Patents by Inventor Takeshi Iwamuro
Takeshi Iwamuro 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: 11807010Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion that has a supply port, a second discharge port, a plurality of nozzles, and a nozzle surface on which a plurality of the nozzles are open, and that discharges the liquid from the nozzles, a liquid supply flow path coupled to the supply port so that the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting portion, and a liquid return flow path coupled to the second discharge port so that the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting portion is returned to the liquid supply flow path, in which a pressure lowering operation of lowering a pressure in the liquid ejecting portion is performed in a state where a flow of the liquid in the liquid return flow path is blocked after performing a pressurization discharge operation of pressurizing the liquid in the liquid ejecting portion and discharging the liquid from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomoki Shinoda, Takeshi Iwamuro, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20230202179Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion that has a supply port, a second discharge port, a plurality of nozzles, and a nozzle surface on which a plurality of the nozzles are open, and that discharges the liquid from the nozzles, a liquid supply flow path coupled to the supply port so that the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting portion, and a liquid return flow path coupled to the second discharge port so that the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting portion is returned to the liquid supply flow path, in which a pressure lowering operation of lowering a pressure in the liquid ejecting portion is performed in a state where a flow of the liquid in the liquid return flow path is blocked after performing a pressurization discharge operation of pressurizing the liquid in the liquid ejecting portion and discharging the liquid from the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Patent number: 11618260Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion that has a supply port, a second discharge port, a plurality of nozzles, and a nozzle surface on which a plurality of the nozzles are open, and that discharges the liquid from the nozzles, a liquid supply flow path coupled to the supply port so that the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting portion, and a liquid return flow path coupled to the second discharge port so that the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting portion is returned to the liquid supply flow path, in which a pressure lowering operation of lowering a pressure in the liquid ejecting portion is performed in a state where a flow of the liquid in the liquid return flow path is blocked after performing a pressurization discharge operation of pressurizing the liquid in the liquid ejecting portion and discharging the liquid from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomoki Shinoda, Takeshi Iwamuro, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20220212467Abstract: A recording unit configured to ejecting liquid onto a medium in a ejecting direction from a nozzle provided at a nozzle surface to perform recording, a cleaning unit including a first pressing unit and a second pressing unit for cleaning the nozzle surface, and a temperature detection unit configured to detect temperature are included, the nozzle surface includes a first surface in which the nozzle opens and a second surface, and the cleaning unit is configured to perform the cleaning with a distance in the ejecting direction from the first surface set to the first pressing unit or the second pressing unit to a first distance when a detected temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined temperature, and to a second distance shorter than the first distance when the detected temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Chikashi NAKAMURA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Yu TSUMURAYA
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Patent number: 11230115Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a filter configured to filter a supplied liquid and eject the liquid filtered by the filter from nozzles, a liquid ejecting portion holding portion replaceably holding the liquid ejecting portion, a liquid supply flow channel coupled to the liquid ejecting portion so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion, a flow mechanism configured to flow the liquid, and a control portion configured to drive the flow mechanism to cause the liquid to flow in the liquid supply flow channel toward the liquid ejecting portion in replacement of the liquid ejecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomoki Shinoda, Takeshi Iwamuro, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20220016888Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion that has a supply port, a second discharge port, a plurality of nozzles, and a nozzle surface on which a plurality of the nozzles are open, and that discharges the liquid from the nozzles, a liquid supply flow path coupled to the supply port so that the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting portion, and a liquid return flow path coupled to the second discharge port so that the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting portion is returned to the liquid supply flow path, in which a pressure lowering operation of lowering a pressure in the liquid ejecting portion is performed in a state where a flow of the liquid in the liquid return flow path is blocked after performing a pressurization discharge operation of pressurizing the liquid in the liquid ejecting portion and discharging the liquid from the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20210001631Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a