Patents by Inventor Sekito Masaru

Sekito Masaru 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).

  • Patent number: 11050895
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed a document, a separation roller configured to pinch the document with the feeding roller at a nipping position for separation, a first sending roller located downstream of the feeding roller and configured to send the document downstream, a read sensor located downstream of the first sending roller and configured to read the document, and a second sending roller located downstream of the read sensor and configured to send the document downstream. A guide surface is disposed downstream of the nipping position and below a common tangent line to the first sending roller and the second sending roller. The guide surface is positioned to come in contact with a front end of the document sent downward from the nipping position beyond the common tangent line to guide the document upward toward the common tangent line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sekito Masaru, Ryoichi Shuto, Kiyotaka Nakamura, Masaki Namiki, Kazuhito Noda
  • Publication number: 20210029263
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed a document, a separation roller configured to pinch the document with the feeding roller at a nipping position for separation, a first sending roller located downstream of the feeding roller and configured to send the document downstream, a read sensor located downstream of the first sending roller and configured to read the document, and a second sending roller located downstream of the read sensor and configured to send the document downstream. A guide surface is disposed downstream of the nipping position and below a common tangent line to the first sending roller and the second sending roller. The guide surface is positioned to come in contact with a front end of the document sent downward from the nipping position beyond the common tangent line to guide the document upward toward the common tangent line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Sekito MASARU, Ryoichi SHUTO, Kiyotaka NAKAMURA, Masaki NAMIKI, Kazuhito NODA
  • Patent number: 10659642
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a placement unit on which a medium is placed; a feeding section that feeds the medium placed on the placement unit; a wrinkle detection section that is provided on a further upstream side than the feeding section in a feeding direction and outputs a detection value in accordance with a wrinkle in the medium; and a control section that performs predetermined control on the basis of the detection value of the wrinkle detection section and stops the feeding section in a case in which the detection value output from the wrinkle detection section exceeds a predetermined allowable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Sekito Masaru
  • Publication number: 20190253576
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a placement unit on which a medium is placed; a feeding section that feeds the medium placed on the placement unit; a wrinkle detection section that is provided on a further upstream side than the feeding section in a feeding direction and outputs a detection value in accordance with a wrinkle in the medium; and a control section that performs predetermined control on the basis of the detection value of the wrinkle detection section and stops the feeding section in a case in which the detection value output from the wrinkle detection section exceeds a predetermined allowable value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Sekito MASARU