Patents by Inventor Shinya Komatsu

Shinya Komatsu 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: 20240132311
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport section that transports a recording material, a grasping section that grasps a remaining situation of a recording material remaining in a transport path through which the recording material is transported by the transport section, a reception section that receives, from a user, an input of the number of removed sheets of recording material removed from the transport path by the user in a case where the transport of the recording material by the transport section is stopped, and a start section that starts the stopped transport by the transport section based on the number of removed sheets input by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya HARADA, Kenichi MIYAZAKI, Masashi HARA, Hitoshi KOMATSU, Ryoji KAWAGUCHI, Tomoyasu TANAKA, Daiji KATO
  • Patent number: 11858266
    Abstract: A printer includes an ink ejecting section that ejects ink from a nozzle, an ink circulation path including an ink flow path through which the ink can be supplied to an ink ejecting section and an ink return path through which the ink supplied to the ink ejecting section is returned, a warming device including a temperature control module provided in the ink circulation path, where the warming device can heat the ink in the temperature control module, and a feed pump that can flow the ink in the ink circulation path, wherein the flow rate of the ink, in the ink circulation path, heated by the warming device is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hori, Shinya Komatsu, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 11623441
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid in a pressure chamber from a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber, a liquid supply flow path that supplies the liquid stored in a liquid storing portion to the liquid ejecting portion, a degas module provided in the liquid supply flow path, a vacuum degree adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum degree of the degas module, a state detecting mechanism configured to detect a state inside the pressure chamber, and a control portion that drives and controls the vacuum degree adjustment mechanism based on a detecting result of the state detecting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220379603
    Abstract: A printer includes an ink ejecting section that ejects ink from a nozzle, an ink circulation path including an ink flow path through which the ink can be supplied to an ink ejecting section and an ink return path through which the ink supplied to the ink ejecting section is returned, a warming device including a temperature control module provided in the ink circulation path, where the warming device can heat the ink in the temperature control module, and a feed pump that can flow the ink in the ink circulation path, wherein the flow rate of the ink, in the ink circulation path, heated by the warming device is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhito HORI, Shinya KOMATSU, Hitotoshi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11267248
    Abstract: A recording device includes: an ink flow path that couples a liquid reservoir to the ejection head such that the ink stored in the liquid reservoir is supplied to the ejection head; a feeding pump exchangeably provided in the ink flow path and configured to feed the ink toward the ejection head; a deaerator provided in the ink flow path; a vacuum level adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum level in the deaerator; and a control portion that controls the vacuum level adjustment mechanism to adjust the vacuum level in the deaerator in accordance with a status of an operation to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Keiji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220040974
    Abstract: A printer includes an ink ejecting section that ejects ink from a nozzle, an ink circulation path including an ink flow path through which the ink can be supplied to an ink ejecting section and an ink return path through which the ink supplied to the ink ejecting section is returned, a warming device including a temperature control module provided in the ink circulation path, where the warming device can heat the ink in the temperature control module, and a feed pump that can flow the ink in the ink circulation path, wherein the flow rate of the ink, in the ink circulation path, heated by the warming device is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhito HORI, Shinya KOMATSU, Hitotoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210107277
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid in a pressure chamber from a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber, a liquid supply flow path that supplies the liquid stored in a liquid storing portion to the liquid ejecting portion, a degas module provided in the liquid supply flow path, a vacuum degree adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum degree of the degas module, a state detecting mechanism configured to detect a state inside the pressure chamber, and a control portion that drives and controls the vacuum degree adjustment mechanism based on a detecting result of the state detecting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200262205
    Abstract: A recording device includes: an ink flow path that couples a liquid reservoir to the ejection head such that the ink stored in the liquid reservoir is supplied to the ejection head; a feeding pump exchangeably provided in the ink flow path and configured to feed the ink toward the ejection head; a deaerator provided in the ink flow path; a vacuum level adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a vacuum level in the deaerator; and a control portion that controls the vacuum level adjustment mechanism to adjust the vacuum level in the deaerator in accordance with a status of an operation to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shinya KOMATSU, Keiji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180326751
    Abstract: A liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes a head, a temporary curing irradiating unit as an irradiating unit, a maintenance unit, and a controller, in which the controller sets a cleaning interval of the nozzle surface by the maintenance unit as a first interval when a first mode, in which an irradiation amount of the ultraviolet rays of the temporary curing irradiating unit with respect to a unit printing area is set as a first amount, is performed, and sets the cleaning interval of the nozzle surface by the maintenance unit as a second interval which is longer than the first interval when a second mode, in which the irradiation amount of the ultraviolet rays of the temporary curing irradiating unit with respect to the unit printing area is set as a second amount which is smaller than the first amount, is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Masaaki ANDO, Shinya KOMATSU, Nobuaki KAMIYAMA, Kazuhito HORI
  • Patent number: 9701125
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ink discharge head that discharges ink, a wiper that wipes the ink discharge head, a sub tank that stores the ink to be supplied to the ink discharge head, an ink circulation flow path, a circulation pump that causes the ink to circulate in the ink circulation flow path, and a first pressurizing unit that pressurizes the inside of the sub tank in the wiping operation in which the ink discharge head is wiped with the wiper to a first pressure that is higher than the pressure in the sub tank in the print operation for discharging the ink toward a print medium with the ink discharge head. The circulation pump stops the operation in the wiping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Ando, Shinya Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160303858
