Patents by Inventor Masamitsu Shimazu

Masamitsu Shimazu 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: 11683427
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Patent number: 11451681
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a lower unit having a recording section configured to perform recording on a medium, and an upper unit disposed on the lower unit, the upper unit including a reading section configured to read an image of the document, in which the lower unit includes a medium discharge section configured to discharge the medium toward the rear of the apparatus, and a medium receiving section disposed on the apparatus rear side with respect to the medium discharge section, the medium receiving section being configured to receive the medium discharged, and the upper unit is shorter than the lower unit in the apparatus front-rear direction and the upper unit is closer to the apparatus front with respect to the lower unit such that an end portion of the medium receiving section in the medium discharging direction is exposed at the rear of the upper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220131990
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Masamitsu SHIMAZU
  • Patent number: 11252293
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20210029260
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a lower unit having a recording section configured to perform recording on a medium, and an upper unit disposed on the lower unit, the upper unit including a reading section configured to read an image of the document, in which the lower unit includes a medium discharge section configured to discharge the medium toward the rear of the apparatus, and a medium receiving section disposed on the apparatus rear side with respect to the medium discharge section, the medium receiving section being configured to receive the medium discharged, and the upper unit is shorter than the lower unit in the apparatus front-rear direction and the upper unit is closer to the apparatus front with respect to the lower unit such that an end portion of the medium receiving section in the medium discharging direction is exposed at the rear of the upper unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210029262
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Masamitsu SHIMAZU
  • Patent number: 10841443
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Patent number: 10841442
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a lower unit having a recording section configured to perform recording on a medium, and an upper unit disposed on the lower unit, the upper unit including a reading section configured to read an image of the document, in which the lower unit includes a medium discharge section configured to discharge the medium toward the rear of the apparatus, and a medium receiving section disposed on the apparatus rear side with respect to the medium discharge section, the medium receiving section being configured to receive the medium discharged, and the upper unit is shorter than the lower unit in the apparatus front-rear direction and the upper unit is closer to the apparatus front with respect to the lower unit such that an end portion of the medium receiving section in the medium discharging direction is exposed at the rear of the upper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200099811
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; a medium discharging section that discharges the medium on which recording has been performed; a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged by the medium discharging section; a face-down discharge path that guides, to the medium discharge section, the recorded medium with a recorded side thereof facing downward; a document movement path that is provided at an upper part of a housing constituting an outer casing of the recording apparatus and along which a document moves; and a reading unit provided in the document movement path to read the document. The medium receiving section also serves as a support tray that supports the document to be inserted into the document movement path or the document exiting from the document movement path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Masamitsu SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20200092433
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a lower unit having a recording section configured to perform recording on a medium, and an upper unit disposed on the lower unit, the upper unit including a reading section configured to read an image of the document, in which the lower unit includes a medium discharge section configured to discharge the medium toward the rear of the apparatus, and a medium receiving section disposed on the apparatus rear side with respect to the medium discharge section, the medium receiving section being configured to receive the medium discharged, and the upper unit is shorter than the lower unit in the apparatus front-rear direction and the upper unit is closer to the apparatus front with respect to the lower unit such that an end portion of the medium receiving section in the medium discharging direction is exposed at the rear of the upper unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Katsumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10081189
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a medium support member, a gap switching unit, and a maintenance unit. The carriage includes a recording head configured to record on a medium. The medium support member is provided at a position facing the recording head and is configured to support the medium. The gap switching unit is configured to switch a gap between the medium support member and the recording head. The maintenance unit is configured to perform maintenance on the recording head. The gap switching unit and the maintenance unit are driven by a common motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Makoto Sato
  • Patent number: 10059109
