Patents by Inventor Shoko Maeno

Shoko Maeno 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: 10875311
    Abstract: An ink-jet printer includes; an ink-jet head having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink; and a wiping device, having a blade for wiping the nozzle surface, which wipes the nozzle surface by use of the blade, by moving the blade in relation to the nozzle surface; wherein, the ink-jet head includes a convex wall part that surrounds the nozzle surface in a state of protruding in a direction in which the ink is discharged by the nozzles; and a direction of wiping by the wiping device is almost the same as a stretching direction of a line connecting the nozzles being closest to the convex wall part, among the plurality of nozzles formed in the nozzle surface, and a part of the convex wall part being closest to the nozzles. Hence, reducing an incidence of defective discharging of ink by the ink-jet head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoko Maeno
  • Publication number: 20190315127
    Abstract: An ink-jet printer includes; an ink-jet head having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink; and a wiping device, having a blade for wiping the nozzle surface, which wipes the nozzle surface by use of the blade, by moving the blade in relation to the nozzle surface; wherein, the ink-jet head includes a convex wall part that surrounds the nozzle surface in a state of protruding in a direction in which the ink is discharged by the nozzles; and a direction of wiping by the wiping device is almost the same as a stretching direction of a line connecting the nozzles being closest to the convex wall part, among the plurality of nozzles formed in the nozzle surface, and a part of the convex wall part being closest to the nozzles. Hence, reducing an incidence of defective discharging of ink by the ink-jet head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoko Maeno