Patents by Inventor Eiko Yanagida
Eiko Yanagida 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: 20230241899Abstract: An ink container includes a storage section configured to store an ink, a supply tube configured to supply the ink stored in the storage section to a printer, a sealing member disposed in the supply tube, and a holding member configured to hold the sealing member. The holding member is detachably attached to the supply tube and has an indication that indicates that a refilling operation was performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki NAITO, Eiko YANAGIDA, Yoshiharu MIZUNO
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Patent number: 10315428Abstract: A printing device includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium using liquid. A liquid container includes a liquid containing chamber, which is capable of containing the liquid supplied to the printing unit, and a liquid inlet, which allows the liquid containing chamber to be filled with the liquid. A shell accommodates the printing unit and a portion of the liquid container. The liquid container includes a projecting portion that projects out of the shell. A protection member covers the projecting portion. The protection member projects out of the shell in a direction that is the same as a direction in which the liquid container projects out of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Munehide Kanaya, Eiko Yanagida, Toshifumi Sakai, Nobuhisa Nomoto
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Patent number: 10118400Abstract: A liquid ejection system of this invention includes a mechanism unit that can change the relative position of a medium relative to a liquid ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid, and a liquid storage container having a liquid storage portion capable of storing the liquid that is to be supplied to the liquid ejection head. A liquid injection portion that enables injection of the liquid into the liquid storage portion is provided in the liquid storage container. In an orientation in which the liquid injection portion faces a direction upward relative to the horizontal direction, in a plan view of the mechanism unit from vertically above, at least a portion of the liquid storage container excluding the liquid injection portion is overlapped with the region of the mechanism unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Igarashi, Kazuhisa Kawakami, Katsumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Taguchi, Eiko Yanagida
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Publication number: 20180281432Abstract: A printing device includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium using liquid, a liquid container that includes a liquid containing chamber capable of containing the liquid supplied to the printing unit, and a liquid receiving portion that includes an inner end opening, which opens in the liquid containing chamber, and an outer end opening, which is located at an opposite side of the inner end opening, the liquid containing chamber is able to receive the liquid through the liquid receiving portion. The liquid container includes an opening formation wall portion that is provided with the inner end opening. The outer end opening has a dimension in one direction that is greater than or equal to a width of the opening formation wall portion in the one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Munehide KANAYA, Eiko YANAGIDA, Nobuhisa NOMOTO, Toshifumi SAKAI
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Publication number: 20180244054Abstract: A printing device includes a printing unit that performs printing on a medium using liquid. A liquid container includes a liquid containing chamber, which is capable of containing the liquid supplied to the printing unit, and a liquid inlet, which allows the liquid containing chamber to be filled with the liquid. A shell accommodates the printing unit and a portion of the liquid container. The liquid container includes a projecting portion that projects out of the shell. A protection member covers the projecting portion. The protection member projects out of the shell in a direction that is the same as a direction in which the liquid container projects out of the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Munehide KANAYA, Eiko YANAGIDA, Toshifumi SAKAI, Nobuhisa NOMOTO
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Publication number: 20170355196Abstract: An ink replenish adjunctive device is used to replenish an ink to an ink tank that includes an ink inlet member having a flow path in an axial direction. The ink replenish adjunctive device includes a connection portion having an end that is connectable to the ink inlet member in a liquid-tight state, and an ink inflow portion that is configured to allow the ink flow toward the connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi SHINADA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Taku ISHIZAWA, Noriyuki FUKASAWA, Tadashi WATANABE, Ryoichi TANAKA, Eiko YANAGIDA
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Publication number: 20170144446Abstract: A liquid ejection system of this invention includes a mechanism unit that can change the relative position of a medium relative to a liquid ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid, and a liquid storage container having a liquid storage portion capable of storing the liquid that is to be supplied to the liquid ejection head. A liquid injection portion that enables injection of the liquid into the liquid storage portion is provided in the liquid storage container. In an orientation in which the liquid injection portion faces a direction upward relative to the horizontal direction, in a plan view of the mechanism unit from vertically above, at least a portion of the liquid storage container excluding the liquid injection portion is overlapped with the region of the mechanism unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: HITOSHI IGARASHI, KAZUHISA KAWAKAMI, KATSUMI YAMADA, YASUHIRO TAGUCHI, EIKO YANAGIDA
