Patents by Inventor Kenji Kanabo

Kenji Kanabo 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: 7070350
    Abstract: A multi-part output paper tray 14 including a plurality of tray plates 21 to 24 slidably arranged together in a paper eject direction is attached to a printer assembly 1 so that it can be extended/collapsed, the printer assembly 1 including a print head attached thereto for forming an image on recording paper 50. The extended/collapsed state of the output paper tray 14 is detected by an angle sensor 313. A print operation is not performed when it is detected by the angle sensor 313 that the output paper tray 14 is in the housed state, and a print operation is performed when the output paper tray 14 is in the extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Inokuchi, Masaharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ogata, Kenji Kanabo, Yutaka Miyazono
  • Patent number: 6988838
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a disc tray which is contained in the recording device and on which a DVD disc is to be placed, a select switch for switching between a protruding state and an accommodated state of the disc tray, and a sheet feed tray on which recording sheets are placed and which are disposed substantially parallel to the disc tray, wherein the select switch, the sheet feed tray and the disc tray are operated on the front side of the ink jet recording apparatus. Further, a disc tray is movable in a printing direction and a tray discharge direction. When the disc tray is loaded into or unloaded from the recording device, the disc tray is transported in the tray discharge direction to move to outside an ink jet recording device. In other cases than the above case, the disc tray is accommodated in the ink jet recording device. Thus, the disc tray is transported into two directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Inokuchi, Yutaka Miyazono, Masaharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ogata, Kenji Kanabo
  • Publication number: 20050200650
    Abstract: A printer 1 is provided with a thin casing 10. Inside of this casing 10, a power supply substrate 500 is arranged above a disk tray 300 supporting a disk as a recording medium on which recording is performed by a recording head 101. Furthermore, a purge unit 400 purging ink of the recording head 101 is provided, and an ink container 435 of a first ink collector 430 which collects the ink after purge of this purge unit 400 is arranged on a lateral side of a conveying route of a recording paper 50 as the recording medium on which recording is performed by the recording head 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Matsusita Electric Industrial Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Inokuchi, Masaharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ogata, Kenji Kanabo, Yutaka Miyazono
  • Publication number: 20050162494
    Abstract: A multi-part output paper tray 14 including a plurality of tray plates 21 to 24 slidably arranged together in a paper eject direction is attached to a printer assembly 1 so that it can be extended/collapsed, the printer assembly 1 including a print head attached thereto for forming an image on recording paper 50. The extended/collapsed state of the output paper tray 14 is detected by an angle sensor 313. A print operation is not performed when it is detected by the angle sensor 313 that the output paper tray 14 is in the housed state, and a print operation is performed when the output paper tray 14 is in the extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Inokuchi, Masaharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ogata, Kenji Kanabo, Yutaka Miyazono
  • Publication number: 20050146591
    Abstract: A printer 1 comprises a casing 10 having an opening on the front side, and a front panel 31 covering the opening such that the opening can be opened and closed. Indication lights 61 to 66, an ink-shortage indication light 67, a sheet-kind selection button 55, and an ink-check button 56 are provided on the front panel 31. Each time a user presses the ink-check button 56, information about the kind of a recording sheet and information about ink shortage are alternately displayed on the indication lights 61 to 66.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogata, Masaharu Tanaka, Kenji Kanabo, Yutaka Miyazono
  • Publication number: 20040141787
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a disc tray which is contained in the recording device and on which a DVD disc is to be placed, a select switch for switching between a protruding state and an accommodated state of the disc tray, and a sheet feed tray on which recording sheets are placed and which are disposed substantially parallel to the disc tray, wherein the select switch, the sheet feed tray and the disc tray are operated on the front side of the ink jet recording apparatus. Further, a disc tray is movable in a printing direction and a tray discharge direction. When the disc tray is loaded into or unloaded from the recording device, the disc tray is transported in the tray discharge direction to move to outside an ink jet recording device. In other cases than the above case, the disc tray is accommodated in the ink jet recording device. Thus, the disc tray is transported into two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Inokuchi, Yutaka Miyazono, Masaharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ogata, Kenji Kanabo