Patents by Inventor Kumiko Kuriki

Kumiko Kuriki 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: 8655227
    Abstract: The opening and closing apparatus includes a lower unit case, an upper unit case, a hinge, a lower guide member, an upper guide member and an opening/closing linking unit. The upper unit case is configured to open and close with respect to the lower unit case. The lower guide member is disposed in the lower unit case, and the upper guide member is disposed in the upper unit case. The opening/closing linking unit includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member and a linking portion. As the upper unit case is closed, the opening/closing linking unit moves from the base end side toward the distal end side along the upper guide member and the lower guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichiro Nishimura, Kumiko Kuriki, Yukio Shiohara, Kazuhito Ishida, Masahisa Kato, Tomohisa Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8655226
    Abstract: The opening and closing apparatus includes a lower unit case, an upper unit case, a hinge, a lower guide member, an upper guide member and an opening/closing linking unit. The upper unit case is configured to open and close with respect to the lower unit case. The lower guide member is disposed in the lower unit case, and the upper guide member is disposed in the upper unit case. The opening/closing linking unit includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member and a linking portion. As the upper unit case is closed, the opening/closing linking unit moves from the base end side toward the distal end side along the upper guide member and the lower guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichiro Nishimura, Kumiko Kuriki, Yukio Shiohara, Kazuhito Ishida, Masahisa Kato, Tomohisa Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8611792
    Abstract: There is provided an opening/closing device for an upper unit case, including a pair of guide members formed of lower and upper guide members provided on lower and upper unit cases respectively, at least one of the lower and upper guide member being configured to be swingable in an up and down direction; a movable body which is connected movably to the lower and upper guide members and which has a rotary body installed in the movable body while being fitted rollably with respect to the lower and lower guide members; and a regulating mechanism which regulates swinging amount in the up and down direction of the at least one guide member configured to be swingable in the up and down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichiro Nishimura, Kumiko Kuriki, Yukio Shiohara, Kazuhito Ishida, Masahisa Kato, Tomohisa Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8186786
    Abstract: A printer includes: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; a carriage which carries the recording head and is movable in a scanning direction; a guide member which extends in the scanning direction and guides a movement of the carriage in the scanning direction; an angle-controlling member which is supported by the carriage to be pivotable relative thereto and controls an angular position of the carriage relative to the guide member in a state in which at least one contact surface of the angle-controlling member is in contact with a surface of the guide member that extends in the scanning direction; and a pivotal-position adjusting device which adjusts a pivotal position of the angle-controlling member relative to the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kumiko Kuriki, Toshio Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8075130
    Abstract: A work device, including: a reciprocable movable member; a lengthy member connected to the movable member at its first-end-side portion, so as to extend in a first direction, and is elastically curved toward a second direction different from the first direction so that its second-end-side portion is fixed at a prescribed position, the lengthy member being operable to follow a reciprocating movement of the movable member; and a guide member having a first guide surface extending along the second direction, a second guide surface extending in a third direction intersecting the second direction, and a third guide surface contiguous to the first and second guide surfaces, wherein the third guide surface is configured such that a boundary point in the lengthy member transits on the third guide surface from the first guide surface toward the second guide surface when the lengthy member contacting the first guide surface moves so as to come into contact with the second guide surface following the movable member, the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kumiko Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20110240668
    Abstract: The opening and closing apparatus includes a lower unit case, an upper unit case, a hinge, a lower guide member, an upper guide member and an opening/closing linking unit. The upper unit case is configured to open and close with respect to the lower unit case. The lower guide member is disposed in the lower unit case, and the upper guide member is disposed in the upper unit case. The opening/closing linking unit includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member and a linking portion. As the upper unit case is closed, the opening/closing linking unit moves from the base end side toward the distal end side along the upper guide member and the lower guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichiro NISHIMURA, Kumiko KURIKI, Yukio SHIOHARA, Kazuhito ISHIDA, Masahisa KATO, Tomohisa HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110241511
    Abstract: The opening and closing apparatus includes a lower unit case, an upper unit case, a hinge, a lower guide member, an upper guide member and an opening/closing linking unit. The upper unit case is configured to open and close with respect to the lower unit case. The lower guide member is disposed in the lower unit case, and the upper guide member is disposed in the upper unit case. The opening/closing linking unit includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member and a linking portion. As the upper unit case is closed, the opening/closing linking unit moves from the base end side toward the distal end side along the upper guide member and the lower guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichiro NISHIMURA, Kumiko KURIKI, Yukio SHIOHARA, Kazuhito ISHIDA, Masahisa KATO, Tomohisa HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110243608
    Abstract: There is provided an opening/closing device for an upper unit case, including a pair of guide members formed of lower and upper guide members provided on lower and upper unit cases respectively, at least one of the lower and upper guide member being configured to be swingable in an up and down direction; a movable body which is connected movably to the lower and upper guide members and which has a rotary body installed in the movable body while being fitted rollably with respect to the lower and lower guide members; and a regulating mechanism which regulates swinging amount in the up and down direction of the at least one guide member configured to be swingable in the up and down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichiro NISHIMURA, Kumiko KURIKI, Yukio SHIOHARA, Kazuhito ISHIDA, Masahisa KATO, Tomohisa HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7618134
    Abstract: A carriage includes a carriage body and a carriage cover. The carriage body has a joint portion to which ink tubes are connected while being arranged in a lateral direction, and a flat plane formed from the joint portion in an extending direction of the ink tubes and carrying the ink tubes slidably in the lateral direction. The carriage cover has a pressing member attached on an upper side of the carriage body and maintaining the ink tubes in an arrangement state in the lateral direction. The ink tubes are pinched between the carriage cover and the flat plane slidably in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kumiko Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20090167834
    Abstract: A work device, including: a reciprocable movable member; a lengthy member connected to the movable member at its first-end-side portion, so as to extend in a first direction, and is elastically curved toward a second direction different from the first direction so that its second-end-side portion is fixed at a prescribed position, the lengthy member being operable to follow a reciprocating movement of the movable member; and a guide member having a first guide surface extending along the second direction, a second guide surface extending in a third direction intersecting the second direction, and a third guide surface contiguous to the first and second guide surfaces, wherein the third guide surface is configured such that a boundary point in the lengthy member transits on the third guide surface from the first guide surface toward the second guide surface when the lengthy member contacting the first guide surface moves so as to come into contact with the second guide surface following the movable member, the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kumiko Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20080297560
    Abstract: A printer includes: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; a carriage which carries the recording head and is movable in a scanning direction; a guide member which extends in the scanning direction and guides a movement of the carriage in the scanning direction; an angle-controlling member which is supported by the carriage to be pivotable relative thereto and controls an angular position of the carriage relative to the guide member in a state in which at least one contact surface of the angle-controlling member is in contact with a surface of the guide member that extends in the scanning direction; and a pivotal-position adjusting device which adjusts a pivotal position of the angle-controlling member relative to the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kumiko Kuriki, Toshio Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20070146418
    Abstract: A carriage includes a carriage body and a carriage cover. The carriage body has a joint portion to which ink tubes are connected while being arranged in a lateral direction, and a flat plane formed from the joint portion in an extending direction of the ink tubes and carrying the ink tubes slidably in the lateral direction. The carriage cover has a pressing member attached on an upper side of the carriage body and maintaining the ink tubes in an arrangement state in the lateral direction. The ink tubes are pinched between the carriage cover and the flat plane slidably in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kumiko Kuriki