Patents by Inventor Eiji TAKETSUGU
Eiji TAKETSUGU 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: 11891256Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing having a feeding port through which a medium is introduced into the housing, a feeding tray for supporting the medium fed through the feeding port, and a rotary damper configured to generate torque, in which the feeding tray includes a rotation shaft about which the feeding tray is rotatable, relative to the housing, between a close position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in a close state and an open position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in an open state, and the rotation shaft and the rotary damper are interlocked with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Shun Ito
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Patent number: 11192391Abstract: A feeding tray includes a first member supported, via a housing member, by a main body of a recording device configured to perform recording onto a medium, and a second member that includes a second support surface configured to support the medium and is coupled to the first member to be movable relatively to the first member, with a transport direction of the medium being a movement direction. The second member includes a second frame body forming an outer peripheral portion of the second member, and a plurality of second ribs spanning across the second frame body to form the second support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Tsuyoshi Himeno, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kenjiro Ishihara
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Publication number: 20210178780Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing having a feeding port through which a medium is introduced into the housing, a feeding tray for supporting the medium fed through the feeding port, and a rotary damper configured to generate torque, in which the feeding tray includes a rotation shaft about which the feeding tray is rotatable, relative to the housing, between a close position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in a close state and an open position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in an open state, and the rotation shaft and the rotary damper are interlocked with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Eiji TAKETSUGU, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Shun ITO
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Patent number: 10857817Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head, a support member which is disposed to face the recording head and on which a plurality of ribs for supporting a medium are formed, the plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs which are provided in a medium width direction and a plurality of second ribs which are positioned on a downstream side from the first ribs and are provided in the medium width direction, each of the second ribs has a guide surface for scooping up a leading edge of the medium which is fed backward, and the guide surface includes a first guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs and a second guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenichi Furuya, Kazuo Saito, Eiji Taketsugu
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Publication number: 20200307263Abstract: A feeding tray includes a first member supported, via a housing member, by a main body of a recording device configured to perform recording onto a medium, and a second member that includes a second support surface configured to support the medium and is coupled to the first member to be movable relatively to the first member, with a transport direction of the medium being a movement direction. The second member includes a second frame body forming an outer peripheral portion of the second member, and a plurality of second ribs spanning across the second frame body to form the second support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Eiji TAKETSUGU, Tsuyoshi HIMENO, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Kenjiro ISHIHARA
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Patent number: 10525746Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a paper discharging tray constituted of a first tray and a second tray which are capable of being displaced along a medium discharging direction, the paper discharging tray can be stored in the recording apparatus, a motor which drives the paper discharging tray and a transmission unit which transmits power of the motor to the paper discharging tray includes a first gear which comes into contact with the first tray and transmits the power of the motor to the first tray and a second gear which comes into contact with the second tray and transmits the power of the motor to the second tray.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Yoshino, Kensuke Tamai, Eiji Taketsugu, Hitoshi Igarashi
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Patent number: 10500874Abstract: In a support member that is disposed to face a liquid emitting head and supports a medium, in a first region through which an edge of a first medium in a medium width direction passes, a liquid receiving portion is provided which receives a liquid emitted on a region deviated from the edge of the first medium in the medium width direction, and in a second region as a region through which an edge of a second medium in which a size thereof in the medium width direction is larger than that of the first medium passes, an absorbing material disposing portion at which a liquid absorbing material which absorbs the liquid guided from the liquid receiving portion is disposed to be capable of being exposed from an upper side of the support member is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuo Otsuka, Yosuke Nakano, Eiji Taketsugu, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kazuhisa Kawakami
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Patent number: 10421301Abstract: A printer includes a first upper face cover and a second upper face cover. The first upper face cover is formed such that when a medium is set in a setting port, the width direction of the medium is a first direction, and the first upper face cover has a smaller dimension in the first direction than a dimension of an apparatus main body in the first direction. The first upper face cover in a closed state is included inside the second upper face cover in plan view when the second upper face cover is in a closed state. The first upper face cover and the second upper face cover both in the closed states form a shape that corresponds to an outline of an upper portion of the apparatus main body.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Toshio Miyake, Hisayuki Akahane, Masachika Nagase
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Patent number: 10245863Abstract: Of at least three drive sources provided inside a printer body, a carriage-driving motor and a transport motor are disposed on one side with respect to a center portion in a width direction that intersects a medium transport direction while a sheet-feed motor is disposed on the other side with respect to the center portion in the width direction. The battery that provides electric power to the three drive sources is disposed such that the center of gravity of the battery is on the other side with respect to the center portion in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masachika Nagase, Hisayuki Akahane, Toshio Miyake, Eiji Taketsugu
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Publication number: 20190092051Abstract: In a support member that is disposed to face a liquid emitting head and supports a medium, in a first region through which an edge of a first medium in a medium width direction passes, a liquid receiving portion is provided which receives a liquid emitted on a region deviated from the edge of the first medium in the medium width direction, and in a second region as a region through which an edge of a second medium in which a size thereof in the medium width direction is larger than that of the first medium passes, an absorbing material disposing portion at which a liquid absorbing material which absorbs the liquid guided from the liquid receiving portion is disposed to be capable of being exposed from an upper side of the support member is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Kazuo OTSUKA, Yosuke NAKANO, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Kazuhisa KAWAKAMI
