Patents by Inventor Seigo Mizutani

Seigo Mizutani 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: 20230264488
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that performs printing on a fabric, a processing apparatus, and a control apparatus. The processing apparatus includes contact members having a plurality of protrusions that come in contact with a fabric on which printing has been performed by the printing apparatus, and vibration applying units including vibration generating sources that apply vibration to the contact members. The control apparatus controls an operation of the processing apparatus according to an operation of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Hideki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230127666
    Abstract: A drying device positioned between a printing apparatus that performs prints on a first surface of fabric transported in a transport direction, and a receiving device that receives the fabric after the fabric has passed through the printing apparatus, includes a blowing unit capable of blowing out gas to the first surface, and a suctioning unit positioned on a side close to a second surface side of the fabric in a blowing direction of the blowing unit, and capable of suctioning the gas. The blowing unit is configured to blow out gas in a state where the fabric is supported by respective support members in at least one of an upstream position and a downstream position of the blowing unit and the suctioning unit in a transport direction of the medium. Then a blowing direction of the gas faces downstream in the transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11059308
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ido, Kenji Kojima, Masaru Jingushi, Seigo Mizutani, Takahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200324562
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro IDO, Kenji KOJIMA, Masaru JINGUSHI, Seigo MIZUTANI, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9555649
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor capable of detecting a state of an object; a drive unit capable of moving the sensor; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9387703
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect a state of an object and outputs a detection value; a drive unit configured to be able to move the sensor in a direction in which the sensor approaches the object and in a direction in which the sensor is away from the object; and a control unit configured to execute calibration for setting a positional relationship between the sensor and the object based on the detection value of the sensor while causing the drive unit to change the positional relationship between the sensor and the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9307098
    Abstract: There is provided a transport section configured to transport a recording medium in a first direction and a second direction which is a reverse of the first direction, a head configured to record an image on the recording medium, a first sensor arranged on a downstream side of the head in the first direction and configured to detect presence or absence of abnormality on the recording medium, and a control section configured to execute an operation where the image is recorded on the recording medium using the head while the recording medium is being transported in the first direction by the transport section and an operation where the recording medium is transported in the second direction by the transport section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20150266325
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor capable of detecting a state of an object; a drive unit capable of moving the sensor; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150269457
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect a state of an object and outputs a detection value; a drive unit configured to be able to move the sensor in a direction in which the sensor approaches the object and in a direction in which the sensor is away from the object; and a control unit configured to execute calibration for setting a positional relationship between the sensor and the object based on the detection value of the sensor while causing the drive unit to change the positional relationship between the sensor and the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20150256688
    Abstract: There is provided a transport section configured to transport a recording medium in a first direction and a second direction which is a reverse of the first direction, a head configured to record an image on the recording medium, a first sensor arranged on a downstream side of the head in the first direction and configured to detect presence or absence of abnormality on the recording medium, and a control section configured to execute an operation where the image is recorded on the recording medium using the head while the recording medium is being transported in the first direction by the transport section and an operation where the recording medium is transported in the second direction by the transport section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 9073355
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a transport path for transporting a recording medium; a cover that is capable of being opened and closed and that covers the transport path when the cover is in a closed state; and a blowing unit, provided in the cover, that is capable of blowing air toward the recording medium that is on the transport path when the cover is in a closed state and that retracts from the transport path when the cover is in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9022511
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a transport unit which transports a medium with a joint portion along a transport path, a head unit which performs recording of a printing image on both the joint portion and a non-joint portion by ejecting ink onto the medium, a heating unit which dries liquid forming the printing image by heating a portion of the medium located at a heating region on the transport path, a detection unit which detects the joint portion, and a controller which controls transporting of the medium by the transport unit so that a heating time of the joint portion in the heating region becomes longer than a heating time of the non-joint portion in the heating region on the basis of a detection signal from the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9022516
    Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a pair of guide rails that movably supports a carriage and an abnormal portion detecting sensor that has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for receiving a light beam emitted from the light emitting portion, in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are mounted on the carriage via a sensor mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Mizutani, Shigeki Kato, Akihiro Toya, Toshiki Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8967787
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Toya, Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8960892
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed matter in which a printed matter is manufactured by print images with consecutive numbers on a medium includes a recording base material, and a separating base material which is provided at a side opposite to the recording base material, and has a joint portion formed on both the recording base material and the separating base material, and the method includes arranging the print image on both the joint portion and non-joint portion in numerical order to be aligned, printing the same image as the image recorded on the joint portion on the unrecorded non-joint portion, cutting a portion of the recording base material from the separating base material, separating the separating base material to which a portion of the recording base material corresponding to the image recorded in the joint portion is adhered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20140078201
    Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a pair of guide rails that movably supports a carriage and an abnormal portion detecting sensor that has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for receiving a light beam emitted from the light emitting portion, in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are mounted on the carriage via a sensor mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Shigeki KATO, Akihiro TOYA, Toshiki OGASAWARA
  • Publication number: 20140009547
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a transport path for transporting a recording medium; a cover that is capable of being opened and closed and that covers the transport path when the cover is in a closed state; and a blowing unit, provided in the cover, that is capable of blowing air toward the recording medium that is on the transport path when the cover is in a closed state and that retracts from the transport path when the cover is in an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20140009548
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Toya, Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8591023
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a transport path for transporting a recording medium; a cover that is capable of being opened and closed and that covers the transport path when the cover is in a closed state; and a blowing unit, provided in the cover, that is capable of blowing air toward the recording medium that is on the transport path when the cover is in a closed state and that retracts from the transport path when the cover is in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8556407
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Toya, Seigo Mizutani