Patents by Inventor Toshiro Sugiyama

Toshiro Sugiyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20240308246
    Abstract: A drying device includes a conveying unit to convey a medium to which liquid is discharged from a discharging head, a hot air blowing unit, a passage forming unit, and an adjusting unit. The hot air blowing unit includes a blowing unit, and a heating unit. The passage forming unit forms, between the hot air blowing unit and a region on a conveyance path of the conveying unit, a circulation path through which air blown from the hot air blowing unit is to be circulated. The adjusting unit adjusts an amount of air outside the circulation path that is supplied to the blowing unit. The circulation path includes an introduction portion, and an exhaust portion. The adjusting unit includes a movable member that changes an exhaust portion opening amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: YOSHIKAZU ABE, TOSHINOBU TOKITA, WAICHIRO SAIKI, HIROKI INOUE, TOSHIRO SUGIYAMA, TOMOYUKI NAGASE, YUSUKE SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240286420
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a drying unit configured to be movable to a first operating position where a print medium subjected to printing by a printing unit is dried, and to a first retracted position retracted from the first operating position. The apparatus also includes a supporting unit provided facing the drying unit and configured to be movable independently of the drying unit to a second operating position where the print medium to be dried by the drying unit is supported, and to a second retracted position retracted from the second operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: RYUTARO TAIRA, TAKESHI KODA, TOSHIRO SUGIYAMA, TAKAYUKI OKAMOTO, SHINYA ASANO
  • Publication number: 20240208244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recording apparatus including: a platen that supports a recording medium conveyed by a conveyance unit; a carriage that supports a recording head so as to be opposed to the platen and moves in a scanning direction; and a blowing unit for sending air to the recording medium supported by the platen, wherein the carriage has a recessed portion opposed to a blowing port of the blowing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI NAGASE, TOSHIRO SUGIYAMA, TOSHINOBU TOKITA, WAICHIRO SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20240174005
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance unit, a housing, and first and second heating units. The recording head performs recording in a recording region by discharging liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction by the conveyance unit. The housing has an opening in a side surface of the housing. The first heating unit is arranged upstream of the recording head in the first direction in the housing, includes a first heater and a first fan, and blows air in the recording region. The second heating unit is arranged downstream of the recording head in the first direction outside the housing, includes a second heater and a second fan, and blows warm air to the recording medium. The second fan suctions air from an air suction unit that faces the recording medium and is arranged below the side surface opening in a gravitational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: WAICHIRO SAIKI, TOMOYUKI NAGASE, TOSHIRO SUGIYAMA, TOSHINOBU TOKITA, TAKESHI KODA, YASUYUKI ASAI
  • Patent number: 11987046
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to a printing unit configured to perform printing; a control unit configured to cause the conveyance unit to hold the sheet onto which printing was performed by the printing unit; and a receiving unit configured to receive an ejection instruction for instructing to eject the sheet. The control unit, in a case where the receiving unit receives the ejection instruction, controls the conveyance unit to eject the sheet to outside of the apparatus after a predetermined time has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryosuke Murata, Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11987045
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryosuke Murata, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11964838
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet; a first exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged while being reversed; a second exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged without being reversed; and a switch member configured to be pivotably arranged so as to switch between the first exit path and the second exit path. The first exit path passes above a pivot center of the switch member, and the second exit path passes below the pivot center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Asano, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryo Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Nagase
  • Patent number: 11897721
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit; a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to the printing unit while nipping the sheet; a second conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and configured to convey the sheet while nipping the sheet; a third conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the second conveyance unit in the conveyance direction, and configured to convey the sheet while nipping the sheet; and a switching unit configured to switch between a nip state of the second conveyance unit and a released state in which the nip state is released. When the sheet is conveyed by the third conveyance unit, the switching unit switches between the nip state and the released state in accordance with a length of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Fukui, Tomoyuki Nagase, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryo Kobayashi, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11840072
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction, a print head configured to perform printing on the sheet conveyed in the conveyance direction by the conveyance unit, a discharge port from which the sheet printed by the print head is discharged, a stacking portion located below the discharge port and configured to stack the sheet discharged from the discharge port in a state where a leading end of the sheet is directed to an upstream side in the conveyance direction, and a holding unit disposed in a sheet discharge path below the discharge port and configured to move between a holding position in which the holding unit holds the sheet and a releasing position in which the holding unit releases the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 11795024
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a sheet eject tray; a movable guide arranged on an upstream side of the sheet eject tray with respect to a direction of conveyance of a sheet and being configured to be able to move to a protruding position and a retracted position; and a driving mechanism configured to cause the movable guide to move to the protruding position when a leading edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide and cause the movable guide to move to the retracted position when a trailing edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide, wherein the protruding position includes a first position at which the movable guide presses a sheet to the sheet eject tray and a second position between the first position and the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Fujikake, Tomohiro Suzuki, Waichiro Saiki, Ryo Kobayashi, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Nagase
