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公开(公告)号:US20210229469A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-29
申请号:US17158486
申请日:2021-01-26
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Katsuya ASAMOTO
IPC: B41J11/00
Abstract: A transport device includes a transporting belt, which includes a support face that adhesively supports a medium, and which transports the adhered medium, a heating unit that heats the transporting belt before the medium is supported at the support face, a pressing unit that is provided downstream of the heating unit in a movement direction of the transporting belt and that presses the medium against the support face, a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of at least a part of the support face, from the heating unit to the pressing unit in the movement direction, and a control unit that controls the heating unit based on a detection result of the temperature detection unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20210086537A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US17023664
申请日:2020-09-17
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Mikio KITAGISHI , Katsuya ASAMOTO
Abstract: A recording system includes a recording device including a recording unit that performs recording onto a medium, a transporting belt that includes an adhesive layer and transports the medium stuck on the adhesive layer, a drive unit that drives the transporting belt, a control unit that includes a detection unit for detecting a load current flowing in the drive unit and that controls the drive unit. The recording system further includes a peeling device that peels the medium from the transporting belt, and a notification device that provides a notification. The control unit causes the notification device to provide a notification on a time to replace the adhesive layer, based on a detection result of the detection unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20240391257A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-28
申请号:US18670985
申请日:2024-05-22
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Bingruo ZHANG , Katsuya ASAMOTO , Shigenori NAKAGAWA
Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a transport section configured to transport a medium along a first axis, a liquid ejection section configured to eject a liquid to the medium, a housing that houses the transport section and the liquid ejection section, a fan disposed at an end section of the housing along a second axis, which intersects the first axis of the housing, and that feeds air into the housing, a flow path member in which are formed an opening along the second axis and a flow passage for guiding air that was fed by the fan, a first partition plate disposed in the flow path and configured to guide, toward the opening, air fed along the second axis, and a second partition plate disposed in the flow path and configured to guide, toward the opening, air fed along the second axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20240176290A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-30
申请号:US18520154
申请日:2023-11-27
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Katsuya ASAMOTO
IPC: G03G21/20 , B41J11/00 , B41J29/377 , G03G15/00
CPC classification number: G03G21/206 , B41J11/007 , B41J29/377 , G03G15/6529
Abstract: A transport device 21 for transporting a medium 99 to be recorded by a recording section 12 includes a transport belt 25 for transporting the medium; a pressing section 31 that is located further upstream than the recording section in a transport direction of the medium and presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium; a cover 32 covering the recording section and the pressing section, which has an intake port 36, and a fan 51 that draws air into the cover through the intake port and is located further upstream than the intake port in the transport direction, wherein the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20220258496A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-18
申请号:US17651190
申请日:2022-02-15
Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
Inventor: Tsuneyuki SASAKI , Tadashi AIZAWA , Katsuya ASAMOTO
IPC: B41J11/00
Abstract: A drying device that dries a medium being transported, the drying device includes a support that supports a medium being transported, an AC electric field generation unit that generates an AC electric field, a detector that detects an amount of moisture contained in the medium, and a control unit, wherein the AC electric field generation unit has first electrode and second electrodes disposed adjacent to each other and facing the medium supported by the support, a high-frequency voltage generator that generates a high-frequency voltage at the first and second electrodes, and a conductor that electrically couples the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generator, and the detector is disposed at least one of downstream or upstream of the first and second electrodes in a transporting direction, and the control unit controls the AC electric field generation unit in accordance with a detection result of the detector.
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公开(公告)号:US20220126613A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-28
申请号:US17451560
申请日:2021-10-20
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Koji SATO , Yuichi WASHIO , Katsuya ASAMOTO , Shuhei NISHIZAWA
Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, a wiper configured to wipe an outer circumferential surface of the transporting belt by coming into contact with the outer circumferential surface, a holding portion configured to hold the wiper, a support portion configured to support the holding portion such that the wiper is movable toward the outer circumferential surface, an elastic member configured to bias the holding portion such that the wiper comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface while the holding portion is supported movably by the support portion, and a fixing portion configured to fix the holding portion to the support portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20220063274A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17411849
申请日:2021-08-25
Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
Inventor: Tsuneyuki SASAKI , Tadashi AIZAWA , Katsuya ASAMOTO
Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. The carriage on which a liquid ejecting head is mounted is configured to reciprocate. The first electrode and the second electrode are mounted on the carriage so as to face a support portion. A surface of the support portion facing the liquid ejecting head, the first electrode, and the second electrode is constituted by an insulating body.
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公开(公告)号:US20210031510A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US16942125
申请日:2020-07-29
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Katsuya ASAMOTO , Takehito WASHIZAWA , Tsuneyuki SASAKI
Abstract: A liquid ejecting system includes an environmental information acquiring unit that acquires, as environmental information at least one of a temperature and a humidity, an ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto a medium, a drying unit that dries the medium onto which the liquid is ejected by the ejecting unit, a control unit that controls the ejecting unit and the drying unit, and a storage unit that stores setting information. The control unit acquires drying information corresponding to medium type information and ejection amount information acquired as a liquid ejection condition and the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquiring unit, based on the setting information stored in the storage unit, and performs drying control that controls the drying unit, based on the acquired drying information.
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公开(公告)号:US20200307186A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16829352
申请日:2020-03-25
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Katsuya ASAMOTO , Tsuneyuki SASAKI , Takehito WASHIZAWA
Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is provided that includes a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto a medium, a support portion configured to support a portion of the medium, the liquid being discharged from the discharge unit onto the portion of the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity, and a display control unit configured to display an indication prompting adjustment of a temperature or humidity when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity less than a lower limit value, and configured to display an indication prompting adjustment of a temperature or humidity when the humidity detection unit detects a humidity exceeding an upper limit value greater than the lower limit value.
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公开(公告)号:US20200307185A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16828639
申请日:2020-03-24
Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor: Katsuya ASAMOTO , Tsuneyuki SASAKI , Takehito WASHIZAWA
Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is provided that includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium, a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid onto the medium, a housing including therein the discharge unit, a humidifying unit configured to humidify an interior of the housing, and a humidity detection unit configured to detect a humidity. When the humidity detection unit detected a humidity less than a lower limit value (one example of a first predetermined value) (positive determination in step S12), the interior of the housing is humidified by the humidifying unit during transport by the transport unit or during discharge by the discharge unit (step S16).
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