Patents by Inventor Seijun HORIE
Seijun HORIE 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: 11858258Abstract: A work system includes a recording apparatus including a transport belt that is provided with an adhesive configured for attachment of a medium, and is configured to transport the medium, and a main body portion in which a recording portion configured to perform recording on the medium is accommodated, a cover that covers at least a part of an exposed part of the transport belt exposed from the main body portion, and a removing portion configured to remove gas in a space covered with the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seijun Horie, Kiyoto Komuro, Hirokazu Fujii, Takumi Otsu
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Patent number: 11383535Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an endless transporting belt stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium, by a support face that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the roller, to transport the medium in a transport direction, and a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid onto the medium supported by the support face, wherein the transporting belt is formed without a coupling portion at which end portions of the transporting belt are coupled to each other along a width direction that intersects with a circumferential direction of the transporting belt.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenichiro Kaneko, Seijun Horie, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11376870Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device that includes an endless transporting belt that is stretched over a plurality of rollers and transports a medium in a transport direction by rotating while supporting the medium at a support surface that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the rollers, and a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface. At the contact surface, recesses and protrusions are regularly formed in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenichiro Kaneko, Seijun Horie, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11351799Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a first surface of a medium, a holding unit configured to hold a roll body obtained by rolling the medium, a transport unit configured to transport the medium unwound from the roll body, and a knocking unit configured to knock on a second surface of the medium between the holding unit and the recording unit, the second surface being a surface opposite the first surface. The knocking unit knocks on the second surface by moving between a spaced position for being spaced apart from the second surface and a contact position for making contact with the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Washio, Seijun Horie
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Patent number: 11338594Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a transporting belt having an endless shape stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium by a support face being a face on an opposite side from a contact face with the roller, to transport the medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium supported by the support face, and a drying section configured to dry, from a side of the contact face, the liquid adhering to the contact face.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenichiro Kaneko, Seijun Horie, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20220153039Abstract: A work system includes a recording apparatus including a transport belt that is provided with an adhesive configured for attachment of a medium, and is configured to transport the medium, and a main body portion in which a recording portion configured to perform recording on the medium is accommodated, a cover that covers at least a part of an exposed part of the transport belt exposed from the main body portion, and a removing portion configured to remove gas in a space covered with the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Seijun HORIE, Kiyoto KOMURO, Hirokazu FUJII, Takumi OTSU
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Patent number: 11279149Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a transporting belt having an endless shape stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium, to transport the medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, and a flat plate portion for supporting the transporting belt from a side of a contact face with the roller. the flat plate portion includes an edge extending from one end of the transporting belt to the other end of the transporting belt along an extending direction intersecting the transport direction, the edge being formed by a transporting belt support face for supporting the transporting belt and a face facing upstream in a rotation direction of the transporting belt when transporting the medium in the transport direction. the edge is disposed to abut against the transporting belt along the extending direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenichiro Kaneko, Seijun Horie, Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11173730Abstract: A recording device including a recording unit that performs recording on a medium by ejecting liquid, a transporting belt that has a base material having a first surface provided with an adhesive layer on which the medium is stuck and a second surface which is a surface opposite to the first surface, and the transporting belt transports the medium, a pressing unit that presses the medium against the transporting belt, a cleaning member that cleans the adhesive layer by contacting the adhesive layer, a storage unit in which water for cleaning the cleaning member is stored, and a cooling unit having a flow path through which water flows and a contacting unit that contacts the second surface. The contacting unit is coupled to the flow path, and contacts the second surface downstream of the pressing unit and upstream of the cleaning member in the revolving direction of the transporting belt.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seijun Horie
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Patent number: 11161358Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejection unit including a nozzle surface configured to eject a liquid droplet, the nozzle surface facing a printing surface of a medium, a transport unit configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, a steam application unit configured to apply steam to the printing surface, the steam application unit being provided upstream of the ejection unit in the transport direction, and a medium compression unit configured to compress the medium, the medium compression unit being provided upstream of the ejection unit in the transport direction and downstream of the steam application unit in the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seijun Horie, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Horikawa
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Publication number: 20210197596Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a first surface of a medium, a holding unit configured to hold a roll body obtained by rolling the medium, a transport unit configured to transport the medium unwound from the roll body, and a knocking unit configured to knock on a second surface of the medium between the holding unit and the recording unit, the second surface being a surface opposite the first surface. The knocking unit knocks on the second surface by moving between a spaced position for being spaced apart from the second surface and a contact position for making contact with the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Yuichi WASHIO, Seijun HORIE
