序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
181 ELECTRONIC DEVICE US13495162 2012-06-13 US20130004224A1 2013-01-03 Yoshihiko Iwata
An electronic device of the present invention is provided with a printer that selectively houses any one of a plurality of paper rolls for different paper widths within a device body, includes a first housing section which houses a first paper roll having a first paper width corresponding to the paper width, a second housing section which houses a second paper roll having a second paper width that is narrower than the first paper width corresponding to the paper width, and a paper roll guiding section which guides the first paper roll or the second paper roll inserted into the electronic device to either one of the first housing section and the second housing section corresponding to the paper width, by providing the bottom section of the second housing section that is a step lower than the bottom section of the first housing section.
182 SHEET TRANSPORT AND HOLD DOWN APPARATUS US13164412 2011-06-20 US20120319347A1 2012-12-20 Steven R. Moore
A media sheet transport including a belt for supporting the media thereon. The belt is operably connected to a drive mechanism for moving the belt in a process direction past an image marking unit. The belt has a plurality of openings therein. A vacuum plenum has a surface disposed below the belt and is operably connected to a vacuum source. The vacuum plenum is adapted to applying a negative pressure to the media for holding the media to the belt. An electrostatic hold down apparatus includes a first tacking roller spaced in a cross-process direction from a second tacking roller. The first and second tacking rollers are engagable with the belt. The first tacking roller is disposed to engage the inboard edge of the media, and the second tacking roller is disposed to engage the outboard edge of the media. The first and second tacking rollers impart an electrostatic charge to the edges of the media for electrostatically securing the inboard and outboard edges of the media to the belt.
183 Vacuum platen mechanism and fluid droplet discharge device US13412081 2012-03-05 US08322845B2 2012-12-04 Hironori Maekawa; Shun Oya
Mechanism for producing vacuum pressure and air flow for drawing recording paper of various widths to the platen surface of a printer enables such pressure and air flow to be held in a suitable range without adjusting the suction. A first suction area of specified width is disposed width-wise in the middle of the platen surface that opposes the inkjet head of the printer, and second suction areas are disposed on the left and right sides of the first suction area, the front edge of which is offset from the front edge of the second suction areas. The first suction area is divided to form first chambers, each having a first suction hole that communicates with a vacuum channel. The second suction areas are segmented to form second chambers, some, but not all, of which are formed with second suction holes that are spaced from the first suction holes.
184 Vacuum Platen Mechanism and Fluid Droplet Discharge Device US13412081 2012-03-05 US20120218341A1 2012-08-30 Hironori Maekawa; Shun Oya
Mechanism for producing vacuum pressure and air flow for drawing recording paper of various widths to the platen surface of a printer enables such pressure and air flow to be held in a suitable range without adjusting the suction. A first suction area of specified width is disposed width-wise in the middle of the platen surface that opposes the inkjet head of the printer, and second suction areas are disposed on the left and right sides of the first suction area, the front edge of which is offset from the front edge of the second suction areas. The first suction area is divided to form first chambers, each having a first suction hole that communicates with a vacuum channel. The second suction areas are segmented to form second chambers, some, but not all, of which are formed with second suction holes that are spaced from the first suction holes.
185 PRINTING APPARATUS US13348430 2012-01-11 US20120194613A1 2012-08-02 Koichiro Kawaguchi; Toshiki Takeuchi; Kengo Nieda; Shigeru Toriihara
A printing apparatus includes a print head for inkjet printing, and a guide disposed opposing the print head and configured to guide a back surface of a sheet being conveyed in a first direction. The back surface is a reverse surface of a surface being printed. The printing apparatus further includes a receiving unit disposed opposing the print head and configured to receive ink outside the sheet being conveyed, and a mechanism configured to change a position of the guide in a second direction relative to the receiving unit being fixed, according to a size of the sheet to be used. The second direction crosses the first direction.
186 Print module, information processing device, print system, print unit, ink supply unit, print method, and program US11913615 2006-05-31 US08208158B2 2012-06-26 Hiroyuki Ishinaga; Yoichi Sonobe; Kazuo Haida; Yuichi Takahashi; Chiharu Yumoto; Kenji Hatakeyama
The present invention provides a print module, an information processing device, a print system, a print unit, an ink supply unit, a print method and program, all capable of quickly and easily meeting demands for a print medium size change, particularly to increased sizes, while at the same time coping with demands for faster printing speed. To this end, this invention constructs the print heads (811) in the form of print modules (M) so that their ink systems and signal systems are independent among the print modules. Each print module is set with identity information for its identification.
