Patents by Inventor Yusaku Kudo

Yusaku Kudo 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: 9884486
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided and includes: a head that ejects ink onto a medium; a driver that relatively moves the positions of the head and the medium; a cover member that is positioned on the downstream side from the head in the movement direction of the medium relative to the head, so as to cover at least a portion of the medium; an air blowing fan that sends a drying air flow for drying ink ejected on the medium, into a gap between the medium and the cover member; and a cord type heater that heats at least one of the drying air flow and a preliminary air which is the previous stage of the drying air flow. An air-flow-direction changing wall part is provided so as to change the flow direction of the preliminary air which is the previous stage of the drying air flow, at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Harayama, Shunsuke Akuta, Katsutoshi Yamabe, Tomonori Amari, Yoshikazu Furukawa, Hiroki Kamimura, Yusaku Kudo
  • Publication number: 20160332462
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided and includes: a head that ejects ink onto a medium ; a driver that relatively moves the positions of the head and the medium; a cover member that is positioned on the downstream side from the head in the movement direction of the medium relative to the head, so as to cover at least a portion of the medium; an air blowing fan that sends a drying air flow for drying ink ejected on the medium, into a gap between the medium and the cover member; and a cord type heater that heats at least one of the drying air flow and a preliminary air which is the previous stage of the drying air flow. An air-flow-direction changing wall part is provided so as to change the flow direction of the preliminary air which is the previous stage of the drying air flow, at least once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Harayama, Shunsuke Akuta, Katsutoshi Yamabe, Tomonori Amari, Yoshikazu Furukawa, Hiroki Kamimura, Yusaku Kudo