公开(公告)号：US10421293B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US16040948

申请日：2018-07-20

Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation

Inventor： Noritsugu Tanio ,  Jumpei Tanaka ,  Norihito Mafune ,  Junsuke Komito

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41M5/00 ,  A61J3/06 ,  A61J3/00 ,  B41F17/36

Abstract: A tablet printing apparatus and a tablet manufacturing method are provided which are capable of distinguishing and collecting a preceding tablet and a following tablet from each other when two or more tablets in contact with each other are carried. A tablet printing apparatus includes a carrying device 20 carrying tablets Tb, a sensor 30 detecting the tablet Tb being carried by the carrying device 20, a printing unit 50 performing, when the status changes from the status in which the sensor 30 the tablet Tb is not detected to the status in which the tablet Tb is detected, printing on the tablet Tb that has changed the status, and a collecting unit R distinguishing and collecting, when the time length at which the sensor 30 is detecting the tablet Tb is longer than the predetermined setting value because two or more tablets Tb in contact with each other are carried, the preceding tablet Tb and the following tablet Tb following thereto among two or more tablets Tb.

公开(公告)号：US20190084318A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16132935

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Azusa HIRANO ,  Yasutsugu TSURUOKA ,  Hironori HAIJIMA ,  Ryo IKUTA

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/42 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41F17/36 ,  B41J2/045 ,  A61J3/00 ,  B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41J3/407 ,  A61J3/007 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41F17/36 ,  B41J2/04531 ,  B41J11/002 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B41J11/42

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveying path where a tablet is conveyed; a drying device configured to dry the tablet in the conveying path; and a print head device located on the downstream side of the drying device in the conveying path. The print head device is configured to perform printing on the tablet dried by the drying device.

公开(公告)号：US10160217B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15716728

申请日：2017-09-27

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Hitoshi Aoyagi ,  Azusa Hirano ,  Yasutsugu Tsuruoka

IPC: B41J2/175 ,  A61J3/00 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B05C5/00 ,  B05C11/10 ,  B05D1/26

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; an inkjet head configured to eject ink from a nozzle to a tablet conveyed by the conveyor to perform printing; an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the inkjet head; a moving device configured to change the height of the ink tank; and a control unit configured to control the moving device. The control unit controls the moving device to change the height of the ink tank based on a use amount of the ink figured out in advance to maintain a head difference between the height of the liquid level of the ink in the ink tank and the height of a nozzle forming surface, where the nozzle is formed in the inkjet head, at a predetermined value.

公开(公告)号：US20180326747A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US16040948

申请日：2018-07-20

Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation

Inventor： Noritsugu TANIO ,  Jumpei TANAKA ,  Norihito MAFUNE ,  Junsuke KOMITO

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41M5/00

CPC classification number: B41J3/4073 ,  A61J3/007 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41F17/36 ,  B41M5/0088

Abstract: A tablet printing apparatus and a tablet manufacturing method are provided which are capable of distinguishing and collecting a preceding tablet and a following tablet from each other when two or more tablets in contact with each other are carried. A tablet printing apparatus includes a carrying device 20 carrying tablets Tb, a sensor 30 detecting the tablet Tb being carried by the carrying device 20, a printing unit 50 performing, when the status changes from the status in which the sensor 30 the tablet Tb is not detected to the status in which the tablet Tb is detected, printing on the tablet Tb that has changed the status, and a collecting unit R distinguishing and collecting, when the time length at which the sensor 30 is detecting the tablet Tb is longer than the predetermined setting value because two or more tablets Tb in contact with each other are carried, the preceding tablet Tb and the following tablet Tb following thereto among two or more tablets Tb.

公开(公告)号：US10111313B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US13847130

申请日：2013-03-19

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Takeharu Motokawa ,  Tokuhisa Ooiwa ,  Kensuke Demura ,  Tomoaki Yoshimori ,  Makoto Karyu ,  Yoshihisa Kase ,  Hidehito Azumano

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  C23C16/00 ,  H05H1/46 ,  H01J37/32

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a decompression section configured to decompress inside of the processing chamber; a member including a control section to be inserted into a depression provided on mounting side of a workpiece, the control section being configured to thereby control at least one of in-plane distribution of capacitance of a region including the workpiece and in-plane distribution of temperature of the workpiece; a mounting section provided inside the processing chamber; a plasma generating section configured to supply electromagnetic energy to a region for generating a plasma for performing plasma processing on the workpiece; and a gas supply section configured to supply a process gas to the region for generating a plasma. The control section performs control so that at least one of the in-plane distribution of capacitance and the in-plane distribution of temperature is made uniform.

