Patents by Inventor Toru Tanjo

Toru Tanjo 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).

  • Patent number: 10988332
    Abstract: There is provided a processing apparatus including: a processing unit that performs a predetermined process on a medium; a placement unit on which the medium is placed in a first posture; a medium feeding unit that feeds the medium from the placement unit toward the processing unit; and a feed unit that is detachably disposed on the placement unit. The feed unit causes the medium to be placed in a second posture which is different from the first posture. The first posture is a posture in which a surface of the medium is placed along a placement surface of the placement unit, and the second posture is a posture in which sides of a plurality of media are brought into contact with the placement surface of the feed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tanjo, Chiaki Shimada
  • Patent number: 10787336
    Abstract: A stacker of the disclosure is disposed at an ejection opening of a processing apparatus. A support member of the stacker is movable toward an upstream side and a downstream side in an ejecting direction, receives each of the media ejected through the ejection opening, and supports the medium in such an orientation that the medium is inclined with an end edge of the medium on the downstream side in the ejecting direction positioned above an end edge of the medium on the upstream side in the ejecting direction and that the end edge of the medium on the upstream side in the ejecting direction abuts the stacking surface. A receding mechanism of the stacker causes the support member to recede toward the downstream side. A position maintaining mechanism of the stacker maintains a position of the support member having been moved by the receding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Tanjo
  • Publication number: 20190061392
    Abstract: There is provided a processing apparatus including: a processing unit that performs a predetermined process on a medium; a placement unit on which the medium is placed in a first posture; a medium feeding unit that feeds the medium from the placement unit toward the processing unit; and a feed unit that is detachably disposed on the placement unit. The feed unit causes the medium to be placed in a second posture which is different from the first posture. The first posture is a posture in which a surface of the medium is placed along a placement surface of the placement unit, and the second posture is a posture in which sides of a plurality of media are brought into contact with the placement surface of the feed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Toru TANJO, Chiaki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190062096
    Abstract: A stacker of the disclosure is disposed at an ejection opening of a processing apparatus. A support member of the stacker is movable toward an upstream side and a downstream side in an ejecting direction, receives each of the media ejected through the ejection opening, and supports the medium in such an orientation that the medium is inclined with an end edge of the medium on the downstream side in the ejecting direction positioned above an end edge of the medium on the upstream side in the ejecting direction and that the end edge of the medium on the upstream side in the ejecting direction abuts the stacking surface. A receding mechanism of the stacker causes the support member to recede toward the downstream side. A position maintaining mechanism of the stacker maintains a position of the support member having been moved by the receding mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Toru TANJO
  • Patent number: 9919891
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Chiba, Hidetoshi Kodama, Toru Tanjo, Kohei Ueno
  • Patent number: 9840100
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a first transporting path which passes through a recording portion that performs recording on a medium fed from a medium accommodation cassette that accommodates the medium, in a straight line shape; a second transporting path which is connected to the first transporting path, and transports and switches back the medium in a reverse direction; a third transporting path which is connected to the second transporting path and allows the medium to bypass an upper side of the recording portion, to be reversed, and to be converged in the first transporting path; a fourth transporting path which is connected to a downstream of the first transporting path, reverses and discharges the medium, along an outer side of the second transporting path; and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium discharged from the fourth transporting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Tanjo
  • Patent number: 9724941
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a sheet which is transported along a transport path, a printer unit which accommodates the recording unit, a medium discharging port from which the sheet on which recording is performed by the recording unit is discharged, and a placing table which is located at a higher part of the recording unit, receives and supports the sheet which is discharged by the medium discharging port, and is provided in an openable-closable manner with respect to the printer unit. In addition, an access path through which it is possible to access the recording unit from the higher part by causing the placing table to be opened is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikazu Kotaka, Toru Tanjo
  • Patent number: 9701124
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a line head which ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles with respect to a medium, a wiping member that is able to wipe a nozzle forming surface on which the nozzles are formed, and an electronic mounting member that governs an electronic control, in which the wiping member is attachable and detachable with respect to the liquid ejecting apparatus, and the electronic mounting member is disposed at a location which is different from below an attachment/detachment path when the wiping member is attached and detached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ono, Kazuhiko Sato, Toru Tanjo, Yuichi Segawa
  • Patent number: 9592669
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium, a support section which is displaced between a support position which faces the recording head and supports the recording medium, and a position which is retreated from the support position, a capping unit which carries out maintenance on the recording head at a facing position which faces the recording head by switching the support section, and a movement mechanism which moves the capping unit between the facing position and the position which is retreated from the facing position, and when the capping unit comes close to the facing position, or separates from the facing position, the movement mechanism moves the capping unit in a direction which is orthogonal to a head surface of the recording head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Tanjo
  • Publication number: 20170057254
