Patents by Inventor Keigo Yamasaki

Keigo Yamasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230383463
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a pipe that supplies a material containing fibers, a supply direction change section that changes a movement direction of the material supplied from the pipe, a reducer section that is disposed downstream of the supply direction change section and decreases a movement speed of the material, and an accumulation section that is disposed downstream of the reducer section and accumulates the material to form a web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKATA, Yuka KATO, Hirokazu YAMAGA, Shigeo FUJITA, Keigo YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230383462
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a pipe that supplies a material containing fibers, a collision section with which the material moving from the pipe collides, and an accumulation section that is disposed downstream of the collision section and accumulates the material to form a web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKATA, Keigo YAMASAKI, Yuka KATO, Hirokazu YAMAGA, Shigeo FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11440332
    Abstract: A recording head unit includes a first line head and a second line head in which nozzles are provided in an X-axis direction. The first line head is arranged on one side of the second line head in a Y-axis direction intersecting the X-axis direction. The first line head includes a first windbreak member. The second line head includes a second windbreak member. A length by which the first windbreak member protrudes is smaller than a length by which the second windbreak member protrudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Sato, Masaaki Hagio, Keigo Yamasaki, Tomoyuki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11261565
    Abstract: A defibration processing device is capable of efficient defibration in a multiple stage rotating part, and a fibrous feedstock recycling device. The defibration processing device has a first rotating part disposed on a side into which defibration feedstock flows, and a second rotating part disposed on a side to which defibrated material defibrated in the first rotating part is discharged. The first rotating part and second rotating part each have on the axis of rotation side thereof a base, and a protruding part protruding from the base in a direction away from the axis of rotation. A spacer is between the first rotating part and second rotating part. An external restriction plate protrudes from the stationary part side toward the spacer, and an internal restriction plate protrudes from the axis of rotation side of the first rotating part and second rotating part toward the stationary part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11162215
    Abstract: A defibration treatment apparatus including a feeding hole through which a material is fed, a rotator that rotates about a rotational central axis, a fixed member that covers at least a portion of the rotator, and a discharge opening that discharges a defibrated object obtained by defibrating the material between the rotator and the fixed member. In the defibration treatment apparatus, the rotator includes a plurality of rotary blades that extend in directions away from the rotational central axis, at least a portion of the fixed member is configured of a screen including a plurality of openings, the screen is disposed at a position corresponding to an outer rotational circumference of the rotator, and a discharge path in communication with the discharge opening is provided along the screen and on a side opposite the rotator with respect to the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Inagaki, Naoko Omagari, Masahide Nakamura, Keigo Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11077615
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including: a drive motor; a screw that has a groove formation surface with a groove formed therein and that is rotated by the drive motor; a barrel that has a facing surface facing the groove formation surface and having a communication hole at the center thereof and a heater; and a nozzle that ejects a modeling material supplied from the communication hole, in which 0.03?(Ss/Ls)/(Sn/Ln)?5.00??(1) where Ss is an average sectional area that is an arithmetic mean between a maximum sectional area and a minimum sectional area of the groove, Ls is a length of the groove, Sn is a sectional area of the nozzle, and Ln is a length of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Keigo Yamasaki, Kohei Yuwaki
  • Publication number: 20210229457
    Abstract: A recording head unit includes a first line head and a second line head in which nozzles are provided in an X-axis direction. The first line head is arranged on one side of the second line head in a Y-axis direction intersecting the X-axis direction. The first line head includes a first windbreak member. The second line head includes a second windbreak member. A length by which the first windbreak member protrudes is smaller than a length by which the second windbreak member protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki SATO, Masaaki HAGIO, Keigo YAMASAKI, Tomoyuki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11034089
