Patents by Inventor Shuichiro NAKANO

Shuichiro NAKANO 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: 11602938
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium transported by the transport unit and supported by a platen, a downstream guiding unit as a medium guiding unit having a guide surface for guiding the medium downstream in the transport direction from the platen, a heating unit disposed at a position facing the guide surface, and configured to heat the medium, and a spacer provided above the guide surface, and configured to separate the medium from the guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Aoki, Tomohiro Yoda, Yasuo Naramatsu, Shuichiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230001698
    Abstract: A recording device is a recording device receiving liquid supplied from a liquid accommodation unit, and includes a recording unit configured to eject the liquid onto a transported medium, a support unit configured to support the medium at a position facing the recording unit, a first side frame and a second side frame that are configured to support one end side and the other end side of the support unit, a coupling frame configured to couple the first side frame and the second side frame, and a holding unit configured to hold the liquid accommodation unit. The coupling frame is located below the support unit, and the holding unit is located between the support unit and the coupling frame and between the first side frame and the second side frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shuichiro NAKANO, Daisuke HIRUMA
  • Patent number: 11485150
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid to a medium, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium on a support face, a medium width detector configured to detect a width of the medium supported at the supporting face. Further, the printing apparatus includes a plurality of air blowing ports provided along a width direction (X-axis direction) of the medium for blowing air toward the medium supporting unit, an air blowing unit from which the air is blown, a heating unit configured to heat the medium supporting unit. Further, the printing apparatus includes a controlling unit configured to control a blowing amount from each of the plurality of air blowing ports according to the width of the medium detected by the medium width detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20220203715
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium transported by the transport unit and supported by a platen, a downstream guiding unit as a medium guiding unit having a guide surface for guiding the medium downstream in the transport direction from the platen, a heating unit disposed at a position facing the guide surface, and configured to heat the medium, and a spacer provided above the guide surface, and configured to separate the medium from the guide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki AOKI, Tomohiro YODA, Yasuo NARAMATSU, Shuichiro NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210300070
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid to a medium, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium on a support face, a medium width detector configured to detect a width of the medium supported at the supporting face. Further, the printing apparatus includes a plurality of air blowing ports provided along a width direction (X-axis direction) of the medium for blowing air toward the medium supporting unit, an air blowing unit from which the air is blown, a heating unit configured to heat the medium supporting unit. Further, the printing apparatus includes a controlling unit configured to control a blowing amount from each of the plurality of air blowing ports according to the width of the medium detected by the medium width detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shuichiro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10759196
    Abstract: A recording device includes a carriage including a recording head configured to discharge liquid onto a medium and being movable in an intersecting direction, the intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium, a suction platen facing the recording head and being configured to suck the medium, a transport mechanism provided upstream from the suction platen in the transport direction and configured to transport the medium downstream in the transport direction, a drying unit located downstream from the recording head in the transport direction, a medium suction mechanism configured to suck the medium fed to the drying unit, and a controller configured to control the transport mechanism. The controller is configured to form a curved portion by curving between the drying unit and the suction platen in the transport direction, a part of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nakano, Tomohiro Yoda, Katsuya Asamoto
  • Patent number: 10625520
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit for transporting a continuous sheet, a printing unit for printing by discharging ink to the continuous sheet, and a drying unit for drying the ink deposited on the continuous sheet. The drying unit includes a first heater unit for heating a printed surface of the continuous sheet and a second heater unit for heating the opposite surface of the continuous sheet to the printed surface. The first heater unit includes a plurality of first heaters that are disposed at the same position in a transport direction and that are arranged in width directions. The second heater unit includes a plurality of second heaters that are disposed at a position superposed on the first heater unit in the transport direction and that are disposed at positions between adjacent ones of first heating elements of the first heaters in the width directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20190291472
    Abstract: A recording device includes a carriage including a recording head configured to discharge liquid onto a medium and being movable in an intersecting direction, the intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction of the medium, a suction platen facing the recording head and being configured to suck the medium, a transport mechanism provided upstream from the suction platen in the transport direction and configured to transport the medium downstream in the transport direction, a drying unit located downstream from the recording head in the transport direction, a medium suction mechanism configured to suck the medium fed to the drying unit, and a controller configured to control the transport mechanism. The controller is configured to form a curved portion by curving between the drying unit and the suction platen in the transport direction, a part of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nakano, Tomohiro Yoda, Katsuya Asamoto
  • Publication number: 20190176486
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit for transporting a continuous sheet, a printing unit for printing by discharging ink to the continuous sheet, and a drying unit for drying the ink deposited on the continuous sheet. The drying unit includes a first heater unit for heating a printed surface of the continuous sheet and a second heater unit for heating the opposite surface of the continuous sheet to the printed surface. The first heater unit includes a plurality of first heaters that are disposed at the same position in a transport direction and that are arranged in width directions. The second heater unit includes a plurality of second heaters that are disposed at a position superposed on the first heater unit in the transport direction and that are disposed at positions between adjacent ones of first heating elements of the first heaters in the width directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Shuichiro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10245851