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a sheet which is transported along a transport path, a printer unit which accommodates the recording unit, a medium discharging port from which the sheet on which recording is performed by the recording unit is discharged, and a placing table which is located at a higher part of the recording unit, receives and supports the sheet which is discharged by the medium discharging port, and is provided in an openable-closable manner with respect to the printer unit. In addition, an access path through which it is possible to access the recording unit from the higher part by causing the placing table to be opened is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOTAKA, Toru TANJO
  • Publication number: 20170050450
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi CHIBA, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Toru TANJO, Kohei UENO
  • Patent number: 9527695
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a sheet which is transported along a transport path, a printer unit which accommodates the recording unit, a medium discharging port from which the sheet on which recording is performed by the recording unit is discharged, and a placing table which is located at a higher part of the recording unit, receives and supports the sheet which is discharged by the medium discharging port, and is provided in an openable-closable manner with respect to the printer unit. In addition, an access path through which it is possible to access the recording unit from the higher part by causing the placing table to be opened is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikazu Kotaka, Toru Tanjo
  • Patent number: 9527318
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Chiba, Hidetoshi Kodama, Toru Tanjo, Kohei Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160271955
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a line head which ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles with respect to a medium, a wiping member that is able to wipe a nozzle forming surface on which the nozzles are formed, and an electronic mounting member that governs an electronic control, in which the wiping member is attachable and detachable with respect to the liquid ejecting apparatus, and the electronic mounting member is disposed at a location which is different from below an attachment/detachment path when the wiping member is attached and detached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hirokazu ONO, Kazuhiko SATO, Toru TANJO, Yuichi SEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9399344
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that ejects an ink from a nozzle to a sheet transported, an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the height position of the liquid ejecting unit by moving the liquid ejecting unit, a cap capable of tightly closing a space that the nozzle faces, and a moving mechanism that moves the cap between a tightly closing position and a non-tightly closing position. The adjustment mechanism includes a pivot shaft provided along a width direction, a plurality of cams that moves the liquid ejecting unit by pivoting together with the pivot shaft and contacting the liquid ejecting unit, and an engaging portion capable of pivoting together with the pivot shaft and engaging with an engaged portion that is provided on the liquid ejecting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Tanjo
  • Publication number: 20160144636
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a sheet which is transported along a transport path, a printer unit which accommodates the recording unit, a medium discharging port from which the sheet on which recording is performed by the recording unit is discharged, and a placing table which is located at a higher part of the recording unit, receives and supports the sheet which is discharged by the medium discharging port, and is provided in an openable-closable manner with respect to the printer unit. In addition, an access path through which it is possible to access the recording unit from the higher part by causing the placing table to be opened is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Toshikazu KOTAKA, Toru TANJO
  • Publication number: 20160089912
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi CHIBA, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Toru TANJO, Kohei Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160067972
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium, a support section which is displaced between a support position which faces the recording head and supports the recording medium, and a position which is retreated from the support position, a capping unit which carries out maintenance on the recording head at a facing position which faces the recording head by switching the support section, and a movement mechanism which moves the capping unit between the facing position and the position which is retreated from the facing position, and when the capping unit comes close to the facing position, or separates from the facing position, the movement mechanism moves the capping unit in a direction which is orthogonal to a head surface of the recording head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Toru TANJO
  • Patent number: 9254694
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a first transporting path which is a transporting path that transports a medium, passes along a recording portion that performs recording on the medium, and extends to an upstream side and a downstream side of the recording portion; a second transporting path which is a transporting path that is connected to the first transporting path, and switches back and transports the medium in a direction reverse to a feeding direction after the medium which passes along the recording portion is fed; and a third transporting path which is a transporting path that is connected to the second transporting path, makes the medium transported in the reverse direction detour an upper side of the recording portion, reverses the medium, and makes the medium merge at a position on the upstream side of the recording portion in the first transporting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tanjo, Toshikazu Kotaka
  • Publication number: 20160001559
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that ejects an ink from a nozzle to a sheet transported, an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the height position of the liquid ejecting unit by moving the liquid ejecting unit, a cap capable of tightly closing a space that the nozzle faces, and a moving mechanism that moves the cap between a tightly closing position and a non-tightly closing position. The adjustment mechanism includes a pivot shaft provided along a width direction, a plurality of cams that moves the liquid ejecting unit by pivoting together with the pivot shaft and contacting the liquid ejecting unit, and an engaging portion capable of pivoting together with the pivot shaft and engaging with an engaged portion that is provided on the liquid ejecting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Toru TANJO