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes: a drive motor; a rotating unit driven to rotate about a rotation axis by the drive motor and having an end surface perpendicular to the rotation axis and a lateral surface intersecting with the end surface; a barrel having a bottom surface facing the end surface of the rotating unit, and a heater; a case accommodating the rotating unit; and a material supply unit accommodating the material. At least one of the barrel and the case has a sidewall surface facing the lateral surface of the rotating unit and standing up along an outer circumference of the bottom surface of the barrel. At the bottom surface of the barrel, a communication hole through which the molten material flows out and a spiral groove part coupled to the communication hole are formed. The lateral surface of the rotating unit and the sidewall surface together define a supply space where the material is supplied from the material supply unit to the groove part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Keigo Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11034088
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes: a drive motor; a rotating unit driven to rotate about a rotation axis by the drive motor and having an end surface perpendicular to the rotation axis; a barrel having a bottom surface facing the end surface of the rotating unit, and a heater; and a material supply unit supplying the material between the rotating unit and the barrel. At the bottom surface of the barrel, a first communication hole through which the molten material flows out, a first groove part coupled to the first communication hole, a second communication hole through which the molten material flows out, and a second groove part coupled to the second communication hole are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Keigo Yamasaki, Kohei Yuwaki
  • Publication number: 20200299897
    Abstract: A defibration processing apparatus includes: an input port into which a raw material is input; a rotating body that rotates about a rotary shaft; a stationary member that covers at least part of the rotating body; and a discharge port through which a defibrated object obtained by the rotating body and the stationary member defibrating the raw material is discharged, in which the rotating body has a plurality of rotating blades protruding in a direction away from the rotation center shaft, and the stationary member has a configuration in which a screen having a plurality of openings is disposed in at least part of the stationary member in a direction of the rotation center shaft and surrounds the rotating body in a rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Keigo YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200299898
    Abstract: A defibration treatment apparatus including a feeding hole through which a material is fed, a rotator that rotates about a rotational central axis, a fixed member that covers at least a portion of the rotator, and a discharge opening that discharges a defibrated object obtained by defibrating the material between the rotator and the fixed member. In the defibration treatment apparatus, the rotator includes a plurality of rotary blades that extend in directions away from the rotational central axis, at least a portion of the fixed member is configured of a screen including a plurality of openings, the screen is disposed at a position corresponding to an outer rotational circumference of the rotator, and a discharge path in communication with the discharge opening is provided along the screen and on a side opposite the rotator with respect to the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta INAGAKI, Naoko OMAGARI, Masahide NAKAMURA, Keigo YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200094480
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes: a drive motor; a rotating unit driven to rotate about a rotation axis by the drive motor and having an end surface perpendicular to the rotation axis and a lateral surface intersecting with the end surface; a barrel having a bottom surface facing the end surface of the rotating unit, and a heater; a case accommodating the rotating unit; and a material supply unit accommodating the material. At least one of the barrel and the case has a sidewall surface facing the lateral surface of the rotating unit and standing up along an outer circumference of the bottom surface of the barrel. At the bottom surface of the barrel, a communication hole through which the molten material flows out and a spiral groove part coupled to the communication hole are formed. The lateral surface of the rotating unit and the sidewall surface together define a supply space where the material is supplied from the material supply unit to the groove part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Keigo YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200094479
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes: a drive motor; a rotating unit driven to rotate about a rotation axis by the drive motor and having an end surface perpendicular to the rotation axis; a barrel having a bottom surface facing the end surface of the rotating unit, and a heater; and a material supply unit supplying the material between the rotating unit and the barrel. At the bottom surface of the barrel, a first communication hole through which the molten material flows out, a first groove part coupled to the first communication hole, a second communication hole through which the molten material flows out, and a second groove part coupled to the second communication hole are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Keigo YAMASAKI, Kohei YUWAKI
  • Publication number: 20200094476
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including: a drive motor; a screw that has a groove formation surface with a groove formed therein and that is rotated by the drive motor; a barrel that has a facing surface facing the groove formation surface and having a communication hole at the center thereof and a heater; and a nozzle that ejects a modeling material supplied from the communication hole, in which 0.03?(Ss/Ls)/(Sn/Ln)?5.00 ??(1) where Ss is an average sectional area that is an arithmetic mean between a maximum sectional area and a minimum sectional area of the groove, Ls is a length of the groove, Sn is a sectional area of the nozzle, and Ln is a length of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Keigo YAMASAKI, Kohei YUWAKI
