama
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Patent number: 9908348Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit which can eject liquid in an ejecting region: and a medium support unit which can support a medium on a downstream side in a transport direction of the medium compared to the ejecting region, in which the medium support unit has a first region which has at least one face, and a second region which is located between the ejecting region and the first region, and has a plurality of bent portions, and in which the length of a face between the bent portions in the second region in the transport direction is shorter than the length of a face included in the first region in the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Kumai, Yoji Takahashi, Osamu Hara
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Publication number: 20170282612Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: an unwinding unit that holds a roll-shaped medium and unwinds the held medium; an ejecting unit that ejects liquid onto the medium unwound from the unwinding unit; a winding unit that winds the medium onto which the liquid is ejected; and a base member to which the unwinding unit and the winding unit are attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoji TAKAHASHI, Osamu HARA, Eiji KUMAI
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Publication number: 20170173983Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that is capable of ejecting a liquid; and a tension adjusting unit that is rotatable about a rotational shaft and that is capable of applying a tension to a medium by coming into contact with the medium onto which the liquid is ejected. The tension adjusting unit is capable of applying the tension to the medium at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Eiji Kumai, Takashi Akahane
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Patent number: 9682575Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus that includes a medium support portion which supports a recording medium and a tension applying portion which applies tension to the medium support portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Eiji Kumai
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Publication number: 20170165983Abstract: In a print apparatus including a first holder unit that holds a rolled medium, the first holder unit includes a base, a main shaft that is supported on the base and moves along an axial direction to thereby fix the rolled medium, a split-nut portion that is provided on the base and is splittable into two, a bolt that moves the main shaft along the axial direction, a handle that rotates the bolt, and an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the split-nut portion. The split-nut portion is screwed onto the bolt and moves the bolt rotated with the handle along the axial direction while the split-nut portion is closed, and releases the bolt while the split-nut portion is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Yoji TAKAHASHI, Eiji KUMAI
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Patent number: 9617106Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that is capable of ejecting a liquid; and a tension adjusting unit that is rotatable about a rotational shaft and that is capable of applying a tension to a medium by coming into contact with the medium onto which the liquid is ejected. The tension adjusting unit is capable of applying the tension to the medium at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Kumai, Takashi Akahane
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Publication number: 20170028757Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventor: Eiji KUMAI
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Patent number: 9527312Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a discharge unit that is capable of discharging a liquid, a medium support unit in which an opening portion is provided, and which supports a medium onto which the liquid is discharged, a heater that is capable of applying heat to the medium, a sensor that detects an energy in a detectable region, a control unit that is capable of changing an output of the heater on the basis of the energy, and a detectable portion whose energy is detected by the sensor, and which is provided in a position that is within the opening portion and is within the detectable region.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Hara, Shuichiro Nakano, Eiji Kumai
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Publication number: 20160325561Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus that includes a medium support portion which supports a recording medium and a tension applying portion which applies tension to the medium support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Eiji KUMAI
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Patent number: 9487030Abstract: A medium holding member that is attached to a medium supporting portion includes a fitting portion that is fit into the medium supporting portion and that is located at each of at least one portion in an upstream side edge portion of the medium holding member in a medium transportation direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Teruhiko Wakabayashi, Atsushi Majima, Eiji Kumai, Osamu Hara
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Patent number: 9446609Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Norihiro Yamashita, Eiji Kumai, Yuta Tsukada, Shoji Akatsu
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Patent number: 9446613Abstract: A medium supporting device includes a flexible medium supporting section that supports a medium, a supporting base that supports the medium supporting section in contact with a first contact section and a second contact section, and a tension applying section that applies tension to the medium supporting section between the first contact section and the second contact section. The first contact section and the second contact section extend in a cross direction, intersecting with the tension applying direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichiro Nakano, Osamu Hara, Eiji Kumai
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Patent number: 9387699Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection section that ejects a liquid, a medium supporting section that supports a medium onto which the liquid is ejected, a heater that is disposed at a position which is not in contact with the medium supporting section and is configured to emit a thermal energy, a heat receiving section that receives the thermal energy emitted from the heater, and a stop section that stops the heater when a temperature of the heat receiving section becomes a predetermined temperature or higher, wherein the heat receiving section is disposed at a position on a first direction side with respect to the heater and between the heater and the medium supporting section, when the first direction is defined as a direction which is directed from the heater to the medium supporting section.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Yoshida, Eiji Kumai
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Patent number: 9346289Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: an apparatus main body that has a transportation unit which transports a recording medium and a liquid droplet ejection head which ejects an ink onto the recording medium; a curing unit that has a curing heater which heats and cures the ink on the recording medium; and a support mechanism that connects the apparatus main body and the curing unit, and displaceably supports the curing unit to be in an unfolded state and to be in a folded state where a depth which is the total length of the apparatus main body and the curing unit is shorter than that in the unfolded state in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the apparatus main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiji Kumai