Patents by Inventor Noriaki Maida
Noriaki Maida 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: 11938717Abstract: An image recording method includes a step of preparing a first ink containing water and at least one selected from the group consisting of a chromatic colorant and a black colorant, a step of preparing a second ink containing a white colorant and water, an applying step of applying each of the first ink and the second ink onto a resin base material by an ink jet method, and a drying step of including irradiating the first ink and the second ink applied onto the resin base material with microwaves.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Ayato Sato, Noriaki Maida, Hidetoshi Kawasaki, Takeshi Miyato
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Patent number: 11878514Abstract: Provided are a blowing unit, a drying device, a liquid applying system, and a printing system with which it is possible to realize uniformly blowing air via a plurality of jetting ports. In a blowing unit that has a hollow structure and blows air via a plurality of jetting ports disposed at a first surface, a gas inflow port through which a gas supplied from a gas supply source flows in is formed in a second surface which intersects the first surface and at which the jetting ports are not disposed and a ratio of a sum of opening areas of the plurality of jetting ports to an opening area of the gas inflow port is equal to or larger than 0.1 and equal to or smaller than 1.0.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Noriaki Maida, Takanori Hamamoto
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Publication number: 20230191790Abstract: There is provided a mounting mechanism for a liquid container capable of suppressing a damage of a mouthpiece and enabling efficient stirring, and there is provided an ink stirring method for an ink cartridge using the mechanism. The mounting mechanism for a liquid container includes: a holder portion that fixes a mouthpiece serving as an outlet of a liquid of a liquid container in which the liquid is contained and that holds the liquid container; a set portion that has a fitting part fitted to the mouthpiece and causing the liquid to flow out of the mouthpiece; a tube that communicates with the fitting part; and a main body that is connected to the set portion by using the tube, in which the set portion is movable with respect to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Noriaki MAIDA, Naoyuki Morita, Yuzo Ishikawa, Kensuke Takada
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Publication number: 20220402278Abstract: Provided are a drying device, a liquid applying system, and a printing system that suppress an increase in size in a direction facing a substrate transport surface. A drying device that blows a heated gas to a substrate transport surface in a substrate transport path includes a blowing unit provided with a jetting port formed in a first surface facing the substrate transport surface, a heat source, and a fan motor that blows a gas to the heat source to generate the heated gas. A heated gas inflow port through which the heated gas is supplied is formed in a second surface of the blowing unit, the second surface intersecting the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Noriaki MAIDA
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Publication number: 20220402281Abstract: Provided are a blowing unit, a drying device, a liquid applying system, and a printing system with which it is possible to realize uniformly blowing air via a plurality of jetting ports. In a blowing unit that has a hollow structure and blows air via a plurality of jetting ports disposed at a first surface, a gas inflow port through which a gas supplied from a gas supply source flows in is formed in a second surface which intersects the first surface and at which the jetting ports are not disposed and a ratio of a sum of opening areas of the plurality of jetting ports to an opening area of the gas inflow port is equal to or larger than 0.1 and equal to or smaller than 1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Noriaki MAIDA, Takanori HAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220258495Abstract: An image recording method includes a step of preparing a first ink containing water and at least one selected from the group consisting of a chromatic colorant and a black colorant, a step of preparing a second ink containing a white colorant and water, an applying step of applying each of the first ink and the second ink onto a resin base material by an ink jet method, and a drying step of including irradiating the first ink and the second ink applied onto the resin base material with microwaves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Ayato SATO, Noriaki MAIDA, Hidetoshi KAWASAKI, Takeshi MIYATO
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Publication number: 20170087874Abstract: There is provided a drying device including (i) a drying portion having a plurality of drying units, the drying unit configured to dry liquid droplets that have been jetted onto a recording medium with a drying intensity that varies along an intersecting direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the recording medium, with the plurality of drying units being provided along the conveyance direction, and (ii) a control portion that controls the drying intensity of the respective drying units according to an application amount of the liquid droplets in each of a plurality of divided regions, the divided regions defined by dividing the recording medium into regions along the respective directions of the conveyance direction and the intersecting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventor: Noriaki MAIDA