  • Publication number: 20190301092
    Abstract: A defibration processing device is capable of efficient defibration in a multiple stage rotating part, and a fibrous feedstock recycling device. The defibration processing device has a first rotating part disposed on a side into which defibration feedstock flows, and a second rotating part disposed on a side to which defibrated material defibrated in the first rotating part is discharged. The first rotating part and second rotating part each have on the axis of rotation side thereof a base, and a protruding part protruding from the base in a direction away from the axis of rotation. A spacer is between the first rotating part and second rotating part. An external restriction plate protrudes from the stationary part side toward the spacer, and an internal restriction plate protrudes from the axis of rotation side of the first rotating part and second rotating part toward the stationary part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 9586406
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid storing body that makes it possible to prevent a liquid containing a sedimentous component whose concentration is higher than a proper range from being supplied to a liquid jetting apparatus. An ink pack 1 is provided with a flexible ink storage bag 2 capable of storing pigment ink containing a sedimentous component, an ink supply part 3 provided at an upper portion of the ink storage bag 2, and a flow path member 4 that connects the interior of the ink storage bag 2 and the ink supply part 3. The flow path member 4 is provided with a vertical tube part 41 extending downward from the ink supply part 3, a lateral tube part 42 extending horizontally from the lower end of the vertical tube part 41, and a vertical tube part 43 extending upward from the end of the lateral tube part 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 9498963
    Abstract: A flow path member includes a liquid flow path which includes a flow path inlet portion which has a first inlet port and a second inlet port, and a flow path outlet portion which has a first outlet port communicating with the first inlet port and a second outlet port communicating with the second inlet port, in which, in the flow path inlet portion, the first inlet port and the second inlet port are aligned in a reference direction, and in which, in a flow path extending from the first inlet port to the first outlet port and a flow path extending from the second inlet port to the second outlet port, at least parts of the flow paths, in terms of the lengths of the respective flow paths, are disposed in a direction different from the reference direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Yamasaki, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9475295
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a printing head; and a liquid supply unit. The printing head has a reservoir, a plurality of liquid supply ports connected to the reservoir, and a liquid introduction inlet. A first liquid supply port and a second liquid supply port are positioned at ends of the plurality of liquid supply ports in a first direction. Outer periphery of the liquid introduction inlet includes one end section and another end section in the first direction. The one end section is closer to the first liquid supply port than the second liquid supply port. The liquid includes a first liquid with a high content of pigment, and a second liquid with a lower content of pigment. The liquid supply unit supplies the second liquid to the one end section of the liquid introduction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Yamasaki, Manabu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160257124
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid storing body that makes it possible to prevent a liquid containing a sedimentous component whose concentration is higher than a proper range from being supplied to a liquid jetting apparatus. An ink pack 1 is provided with a flexible ink storage bag 2 capable of storing pigment ink containing a sedimentous component, an ink supply part 3 provided at an upper portion of the ink storage bag 2, and a flow path member 4 that connects the interior of the ink storage bag 2 and the ink supply part 3. The flow path member 4 is provided with a vertical tube part 41 extending downward from the ink supply part 3, a lateral tube part 42 extending horizontally from the lower end of the vertical tube part 41, and a vertical tube part 43 extending upward from the end of the lateral tube part 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Keigo YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160075141
    Abstract: A flow path member includes a liquid flow path which includes a flow path inlet portion which has a first inlet port and a second inlet port, and a flow path outlet portion which has a first outlet port communicating with the first inlet port and a second outlet port communicating with the second inlet port, in which, in the flow path inlet portion, the first inlet port and the second inlet port are aligned in a reference direction, and in which, in a flow path extending from the first inlet port to the first outlet port and a flow path extending from the second inlet port to the second outlet port, at least parts of the flow paths, in terms of the lengths of the respective flow paths, are disposed in a direction different from the reference direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Keigo YAMASAKI, Yutaka KOBAYASHI