187 Inkjet recording device US12053543 2008-03-21 US08038241B2 2011-10-18 Hiroto Sugahara
An inkjet recording device according to an aspect of the invention comprises: an ejection head configured to eject ink on a recording medium; a conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium on a conveying path, the conveying path including a first conveying path positioned where the ejection head forms an image on the recording medium and extending along a first direction; an attaching unit configured to attach a second recording medium having an adherable part adherable to the recording medium such that a part of the second recording medium projects from an end portion of the recording medium with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The ejection head is configured to record an image on the second recording medium in a position outside the recording medium with respect to the second direction.
188 THERMAL PRINTER US13023787 2011-02-09 US20110193926A1 2011-08-11 Gen MATSUSHIMA; Yasuyuki Mori; Katsutoshi Mukaijima
A thermal printer in which papers in a plurality of different widths are usable is configured of a platen roller unit including a platen roller; a thermal printhead unit including a thermal printhead and an exothermic element array; and a plurality of bias elements arranged on the thermal printhead in a width direction to press the thermal printhead onto the platen roller, in which the number of the bias elements is a value obtained by dividing a maximum width of the different widths by a highest common factor of the different widths; the bias elements are arranged with an equal interval which is the highest common factor of the different widths; and among the bias elements, a bias element arranged outside of the width of a paper in use is configured not to apply a load to the thermal printhead to press the platen roller.
189 Transport amount correcting method, recording apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon US11892214 2007-08-21 US07992992B2 2011-08-09 Tatsuya Nakano; Masahiko Yoshida; Bunji Ishimoto; Toru Miyamoto; Hirokazu Nunokawa; Yoichi Kakehashi
A transport amount correcting method, including; (A) storing in a memory, in regard to a medium of a predetermined size, correction values associated with relative positions of the medium and a head; and (B) when carrying out recording on the medium of the predetermined size, transporting the medium while correcting a target transport amount using a correction value associated with a relative position of the medium and the head, and when carrying out recording on a medium larger than the predetermined size, transporting the medium while correcting the target transport amount by using a portion of the correction values a plurality of times, the portion of the correction values being a portion of the correction values among the correction values used when the medium of the predetermined size is being transported by both an upstream side roller and a downstream side roller.
190 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS US12986037 2011-01-06 US20110102532A1 2011-05-05 Shinji Toyoshima
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a platen holding a recording medium at a position opposed to a recording head, a suction generating member for suctioning the recording medium to the platen, a first recessed portion provided at a region on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where the region faces a scanning area of the recording head, and a second recessed portion provided at a position on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where the second recessed portion is provided on the downstream side of a region opposed to the scanning area and provided at a position corresponding to an end portion of the recording medium to be conveyed.
191 PRINTING APPARATUS US12860486 2010-08-20 US20110057978A1 2011-03-10 Hiromasa Harashina
According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a transverse adjusting mechanism and an abutting frame. The transverse adjusting mechanism moves a passbook in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction to make a first side of the passbook abut on the abutting frame while the passbook set to be inserted to a medium inlet is being received and conveyed. Accordingly, the transverse adjusting mechanism positions the passbook with respect to a printing region of a dot head, and retracts the abutting frame from a conveying path while a statement paper is being conveyed. The printing apparatus includes a controller to determine whether the first side of the passbook is placed inward from the abutting frame. The controller controls receiving and conveying the inserted passbook based on the determination result.
192 PRINTER MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR FEED GUIDE MECHANISMS US12639146 2009-12-16 US20110052302A1 2011-03-03 David E. Kayser; Victor C. Riccardi; Richard A. Sloan, JR.
A printer having a printer deck and a media support mechanism having a flexible biased mount is provided. In one configuration, the media support mechanism includes an adjustable side guide that is mounted in a biased clamp mechanism. The biased clamp mechanism includes opposing clamps arranged in the same plane that each have two portions with at least one biased toward the other portion. Each opposing clamp includes a top portion and a bottom portion fixed to the printer deck by a shoulder bolt wherein the bottom portion engages a coil spring and is spring biased from the deck toward the top portion of the clamp to engage the mounting portion of the side guide. The coil springs are selected to apply sufficient force to facilitate holding the side guide sufficiently in place during operation and to also allow a reasonable force to adjust the width of the side guide.
193 Inkjet recording apparatus US11761979 2007-06-12 US07887179B2 2011-02-15 Shinji Toyoshima
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a platen holding a recording medium at a position opposed to a recording head, a suction generating member for suctioning the recording medium to the platen, a first recessed portion provided at a region on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where the region faces a scanning area of the recording head, and a second recessed portion provided at a position on the platen and connected with the suction generating member, where the second recessed portion is provided on the downstream side of a region opposed to the scanning area and provided at a position corresponding to an end portion of the recording medium to be conveyed.
