Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Imae
Toshihiro Imae 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: 11878531Abstract: A wiping device includes a wiper unit, a carriage, and a fixing member. The wiper unit includes a wiper that wipes a liquid discharge surface of a liquid discharge head from which liquid is to be discharged. The carriage moves along the liquid discharge surface in a first direction and a second direction, both of which are opposite to each other. The fixing member fixes the wiper unit to the carriage. When the carriage is disposed on a side in the first direction with respect to a middle point in a moving range of the carriage, the fixing member is removable in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Shimomura, Seiya Sato, Toshihiro Imae
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Publication number: 20230331003Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Patent number: 11780245Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Misawa, Toshihiro Imae
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Patent number: 11707936Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Misawa, Toshihiro Imae
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Publication number: 20230182491Abstract: A recording device has: at least one medium storage section that stores a medium on which to perform recording; a recording section positioned vertically above the medium storage section, the recording section performing recording on the medium; and a reversing path by which the medium that passed through a position at which the medium faces the recording section is reversed in a direction including a vertically upward component by being transported in a transport direction including a vertically downward component and being made to pass through a curved reversing path curved so as to be convex downward. When only one medium storage section is provided, an overlap is found between at least part of the one medium storage section and at least part of the curved reversing path when viewed horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Patent number: 11597218Abstract: A recording device has: at least one medium storage section that stores a medium on which to perform recording; a recording section positioned vertically above the medium storage section, the recording section performing recording on the medium; and a reversing path by which the medium that passed through a position at which the medium faces the recording section is reversed in a direction including a vertically upward component by being transported in a transport direction including a vertically downward component and being made to pass through a curved reversing path curved so as to be convex downward. When only one medium storage section is provided, an overlap is found between at least part of the one medium storage section and at least part of the curved reversing path when viewed horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Misawa, Toshihiro Imae
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Publication number: 20220363075Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Patent number: 11413887Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Misawa, Toshihiro Imae
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Patent number: 11370232Abstract: The medium detection unit is a component constituting an optical path of the detection light, and includes a first optical element disposed on an upper side of the medium transport path and a second optical element disposed on a lower side of the medium transport path so as to face the first optical element, the second optical element has a facing surface that faces the first optical element, the facing surface being located at a position that is not in contact with a medium nipped by both the first roller pair and the second roller pair, and a medium feeding direction by the first roller pair is a direction by which a leading edge of a medium fed out abuts a position upstream in the medium transport direction relative to a position where the detection light is received on the facing surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Junko Ao, Koji Oda, Toshihiro Imae, Soichiro Kii
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Publication number: 20220169043Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Publication number: 20220111642Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that includes a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is open and that ejects a liquid through the nozzle; a housing that accommodates the liquid ejecting head; a moving mechanism that moves the liquid ejecting head relative to the housing in a moving direction intersecting the nozzle surface; and a duct in which a fluid flows, in which the duct includes a first coupling section coupled to the housing and a second coupling section coupled to the liquid ejecting head and is configured to expand and contract in the moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Tetsuji YATSUNAMI, Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Publication number: 20220097381Abstract: A wiping device includes a wiper unit, a carriage, and a fixing member. The wiper unit includes a wiper that wipes a liquid discharge surface of a liquid discharge head from which liquid is to be discharged. The carriage moves along the liquid discharge surface in a first direction and a second direction, both of which are opposite to each other. The fixing member fixes the wiper unit to the carriage. When the carriage is disposed on a side in the first direction with respect to a middle point in a moving range of the carriage, the fixing member is removable in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Seiya SATO, Toshihiro IMAE