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ink discharge head that discharges ink, a wiper that wipes the ink discharge head, a sub tank that stores the ink to be supplied to the ink discharge head, an ink circulation flow path, a circulation pump that causes the ink to circulate in the ink circulation flow path, and a first pressurizing unit that pressurizes the inside of the sub tank in the wiping operation in which the ink discharge head is wiped with the wiper to a first pressure that is higher than the pressure in the sub tank in the print operation for discharging the ink toward a print medium with the ink discharge head. The circulation pump stops the operation in the wiping operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Masaaki ANDO, Shinya KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 9399353
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is provided with a cavity which is configured to be filled with an ink, an ink supply path configured to supply the ink to the cavity, a nozzle linked with the cavity and configured to discharge the ink which is filled into the cavity, and a detecting section configured to detect the state of the ink supply path which is supplied based on the amount of the ink which is filled into a plurality of the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Kenji Otokita
  • Patent number: 9259918
    Abstract: An ink jet printer is provided with discharge heads configured to discharge ink which is filled into a cavity from a nozzle which is linked with a cavity due to the capacity of the cavity changing according to vibrating of a vibration plate which is vibrated by a piezoelectric element, a head driver configured to drive the piezoelectric element, and a detecting section configured to detect the state of the discharge heads. The detecting section is configured to detect the state of the discharge heads within a specific period of time after driving of the piezoelectric element is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Kenji Otokita
  • Patent number: 9254700
    Abstract: A liquid discharge device includes a head having a piezoelectric element that vibrates a vibrating plate, a pressure chamber for which the internal pressure is increased and decreased by vibration of the vibrating plate, and a nozzle in communication with the pressure chamber, that can discharge a liquid by increasing and decreasing the pressure of the pressure chamber, a drive unit that outputs drive signals to the piezoelectric element, a testing unit that tests discharge abnormality of the nozzle based on a vibration pattern of residual vibration inside the pressure chamber that occurs due to the drive signals, and a control unit that has the drive unit output a second drive signal after having it output a first drive signal, and that has the testing unit detect the discharge abnormality of the nozzle after the second drive signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Otokita, Shinya Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9211592
    Abstract: A lubricant sheet suitable for use in a process of drilling a laminate or a plastic board, comprising a metal foil or an organic film, and a lubricant resin composition layer or a primer layer and the lubricant resin composition layer, the lubricant resin composition layer or the primer layer and the lubricant resin composition layer being formed on at least one surface of the metal foil or the organic film, wherein at least one layer of the primer layer and the lubricant resin composition layer contains a colorant, and a drilling method using the above lubricant sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ikeguchi, Takuya Hasaki, Shinya Komatsu, Toshihiko Kobayashi, Mitsuo Ejiri
  • Publication number: 20150231907
    Abstract: A liquid discharge device includes a head having a piezoelectric element that vibrates a vibrating plate, a pressure chamber for which the internal pressure is increased and decreased by vibration of the vibrating plate, and a nozzle in communication with the pressure chamber, that can discharge a liquid by increasing and decreasing the pressure of the pressure chamber, a drive unit that outputs drive signals to the piezoelectric element, a testing unit that tests discharge abnormality of the nozzle based on a vibration pattern of residual vibration inside the pressure chamber that occurs due to the drive signals, and a control unit that has the drive unit output a second drive signal after having it output a first drive signal, and that has the testing unit detect the discharge abnormality of the nozzle after the second drive signal is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji OTOKITA, Shinya KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20150202872
    Abstract: An ink jet printer is provided with discharge heads configured to discharge ink which is filled into a cavity from a nozzle which is linked with a cavity due to the capacity of the cavity changing according to vibrating of a vibration plate which is vibrated by a piezoelectric element, a head driver configured to drive the piezoelectric element, and a detecting section configured to detect the state of the discharge heads. The detecting section is configured to detect the state of the discharge heads within a specific period of time after driving of the piezoelectric element is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Kenji Otokita
  • Publication number: 20150191021
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is provided with a cavity which is configured to be filled with an ink, an ink supply path configured to supply the ink to the cavity, a nozzle linked with the cavity and configured to discharge the ink which is filled into the cavity, and a detecting section configured to detect the state of the ink supply path which is supplied based on the amount of the ink which is filled into a plurality of the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya KOMATSU, Kenji OTOKITA
  • Publication number: 20150118545
    Abstract: There is provided a flat battery (1) which includes: a bottomed cylindrical positive electrode can (10); a bottomed cylindrical negative electrode can (20) covering the opening of the positive electrode can; and a gasket (30) sandwiched between the positive electrode can and the negative electrode can. The gasket includes: a covering portion (31) molded on the peripheral wall (22) of the negative electrode can so as to cover at least a portion of the peripheral wall; and a protruding portion (32) formed integrally with the covering portion and protruding from the covering portion in a cylinder axial direction. The protruding portion has an injection portion (33) formed to correspond to the injection port of a mold used for injection molding of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Komatsu, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8777366
    Abstract: A liquid-discharging device includes a nozzle that discharges liquid including a substance having sedimentation properties, a liquid supply channel, an inspection part, stirring part and a control part. The inspection part brings the liquid to be discharged from the nozzle to a first electric potential by a first electrode, discharges the liquid toward a second electrode of a second electric potential, and inspects a discharge state of the liquid based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. The control part causes the nozzle to eject the liquid in order to substitute the liquid in an area downstream side than a predetermined area with the liquid stirred by the stirring part in the predetermined area. The control part determines a timing of ejection completion of the liquid based on the change of the electrostatic capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Komatsu