Patents by Inventor Takashi Mano
Takashi Mano 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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Publication number: 20140253645Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus and a liquid container that allow a liquid outlet portion and a liquid inlet portion to be readily connected to each other are provided. An ink supply apparatus for supplying ink to an inkjet printer includes: an ink container that has an ink bag, and an ink outlet portion in communication with the ink bag; a right recess portion and a left recess portion that support the ink container; an ink inlet needle that can be connected to the ink outlet portion; and a connection tube that connects the ink inlet needle and the inkjet printer. The ink container is detachably supported by the right recess portion and the left recess portion such that the ink outlet portion is positioned on the upper side in the gravity direction of the ink bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Katsutomo Tsukahara, Takashi Mano
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Patent number: 8663716Abstract: This is to provide a novel medicine and a food and a drink composition for treating aesthenopia excellent in improved effect of aesthenopia. The composition for the treatment of aesthenopia comprises chondroitin sulfate or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Nihon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Wada, Takashi Mano, Masatoshi Tanouchi
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Publication number: 20130052286Abstract: This is to provide a novel medicine and a food and a drink composition for treating aesthenopia excellent in improved effect of aesthenopia. The composition for the treatment of aesthenopia comprises chondroitin sulfate or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: NIHON PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTDInventors: Tatsuya Wada, Takashi Mano, Masatoshi Tanouchi
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Patent number: 7992977Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes an ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid to an ejection object, a liquid source including a liquid container capable of containing the liquid, a flow channel capable of allowing the liquid to flow form the liquid source to the ejection head, and a pressure buffer disposed in the flow channel capable of buffering a variation in pressure of the liquid in the flow channel when the liquid container is detached from the liquid source.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Takashi Mano
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Publication number: 20100120992Abstract: Purpose: A process for preparing a liquid organic isocyanate having a carbodiimide group and/or an uretonimine group, excellent in storage stability. Solution: In a process for preparing a modified polyisocyanate by carbodiimidizing an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a phospholine-based catalyst, silicon dioxide particles having a specific surface area of at least 400 m2/g and an oil absorption of at least 180 ml/100 g are used to adsorb and inactivate the catalyst to thereby terminate the carbodiimidization reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Nobuhiro Kamiyama, Tomoaki Fukuba, Takashi Mano
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Publication number: 20100045733Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a fluid ejecting head with a nozzle forming face having formed thereon a plurality of nozzles for ejecting fluid, a cap that is able to form a sealed space together with the nozzle forming face by being in contact with the nozzle forming face, a decompressing unit that is coupled to the cap so as to decompress the sealed space via a first channel, an ambient air ventilating unit that is coupled to the cap so as to open the sealed space to ambient air via a second channel, and a check valve that is provided on the second channel between the cap and the ambient air ventilating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Mano
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Patent number: 7641305Abstract: A printer includes a cleaning mechanism that reliably performs an operation of cleaning a liquid ejecting head with a small amount of driving energy. The cleaning mechanism includes a cap manufactured by coinjection molding of a core part and an elastic part. The cap includes a bottom surface, an outer wall, and a partition wall dividing a cap inner space surrounded by the outer wall into two. A ratio of the elastic part in the partition wall is higher than that in the outer wall. With this structure, the partition wall is more elastically deformable than the outer wall. When the cap comes into contact with a nozzle surface of a recording head and covers nozzle rows, the outer wall comes into contact with the nozzle surface with a larger stress compared with the partition wall, and seals chambers where the nozzle rows on the nozzle surface are exposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takashi Mano, Shozo Kuwada, Nobuhito Takahashi, Hitoshi Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20080231672Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes an ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid to an ejection object, a liquid source including a liquid container capable of containing the liquid, a flow channel capable of allowing the liquid to flow form the liquid source to the ejection head, and a pressure buffer disposed in the flow channel capable of buffering a variation in pressure of the liquid in the flow channel when the liquid container is detached from the liquid source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi MANO
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Publication number: 20070236532Abstract: A printer includes a cleaning mechanism that reliably performs an operation of cleaning a liquid ejecting head with a small amount of driving energy. The cleaning mechanism includes a cap manufactured by coinjection molding of a core part and an elastic part. The cap includes a bottom surface, an outer wall, and a partition wall dividing a cap inner space surrounded by the outer wall into two. A ratio of the elastic part in the partition wall is higher than that in the outer wall. With this structure, the partition wall is more elastically deformable than the outer wall. When the cap comes into contact with a nozzle surface of a recording head and covers nozzle rows, the outer wall comes into contact with the nozzle surface with a larger stress compared with the partition wall, and seals chambers where the nozzle rows on the nozzle surface are exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Takashi Mano, Shozo Kuwada, Nobuhito Takahashi, Hitoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 7244013Abstract: A printer includes a cleaning mechanism that reliably performs an operation of cleaning a liquid ejecting head with a small amount of driving energy. The cleaning mechanism includes a cap manufactured by coinjection molding of a core part and an elastic part. The cap includes a bottom surface, an outer wall, and a partition wall dividing a cap inner space surrounded by the outer wall into two. A ratio of the elastic part in the partition wall is higher than that in the outer wall. With this structure, the partition wall is more elastically deformable than the outer wall. When the cap comes into contact with a nozzle surface of a recording head and covers nozzle rows, the outer wall comes into contact with the nozzle surface with a larger stress compared with the partition wall, and seals chambers where the nozzle rows on the nozzle surface are exposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Koji Harada, Takashi Mano, Shozo Kuwada, Nobuhito Takahashi, Hitoshi Hayakawa, Tsutomu Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20050222290Abstract: A process for the production of a low-hardness thermosetting polyurethane elastomer having a high curing rate, a low JIS A hardness of 10 to 40, a small compression set, a low moisture absorption, good dimensional stability and no bleeding property. In this process, a prepolymer formed from a difunctional polyol having a degree of total unsaturation of at most 0.01 meq/g and 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate alone or a polymethylene polyphenyl polyisocyanate containing 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate having an NCO content of 3 to 6% is reacted with a difunctional or trifunctional polyol having a degree of total unsaturation of at most 0.01 meq/g or a mixture thereof in the presence of a urethane reaction promoting catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Tsutomu Tokushige, Takeshi Sanjo, Takashi Mano
