Patents by Inventor Itaru Wada
Itaru Wada 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: 20250360728Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to dry a liquid composition applied to a print medium while conveying the print medium between a plurality of casings, wherein a blowing mechanism for blowing air to the print medium is disposed in at least one of the plurality of casings, and, between a first casing in which a first blowing mechanism serving as the blowing mechanism is disposed and a second casing adjacent to the first casing, a connection member for connecting a blowing space in the first blowing mechanism of the first casing and a conveyance space in the second casing in which space the print medium is conveyed, thereby forming a closed space, is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Inventors: ITARU WADA, SHOICHI ZENSAI, TOMOHIRO SUZUKI
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Patent number: 12466683Abstract: A printing medium accommodating apparatus can stack a printing medium discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus. This accommodating apparatus includes a receiving member configured to receive a printing medium discharged from the discharge port; a holding member configured to hold one end of the receiving member; and a turning member configured to turn the holding member, and includes an attachment unit capable of attaching the turning member to an insertion slot provided in the printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Tsutomu Obata, Itaru Wada, Ryo Harigae, Kengo Nieda, Kohei Fukui
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Patent number: 12466201Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2024Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
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Publication number: 20250313021Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll, comprising: a roll holding unit; a support unit rotatably supporting the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and inserted into a hollow portion of the core pipe from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a first contact member provided to the core portion and elastically deformed to a position where the first contact member presses a first portion of an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a second contact member provided to the core portion at a position that is different from the position where the first contact member is provided and elastically deformed to a position where the second contact member presses a second portion of the inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2025Publication date: October 9, 2025Inventors: RYO HARIGAE, ITARU WADA
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Publication number: 20250282160Abstract: A recording device includes: a first fixing member; a first contact portion movable between a first pressing position to press a first shaft hole of a first roll sheet radially outward and a first non-pressing position located on a radially inward side of the first pressing position; a cam moving the first contact portion between the first pressing position and the first non-pressing position; a second fixing member attachable to or detachable from the first fixing member; and a second contact portion movable between a second pressing position to press a second shaft hole of a second roll sheet radially outward and a second non-pressing position located on a radially inward side of the second pressing position. In a state where the second fixing member is attached to the first fixing member, the cam moves the second contact portion between the second pressing position and the second non-pressing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2025Publication date: September 11, 2025Inventors: ITARU WADA, YUYA NANJI, RYOSUKE MURATA
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Patent number: 12410027Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus for performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll including: a roll holding unit configured to hold the roll; a support unit configured to rotatably support the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and configured to be inserted into a hollow portion of a core pipe of the roll from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a contact member provided to the core portion and configured to be put in contact with an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a cam member disposed inside the core portion and configured to pivot to a first position where the contact member is pressed onto the inner wall and to a second position where the contact member is retracted from the inner wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Itaru Wada, Ryo Harigae
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Patent number: 12403705Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image; a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2024Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 12377672Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll, comprising: a roll holding unit; a support unit rotatably supporting the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and inserted into a hollow portion of the core pipe from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a first contact member provided to the core portion and elastically deformed to a position where the first contact member presses a first portion of an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a second contact member provided to the core portion at a position that is different from the position where the first contact member is provided and elastically deformed to a position where the second contact member presses a second portion of the inner wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryo Harigae, Itaru Wada
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Patent number: 12162708Abstract: A sheet storage apparatus and a printing apparatus include simplified mechanisms for supporting a sheet and for guiding the sheet. A sheet storage device that can store a sheet discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus includes multiple flappers provided below the discharge port and arranged in a width direction of the sheet, each flapper being rotatable between a first posture in which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is guided downward in a gravitational direction by using a first surface, and a second posture in which the sheet is supported by using a second surface being different from the first surface; and a connecting unit which connects the plurality of flappers to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Itaru Wada, Daiki Anayama
