Patents by Inventor Takashi Akahane
Takashi Akahane 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: 8109628Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Publication number: 20120026266Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Takashi Akahane
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Patent number: 8029128Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Takashi Akahane
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Publication number: 20110141170Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro YOKOYAMA, Kiyoto KOMURO, Takuya YASUE, Takashi AKAHANE, Masahiro ISONO
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Publication number: 20110102501Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head ejecting liquid from nozzles thereof formed on a nozzle formation surface onto a target that is being transported; and a rotating member rotatably disposed opposite the nozzle formation surface, the rotating member having a supporting surface for supporting the target and an absorbing surface for absorbing the liquid ejected from the nozzle. The rotating member has such a configuration that a first maximum length from a rotational center to the absorbing surface is longer than a second maximum length from the rotational center to the supporting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Akahane
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Publication number: 20110058004Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro YOKOYAMA, Kiyoto KOMURO, Takuya YASUE, Takashi AKAHANE, Masahiro ISONO
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Publication number: 20110058005Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro YOKOYAMA, Kiyoto KOMURO, Takuya YASUE, Takashi AKAHANE, Masahiro ISONO
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Patent number: 7901066Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Patent number: 7854503Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Patent number: 7740348Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium, A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
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Patent number: 7669999Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Publication number: 20090267984Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejecting section, an upstream-side transport roller, a downstream-side transport roller, and a control section. The ejecting section ejects liquid onto a medium. The upstream-side transport roller is positioned closer to an upstream side than the ejecting section in a transport direction of the medium, and the downstream-side transport roller is positioned closer to a downstream side than the ejecting section. The upstream-side transport roller and the downstream-side transport roller transport the medium in cooperation with each other by rotating. The control section forms a first pattern by causing the ejecting section to eject the liquid onto the medium in case that an upstream-side end section of the medium in the transport direction is sandwiched with a sandwich section of the upstream-side transport roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Nakano, Masahiko Yoshida, Kohei Ueno, Kazuo Saito, Takashi Akahane
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Publication number: 20090207227Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiichi Miyashita, Takashi Akahane, Hiroki Nakashima, Satoshi Noda
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Publication number: 20080211837Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Publication number: 20080204495Abstract: The invention provides a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes: a main scan section that scans the liquid ejecting head in a main scan direction; a sub scan section that scans the ejection target medium in a sub scan direction, the sub scan section including a pair of transport rollers and a pair of ejection rollers; and a controlling section that acquires, an expected timing of a switchover between a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by both of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers and a state in which the ejection target medium is nipped by only one of the pair of transport rollers and the pair of ejection rollers, and that changes an ejecting condition, during a plurality of main scan operations in a transition interval that is set around the expected timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei UENO, Kazuo SAITO, Takashi AKAHANE, Kazumasa HARADA, Toshikazu KOTAKA, Satoru WATANABE
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Patent number: 7401916Abstract: A recording head has a dot formation element array including a pluarlity of dot formation elements arranged in a first direction. A platen is operable to hold a recording medium in a position opposite to the recording head. The platen has a hole formed in a substantially center area in the first direction of the platen. The hole guides ink that has be discarded outside at least one of a leading end and a trailing end of the recording medium when data are recorded on the recording medium without leaving a margin on at least one of the leading end and the trailing end of the recording medium. The hole has a size in the first direction which is less than an entire portion of the dot formation element array.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Publication number: 20080122893Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Patent number: 7377633Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Publication number: 20080111843Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono
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Publication number: 20080018704Abstract: A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Koichiro Yokoyama, Kiyoto Komuro, Takuya Yasue, Takashi Akahane, Masahiro Isono