Patents by Inventor Soichi Hiramatsu
Soichi Hiramatsu 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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Patent number: 8425022Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Sadayuki Sugama
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Patent number: 7914137Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Sadayuki Sugama
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Publication number: 20100265306Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda
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Publication number: 20080259144Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda
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Patent number: 7407275Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda
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Patent number: 7407274Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1997Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda
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Patent number: 7401909Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda
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Publication number: 20060044371Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takashi Nojima, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6789882Abstract: A recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium comprises a movable recording member facing a recording medium to record on said recording medium by serially moving with respect to the recording apparatus main body; a movement mechanism for serially moving said movable recording member; and plural flexible members for connecting the movable recording member and the recording apparatus main body, which are connected with the movable recording member from the sides opposite to each other with the movement path of the movable recording member between them, hence making it possible to reduce the influence on the positional precision of the movable recording member and the movement precision thereof as well, which is exerted by force given to the movable recording member by the flexible members.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Tomoyuki Nagase
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Patent number: 6769683Abstract: An image recording apparatus comprises a roller, and a bearing fixed to the apparatus main body to rotatably support the roller through the shaft portion of the roller. The bearing is provided with at least two contact portions to be in contact with the shaft portion of the roller, and the shaft portion of the roller is biased to each of the contact portions. With the structure thus arranged, it becomes possible for this apparatus to enhance the sheet conveyance precision or to make the roller smaller at lower costs.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Soichi Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 6685370Abstract: A recording member feeding device feeds a recording member such as a sheet in an image recording apparatus such as a copying machine. The recording member feeding device has a feeding rotary unit, a driving unit for driving the feeding rotary unit, and a driving power transmitting unit for transmitting he power of the driving unit to the feeding rotary unit. The recording member feeding device further has a rotation detecting unit for detecting the number of rotations of a rotary part in the rotary driving unit or in the driving power transmitting unit. The feeding rotary unit feeds the recording member by a length which is determined by the number of complete rotations detected by the rotation detecting units.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Soichi Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 6619795Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprises a recording area where a recording sheet is conveyed substantially in a horizontal direction to a position opposite to a discharge port for discharging ink, and recording is performed by discharging ink from the discharge port downwardly substantially in a vertical direction to the recording sheet and a sheet-exhausting area where the recording sheet is conveyed from the recording area and exhausted. The sheet-exhausting area has a first sheet conveyor for introducing the recording sheet from the recording area to the sheet-exhausting area and a second sheet conveyor for holding the recording sheet introduced from the recording area to the sheet-exhausting area by the first sheet conveyor substantially in the horizontal direction or above the substantially horizontal direction and exhausting the recording sheet substantially in the horizontal direction or above the substantially horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1997Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Soichi Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20030117468Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takashi Nojima, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6575568Abstract: In a serial recording apparatus having three recording modes, i.e., normal, high-quality, and high-speed recording mode, sheet feed control satisfying requirements in these modes is performed. More specifically, high-speed sheet feed control is performed in the normal or high-speed recording mode, and low-noise sheet feed control with improved precision is performed in the high-quality recording mode although the speed is low.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1999Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Tetsuo Suzuki, Masahiro Taniguro, Kazuhiro Nakata, Hiroyuki Saito, Haruyuki Yanagi, Takashi Nojima, Kiichiro Takahashi, Satoshi Saikawa, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideaki Kawakami
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Patent number: 6532025Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus for discharging ink from a recording head to a recording material to thereby effect recording has a contacting member for cleaning the discharging surface of the recording head. The contacting member is rotatable until immediately before it contacts with the discharging surface, and the rotation of the contacting member is fixed when the contacting member contacts with the discharging surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1998Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Soichi Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 6464328Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus, which forms images on a recording medium using an ink jet recording head to discharge ink onto the medium to record the image. The recording material is carried and ink mist generated at the time of image recording flows along an air path in a specific direction. Electric field formation members arranged for the wall faces of the air path. With the structure thus arranged, effective mist collection is possible Without making the pressure loss of the air flow unduly large. stains that would otherwise result in the interior of the recording apparatus can be prevented, hence avoiding the deposition of ink mists on parts that may cause the defective operation particularly due to the deposition of such stains. Then, it becomes possible to record images stably for a long time, and the reliability of the ink jet recording apparatus is enhanced significantly.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Makoto Kashimura, Yuji Nakano
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Publication number: 20020135122Abstract: An image recording apparatus comprises a roller, and a bearing fixed to the apparatus main body to rotatably support the roller through the shaft portion of the roller. The bearing is provided with at least two contact portions to be in contact with the shaft portion of the roller, and the shaft portion of the roller is biased to each of the contact portions. With the structure thus arranged, it becomes possible for this apparatus to enhance the sheet conveyance precision or to make the roller smaller at lower costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Soichi Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20020126180Abstract: A recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium comprises a movable recording member facing a recording medium to record on said recording medium by serially moving with respect to the recording apparatus main body; a movement mechanism for serially moving said movable recording member; and plural flexible members for connecting the movable recording member and the recording apparatus main body, which are connected with the movable recording member from the sides opposite to each other with the movement path of the movable recording member between them, hence making it possible to reduce the influence on the positional precision of the movable recording member and the movement precision thereof as well, which is exerted by force given to the movable recording member by the flexible members.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2002Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Tomoyuki Nagase
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Publication number: 20020118248Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 1997Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: HIROYUKI INOUE, SADAYUKI SUGAMA, SOICHI HIRAMATSU, HIDEKI YAMAGUCHI, TOSHIHIKO UJITA, AKIHIRO YAMANAKA, TAKASHI NOJIMA, YASUO KOTAKI, KEIICHIRO TSUKUDA, HITOSHI NAKAMURA, AKIRA KIDA, HIDEAKI KAWAKAMI, TAKESHI IWASAKI
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Patent number: 6367906Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus for recording onto a recording medium using an ink jet recording head which discharges ink, comprises a conveyor which conveys a recording medium, a mount for mounting an ink jet recording head, and an air flow generator. The air flow generator generates an air flow for transporting ink mist generated when ink is discharged from the ink jet recording head, floating in the inside of the ink jet recording apparatus and unused for recording. The head mount mounts the recording head such that ink is discharged toward a recording region located downward of the head mount, and is arranged forwardly of supporting members that support the head mount, and the air flow generator forms an air flow directed downwardly from above and forwardly of the supporting members.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1998Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Makoto Kashimura, Yuji Nakano
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Patent number: 4988244Abstract: A machine includes a pair of spaced supports, one of which may mount an operator such as a tool in a spindle and the other of which may mount an object such as a workpiece. The spaced platforms are joined by six powered and extensible legs joined to the respective platforms by universal joints. The length of the legs is individually manipulated to vary the position of the platforms and therefore the object and operator relative to each other in six axes. The powered legs may be hydraulic cylinders or recirculating ball screw driven. The distance between the spaced platforms may be measured by separate instrument arms which join the platforms. The instrument arms may use a digital position device to measure the extension and contraction of the instrument arms or may use a laser interferometer for that purpose. The changes in the instrument arm's lengths may be used to generate signals which are used to control the extension and contraction of the powered legs.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1990Date of Patent: January 29, 1991Assignee: Kearney & TreckerInventors: Paul C. Sheldon, Edward E. Kirkham