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Patent number: 9308730Abstract: The present invention provides a nozzle face wiping device and an image recording device that can switch whether to wipe out a nozzle face by a simple mechanism. According to one mode of the present invention, it is possible to brake the running of the wiping web by the braking device on the upstream side (supply shaft side) of the pressure member. In a case where the running direction of the wiping web wound around the pressure member and the relative movement direction of the nozzle face are the same, it is possible to prevent the wiping web from being forcefully drawn out from the supply shaft by braking the running of the wiping web by the braking device. By this means, it is possible to wipe out the nozzle face from two directions.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Noriaki Maida, Yuichi Ozaki
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Publication number: 20150146120Abstract: The present invention provides a nozzle face wiping device and an image recording device that can switch whether to wipe out a nozzle face by a simple mechanism. According to one mode of the present invention, it is possible to brake the running of the wiping web by the braking device on the upstream side (supply shaft side) of the pressure member. In a case where the running direction of the wiping web wound around the pressure member and the relative movement direction of the nozzle face are the same, it is possible to prevent the wiping web from being forcefully drawn out from the supply shaft by braking the running of the wiping web by the braking device. By this means, it is possible to wipe out the nozzle face from two directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki MAIDA, Yuichi OZAKI
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Patent number: 8764159Abstract: A head cleaning device includes: a cleaning liquid holding unit provided with a cleaning liquid holding surface inclined corresponding to the nozzle surface of an ink jet head obliquely disposed; movement unit moving a head with respect to the cleaning liquid holding unit; and a cleaning liquid supply unit that supplies cleaning liquid from the upper portion of inclination so as to slide down the inclination of a cleaning liquid holding surface while cleaning liquid forms a meniscus between the cleaning liquid holding surface and the nozzle surface, in a state where the cleaning liquid holding surface and the nozzle surface face each other, and includes cleaning liquid nozzles disposed so that a position of the outer edge on the downstream side of the head in a movement direction is located further to the upstream side than the center in a head movement direction of the cleaning liquid holding surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Noriaki Maida
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Patent number: 8733890Abstract: A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus is configured to clean a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head while moving relatively with respect to the droplet ejection head. The apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface; a blade which is pressed against the nozzle surface to wipe the nozzle surface; a drip guiding member which guides waste liquid wiped by the blade to drip to a predetermined drip position set inside of the blade than an end of the blade; and a receptor which receives the waste liquid dripping from the drip guiding member.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Noriaki Maida
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Patent number: 8511793Abstract: An ejection surface cleaning apparatus for cleaning a liquid ejection surface of a liquid ejection head ejecting an ejection liquid, includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits a cleaning liquid that dissolves or redisperses the ejection liquid, onto the liquid ejection surface; a wiping device which wipes the liquid ejection surface onto which the cleaning liquid has been deposited; and a control device which controls a leave time from deposition of the cleaning liquid onto the liquid ejection surface until wiping performed by the wiping device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuyo Yokota, Noriaki Maida
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Publication number: 20130021407Abstract: A nozzle surface cleaning device includes an ink jet head having a nozzle surface with a nozzle disposed therein, a cleaning solution supplying unit that faces the nozzle surface and supplies a cleaning solution, a movement unit that moves one of the cleaning solution supplying unit and the head in longitudinal and traverse directions of the head, and a movement amount control unit that controls a movement amount of at least one of the cleaning solution supplying unit and the head. The movement amount control unit adjusts an amount of the cleaning solution adhering to the nozzle surface by moving them in the traverse direction by using the movement unit in accordance with an uncleanness state of the nozzle surface or an operation history of the head to relatively change a position at which the nozzle surface and the cleaning solution supplying unit face and overlap with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventor: Noriaki MAIDA
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Patent number: 8282188Abstract: The inkjet head cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid holding device having a cleaning liquid holding surface with which cleaning liquid is held and applied to a liquid ejection surface of an inkjet head in which the liquid ejection surface is oblique to a horizontal plane, the cleaning liquid holding surface being arranged with an inclination such that the cleaning liquid holding surface is substantially parallel with the liquid ejection surface of the inkjet head and faces the liquid ejection surface at a prescribed distance from the liquid ejection surface; and a cleaning liquid supply device which has a cleaning liquid supply port through which the cleaning liquid is supplied from an upper portion of the inclined cleaning liquid holding surface in such a manner that the cleaning liquid slides down the inclined cleaning liquid holding surface while forming a meniscus between the cleaning liquid holding surface and the liquid ejection surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Noriaki Maida