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit for transporting a continuous sheet, a printing unit for printing by discharging ink to the continuous sheet, and a drying unit for drying the ink deposited on the continuous sheet. The drying unit includes a first heater unit for heating a printed surface of the continuous sheet and a second heater unit for heating the opposite surface of the continuous sheet to the printed surface. The first heater unit includes a plurality of first heaters that are disposed at the same position in a transport direction and that are arranged in width directions. The second heater unit includes a plurality of second heaters that are disposed at a position superposed on the first heater unit in the transport direction and that are disposed at positions between adjacent ones of first heating elements of the first heaters in the width directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 10173440
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing section that performs printing by adhering an ink to a medium, a transport section that transports the medium, and a heating device that heats the medium, on which printing is finished. The heating device includes a first partitioning wall that has an infrared ray emission surface that faces a third support member via a heating region, and a heating section which heats the first partitioning wall, and an area of the infrared ray emission surface is greater than a projection area obtained by projecting the infrared ray emission surface toward the third support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nakano, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10118408
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a discharge portion which can discharge liquid, a medium support portion which can support a medium onto which the liquid is discharged, and a heating portion which can heat the medium supported by the medium support portion. The medium support portion includes a first member which can support the medium and a second member which supports the first member. Thermal diffusivity of the first member is larger than that of the second member and thermal conductivity of the second member is smaller than that of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Shuichiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 9962958
    Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording by discharging ink droplets onto a recording medium, and a drying section including a plurality of drying units that perform drying of the recording medium on which ink droplets have been impacted, wherein the drying units are movably disposed in a predetermined drying area in which the drying of the recording medium is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemasa Kanada, Shuichiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 9937720
    Abstract: A printing device includes a heating section capable of heating paper P transported over a support platform, a head unit that is disposed at a position facing the support platform with a gap therebetween, and that is capable of rotating about a rotation shaft extending along width direction X, and a head cooling unit that is capable of cooling the head unit. The head unit is provided with a first head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, a second head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, and a third head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, with the heads provided around a rotation direction of the head unit with gaps between one another. When one head out of the respective heads faces the paper P, another head out of the respective heads can be made to face the head cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Nakano, Hidemasa Kanada
  • Patent number: 9855740
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a printing head that discharges a liquid onto a paper sheet, a drying section into which it is possible to the paper sheet, a transport roller that is provided further on an upstream side than the drying section, a nip roller that is provided further on a downstream side than the drying section, and a control section that regulates movement of the paper sheet by controlling the nip roller, in which the control section performs a first transport control that transports paper sheet in the transport direction by driving the transport roller, and stops driving of the nip roller, and a second transport control that stops driving of the transport roller, and transports the paper sheet in the transport direction by driving the nip roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 9751334
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a heating unit; a detecting unit capable of detecting the energies of plural detection areas in a heating area to be heated by the heating unit; and a controller that controls the heating unit on the basis of the energies of the plural detection areas detected by the detecting unit. The controller controls the number of detection areas which are used in control of the heating unit in a case where a medium has been transported to a position where the medium overlaps with at least one of the plural detection areas so that the number is larger than the number of detection areas which are used in the control of the heating unit in a case where a medium has been transported to a position where the medium does not overlap with at least one of the plural detection areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Hara, Shuichiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20170217211
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit for transporting a continuous sheet, a printing unit for printing by discharging ink to the continuous sheet, and a drying unit for drying the ink deposited on the continuous sheet. The drying unit includes a first heater unit for heating a printed surface of the continuous sheet and a second heater unit for heating the opposite surface of the continuous sheet to the printed surface. The first heater unit includes a plurality of first heaters that are disposed at the same position in a transport direction and that are arranged in width directions. The second heater unit includes a plurality of second heaters that are disposed at a position superposed on the first heater unit in the transport direction and that are disposed at positions between adjacent ones of first heating elements of the first heaters in the width directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Shuichiro NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170210155
    Abstract: A printing device includes a heating section capable of heating paper P transported over a support platform, a head unit that is disposed at a position facing the support platform with a gap therebetween, and that is capable of rotating about a rotation shaft extending along width direction X, and a head cooling unit that is capable of cooling the head unit. The head unit is provided with a first head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, a second head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, and a third head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, with the heads provided around a rotation direction of the head unit with gaps between one another. When one head out of the respective heads faces the paper P, another head out of the respective heads can be made to face the head cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shuichiro NAKANO, Hidemasa KANADA
  • Publication number: 20170165980
    Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording by discharging ink droplets onto a recording medium, and a drying section including a plurality of drying units that perform drying of the recording medium on which ink droplets have been impacted, wherein the drying units are movably disposed in a predetermined drying area in which the drying of the recording medium is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Hidemasa KANADA, Shuichiro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9623680
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a discharge portion which can discharge liquid, a medium support portion which has a support surface which can support a medium onto which the liquid is discharged, and a heating portion which can heat the medium supported by the medium support portion, in which at least a part of the medium support portion is constituted of a low thermal conductivity member having a thermal conductivity of 0.4 W/mK or less and the radiation rate of the support surface is set to a value equal to or greater than 0.7 and less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Sasaki, Shuichiro Nakano