Patents by Inventor Shumi KARASAWA

Shumi KARASAWA 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: 20230319191
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on media, a main body provided with the recording unit, and a medium accommodation unit configured to be attached to and detached from the main body and configured to accommodate the media, wherein the medium accommodation unit includes a first region configured to accommodate a pre-recording medium before being subjected to recording by the recording unit, and a second region configured to accommodate a recorded medium after being subjected to the recording by the recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shumi KARASAWA, Takuro FURUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20230311541
    Abstract: A recording device includes an ejecting head ejecting ink onto a medium, a first ink absorber disposed at a position facing the ejecting head and absorbing waste ink, among the ink, ejected to a position beyond an edge during borderless recording, a platen configured to supports the first ink absorber, and support the medium during the borderless recording, a first waste ink tray including a first discharge port discharging the waste ink, the first waste ink tray receiving the waste ink flowing out from the first ink absorber, and a discharge mechanism discharging, from the first discharge port, the waste ink received by the first waste ink tray, wherein the first waste ink tray includes a plurality of inclined regions inclined to guide the waste ink to the first discharge port, and each of the plurality of inclined regions has a different inclination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Morio IWATA, Shumi KARASAWA, Kazuo SAITO, Yuka SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230311542
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording path passing a recorder performing recording by ejecting liquid onto a medium; a feeding path through which the medium is fed to the recording path; a discharge path through which the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is discharged; a reading path extending through a reader reading an image, provided independently of the recording path, the feeding path, and the discharge path and to which the medium with a recorded image being used to check a state of liquid ejection of the recorder recorded thereon is fed; and a switching portion switching between a first state in which a feeding direction of the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is set to a direction toward the reading path and a second state in which the feeding direction is set to a direction other than the direction toward the reading path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Morio IWATA, Yuka SHIMIZU, Shumi KARASAWA, Satoshi YOSHINO