公开(公告)号：US09346299B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-24

申请号：US14559476

申请日：2014-12-03

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Tatsuya Ito

IPC: B41J2/01 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J19/00 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38

CPC classification number: B41J29/02 ,  B41J19/005 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38

Abstract: Provided is a recording apparatus including a controller which controls a recording operation relating to a recording medium, a carriage which can move in a predetermined movement direction, a cable which is connected to both the controller and the carriage and passes across the upper side of at least a part of a carriage movement area in the predetermined movement direction, and a metallic member which partially shields at least a part of the cable, which is a portion extending in a direction intersecting the predetermined movement direction, a guiding member which is formed of metal and guides the cable and a substrate which constitutes the controller. The metallic member is mounted on the guiding member, in a state where the cable is pinched between the metallic member and the guiding member. The metallic member is electrically connected to a ground in the substrate.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种记录装置，其包括控制与记录介质相关的记录操作的控制器，可沿预定移动方向移动的滑架，连接到控制器和滑架两者并经过上侧的电缆 在预定移动方向上的滑架移动区域的至少一部分，以及部分地屏蔽作为沿与预定移动方向相交的方向延伸的部分的电缆的至少一部分的金属构件，由 金属并引导电缆和构成控制器的基板。 在电缆被夹在金属构件和导向构件之间的状态下，金属构件安装在引导构件上。 金属构件电连接到衬底中的接地。

公开(公告)号：US11420457B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17224442

申请日：2021-04-07

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Keita Hanawa ,  Kensuke Tamai ,  Katsumi Yamada ,  Tatsuya Ito

IPC: B41J25/308

Abstract: An apparatus includes a gap adjuster that adjusts a gap in a vertical direction between a recording head and a supporting surface for supporting a medium. The gap adjuster adjusts the gap by engagement of a carriage, a slide member, and a cam member that is provided therebetween and has a stepped portion with an alternate-arrangement structure in a width direction. The gap adjuster includes a coil spring that urges the carriage with respect to the slide member in the direction that is the opposite of the transportation direction. A slide contact member is provided on an end of the coil spring.

公开(公告)号：US10093118B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

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 ,  B41J19/20 ,  B41J19/30

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：US10391796B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US16030711

申请日：2018-07-09

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Tatsuya Ito ,  Kazuhisa Nakamura

IPC: B41J3/60 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J23/02

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium transported in a first direction; a medium feeding unit that is positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction of the recording unit, includes a medium supporting unit; and a medium reversing unit that reverses the medium transmitted in the second direction after the recording of the recording unit, and transmits the medium to the first direction, in which the medium feeding unit includes a first guide unit and forms a first guide surface in the downward slope toward the first direction, and a power transmission unit that transmits a driving power from a power source of the medium reversing unit to the medium reversing unit, and at least a part of the first guide unit in a vertical direction overlaps with the power transmission unit.

公开(公告)号：US11602943B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US17235678

申请日：2021-04-20

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Tatsuya Ito ,  Haruki Miyasaka

IPC: B41J29/17 ,  B41J11/70

Abstract: A printer includes a feeding roller, a cleaning member, a holder, a main stacker, and a motor unit. The cleaning member cleans the feeding roller. The holder supports the feeding roller and is provided so as to be movable between a cleaning position and a retreat position. The main stacker moves the holder from the retreat position to the cleaning position. The motor unit is provided so as to be able to perform switching between driving of the feeding roller and driving of the main stacker. The motor unit rotates the feeding roller when the holder is positioned at the cleaning position.

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：US10543688B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US16030454

申请日：2018-07-09

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Tatsuya Ito ,  Satoshi Yoshino ,  Makoto Sato ,  Kensuke Tamai

IPC: B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/14

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an electric field forming section including a conductive member and configured to form an electric field, and the conductive member includes at least one first portion and a second portion, each of the at least one first portion being disposed at a position being nearer the recording head than a position of the second portion and included in a corresponding one of at least one liquid discarding region each of which, in an execution of borderless recording, is used for the ejection of the liquid onto an outside of a corresponding one of at least one edge whose position corresponds to each of at least one predetermined size of a medium, the second portion being disposed in a recording region other than the at least one liquid discarding region.