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Publication number: 20240367445Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image; a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 12115781Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus. A printing unit prints an image on a printing medium and is able to move. A cutter unit is able to connect with or separate from the printing unit, and, by following a movement of the printing unit, cuts the printing medium. A setting unit sets, in accordance with a size of the printing medium, a standby position of the cutter unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 12064959Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to be able to convey a roll sheet that is wound in a rolled shape and a cut sheet that is not wound in a rolled shape to a printing unit configured to print an image, a receiving unit detachably attached to the apparatus, the receiving unit being configured to receive the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit; a detection unit configured to detect whether the receiving unit is attached to the apparatus; and a holding unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects that the receiving unit is not attached to the apparatus, nip to hold the cut sheet onto which printing has been performed by the printing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Itaru Wada, Yasuyuki Asai, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20240269996Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus comprises a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet. The printing apparatus performs: supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
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Patent number: 11993073Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai
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Publication number: 20230294428Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll, comprising: a roll holding unit; a support unit rotatably supporting the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and inserted into a hollow portion of the core pipe from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a first contact member provided to the core portion and elastically deformed to a position where the first contact member presses a first portion of an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a second contact member provided to the core portion at a position that is different from the position where the first contact member is provided and elastically deformed to a position where the second contact member presses a second portion of the inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: RYO HARIGAE, ITARU WADA
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Publication number: 20230294944Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus for performing printing on a sheet drawn out from a roll including: a roll holding unit configured to hold the roll; a support unit configured to rotatably support the roll holding unit; a core portion provided to the roll holding unit and configured to be inserted into a hollow portion of a core pipe of the roll from an end portion of the core pipe to extend along an axis of the core pipe; a contact member provided to the core portion and configured to be put in contact with an inner wall surrounding the hollow portion of the core pipe; and a cam member disposed inside the core portion and configured to pivot to a first position where the contact member is pressed onto the inner wall and to a second position where the contact member is retracted from the inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: ITARU WADA, RYO HARIGAE
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Publication number: 20230249935Abstract: A printing medium accommodating apparatus is a printing medium accommodating apparatus in which to stack a printing medium discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus. This apparatus includes: a receiving member configured to receive a printing medium discharged from the discharge port; a holding member configured to hold one end of the receiving member; and a turning member configured to turn the holding member, and includes a first attachment unit capable of attaching the turning member to an insertion slot provided in the printing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: RYO KOBAYASHI, TSUTOMU OBATA, ITARU WADA, RYO HARIGAE, KENGO NIEDA, KOHEI FUKUI
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Publication number: 20230249936Abstract: In a printing medium accommodating apparatus, a printing medium discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus is stacked. The printing medium accommodating apparatus includes: a receiving member configured to receive a printing medium discharged from the discharge port; and a holding member having a holding portion configured to hold one end of the receiving member, the holding member being capable of being connected with a first attachment unit attached to the printing apparatus, the holding member being configured to be capable of transitioning from a first state where the holding member is connected with the first attachment unit to a second state where the holding member is separated from the first attachment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: TSUTOMU OBATA, RYO KOBAYASHI, RYO HARIGAE, ITARU WADA, KENGO NIEDA, KOHEI FUKUI
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Patent number: 11718113Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a containing portion that contains a rolled sheet obtained by winding a sheet and a recording portion that records an image on the sheet fed from the rolled sheet contained in the containing portion and further includes an opening/closing member that can be movable between an open position at which the containing portion is opened and a closed position at which the containing portion is closed and a first guiding portion provided in the opening/closing member to guide the rolled sheet to the containing portion in a case where the opening/closing member is at the open position.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryosuke Murata, Ryo Harigae, Itaru Wada, Masato Izumi
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Publication number: 20230241905Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet performs supplying the sheet by rotating the roll sheet held by the holding unit; nipping and conveying the supplied sheet; performing printing on the conveyed sheet; detecting occurrence of a print medium jam of the sheet; and, if the printing apparatus has detected a print medium jam of the sheet, performing a control process of supplying the sheet in a state in which the conveying is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Hiromasa Yoneyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Itaru Wada, Tomohito Abe, Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Yasuyuki Asai