Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Kawamata
Noriyuki Kawamata 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: 12109816Abstract: A printer includes a head, a flushing receiving member, a cap, a processor, and a memory. The head is provided with a nozzle surface intersecting a discharge direction and configured to move in a main scanning direction. The flushing receiving member is positioned in the discharge direction with respect to a movement path of the head in the main scanning direction. The cap is configured to closely adhere to the nozzle surface. The cap and the flushing receiving member are arranged in the main scanning direction. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform a process including flushing processing including a first flushing operation of discharging ink from the head toward the cap, and a second flushing operation of discharging the ink toward the flushing receiving member while moving the head in the main scanning direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Noriyuki Kawamata
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Publication number: 20240326438Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a platen configured to convey, in a conveying direction, a printing medium to be subjected to a pretreatment for applying a pretreatment agent before or after the platen is located at a set position; an ejection head having a nozzle surface provided with a nozzle and configured to perform an ejection process of ejecting a liquid from the nozzle onto the printing medium conveyed by the platen at a printing position; a cap configured to cover the nozzle surface; and a cap switching mechanism configured to switch a position of the cap between a capping position where the nozzle surface is covered with the cap and an uncapping position where the nozzle surface and the cap are separated from each other, wherein the cap switching mechanism moves the cap to the uncapping position after a printing start instruction is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Noriyuki KAWAMATA, Akihito KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 12049084Abstract: A printer includes a carriage including a first head and a second head at least partially overlapping in a sub-scanning direction, a first wiper for wiping the first head, and a second wiper for wiping the second head. The printer moves the first wiper to a first contact position where the first wiper is configured to contact the first head, and moves the second wiper to a second non-contact position where the second wiper is not configured to contact the second head. After moving the first wiper and the second wiper, the printer relatively moves the carriage to cause the first head to pass the first wiper at the first contact position.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kakeru Hayashi, Noriyuki Kawamata, Yoshinori Kato, Katsunori Nishida
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Patent number: 12030317Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an inkjet head having a nozzle surface on which a nozzle for ejecting ink is formed, a cleaning liquid tank configured to store a cleaning liquid, a cleaning member provided inside the cleaning liquid tank and configured to wipe the nozzle surface, a holding member extending from an outside of the cleaning liquid tank into the cleaning liquid tank and configured to hold the cleaning member, a drive device configured to drive the holding member, and a liquid leakage suppression member provided to at least one of the cleaning liquid tank and the holding member and configured to suppress the cleaning liquid from leaking from the cleaning liquid tank.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kakeru Hayashi, Noriyuki Kawamata
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Patent number: 11813876Abstract: A printer is provided with a first supply flow channel configured to connect a head with a first tank, a second supply flow channel configured to connect the head with a second tank, a first supply valve provided at the first supply flow channel, a second supply valve provided at the second supply flow channel, a cap configured to cover the first nozzle hole and the second nozzle hole and to be closely adhered to a nozzle surface of the head, a pump provided at a waste liquid flow channel connected to the cap. The processor of the printer drives the pump in a state in which the cap is closely adhered to the nozzle surface, one of the first supply valve or the second supply valve is open, and the other of the first supply valve or the second supply valve is closed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyuki Kawamata, Shuichi Tamaki
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Publication number: 20230271430Abstract: A printing device includes a head including a nozzle configured to eject ink, a platen configured to support a printing medium to which a pretreatment liquid is applied, the pretreatment liquid containing a volatile component that reacts with the ink, and a controller configured to cause the head to perform an ejection drive that causes the nozzle to eject the ink and a non-ejection drive that causes the nozzle not to eject the ink, and cause the head to perform the non-ejection drive in at least a part of a period other than an ejection period in which the head performs the ejection drive to cause the nozzle to eject the ink toward the printing medium, in a case where the head and the printing medium face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Akihito KOBAYASHI, Yugo FUKUI, Noriyuki KAWAMATA
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Publication number: 20230271440Abstract: A printing device includes a head including a nozzle configured to ejects ink, a platen including a support surface configured to support a printing medium to which a pretreatment liquid is applied, the pretreatment liquid containing a volatile component that reacts with the ink, and a humidified air supply port configured to supply humidified air to the support surface of the platen that supports the printing medium, the humidified air supply port being provided around the platen in which the support surface of the platen is disposed at a printing position facing the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Akihito KOBAYASHI, Yugo FUKUI, Noriyuki KAWAMATA, Yutaka TAKAGIWA
