Patents by Inventor Namiki HASHIGUCHI

Namiki HASHIGUCHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240059520
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Namiki HASHIGUCHI, Masahide MORIYAMA, Masayoshi MIYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11840418
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Namiki Hashiguchi, Masahide Moriyama, Masayoshi Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 11827014
    Abstract: A printing system includes a discharging unit, a mounting unit, a post-process unit, a relay unit, and a control unit. The discharging unit discharges sheets. The mounting unit is provided to an apparatus body, and sheets are mounted on the mounting unit. The post-process unit performs a post-process on sheets. The relay unit is provided to the apparatus body, is configured to transport sheets to the post-process unit, and includes a lower path member. The lower path member is configured to be switched between a first state in which the lower path member serves as part of a relay path from the discharging unit to the post-process unit and a second state in which the lower path member opens the relay path. The control unit, when the lower path member is in the second state, makes sheets be discharged from the discharging unit to the mounting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiobara, Namiki Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230288864
    Abstract: A processing system includes: a first unit and a second unit coupled to the first unit by a positioning mechanism. The positioning mechanism includes a positioner including a first insertion portion that is included in one of the first unit and the second unit and a first inserted portion that is included in the other of the first unit and the second unit and to which the first insertion portion is inserted to position the first unit and the second unit; and a positioning guide including a second insertion portion that is included in one of the first unit and the second unit and a second inserted portion that is included in the other of the first unit and the second unit and to which the second insertion portion is inserted to guide the first insertion portion to an insertable position into the first inserted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Namiki HASHIGUCHI, Hiroshi SHIOBARA
  • Publication number: 20230148093
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Namiki HASHIGUCHI, Masahide MORIYAMA, Masayoshi MIYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11591178
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Namiki Hashiguchi, Masahide Moriyama, Masayoshi Miyakawa
  • Publication number: 20220339950
    Abstract: A printing system includes a discharging unit, a mounting unit, a post-process unit, a relay unit, and a control unit. The discharging unit discharges sheets. The mounting unit is provided to an apparatus body, and sheets are mounted on the mounting unit. The post-process unit performs a post-process on sheets. The relay unit is provided to the apparatus body, is configured to transport sheets to the post-process unit, and includes a lower path member. The lower path member is configured to be switched between a first state in which the lower path member serves as part of a relay path from the discharging unit to the post-process unit and a second state in which the lower path member opens the relay path. The control unit, when the lower path member is in the second state, makes sheets be discharged from the discharging unit to the mounting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIOBARA, Namiki HASHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220272221
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a punch unit that punches a paper on which recording is performed by a recording unit that discharges ink, and a controller that controls a punching operation of the punch unit. The controller sets at least one of the number of punching and a punching speed per paper in the punch unit based on setting information of at least one of recording information and environmental information in the recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Namiki Hashiguchi, Kohei Ueno, Hirohisa Kodaira, Toshikazu Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20220017321
    Abstract: A post-processing unit includes a stapler, a driving section, and a controller. The stapler is moved in a Y direction and executes a stapling process on a paper sheet. The driving section moves the stapler in the Y direction. The controller controls an operation of the stapler and an operation of the driving section. The controller executes first control to supply a set current or a set voltage to the driving section, second control to supply, to the driving section, the same supply current as the set current or the same supply voltage as the set voltage, and third control to stop the supply of the supply current or the supply voltage. When the stapler executes the stapling process a plurality of times, the controller repeatedly executes the second control and the third control and causes the stapler to execute the stapling process during the execution of the second control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Namiki HASHIGUCHI, Masahide MORIYAMA, Masayoshi MIYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11161356
    Abstract: The transporting device includes a transporting path on which a medium recorded by the recording portion is transported in a transporting direction, and a contact portion that comes in contact with a front end of the medium, which is transported through the transporting path, to adjust a transporting state of the medium is adjusted. The transporting path has a guide portion that guides the medium to be transported to the contact portion, the guide portion has a first guide portion that is configured to swing, and a second guide portion that faces the first guide portion and is configured to swing, and the first guide portion and the second guide portion are disposed at a standby position when the medium is not transported through the transporting path, and are configured to move in directions away from each other from the standby position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Hirohisa Adachi, Namiki Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20210107302
    Abstract: The transporting device includes a transporting path on which a medium recorded by the recording portion is transported in a transporting direction, and a contact portion that comes in contact with a front end of the medium, which is transported through the transporting path, to adjust a transporting state of the medium is adjusted. The transporting path has a guide portion that guides the medium to be transported to the contact portion, the guide portion has a first guide portion that is configured to swing, and a second guide portion that faces the first guide portion and is configured to swing, and the first guide portion and the second guide portion are disposed at a standby position when the medium is not transported through the transporting path, and are configured to move in directions away from each other from the standby position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Hirohisa ADACHI, Namiki HASHIGUCHI