Patents by Inventor Yasunori Koike
Yasunori Koike 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: 20210095150Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes at least one aqueous ink composition, at least one ink encasement in which the aqueous ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the aqueous ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the ink encasement and the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the aqueous ink composition is loaded, and the maximum external length of the ink encasement in the direction parallel with the direction in which the carriage moves back and forth is 30.0 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Tomohiro ARUGA, Jun ITO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Yasunori KOIKE
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Patent number: 10730307Abstract: Various defects that occur when a water-repellent or defoaming layer is formed on a contact portion of a liquid container are reduced. A method for manufacturing a liquid container for containing a liquid includes: (a) preparing a pre-formation liquid container in which a surface layer has not been formed; (b) bringing an aqueous solution obtained by adding water to one of a defoaming agent and a water-repellent agent into contact with a surface of a contact portion with which the liquid is brought into contact, of the pre-formation liquid container; and (c) drying, after the step (b), the contact portion to form the surface layer that is formed of one of the defoaming agent and the water-repellent agent on a surface of the contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Koike, Takashi Koase, Satsuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10112399Abstract: A liquid jet apparatus comprises a liquid jet head, a carriage carrying the liquid jet head in a side-to-side direction, a liquid flow channel, and a liquid container in fluid communication with the liquid jet head through the liquid flow channel. The liquid container includes a liquid containing chamber arranged along a front/back direction orthogonal to the side-to-side direction; a liquid outlet port, from which the liquid contained in the liquid containing chamber flows to the liquid flow channel; and a liquid inlet port, through which the liquid is injected into the liquid containing chamber. The liquid inlet port has an end surface that does not face in a vertical direction relative to a normal posture of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoma Kudo, Takashi Koase, Toshiya Okada, Yasunori Koike, Tetsuya Takamoto, Nobutaka Suzuki, Satoshi Tamai, Toru Nakazawa, Katsutomo Tsukahara, Masayuki Kanazawa, Naofumi Mimura, Keigo Iizawa, Yutaka Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180215160Abstract: Various defects that occur when a water-repellent or defoaming layer is formed on a contact portion of a liquid container are reduced. A method for manufacturing a liquid container for containing a liquid includes: (a) preparing a pre-formation liquid container in which a surface layer has not been formed; (b) bringing an aqueous solution obtained by adding water to one of a defoaming agent and a water-repellent agent into contact with a surface of a contact portion with which the liquid is brought into contact, of the pre-formation liquid container; and (c) drying, after the step (b), the contact portion to form the surface layer that is formed of one of the defoaming agent and the water-repellent agent on a surface of the contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Koike, Takashi Koase, Satsuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10005284Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Koji Harada, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kazuhiko Hara, Yasunori Koike, Ryo Oguchi
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Publication number: 20180037030Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Shigeki SUZUKI, Koji HARADA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHI, Kazuhiko HARA, Yasunori KOIKE, Ryo OGUCHI
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Patent number: 9834000Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid, a liquid injection section connected to the liquid storage section and configured to inject the liquid into the liquid storage section, an air chamber communicated with air, an air introduction section communicated to the air chamber and configured to introduce the air to the air chamber, a communicating passage through which the liquid storage section and the air chamber are communicated to each other, a liquid injection port defined as an intersection at which the liquid injection section and the liquid storage section intersect each other, and a connecting port defined between the liquid storage section and the communicating passage and located above the liquid injection port in a posture where the liquid injection port is oriented upward in a direction intersecting with a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasunori Koike, Takashi Mano
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Patent number: 9809029Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Koji Harada, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kazuhiko Hara, Yasunori Koike, Ryo Oguchi
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Patent number: 9743656Abstract: A grain pest control apparatus includes an input unit adapted to accept input of grain; a heating unit adapted to heat the grain supplied from the input unit; and a removal unit adapted to remove heat from the grain heated by the heating unit, wherein the removal unit includes a cylindrical body provided with an air passage hole in a wall surface and adapted to receive the heated grain and a heat collecting chamber installed by surrounding the cylindrical body and connected to an exhaust channel, and removes heat from the heated grain by causing air supplied into the cylindrical body to pass through the air passage hole and escape via the heat collecting chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Kawashima, Hidenori Mizuno, Kazunobu Kajihara, Yoichiro Ogura, Yasunori Koike
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Patent number: 9746800Abstract: Provided is a liquid storing body for preventing a liquid containing a sedimentous component with a predetermined concentration or more from being supplied to a liquid jetting apparatus. An ink tank is provided with an ink storing part in which an opening provided on a side surface of a case is sealed with a film. An ink injection port is formed in an upper portion wall of the case. A plug member is provided with a sealing part that can seal the ink injection port, an operation part that is inserted in an ink reservoir chamber via the ink injection port, and a stirring portion provided at the lower end of the operation part. Ink in the ink storing part can be stirred by a user moving the plug member up and down with their hand.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yasunori Koike
