Patents by Inventor Koki SHIMADA

Koki SHIMADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20200316949
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank including an ink storage chamber configured to store ink to be supplied to a recording head configured to discharge ink. An injection portion is provided through which ink is injected from an ink bottle into the ink storage chamber. An ink reception portion is configured to receive ink inside the injection portion. A communication portion is configured to communicate with the ink storage chamber inside the injection portion. A guide portion is configured to guide ink received by the ink reception portion to the communication portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Koki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20200316951
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus. A cap caps an ink ejection surface of a printhead. An ink suction path is connected to the cap and sucks the ink in the cap. An ink tank stores the ink to be supplied to the printhead. An ink supply path connects the printhead to the ink tank. A first closing unit closes the ink suction path. A second closing unit closes the ink supply path. A control unit is able to execute a first control mode in which the first closing unit closes the ink suction path and a second control mode in which the second closing unit closes the ink supply path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuya Narazaki, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Kei Kosaka, Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200316969
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus configured to perform recording operation by ejecting ink at least from a first recording head, includes an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the first recording head, a tube configured to connect the first recording head and the ink tank, and a carriage including a first mounting portion on which the first recording head is mounted, a second mounting portion on which a second recording head is detachably mounted, and a contact portion electrically connected to the second recording head, and configured to reciprocate. A protection member protecting the contact portion can be detachably mounted on the second mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Koki Shimada, Masateru Komori, Yuta Araki
  • Patent number: 10625514
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing a user from erroneously performing an opening and closing operation of a valve in the supply of ink to a recording head from an ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsumura, Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka, Takahiro Kiuchi, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato
  • Patent number: 10596838
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus, a platen configured to support a sheet to be printed includes an ink receiver configured to receive ink discharged from a print head. The ink receiver includes a plurality of first ink grooves and a plurality of second ink grooves configured to guide the received ink, the second ink grooves having a tilt angle greater than that of the first ink grooves. The platen includes an absorber configured to absorb the ink received by the ink receiver, the absorber being arranged on a back side of the ink receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Atsushi Kohnotoh, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Yuki Emoto, Koki Shimada, Kuniaki Sato, Yasufumi Tanaami, Kanto Kurasawa, Katsuyuki Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20190283437
    Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Hideaki Matsumura, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Takahiro Kiuchi, Yusuke Tanaka, Kyohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20190143700
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead having an ejection orifice surface on which ejection orifices for ejecting ink are arranged, where the printhead performs a printing operation in a printing area; a carriage including the printhead, and movable in a first direction; a cap for covering the ejection orifice surface; and a wiper that wipes the ejection orifice surface. The cap is movable, by a movement of the carriage, to a first position, and to a second position farther from the printing area along the first direction. At the second position, the cap can rise and lower to a capping position at which the cap abuts the ejection orifice surface, and to a separated position at which the cap does not abut the ejection orifice surface. The wiper wipes the ejection orifice surface when the cap is at the second position and at the separated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10272688
    Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Hideaki Matsumura, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Takahiro Kiuchi, Yusuke Tanaka, Kyohei Sato
  • Patent number: 10214016
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead having an ejection orifice surface on which ejection orifices for ejecting ink are arranged, where the printhead performs a printing operation in a printing area; a carriage including the printhead, and movable in a first direction; a cap for covering the ejection orifice surface; and a wiper that wipes the ejection orifice surface. The cap is movable, by a movement of the carriage, to a first position, and to a second position farther from the printing area along the first direction. At the second position, the cap can rise and lower to a capping position at which the cap abuts the ejection orifice surface, and to a separated position at which the cap does not abut the ejection orifice surface. The wiper wipes the ejection orifice surface when the cap is at the second position and at the separated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190039383
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing a user from erroneously performing an opening and closing operation of a valve in the supply of ink to a recording head from an ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsumura, Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka, Takahiro Kiuchi, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato
  • Patent number: 10131154
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing a user from erroneously performing an opening and closing operation of a valve in the supply of ink to a recording head from an ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsumura, Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka, Takahiro Kiuchi, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato
  • Patent number: 10118396
    Abstract: The printing apparatus of the present invention includes: a print head; and a liquid storage container in which a liquid storage chamber that stores a liquid to be supplied to the print head, an atmosphere communication chamber that communicates with the atmosphere, and a communication flow path that causes the liquid storage chamber and the atmosphere communication chamber to communicate are formed integrally. The liquid storage container can take a first posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber is located under the liquid storage chamber in the direction of gravity and a second posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber and the liquid storage chamber are located side by side in the horizontal direction. In the case where the liquid storage container is in the second posture, the liquid injection portion and the communication flow path are located on the upper side of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukimichi Kimura, Takahiro Kiuchi, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato, Koki Shimada, Masaya Shimmachi, Yusuke Tanaka, Hideaki Matsumura, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Tatsuo Nanjo
