Patents by Inventor Takaaki Kanbara
Takaaki Kanbara 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: 9987851Abstract: An ink supply unit is provided and includes an ink container, and a cap fittable to the ink container and having an opening, a valve body, and an elastic body, an ink tank that holds the ink container fitted with the cap at a cap-side part of the container, a pivotable lever disposed on the ink tank pivotably around a pivot axis that is a pivoting center; an anti-rotation mechanism configured to restrict relative rotations of the ink container and of the cap to the ink tank, a conversion mechanism configured to convert the pivoting motion of the pivotable lever into linear motions of the ink container and of the cap in a direction along the pivot axis, and a valve-opening projection that presses the valve body toward an opening position when the cap is drawn nearer to the ink tank by the linear motion of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Kanbara, Toru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20160355021Abstract: An ink supply unit is provided and includes an ink container, and a cap fittable to the ink container and having an opening, a valve body, and an elastic body, an ink tank that holds the ink container fitted with the cap at a cap-side part of the container, a pivotable lever disposed on the ink tank pivotably around a pivot axis that is a pivoting center; an anti-rotation mechanism configured to restrict relative rotations of the ink container and of the cap to the ink tank, a conversion mechanism configured to convert the pivoting motion of the pivotable lever into linear motions of the ink container and of the cap in a direction along the pivot axis, and a valve-opening projection that presses the valve body toward an opening position when the cap is drawn nearer to the ink tank by the linear motion of the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: TAKAAKI KANBARA, TORU NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20150202888Abstract: A print method for printing efficiently on a plurality of polyhedrons is provided. A retaining jig 10 retains portable terminal casings 20 upon printing print data on print target surfaces configured of a plurality of adjacent surfaces of the portable terminal casings 20 that are polyhedrons. The plurality of portable terminal casings 20 is retained such that one of the print target surfaces of each of the plurality of portable terminal casings 20 is arranged adjacent to each other, boundaries of the adjacent print target surfaces are brought into contact, and the print target surfaces for printing the print data are formed from the surface of the plurality of portable terminal casings 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Eiji Miyashita, Nobuo Shimizu, Takaaki Kanbara, Hirofumi Hara, Akira Ikeda
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Patent number: 8517620Abstract: A printer includes a supporting member, a print head and a guide member. The supporting member is configured to support a sheet print medium on an upper surface of the supporting member. The print head is provided to print on the sheet print medium fed onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member is configured to guide the sheet print medium to feed the sheet print medium onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member includes at least one guide collar around which the sheet print medium is wound and a guide bar provided in the at least one guide collar so that the at least one guide collar is rotatable around the guide bar.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takaaki Kanbara
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Patent number: 8118399Abstract: An ink receiving unit for an inkjet printer includes an ink receiver and an ink removing device. The inkjet printer has an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a first surface of a medium. The ink receiver is provided to face the inkjet head via the medium. The ink receiver is configured to receive ink dripping from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the medium during printing. The ink removing device is configured to remove the ink from the ink receiver. The ink receiver unit is detachably mounted to a main body to which the inkjet head is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Kanbara, Teruaki Nakayama
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Patent number: 8057029Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on a medium through which ink ejected onto the surface of the medium is allowed to seep to the back side of the medium. The printing apparatus includes an inkjet head for ejecting ink in accordance with an inkjet method, an ink receiver that is arranged at a position facing the inkjet head across the medium during printing to receive the ink dripping from the back of the medium, and a wiper member as an ink removing device for removing the ink in the ink receiver from the ink receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Kanbara, Teruaki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20090160903Abstract: An ink receiving unit for an inkjet printer includes an ink receiver and an ink removing device. The inkjet printer has an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a first surface of a medium. The ink receiver is provided to face the inkjet head via the medium. The ink receiver is configured to receive ink dripping from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the medium during printing. The ink removing device is configured to remove the ink from the ink receiver. The ink receiver unit is detachably mounted to a main body to which the inkjet head is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Kanbara, Teruaki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20090160902Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on a medium through which ink ejected onto the surface of the medium is allowed to seep to the back side of the medium. The printing apparatus includes an inkjet head for ejecting ink in accordance with an inkjet method, an ink receiver that is arranged at a position facing the inkjet head across the medium during printing to receive the ink dripping from the back of the medium, and a wiper member as an ink removing device for removing the ink in the ink receiver from the ink receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki KANBARA, Teruaki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20080253823Abstract: A printer includes a supporting member, a print head and a guide member. The supporting member is configured to support a sheet print medium on an upper surface of the supporting member. The print head is provided to print on the sheet print medium fed onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member is configured to guide the sheet print medium to feed the sheet print medium onto the upper surface of the supporting member. The guide member includes at least one guide collar around which the sheet print medium is wound and a guide bar provided in the at least one guide collar so that the at least one guide collar is rotatable around the guide bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki KANBARA
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Patent number: D611093Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Kanbara, Teruaki Nakayama