Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Harada
Kazumasa Harada 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: 20070064078Abstract: A plate-shaped main body, has a first face formed with a recess portion defined by a bottom face and side walls and a second face which is opposite to the first face. The plate-shaped main body is formed with a through hole connecting the bottom face and the second face. An overhanging portion, is provided on at least one of the side walls in the vicinity of the first face, and is located so as to at least partially hang over the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Nobuyuki Nishi, Seiji Kawabata, Kazuhiro Hashii, Kazumasa Harada, Keiichiro Fukumasu, Hirohisa Adachi
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Publication number: 20070055724Abstract: A method of obtaining a correction value of an optical sensor detecting an edge of the medium so as to generate detection information, includes: acquiring edge information on an edge position of one of opposite edges of the medium based on the detection information; forming on the medium a correction value obtainment pattern including lines that are arranged at a fixed interval in a first direction and parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to form a step shape and that include a reference line spaced a first distance from the edge position in the first direction and parallel to the second direction, based on the edge information; specifying a line spaced the first distance from the edge position in the first direction and corresponding to one of the lines of the correction value obtainment pattern, by means of actual measurement performed by an operator; obtaining a second distance in the first direction between the specified line and the reference line, based on line inforType: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Nakata, Hirohisa Adachi
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Publication number: 20060290757Abstract: To enable a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of a printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of the cartridge, a cartridge installed in a printing apparatus for supplying the printing apparatus with ink includes an ink cartridge body for containing ink, an ink supply section on which an ink supply opening placed on or near a first sidewall of the ink cartridge body is formed, a memory for storing information on ink in the ink cartridge body, a contact terminal member on a second sidewall of the ink cartridge body coupled to the memory and a positioning member, which protrudes from the second sidewall, for positioning the ink cartridge properly with respect to the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is installed in the printing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Tomio Yokoyama, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kazumasa Harada
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Patent number: 7150520Abstract: In order to be enable a coupling terminal member of the ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of the printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge installed in a printing apparatus for supplying the printing apparatus with ink includes an ink cartridge body for containing ink therein, an ink supply section on which an ink supply opening placed on or near the first sidewall of the ink cartridge body is formed, a memory for storing information on ink contained in the ink cartridge body, a contact terminal member placed on the second sidewall of the ink cartridge body and coupled to the memory and a positioning member, which protrudes from the second sidewall of the ink cartridge body, for positioning the ink cartridge properly with respect to the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is installed in the printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Tomio Yokoyama, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kazumasa Harada
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Publication number: 20060164480Abstract: There are provided a retaining member 4 having a claw portion 4a engageable to and disengageable from a recessed portion 15 formed at an ink cartridge mounting portion and a valve body 6 biased by a spring 7 provided at an ink supply port 3, maintaining a normally closed state and resiliently abutting the claw portion 4a to the recessed portion 15 by being opened in a state of being inserted with an ink supply needle. Thereby, an ink cartridge providing amounting feeling and dispensing with a spring member for assisting detachment can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2003Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20060152564Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated imposition when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
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Patent number: 7018027Abstract: There is disclosed an ink cartridge capable of being removably held in an ink cartridge accommodation portion simply by pushing in the cartridge in an insertion direction. The ink cartridge (5) is mounted on a carriage (4) having a cartridge accommodation region. A one-push type fixing member (30) in a position facing a surface parallel to an insertion direction in which the cartridge is inserted into the cartridge accommodation region is engaged with a fixing protrusion (12a) forming another one-push type fixing member and cooperating with the first-mentioned one-push type fixing member, so that the cartridge (5) is held in a predetermined position in a state in which the cartridge is resiliently urged by a spring (24) in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
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Patent number: 7008053Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
