Patents by Inventor Ko TAKANASHI

Ko TAKANASHI 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).

  • Printing apparatus and method of positioning ultraviolet irradiation part
    Patent number: 11390095
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supporting part for a printing medium, a head, an ultraviolet irradiation part that emits from an irradiation surface thereof ultraviolet light, a protrusion fixed to the ultraviolet irradiation part, a frame, an attaching part that is attachable to the frame with an attaching position thereof adjusted, and a guide part that is attachable to the frame and guides the adjustment of the attaching position of the attaching part with respect to the frame. The guide part includes first and second butted parts, and the attaching part includes a butting part having a width smaller than a spacing between the first and second butted parts, and a distance between the irradiation surface and the supporting part is a sum of a difference between the width of the butting part and the spacing and a protruding length of the protrusion from the irradiation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Takanashi, Naoyuki Okumura
  • PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF POSITIONING ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION PART
    Publication number: 20200369052
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a supporting part for a printing medium, a head, an ultraviolet irradiation part that emits from an irradiation surface thereof ultraviolet light, a protrusion fixed to the ultraviolet irradiation part, a frame, an attaching part that is attachable to the frame with an attaching position thereof adjusted, and a guide part that is attachable to the frame and guides the adjustment of the attaching position of the attaching part with respect to the frame. The guide part includes first and second butted parts, and the attaching part includes a butting part having a width smaller than a spacing between the first and second butted parts, and a distance between the irradiation surface and the supporting part is a sum of a difference between the width of the butting part and the spacing and a protruding length of the protrusion from the irradiation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ko TAKANASHI, Naoyuki OKUMURA