Patents by Inventor Ryosuke BAN

Ryosuke BAN 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: 20230294947
    Abstract: A transport device includes a transporting belt having an endless shape and configured to transport a medium, a first roller including a first circumferential surface brought into contact with the transporting belt, the first roller being a roller around which the transporting belt is wound, a second roller including a second circumferential surface brought into contact with the transporting belt, the second roller being a roller around which the transporting belt is wound, a pressing section including a bearing unit including a contact portion brought into contact with the first circumferential surface, the pressing section being configured to press the first circumferential surface on an inner side of the transporting belt, and a support portion disposed on an inner side of the transporting belt and configured to support the pressing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Ryosuke BAN
  • Publication number: 20230173831
    Abstract: A transport device includes a roller unit having a first roller, a second roller, and a third roller among which a medium supplied from a holding unit holding the medium is wound, a transport unit configured to transport the medium passing through the roller unit, and a support portion movably supporting the roller unit with respect to the transport unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka YASHIRO, Ryosuke BAN
  • Publication number: 20230158821
    Abstract: A transport device includes a transporting belt capable of transporting a medium, a cleaning unit capable of cleaning the transporting belt with liquid, and a sound collecting unit configured to collect a sound generated by operation of the cleaning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Ryosuke BAN, Sho SHIMIZU, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230126527
    Abstract: A transport device includes a transport belt configured to alternately repeat a transport operation of transporting a medium and a non-transport operation of not transporting the medium, a detection mechanism configured to detect a movement amount of the transport belt in the transport operation, and a control section configured to determine a magnitude of tension of the transport belt based on a vibration state of the transport belt when the transport operation ends, the vibration state being detected by the detection mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZU, Hiroki AOKI, Ryosuke BAN
  • Patent number: 11351798
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion configured to perform printing on a printing surface of a medium, a transporting portion configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, a medium supporting portion located upstream of the printing portion in the transport direction, the medium supporting portion including a medium supporting surface configured to support the medium, a preprocessing portion configured to perform preprocessing on the medium supported by the medium supporting portion, and a mount portion facing the medium supporting surface, the mount portion being configured such that the preprocessing portion is detachably mounted thereto. The mount portion includes a position-setting mechanism configured to set a position of the preprocessing portion with respect to the medium supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ban, Naoki Oki, Yuki Moriya
  • Patent number: 11141998
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a printing medium, a driving roller configured to provide a transporting force to the printing medium, a plurality of driven rollers configured to press the printing medium, which is transported by the driving roller, and configured to rotate in conjunction with a movement of the printing medium, a plurality of support members each being configured to support a roller shaft serving as a rotation axis about which each of the plurality of driven rollers rotates, a base body to which the plurality of support members are attached, and an attachment/removal mechanism configured to cause the plurality of support members to be removably attachable individually to the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ban, Daisuke Hiruma, Kiyoto Komuro
  • Publication number: 20210060984
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a printing medium, a driving roller configured to provide a transporting force to the printing medium, a plurality of driven rollers configured to press the printing medium, which is transported by the driving roller, and configured to rotate in conjunction with a movement of the printing medium, a plurality of support members each being configured to support a roller shaft serving as a rotation axis about which each of the plurality of driven rollers rotates, a base body to which the plurality of support members are attached, and an attachment/removal mechanism configured to cause the plurality of support members to be removably attachable individually to the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ryosuke BAN, Daisuke HIRUMA, Kiyoto KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20200307260
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion configured to perform printing on a printing surface of a medium, a transporting portion configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, a medium supporting portion located upstream of the printing portion in the transport direction, the medium supporting portion including a medium supporting surface configured to support the medium, a preprocessing portion configured to perform preprocessing on the medium supported by the medium supporting portion, and a mount portion facing the medium supporting surface, the mount portion being configured such that the preprocessing portion is detachably mounted thereto. The mount portion includes a position-setting mechanism configured to set a position of the preprocessing portion with respect to the medium supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Ryosuke BAN, Naoki OKI, Yuki MORIYA