Patents by Inventor Yuko Hishida

Yuko Hishida 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: 7988259
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including a UVLED unit which emits ultraviolet light to a print medium supported on a supporting table to cure UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium. The inkjet printer further includes a controller which adjust the light quantity of ultraviolet light, emitted from the UVLED unit to the UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium, from a light quantity for temporary curing to a light quantity for final curing, and a control unit capable of selecting between a two-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium are temporarily cured ant are then finally cured and a single-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets are finally cured by an irradiation with ultraviolet light at one time by means of the UVLED unit and the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Hishida, Masaru Ohnishi, Hironori Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20100289860
    Abstract: An ink jet printer includes a medium supporter to support a print medium. A print head is configured to eject ink droplets toward the print medium. An ultraviolet light irradiation device is configured to irradiate the print medium with ultraviolet light to cure ink deposited on the print medium. On a carriage, the print head and the ultraviolet light irradiation device are mounted to face the medium supporter. The carriage is reciprocally movable relative to the print medium in a first direction and movable relative to the print medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The ultraviolet light irradiation device is arranged on a side in the first direction of the print head. The print head is arranged to project toward an upstream side of a feeding direction in the second direction by a predetermined length relative to the ultraviolet light irradiation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takezawa, Tomotaka Furuhata, Takayuki Mitsui, Yuko Hishida
  • Publication number: 20090244157
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including an inkjet head unit having inkjet heads for ejecting UV inks, an UVLED unit having a UVLED for emitting ultraviolet light, and a control unit for controlling the inkjet head unit and the UVLED unit. The control unit controls the inkjet head unit and the UVLED unit to move in the scanning direction, controls the inkjet heads to eject UV inks, and controls the UVLED to emit ultraviolet light of a first light quantity. After that, the control unit controls the inkjet head unit and the UVLED unit to move in the direction opposite to the scanning direction and controls the UVLED to emit ultraviolet light of a second light quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Hishida, Masaru Ohnishi, Hironori Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20090244230
    Abstract: An ultraviolet curing inkjet printer includes a first ejecting device, a first ultraviolet light irradiation device, and a second ultraviolet light irradiation device. The first ultraviolet light irradiation device is configured to emit ultraviolet light of a first light quantity for temporarily curing the ultraviolet curable inks ejected from the first ejecting device. The first ultraviolet light irradiation device is disposed posterior to the first ejecting device in a first direction as a scanning direction. The second ultraviolet light irradiation device is configured to emit ultraviolet light of a second light quantity for finally curing the ultraviolet curable inks temporarily cured by the first ultraviolet light irradiation device. The second ultraviolet light irradiation device is disposed anterior to the first ejecting device in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and is a moving direction of a recording medium relative to the first ejecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Ohnishi, Hironori Hashizume, Yuko Hishida
  • Publication number: 20090219342
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including a UVLED unit which emits ultraviolet light to a print medium supported on a supporting table to cure UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium. The inkjet printer further includes a controller which adjust the light quantity of ultraviolet light, emitted from the UVLED unit to the UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium, from a light quantity for temporary curing to a light quantity for final curing, and a control unit capable of selecting between a two-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium are temporarily cured ant are then finally cured and a single-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets are finally cured by an irradiation with ultraviolet light at one time by means of the UVLED unit and the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko HISHIDA, Masaru OHNISHI, Hironori HASHIZUME