  • Patent number: 11731438
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprises a first circuit board configured to control a first motor and a printing unit that performs printing to a print medium, a second circuit board configured to control a second motor, a sensor configured to output a sensor signal used to control the first motor and the second motor, and a signal line configured to input the sensor signal from the sensor to the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Kamio, Ryo Kobayashi, Kenji Sugiyama, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Nagase
  • Patent number: 11667138
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a printing unit, a conveyance unit including first and second rotating members that nip and convey the sheet, and configured to hold the sheet by temporarily stopping the conveyance before completion of discharge of the sheet, a detection unit configured to detect a rotation of the first rotating member, a determination unit configured to determine whether the sheet has been pulled in a discharge direction based on a detection result of the detection unit in a case where the conveyance unit holds the sheet, and a control unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the sheet has been pulled in the discharge direction, cause the conveyance unit to perform a discharging process of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daigo Kuronuma, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Kouhei Tokuda, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Ryosuke Murata
  • Publication number: 20230116020
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryosuke Murata, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11560000
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryosuke Murata, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20220169477
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to the printing unit with nipping the sheet; a second conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and configured to convey the sheet with nipping the sheet; a third conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the second conveyance unit in the conveyance direction, and configured to convey the sheet with nipping the sheet; and a switching unit configured to switch a nip state of the second conveyance unit and a released state in which the nip state is released. When the sheet is conveyed by the third conveyance unit, the switching unit switches the nip state and the released state in accordance with a length of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei Fukui, Tomoyuki Nagase, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryo Kobayashi, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220169470
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet; a first exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged while being reversed; a second exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged without being reversed; and a switch member configured to be pivotably arranged so as to switch the first exit path and the second exit path. The first exit path passes above a pivot center of the switch member, and the second exit path passes below the pivot center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya Asano, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryo Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Nagase
  • Publication number: 20220097416
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprises a first circuit board configured to control a first motor and a printing unit that performs printing to a print medium, a second circuit board configured to control a second motor, a sensor configured to output a sensor signal used to control the first motor and the second motor, and a signal line configured to input the sensor signal from the sensor to the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Kamio, Ryo Kobayashi, Kenji Sugiyama, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Nagase
  • Publication number: 20220097995
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a sheet eject tray; a movable guide arranged on an upstream side of the sheet eject tray in a direction of conveyance of a sheet and is configured to be able to move to a protruding position and a retracted position; and a driving mechanism configured to cause the movable guide to move to the protruding position when a leading edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide and cause the movable guide to move to the retracted position when a trailing edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide, wherein the protruding position includes a first position at which the movable guide presses a sheet to the sheet eject tray and a second position between the first position and the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Fujikake, Tomohiro Suzuki, Waichiro Saiki, Ryo Kobayashi, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Nagase
  • Publication number: 20210276350
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to a printing unit configured to perform printing; a control unit configured to cause the conveyance unit to hold the sheet onto which printing was performed by the printing unit; and a receiving unit configured to receive an ejection instruction for instructing to eject the sheet, wherein the control unit, in a case where the receiving unit receives the ejection instruction, controls the conveyance unit to eject the sheet to outside of the apparatus after a predetermined time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ryosuke Murata, Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Kouhei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20210276348
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a pair of rotation members that nip a roll sheet, and configured to convey the sheet by rotation of the pair of rotation members, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to, upon executing a new print job, cause the conveyance unit to perform a preparatory operation in which the sheet is conveyed in a forward direction and then conveyed in a reverse direction and stopped. If a predetermined condition is met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit causes the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation, and if the predetermined condition is not met after completion of a previous print job, the control unit does not cause the conveyance unit to perform the preparatory operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya Suto, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryosuke Murata, Daigo Kuronuma, Kenji Shimamura, Ryo Harigae, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Kouhei Tokuda