Patents by Inventor Takamine Hokazono

Takamine Hokazono 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).

  • Publication number: 20140375738
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll supporting part, a feeder, a printing head, and an urging device. The roll supporting part rotatably supports a print-receiving tape roll that winds a print-receiving tape in a rolled form. The feeder pulls out and feed the print-receiving tape of the print-receiving tape roll supported by the roll supporting part. The printing head performs desired print on the print-receiving tape that is fed out and fed from the print-receiving tape roll by the pull-out of the feeder. The urging device elastically presses the print-receiving tape roll supported by the roll supporting part inward in a radial direction of the print-receiving tape roll while the print-receiving tape being fed out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Nagashima, Minoru Yamamoto, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo, Keiji Seo
  • Publication number: 20140255075
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a pair of guide members, a guide driving mechanism, a cover, a pressing roller, and a recessed part. The printing head is configured to perform desired printing on the print-receiving tape fed by a feeder. The pair of guide members are configured to determine a width-direction position of the print-receiving tape while sandwiching the stored roll. The guide driving mechanism is configured to make the pair of guide members move close to and away from each other by advancing and retreating in tandem in a width direction of the roll. The pressing roller is configured to contact the print-receiving tape near a feed-out position. The recessed part is configured to house at least a part of the pressing roller, provided to each position of the pair of guide members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohnishi, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo, Yuki Nagashima, Keiji Seo
  • Publication number: 20140212198
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a first guide member, a second guide member, and a driving gear. The first and second guide members guide a print-receiving medium in a width direction and provided in an advanceable and retreatable manner. The driving gear makes the first and second guide members advance and retreat. The roll storage part comprises a first through-hole for guiding the first guide member in the width direction, and a second through-hole for guiding the second guide member in the width direction. The first guide member comprises a first driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a first sandwiching part holding the first guide member. The second guide member comprises a second driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a second sandwiching part holding the second guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kumiko UCHINO, Keiji SEO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Hidenori JO, Yuki NAGASHIMA, Hiroki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20140147186
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a plurality of support rollers, and at least one guide member. The roll storage part rotatably stores a roll that winds a print-receiving tape around a predetermined axis. The feeder pulls out and feeds the print-receiving tape. The printing head performs desired printing on the print-receiving tape. The plurality of support rollers contact an outer peripheral surface of the roll and rotatably support the roll. The at least one guide member is provided to the roll storage part in an advanceable and retreatable manner and guides the print-receiving tape by contacting an end surface of the roll. The guide member comprises a plurality of through-holes configured to guide advancing and retreating of the guide member. Plurality of support rollers are respectively inserted along the width direction thorough the through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kumiko UCHINO, Keiji SEO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Hidenori JO, Yuki NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140147187
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprises a roll storage part, a platen roller, a printing head, a separation plate, a first discharging exit, a pinch roller, a second discharging exit, and a first rib member. The platen roller contacts and feeds a print-receiving tape. The printing head is provided above the platen roller. The separation plate is provided on the other side than the platen roller and loops back a separation material layer toward a downward side and peel the print-receiving layer and the adhesive layer from the separation material layer. The first rib member is provided to a first section of a feeding path of the print-receiving tape and contacts the print-receiving tape from above, the first section being between a sandwiching position by the platen roller and the printing head and a support position of an end part of the separation plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori JO, Keiji SEO, Kumiko UCHINO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Yuki NAGASHIMA, Hiroki OHNISHI
  • Publication number: 20140146493
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a substantially cuboid-like shaped housing, a touch panel, and a cover. The printing head performs desired printing on a print-receiving medium fed by the feeder. The touch panel is capable of executing desired operation input. The cover is provided to the housing or the touch panel. The cover comprises a plurality of locking hooks. The plurality of locking hooks is provided to areas other than a center part of the cover along a longitudinal direction. The housing or the touch panel comprises a plurality of locked parts to which the plurality of locking hooks is respectively to be locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki NAGASHIMA, Keiji SEO, Takamine HOKAZONO, Kumiko UCHINO, Hidenori JO