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Publication number: 20050104924Abstract: A printer includes a cleaning mechanism that reliably performs an operation of cleaning a liquid ejecting head with a small amount of driving energy. The cleaning mechanism includes a cap manufactured by coinjection molding of a core part and an elastic part. The cap includes a bottom surface, an outer wall, and a partition wall dividing a cap inner space surrounded by the outer wall into two. A ratio of the elastic part in the partition wall is higher than that in the outer wall. With this structure, the partition wall is more elastically deformable than the outer wall. When the cap comes into contact with a nozzle surface of a recording head and covers nozzle rows, the outer wall comes into contact with the nozzle surface with a larger stress compared with the partition wall, and seals chambers where the nozzle rows on the nozzle surface are exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Inventors: Koji Harada, Takashi Mano, Shozo Kuwada, Nobuhito Takahashi, Hitoshi Hayakawa, Tsutomu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6886906Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage moving between a liquid ejecting area and a non-liquid ejecting area in a first direction, a liquid ejecting head, having a nozzle formation face from which a liquid droplet is ejected, the liquid ejecting head mounted on the carriage, a slider moving between a non-capping position and a capping position relative to the nozzle formation face in accordance with the movement of the carriage, a capping member provided on the slider, the capping member sealing the nozzle formation face when the slider is positioned on the capping position, a first spring urging the slider, and a guide member provided on the slider, and pushing against a side face of the liquid ejecting head.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2003Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Norihiro Maruyama, Takashi Mano
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Patent number: 6796627Abstract: In an ink jet recording apparatus, a recording head is mounted on a carriage which reciprocately moves in a widthwise direction of recording paper. A subtank is mounted on the carriage for supplying ink. A main tank stores ink which is replenished to the subtank. An ink amount detector detects an amount of ink stored in the subtank. A replenishment controller controls replenishment of ink stored in the main tank to the subtank, in accordance with the ink amount detected by the ink amount detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hitotoshi Kimura, Atsushi Kobayashi, Noboru Tamura, Hiroaki Tojyo, Yoshiharu Aruga, Minoru Usui, Kazunaga Suzuki, Takashi Mano, Toshio Kumagai
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Publication number: 20040181062Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: Pfizer IncInventors: Yoshiyuki Okumura, Yoshinori Murata, Takashi Mano
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Patent number: 6713482Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar is heteroaryl; X1 and X2 are independently selected from halo, C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkoxy, amino, C1-C4 alkanoyl, carboxy, carbamoyl, cyano, nitro, mercapto, (C1-C4 alkyl)thio, (C1-C4 alkyl)sulfinyl, (C1-C4 alkyl)sulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, or the like; R1 is selected from hydrogen, straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C4-C8 cycloalkenyl, phenyl, heteroaryl and the like; R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo, C1-C4 alkyl, phenyl and the like; or R1 and R2 can form, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, a C5-C7 cycloalkyl ring; and m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are useful as analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2001Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okumura, Yoshinori Murata, Takashi Mano
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Publication number: 20030218653Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage moving between a liquid ejecting area and a non-liquid ejecting area in a first direction, a liquid ejecting head, having a nozzle formation face from which a liquid droplet is ejected, the liquid ejecting head mounted on the carriage, a slider moving between a non-capping position and a capping position relative to the nozzle formation face in accordance with the movement of the carriage, a capping member provided on the slider, the capping member sealing the nozzle formation face when the slider is positioned on the capping position, a first spring urging the slider, and a guide member provided on the slider, and pushing against a side face of the liquid ejecting head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro Maruyama, Takashi Mano
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Publication number: 20030013886Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okumura, Yoshinori Murata, Takashi Mano
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Patent number: 6378971Abstract: An ink storage chamber has an indicator formed from magnetic material. A float member whose upper position is limited is housed in the ink storage chamber. Two magnetic-field detection system are provided at a position on the exterior of a sub-tank at which the detection system can detect a magnetic flux of the indicator simultaneously, such that the longitudinal direction of the detection system is oriented vertically with a specified ink level of the sub-tank sandwiched between the detection system. On the basis of signals output from the magnetic-field detection system, it is determined whether the ink level is in any one of an excessively low ink level state, a state in which injection of ink must be started, a state in which injection of ink must be stopped, and an excessively supplied state. Thus, an ink level in the sub-tank can be controlled within a specific range without involvement of an undesired increase in the number of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2000Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Noboru Tamura, Hiroaki Tojyo, Atsushi Kobayashi, Hitotoshi Kimura, Yoshiharu Aruga, Takashi Mano
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Publication number: 20020024543Abstract: In an ink jet recording apparatus, a recording head is mounted on a carriage which reciprocately moves in a widthwise direction of recording paper. A subtank is mounted on the carriage for supplying ink. A main tank stores ink which is replenished to the subtank. An ink amount detector detects an amount of ink stored in the subtank. A replenishment controller controls replenishment of ink stored in the main tank to the subtank, in accordance with the ink amount detected by the ink amount detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hitotoshi Kimura, Atsushi Kobayashi, Noboru Tamura, Hiroaki Tojyo, Yoshiharu Aruga, Minoru Usui, Kazunaga Suzuki, Takashi Mano, Toshio Kumagai