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Publication number: 20210237481Abstract: A recording device has: a recording head configured to perform recording on a medium; a medium storage below the recording head configured to store the medium to be recoded; a supply path comprising a first curved supply path curved so as to be convex upward and transporting the medium fed out of the medium storage in a reversed direction via the first curved supply path; and a reversing path comprising a second curved path curved so as to be convex downward and transporting the recorded medium into a direction including a vertically upward component via second curved path from a direction including a vertically downward component; wherein the supply path joins the reversing path, and the first curved path and the second curved path overlap when viewed horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Publication number: 20210237482Abstract: A recording device has: at least one medium storage section that stores a medium on which to perform recording; a recording section positioned vertically above the medium storage section, the recording section performing recording on the medium; and a reversing path by which the medium that passed through a position at which the medium faces the recording section is reversed in a direction including a vertically upward component by being transported in a transport direction including a vertically downward component and being made to pass through a curved reversing path curved so as to be convex downward. When only one medium storage section is provided, an overlap is found between at least part of the one medium storage section and at least part of the curved reversing path when viewed horizontally.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Yuji MISAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Patent number: 11072189Abstract: The medium discharging apparatus includes a medium receiving portion that includes a first portion and a second portion that is provided on the first portion and that is configured to be displaced between a retracted position and an advanced position, a moving member configured to move between a first position and a second position, in which the moving member pushes and moves the second portion towards the advanced position as the moving member moves from the first position towards the second position and in which the moving member is moved to the first position as the second portion is displaced to the retracted position, a pushing member that pushes the moving member towards the second position, and a restricting member configured to switch between a restricting state that restricts a movement of the moving member towards the second position, and a non-restricting state that releases the restricting state.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Miyamoto, Masaki Shimomura, Akira Nakazawa, Toshihiro Imae
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Patent number: 11046546Abstract: A medium discharge device includes: a discharge unit that discharges a medium; a first medium receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit; and a second medium receiving tray that is provided above the first medium receiving tray in a vertical direction and receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit. The second medium receiving tray is capable of changing a position between an advance position for receiving a medium, which is discharged, by causing at least an upstream zone of the tray including an upstream side end portion in a medium discharge direction to advance to a passing route of the medium from the discharge unit toward the first medium receiving tray and a retraction position to which the upstream zone retracts from the passing route.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Imae, Soichiro Kii, Takafumi Ogimura, Yasuhiro Matsuo
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Publication number: 20200269610Abstract: The medium detection unit is a component constituting an optical path of the detection light, and includes a first optical element disposed on an upper side of the medium transport path and a second optical element disposed on a lower side of the medium transport path so as to face the first optical element, the second optical element has a facing surface that faces the first optical element, the facing surface being located at a position that is not in contact with a medium nipped by both the first roller pair and the second roller pair, and a medium feeding direction by the first roller pair is a direction by which a leading edge of a medium fed out abuts a position upstream in the medium transport direction relative to a position where the detection light is received on the facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Junko AO, Koji ODA, Toshihiro IMAE, Soichiro KIl
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Publication number: 20200139730Abstract: The medium discharging apparatus includes a medium receiving portion that includes a first portion and a second portion that is provided on the first portion and that is configured to be displaced between a retracted position and an advanced position, a moving member configured to move between a first position and a second position, in which the moving member pushes and moves the second portion towards the advanced position as the moving member moves from the first position towards the second position and in which the moving member is moved to the first position as the second portion is displaced to the retracted position, a pushing member that pushes the moving member towards the second position, and a restricting member configured to switch between a restricting state that restricts a movement of the moving member towards the second position, and a non-restricting state that releases the restricting state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Yuji MIYAMOTO, Masaki SHIMOMURA, Akira NAKAZAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Patent number: 10589551Abstract: A printer includes an apparatus body having a recording head for performing recording onto a sheet of paper. The printer also includes a unit body that is accommodated inside the apparatus body and has a path-forming surface formed at least on a portion of the periphery of the unit body. The path-forming surface forms a medium transport path. The unit body includes a plurality of openings that are in communication with a sound absorber disposed inside the unit body. The plurality of the openings are provided at least on a portion of the path-forming surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akira Nakazawa, Toshihiro Imae
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Publication number: 20190233245Abstract: A medium discharge device includes: a discharge unit that discharges a medium; a first medium receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit; and a second medium receiving tray that is provided above the first medium receiving tray in a vertical direction and receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit. The second medium receiving tray is capable of changing a position between an advance position for receiving a medium, which is discharged, by causing at least an upstream zone of the tray including an upstream side end portion in a medium discharge direction to advance to a passing route of the medium from the discharge unit toward the first medium receiving tray and a retraction position to which the upstream zone retracts from the passing route.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Toshihiro IMAE, Soichiro KII, Takafumi OGIMURA, Yasuhiro MATSUO