Patents by Inventor Seiichi SATAKE

Seiichi SATAKE 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).

  • Printing apparatus having a medium conveying unit
    Patent number: 9092716
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing head for making printing on a medium; a platen disposed as to face the printing head in a way selectable between being close and being remote from the printing head; a medium conveying unit changeable of a contacting state to the medium for conveying the medium in contact with the medium along a medium conveyance route; a shutter opening and closing the medium conveyance route; a mode selecting unit having plural selectable modes in combination of a choice between being close to and being remote from the platen, the contacting state of the medium conveying unit to the medium, and a choice between closing and opening of the medium conveyance route by means of the shutter; and a controller controlling the mode selecting unit for selecting a prescribed mode from the plural selectable modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi Sato, Seiichi Satake
  • PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140098389
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing head for making printing on a medium; a platen disposed as to face the printing head in a way selectable between being close and being remote from the printing head; a medium conveying unit changeable of a contacting state to the medium for conveying the medium in contact with the medium along a medium conveyance route; a shutter opening and closing the medium conveyance route; a mode selecting unit having plural selectable modes in combination of a choice between being close to and being remote from the platen, the contacting state of the medium conveying unit to the medium, and a choice between closing and opening of the medium conveyance route by means of the shutter; and a controller controlling the mode selecting unit for selecting a prescribed mode from the plural selectable modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi SATO, Seiichi SATAKE