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Patent number: 11040558Abstract: Provided is a medium supply device including a spindle that supports a medium having a roll shape, a supplying portion that supplies the medium supported by the spindle toward outside, a plurality of support rollers that support the medium in positions between the spindle and the supplying portion, a moving roller that, in a contact position between the support rollers, is capable of coming into contact with a bridging medium extending across the support rollers in a state where a load is applied to the bridging medium and that is capable of moving from the contact position to a non-contact position of non-contact with the bridging medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move the moving roller from the contact position to the non-contact position.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seijun Horie
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Publication number: 20210107300Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an endless transporting belt stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium, by a support face that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the roller, to transport the medium in a transport direction, and a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid onto the medium supported by the support face, wherein the transporting belt is formed without a coupling portion at which end portions of the transporting belt are coupled to each other along a width direction that intersects with a circumferential direction of the transporting belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Kenichiro KANEKO, Seijun HORIE, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210107298Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device that includes an endless transporting belt that is stretched over a plurality of rollers and transports a medium in a transport direction by rotating while supporting the medium at a support surface that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the rollers, and a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface. At the contact surface, recesses and protrusions are regularly formed in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Kenichiro KANEKO, Seijun HORIE, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210107296Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a transporting belt having an endless shape stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium by a support face being a face on an opposite side from a contact face with the roller, to transport the medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium supported by the support face, and a drying section configured to dry, from a side of the contact face, the liquid adhering to the contact face.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Kenichiro KANEKO, Seijun HORIE, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Publication number: 20210107299Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a transporting belt having an endless shape stretched over a plurality of rollers and configured to rotate while supporting a medium, to transport the medium in a transport direction, a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, and a flat plate portion for supporting the transporting belt from a side of a contact face with the roller. the flat plate portion includes an edge extending from one end of the transporting belt to the other end of the transporting belt along an extending direction intersecting the transport direction, the edge being formed by a transporting belt support face for supporting the transporting belt and a face facing upstream in a rotation direction of the transporting belt when transporting the medium in the transport direction. the edge is disposed to abut against the transporting belt along the extending direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Kenichiro KANEKO, Seijun HORIE, Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210086532Abstract: A recording device including a recording unit that performs recording on a medium by ejecting liquid, a transporting belt that has a base material having a first surface provided with an adhesive layer on which the medium is stuck and a second surface which is a surface opposite to the first surface, and the transporting belt transports the medium, a pressing unit that presses the medium against the transporting belt, a cleaning member that cleans the adhesive layer by contacting the adhesive layer, a storage unit in which water for cleaning the cleaning member is stored, and a cooling unit having a flow path through which water flows and a contacting unit that contacts the second surface. The contacting unit is coupled to the flow path, and contacts the second surface downstream of the pressing unit and upstream of the cleaning member in the revolving direction of the transporting belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventor: Seijun HORIE
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Publication number: 20200324560Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ejection unit including a nozzle surface configured to eject a liquid droplet, the nozzle surface facing a printing surface of a medium, a transport unit configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, a steam application unit configured to apply steam to the printing surface, the steam application unit being provided upstream of the ejection unit in the transport direction, and a medium compression unit configured to compress the medium, the medium compression unit being provided upstream of the ejection unit in the transport direction and downstream of the steam application unit in the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Seijun HORIE, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yoshihisa HORIKAWA
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Patent number: 10479091Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge section configured to discharge liquid onto a medium, a holding section capable of holding a waste liquid container capable of containing waste liquid exhausted from the liquid discharge section, a sensor capable of detecting a state in which a containing amount of the waste liquid container has reached a threshold value, and a calculation section configured to calculate a waste liquid amount based on an exhaust amount of the waste liquid exhausted by the liquid discharge section. In the case where the sensor has detected the state in which the containing amount has reached the threshold value, the calculation section calculates the waste liquid amount by adding the exhaust amount of the waste liquid exhausted after the detection of the state by the sensor to the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akira Mashima, Seijun Horie
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Publication number: 20190232690Abstract: Provided is a medium supply device including a spindle that supports a medium having a roll shape, a supplying portion that supplies the medium supported by the spindle toward outside, a plurality of support rollers that support the medium in positions between the spindle and the supplying portion, a moving roller that, in a contact position between the support rollers, is capable of coming into contact with a bridging medium extending across the support rollers in a state where a load is applied to the bridging medium and that is capable of moving from the contact position to a non-contact position of non-contact with the bridging medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move the moving roller from the contact position to the non-contact position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventor: Seijun HORIE
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Patent number: 10245848Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints on a roll paper, a transporting unit that transports the roll paper having been printed on along a transport surface, and a drying unit that performs a drying process (post-process) on the roll paper on the transport surface. The drying unit includes a cover (casing) that covers the roll paper on the transport surface. The cover has an inspection window that allows the roll paper on the transport surface to be visually inspected.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seijun Horie, Atsushi Majima