filter configured to filter a supplied liquid and eject the liquid filtered by the filter from nozzles, a liquid ejecting portion holding portion replaceably holding the liquid ejecting portion, a liquid supply flow channel coupled to the liquid ejecting portion so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion, a flow mechanism configured to flow the liquid, and a control portion configured to drive the flow mechanism to cause the liquid to flow in the liquid supply flow channel toward the liquid ejecting portion in replacement of the liquid ejecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Patent number: 10562315Abstract: In a filling operation of filling liquid in a liquid supply flow path which includes a filter having holes by causing a pressure on a downstream side in the liquid supply flow path to be lower than a pressure on an upstream side, and a maximum pressure difference which occurs between an upstream side of the filter and a downstream side of the filter is larger than a pressure difference for destroying a gas-liquid interface formed in the hole in a case where the upstream side of the filter is the liquid, and the downstream side of the filter is gas, and is smaller than a pressure difference for destroying the gas-liquid interface formed in the hole, in a case where the upstream side of the filter is the gas, and the downstream side of the filter is the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomoki Shinoda, Takeshi Iwamuro, Toshihiro Shinbara
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Patent number: 10232633Abstract: A liquid accommodation body that is removably installed in a liquid ejecting apparatus provided with a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting portion, and a feedback flow channel that is connected to the supply flow channel so as to form a circulation flow channel, and is provided with a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid, a lead-out flow channel that connects a lead-out port, which is connected to the supply flow channel, and the feedback flow channel, an introduction flow channel that connects an introduction port, which is connected to the feedback flow channel, and the lead-out flow channel, and a filter portion that is provided in a partial circulation flow channel, which, among portions of the lead-out flow channel and the introduction flow channel, configures the circulation flow channel, and filters the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takeshi Iwamuro, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Patent number: 10166780Abstract: A liquid accommodating body includes a liquid accommodating chamber that accommodates liquid, a pouring port through which the liquid is poured into the liquid accommodating chamber, a visual recognition portion through which a surface of liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating chamber is visually recognized and which is provided on a side wall forming the liquid accommodating chamber, a partition wall that partitions the liquid accommodating chamber into a pouring port side liquid accommodating chamber into which the liquid is poured through the pouring port and a visual recognition portion side liquid accommodating chamber including the visual recognition portion in a direction intersecting a gravity direction, and a liquid communication portion which is provided between the partition wall and a bottom wall forming the liquid accommodating chamber and through which the pouring port side liquid accommodating chamber and the visual recognition portion side liquid accommodating chamber communicate withType: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomoki Shinoda, Takeshi Iwamuro, Takanori Seki, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20180361751Abstract: In a filling operation of filling liquid in a liquid supply flow path which includes a filter having holes by causing a pressure on a downstream side in the liquid supply flow path to be lower than a pressure on an upstream side, and a maximum pressure difference which occurs between an upstream side of the filter and a downstream side of the filter is larger than a pressure difference for destroying a gas-liquid interface formed in the hole in a case where the upstream side of the filter is the liquid, and the downstream side of the filter is gas, and is smaller than a pressure difference for destroying the gas-liquid interface formed in the hole, in a case where the upstream side of the filter is the gas, and the downstream side of the filter is the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Toshihiro SHINBARA
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Patent number: 10035157Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid container containing section, and a pressurizing section that pressurizes inside of the liquid container containing section. The liquid container containing section has a casing that contains a liquid container, a mounting member that is mounted with the liquid container, and a cover that covers an opening that is formed in the casing, the mounting member is arranged inside the casing on the opening side, the cover is arranged outside the casing on the opening side, and the mounting member is fixed to the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Naoki Naito, Keiichiro Yoshino, Ryoji Fujimori, Takeshi Iwamuro
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Patent number: 9994035Abstract: A filter unit which is detachably mounted on a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting section which ejects liquid, the filter unit including a filter which filters the liquid; and a storage medium which stores information on the filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akira Shinoto, Hitotoshi Kimura, Takanori Seki, Takeshi Iwamuro
