Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kotabe

Hiroshi Kotabe 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: 8567928
    Abstract: A configuration of an image display apparatus which can reduce a pump exclusive for solvent is provided. The image display apparatus of the present invention is provided with an ink chamber in an ink supply path from an ink container to a printhead and a solvent chamber in a solvent supply path from a solvent container to the printhead. The ink chamber and the solvent chamber are formed by dividing a liquid chamber by an elastic member (diaphragm), and volumes (capacities) of the ink chamber and the solvent chamber are changed by a pressure of the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kotabe, Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao
  • Patent number: 8337004
    Abstract: An ink jet recording device comprises a main body equipped with an ink container, an ink supply pump ink, an ink recovery pump, and a control unit. A printing head equipped with a nozzle emits ink supplied from the main body as ink particles. An electrification electrode electrifies the ink particles and a deflection electrode deflects the electrified ink particles. A gutter collects ink particles which are not used for printing. An exhaust circulation path connects the ink container and the gutter. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows and an exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao, Seiji Fujikura, Tadayuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kotabe, Tomohiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 8333463
    Abstract: An ink jet recording device comprises a main body equipped with an ink container, an ink supply pump ink, an ink recovery pump, and a control unit. A printing head equipped with a nozzle emits ink supplied from the main body as ink particles. An electrification electrode electrifies the ink particles and a deflection electrode deflects the electrified ink particles. A gutter collects ink particles which are not used for printing. An exhaust circulation path connects the ink container and the gutter. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows and an exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao, Seiji Fujikura, Tadayuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kotabe, Tomohiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 8308282
    Abstract: An ink jet recording device, comprises: a main body equipped with an ink container which accumulate ink, an ink supply pump which supplies the ink, an ink recovery pump which recovers the ink, and a control unit; a printing head equipped with a nozzle which jets the ink supplied from the main body as ink particles, an electrification electrode which electrifies the ink particles, a deflection electrode which deflects the electrified ink particles, and a gutter which collects ink particles which are not used for printing; and a cable in which an ink supply flow path for supplying the ink from the main body to the printing head, an ink recovery flow path for returning the ink particles collected by the gutter into the ink container, an exhaust circulation path which connects the ink container and the gutter, and various signal lines for connecting the control unit and the printing head, are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao, Seiji Fujikura, Tadayuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kotabe, Tomohiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100066790
    Abstract: A configuration of an image display apparatus which can reduce a pump exclusive for solvent is provided. The image display apparatus of the present invention is provided with an ink chamber in an ink supply path from an ink container to a print head and a solvent chamber in a solvent supply path from a solvent container to the print head. The ink chamber and the solvent chamber are formed by dividing a liquid chamber by an elastic member (diaphragm), and volumes (capacities) of the ink chamber and the solvent chamber are changed by a pressure of the ink. In order to prevent a backflow of the solvent from the solvent chamber to the solvent container, a check valve (may be an electromagnetic valve) is provided. While the ink is not being supplied, a space in the solvent chamber is configured to be ensured by a repellant force of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kotabe, Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao
  • Publication number: 20100026770
    Abstract: An ink jet recording device comprises a main body equipped with an ink container, an ink supply pump ink, an ink recovery pump, and a control unit. A printing head equipped with a nozzle emits ink supplied from the main body as ink particles. An electrification electrode electrifies the ink particles and a deflection electrode deflects the electrified ink particles. A gutter collects ink particles which are not used for printing. An exhaust circulation path connects the ink container and the gutter. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows and an exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao, Seiji Fujikura, Tadayuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kotabe, Tomohiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100026754
    Abstract: An ink jet recording device comprises a main body equipped with an ink container, an ink supply pump ink, an ink recovery pump, and a control unit. A printing head equipped with a nozzle emits ink supplied from the main body as ink particles. An electrification electrode electrifies the ink particles and a deflection electrode deflects the electrified ink particles. A gutter collects ink particles which are not used for printing. An exhaust circulation path connects the ink container and the gutter. The gutter comprises two members of an ink flow path block in which ink flows and an exhaust flow path block in which exhaust solvent vapor flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao, Seiji Fujikura, Tadayuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kotabe, Tomohiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090189964
    Abstract: An ink jet recording device, comprises: a main body equipped with an ink container which accumulate ink, an ink supply pump which supplies the ink, an ink recovery pump which recovers the ink, and a control unit; a printing head equipped with a nozzle which jets the ink supplied from the main body as ink particles, an electrification electrode which electrifies the ink particles, a deflection electrode which deflects the electrified ink particles, and a gutter which collects ink particles which are not used for printing; and a cable in which an ink supply flow path for supplying the ink from the main body to the printing head, an ink recovery flow path for returning the ink particles collected by the gutter into the ink container, an exhaust circulation path which connects the ink container and the gutter, and various signal lines for connecting the control unit and the printing head, are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nagamine, Akira Miyao, Seiji Fujikura, Tadayuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kotabe, Tomohiro Inoue