Patents by Inventor Hisako Tonishi
Hisako Tonishi 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: 10737519Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
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Patent number: 10668750Abstract: A tape cartridge includes a casing, a tape roll, and a ribbon roll. The casing has a tape outlet. The tape roll is formed by winding a fabric tape. The ribbon roll is formed by winding an ink ribbon. The tape outlet is formed at a most downstream end of a tape conveying path of the fabric tape paid out from the tape roll. The fabric tape is discharged through the tape outlet outside. The fabric tape includes a heat cutter processed parts, and a printing part. The heat cutter processed parts are positioned at each end portion in a widthwise direction of the fabric tape. The printing part is positioned between the heat cutter processed parts. The fabric tape is in contact with an outer circumferential part of the ribbon roll on a way of conveying the fabric tape along the tape conveying path to the tape outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akiko Kodama, Hisako Tonishi, Keisuke Nishihara
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Publication number: 20190105931Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
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Publication number: 20190023038Abstract: A tape cartridge includes a casing, a tape roll, and a ribbon roll. The casing has a tape outlet. The tape roll is formed by winding a fabric tape. The ribbon roll is formed by winding an ink ribbon. The tape outlet is formed at a most downstream end of a tape conveying path of the fabric tape paid out from the tape roll. The fabric tape is discharged through the tape outlet outside. The fabric tape includes a heat cutter processed parts, and a printing part. The heat cutter processed parts are positioned at each end portion in a widthwise direction of the fabric tape. The printing part is positioned between the heat cutter processed parts. The fabric tape is in contact with an outer circumferential part of the ribbon roll on a way of conveying the fabric tape along the tape conveying path to the tape outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Akiko KODAMA, Hisako TONISHI, Keisuke NISHIHARA
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Patent number: 10166800Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
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Publication number: 20180015759Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
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Patent number: 9550381Abstract: A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape containment area, a first wall portion, a guide portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion. The cassette case includes a top face, a bottom face, a front face, and a pair of side faces. The tape containment area is an area in which a tape roll is accommodated. The first wall portion is provided along a portion of an outer perimeter of the tape containment area. The guide portion is provided downstream from the first wall portion on a feed path. The second wall portion is provided between the first wall portion and the guide portion. The third wall portion is provided on an opposite side of a tape from the second wall portion. The fourth wall portion is provided between the second wall portion and the guide portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mariko Niizeki, Tsutomu Kato, Hisako Tonishi, Khairul Fatasha Mohd, Masashi Iwamoto
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Patent number: 9041752Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer performing printing processing that forms desired print on a print-receiving medium. The printer includes a cartridge holder, a drive device, a thermal head, an energization device, an attribute detecting device, a first determination portion, and a processing portion. The cartridge holder removably mounts a cartridge. The drive device drives a feeding roller to feed the print-receiving medium. The thermal head performs printing on the print-receiving medium fed. The energization device controls energization of the thermal head. The attribute detecting device detects an attribute of the print-receiving medium. The first determination portion determines whether or not a tube cartridge capable of supplying a tubular print-receiving medium is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Susumu Murata, Kiyoichi Ohta, Hisako Tonishi
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Publication number: 20150015658Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer performing printing processing that forms desired print on a print-receiving medium. The printer includes a cartridge holder, a drive device, a thermal head, an energization device, an attribute detecting device, a first determination portion, and a processing portion. The cartridge holder removably mounts a cartridge. The drive device drives a feeding roller to feed the print-receiving medium. The thermal head performs printing on the print-receiving medium fed. The energization device controls energization of the thermal head. The attribute detecting device detects an attribute of the print-receiving medium. The first determination portion determines whether or not a tube cartridge capable of supplying a tubular print-receiving medium is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Susumu Murata, Kiyoichi Ohta, Hisako Tonishi
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Publication number: 20140307038Abstract: A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape containment area, a first wall portion, a guide portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion. The cassette case includes a top face, a bottom face, a front face, and a pair of side faces. The tape containment area is an area in which a tape roll is accommodated. The first wall portion is provided along a portion of an outer perimeter of the tape containment area. The guide portion is provided downstream from the first wall portion on a feed path. The second wall portion is provided between the first wall portion and the guide portion. The third wall portion is provided on an opposite side of a tape from the second wall portion. The fourth wall portion is provided between the second wall portion and the guide portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mariko Niizeki, Tsutomu Kato, Hisako Tonishi, Khairul Fatasha Mohd, Masashi Iwamoto
