公开(公告)号：US20240053703A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18447169

申请日：2023-08-09

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuta WATANABE ,  Ryuji MORIYAMA

IPC: G03G21/16

CPC classification number: G03G21/1633

Abstract: A recording device includes a medium support unit supporting a medium, a recording head performing recording on the medium supported by the medium support unit, and a housing accommodating the medium support unit and the recording head. The housing includes a cover being openable and closable and configured to open a front surface of the housing. A work surface is provided between the front surface and the medium support unit, and the medium support unit and the work surface are exposed when the cover is open.

公开(公告)号：US20210044712A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16988097

申请日：2020-08-07

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Naohiro UEYAMA ,  Kenichi TANIOKA ,  Yuta WATANABE

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: A document reader includes a reading unit that reads an image of a document medium, a second driving roller pair that nips and transports the document medium downstream of a read-enabling position of the reading unit, and a control unit that controls rotation of the second driving roller pair. The control unit stops the rotation of the second driving roller pair in a state in which the document medium is not positioned in the read-enabling position and in a state in which the document medium is nipped by the second driving roller pair.

公开(公告)号：US20220227145A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17648188

申请日：2022-01-18

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Manato NISHI ,  Yuta WATANABE ,  Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI

IPC: B41J11/00

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to perform recording on a recording medium being conveyed in a conveyance direction, a carriage in which the recording head is mounted, the carriage being configured to perform scanning in a scanning direction that intersects the conveyance direction, and a guide member including a flat surface configured to guide the carriage in the scanning direction. The carriage includes a sliding part configured to slide in contact with the guide member, an impregnated member impregnated with lubricant on at least one side of the sliding part in the scanning direction, and a pressure member configured to press the impregnated member to the guide member side from a surface on a side opposite to the guide member with respect to the impregnated member.

公开(公告)号：US20200296240A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16886852

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuta WATANABE ,  Koji HIGUCHI ,  Naohiro UEYAMA ,  Motofumi OTANI

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G02B26/10 ,  B65H5/06

Abstract: A scanner apparatus includes a housing including an insertion port into which a medium is inserted, a discharge port from which the medium is discharged, a conveying roller configured to convey the medium inserted from the scanning insertion port, and a scanning unit configured to scan the medium conveyed by the conveying roller. The scanning insertion port and the discharge port are provided on a +Y direction side of the housing. The housing includes a placement face extending in a −Y direction from the scanning insertion port. The placement face, when a first end of the medium is inserted into the scanning insertion port, is able to support a portion of the medium on a second end side opposite to the first end. The first end of the medium is discharged from the discharge port in a direction on the +Y direction side or in a −Z direction.

公开(公告)号：US20190306356A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16368178

申请日：2019-03-28

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuta WATANABE ,  Koji HIGUCHI ,  Naohiro UEYAMA ,  Motofumi OTANI

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  B65H5/06 ,  G02B26/10

Abstract: A scanner apparatus includes a housing including an insertion port into which a medium is inserted, a discharge port from which the medium is discharged, a conveying roller configured to convey the medium inserted from the scanning insertion port, and a scanning unit configured to scan the medium conveyed by the conveying roller. The scanning insertion port and the discharge port are provided on a +Y direction side of the housing. The housing includes a placement face extending in a −Y direction from the scanning insertion port. The placement face, when a first end of the medium is inserted into the scanning insertion port, is able to support a portion of the medium on a second end side opposite to the first end. The first end of the medium is discharged from the discharge port in a direction on the +Y direction side or in a −Z direction.

公开(公告)号：US20240066901A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18454410

申请日：2023-08-23

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Tsutomu OZAKI ,  Ryuji MORIYAMA ,  Akimasa NOZAWA ,  Yuta WATANABE

IPC: B41J29/17 ,  B41J29/13

CPC classification number: B41J29/17 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A printing device includes a printing section that is provided on a first direction side with respect to a medium and that performs printing and a wiper that is detachably attached inside a housing and that is configured to wipe the printing section, wherein the wiper is configured to be pulled out from the housing by being pulled out in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230294436A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18183814

申请日：2023-03-14

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryuji MORIYAMA ,  Akimasa NOZAWA ,  Yuta WATANABE ,  Tsutomu OZAKI

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13

CPC classification number: B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium supporting part configured to support a medium, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the medium supporting part, and a housing covering the medium supporting part and the recording unit. An opening for communication between inside and outside of the housing is provided in a first surface and a second surface intersecting the first surface of the housing. The housing includes a housing cover being openable and closable and configured to cover the opening. The housing cover includes a first cover configured to cover the opening in the first surface, and a second cover configured to cover the opening in the second surface. The first cover is coupled to the housing by a first coupling part. The second cover is coupled to the first cover through a second coupling part.

公开(公告)号：US20250065651A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18811027

申请日：2024-08-21

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryuji MORIYAMA ,  Yuta WATANABE

IPC: B41J25/00

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a moving mechanism configured to be movable in a front-rear direction with respect to a medium support portion that supports a printing medium, and a driving mechanism that moves the moving mechanism in the front-rear direction, wherein the moving mechanism includes a first guide shaft, a second guide shaft, a first leg portion movably supported by the first guide shaft, and a second leg portion movably supported by the second guide shaft, the driving mechanism includes a leg-driving motor and a transmission structure that transmits driving force generated by the leg-driving motor to the first leg portion and the second leg portion, and the leg driving motor is disposed between the first guide shaft and the second guide shaft in the left-right direction and drives the first leg portion and the second leg portion in the front-rear direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230288838A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18181052

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Akimasa NOZAWA ,  Ryuji MORIYAMA ,  Tsutomu OZAKI ,  Yuta WATANABE

IPC: G03G15/04 ,  G03G15/16

CPC classification number: G03G15/04036 ,  G03G15/1615 ,  G03G2215/00379 ,  G03G2215/0872

Abstract: A recording device includes a support portion that supports a medium, a recording unit that performs recording on the supported medium, an irradiation unit that emits light on the medium on which recording is performed, a housing that covers the support portion, the recording unit, and the irradiation unit, wherein the housing includes light transmissive members through which an inside of the housing is visually recognizable, the light transmissive members being provided at four surfaces including an upper surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, and a front surface that constitute the housing, the light transmissive members being configured to reduce transmittance of light transmitted through the four surfaces from the inside of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20190300316A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16362982

申请日：2019-03-25

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuta WATANABE

IPC: B65H20/02 ,  H04N1/00

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a first roller configured to transport a medium, a second roller configured to transport the medium at a different position, in the transport direction of the medium, from the first roller, the second roller including a rotary shaft parallel to a rotary shaft of the first roller, and a bearing portion configured to contact with both the rotary shaft of the first roller and the rotary shaft of the second roller in an area in an extending direction of the rotary shaft, within which the transported medium passes.