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head configured to eject liquid; a control unit that makes the liquid ejecting head execute a plurality of types of preliminary ejection, which are ejection of liquid onto a medium and ejection of liquid onto an area outside the medium; and a plurality of receiving portions configured to receive liquid ejected by preliminary ejection, wherein the control unit changes the receiving portion that receives liquid ejected by preliminary ejection depending on the types of preliminary ejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Shunichi Hizawa
  • Patent number: 10022972
    Abstract: A waste liquid container includes an accommodating case which includes a mounting surface which is an external surface that faces internally in a mounting direction and a first side surface and a second side surface which are outside surfaces extending in a direction intersecting a width direction, a waste liquid introducing portion which is connected to a discharging portion, and a circuit board including a connecting terminal which is electrically connected to a substrate connecting portion. The accommodating case includes a recessed portion which opens on the mounting surface and the first side surface and allows a projecting portion to be inserted therein, when being mounted on the mounting portion, and a notch which opens on the mounting surface and the second side surface vertically below the waste liquid introducing portion. The connecting terminal is disposed inside the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Patent number: 10015334
    Abstract: An ink jet printer is a multifunctional recording apparatus in which a scanner unit is coupled to a recording unit in a rotationally movable manner. The scanner unit includes a protrusion. A carriage, the protrusion, and a rotational movement shaft of the scanner unit are arranged in this order from the unit front side to the unit rear side in the unit depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20180009226
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a medium support member, a gap switching unit, and a maintenance unit. The carriage includes a recording head configured to record on a medium. The medium support member is provided at a position facing the recording head and is configured to support the medium. The gap switching unit is configured to switch a gap between the medium support member and the recording head. The maintenance unit is configured to perform maintenance on the recording head. The gap switching unit and the maintenance unit are driven by a common motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Masamitsu SHIMAZU, Makoto SATO
  • Publication number: 20170203575
    Abstract: A waste liquid container includes an accommodating case which includes a mounting surface which is an external surface that faces internally in a mounting direction and a first side surface and a second side surface which are outside surfaces extending in a direction intersecting a width direction, a waste liquid introducing portion which is connected to a discharging portion, and a circuit board including a connecting terminal which is electrically connected to a substrate connecting portion. The accommodating case includes a recessed portion which opens on the mounting surface and the first side surface and allows a projecting portion to be inserted therein, when being mounted on the mounting portion, and a notch which opens on the mounting surface and the second side surface vertically below the waste liquid introducing portion. The connecting terminal is disposed inside the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20170182765
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head configured to eject liquid; a control unit that makes the liquid ejecting head execute a plurality of types of preliminary ejection, which are ejection of liquid onto a medium and ejection of liquid onto an area outside the medium; and a plurality of receiving portions configured to receive liquid ejected by preliminary ejection, wherein the control unit changes the receiving portion that receives liquid ejected by preliminary ejection depending on the types of preliminary ejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Masamitsu SHIMAZU, Shunichi HIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9571681
    Abstract: An ink jet printer is a multifunctional recording apparatus in which a scanner unit is coupled to a recording unit in a rotationally movable manner. The scanner unit includes a protrusion. A carriage, the protrusion, and a rotational movement shaft of the scanner unit are arranged in this order from the unit front side to the unit rear side in the unit depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20160182750
    Abstract: An ink jet printer is a multifunctional recording apparatus in which a scanner unit is coupled to a recording unit in a rotationally movable manner. The scanner unit includes a protrusion. A carriage, the protrusion, and a rotational movement shaft of the scanner unit are arranged in this order from the unit front side to the unit rear side in the unit depth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Masamitsu SHIMAZU
  • Patent number: 9278533
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit which ejects a liquid onto a medium being transported in a state in which an edge portion thereof is aligned with a second end side of a first end and the second end in a width direction intersecting a transport direction of a transport path, a first reception section which receives the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting unit as a waste liquid, a second reception section which receives the liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting unit toward the edge portion and is not received by the medium as the waste liquid, and a waste liquid holding section which holds the waste liquid, the waste liquid holding section including an inlet to guide the waste liquid received by the first reception section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masamitsu Shimazu