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Patent number: 8262195Abstract: The recording head cleaning apparatus cleans a nozzle surface of a recording head that is disposed at an inclination with respect to horizontal. The recording head cleaning apparatus includes: an application roller having a substantially conical shape of which a circumferential surface holds cleaning liquid and has an inclination corresponding to the inclination of the nozzle surface, an axis of the substantially conical shape being a rotational axis of the application roller; and a rotating device which rotates the application roller on the rotational axis to apply the cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface while not making the application roller in contact with the nozzle surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Noriaki Maida, Yasuyo Yokota
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Publication number: 20120105538Abstract: A head cleaning device includes: a cleaning liquid holding unit provided with a cleaning liquid holding surface inclined corresponding to the nozzle surface of an ink jet head obliquely disposed; movement unit moving a head with respect to the cleaning liquid holding unit; and a cleaning liquid supply unit that supplies cleaning liquid from the upper portion of inclination so as to slide down the inclination of a cleaning liquid holding surface while cleaning liquid forms a meniscus between the cleaning liquid holding surface and the nozzle surface, in a state where the cleaning liquid holding surface and the nozzle surface face each other, and includes cleaning liquid nozzles disposed so that a position of the outer edge on the downstream side of the head in a movement direction is located further to the upstream side than the center in a head movement direction of the cleaning liquid holding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventor: Noriaki MAIDA
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Publication number: 20120038707Abstract: A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus is configured to clean a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head while moving relatively with respect to the droplet ejection head. The apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface; a blade which is pressed against the nozzle surface to wipe the nozzle surface; a drip guiding member which guides waste liquid wiped by the blade to drip to a predetermined drip position set inside of the blade than an end of the blade; and a receptor which receives the waste liquid dripping from the drip guiding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventor: Noriaki Maida
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Publication number: 20110074870Abstract: The liquid ejection head cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which spouts cleaning liquid from a plurality of cleaning liquid nozzles and deposits the cleaning liquid onto an ejection surface of a liquid ejection head; a cleaning liquid supply device which supplies the cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid nozzles by using a liquid head differential with respect to the cleaning liquid deposition device; a temperature measurement device which measures an ambient temperature around the cleaning liquid supply device; and a pressure control device which controls a pressure of the cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning liquid deposition device from the cleaning liquid supply device in accordance with the ambient temperature measured by the temperature measurement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventor: Noriaki MAIDA
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Publication number: 20100245464Abstract: The inkjet head cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid holding device having a cleaning liquid holding surface with which cleaning liquid is held and applied to a liquid ejection surface of an inkjet head in which the liquid ejection surface is oblique to a horizontal plane, the cleaning liquid holding surface being arranged with an inclination such that the cleaning liquid holding surface is substantially parallel with the liquid ejection surface of the inkjet head and faces the liquid ejection surface at a prescribed distance from the liquid ejection surface; and a cleaning liquid supply device which has a cleaning liquid supply port through which the cleaning liquid is supplied from an upper portion of the inclined cleaning liquid holding surface in such a manner that the cleaning liquid slides down the inclined cleaning liquid holding surface while forming a meniscus between the cleaning liquid holding surface and the liquid ejection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventor: Noriaki MAIDA
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Publication number: 20100245463Abstract: The inkjet head cleaning apparatus includes: cleaning liquid nozzles through which cleaning liquid is applied to a liquid ejection surface of an inkjet head in which the liquid ejection surface is oblique to horizontal, the cleaning liquid nozzles being arranged in a cleaning liquid emission surface arranged with an inclination so as to face the liquid ejection surface, the cleaning liquid nozzles being arranged in a line substantially parallel with a direction of the inclination of the cleaning liquid emission surface; and a pressure application device which applies pressure to the cleaning liquid to be emitted through the cleaning liquid nozzles, wherein the pressure applied by the pressure application device to the cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning liquid nozzles on an upper side is greater than the pressure applied by the pressure application device to the cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning liquid nozzles on a lower side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventor: Noriaki MAIDA