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Patent number: 9610775Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing onto a medium using liquid; a liquid housing body that includes a liquid pouring inlet that can pour the liquid into the liquid housing chamber; and a casing in which the printing unit and the liquid housing body are housed. The casing including a cover member that can displace the position thereof between an opening position which exposes the liquid pouring inlet to an outside and a closing position which does not expose the liquid pouring inlet to the outside, and the cover member can support an ink bottle in which liquid is stored in a state where the liquid can be poured from the ink bottle to the liquid pouring inlet of the liquid housing body in a case where the cover member is in the opening position.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiko Yanagida, Nobuhisa Nomoto
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Publication number: 20170043586Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that performs printing onto a medium using liquid; a liquid housing body that includes a liquid pouring inlet that can pour the liquid into the liquid housing chamber; and a casing in which the printing unit and the liquid housing body are housed. The casing including a cover member that can displace the position thereof between an opening position which exposes the liquid pouring inlet to an outside and a closing position which does not expose the liquid pouring inlet to the outside, and the cover member can support an ink bottle in which liquid is stored in a state where the liquid can be poured from the ink bottle to the liquid pouring inlet of the liquid housing body in a case where the cover member is in the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Eiko YANAGIDA, Nobuhisa NOMOTO
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Patent number: 9358796Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes: a plurality of liquid containers, each including a liquid container part that is capable of storing a liquid, and a liquid supply part that is in communication with the inside of the liquid container part and is capable of supplying the liquid in the liquid container part to a recording head of a liquid ejection recording apparatus; and a casing that detachably houses therein the plurality of liquid containers and that is supported by the liquid ejection recording apparatus. At least two of the plurality of liquid containers are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction within the casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsutomo Tsukahara, Eiko Yanagida
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Publication number: 20150343786Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes: a plurality of liquid containers, each including a liquid container part that is capable of storing a liquid, and a liquid supply part that is in communication with the inside of the liquid container part and is capable of supplying the liquid in the liquid container part to a recording head of a liquid ejection recording apparatus; and a casing that detachably houses therein the plurality of liquid containers and that is supported by the liquid ejection recording apparatus. At least two of the plurality of liquid containers are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction within the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Katsutomo TSUKAHARA, Eiko YANAGIDA
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Patent number: 7483159Abstract: A consumable purchase assist program is built in a computer (500) to which a print apparatus (400) is connected, and contains at least a purchase source information acquisition step for acquiring via a network (220), purchase source information containing dealer information of a consumable required for the print apparatus to print or selling condition information, a type information acquisition step for acquiring consumable type information from the print apparatus, and a consumable information display step for displaying the contents of the purchase source information and the type information on a screen of the computer.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Fumio Tokutomo, Masumi Yoshino, Eiko Yanagida
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Patent number: 6854835Abstract: An ink cartridge including: an ink chamber for retaining liquid ink; a foam chamber maintained in fluid communication with the ink chamber through a communication hole. An ink supply port for supplying ink from a porous body accommodated in the foam chamber to a recording head is provided. The portion of the foam body confronting the ink supply port is compressed by the ink supply port. The ratio between the amount of ink initially charged in the ink chamber and that of ink absorbed in the porous body is in the range from 1:1 to 1:3. When a cartridge uses more than one color of ink for printing in color, a plurality of foam and ink cartridges are used. The cartridge is filled under reduced pressure while the interior of the cartridge is further evacuated before filling with ink.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takao Kobayashi, Satoshi Shinada, Kiyofumi Usui, Shoichi Hiraide, Kazuo Koshino, Hisashi Miyazawa, Seiji Mochizuki, Yoshinori Miyazawa, Takashi Suzuki, Eiko Yanagida
