Patents by Inventor Mizuki BIZEN

Mizuki BIZEN 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: 11884087
    Abstract: A tape cartridge includes: a tape-like member including a tape body having a first edge located in a first direction, which is one side in a width direction of the tape body, and a detection projection portion projecting in the first direction from the first edge so as to be detected by the detecting portion and having a detection end at an end thereof in the first direction; a guide portion that guides feeding of the tape-like member such that the tape-like member curves along a peripheral surface of a platen roller for feeding the tape-like member; and a contact portion that makes contact with the detection end at a position where the tape-like member curves along the peripheral surface of the platen roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mizuki Bizen
  • Patent number: 11697298
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape supplying body including: a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound; a first member provided on a bottom surface of the tape roll; and a second member, wherein the second member has a running-onto prevention part that is provided at an upper surface of the tape roll and prevents the tape from running onto the tape roll, a tape receiving part that is provided at a bottom surface of the first member and receives the tape dropping from the first member, and a connection part that is provided on a radially outer side of the tape roll and connects the running-onto prevention part and the tape receiving part to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki Bizen, Taishi Sasaki, Akio Ishimoto, Yuki Hatayama
  • Patent number: 11458750
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accommodation body including: a tape roll accommodation part in which a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound is accommodated; a wall part that is provided with a tape discharge port from which the tape fed from the tape roll is to be discharged; and a cartridge accommodation part in which a ribbon cartridge that has an ink ribbon and is to be installed in the tape printing apparatus while retaining the tape fed from the tape roll is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki Bizen, Taishi Sasaki, Akio Ishimoto, Yuki Hatayama
  • Publication number: 20220203737
    Abstract: A tape cartridge includes: a tape-like member including a tape body having a first edge located in a first direction, which is one side in a width direction of the tape body, and a detection projection portion projecting in the first direction from the first edge so as to be detected by the detecting portion and having a detection end at an end thereof in the first direction; a guide portion that guides feeding of the tape-like member such that the tape-like member curves along a peripheral surface of a platen roller for feeding the tape-like member; and a contact portion that makes contact with the detection end at a position where the tape-like member curves along the peripheral surface of the platen roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mizuki BIZEN
  • Patent number: 11241896
    Abstract: A housing case includes a tape roll housing section configured to house a tape roll of a wound tape to be fed to a tape printing device, a tape discharge side removal portion removably provided in a first wall section, the tape discharge side removal portion to be removed to form a tape discharge in the first wall section through which the tape fed from the tape roll is fed, and a cartridge housing section configured to house a ribbon cartridge having an ink ribbon, the ribbon cartridge to be mounted into the tape printing device and being configured to hold the tape fed from the tape roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yanagisawa, Akio Ishimoto, Mizuki Bizen
  • Publication number: 20200398598
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accommodation body including: a tape roll accommodation part in which a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound is accommodated; a wall part that is provided with a tape discharge port from which the tape fed from the tape roll is to be discharged; and a cartridge accommodation part in which a ribbon cartridge that has an ink ribbon and is to be installed in the tape printing apparatus while retaining the tape fed from the tape roll is accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki BIZEN, Taishi SASAKI, Akio ISHIMOTO, Yuki HATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200398595
    Abstract: A housing case includes a tape roll housing section configured to house a tape roll of a wound tape to be fed to a tape printing device, a tape discharge side removal portion removably provided in a first wall section, the tape discharge side removal portion to be removed to form a tape discharge in the first wall section through which the tape fed from the tape roll is fed, and a cartridge housing section configured to house a ribbon cartridge having an ink ribbon, the ribbon cartridge to be mounted into the tape printing device and being configured to hold the tape fed from the tape roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi YANAGISAWA, Akio ISHIMOTO, Mizuki BIZEN
  • Publication number: 20200398597
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape supplying body including: a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound; a first member provided on a bottom surface of the tape roll; and a second member, wherein the second member has a running-onto prevention part that is provided at an upper surface of the tape roll and prevents the tape from running onto the tape roll, a tape receiving part that is provided at a bottom surface of the first member and receives the tape dropping from the first member, and a connection part that is provided on a radially outer side of the tape roll and connects the running-onto prevention part and the tape receiving part to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki BIZEN, Taishi SASAKI, Akio ISHIMOTO, Yuki HATAYAMA