Patents by Inventor Hirohisa KODAIRA

Hirohisa KODAIRA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240025677
    Abstract: A recording device 11 includes a device main body 20 including a recording section 25; a placement tray 21 on which a medium M is configured to be placed; and a cassette 22 provided below the recording section 25 and the placement tray 21 and configured to accommodate a medium M. The device main body 20 includes a first path 41 configured to feed medium M placed on the placement tray 21 to the recording section 25 and further to transport the recorded medium and a second path 42 configured to transport medium placed on the placement tray 21 to the cassette 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hirohisa KODAIRA, Masaki MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230321862
    Abstract: A punching device, includes a die configured to support a paper sheet and a punch unit configured to perform a punch process, wherein the punch unit includes a pressing section, a punch that has a conical shaped tip end section and that is configured to move up and down, and a punch guide hole configured to accommodate the punch and to guide the punch in up and down movement and the die includes a hole section provided in a portion facing the punch and through which the punch is passable, a die blade provided at an upper end periphery of the hole section and configured to cut the sheet in cooperation with the punch, and after the sheet is pressed by the die and the pressing section, the punch process is performed by lowering the punch while bringing the tip end section into contact with the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOTAKA, Hirohisa KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20230017851
    Abstract: A processing system includes a stacker on which at least one medium recorded with an image is stacked, a holding unit configured to hold the medium, a processing path extending from the stacker to the holding unit, a pick roller configured to transport the medium from the stacker to the processing path, a reading unit configured to read the medium transported through the processing path, and a control unit configured to store indication data indicating an index of whether to transport a medium to the holding unit, wherein, when receiving a processing instruction from a user, the control unit is configured to cause the pick roller to transport a medium from the stacker to the processing path, and determine whether to transport the medium to the holding unit, based on read data and the indication data, the read data being acquired by reading the medium by the reading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hirohisa KODAIRA, Chiaki SHIMADA, Kohei UENO
  • Publication number: 20230001714
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge alignment section configured to move to a first position, a second position, that is farther from the side edges in the width direction than the first position, and a third position, that is between the first position and the second position in the width direction. The post-processing apparatus is configured to execute an adjustment operation of moving the side edge alignment section from the second position to the third position and an alignment operation of aligning the medium by causing the side edge alignment section to abut on the medium in the first position. The adjustment operation is executed while the first transport section transports the medium and the alignment operation is executed after the adjustment operation is performed and after the medium reaches a tip end alignment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hirohisa KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20220380162
    Abstract: A post-processing device includes a processing tray, an aligning plate, a transport section, a feeding section, and a pressing section. A sheet before being subjected to stapling processing by a stapler is to be mounted on the processing tray. The aligning plate aligns ends of a plurality of sheets. The transport section transports the sheet toward the aligning plate. The feeding section is provided between the transport section and the aligning plate and feeds the sheet in a transport direction. The pressing section is provided between the transport section and the aligning plate and applies, to the sheet, a pressing force having a component in a direction opposite from the transport direction. Further, the pressing section applies the pressing force to the sheet before the feeding section applies a feeding force to the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOSUGE, Chiaki SHIMADA, Kenji UCHIBORI, Naoki UEMURA, Shun HARA, Hirohisa KODAIRA, Riku MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11505423
    Abstract: A loading unit includes a processing tray, alignment units, and a paddle. In the processing tray, a medium is placed. The alignment units are disposed an interval in a Y direction to align a downstream tip end in a positive A direction of the medium. The paddle moves the medium that has been fed onto the processing tray toward the alignment units. A coefficient of friction of a contact surface of the alignment unit is higher than a coefficient of friction of a front face of the alignment unit, and the contact surface is positioned downstream of the front face in the positive A direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chiaki Shimada, Masaki Miyazawa, Kei Sadakuni, Hirohisa Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20220272221
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a punch unit that punches a paper on which recording is performed by a recording unit that discharges ink, and a controller that controls a punching operation of the punch unit. The controller sets at least one of the number of punching and a punching speed per paper in the punch unit based on setting information of at least one of recording information and environmental information in the recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Namiki Hashiguchi, Kohei Ueno, Hirohisa Kodaira, Toshikazu Kotaka
  • Patent number: 11155109
    Abstract: A processing device includes a medium supporting portion having a support surface for supporting at least a front end portion of a transported medium, an aligning portion for aligning the medium supported by the medium supporting portion, a stacking portion provided below the medium supporting portion in a vertical direction, having a stacking surface on which the medium dropped from the medium supporting portion is stacked, and configured to move up and down, and a pressing portion having a pressing surface facing the support surface, the pressing surface being configured to move between a first position and a second position closer to the support surface than the first position, in which the pressing portion is disposed at the first position when the medium is transported to the medium supporting portion, and is disposed at the second position after the aligning portion aligns the medium on the medium supporting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chiaki Shimada, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Kenji Uchibori, Hirohisa Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20210309481
    Abstract: A loading unit includes a processing tray, alignment units, and a paddle. In the processing tray, a medium is placed. The alignment units are disposed an interval in a Y direction to align a downstream tip end in a positive A direction of the medium. The paddle moves the medium that has been fed onto the processing tray toward the alignment units. A coefficient of friction of a contact surface of the alignment unit is higher than a coefficient of friction of a front face of the alignment unit, and the contact surface is positioned downstream of the front face in the positive A direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chiaki SHIMADA, Masaki MIYAZAWA, Kei SADAKUNI, Hirohisa KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20210094329
    Abstract: A processing device includes a medium supporting portion having a support surface for supporting at least a front end portion of a transported medium, an aligning portion for aligning the medium supported by the medium supporting portion, a stacking portion provided below the medium supporting portion in a vertical direction, having a stacking surface on which the medium dropped from the medium supporting portion is stacked, and configured to move up and down, and a pressing portion having a pressing surface facing the support surface, the pressing surface being configured to move between a first position and a second position closer to the support surface than the first position, in which the pressing portion is disposed at the first position when the medium is transported to the medium supporting portion, and is disposed at the second position after the aligning portion aligns the medium on the medium supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Chiaki SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Kenji UCHIBORI, Hirohisa KODAIRA