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Patent number: 10232648Abstract: A printer includes an encoder scale having a reading region that is read by an encoder that detects a motion of a transport driving roller, and an anti-static unit having an anti-static brush that is in contact with the encoder scale and a base that supports the anti-static brush, wherein the anti-static brush is in contact with a region of the encoder scale other than the reading region.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toshio Miyake, Eiji Taketsugu, Masachika Nagase
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Publication number: 20180311976Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head, a support member which is disposed to face the recording head and on which a plurality of ribs for supporting a medium are formed, the plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs which are provided in a medium width direction and a plurality of second ribs which are positioned on a downstream side from the first ribs and are provided in the medium width direction, each of the second ribs has a guide surface for scooping up a leading edge of the medium which is fed backward, and the guide surface includes a first guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs and a second guide surface which is formed on each of the second ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Kenichi FURUYA, Kazuo SAITO, Eiji TAKETSUGU
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Publication number: 20180272763Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a paper discharging tray constituted of a first tray and a second tray which are capable of being displaced along a medium discharging direction, the paper discharging tray can be stored in the recording apparatus, a motor which drives the paper discharging tray and a transmission unit which transmits power of the motor to the paper discharging tray includes a first gear which comes into contact with the first tray and transmits the power of the motor to the first tray and a second gear which comes into contact with the second tray and transmits the power of the motor to the second tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Satoshi YOSHINO, Kensuke TAMAI, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Hitoshi IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20180244081Abstract: A printer includes an encoder scale having a reading region that is read by an encoder that detects a motion of a transport driving roller, and an anti-static unit having an anti-static brush that is in contact with the encoder scale and a base that supports the anti-static brush, wherein the anti-static brush is in contact with a region of the encoder scale other than the reading region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Toshio MIYAKE, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Masachika NAGASE
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Publication number: 20180093510Abstract: Of at least three drive sources provided inside a printer body, a carriage-driving motor and a transport motor are disposed on one side with respect to a center portion in a width direction that intersects a medium transport direction while a sheet-feed motor is disposed on the other side with respect to the center portion in the width direction. The battery that provides electric power to the three drive sources is disposed such that the center of gravity of the battery is on the other side with respect to the center portion in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Masachika NAGASE, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Toshio MIYAKE, Eiji TAKETSUGU
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Publication number: 20180093511Abstract: A printer includes a first upper face cover and a second upper face cover. The first upper face cover is formed such that when a medium is set in a setting port, the width direction of the medium is a first direction, and the first upper face cover has a smaller dimension in the first direction than a dimension of an apparatus main body in the first direction. The first upper face cover in a closed state is included inside the second upper face cover in plan view when the second upper face cover is in a closed state. The first upper face cover and the second upper face cover both in the closed states form a shape that corresponds to an outline of an upper portion of the apparatus main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Eiji TAKETSUGU, Toshio MIYAKE, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Masachika NAGASE
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Patent number: 9527289Abstract: A recording device includes a liquid ejection head, a support unit that support a paper sheet, a transportation path along which the paper sheet is reversed and transported, and a transportation roller that transports the paper sheet, wherein a liquid absorbent is provided downstream in the transportation direction of the paper sheet relative to the transportation roller, and liquid absorbents are provided upstream in the transportation direction of the paper sheet relative to the transportation roller, and second liquid absorbent is provided between the liquid absorbent and the liquid absorbent.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masachika Nagase, Kazumasa Harada, Hirohisa Adachi, Eiji Taketsugu, Kazuhisa Takeda
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Patent number: 9145012Abstract: In a recording device which performs recording on a recording medium, a transport driving roller which carries out transporting of the recording medium as a medium transport roller is formed by processing a plate member into a cylindrical shape. A bonding portion where the pair of edge portions of the plate material are bonded has a transport region, which is a region where at least the recording medium comes into contact with, extends in a straight line shape in a direction which intersects a circumference line.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Yosuke Nakano
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Patent number: 9090106Abstract: In a recording device which performs recording on a recording medium, a transport driving roller which carries out transporting of the recording medium as a medium transport roller is formed by processing a plate member into a cylindrical shape. A bonding portion where the pair of edge portions of the plate material are bonded has a transport region, which is a region where at least the recording medium comes into contact with, extends in a straight line shape in a direction which intersects a circumference line.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Yosuke Nakano
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Publication number: 20150151545Abstract: A recording device includes a liquid ejection head, a support unit that support a paper sheet, a transportation path along which the paper sheet is reversed and transported, and a transportation roller that transports the paper sheet, wherein a liquid absorbent is provided downstream in the transportation direction of the paper sheet relative to the transportation roller, and liquid absorbents are provided upstream in the transportation direction of the paper sheet relative to the transportation roller, and second liquid absorbent is provided between the liquid absorbent and the liquid absorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Masachika Nagase, Kazumasa Harada, Hirohisa Adachi, Eiji Taketsugu, Kazuhisa Takeda