  • Patent number: 8436734
    Abstract: A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kodyo Kabushiki Kaisya
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kimura, Takamine Hokazono, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 7798732
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printing apparatus comprising a feeding device that applies a driving force to feed a print-receiving medium; a print forming device that performs a print forming process on the print-receiving medium; a harmonization controlling portion that harmonizes and controlling a driving speed of the feeding device and the print forming process operation of the print forming device, based on an input of print information by using a predetermined harmonization correlation; and a harmonization changing portion that changes the harmonization correlation according to properties of the print-receiving medium or a bonding medium to be bonded thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Takamine Hokazono
  • Publication number: 20090033021
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printing apparatus comprising a feeding device that applies a driving force to feed a print-receiving medium; a print forming device that performs a print forming process on the print-receiving medium; a harmonization controlling portion that harmonizes and controlling a driving speed of the feeding device and the print forming process operation of the print forming device, based on an input of print information by using a predetermined harmonization correlation; and a harmonization changing portion that changes the harmonization correlation according to properties of the print-receiving medium or a bonding medium to be bonded thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Takamine Hokazono
  • Publication number: 20080231423
    Abstract: The apparatus for producing RFID labels comprises a second roll configured by winding a base tape having a plurality of RFID circuit elements arranged with a predetermined arrangement regularity and a plurality of identification marks arranged with a fixed pitch in a tape longitudinal direction; a cartridge holder including a portion to be detected for recording correlation information indicating which of a plurality of predetermined correlations is a relation of the arrangement regularity to the fixed pitch; a feeding roller drive shaft for feeding the base tape supplied from a cartridge attached to the cartridge holder; a loop antenna for transmitting and receiving information by radio communication with the RFID circuit element; and a mark sensor detecting the identification mark of the base tape, and a control circuit acquires the correlation information from the portion to be detected of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Takamine Hokazono, Takaaki Kato, Yasuo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20080232886
    Abstract: A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kimura, Takamine Hokazono, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 7004654
    Abstract: A tape printer for securing a time period sufficient for processing printing data even if the rpm of a DC motor increases, when an encoder is used for detecting rotation of the DC motor. When the DC motor does not rotate at a constant speed, in principle, the encoder detects an amount of rotation of the DC motor. Accordingly, a thermal head is driven for printing, every time a predetermined angle of rotation is sensed. On the other hand, when the DC motor rotates at a constant speed, the thermal head is driven for printing at constant intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibata, Naruhito Muto, Yoshio Sugiura, Naoki Tanjima, Hirotsugu Unotoro, Takamine Hokazono
  • Patent number: 6874962
    Abstract: A tape printer that prevents shifting of a printed dot due to a reverse rotation caused by the DC motor stop when power supply to a DC motor is resumed. When the power supply to the DC motor is suspended, the DC motor often rotates in a reverse direction immediately before rotation of the motor stops. The amount of reverse rotation is detected by an encoder. This amount is compensated immediately after the power supply to the DC motor is resumed. After the amount of forward rotation identical to the amount of reverse rotation amount is detected, printing is resumed by the printing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibata, Naruhito Muto, Yoshio Sugiura, Naoki Tanjima, Hirotsugu Unotoro, Takamine Hokazono
  • Publication number: 20040197127
    Abstract: A tape printer that prevents shifting of a printed dot due to a reverse rotation caused by the DC motor stop when power supply to a DC motor is resumed. When the power supply to the DC motor is suspended, the DC motor often rotates in a reverse direction immediately before rotation of the motor stops. The amount of reverse rotation is detected by an encoder. This amount is compensated immediately after the power supply to the DC motor is resumed. After the amount of forward rotation identical to the amount of reverse rotation amount is detected, printing is resumed by the printing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibata, Naruhito Muto, Yoshio Sugiura, Naoki Tanjima, Hirotsugu Unotoro, Takamine Hokazono
  • Publication number: 20040184862
    Abstract: A tape printer for securing a time period sufficient for processing printing data even if the rpm of a DC motor increases, when an encoder is used for detecting rotation of the DC motor. When the DC motor does not rotate at a constant speed, in principle, the encoder detects an amount of rotation of the DC motor. Accordingly, a thermal head is driven for printing, every time a predetermined angle of rotation is sensed. On the other hand, when the DC motor rotates at a constant speed, the thermal head is driven for printing at constant intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibata, Naruhito Muto, Yoshio Sugiura, Naoki Tanjima, Hirotsugu Unotoro, Takamine Hokazono