公开(公告)号：US20170210127A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15415152

申请日：2017-01-25

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA

IPC: B41J2/045

CPC classification number: B41J2/04573 ,  B41J2/04508 ,  B41J2/04586 ,  B41J2/2135 ,  B41J11/005 ,  B41J11/06 ,  G03G2215/00599 ,  H04N2201/04767

Abstract: There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including a conveyor, a liquid jet head, a carriage, a carriage moving device, and a controller. The controller carries out printing by repeating a scan-printing operation and a conveyance operation, and carries out a process of determining a jet-timing such that the jet-timing and a predetermined reference timing may deviate oppositely from each other between a print area on the upstream side and a print area on the downstream side along a scanning direction for the carriage to move in the scan-printing operation with respect to a predetermined reference position in the scanning direction, based on a value of a correction parameter. The correction parameter is set to the same value for nozzles included in an identical one of nozzle groups and to different values for the corresponding nozzles included in different ones of the nozzle groups.

公开(公告)号：US20210300095A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17210968

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA

IPC: B41J29/13

Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.

公开(公告)号：US20210300093A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17203280

申请日：2021-03-16

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hikaru TAMURA ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Fumio NAKAZAWA ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Hirotaka AOKI

IPC: B41J25/00 ,  B41J2/165

Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet printer, including: a tray; a recording section including a carriage and a head; a reservoir; a tube; a platen; a first guide member arranged at a front side of the recording section in a front-rear direction and having a first curved surface configured to guide a first surface of the sheet; a discharge section configured to discharge the sheet from a rear side toward the front side in the front-rear direction, the discharge section being arranged at the rear side of the recording section; a second guide member arranged at the rear side of the recording section and having a second curved surface configured to guide the first surface of the sheet; and a loading section configured to load the sheet discharged from the discharge section thereon. The loading section includes an inclined portion at the rear side of the recording section, the inclined portion being inclined upward toward the front side of the discharge section. The tube passes through a specified space positioned at the front side of the recording section and is connected to the recording section.

公开(公告)号：US20180093492A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15790200

申请日：2017-10-23

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoru ARAKANE ,  Kenji KAWAMOTO ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA

IPC: B41J2/21 ,  B41J2/045 ,  B41J25/308

CPC classification number: B41J2/2135 ,  B41J2/04505 ,  B41J2/04573 ,  B41J25/308

Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a liquid discharging head with nozzles, a carriage, and a controller is provided. When a position of the end of a sheet is on an inner side of an outmost contact part among a plurality of contact parts along a scanning direction, the controller determines discharging timings to discharge liquid from the nozzles based on first gap information, which is related to a gap between the sheet and the liquid discharging surface and is stored in a gap information storage. When the position of the end of the sheet is on the inner side of the outmost contact part, the controller determines the discharging timings based on the first gap information stored in the gap information storage and on second gap information generated in a gap information generating process.

公开(公告)号：US20230382139A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18344132

申请日：2023-06-29

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA

IPC: B41J29/13

CPC classification number: B41J29/13

Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.

公开(公告)号：US20220274410A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17733184

申请日：2022-04-29

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Naoya OKAZAKI ,  Satoshi MIYASE ,  Hikaru TAMURA ,  Akinari ISHIBE ,  Fumio NAKAZAWA ,  Taichi SHIRONO ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Masahiro HAYASHI

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: An ink injection cylinder includes a first flow path tube and a second flow path tube extending in a longitudinal direction. The first flow path tube has a first opening on one side in the longitudinal direction, a second opening on another side in the longitudinal direction, and a first flow path formed between the first and second openings. The second flow path tube has a third opening on the one side in the longitudinal direction, a fourth opening on the other side in the longitudinal direction, and a second flow path formed between the third and fourth openings. At least one of a first virtual plane including at least a portion of an end surface of the second opening and a second virtual plane including at least a portion of an end surface of the fourth opening intersects with a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

公开(公告)号：US20210300087A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17215743

申请日：2021-03-29

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B41J11/58

Abstract: A first conveyance path and a second conveyance path are formed in a housing. The first conveyance path extends in a conveyance direction to reach a first discharge port for discharging a sheet. The second conveyance path extends in the conveyance direction at a position higher than the first conveyance path to reach a second discharge port for discharging a sheet. The second discharge port is located at a position upstream of the first discharge port in the conveyance direction. A first print engine is provided at the first conveyance path. The first print engine is configured to print an image by using a recording agent on a sheet conveyed along the first conveyance path. A second print engine is provided at the second conveyance path. The second print engine is configured to print an image by using a recording agent on a sheet conveyed along the second conveyance path.

公开(公告)号：US20230029314A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17816478

申请日：2022-08-01

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI

IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a front end and a rear end, a first tray, a first print engine, a second tray, a second print engine and a controller. The controller configured to perform: receiving first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image; executing a first process including a first conveying process and a first recording process; executing a second process including a second conveying process and a second recording process; determining whether an error has occurred in the second process; and in a case where the error has occurred in the second process, stopping the second process while continuing the first process.

公开(公告)号：US20230001719A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17939242

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA

IPC: B41J29/13

Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.

公开(公告)号：US20170087906A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15281895

申请日：2016-09-30

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoru ARAKANE ,  Kenji KAWAMOTO ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA

IPC: B41J25/308

CPC classification number: B41J2/2135 ,  B41J2/04505 ,  B41J2/04573 ,  B41J25/308

Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a liquid discharging head with nozzles, a carriage, and a controller is provided. When a position of the end of a sheet is on an inner side of an outmost contact part among a plurality of contact parts along a scanning direction, the controller determines discharging timings to discharge liquid from the nozzles based on first gap information, which is related to a gap between the sheet and the liquid discharging surface and is stored in a gap information storage. When the position of the end of the sheet is on the inner side of the outmost contact part, the controller determines the discharging timings based on the first gap information stored in the gap information storage and on second gap information generated in a gap information generating process.