公开(公告)号：US20240111980A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US18479225

申请日：2023-10-02

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yasuo SUNAGA

IPC: G06K15/00 ,  B41J2/045 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/10 ,  G06K15/16

CPC classification number: G06K15/4065 ,  B41J2/0451 ,  B41J2/04526 ,  B41J2/04586 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/103 ,  G06K15/16 ,  G06K15/408 ,  G06K2215/101

Abstract: A recording apparatus that performs recording according to printing request data includes: a manual paper feed section in which a plurality of sheets of paper are settable at once; a detection section that detects the presence or absence of the paper set in the manual paper feed section; and a determination section that determines a possibility of replenishment of the paper in the manual paper feed section based on an output of the detection section.

公开(公告)号：US11772393B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17563182

申请日：2021-12-28

Applicant: Roland DG Corporation

Inventor： Ryosuke Nonaka

IPC: B41J13/02 ,  B41J13/048 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41J13/025 ,  B41J11/0045 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J11/703 ,  B41J11/706 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/048

Abstract: A printer includes a driving roller to move a medium supported on a support table in a predetermined transportation direction, and pinch roller assemblies each including a pinch roller, a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller, and an actuator provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller. The actuator includes a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller.

公开(公告)号：US11504985B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17346345

申请日：2021-06-14

Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Inventor： Tatsuya Ito ,  Kensuke Tamai

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J11/64 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J13/12

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a control unit that acquires information regarding shapes and sizes of a recording material and a transport material to which the recording material is to be bonded. The control unit is configured to operate in a first recording mode in which a positioning pattern is recorded on the transport material, the positioning pattern being used to position the recording material on the transport material, and also configured to operate in a second recording mode in which the data is recorded on the recording material positioned on the transport material during transport of the transport material.

公开(公告)号：US20220242150A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17563182

申请日：2021-12-28

Applicant: Roland DG Corporation

Inventor： Ryosuke NONAKA

IPC: B41J13/02 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/048

Abstract: A printer includes a driving roller to move a medium supported on a support table in a predetermined transportation direction, and pinch roller assemblies each including a pinch roller, a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller, and an actuator provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller. The actuator includes a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller.

公开(公告)号：US11370235B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16816554

申请日：2020-03-12

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hiromitsu Mizutani

IPC: B41J11/66 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B65H35/06 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B65H43/02 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/28 ,  B41J29/42 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J2/33 ,  B65H35/00 ,  B65H29/12

Abstract: A printer includes: a printing head; a conveyor; a cutter for cutting the medium to provide a segmented medium; a discharge roller; a counter roller; a sensor for detecting whether the segmented medium remains between the discharge roller and the counter roller; and a controller configured to perform: setting an operation mode to one of a first mode and a second mode depending on a medium kind; controlling the printing head and the conveyor to perform a first print control on the medium; controlling the sensor to detect whether the segmented medium has been removed; and permitting a second print control to be performed. When the operation mode is the first mode, the second print control is permitted after the sensor detects whether the segmented medium has been removed. When the operation mode is the first mode, the second print control is permitted without controlling the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11225096B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16788278

申请日：2020-02-11

Applicant: Suguru Yokozawa ,  Suguru Masunaga ,  Takuya Okamoto

Inventor： Suguru Yokozawa ,  Suguru Masunaga ,  Takuya Okamoto

IPC: B41J15/16 ,  B65H23/02 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/28 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B65H29/12 ,  B65H23/00 ,  B65H26/08 ,  B65H23/025 ,  B65H23/198 ,  B41J15/04

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a conveying unit, a winding unit, a printing unit, and a rotation control unit. The conveying unit is configured to intermittently convey a printing medium by a predetermined feed amount. The winding unit is configured to wind the printing medium conveyed by the conveying unit. The printing unit is configured to perform printing on the conveyed printing medium. The rotation control unit is configured to control the winding unit to rotate in a winding direction at a predetermined timing after the conveying unit has started to convey the printing medium intermittently, and then cause the winding unit to rotate in a reverse direction opposite to the winding direction.

公开(公告)号：US11141998B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US17002294

申请日：2020-08-25

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryosuke Ban ,  Daisuke Hiruma ,  Kiyoto Komuro

IPC: B41J13/02 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J11/14

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing onto a printing medium, a driving roller configured to provide a transporting force to the printing medium, a plurality of driven rollers configured to press the printing medium, which is transported by the driving roller, and configured to rotate in conjunction with a movement of the printing medium, a plurality of support members each being configured to support a roller shaft serving as a rotation axis about which each of the plurality of driven rollers rotates, a base body to which the plurality of support members are attached, and an attachment/removal mechanism configured to cause the plurality of support members to be removably attachable individually to the base body.

公开(公告)号：US11133453B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16137611

申请日：2018-09-21

Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Inventor： Akio Konishi ,  Kiichi Kajino

IPC: H01L41/047 ,  H02N2/10 ,  H01L41/053 ,  H01L41/08 ,  G03B21/14 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B65G23/00 ,  H01L21/677 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J29/38 ,  G03B33/12 ,  G03B21/53

Abstract: A piezoelectric driving device includes a substrate, a first insulating film disposed on the substrate, a piezoelectric element for driving disposed on the first insulating film and configured to vibrate the substrate, a piezoelectric element for detection configured to detect the vibration of the substrate, a wire for driving electrically connected to the piezoelectric element for driving, a wire for detection electrically connected to the piezoelectric element for detection, and a lower layer wire disposed between the first insulating film and the substrate and set to fixed potential. At least one of the wire for driving and the wire for detection overlaps at least a part of the lower layer wire.

公开(公告)号：US20210138806A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17050154

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Taehong KIM ,  Stephen Thomas ROHMAN ,  Matthew RAISANEN ,  Sundae KIM

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J13/03

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a printing engine, a paddle device, a stapler device, and a processor. The printing engine is to form an image on a printing paper. The paddle device is to move the printing paper ejected from the printing engine in a moving direction to align a first end of the printing paper. The stapler device is to staple the align printing paper. The processor is to control the paddle device and the stapler device to move a second end of the aligned printing paper in an opposite direction to the moving direction when the first end of the printing paper is aligned.

公开(公告)号：US11001083B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US17014209

申请日：2020-09-08

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Masakazu Tsukuda ,  Seiji Ogasawara ,  Takaaki Ishida ,  Shuichi Tokuda ,  Masaaki Matsuura ,  Kazuki Matsuo

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/48 ,  B41J13/02

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first feeding part configured to feed print media from a first support part supporting the print media, a second feeding part configured to feed print media from a second support part supporting the print media, and a print head configured to print on the print media fed by the first feeding part or the second feeding part. Further, the printing apparatus includes a first conveying path where the print media fed by the first feeding part are conveyed to the print head, and a second conveying path where the print media fed by the second feeding part are conveyed to the print head. At least a part of the second feeding part protrudes in a predetermined spatial area within the first conveying path during a feed operation of feeding print media from the second support part.