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Patent number: 6979079Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20050248637Abstract: There is disclosed a liquid container that can be removably held in a liquid container accommodation portion by pushing the container in an insertion direction. The liquid container is mounted on a carriage having a container accommodation region. A one-push type fixing member in a position facing a surface parallel to an insertion direction in which the container is inserted into the container accommodation region is engaged with a fixing protrusion forming another one-push type fixing member and cooperating with the first-mentioned one-push type fixing member, so that the container is held in a predetermined position in a state in which the container is resiliently urged by a spring in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Takeo Seino, Hitotoshi Kimura, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20050200670Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20050146580Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20050116998Abstract: There is disclosed an ink cartridge capable of being removably held in an ink cartridge accommodation portion simply by pushing in the cartridge in an insertion direction. The ink cartridge (5) is mounted on a carriage (4) having a cartridge accommodation region. A one-push type fixing member (30) in a position facing a surface parallel to an insertion direction in which the cartridge is inserted into the cartridge accommodation region is engaged with a fixing protrusion (12a) forming another one-push type fixing member and cooperating with the first-mentioned one-push type fixing member, so that the cartridge (5) is held in a predetermined position in a state in which the cartridge is resiliently urged by a spring (24) in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: June 2, 2005Inventors: Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20040135857Abstract: The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Kazumasa Harada, Kazuaki Aoki
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Patent number: 6705979Abstract: An apparatus for machining a web-shaped workpiece includes a workpiece supply for supplying workpiece rolls each of an elongate thin metal sheet, a processing machine for machining the elongate thin metal sheet into caps, a workpiece feeder for feeding the elongate thin metal sheet to the processing machine, and a product feeder for automatically separating the caps from scrap and feeding the caps to a product collecting mechanism. The apparatus is capable of efficiently and quickly producing various products from the elongate thin metal sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Sakaguchi, Kazumasa Harada, Shuji Nakata, Masayoshi Sekino
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Publication number: 20040021737Abstract: There is disclosed an ink cartridge capable of being removably held in an ink cartridge accommodation portion simply by pushing in the cartridge in an insertion direction. The ink cartridge (5) is mounted on a carriage (4) having a cartridge accommodation region. A one-push type fixing member (30) in a position facing a surface parallel to an insertion direction in which the cartridge is inserted into the cartridge accommodation region is engaged with a fixing protrusion (12a) forming another one-push type fixing member and cooperating with the first-mentioned one-push type fixing member, so that the cartridge (5) is held in a predetermined position in a state in which the cartridge is resiliently urged by a spring (24) in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Kazumasa Harada, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20030214559Abstract: In order to be enable a coupling terminal member of the ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of the printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge installed in a printing apparatus for supplying the printing apparatus with ink includes an ink cartridge body for containing ink therein, an ink supply section on which an ink supply opening placed on or near the first sidewall of the ink cartridge body is formed, a memory for storing information on ink contained in the ink cartridge body, a contact terminal member placed on the second sidewall of the ink cartridge body and coupled to the memory and a positioning member, which protrudes from the second sidewall of the ink cartridge body, for positioning the ink cartridge properly with respect to the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is installed in the printing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Satoshi Shinada, Yasuto Sakai, Tomio Yokoyama, Kazuhiro Hashii, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kazumasa Harada
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Patent number: 6286356Abstract: An apparatus for machining a web-shaped workpiece includes a workpiece supply for supplying workpiece rolls each of an elongate thin metal sheet, a processing machine for machining the elongate thin metal sheet into caps, a workpiece feeder for feeding the elongate thin metal sheet to the processing machine, and a product feeder for automatically separating the caps from scrap and feeding the caps to a product collecting mechanism. The apparatus is capable of efficiently and quickly producing various products from the elongate thin metal sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Sakaguchi, Kazumasa Harada, Shuji Nakata, Masayoshi Sekino
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Patent number: 6027436Abstract: An apparatus for machining a web-shaped workpiece includes a workpiece supply for supplying workpiece rolls each of an elongate thin metal sheet, a processing machine for machining the elongate thin metal sheet into caps, a workpiece feeder for feeding the elongate thin metal sheet to the processing machine, and a product feeder for automatically separating the caps from scrap and feeding the caps to a product collecting mechanism. The apparatus is capable of efficiently and quickly producing various products from the elongate thin metal sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Sakaguchi, Kazumasa Harada, Shuji Nakata, Masayoshi Sekino
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Patent number: 5003751Abstract: A packaging system wraps a sheet material around an article supplied at an article supply station and discharges the article at a discharge station. The packaging system includes a turret which is intermittently rotated by 180.degree., a pair of body wrapping mechanisms which are provided on the turret at an interval of 180.degree. so that they are alternately positioned at the article supply station and the article discharge station when the turret is stopped. Each of the body wrapping mechanisms wraps the sheet material around the body of the article while the body wrapping mechanism is rotated from the article supply station to the article discharge station. A sheet supply mechanism supplies the sheet material, while the turret is stopped, from outside to a predetermined position on the turret where the sheet material can be supplied to the body wrapping mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1989Date of Patent: April 2, 1991Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Kazumasa Harada