Patents by Inventor Kiyoto Komuro

Kiyoto Komuro 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: 11858258
    Abstract: A work system includes a recording apparatus including a transport belt that is provided with an adhesive configured for attachment of a medium, and is configured to transport the medium, and a main body portion in which a recording portion configured to perform recording on the medium is accommodated, a cover that covers at least a part of an exposed part of the transport belt exposed from the main body portion, and a removing portion configured to remove gas in a space covered with the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seijun Horie, Kiyoto Komuro, Hirokazu Fujii, Takumi Otsu
  • Publication number: 20220153039
    Abstract: A work system includes a recording apparatus including a transport belt that is provided with an adhesive configured for attachment of a medium, and is configured to transport the medium, and a main body portion in which a recording portion configured to perform recording on the medium is accommodated, a cover that covers at least a part of an exposed part of the transport belt exposed from the main body portion, and a removing portion configured to remove gas in a space covered with the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Seijun HORIE, Kiyoto KOMURO, Hirokazu FUJII, Takumi OTSU
  • Patent number: 11141998
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a printing medium, a driving roller configured to provide a transporting force to the printing medium, a plurality of driven rollers configured to press the printing medium, which is transported by the driving roller, and configured to rotate in conjunction with a movement of the printing medium, a plurality of support members each being configured to support a roller shaft serving as a rotation axis about which each of the plurality of driven rollers rotates, a base body to which the plurality of support members are attached, and an attachment/removal mechanism configured to cause the plurality of support members to be removably attachable individually to the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ban, Daisuke Hiruma, Kiyoto Komuro
  • Publication number: 20210060984
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a printing medium, a driving roller configured to provide a transporting force to the printing medium, a plurality of driven rollers configured to press the printing medium, which is transported by the driving roller, and configured to rotate in conjunction with a movement of the printing medium, a plurality of support members each being configured to support a roller shaft serving as a rotation axis about which each of the plurality of driven rollers rotates, a base body to which the plurality of support members are attached, and an attachment/removal mechanism configured to cause the plurality of support members to be removably attachable individually to the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ryosuke BAN, Daisuke HIRUMA, Kiyoto KOMURO
  • Patent number: 8628039
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium wound on a roll, the roll including a first flange that is attached to one end and has a shaft hole and a first receiving portion, and a second flange that is attached to the other end and has a shaft hole; a first holder movable along a rotation axis of the roll, the first holder including a first shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the first flange, and a first flange-support surface that is in contact with an outer periphery of the first flange to support the first flange when the first shaft is not fitted in the shaft hole in the first flange and that has a first engaging portion; a second holder including a second shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the second flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Ozaki, Takuya Yasue, Kiyoto Komuro, Yasuharu Harada
  • Patent number: 8366036
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium wound on a roll, the roll including a first flange that is attached to one end and has a shaft hole and a first receiving portion, and a second flange that is attached to the other end and has a shaft hole; a first holder movable along a rotation axis of the roll, the first holder including a first shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the first flange, and a first flange-support surface that is in contact with an outer periphery of the first flange to support the first flange when the first shaft is not fitted in the shaft hole in the first flange and that has a first engaging portion; a second holder including a second shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the second flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Ozaki, Takuya Yasue, Kiyoto Komuro, Yasuharu Harada
  • Patent number: 8353475
    Abstract: A roll recording material transport device includes a driving side roll holder, a driven side roll holder, a driving side spindle, a driven side spindle, a spindle driving source, a driving side support mechanism, a driven side support mechanism, a transport roller, and an assist executing section. The assist executing section executes assist control in which a rotating force in the direction of transporting the roll of recording material is applied by the spindle driving source through the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder in an engaged state to the roll portion. The frictional force between the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder is set smaller than the frictional force between the driven side spindle and the driven side support mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kobayashi, Kiyoto Komuro
  • Patent number: 8292213