  • Patent number: 10086617
    Abstract: The printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a carriage, a supply tube, a head set cover that moves to a first orientation at which the printing head is fixed to the carriage and a second orientation at which the printing head is attachable to or detachable from the carriage, and a joint unit that moves to a first position connected to the printing head and a second position separated from the printing head, wherein the joint unit does not move to the first position from the second position when the head set cover moves to the first orientation from the second orientation, and moves to the second position from the first position in cooperation with movement of the head set cover when the head set cover moves to the second orientation from the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaya Shimmachi, Junichi Kubokawa, Hideaki Matsumura, Yukimichi Kimura, Takahiro Kiuchi, Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka, Kyohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20180215156
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead having an ejection orifice surface on which ejection orifices for ejecting ink are arranged, where the printhead performs a printing operation in a printing area; a carriage including the printhead, and movable in a first direction; a cap for covering the ejection orifice surface; and a wiper that wipes the ejection orifice surface. The cap is movable, by a movement of the carriage, to a first position, and to a second position farther from the printing area along the first direction. At the second position, the cap can rise and lower to a capping position at which the cap abuts the ejection orifice surface, and to a separated position at which the cap does not abut the ejection orifice surface. The wiper wipes the ejection orifice surface when the cap is at the second position and at the separated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170348986
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus, a platen configured to support a sheet to be printed includes an ink receiver configured to receive ink discharged from a print head. The ink receiver includes a plurality of first ink grooves and a plurality of second ink grooves configured to guide the received ink, the second ink grooves having a tilt angle greater than that of the first ink grooves. The platen includes an absorber configured to absorb the ink received by the ink receiver, the absorber being arranged on a back side of the ink receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsukuda, Atsushi Kohnotoh, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Yuki Emoto, Koki Shimada, Kuniaki Sato, Yasufumi Tanaami, Kanto Kurasawa, Katsuyuki Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20170305163
    Abstract: The printing apparatus of the present invention includes: a print head; and a liquid storage container in which a liquid storage chamber that stores a liquid to be supplied to the print head, an atmosphere communication chamber that communicates with the atmosphere, and a communication flow path that causes the liquid storage chamber and the atmosphere communication chamber to communicate are formed integrally. The liquid storage container can take a first posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber is located under the liquid storage chamber in the direction of gravity and a second posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber and the liquid storage chamber are located side by side in the horizontal direction. In the case where the liquid storage container is in the second posture, the liquid injection portion and the communication flow path are located on the upper side of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yukimichi Kimura, Takahiro Kiuchi, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato, Koki Shimada, Masaya Shimmachi, Yusuke Tanaka, Hideaki Matsumura, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Tatsuo Nanjo
  • Patent number: 9738081
    Abstract: The printing apparatus of the present invention includes: a print head; and a liquid storage container in which a liquid storage chamber that stores a liquid to be supplied to the print head, an atmosphere communication chamber that communicates with the atmosphere, and a communication flow path that causes the liquid storage chamber and the atmosphere communication chamber to communicate are formed integrally. The liquid storage container can take a first posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber is located under the liquid storage chamber in the direction of gravity and a second posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber and the liquid storage chamber are located side by side in the horizontal direction. In the case where the liquid storage container is in the second posture, the liquid injection portion and the communication flow path are located on the upper side of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukimichi Kimura, Takahiro Kiuchi, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato, Koki Shimada, Masaya Shimmachi, Yusuke Tanaka, Hideaki Matsumura, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Tatsuo Nanjo
  • Publication number: 20170120607
    Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Koki Shimada, Hideaki Matsumura, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Takahiro Kiuchi, Yusuke Tanaka, Kyohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20170120617
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing a user from erroneously performing an opening and closing operation of a valve in the supply of ink to a recording head from an ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsumura, Koki Shimada, Yusuke Tanaka, Takahiro Kiuchi, Masaya Shimmachi, Yukimichi Kimura, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20170120609
    Abstract: The printing apparatus of the present invention includes: a print head; and a liquid storage container in which a liquid storage chamber that stores a liquid to be supplied to the print head, an atmosphere communication chamber that communicates with the atmosphere, and a communication flow path that causes the liquid storage chamber and the atmosphere communication chamber to communicate are formed integrally. The liquid storage container can take a first posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber is located under the liquid storage chamber in the direction of gravity and a second posture in which the atmosphere communication chamber and the liquid storage chamber are located side by side in the horizontal direction. In the case where the liquid storage container is in the second posture, the liquid injection portion and the communication flow path are located on the upper side of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yukimichi Kimura, Takahiro Kiuchi, Junichi Kubokawa, Kyohei Sato, Koki Shimada, Masaya Shimmachi, Yusuke Tanaka, Hideaki Matsumura, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Tatsuo Nanjo