Patents by Inventor Takahide OKAZAKI

Takahide OKAZAKI 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).

  • Liquid discharge apparatus and method of conveying medium
    Patent number: 9724936
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head; a conveyer that supports and conveys a medium; a blower that is disposed on the upstream side of the liquid discharge head or the downstream side of the liquid discharge head and suppresses the change of the posture of the medium by sending the air to the medium; a temperature adjuster that is disposed on the side of the blower opposite to the liquid discharge head in the medium conveying direction and adjusts the temperature of an object to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature of the liquid discharge head or a temperature lower than the ambient temperature of the liquid discharge head; and a blast controller sends an operation stop command or an air reduction command to the blower at a blast region-pass timing at which the medium passes through a blast region of the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takahide Okazaki
  • LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONVEYING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170113470
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head; a conveyer that supports and conveys a medium; a blower that is disposed on the upstream side of the liquid discharge head or the downstream side of the liquid discharge head and suppresses the change of the posture of the medium by sending the air to the medium; a temperature adjuster that is disposed on the side of the blower opposite to the liquid discharge head in the medium conveying direction and adjusts the temperature of an object to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature of the liquid discharge head or a temperature lower than the ambient temperature of the liquid discharge head; and a blast controller sends an operation stop command or an air reduction command to the blower at a blast region-pass timing at which the medium passes through a blast region of the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takahide OKAZAKI