Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Matsuhashi
Kunihiko Matsuhashi 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).
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Patent number: 8800627Abstract: A transfer medium manufacturing method for manufacturing a transfer medium in which a foil forming recording material containing metallic particles capable of being transferred onto a target has been applied to a base material includes: applying the foil forming recording material to the base material; and smoothing the surface of the foil forming recording material applied to the base material in the applying, the foil forming recording material being in a partially-melted state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8783828Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges a recording ink and an undercoating ink on a recording medium; a driving section that drives at least one of the recording medium and the recording head so that the recording medium and the recording head are relatively scanned several times in one direction; and a control section that causes an undercoating layer with the undercoating ink on a predetermined area of the recording medium and a recording layer with the recording ink to be laminated by the recording head and the driving section, and simultaneously allows that the number of the scannings in a case where the undercoating ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area is larger than the number of the scannings in a case where the recording ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Publication number: 20140063116Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges a recording ink and an undercoating ink on a recording medium; a driving section that drives at least one of the recording medium and the recording head so that the recording medium and the recording head are relatively scanned several times in one direction; and a control section that causes an undercoating layer with the undercoating ink on a predetermined area of the recording medium and a recording layer with the recording ink to be laminated by the recording head and the driving section, and simultaneously allows that the number of the scannings in a case where the undercoating ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area is larger than the number of the scannings in a case where the recording ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8613512Abstract: A recording head is operable to eject ink toward a recording medium. A carriage mounting the recording head is operable to carry the recording head in a first direction. At least one infrared ray heater is provided on the carriage so as to oppose the recording medium. An input energy of the infrared ray heater is 60 W or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kunihiko Matsuhashi, Hitoshi Ota, Masayuki Momose, Tsuyoshi Sano, Takeshi Tanoue, Shuichi Koganehira
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Patent number: 8608280Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges a recording ink and an undercoating ink on a recording medium; a driving section that drives at least one of the recording medium and the recording head so that the recording medium and the recording head are relatively scanned several times in one direction; and a control section that causes an undercoating layer with the undercoating ink on a predetermined area of the recording medium and a recording layer with the recording ink to be laminated by the recording head and the driving section, and simultaneously allows that the number of the scannings in a case where the undercoating ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area is larger than the number of the scannings in a case where the recording ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Publication number: 20130307888Abstract: A printing method includes printing on an outside surface of a packaging material which has an inside surface, the outside surface and an opening. The printing is performed in a state of the opening being closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko MATSUHASHI
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Patent number: 8517377Abstract: A conveying apparatus includes a suction mechanism that suctions an interior of a bag, and a connecting mechanism that connects an opening of the bag and the suction mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8430501Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid to a printing object, a plate-shaped member having an open portion corresponding to a printing region of the printing object with the plate-shaped member being disposed between the printing object and the liquid ejection head, and a printing object retaining unit that maintains a constant distance between the liquid ejection head and the printing region by pushing the printing object toward the plate-shaped member. The liquid ejection head ejects the liquid to the printing region of the printing object pushed toward the plate-shaped member by the printing object retaining unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8398230Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a fluid supply mechanism configured to supply a fluid as a heat medium for controlling a target to a desired temperature. The fluid supply mechanism supplies the fluid to a space region disposed on one surface side of the target, to increase the pressure in the target from the one surface side.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8363077Abstract: A transfer medium manufacturing method which manufactures a transfer medium in which a color material capable of being transferred to a target is attached to a base material, includes attaching first liquid containing the color material to the base material to form a colored layer, and attaching second liquid containing resin on the first liquid attached to the base material during the step of attaching the first liquid before the first liquid is dried, thereby forming a resin layer and forming a colored resin layer where the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8342634Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a first printing unit group, a second printing unit group, a turnover unit and a control unit controlling the path change unit. The control unit controls the path change unit so that a difference is as small as possible between the length of the path along which the printing medium is transported from at least one printing unit of the first printing unit group to several printing