Patents by Inventor Kazuumi Tukinowa

Kazuumi Tukinowa 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: 6390594
    Abstract: There are described a method and mechanism for recovering an ink-jetting head and a cap utilized for sucking nozzles. The mechanism includes a cap to cover at least a nozzle hole of the ink-jetting head, a cap movement mechanism to move the cap relative to a nozzle plate on which the nozzle hole is equipped, a depressurizing device and a controller to control the cap movement mechanism, so that the cap moves to a first position at which the cap air-tightly seals a region of the nozzle plate, and moves to a second position at which the cap contacts the nozzle plate to generate a gap between a lip portion of the cap and the nozzle plate, wherein the depressurizing device operates to depressurize a space covered by the cap, when the cap is positioned at the first position, and the depressurizing device operates, when the cap is positioned at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Tanno, Kazuumi Tukinowa