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting a roll-shaped recording medium includes: a pair of roll retainers that are attached to both sides of a roll portion of the roll-shaped recording medium; a pair of spindles that are engaged with the roll retainers to support the roll portion; a transport roller that transports the roll-shaped recording medium drawn out from the roll portion while pinching the roll-shaped recording medium; and a positioning mechanism that rotates the roll portion supported by the spindles in a direction in which tension is applied to the drawn roll-shaped recording medium to move the roll portion to one side in a longitudinal direction such that a reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium comes into contact with a reference position, thereby positioning the reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kobayashi, Kiyoto Komuro
  • Publication number: 20120182366
    Abstract: A roll recording material transport device includes a driving side roll holder, a driven side roll holder, a driving side spindle, a driven side spindle, a spindle driving source, a driving side support mechanism, a driven side support mechanism, a transport roller, and an assist executing section. The assist executing section executes assist control in which a rotating force in the direction of transporting the roll of recording material is applied by the spindle driving source through the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder in an engaged state to the roll portion. The frictional force between the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder is set smaller than the frictional force between the driven side spindle and the driven side support mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KOBAYASHI, Kiyoto KOMURO
  • Patent number: 8167228
    Abstract: A roll recording material transport device includes a driving side roll holder, a driven side roll holder, a driving side spindle, a driven side spindle, a spindle driving source, a driving side support mechanism, a driven side support mechanism, a transport roller, and an assist executing section. The assist executing section executes assist control in which a rotating force in the direction of transporting the roll of recording material is applied by the spindle driving source through the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder in an engaged state to the roll portion. The frictional force between the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder is set smaller than the frictional force between the driven side spindle and the driven side support mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kobayashi, Kiyoto Komuro
  • Patent number: 8109628
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
  • Publication number: 20110141170
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro YOKOYAMA, Kiyoto KOMURO, Takuya YASUE, Takashi AKAHANE, Masahiro ISONO
  • Publication number: 20110058005
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro YOKOYAMA, Kiyoto KOMURO, Takuya YASUE, Takashi AKAHANE, Masahiro ISONO
  • Publication number: 20110058004
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro YOKOYAMA, Kiyoto KOMURO, Takuya YASUE, Takashi AKAHANE, Masahiro ISONO
  • Patent number: 7901066
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
  • Patent number: 7854503
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
  • Patent number: 7823825
    Abstract: A roll medium supporting apparatus includes: a base body portion to be inserted into a hollow shaft portion of a rolled medium; a plurality of contact supporting portions provided circumferentially of the base body portion so as to be capable of being displaced radially of the hollow shaft portion, having a plurality of predetermined positions within the displaceable range, and coming into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the hollow shaft portion and supporting the same; and a stabilizing mechanism configured to stabilize the contact supporting portions at the plurality of predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Genta, Kiyoto Komuro, Munetoyo Aono, Kazuma Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7669999
    Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
  • Publication number: 20090242603
    Abstract: A transport device for transporting a roll-shaped recording medium includes: a pair of roll retainers that are attached to both sides of a roll portion of the roll-shaped recording medium; a pair of spindles that are engaged with the roll retainers to support the roll portion; a transport roller that transports the roll-shaped recording medium drawn out from the roll portion while pinching the roll-shaped recording medium; and a positioning mechanism that rotates the roll portion supported by the spindles in a direction in which tension is applied to the drawn roll-shaped recording medium to move the roll portion to one side in a longitudinal direction such that a reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium comes into contact with a reference position, thereby positioning the reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KOBAYASHI, Kiyoto KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20090226235
    Abstract: A roll recording material transport device includes a driving side roll holder, a driven side roll holder, a driving side spindle, a driven side spindle, a spindle driving source, a driving side support mechanism, a driven side support mechanism, a transport roller, and an assist executing section. The assist executing section executes assist control in which a rotating force in the direction of transporting the roll of recording material is applied by the spindle driving source through the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder in an engaged state to the roll portion. The frictional force between the driving side spindle and the driving side roll holder is set smaller than the frictional force between the driven side spindle and the driven side support mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Kobayashi, Kiyoto Komuro