Patents by Inventor Shunichi Seki

Shunichi Seki 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: 9045860
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate stock material in a dry process, a transferring tube configured to transfer the stock material to the defibrating unit, and a magnet unit arranged such that a magnetic surface is exposed an inside of the transferring tube without being protruded inner than an inner surface of the transferring tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Toshiaki Yamagami
  • Patent number: 9045858
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure thickness and air permeability of a defibration object containing fibers, a defibrating unit configured to dry-defibrate the defibration object, and a classifying unit configured to separate and remove, by airflow classification, foreign substances other than the fibers from the defibrated material defibrated at the defibrating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhito Gomi, Shunichi Seki
  • Patent number: 9039136
    Abstract: A waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink includes layers the same in density and different in flame retardant content ratio, which are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiro Takano, Toshiaki Yamagami, Shunichi Seki
  • Patent number: 9039868
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a defibration object including at least a fiber, in air. The sheet manufacturing apparatus forms a sheet by adding quantity of heat to a defibrated material defibrated at the defibrating unit. The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to acquire moisture amount information of the defibrated material or the defibration object, and a controller configured to control the quantity of heat to be added to the defibrated material on the basis of the moisture amount information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagai, Shunichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20150096705
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a transferring unit configured to transfer a web which includes fibers and resin and accumulates on the transferring unit, and a heating unit configured to heat the web. The transferring unit has a first surface onto which the web is transferred, and a second surface onto which the web is transferred and which is positioned on a downstream side of the first surface in the transfer direction of the web, and an angle which is formed by the first surface and the second surface is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeo ` FUJITA, Katsuhito GOMI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20150096703
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a web forming unit configured to form a web that includes fibers and a resin, a transferring unit configured to transfer the web that has been formed, a first cutting unit configured to cut the web in a direction intersecting with a transfer direction of the web being transferred, and a heating unit having a first roller configured to heat the web that has been cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeo FUJITA, Katsuhito GOMI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Patent number: 8986505
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus is provided with a screen portion in which introduced material is passed through a plurality of openings; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire at least one of inflow information related to a flow rate of the material that flows into the screen portion and outflow information related to a flow rate of the material that passes through the screen portion; and a controller configured to make a determination that a clogging of the screen portion is generated when the flow rate is reduced based on at least one of the inflow information and the outflow information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Oguchi, Shunichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20140290887
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a defibration object, a measuring unit configured to acquire information relating to the moisture contained in the defibration object, and a controller configured to modify an operating condition of the defibrating unit based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhito GOMI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140290890
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate stock material in a dry process, a transferring tube configured to transfer the stock material to the defibrating unit, and a magnet unit arranged such that a magnetic surface is exposed an inside of the transferring tube without being protruded inner than an inner surface of the transferring tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi SEKI, Toshiaki YAMAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20140290886
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a defibration object including at least a fiber, in air. The sheet manufacturing apparatus forms a sheet by adding quantity of heat to a defibrated material defibrated at the defibrating unit. The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to acquire moisture amount information of the defibrated material or the defibration object, and a controller configured to control the quantity of heat to be added to the defibrated material on the basis of the moisture amount information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140290884
    Abstract: A present sheet manufacturing apparatus, which manufactures a sheet including defibrated material and whiteness enhancer, is provided with a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a stock material that includes fibers, a whiteness enhancer feeding unit configured to feed the whiteness enhancer to the defibrated material defibrated in the defibrating unit. A feeding amount of the whiteness enhancer is changed based on whiteness information of the stock material or the defibrated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki YAMAGAMI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140290888
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure thickness and air permeability of a defibration object containing fibers, a defibrating unit configured to dry-defibrate the defibration object, and a classifying unit configured to separate and remove, by airflow classification, foreign substances other than the fibers from the defibrated material defibrated at the defibrating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhito GOMI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140290889
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus is provided with a screen portion in which introduced material is passed through a plurality of openings; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire at least one of inflow information related to a flow rate of the material that flows into the screen portion and outflow information related to a flow rate of the material that passes through the screen portion; and a controller configured to make a determination that a clogging of the screen portion is generated when the flow rate is reduced based on at least one of the inflow information and the outflow information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki OGUCHI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140267492
    Abstract: A waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink includes layers the same in density and different in flame retardant content ratio, which are stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro TAKANO, Toshiaki YAMAGAMI, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140225095
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescent device that includes an effectively optical area including display pixels for display and a dummy area surrounding the effectively optical area, the dummy area including dummy pixels not for display is provided. The manufacturing method includes coating a first composite material on a first portion in the effectively optical area, the first portion corresponding to one of the display pixels, and coating a second composite material separately from the coating of the first composite material, the second composite material being coated on a second portion of the dummy area, the second portion corresponding to one of the dummy pixels, the first composite material including a first organic electroluminescent material that is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent and the second composite material including a second organic electroluminescent material that is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi SEKI, Katsuyuki MORII
  • Publication number: 20140184691
    Abstract: To provide a waste ink absorber excellent in permeability and retention performance, it is directed to a waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ink. In a side cross-sectional view of the waste ink absorber, a portion low in density and a portion higher in density as compared with the portion low in density are laid alternately obliquely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiro TAKANO, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140184692
    Abstract: To provide a waste ink absorber having excellent permeability and retention, a waste ink absorber absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for injecting ink is provided with a first portion and a second portion having different densities, and the first portion has higher density than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro TAKANO, Shunichi SEKI, Yoshiyuki NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20140184694
    Abstract: To provide a waste ink absorber having excellent permeability and retention performance, in a waste ink absorber to absorb waste ink discharged from a head for injecting ink, maximum parts where the density is locally high and a low density portion where the density is lower than the high density portion are provided in a single piece of the waste ink absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro TAKANO, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140184693
    Abstract: To provide a waste ink absorber excellent in permeability and retaining performance, a waste ink absorber to be mounted in a waste ink tank to absorb waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink, includes, in a state of a single piece of the waste ink absorber not mounted in the waste ink tank, a portion low in density and a portion higher in density as compared with the portion low in density in a direction along a plane surface having a largest surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi TSUJINO, Hidehiro TAKANO, Shunichi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20140183125
    Abstract: To provide a liquid absorber having excellent permeability and retention properties, a liquid absorber is for absorbing a liquid, wherein the liquid absorber is principally made of a fiber and also includes additives having a greater critical surface tension than the critical surface tension of the fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki YAMAGAMI, Shunichi SEKI