Patents by Inventor Kenji Yanagishita
Kenji Yanagishita 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: 20210237493Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head configured to project a plurality of pins to perform printing on a printing medium, a carriage mounted with a head and configured to move, a roller mounted on the carriage and capable of coming into contact with the printing medium, a platen provided in a position opposed to the head and capable of moving in each of a direction in which the platen approaches the head and a direction in which the platen moves away from the head, and a pressing mechanism configured to press the platen toward the head. The pressing mechanism includes an elastic section configured to press the platen toward the head with an elastic force and a moving section configured to move the elastic section in each of a direction in which the elastic force of the elastic section increases and a direction in which the elastic force of the elastic section decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventor: Kenji YANAGISHITA
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Patent number: 9452620Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing side placed on the placement table so as to execute desired printing. The swelling portions such as seams fall in the recesses on the printing target material so that the swelling portions and the ink jet head can be avoided from rubbing with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9434182Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a recording medium; and a movable body which includes a support portion that supports the recording medium and which moves along a guide shaft, in which the movable body includes a bearing which is supported by the guide shaft and is movable in an opposite direction from gravity in relation to the guide shaft, and a load center which receives the moving force for the movement and is positioned on a straight line along a movement direction, where the straight line intersects a straight line in a gravity direction which passes through a center of gravity of the movable body.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9377299Abstract: A sensor device according to the invention includes a transmission type sensor pair that includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, an optical axis alignment mechanism that aligns optical axes of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, and a fixing frame that is adjusted by the optical axis alignment mechanism, and in which the sensor pairs are fixed in a state in which the optical axes of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Naoyuki Fujimori, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9259944Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording, a tray on which a target recording medium is set, a movement mechanism that moves the tray relative to the recording unit between a setting operation position at which the target recording medium is set on the tray and a recording start position at which recording starts, an adjustment section that is configured to adjust a distance between the recording unit and the tray, and a mark that corresponds to a position of the recording unit in a direction in which the distance is adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9254680Abstract: A tray which is provided so as to be detachable from a support unit of an ink jet textile printing apparatus, and includes a main body having a setting surface on which a material to be printed is set; a positioning pin which is provided in a protruding manner on the mounting surface on the opposite side to the setting surface of the main body, and is used when mounting the main body on the support unit; and a leg portion which is provided in a protruding manner on the mounting surface of the main body, and has a protruding dimension which is longer than the positioning pin.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Takeuchi, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9254697Abstract: A recording apparatus including: a medium support tray capable of supporting a recording medium; a moving mechanism moving the medium support tray; a recording head capable of recording on the recording medium which is transported by moving the medium support tray; a protective member of the recording head; an instruction receiving section which receives an instruction of a maintenance start of the protective member; and a controller which controls the moving mechanism so as to retract the medium support tray from a set position in which the recording medium is set on the medium support tray when the instruction receiving section receives the instruction of the maintenance start.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kenji Yanagishita
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Publication number: 20160009109Abstract: A print-target fabric supporting device includes: a holding member that holds a print-target fabric having a cylindrical body portion while being inserted into the cylindrical body portion of the print-target fabric; a base unit on which the holding member holding the print-target fabric is fitted; and a print surface formation portion that is provided in at least any one of the holding member and the base unit so as to form a print surface onto which ink is discharged while the holding member being fitted on the base unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventor: Kenji YANAGISHITA
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Patent number: 9227440Abstract: A tray mounting unit in which it is possible to replace a plurality of types of set trays; a detector capable of detecting the type of set tray mounted on the tray mounting unit in a state where the target textile printing material is set; a determining unit determining whether the type of set tray detected by the detector and the type of set tray recognized in advance are matched or mismatched; and a control unit performing a predetermined operation based on the determining result of the determining unit, are provided. Thus, inconsistencies in the type of set tray may be detected thereby preventing textile printing defects caused by such inconsistencies.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kenji Yanagishita
