Patents by Inventor Kentaro TABUCHI

Kentaro TABUCHI 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).

  • Print method using printer module of portable label printing/sticking machine and printer module
    Patent number: 10414184
    Abstract: A print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine, the portable label printing/sticking machine performing printing on each label piece of a continuous label formed by temporarily adhering a plurality of label pieces on a ribbon-shaped liner sheet and sticking the label pieces, wherein the printer module is first and second printer modules provided in at least two vertical stages, any one of the first and second printer modules being provided with an item print band across at least two columns, the other one of the first and second printer modules being provided with a data print band, and the print method includes printing a partitioning frame that partitions a print area of the label piece into four regions including upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right regions on the label piece in advance; and printing on the four regions of the print area using the first and second printer modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Hanyu, Kentaro Tabuchi
  • PRINT METHOD USING PRINTER MODULE OF PORTABLE LABEL PRINTING/STICKING MACHINE AND PRINTER MODULE
    Publication number: 20170282624
    Abstract: A print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine, the portable label printing/sticking machine performing printing on each label piece of a continuous label formed by temporarily adhering a plurality of label pieces on a ribbon-shaped liner sheet and sticking the label pieces, wherein the printer module is first and second printer modules provided in at least two vertical stages, any one of the first and second printer modules being provided with an item print band across at least two columns, the other one of the first and second printer modules being provided with a data print band, and the print method includes printing a partitioning frame that partitions a print area of the label piece into four regions including upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right regions on the label piece in advance; and printing on the four regions of the print area using the first and second printer modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: SATO HOLDING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutaka HANYU, Kentaro TABUCHI