公开(公告)号：US20240157715A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18507723

申请日：2023-11-13

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Daisuke KANUMA

IPC: B41J11/42 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B65H31/02

CPC classification number: B41J11/42 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B65H31/02 ,  B65H2405/35 ,  B65H2801/06

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; an operation unit configured to be able to rotate about a rotation axis to a first operation position and a second operation position; a paper discharge tray configured to be able to move in a front-rear direction; a movement unit configured to move the paper discharge tray; a rotating mechanism configured to cause the operation unit from the first operation position to the second operation position in association with movement of the paper discharge tray; and a control unit, in which the paper discharge tray is able to move to an accommodating position, a loading position, and a stand-by position, when a position of the operation unit is the first operation position and the paper discharge tray moves between the accommodating position and the stand-by position, the rotating mechanism causes the operation unit to rotate from the first operation position to the second operation position, and when a position of the paper discharge tray is the accommodating position and the first condition is satisfied, the control unit performs first control in which the paper discharge tray is moved to the stand-by position.
In the printing apparatus, the paper discharge tray, which is able to move in the front-rear direction, is able to move to the accommodating position, the loading position, and the stand-by position. When the position of the operation unit is the first operation position and the paper discharge tray moves between the accommodating position and the stand-by position, the rotating mechanism, which causes the operation unit to rotate from the first operation position to the second operation position in association with movement of the paper discharge tray, causes the operation unit to rotate from the first operation position to the second operation position. When the position of the paper discharge tray is the accommodating position and the first condition is satisfied, the control unit causes the paper discharge tray to move to the stand-by position.

公开(公告)号：US20170313107A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15497765

申请日：2017-04-26

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Hitoshi IGARASHI ,  Kazuo OTSUKA ,  Masafumi FURUYAMA

IPC: B41J25/00

CPC classification number: B41J25/006 ,  B41J2/16538 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J2002/17573

Abstract: A recording device includes a carriage that has a recording head that performs recording on a medium and a plurality of liquid cartridges that house a liquid to be ejected from the recording head, the plurality of liquid cartridges being arranged in a line in a direction that intersects the movement direction of the carriage and being provided with target detection units, and a detector that includes a moving part which moves in a direction that intersects the movement direction of the carriage and that, by the movement of the moving part, detects the residual amount of the liquid between the detector and each of the target detection units of the plurality of the liquid cartridges.

公开(公告)号：US20170246891A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15441057

申请日：2017-02-23

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Katsunari KUMAGAI ,  Makoto SATO ,  Satoshi NAKATA ,  Tatsuya ITO

IPC: B41J25/308

CPC classification number: B41J25/3088 ,  B41J19/207 ,  B41J19/305

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium; and a gap adjusting unit that causes the carriage to shift in a direction in which a gap between a medium and the recording head changes depending on rotation of a cam. In a state in which the carriage is positioned at an end portion in a moving range in the first direction, at least a part of the carriage and at least a part of the cam overlap in a moving direction of the carriage. In the state in which the carriage is positioned at the end portion in the moving range in the first direction, the cam does not project with respect to the carriage in the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US20170246871A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15441069

申请日：2017-02-23

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Katsunari KUMAGAI ,  Hitoshi IGARASHI

IPC: B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/1753 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J25/34 ,  B41J29/02

Abstract: A recording apparatus is provided with a carriage that includes a recording head for recording on a medium and that is movable in a predetermined direction. The carriage includes plural cartridges that are removable and contain liquids to be ejected from the recording head, and an operating portion that performs operation to release fixation of the ink cartridges to the carriage. The ink cartridges are provided in the carriage to be arranged in a direction crossing a moving direction of the carriage, and the operating portion is located outside the ink cartridges in the moving direction of the carriage.

公开(公告)号：US20150065404A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-05

申请号：US14471626

申请日：2014-08-28

Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD. ,  SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION ,  HOSOKAWA CORPORATION

Inventor： Kenichiro MATSUBARA ,  Masamichi YAMAMOTO ,  Satoshi NAKATA ,  Koji HOSOKAWA

IPC: C10M169/06

CPC classification number: C10M169/06 ,  C10M107/02 ,  C10M117/04 ,  C10M145/28 ,  C10M2205/0206 ,  C10M2205/0285 ,  C10M2207/1256 ,  C10M2207/1285 ,  C10M2209/104 ,  C10N2220/022 ,  C10N2230/06 ,  C10N2240/06 ,  C10N2250/10

Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for use in an image forming apparatus, containing a thickener, a base oil and a lubricity improver, wherein the thickener is a lithium soap, the base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil, the lubricity improver is a polyethylene oxide wax, and the image forming apparatus is equipped with a sliding member and a member for holding the sliding member which is driven to slide through the holding member via the grease composition, one of the sliding member or the holding member for the sliding member having a sliding surface formed from a metal, and the other having a sliding surface formed from a resin.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供一种用于图像形成装置的润滑脂组合物，其包含增稠剂，基础油和润滑性改进剂，其中增稠剂是锂皂，基础油是合成烃油，润滑性改进剂是聚环氧乙烷 蜡，并且图像形成装置配备有滑动构件和用于保持滑动构件的构件，该构件被驱动以经由润滑脂组合物滑动通过保持构件，滑动构件或用于滑动构件的保持构件中的一个具有 由金属形成的滑动面，另一方具有由树脂形成的滑动面。

公开(公告)号：US20240308227A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18604084

申请日：2024-03-13

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Kanji MOMOSE ,  Katsumi MARUYAMA ,  Masanari TANAKA ,  Katsumi YAMADA ,  Hirokazu ANADA

IPC: B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/1742

Abstract: A holding portion holding a waste liquid container is disposed at a position at which a waste liquid container region overlapping the waste liquid container in a region inside a printing apparatus and a movement path of a carriage overlap when viewed from a transport direction, above a transport path and downstream of the movement path of the carriage in the transport direction, a liquid supply tube overlaps the waste liquid container region when viewed from the transport direction, and a contact reducing member reducing contact between the waste liquid container and the liquid supply tube is disposed between the liquid supply tube and the waste liquid container region.

公开(公告)号：US20230294437A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18185128

申请日：2023-03-16

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Masanari TANAKA ,  Tatsuya ITO

IPC: B41J29/02

CPC classification number: B41J29/02

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording portion that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid to be ejected by the recording portion; and a housing that includes an accommodation portion exterior that accommodates the liquid accommodation portion, wherein the liquid accommodation portion includes a viewing region configured that the liquid accommodated is viewed, the accommodation portion exterior of the housing includes a viewing portion that faces the viewing region and is configured that the liquid is viewed, and a lighting portion that takes in light from outside the housing, and an optical path through which the light taken in passes is provided between the liquid accommodation portion and the accommodation portion exterior.

公开(公告)号：US20230056275A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17820507

申请日：2022-08-17

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Masahito TATSUMI

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: A drainage container configured to be attached and detached in an attachment/detachment direction to and from an apparatus including a discharge portion to discharge drainage and configured to store the drainage discharged from the discharge portion, includes: a housing that stores the drainage and includes an opening formed in an upper surface of the housing; an accepting portion that accepts the drainage discharged from the discharge portion; and a lid portion configured to open and close the opening, in which the lid portion takes on an open state to open the opening when the drainage container is attached to the apparatus, and the lid portion takes on a closed state to close the opening when the drainage container is detached from the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20140009518A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-09

申请号：US13935771

申请日：2013-07-05

Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Inventor： Katsunari KUMAGAI ,  Kazumasa HARADA ,  Kazutoshi MATSUZAKI ,  Satoshi NAKATA ,  Hidetaka KAWATA

IPC: B41J2/04

CPC classification number: B41J2/04 ,  B41J25/3082

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head performing recording on a recording medium, a carriage movable in a scanning direction of the recording head; a first guide member guiding the carriage in the scanning direction; a second guide member provided positioned at a predetermined distance in a direction intersecting the scanning direction with respect to the first guide member; a first gap adjusting unit provided on the carriage, and causing the housing of the carriage to displace in a direction changing the gap between a support face supporting a recording medium and the recording head; a second gap adjusting unit causing the housing of the carriage to displace by being synchronized with the first gap unit in a direction changing the gap; a synchronization unit.

Abstract translation: 记录装置包括：在记录介质上执行记录的记录头，可在记录头的扫描方向上移动的托架; 第一引导构件，其在扫描方向上引导托架; 第二引导构件，其相对于所述第一引导构件在与扫描方向相交的方向上以预定距离设置; 设置在所述滑架上的第一间隙调节单元，并且使所述滑架的壳体沿着改变支撑记录介质的支撑面与所述记录头之间的间隙的方向移位; 第二间隙调节单元，通过在改变所述间隙的方向上与所述第一间隙单元同步地使所述托架的壳体移位; 一个同步单元。

公开(公告)号：US20250033386A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18783473

申请日：2024-07-25

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Hirokazu ANADA

IPC: B41J13/10 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A recording device includes a placement section configured to pivot about a first pivot shaft between a use state and a stored state, the placement section being configured to support a medium to be recorded on by a recording section; a housing that accommodates the recording section and in which is formed a sheet feeding port; a cover section configured to pivot about a second pivot shaft between a covering state that covers at least a part of the sheet feeding port and an open state that opens up the sheet feeding port; and an interlocking section that pivots the cover section, and that pivots the cover section, wherein the cover section in the open state is in a posture along the placement section in the stored state and the sheet feeding port is between the first pivot shaft and the second pivot shaft.