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Publication number: 20030151635Abstract: When a printer carries out maintenance by control by a maintenance control portion 52, an ink information obtaining portion 73 calculates the amount of the consumed ink. The calculated ink amount is stored in a storage element attached to an ink cartridge by a storage element managing portion 74. By doing this, the amount of ink not used in actual printing such as the amount of ink used for maintenance can be grasped by reading out the contents of the storage element later.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Naka, Masumi Yoshino, Hideto Matsuzaka, Eiko Yanagida
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Publication number: 20030063168Abstract: An ink cartridge including: an ink chamber for retaining liquid ink; a foam chamber maintained in fluid communication with the ink chamber through a communication hole. An ink supply port for supplying ink from a porous body accommodated in the foam chamber to a recording head is provided. The portion of the foam body confronting the ink supply port is compressed by the ink supply port. The ratio between the amount of ink initially charged in the ink chamber and that of ink absorbed in the porous body is in the range from 1:1 to 1:3. When a cartridge uses more than one color of ink for printing in color, a plurality of foam and ink cartridges are used. The cartridge is filled under reduced pressure while the interior of the cartridge is further evacuated before filling with ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: Takao Kobayashi, Satoshi Shinada, Kiyofumi Usui, Shoichi Hiraide, Kazuo Koshino, Hisashi Miyazawa, Seiji Mochizuki, Yoshinori Miyazawa, Takashi Suzuki, Eiko Yanagida
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Publication number: 20020135624Abstract: When a printer carries out maintenance by control by a maintenance control portion 52, an ink information obtaining portion 73 calculates the amount of the consumed ink. The calculated ink amount is stored in a storage element attached to an ink cartridge by a storage element managing portion 74. By doing this, the amount of ink not used in actual printing such as the amount of ink used for maintenance can be grasped by reading out the contents of the storage element later.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Naka, Masumi Yoshino, Hideto Matsuzaka, Eiko Yanagida
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Publication number: 20020054340Abstract: A consumable purchase assist program is built in a computer (500) to which a print apparatus (400) is connected, and contains at least a purchase source information acquisition step for acquiring via a network (220), purchase source information containing dealer information of a consumable required for the print apparatus to print or selling condition information, a type information acquisition step for acquiring consumable type information from the print apparatus, and a consumable information display step for displaying the contents of the purchase source information and the type information on a screen of the computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Fumio Tokutomi, Masumi Yoshino, Eiko Yanagida
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Patent number: 6247803Abstract: An ink tank cartridge for an ink-jet type recording apparatus being removably mountable onto an ink supply needle of said ink jet type recording apparatus is provided. The ink tank cartridge comprises a first chamber for storing ink and a second chamber for storing a porous member. A partition wall separates the first chamber from the second chamber. A lid is attached to the top of the cartridge and at least a portion of the lid corresponding to at least one of the chambers may be opened to allow for replenishment of ink in the ink tank cartridge. Alternatively, the lid may be permanently fixed to the top on the ink tank cartridge, and an ink replenishment hole may be formed in the lid to allow for replenishment with an ink injection device. The ink tank may also be replenished by placing a self contained ink replenishment pack into said ink tank cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Munehide Kanaya, Takao Kobayashi, Kiyofumi Usui, Eiko Yanagida, Yoshinori Miyazawa
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Patent number: 6238042Abstract: An ink cartridge including: an ink chamber for retaining liquid ink; a foam chamber maintained in fluid communication with the ink chamber through a communication hole. An ink supply port for supplying ink from a porous body accommodated in the foam chamber to a recording head is provided. The portion of the foam body confronting the ink supply port is compressed by the ink supply port. The ratio between the amount of ink initially charged in the ink chamber and that of ink absorbed in the porous body is in the range from 1:1 to 1:3. When a cartridge uses more than one color of ink for printing in color, a plurality of foam and ink cartridges are used. The cartridge is filled under reduced pressure while the interior of the cartridge is further evacuated before filling with ink.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takao Kobayashi, Satoshi Shinada, Kiyofumi Usui, Shoichi Hiraide, Kazuo Koshino, Hisashi Miyazawa, Seiji Mochizuki, Yoshinori Miyazawa, Takashi Suzuki, Eiko Yanagida
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Patent number: 6223131Abstract: An ink cartridge for an ink-jet recording apparatus, comprises: a tank housing containing ink, the ink being visible from an outside; and indications, marked along a depth direction of the tank housing, for displaying the number and size of record sheets which can be subjected to printing, corresponding to a quantity of remaining ink. Alternately, at least an ink consumption state and enablement or disablement of printing are displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1996Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Munehide Kanaya, Takao Kobayashi, Hisashi Miyazawa, Eiko Yanagida, Kazuo Koshino