Patents by Inventor Kosaku Hotta

Kosaku Hotta 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).

  • Medium wind-up device, printing machine, and medium wind-up method
    Patent number: 10821744
    Abstract: A medium wind-up device is provided to suppress causing a wrinkle at a time of winding a medium, and also suppress a fluctuation of a winding position. The medium wind-up device includes: a tension roller that presses a medium, which is belt-shaped and transferred in a transfer direction that is predetermined, in order to provide the medium with a tension; a reversing roller that reverses the medium pressed by the tension roller, and the reversing roller being rotatable so as to follow a move of the medium; a loading mechanism that is capable of placing a load against a rotation of the reversing roller; and a wind-up portion that winds up the medium reversed by the reversing roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Akuta, Tomohiro Takano, Kosaku Hotta
  • MEDIUM WIND-UP DEVICE, PRINTING MACHINE, AND MEDIUM WIND-UP METHOD
    Publication number: 20190275814
    Abstract: A medium wind-up device is provided to suppress causing a wrinkle at a time of winding a medium, and also suppress a fluctuation of a winding position. The medium wind-up device includes: a tension roller that presses a medium, which is belt-shaped and transferred in a transfer direction that is predetermined, in order to provide the medium with a tension; a reversing roller that reverses the medium pressed by the tension roller, and the reversing roller being rotatable so as to follow a move of the medium; a loading mechanism that is capable of placing a load against a rotation of the reversing roller; and a wind-up portion that winds up the medium reversed by the reversing roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Akuta, Tomohiro Takano, Kosaku Hotta