Patents by Inventor Yutaro HARADA

Yutaro HARADA 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: 11091344
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a feed roller pair, a stack portion that receives a medium transported by the feed roller pair between a support surface for supporting the medium in an inclined posture in which a downstream side in a transport direction is directed downward and an opposing surface opposing the support surface and stacks the medium, an alignment portion that aligns a downstream end of the medium stacked in the stack portion, and a control unit that controls a distance between the support surface and the opposing surface, in which the stack portion is configured to be capable of changing the distance and the control unit adjusts the distance according to a condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11046549
    Abstract: A media folding device includes a stacking portion on which media transported from an introduction path are placed; a folding roller pair that folds the media at a folding position after the media have been stacked in the stacking portion; and a bend forming mechanism that includes a first abutting portion configured to abut against a front end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in a transport direction, and a second abutting portion that is configured to abut against a rear end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in the transport direction, and that causes the folding position of the media to be nipped by the folding roller pair the folding roller pair by shortening the relative distance between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion to bend the media toward the folding roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaro Harada, Katsuyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11034180
    Abstract: A stapling apparatus including a holding portion that receives and holds a plurality of mediums, a first matching portion positioned downstream of the holding portion, a paddle that applies sending force to the mediums so that leading edge sides of the mediums reach the first matching portion, a stapler that binds the mediums, the leading edge sides of the mediums having been matched by the first matching portion, a folding mechanism portion that folds the mediums that have been bound by the stapler. In the stapling apparatus, the first matching portion is configured to move and is configured to transport the mediums to a performing position of the stapler and a performing position of the folding mechanism portion by moving, and a position where the paddle applies sending force to the mediums differs according to lengths of the mediums in a transport direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200376858
    Abstract: An intermediate unit includes a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path is provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The drying unit is driven according to the printing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Akinori MUROMACHI, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Hirohisa ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10787005
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate unit including a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path includes first and second inversion paths in which the medium is inverted upside down, respectively, the second inversion path being provided with a decurling unit that corrects curl of the medium, the first inversion path being not provided with the decurling unit, the first and second inversion paths being selectively used to invert the medium upside down according to printing data for the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Akinori Muromachi, Hidetoshi Kodama, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Hirohisa Adachi
  • Publication number: 20200198370
    Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200198369
    Abstract: A medium drying device includes a heat roller pair that dries a medium recorded and transported by a line head, and a perforation portion that forms a plurality of holes on an area including a recorded area of the medium. The perforation portion includes a plurality of piercing portions configured to pierce the medium, and the piercing portions are provided on an outer peripheral surface of a drying driving roller of the heat roller pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200198919
    Abstract: A first unit includes a receiving portion that receives a medium to be processed, a drying unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion, and an end stitching unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion or the medium processed by the drying unit. The processing performed by the drying unit is processing of drying the medium, the drying unit is located vertically below the end stitching unit, and the drying unit and the end stitching unit have a portion overlapping when viewed in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200171857
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a feed roller pair, a stack portion that receives a medium transported by the feed roller pair between a support surface for supporting the medium in an inclined posture in which a downstream side in a transport direction is directed downward and an opposing surface opposing the support surface and stacks the medium, an alignment portion that aligns a downstream end of the medium stacked in the stack portion, and a control unit that controls a distance between the support surface and the opposing surface, in which the stack portion is configured to be capable of changing the distance and the control unit adjusts the distance according to a condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200171872
    Abstract: A stapling apparatus including a holding portion that receives and holds a plurality of mediums, a first matching portion positioned downstream of the holding portion, a paddle that applies sending force to the mediums so that leading edge sides of the mediums reach the first matching portion, a stapler that binds the mediums, the leading edge sides of the mediums having been matched by the first matching portion, a folding mechanism portion that folds the mediums that have been bound by the stapler. In the stapling apparatus, the first matching portion is configured to move and is configured to transport the mediums to a performing position of the stapler and a performing position of the folding mechanism portion by moving, and a position where the paddle applies sending force to the mediums differs according to lengths of the mediums in a transport direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Yutaro HARADA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200172360
    Abstract: Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Yutaro HARADA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200172363
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a feeding unit that transports a medium, a stack portion that receives the medium transported by the feeding unit between a support surface for supporting the medium in an inclined posture in which a downstream side in a transport direction is directed downward and an opposing surface opposing the support surface and stacks the medium, an alignment portion that aligns a downstream end of the medium stacked in the stack portion, a paddle that is provided between the feeding unit and the alignment portion in the transport direction and moves the medium toward the alignment portion by rotating while being in contact with the medium, and a control unit that controls an operation of the paddle, in which the control unit controls the operation of the paddle according to a condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Yutaro HARADA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200122954
    Abstract: A media folding device includes a stacking portion on which media transported from an introduction path are placed; a folding roller pair that folds the media at a folding position after the media have been stacked in the stacking portion; and a bend forming mechanism that includes a first abutting portion configured to abut against a front end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in a transport direction, and a second abutting portion that is configured to abut against a rear end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in the transport direction, and that causes the folding position of the media to be nipped by the folding roller pair the folding roller pair by shortening the relative distance between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion to bend the media toward the folding roller pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Katsuyuki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190337309
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate unit including a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path includes first and second inversion paths in which the medium is inverted upside down, respectively, the second inversion path being provided with a decurling unit that corrects curl of the medium, the first inversion path being not provided with the decurling unit, the first and second inversion paths being selectively used to invert the medium upside down according to printing data for the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Akinori MUROMACHI, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Hirohisa ADACHI
  • Patent number: 10399364
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate unit including a transportation path along which a paper sheet, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the paper sheet as a medium by using liquid, can be transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the paper sheet, in which the transportation path is provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Akinori Muromachi, Hidetoshi Kodama, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Hirohisa Adachi
  • Patent number: 10272698
    Abstract: There is provided a post processing device including a mounting portion on which a medium is temporarily mounted, a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium mounted on the mounting portion, a discharging tray on which the medium is stacked after being discharged, and a suppressing unit that suppresses deformation of the medium mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Hirohisa Adachi, Yutaro Harada
  • Patent number: 10226946
    Abstract: A post-processing device is provided with a post-processing unit which performs post-processing of a recording medium on which recording is performed, a transport path through which the recording medium is transported, or a deformation suppressing unit which suppresses deformation of the recording medium on a mounting unit on which the recording medium is mounted, in which the deformation suppressing unit is controlled based on a predetermined parameter related to recording processing with respect to the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kodama, Yutaro Harada, Hirohisa Adachi
  • Publication number: 20180015738
    Abstract: There is provided a post processing device including a mounting portion on which a medium is temporarily mounted, a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium mounted on the mounting portion, a discharging tray on which the medium is stacked after being discharged, and a suppressing unit that suppresses deformation of the medium mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Hirohisa ADACHI, Yutaro HARADA
  • Publication number: 20180015740
    Abstract: A post-processing device is provided with a post-processing unit which performs post-processing of a recording medium on which recording is performed, a transport path through which the recording medium is transported, or a deformation suppressing unit which suppresses deformation of the recording medium on a mounting unit on which the recording medium is mounted, in which the deformation suppressing unit is controlled based on a predetermined parameter related to recording processing with respect to the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Yutaro HARADA, Hirohisa ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20180015737
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate unit including a transportation path along which a paper sheet, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the paper sheet as a medium by using liquid, can be transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the paper sheet, in which the transportation path is provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Akinori MUROMACHI, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Hirohisa ADACHI