Patents by Inventor Mitsugi Tanaka

Mitsugi Tanaka 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: 9221649
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge. The adhesive tape cartridge includes an adhesive tape roll around which an adhesive tape is wound about an axis line, a separation material roll configured to wind the separation material layer around an axis line, a connecting arm that freely rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and freely rotatably supports the separation material roll, and a guide device configured to cause the adhesive tape to pass in a tape posture with a tape cross-section set to a substantially horizontal direction, substantially contact both tape width direction ends during the passing, and to guide the adhesive tape in the tape width direction, provided in a middle part of the connecting arm, between the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9193557
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge comprising an adhesive tape roll around which is wound an adhesive tape, a peeling part, a separation material roll, and a support member. The adhesive tape comprises an adhesive layer and a separation material layer. The peeling part is configured to peel the separation material layer from the adhesive tape fed out from the adhesive tape roll and subsequently fed to one side in a predetermined direction. The separation material roll is configured to wind the separation material layer. The support member respectively rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll. A position of the peeling part in the predetermined direction is disposed further on the one side than at least a position of a take-up position of the separation material roll when the separation material roll is in a minimum outer diameter state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150251466
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a printing head, a take-up driving device, a take-up amount detecting portion, a constant torque control device, and a switching control portion. The take-up driving device drives a take-up portion for taking up at least a part of layers of the recording medium fed by a feeder on an outer circumference part and forming a roll. The take-up amount detecting portion detects a take-up amount by the take-up portion. The constant torque control device performs constant torque control that sets a driving torque of the take-up driving device to a constant value corresponding to an input command value. The switching control portion switches the command value in stages in accordance with an increase in the take-up amount detected by the take-up amount detecting portion associated with an advancement of the take-up by the take-up portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150251462
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a storage part, a winding core, a rotating speed detecting portion, and a determining portion. The storage part stores a print-receiving tape roll that winds a print-receiving tape around an outer circumference part of a first winding core. The winding core driving device drives a second winding core for sequentially taking up the print-receiving tape on which print has been formed on an outer circumference part, and forming a roll. The rotating speed detecting portion detects a rotating speed of the second winding core. The determining portion determines whether or not the print-receiving tape roll has reached a tape end based on the rotating speed of the second winding core detected by the rotating speed detecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9067441
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a medium cartridge includes a first record medium roll, a second record medium roll, and a connecting arm. The first record medium roll is stored in a first storage part. The second record medium roll is stored in a second storage part. The connecting arm connects the first record medium roll and the second record medium roll, and comprises first bracket parts and second bracket parts. The first bracket parts sandwich the first record medium roll to hold the first record medium roll. The pair of second bracket parts sandwich the second record medium roll to hold the second record medium roll. The first bracket parts comprises a substantially oval-shaped first guide part capable of entering a first lead-in groove. The second bracket parts comprises a substantially circular-shaped second guide part capable of entering a second lead-in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9067442
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a medium cartridge that comprises a first record medium roll that winds a record medium in a manner that enables feed-out. The medium cartridge is configured to be mounted to a printer. In the printer, a print mechanism configured to perform print on the record medium is provided movably along a medium-width direction of the record medium with respect to an opening/closing cover capable of opening and closing at least an area above a part of an apparatus housing. The medium cartridge comprises a positioning contacting part. The positioning contacting part is configured to separate from a contacted part provided on the print mechanism with the opening/closing cover open. Further, the positioning contacting part is configured to contact the contacted part of the print mechanism and position the print mechanism in the medium-width direction with the opening/closing cover closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150116442
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a medium cartridge that comprises a first record medium roll that winds a record medium in a manner that enables feed-out. The medium cartridge is configured to be mounted to a printer. In the printer, a print mechanism configured to perform print on the record medium is provided movably along a medium-width direction of the record medium with respect to an opening/closing cover capable of opening and closing at least an area above a part of an apparatus housing. The medium cartridge comprises a positioning contacting part. The positioning contacting part is configured to separate from a contacted part provided on the print mechanism with the opening/closing cover open. Further, the positioning contacting part is configured to contact the contacted part of the print mechanism and position the print mechanism in the medium-width direction with the opening/closing cover closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150116441
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a medium cartridge includes a first record medium roll, a second record medium roll, and a connecting arm. The first record medium roll is stored in a first storage part. The second record medium roll is stored in a second storage part. The connecting arm connects the first record medium roll and the second record medium roll, and comprises first bracket parts and second bracket parts. The first bracket parts sandwich the first record medium roll to hold the first record medium roll. The pair of second bracket parts sandwich the second record medium roll to hold the second record medium roll. The first bracket parts comprises a substantially oval-shaped first guide part capable of entering a first lead-in groove. The second bracket parts comprises a substantially circular-shaped second guide part capable of entering a second lead-in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8974052
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer configured to perform desired printing, comprising a substantially box-shaped housing, a partition wall that partitions an internal structure of the housing into a first area positioned on a first side, and a second area positioned on a second side opposite to the first side, a control substrate provided to the first area, a medium storage chamber configured to store the print-receiving medium and provided to the second area, an opening/closing lid configured to expose the medium storage chamber to the outside and provided to the housing and configured to open and close between an open position and a closed position, and a print processing mechanism configured to perform desired printing while feeding the print-receiving medium supplied from the medium storage chamber based on control by the control substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsugi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Furuyama
  • Publication number: 20150053351
