Patents by Inventor Shoji Akatsu
Shoji Akatsu 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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Publication number: 20240140117Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium having an elongated shape, a holding unit including an insertion portion to be inserted into a winding core from an outside in an extending direction of the winding core, the winding core being any one of a first winding core of the medium being wound or a second winding core for winding the medium, a support unit being configured to support the holding unit and having a rail shape for causing the holding unit to move in a moving direction, and a regulation unit configured to regulate movement of the holding unit in the moving direction with respect to the support unit. The regulation unit includes an operation unit and a braking unit configured to sandwich the support unit in a direction intersecting with the moving direction by operating the operation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Shoji AKATSU
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Publication number: 20240066898Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a print section 8 for printing on a continuous medium M, a pair of holding sections 3 each having an insertion section 15 configured to be inserted into one of a first winding core of the wound medium M or a second winding core for winding the medium M from an outer side in an extending direction of the winding core, and a support section 19 for supporting the holding section 3, wherein the support section 19 is disposed closer to the print section 8 than the holding section 3 in a first direction, which is a direction from the holding section 3 toward the support section 19, of directions perpendicular to the extending direction of the winding core. By adopting the printing device 1 having such a configuration, it is possible to configure the printing device 1 to be lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takumi SATO, Shoji AKATSU, Shuhei KUROTOBI
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Publication number: 20230241891Abstract: A recording device includes a head, a main body portion, a carriage provided with the head and configured to be able to reciprocate along a guide shaft, and an ink tube configured to supply ink to the head from an ink accommodating portion disposed at the main body portion. The carriage includes a guided portion supported by the guide shaft, a tube holding unit attached to the guided portion and configured to hold the ink tube, and a head placement portion where the head is disposed, the head placement portion being attached to the guided portion. An attachment portion where the tube holding unit is attached to the guided portion includes a displacement portion configured such that the tube holding unit is displaced relative to the guided portion when external force equal to or greater than a threshold value acts on the tube holding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Yuta KAWAGUCHI, Shoji AKATSU
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Patent number: 9446609Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Norihiro Yamashita, Eiji Kumai, Yuta Tsukada, Shoji Akatsu
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Patent number: 9302510Abstract: A medium loading device includes a support unit having shaft members mounted on both end portions of a roll paper and flange member and a loading portion where the roll paper with the support unit is loaded. The loading portion includes a rotary driving portion as a driving source to rotate the roll paper, a rotation shaft to transmit torque of the rotary driving portion to the roll paper via the shaft member, and an operation portion that moves the rotation shaft between a transmission position to transmit the torque to the roll paper and a non-transmission position not to transmit the torque to the roll paper. In an axial direction of the roll paper when the roll paper is loaded into the loading portion, the operation portion is disposed between the position where the shaft member is located when the roll paper is loaded and the rotary driving portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoji Akatsu, Akira Mashima, Tomoya Murotani, Yoshitaka Shimada
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Publication number: 20150103126Abstract: A medium loading device includes a support unit having shaft members mounted on both end portions of a roll paper and flange member and a loading portion where the roll paper with the support unit is loaded. The loading portion includes a rotary driving portion as a driving source to rotate the roll paper, a rotation shaft to transmit torque of the rotary driving portion to the roll paper via the shaft member, and an operation portion that moves the rotation shaft between a transmission position to transmit the torque to the roll paper and a non-transmission position not to transmit the torque to the roll paper. In an axial direction of the roll paper when the roll paper is loaded into the loading portion, the operation portion is disposed between the position where the shaft member is located when the roll paper is loaded and the rotary driving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Shoji Akatsu, Akira Mashima, Tomoya Murotani, Yoshitaka Shimada
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Patent number: 8870366Abstract: A medium loading apparatus includes supporting units that are attached to both end portions of roll paper, a loading unit that is loaded with the roll paper to which the supporting units are attached, and a rotational force transfer unit that is arranged on the loading unit so as to be opposed to a shaft rotating member constituting the supporting unit in the axial line direction of the roll paper and transfers a rotational force of a motor to the shaft rotating member.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoji Akatsu, Akira Mashima, Tomoya Murotani, Yoshitaka Shimada