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Publication number: 20150251463Abstract: A tray mounting unit in which it is possible to replace a plurality of types of set trays; a detector capable of detecting the type of set tray mounted on the tray mounting unit in a state where the target textile printing material is set; a determining unit determining whether the type of set tray detected by the detector and the type of set tray recognized in advance are matched or mismatched; and a control unit performing a predetermined operation based on the determining result of the determining unit, are provided. Thus, inconsistencies in the type of set tray may be detected thereby preventing textile printing defects caused by such inconsistencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventor: Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9085849Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus including a tray detachably mounted on a tray support portion of an ink jet recording apparatus in which the tray includes a main body having a support surface to support a medium, two of a first positioning pin and second positioning pin which protrude toward a mounting surface on an opposite side of a setting surface of the main body and are used at the time of mounting the main body on the tray support portion, and the tray support portion includes two of a first hole portion and second hole portion in which the two positioning pins are inserted respectively, and a placing portion on which the tray is mounted in a state where the two positioning pins are inserted in the two hole portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Takeuchi, Kenji Yanagishita
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Publication number: 20150197109Abstract: A recording apparatus including: a medium support tray capable of supporting a recording medium; a moving mechanism moving the medium support tray; a recording head capable of recording on the recording medium which is transported by moving the medium support tray; a protective member of the recording head; an instruction receiving section which receives an instruction of a maintenance start of the protective member; and a controller which controls the moving mechanism so as to retract the medium support tray from a set position in which the recording medium is set on the medium support tray when the instruction receiving section receives the instruction of the maintenance start.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventor: Kenji YANAGISHITA
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Publication number: 20150197103Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing side placed on the placement table so as to execute desired printing. The swelling portions such as seams fall in the recesses on the printing target material so that the swelling portions and the ink jet head can be avoided from rubbing with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9073369Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tray having a set surface on which a recording medium is set; a recording section performing recording with respect to a region of the recorded matter, which is set on the set surface; and a pulling mechanism which applies a force from the set surface of the recorded matter to a protruding portion in a first direction and capable of pulling the portion of the recording medium, which is set on the set surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kenji Yanagishita
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Publication number: 20150183247Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a recording medium; and a movable body which includes a support portion that supports the recording medium and which moves along a guide shaft, in which the movable body includes a bearing which is supported by the guide shaft and is movable in an opposite direction from gravity in relation to the guide shaft, and a load center which receives the moving force for the movement and is positioned on a straight line along a movement direction, where the straight line intersects a straight line in a gravity direction which passes through a center of gravity of the movable body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Yuki MORIYA, Kenji YANAGISHITA
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Patent number: 9067434Abstract: A tray mounting unit in which it is possible to replace a plurality of types of set trays; a detector capable of detecting the type of set tray mounted on the tray mounting unit in a state where the target textile printing material is set; a determining unit determining whether the type of set tray detected by the detector and the type of set tray recognized in advance are matched or mismatched; and a control unit performing a predetermined operation based on the determining result of the determining unit, are provided. Thus, inconsistencies in the type of set tray may be detected thereby preventing textile printing defects caused by such inconsistencies.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9022556Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing side placed on the placement table so as to execute desired printing. The swelling portions such as seams fall in the recesses on the printing target material so that the swelling portions and the ink jet head can be avoided from rubbing with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9022513Abstract: A recording apparatus including: a medium support tray capable of supporting a recording medium; a moving mechanism moving the medium support tray; a recording head capable of recording on the recording medium which is transported by moving the medium support tray; a protective member of the recording head; an instruction receiving section which receives an instruction of a maintenance start of the protective member; and a controller which controls the moving mechanism so as to retract the medium support tray from a set position in which the recording medium is set on the medium support tray when the instruction receiving section receives the instruction of the maintenance start.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9025196Abstract: A printing system includes a screen printing unit as a printing processor of a non-digital system and an ink jet printing device as a printing processor of a digital system. Holes as reference marks formed in a three-dimensional shape are provided on a placement table which is used commonly in the screen printing unit and the ink jet printing device. Positioning of printing positions is performed with reference to the same holes on both of the screen printing unit and the ink jet printing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita
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Patent number: 9010926Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a recording medium; and a movable body which includes a support portion that supports the recording medium and which moves along a guide shaft, in which the movable body includes a bearing which is supported by the guide shaft and is movable in an opposite direction from gravity in relation to the guide shaft, and a load center which receives the moving force for the movement and is positioned on a straight line along a movement direction, where the straight line intersects a straight line in a gravity direction which passes through a center of gravity of the movable body.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuki Moriya, Kenji Yanagishita