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge comprising an adhesive tape roll, a peeling part, a separation material roll, a support member, and adhering portion. The adhesive tape roll wound an adhesive tape comprising an adhesive layer and a separation material layer covering the adhesive layer. The peeling part is configured to peel the separation material layer from the adhesive tape fed out from the adhesive tape roll, and thereby to generate an affixing tape. The separation material roll is configured to wind the separation material layer peeled by the peeling part. The support member respectively rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll. The adhering portion is configured to reseparably adhere the affixing tape generated by the peeling of the separation material layer by the peeling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8905663
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cutting apparatus. The apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed an adhesive tape, a guide plate configured to contact and guide a surface of the other side end of the adhesive tape, a movable blade configured to advance from the adhesive layer and cut the adhesive tape, disposed below the guide plate so that a blade edge of the movable plate vertically faces the guide plate, a travel mechanism for causing the movable blade to travel along the tape width direction along the guide plate, and a movable blade support device configured to support the movable blade with respect to the travel mechanism in the manner that the movable blade slopes so that the blade edge presses the adhesive tape to the guide plate in the travel direction along the tape width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8845219
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an adhesive tape printer comprising a housing, a first storage part configured to receive a first roll provided to one side of the housing in the first horizontal direction, a feeding roller, a printing head, a second storage part configured to store a second roll wherein the adhesive tape with print is wound around an axis line in the second horizontal direction, provided to the other side of the housing in the first horizontal direction, a feeding motor provided further on the other side than the first storage part and further on the one side than the second storage part so that an axis direction of an output shaft matches the second horizontal direction, a first opening/closing cover provided to an upper part on the one side, and a second opening/closing cover provided to an upper part on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140209730
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a lengthy article take-up apparatus comprising a housing, a winding core member, a bearing portion and a driving gear. The winding core member is configured to take up the lengthy article. The winding core member comprises a shaft member, a cylindrical winding body, a driven gear, and a lock member. The shaft member is configured to be detachably fitted to the bearing portion. The cylindrical winding body is disposed rotatably on an outer periphery of the shaft member and configured to wind the lengthy article on an outer peripheral side. The driven gear is fixed to the winding body and configured to be meshed with the driving gear when the winding core member is attached to the housing. The lock member is configured to fix the shaft member to the bearing portion when the winding core member is attached to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140084103
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a tape cartridge comprising a first tape roll, a second tape roll, a connecting part, and a pair of gripped parts. A first tape consumed by feed-out is wound around the first tape roll. The second tape roll winds a second tape around an axis extending along the first direction and provided on a downstream side of the first tape roll. The second tape is generated by a feeding of the first tape. The connecting part is provided so as to connect the first tape roll and the second tape roll. The pair of gripped parts extends along the second direction, each respectively provided on either side of the connecting part along the first direction. The gripped part comprises a slip preventing part configured to prevent slipping during gripping on an end of the gripped part in the one side along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130291791
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cutting apparatus. The apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed an adhesive tape, a guide plate configured to contact and guide a surface of the other side end of the adhesive tape, a movable blade configured to advance from the adhesive layer and cut the adhesive tape, disposed below the guide plate so that a blade edge of the movable plate vertically faces the guide plate, a travel mechanism for causing the movable blade to travel along the tape width direction along the guide plate, and a movable blade support device configured to support the movable blade with respect to the travel mechanism in the manner that the movable blade slopes so that the blade edge presses the adhesive tape to the guide plate in the travel direction along the tape width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130291790
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an adhesive tape printer comprising a housing, a first storage part configured to receive a first roll provided to one side of the housing in the first horizontal direction, a feeding roller, a printing head, a second storage part configured to store a second roll wherein the adhesive tape with print is wound around an axis line in the second horizontal direction, provided to the other side of the housing in the first horizontal direction, a feeding motor provided further on the other side than the first storage part and further on the one side than the second storage part so that an axis direction of an output shaft matches the second horizontal direction, a first opening/closing cover provided to an upper part on the one side, and a second opening/closing cover provided to an upper part on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130292060
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge comprising an adhesive tape roll around which is wound an adhesive tape, a peeling part, a separation material roll, and a support member. The adhesive tape comprises an adhesive layer and a separation material layer. The peeling part is configured to peel the separation material layer from the adhesive tape fed out from the adhesive tape roll and subsequently fed to one side in a predetermined direction. The separation material roll is configured to wind the separation material layer. The support member respectively rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll. A position of the peeling part in the predetermined direction is disposed further on the one side than at least a position of a take-up position of the separation material roll when the separation material roll is in a minimum outer diameter state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130292061
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge. The adhesive tape cartridge includes an adhesive tape roll around which an adhesive tape is wound about an axis line, a separation material roll configured to wind the separation material layer around an axis line, a connecting arm that freely rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and freely rotatably supports the separation material roll, and a guide device configured to cause the adhesive tape to pass in a tape posture with a tape cross-section set to a substantially horizontal direction, substantially contact both tape width direction ends during the passing, and to guide the adhesive tape in the tape width direction, provided in a middle part of the connecting arm, between the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8529142
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a tag tape roll around which a tag tape is wound, said tag tape having a plurality of RFID circuit elements aligned in a safety area, which is located at an end on one side in the width direction of said tag tape, and including a print area on the other side in the width direction with respect to said RFID circuit elements. A tag label producing device performs predetermined printing on said print area by a print head while paying out said tag tape from said tag tape roll, and produces a tag label by using said tag tape on which printing has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D726815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka