公开(公告)号：US20220111659A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

申请号：US17494988

申请日：2021-10-06

申请人： Kimito Abe ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masanori Hirano ,  Takayuki Ito ,  Takahiko Sugiura ,  Daiki Marumo ,  Kyohei Hamada

发明人： Kimito Abe ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masanori Hirano ,  Takayuki Ito ,  Takahiko Sugiura ,  Daiki Marumo ,  Kyohei Hamada

IPC分类号： B41J2/21

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes a color component divided data generation unit, a dot data generation processing unit, and a dot data segmentation processing unit. The color component divided data generation unit generates color component divided data from image data. The dot data generation processing unit applies a dot data generation mask to the color component divided data to generate dot data. The dot data segmentation processing unit applies a segmentation mask to the dot data to generate scan data. A width of the segmentation mask in a main scanning direction is different from a width of the dot data generation mask in the main scanning direction.

公开(公告)号：US11623455B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17494988

申请日：2021-10-06

申请人： Kimito Abe ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masanori Hirano ,  Takayuki Ito ,  Takahiko Sugiura ,  Daiki Marumo ,  Kyohei Hamada

发明人： Kimito Abe ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masanori Hirano ,  Takayuki Ito ,  Takahiko Sugiura ,  Daiki Marumo ,  Kyohei Hamada

IPC分类号： G06K15/10 ,  B41J2/21

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes a color component divided data generation unit, a dot data generation processing unit, and a dot data segmentation processing unit. The color component divided data generation unit generates color component divided data from image data. The dot data generation processing unit applies a dot data generation mask to the color component divided data to generate dot data. The dot data segmentation processing unit applies a segmentation mask to the dot data to generate scan data. A width of the segmentation mask in a main scanning direction is different from a width of the dot data generation mask in the main scanning direction.

公开(公告)号：US11679603B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17496801

申请日：2021-10-08

申请人： Yosuke Saito ,  Daiki Marumo ,  Takahiko Sugiura ,  Shotaro Takeuchi

发明人： Yosuke Saito ,  Daiki Marumo ,  Takahiko Sugiura ,  Shotaro Takeuchi

IPC分类号： B41J11/42 ,  B41J25/00 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J19/14

CPC分类号： B41J11/42 ,  B41J25/006 ,  B41J2/2132 ,  B41J19/142

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveyance roller, a liquid discharge head, and a control device. The control device controls the head to discharge liquid onto a medium X times in the main scanning direction and Y times in the sub-scanning direction and controls the roller such that a position of a droplet on the medium discharged by an m-th discharge and a position of another droplet on the medium discharged by an (m+Y)-th discharge are same in the sub-scanning direction, where m is an integer not smaller than one and not greater than ((X−1)×Y). Where P is a circumferential length of the roller and L is a difference in a conveyance distance in the sub-scanning direction when the m-th discharge is compared with the (m+Y)-th discharge, the following relation is satisfied:

L=(n+(Δθ/2π))×P,



where |π−Δθ|

公开(公告)号：US09694584B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US15217088

申请日：2016-07-22

申请人： Shingo Masaoka ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiko Hisada ,  Kenta Takahashi

发明人： Shingo Masaoka ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiko Hisada ,  Kenta Takahashi

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16538 ,  B41J2/16541 ,  B41J2/16579

摘要： A liquid ejector includes a head having a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction of a nozzle surface of the head to eject a droplet from the nozzles, and an ejection detector to detect whether or not a droplet is ejected from the plurality of nozzles of the head by detecting an electrical change generated when the droplet lands onto the ejection detector. The ejection detector includes a droplet landing surface arranged opposed to the nozzle surface, a wiper to wipe the droplet off the droplet landing surface along the first direction, and a cleaner having a contact surface to remove the droplet adhered to the wiper after the wiper wipes the droplet landing surface. The contact surface has a curvature such that side ends of the wiper contacts with the contact surface at first, and then a center part of the wiper contacts the contact surface.

公开(公告)号：US08919921B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-30

申请号：US14075128

申请日：2013-11-08

申请人： Shotaro Takeuchi

发明人： Shotaro Takeuchi

IPC分类号： B41J2/165 ,  B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, an ejection detector, and a cleaner. The ejection detector detects ejection or non-ejection of droplets from the head and has an electrode member disposed in an area in which the electrode member is opposable to the head. The cleaner cleans the electrode member after ejection or non-ejection of droplets from nozzles of the head is detected by detection of electric changes of the electrode member generated when the droplets ejected from the nozzles land on the electrode member with a potential difference created between a nozzle face of the head and the electrode member and the nozzle face opposed to the electrode member. The cleaner includes a wiping member to wipe droplets adhering to the electrode member. The wiping member and the electrode member are configured to be relatively moved in parallel to a nozzle array direction to clean the electrode member.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括记录头，喷射检测器和清洁器。 喷射检测器检测从头部喷射或不喷射液滴，并且具有设置在电极部件与头部相对的区域中的电极部件。 通过检测当从喷嘴喷射的液滴在电极部件上产生的电极部件的电变化时，电极部件之间产生的电位差在 头部和电极部件的喷嘴面和与电极部件相对的喷嘴面。 清洁器包括擦拭附着在电极部件上的液滴的擦拭部件。 擦拭构件和电极构件被构造成平行于喷嘴排列方向相对移动以清洁电极构件。

公开(公告)号：US20140253626A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-11

申请号：US14190182

申请日：2014-02-26

申请人： Shingo Masaoka ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiko Hisada ,  Kyohei Matsumura

发明人： Shingo Masaoka ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiko Hisada ,  Kyohei Matsumura

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/2142 ,  B41J29/17

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, an ejection detection unit, a cleaner, and a holder member. The ejection detection unit has an electrode member disposed in an area in which the electrode member is opposable to the head. The cleaner includes a cleaning member to remove droplets adhering to the electrode member. The ejection detection unit detects ejection or non-ejection of droplets by detection of electric changes of the electrode member generated when droplets ejected from nozzles of the head land on the electrode member in a state in which a potential difference is created between a nozzle face of the head and the electrode member and the nozzle face is opposed to the electrode member. The holder member supports the electrode member, and holds the cleaning member movable in parallel to a nozzle array direction in which the nozzles is arrayed in the head.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括记录头，喷射检测单元，清洁器和保持器构件。 喷射检测单元具有设置在电极构件与头部相对的区域中的电极构件。 清洁器包括清洁构件以去除附着在电极构件上的液滴。 喷射检测单元通过检测在从电极构件上的喷墨头的喷嘴喷出的液滴中产生的电极部件的电变化，通过检测在液滴的喷嘴面 头部和电极部件以及喷嘴面与电极部件相对。 保持器构件支撑电极构件，并且保持清洁构件平行于喷嘴排列在头部中的喷嘴排列方向。

公开(公告)号：US20140132668A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-15

申请号：US14075128

申请日：2013-11-08

申请人： Shotaro Takeuchi

发明人： Shotaro Takeuchi

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, an ejection detector, and a cleaner. The ejection detector detects ejection or non-ejection of droplets from the head and has an electrode member disposed in an area in which the electrode member is opposable to the head. The cleaner cleans the electrode member after ejection or non-ejection of droplets from nozzles of the head is detected by detection of electric changes of the electrode member generated when the droplets ejected from the nozzles land on the electrode member with a potential difference created between a nozzle face of the head and the electrode member and the nozzle face opposed to the electrode member. The cleaner includes a wiping member to wipe droplets adhering to the electrode member. The wiping member and the electrode member are configured to be relatively moved in parallel to a nozzle array direction to clean the electrode member.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括记录头，喷射检测器和清洁器。 喷射检测器检测从头部喷射或不喷射液滴，并且具有设置在电极部件与头部相对的区域中的电极部件。 通过检测当从喷嘴喷射的液滴在电极部件上产生的电极部件的电变化时，电极部件之间产生的电位差在 头部和电极部件的喷嘴面和与电极部件相对的喷嘴面。 清洁器包括擦拭附着在电极部件上的液滴的擦拭部件。 擦拭构件和电极构件被构造成平行于喷嘴排列方向相对移动以清洁电极构件。

公开(公告)号：US10099478B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US15428567

申请日：2017-02-09

申请人： Masashi Ohnishi ,  Shotaro Takeuchi

发明人： Masashi Ohnishi ,  Shotaro Takeuchi

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus is provided including a liquid discharge head, a cap, and a wiper. The liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate having thereon a nozzle for discharging a liquid. The cap caps a surface of the nozzle plate. The wiper moves relative to the nozzle plate to wipe the surface of the nozzle plate. The surface of the nozzle plate has a cap contact region that is contactable with the cap. The wiper starts wiping from a wiping start position that is disposed between both end parts of the cap contact region in a direction of wiping. The wiper comes into contact with the surface of the nozzle plate at the wiping start position and moves in a first direction to wipe the surface of the nozzle plate, and thereafter moves in a second direction opposite the first direction to wipe the surface of the nozzle plate.

公开(公告)号：US20150097894A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-09

申请号：US14507929

申请日：2014-10-07

申请人： Shingo Masaoka ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiko Hisada

发明人： Shingo Masaoka ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiko Hisada

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/125 ,  B41J2/2142 ,  B41J29/38

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, an ejection detector, a cleaner and cleaning ejection controller. The ejection detector has a droplet landing member disposed in an area in which the droplet landing member faces the head. The ejection detector detects ejection or non-ejection by detecting electric change caused by landing of the droplets on the droplet landing member. The cleaner cleans a droplet landing surface of the droplet landing member. The cleaning ejection controller controls the recording head to eject droplets on the droplet landing surface for cleaning the droplet landing surface before cleaning the droplet landing surface by the cleaner. A quantity of the droplets for cleaning the droplet landing surface is greater than a quantity of the droplets for detecting ejection or non-ejection.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括记录头，喷射检测器，清洁器和清洁喷射控制器。 喷射检测器具有设置在液滴着陆部件面向头部的区域中的液滴着落部件。 喷射检测器通过检测由液滴着落部件上的着陆引起的电变化来检测喷射或不喷射。 清洁器清洁液滴着陆部件的液滴着陆面。 清洁喷射控制器控制记录头在液滴着落表面上喷射液滴，以清洁液滴着陆表面，然后用清洁器清洁液滴着陆面。 用于清洁液滴着陆表面的液滴的量大于用于检测喷射或不喷射的液滴的量。

公开(公告)号：US08454136B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US12769189

申请日：2010-04-28

申请人： Tomomi Katoh ,  Tadashi Hayakawa ,  Ikoh Soh ,  Toshiroh Tokuno ,  Akiko Bannai ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiro Kuwata ,  Masanori Kusunoki

发明人： Tomomi Katoh ,  Tadashi Hayakawa ,  Ikoh Soh ,  Toshiroh Tokuno ,  Akiko Bannai ,  Shotaro Takeuchi ,  Masahiro Kuwata ,  Masanori Kusunoki

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/17596

摘要： An ink cartridge removably mountable in an image forming apparatus includes a flexible storage member, a pressurization-space formation member, an output port, and an opening-and-closing assembly. The flexible storage member stores ink. The pressurization-space formation member hermetically houses the storage member and forms a pressurization space to which a fluid is supplied between the pressurization-space formation member and the storage member. The output port is connected to the storage member, through which the ink is supplied from the storage member to the image forming apparatus. The opening-and-closing assembly opens and closes between the output port and the storage member by the fluid supplied into the pressurization space.

摘要翻译： 可移除地安装在图像形成装置中的墨盒包括柔性存储构件，加压空间形成构件，输出端口和开闭组件。 柔性储存构件存储油墨。 加压空间形成部件密封地容纳存储部件，并形成在加压空间形成部件与收纳部件之间供给流体的加压空间。 输出端口连接到存储构件，通过该存储构件将墨水从存储构件供应到图像形成装置。 打开和关闭组件通过供应到加压空间中的流体在输出口和存储构件之间打开和关闭。