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Patent number: 8780155Abstract: The tape cassette used in a tape printing apparatus incorporates an ink ribbon including a thermal printing layer including a coloring layer containing wax and pigment coated on a base film and an adhesive layer coated on the coloring layer, and a congealing point of the thermal printing layer is controlled to be 89 degrees Celsius or higher and difference between a glass transition point of the thermal printing layer and a melting point of the thermal printing layer is controlled to be 23 degrees Celsius or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hisako Tonishi
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Patent number: 8123847Abstract: The water base ink for ink jet recording of the present invention is a water base ink for ink-jet recording containing a coloring agent, water, a penetrant, and a surfactant; wherein the penetrant includes diethylene glycol n-hexyl ether (A); the surfactant includes at least one surfactant (B) selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfonate, alkylbenzene sulfonate, alkyl carboxylate, and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate; a weight ratio (B/A) of (B) with respect to (A) is not less than 0.10; and the (A) is contained in the ink in an amount of 1.0% by weight to 2.5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hisako Tonishi
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Patent number: 8034171Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a coloring agent, water, a penetrant, and a surfactant, wherein the penetrant includes diethylene glycol n-hexyl ether (A), the surfactant includes an acetylene glycol-based surfactant (B1) and sodium polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate (B2), and (A), (B1), and (B2) are blended at ratios respectively to fulfill a predetermined condition. Accordingly, the water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which is excellent in the permeability, the vaporization characteristic, and the water repellence and which does not deteriorate any resin material forming a casing or the like of an ink jet recording apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Narumi Kawai, Hisako Tonishi
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Patent number: 7971983Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet recording, which provides a vivid and sharp ink-jet recorded material with no bleeding, is composed of a plurality of pigment inks and configured such that the average particle diameter of a pigment contained in any ink precedently landing on a recording medium is less than that of a pigment contained in another ink subsequently landing on the recording medium, and such that at least two pigment inks are different in average particle diameter of the pigment contained therein to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisako Tonishi, Ryuji Kato
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Patent number: 7766471Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet recording includes a black ink containing a black pigment having an average particle size of from about 100 nm to about 150 nm, and color inks containing color pigments having an average particle size of from about 60 nm to about 90 nm. The dynamic surface tension of the black ink is from about 40 mN/m to about 45 mN/m, and the dynamic surface tension of each of the yellow ink, the magenta ink and the cyan ink is from about 35 mN/m to about 40 mN/m measured on the condition of 25° C. according to a maximum bubble pressure method at lifetime of 100 ms.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Kato, Hisako Tonishi
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Patent number: 7763107Abstract: A black ink for ink-jet includes a pigment wherein an average particle diameter Da of the pigment is in the range of about 90 nm to about 130 nm. In addition, (D95?D5)/Da is about 1.4 or less, where D5 is the 5% cumulative particle diameter of the pigment and D95 is the 95% cumulative particle diameter of the pigment. A color ink for ink-jet recording also includes a pigment with the value Da of about 100 nm or less and (D95?D5)/Da of about 1.3 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hisako Tonishi
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Publication number: 20100077937Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a coloring agent, water, a penetrant, and a surfactant, wherein the penetrant includes diethylene glycol n-hexyl ether (A), the surfactant includes an acetylene glycol-based surfactant (B1) and sodium polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate (B2), and (A), (B1), and (B2) are blended at ratios respectively to fulfill a predetermined condition. Accordingly, the water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which is excellent in the permeability, the vaporization characteristic, and the water repellence and which does not deteriorate any resin material forming a casing or the like of an ink jet recording apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Narumi Kawai, Hisako Tonishi
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Publication number: 20100079564Abstract: The water base ink for ink jet recording of the present invention is a water base ink for ink-jet recording containing a coloring agent, water, a penetrant, and a surfactant; wherein the penetrant includes diethylene glycol n-hexyl ether (A); the surfactant includes at least one surfactant (B) selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfonate, alkylbenzene sulfonate, alkyl carboxylate, and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate; a weight ratio (B/A) of (B) with respect to (A) is not less than 0.10; and the (A) is contained in the ink in an amount of 1.0% by weight to 2.5% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hisako Tonishi
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Patent number: 7571977Abstract: An embodiment of the description relates to an ink-jet recording apparatus which includes an ink cartridge in which ink is stored in an ink chamber, and a mechanism that optically detects the amount of ink remaining in the ink chamber. The receding contact angle of the ink with respect to an inner wall surface of the ink chamber is about 20° or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisako Tonishi, Masashi Tsuda
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Publication number: 20090165674Abstract: A black ink for ink-jet includes a pigment wherein an average particle diameter Da of the pigment is in the range of about 90 nm to about 130 nm. In addition, (D95?D5)/Da is about 1.4 or less, where D5 is the 5% cumulative particle diameter of the pigment and D95 is the 95% cumulative particle diameter of the pigment. A color ink for ink-jet recording also includes a pigment with the value Da of about 100 nm or less and (D95?D5)/Da of about 1.3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hisako TONISHI