Patents by Inventor Tae KOJIMA

Tae KOJIMA 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).

  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 10787009
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first roller pair that sandwiches and conveys a continuous medium, a printing head that is located downstream of the first roller pair in a conveying direction of the continuous medium and that performs printing on the continuous medium, a cutting unit that is located downstream of the printing head in the conveying direction of the continuous medium and that cuts the continuous medium, a second roller pair that is located downstream of the cutting unit in the conveying direction of the continuous medium and that sandwiches and conveys the continuous medium, a common driving source that applies driving force to the first roller pair and the second roller pair, and a clutch mechanism configured to cut power from the driving source to the second roller pair, wherein the clutch mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism that releases transmission of the power by electromagnetism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru Kozuma, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Tae Kojima
  • PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200039255
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first roller pair that sandwiches and conveys a continuous medium, a printing head that is located downstream of the first roller pair in a conveying direction of the continuous medium and that performs printing on the continuous medium, a cutting unit that is located downstream of the printing head in the conveying direction of the continuous medium and that cuts the continuous medium, a second roller pair that is located downstream of the cutting unit in the conveying direction of the continuous medium and that sandwiches and conveys the continuous medium, a common driving source that applies driving force to the first roller pair and the second roller pair, and a clutch mechanism configured to cut power from the driving source to the second roller pair, wherein the clutch mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism that releases transmission of the power by electromagnetism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Itaru KOZUMA, Toshiaki ISHIKAWA, Tae KOJIMA