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Publication number: 20180126745Abstract: A liquid accommodation body that is removably installed in a liquid ejecting apparatus provided with a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting portion, and a feedback flow channel that is connected to the supply flow channel so as to form a circulation flow channel, and is provided with a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid, a lead-out flow channel that connects a lead-out port, which is connected to the supply flow channel, and the feedback flow channel, an introduction flow channel that connects an introduction port, which is connected to the feedback flow channel, and the lead-out flow channel, and a filter portion that is provided in a partial circulation flow channel, which, among portions of the lead-out flow channel and the introduction flow channel, configures the circulation flow channel, and filters the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Takeshi IWAMURO, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20180056662Abstract: A liquid accommodating body includes a liquid accommodating chamber that accommodates liquid, a pouring port through which the liquid is poured into the liquid accommodating chamber, a visual recognition portion through which a surface of liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating chamber is visually recognized and which is provided on a side wall forming the liquid accommodating chamber, a partition wall that partitions the liquid accommodating chamber into a pouring port side liquid accommodating chamber into which the liquid is poured through the pouring port and a visual recognition portion side liquid accommodating chamber including the visual recognition portion in a direction intersecting a gravity direction, and a liquid communication portion which is provided between the partition wall and a bottom wall forming the liquid accommodating chamber and through which the pouring port side liquid accommodating chamber and the visual recognition portion side liquid accommodating chamber communicate withType: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Takanori SEKI, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Patent number: 9902164Abstract: A liquid accommodation body that is removably installed in a liquid ejecting apparatus provided with a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting portion, and a feedback flow channel that is connected to the supply flow channel so as to form a circulation flow channel, and is provided with a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid, a lead-out flow channel that connects a lead-out port, which is connected to the supply flow channel, and the feedback flow channel, an introduction flow channel that connects an introduction port, which is connected to the feedback flow channel, and the lead-out flow channel, and a filter portion that is provided in a partial circulation flow channel, which, among portions of the lead-out flow channel and the introduction flow channel, configures the circulation flow channel, and filters the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takeshi Iwamuro, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20170225481Abstract: A liquid accommodation body that is removably installed in a liquid ejecting apparatus provided with a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting portion, and a feedback flow channel that is connected to the supply flow channel so as to form a circulation flow channel, and is provided with a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid, a lead-out flow channel that connects a lead-out port, which is connected to the supply flow channel, and the feedback flow channel, an introduction flow channel that connects an introduction port, which is connected to the feedback flow channel, and the lead-out flow channel, and a filter portion that is provided in a partial circulation flow channel, which, among portions of the lead-out flow channel and the introduction flow channel, configures the circulation flow channel, and filters the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Takeshi IWAMURO, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20170225482Abstract: A filter unit which is detachably mounted on a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting section which ejects liquid, the filter unit including a filter which filters the liquid; and a storage medium which stores information on the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Akira SHINOTO, Hitotoshi KIMURA, Takanori SEKI, Takeshi IWAMURO
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Patent number: 9676197Abstract: A liquid container 16 mountable to a printing apparatus 11 that performs printing by discharging a liquid and capable of storing a liquid supplied in a pressurized state is provided with a liquid introduction part 47 through which the liquid is introduced, a tank 38 capable of storing the liquid introduced from the liquid introduction part 47, and a liquid supply part 48 that supplies the liquid in the tank 38 to a printing apparatus 11, and the tank 38 is molded to have flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahiro Karasawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nose, Naoki Naito, Ryoji Fujimori, Takeshi Iwamuro, Yuji Aoki
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Patent number: 9662898Abstract: A liquid storage container supplies ink to a printer which consumes the ink, and includes a liquid storage body which includes a liquid lead-out port communicating with the printer and a filler port formed to pour the liquid to the liquid storage container, an auxiliary holding member which is mounted to be slidable to a side in which the filler port is formed, and a memory unit holding member which is detachably configured to the auxiliary holding member and includes a memory unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takeshi Iwamuro, Hidetoshi Kodama