公开(公告)号：US20180280241A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15997756

申请日：2018-06-05

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Yutaka Okabe

IPC: A61J3/00 ,  B65G15/58 ,  B41J11/00

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to convey a tablet; a first suction path configured to suck the tablet to hold the tablet on the conveyor belt and suck the conveyor belt while allowing the conveyor belt to convey the tablet; a second suction path configured as a different path from the first suction path to suck only the conveyor belt while allowing the conveyor belt to convey the tablet; and a printer configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt.

公开(公告)号：US20180229493A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15897513

申请日：2018-02-15

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Azusa HIRANO ,  Yasutsugu Tsuruoka ,  Yuki Umemura ,  Junsuke Komito

IPC: B41F17/36 ,  B41J2/145 ,  B41J13/08 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J2/165 ,  A61J3/00

CPC classification number: B41F17/36 ,  A61J3/007 ,  A61J2200/70 ,  A61J2205/50 ,  B41J2/145 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B41J11/0085 ,  B41J13/0009 ,  B41J13/08 ,  B41M5/0088

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt that includes a suction hole connected to a suction chamber, and conveys a tablet while sucking the tablet to the suction hole; an ink jet print head that has a nozzle surface where a nozzle is formed, and is located above the conveyor belt such that the nozzle surface faces the conveyor belt, and performs printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt; and a control plate that is located on the upstream side of the print head in the conveying direction of the tablet between the conveyor belt and the height position of the nozzle surface of the print head, and controls an airflow generated between the conveyor belt and the print head.

公开(公告)号：US20180163295A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15838982

申请日：2017-12-12

Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation

Inventor： Akihiko ITO ,  Yoshinao KAMO ,  Shigeki MATSUNAKA ,  Atsushi FUJITA

IPC: C23C14/34 ,  H01L21/56 ,  H01L23/31 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L23/00 ,  C23C14/50 ,  C23C16/458 ,  H01J37/32 ,  H01J37/34

CPC classification number: C23C14/3464 ,  C23C14/022 ,  C23C14/185 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/505 ,  C23C14/541 ,  C23C16/458 ,  H01J37/32 ,  H01J37/32715 ,  H01J37/34 ,  H01J37/3429 ,  H01L21/561 ,  H01L21/563 ,  H01L21/67132 ,  H01L21/6835 ,  H01L21/68764 ,  H01L21/68771 ,  H01L21/68778 ,  H01L23/3121 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L24/97 ,  H01L2221/68313

Abstract: A film formation apparatus includes a carrying unit circulating and carrying an electronic component in a chamber, a film formation processing unit forming a film on the electronic component, a tray carried by the carrying unit, and including a mount surface, and a mount member which is mounted on the mount surface, and on which the electronic component is placed. The mount member includes a holding sheet having an adhesive surface, and a non-adhesive surface, and a sticking sheet having a first sticking surface with adhesiveness sticking to the non-adhesive surface, and a second sticking surface with adhesiveness sticking to the mount surface of the tray. The adhesive surface includes a pasting region for pasting the electronic components. The first sticking surface sticks across an entire region of the non-adhesive surface corresponding to at least the pasting region.

公开(公告)号：US20180154659A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15570008

申请日：2016-04-27

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Shinichi OGIMOTO ,  Ryo IKUTA ,  Yutaka OKABE ,  Hitoshi AOYAGI ,  Hikaru HOSHINO

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J3/407 ,  A61J3/06

CPC classification number: B41J11/0085 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41J2/01 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J11/42

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied thereto while sucking and holding the tablets by a suction chamber 14; a print head located to face the conveyor and configured to elect ink to the tablet conveyed by the conveyor to perform printing; and partition walls 144, 144 and suction paths 1421, 1422 that serve as a suction force adjusting device configured to reduce a suction force applied to the tablet at a conveyance position facing the print head to be lower than a suction force applied to the tablet at conveyance positions in front of and behind the conveyance position.

公开(公告)号：US20180086059A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15567789

申请日：2016-04-19

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryo IKUTA ,  Hitoshi AOYAGI ,  Azusa HIRANO ,  Hikaru HOSHINO

IPC: B41J2/045 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J3/407

Abstract: To provide a tablet printing apparatus that can prevent drying of ink on the tip end of each nozzle of an inkjet printing mechanism, when a tablet does not arrive at a print position. A tablet printing apparatus includes: conveyor mechanism 17 that conveys sequentially fed tablets by moving a conveyor belt 171; an inkjet printing mechanism that performs printing on a tablet in a print position; a suction mechanism 174a that holds a tablet on the surface of the conveyor belt in a predetermined area including at least the print position by sucking in air; determination means (S15) that determines whether a tablet arrives at the print position; and head retreat means (32, S21) that retreats an inkjet head 31 such that a tip end part of each of the nozzles of the inkjet printing mechanism goes away from the surface of the conveyor belt, when it is determined that a tablet does not arrive at the print position.