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Patent number: 8845089Abstract: A medium loading device includes: a support unit having a shaft member that is attached to each of both end sections of roll paper and a flange member; a loading portion in which the roll paper with the support units attached thereto is loaded; a temporary placement portion on which the roll paper with the support units attached thereto is placed temporarily before being loaded into the loading portion; and a transfer path for transferring the roll paper with the support units attached thereto from the temporary placement portion to the loading portion. The flange member has in a region facing the transfer path a flat surface that is in contact with the transfer path.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoji Akatsu, Akira Mashima, Tomoya Murotani, Yoshitaka Shimada
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Publication number: 20140139600Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro YAMASHITA, Eiji KUMAI, Yuta TSUKADA, Shoji AKATSU
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Patent number: 8678690Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Norihiro Yamashita, Eiji Kumai, Yuta Tsukada, Shoji Akatsu
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Publication number: 20130278696Abstract: A medium loading apparatus includes supporting units that are attached to both end portions of roll paper, a loading unit that is loaded with the roll paper to which the supporting units are attached, and a rotational force transfer unit that is arranged on the loading unit so as to be opposed to a shaft rotating member constituting the supporting unit in the axial line direction of the roll paper and transfers a rotational force of a motor to the shaft rotating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoji Akatsu, Akira Mashima, Tomoya Murotani, Yoshitaka Shimada
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Publication number: 20130271543Abstract: A medium loading device includes: a support unit having a shaft member that is attached to each of both end sections of roll paper and a flange member; a loading portion in which the roll paper with the support units attached thereto is loaded; a temporary placement portion on which the roll paper with the support units attached thereto is placed temporarily before being loaded into the loading portion; and a transfer path for transferring the roll paper with the support units attached thereto from the temporary placement portion to the loading portion. The flange member has in a region facing the transfer path a flat surface that is in contact with the transfer path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shoji Akatsu, Akira Mashima, Tomoya Murotani, Yoshitaka Shimada
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Publication number: 20130251435Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro YAMASHITA, Eiji KUMAI, Yuta TSUKADA, Shoji AKATSU
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Patent number: 8459887Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Norihiro Yamashita, Eiji Kumai, Yuta Tsukada, Shoji Akatsu
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Patent number: 8016502Abstract: A cutter device includes a medium supporting surface that supports a recording medium being transported, and a cutter carriage that has a cutter blade for cutting the recording medium and that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording medium. An opening that forms a passage region for the cutter carriage is provided in the medium supporting surface so as to extend in the moving direction of the cutter carriage. The opening is provided with a cover capable of switching between a first state in which the cover covers the opening and forms part of the medium supporting surface and a second state in which the cover is retracted to form the passage region for the cutter carriage.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoji Akatsu, Eiji Kumai, Norihiro Yamashita, Yuta Tsukada
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Publication number: 20110052300Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes: a restricting member that is provided downstream of an ejector that ejects a recording target medium after recording processing, the restricting member restricting a position in height of the ejected recording target medium; and a cutting unit that is also provided downstream of the ejector and moves in a width direction, which is orthogonal to a direction of ejection of the recording target medium, to cut the recording target medium, wherein the restricting member moves between a first position that is located inside a path of movement of the cutting unit and a second position that is located outside the path of movement of the cutting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shoji AKATSU, Eiji KUMAI
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Publication number: 20090226236Abstract: A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Norihiro YAMASHITA, Eiji KUMAI, Yuta TSUKADA, Shoji AKATSU
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Publication number: 20090196673Abstract: A cutter device includes a medium supporting surface that supports a recording medium being transported, and a cutter carriage that has a cutter blade for cutting the recording medium and that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording medium. An opening that forms a passage region for the cutter carriage is provided in the medium supporting surface so as to extend in the moving direction of the cutter carriage. The opening is provided with a cover capable of switching between a first state in which the cover covers the opening and forms part of the medium supporting surface and a second state in which the cover is retracted to form the passage region for the cutter carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shoji AKATSU, Eiji KUMAI, Norihiro YAMASHITA, Yuta TSUKADA