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Publication number: 20220379616Abstract: A printer includes a head, a flushing receiving member, a cap, a processor, and a memory. The head is provided with a nozzle surface intersecting a discharge direction and configured to move in a main scanning direction. The flushing receiving member is positioned in the discharge direction with respect to a movement path of the head in the main scanning direction. The cap is configured to closely adhere to the nozzle surface. The cap and the flushing receiving member are arranged in the main scanning direction. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform a process including flushing processing including a first flushing operation of discharging ink from the head toward the cap, and a second flushing operation of discharging the ink toward the flushing receiving member while moving the head in the main scanning direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventor: Noriyuki KAWAMATA
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Publication number: 20220314626Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an inkjet head having a nozzle surface on which a nozzle for ejecting ink is formed, a cleaning liquid tank configured to store a cleaning liquid, a cleaning member provided inside the cleaning liquid tank and configured to wipe the nozzle surface, a holding member extending from an outside of the cleaning liquid tank into the cleaning liquid tank and configured to hold the cleaning member, a drive device configured to drive the holding member, and a liquid leakage suppression member provided to at least one of the cleaning liquid tank and the holding member and configured to suppress the cleaning liquid from leaking from the cleaning liquid tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Kakeru HAYASHI, Noriyuki KAWAMATA
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Publication number: 20220297440Abstract: A printer is provided with a first supply flow channel configured to connect a head with a first tank, a second supply flow channel configured to connect the head with a second tank, a first supply valve provided at the first supply flow channel, a second supply valve provided at the second supply flow channel, a cap configured to cover the first nozzle hole and the second nozzle hole and to be closely adhered to a nozzle surface of the head, a pump provided at a waste liquid flow channel connected to the cap. The processor of the printer drives the pump in a state in which the cap is closely adhered to the nozzle surface, one of the first supply valve or the second supply valve is open, and the other of the first supply valve or the second supply valve is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Noriyuki KAWAMATA, Shuichi TAMAKI
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Publication number: 20220242129Abstract: A printer includes a carriage including a first head and a second head at least partially overlapping in a sub-scanning direction, a first wiper for wiping the first head, and a second wiper for wiping the second head. The printer moves the first wiper to a first contact position where the first wiper is configured to contact the first head, and moves the second wiper to a second non-contact position where the second wiper is not configured to contact the second head. After moving the first wiper and the second wiper, the printer relatively moves the carriage to cause the first head to pass the first wiper at the first contact position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Kakeru HAYASHI, Noriyuki KAWAMATA, Yoshinori KATO, Katsunori NISHIDA
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Publication number: 20220212473Abstract: A printer includes: a discharge portion discharging ink; a cleaning fluid vessel including an inflow port, and a first peripheral wall and a first bottom wall extending in a first direction orthogonal to an up-down direction, or in a second direction orthogonal to the up-down direction and the first direction and defining a storage space for storing a cleaning fluid flowing in from the inflow port; a flushing box, connected to the cleaning fluid vessel in one of the first direction, for receiving the ink discharged from the discharge portion; and a first communicating portion causing the cleaning fluid vessel and the flushing box to be communicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Kakeru HAYASHI, Noriyuki KAWAMATA, Yoshinori KATO, Katsunori NISHIDA
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Patent number: 10967654Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriyuki Kawamata
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Patent number: 10953673Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Noriyuki Kawamata, Takashi Omura
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Publication number: 20200108636Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Noriyuki Kawamata, Takashi Omura
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Publication number: 20200101771Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Noriyuki Kawamata
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Patent number: 10471746Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor which conveys a print medium along a conveyance path; a print head which execute printing at a first position on the conveyance path; a cutter which cuts the print medium at least partially at a second position on the downstream side from the first position in the conveyance path; and a processor. The processor acquires a specified length along the conveyance path, acquires a first margin length along a conveyance direction in a first margin part, acquires a separation distance along the conveyance path between the first position and a third position which includes the second position and which is located on the conveyance path and between the first position to the second position, and determines whether the separation distance is equal to or longer than a first total length which is the total of the specified length and the first margin length.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriyuki Kawamata
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Patent number: 10427428Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriyuki Kawamata
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Publication number: 20190291463Abstract: A printing device includes a head holding part configured to hold a thermal head, a first roller configured to rotate while nipping the printing medium with the thermal head and thereby convey the printing medium, a second roller arranged on the downstream side with respect to the first roller convey the printing medium toward the downstream side, a first driving part configured to rotate the first roller in the first forward rotational direction, a second driving part configured to rotate the second roller in the second forward rotational direction, and a torque limiter provided to the second driving part. The torque limiter is configured to control transmission of a rotational driving force to the second roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventor: Noriyuki KAWAMATA
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Patent number: 10399367Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Noriyuki Kawamata, Takashi Omura