units of the second printing unit group via the turnover unit and the length of the path along which the printing medium is transported from another printing unit of the first printing unit group to several printing units of the second printing unit group via the turnover unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Publication number: 20120229566Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges a recording ink and an undercoating ink on a recording medium; a driving section that drives at least one of the recording medium and the recording head so that the recording medium and the recording head are relatively scanned several times in one direction; and a control section that causes an undercoating layer with the undercoating ink on a predetermined area of the recording medium and a recording layer with the recording ink to be laminated by the recording head and the driving section, and simultaneously allows that the number of the scannings in a case where the undercoating ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area is larger than the number of the scannings in a case where the recording ink is discharged with respect to the predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8157367Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a moving unit that can be moved in predetermined directions including a transport direction of a recording medium, a first recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit and performs a first recording process in which a first process solution is used for the recording medium, a second recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit together with the first recording processing unit and performs a second recording process, in which a second process solution that is different from the first process solution is used, for a recording processing area of the recording medium for which the first recording process is performed by the first recording processing unit, and a control unit that controls the moving unit, the first recording processing unit, and the second recording processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Patent number: 8100522Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a supporting member that has a supporting surface for supporting a target to which a liquid is ejected; a heating apparatus that heats the supporting member; a transport unit that transports the target from an upstream side of the supporting member to a downstream side while sliding the target on the supporting surface; and a recording unit that, when a direction in which the target supported on the supporting surface is transported is a main scanning direction, repeatedly performs a moving operation in the main scanning direction in which the liquid is ejected to a recording area of the target to perform recording and a moving operation in a sub-scanning direction in which no liquid is ejected, thereby performing recording on the recording area of the target.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Publication number: 20110216139Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a fluid supply mechanism configured to supply a fluid as a heat medium for controlling a target to a desired temperature. The fluid supply mechanism supplies the fluid to a space region disposed on one surface side of the target, to increase the pressure in the target from the one surface side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko MATSUHASHI
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Patent number: 8011779Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a supporting member that supports a target; a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid to a liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member; an air blowing device that blows air to the liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member; and a guide member that has an opposed surface which is closely opposed to the liquid ejecting surface of the target supported by the supporting member and forms a gap for passing the air, which is blown by the air blowing device as laminar flow along the liquid ejecting surface, between the opposed surface and the liquid ejecting surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kunihiko Matsuhashi
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Publication number: 20110204563Abstract: A conveying apparatus includes a suction mechanism that suctions an interior of a bag, and a connecting mechanism that connects an opening of the bag and the suction mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko MATSUHASHI
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Publication number: 20110169891Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid to a printing object, a plate-shaped member having an open portion corresponding to a printing region of the printing object with the plate-shaped member being disposed between the printing object and the liquid ejection head, and a printing object retaining unit that maintains a constant distance between the liquid ejection head and the printing region by pushing the printing object toward the plate-shaped member. The liquid ejection head ejects the liquid to the printing region of the printing object pushed toward the plate-shaped member by the printing object retaining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko MATSUHASHI
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Publication number: 20110115862Abstract: A recording head is operable to eject ink toward a recording medium. A carriage mounting the recording head is operable to carry the recording head in a first direction. At least one infrared ray heater is provided on the carriage so as to oppose the recording medium. An input energy of the infrared ray heater is 60 W or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Kunihiko MATSUHASHI, Hitoshi Ota, Masayuki Momose, Tsuyoshi Sano, Takeshi Tanoue, Shuichi Koganehira
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Publication number: 20110033611Abstract: A transfer medium manufacturing method for manufacturing a transfer medium in which a foil forming recording material containing metallic particles capable of being transferred onto a target has been applied to a base material includes: applying the foil forming recording material to the base material; and smoothing the surface of the foil forming recording material applied to the base material in the applying, the foil forming recording material being in a partially-melted state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko MATSUHASHI