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Publication number: 20170080714Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, and an absorption member which is able to contact the nozzle surface, in which it is possible to perform a first contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a nozzle region that includes an opening region of the nozzle, and a second contact operation which causes the absorption member to contact the nozzle surface at a position which corresponds to a non-nozzle region that is a region outside of the nozzle region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Shigeki SUZUKI, Koji HARADA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHI, Kazuhiko HARA, Yasunori KOIKE, Ryo OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170028732Abstract: A case includes a main receptacle body that accommodates an ink accommodating body which accommodates ink. A first tube support portion and second to fourth tube support portions that guide connection tubes that are connected to the ink accommodating bodies, respectively, are provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Yasunori Koike, Hiroyuki Yoda
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Patent number: 9511371Abstract: A bran removing wire-mesh tube includes: bran removing wire-mesh tube parts 28 divided in more than one in a circumferential direction in planar view; and a plurality of support pillars 33 erected at intervals in the circumferential direction to respectively fix both side edges of the divided bran removing wire-mesh tube parts 28. Each of the support pillars 33 is provided with an elongated resistor 34 that suppresses grains from moving in the circumferential direction along with rotation of grinding type grain cleaning rolls 26. The resistor 34 is urged by an elastic member 37 to a position at which the resistor 34 protrudes toward the inside of a grain cleaning chamber 30. Further, the resistor 34 is provided so as to be movable in a radial direction to a position farther from the grain cleaning chamber 30 due to resistance from the grains.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Yasuyoshi Seto, Fumio Tajima, Kazuto Nonaka, Yasunori Koike, Koji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9493010Abstract: A liquid container includes a container portion configured to contain ink; an air chamber configured to contain the air that is introduced into the container portion; a first air introducing path configured to introduce the outside air into the air chamber; and a second air introducing path configured to introduce the air contained in the air chamber into the container portion. The first introducing port is located vertically above a liquid level in the air chamber of the ink flowing from the container portion into the air chamber, in a first attitude that the container portion and the air chamber are aligned in a direction intersecting with a vertical direction and that a first introducing port of the first air introducing path is located vertically above a delivery port of the second air introducing path.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shoma Kudo, Naomi Kimura, Hidenao Suzuki, Munehide Kanaya, Yasunori Koike, Tokujiro Okuno
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Patent number: 9493005Abstract: A case includes a main receptacle body that accommodates an ink accommodating body which accommodates ink. A first tube support portion and second to fourth tube support portions that guide connection tubes that are connected to the ink accommodating bodies, respectively, are provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasunori Koike, Hiroyuki Yoda
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Publication number: 20160318307Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid, a liquid injection section connected to the liquid storage section and configured to inject the liquid into the liquid storage section, an air chamber communicated with air, an air introduction section communicated to the air chamber and configured to introduce the air to the air chamber, a communicating passage through which the liquid storage section and the air chamber are communicated to each other, a liquid injection port defined as an intersection at which the liquid injection section and the liquid storage section intersect each other, and a connecting port defined between the liquid storage section and the communicating passage and located above the liquid injection port in a posture where the liquid injection port is oriented upward in a direction intersecting with a horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Yasunori KOIKE, Takashi MANO
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Publication number: 20160259268Abstract: Provided is a liquid storing body for preventing a liquid containing a sedimentous component with a predetermined concentration or more from being supplied to a liquid jetting apparatus. An ink tank is provided with an ink storing part in which an opening provided on a side surface of a case is sealed with a film. An ink injection port is formed in an upper portion wall of the case. A plug member is provided with a sealing part that can seal the ink injection port, an operation part that is inserted in an ink reservoir chamber via the ink injection port, and a stirring portion provided at the lower end of the operation part. Ink in the ink storing part can be stirred by a user moving the plug member up and down with their hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Yasunori KOIKE
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Patent number: 9409403Abstract: A case includes a main receptacle body that accommodates an ink accommodating body which accommodates ink. A first tube support portion and second to fourth tube support portions that guide connection tubes that are connected to the ink accommodating bodies, respectively, are provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasunori Koike, Hiroyuki Yoda
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Patent number: 9403371Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid, a liquid injection section connected to the liquid storage section and configured to inject the liquid into the liquid storage section, an air chamber communicated with air, an air introduction section communicated to the air chamber and configured to introduce the air to the air chamber, a communicating passage through which the liquid storage section and the air chamber are communicated to each other, a liquid injection port defined as an intersection at which the liquid injection section and the liquid storage section intersect each other, and a connecting port defined between the liquid storage section and the communicating passage and located above the liquid injection port in a posture where the liquid injection port is oriented upward in a direction intersecting with a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasunori Koike, Takashi Mano
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Patent number: D782544Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Yasuyoshi Seto, Kazuto Nonaka, Yasunori Koike