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).

  • Patent number: 11891256
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Shun Ito
  • Patent number: 11192391
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Tsuyoshi Himeno, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kenjiro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20210178780
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji TAKETSUGU, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Shun ITO
  • Patent number: 10857817
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Furuya, Kazuo Saito, Eiji Taketsugu
  • Publication number: 20200307263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji TAKETSUGU, Tsuyoshi HIMENO, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Kenjiro ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10525746
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshino, Kensuke Tamai, Eiji Taketsugu, Hitoshi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10500874
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Otsuka, Yosuke Nakano, Eiji Taketsugu, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kazuhisa Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10421301
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Toshio Miyake, Hisayuki Akahane, Masachika Nagase
  • Patent number: 10245863
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masachika Nagase, Hisayuki Akahane, Toshio Miyake, Eiji Taketsugu
  • Publication number: 20190092051
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuo OTSUKA, Yosuke NAKANO, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Kazuhisa KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10232648
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Miyake, Eiji Taketsugu, Masachika Nagase
  • Publication number: 20180311976
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi FURUYA, Kazuo SAITO, Eiji TAKETSUGU
  • Publication number: 20180272763
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHINO, Kensuke TAMAI, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Hitoshi IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20180244081
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Toshio MIYAKE, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Masachika NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20180093510
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Masachika NAGASE, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Toshio MIYAKE, Eiji TAKETSUGU
  • Publication number: 20180093511
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Eiji TAKETSUGU, Toshio MIYAKE, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Masachika NAGASE
  • Patent number: 9527289
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masachika Nagase, Kazumasa Harada, Hirohisa Adachi, Eiji Taketsugu, Kazuhisa Takeda
  • Patent number: 9145012
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Yosuke Nakano
  • Patent number: 9090106
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Taketsugu, Yosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20150151545
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Masachika Nagase, Kazumasa Harada, Hirohisa Adachi, Eiji Taketsugu, Kazuhisa Takeda