194 Paper feeding mechanism US11473186 2006-06-23 US07793930B2 2010-09-14 Cheng Lung Lin
A paper feeding mechanism applied to an office machine for feeding a paper is disclosed. The paper feeding mechanism comprises a first adjusting board having a first fixing component, a second adjusting board having a second fixing component, a paper feeding body having a first groove and a second groove wherein the first fixing component is penetrated through the first groove and the second fixing component is penetrated through the second groove, and a flexible component having a bending structure wherein one end of the flexible component is fixed on the first fixing component of the first adjusting board and the other end of the flexible component is fixed on the second fixing component of the second adjusting board. Thereby the first adjusting board and the second adjusting board are moved simultaneously and in opposite directions by means of the bending structure so as to adjust a relative distance between the first adjusting board and the second adjusting board in response to a size of the paper.
195 Printer US11966224 2007-12-28 US07787136B2 2010-08-31 Aiko Okajima
A printer comprises a receiving section which receives printing jobs from a networked personal computers, a storage section which stores the received printing jobs, and a printing section which executes a printing job extracted from the storage section. A control section of the printer determines whether the printing jobs received by the receiving section include special printing, and causes a display section to display a list of the printing jobs including the special printing. The printing section executes the printing job selected from the displayed list by the user through an input section.
196 RECORDING APPARATUS US12710139 2010-02-22 US20100149298A1 2010-06-17 Satoshi FUJIOKA; Takayuki Ishii; Yoshitaka Shimada
There are provided a suction unit which sucks a recording medium, and a unit which changes sucking force of the suction unit according to the property of the recording medium. Hereby, since the sucking force of the suction unit can be set according to a state of the recording medium. Therefore, for example, even if the recording medium is greatly curled, since its recording medium can be surely sucked on the transporting surface of the recording medium by the suction unit. Further, even if the recording medium has little rigidity and is thin, it is possible to prevent the recording medium from being stuck on the transporting surface of the recording medium by the suction unit.
197 LABEL PEELING UNIT AND LABEL PRINTER US12523751 2007-12-27 US20100089535A1 2010-04-15 Shinichiro Hosono; Kenta Kano
A label peeling unit having an installation body: a movable body movable while engaging with the installation body and stopping in a closed state or an open state in which the movable body is closed or open relative to the installation body; a label peeling body installed on the movable body and allowing backing paper of a continuous label body, which is conveyed by the paper sheet conveyance device, to be in contact with the label peeling body to bend the backing paper for peeling a part of a label off the backing paper; and a backing paper conveyance roller rotatably installed on the movable body and rotating while being in contact with a platen roller of the paper sheet conveyance device with the backing paper in between to thereby convey the backing paper and discharge it to the outside. The label peeling unit facilitates loading of paper sheets.
198 LABEL ROLL HOLDER RETURNING MECHANISM FOR BARCODE PRINTER US12554211 2009-09-04 US20100061790A1 2010-03-11 CHENG-HAO YU; CHAO-CHENG HSU
A label roll holder returning mechanism is provided for a barcode printer and includes at least one restoration roller, a coiled resilient element, at least two movable rails, and at least two label roll holding elements. The restoration roller is rotatably mounted to a bottom of the barcode printer and has a top portion forming a positive-movement engagement section. The coiled resilient element is received inside the restoration roller to provide a restoration force to the rotation of the restoration roller. The movable rails are set to the bottom of the barcode printer in a substantially parallel manner. Each movable rail has a surface forming at least one counterpart positive-movement engagement section engaging the positive-movement engagement section of the restoration roller. The label roll holding elements are arranged at a top of the barcode printer and are coupled to the movable rails respectively, whereby the label roll holding elements offer the function of outward separating from each other for removing and installing a roll of label and inward approaching each other to clamp and hold the label roll by means of the engagement between the restoration roller and the movable rails and the restoration force thereof. As such, a label roll holder returning mechanism featuring balanced force restoration is provided.
199 PRINTER AND PRINTING PAPER US12540786 2009-08-13 US20100045765A1 2010-02-25 Akira Miyakawa; Shoji Kikuchi
A printer includes a printing unit configured to print on a sheet medium, a reading unit configured to read an identification mark when a sheet medium on which the identification mark is formed is used, and a control unit configured to specify a print setting for the sheet medium based on a read result of the reading unit, wherein the identification mark is a coded pattern drawn using a material containing a substance that scatters or absorbs ultraviolet light and containing no fluorescent substance, and wherein the reading unit includes an emitter configured to mainly emit ultraviolet light and a detector configured to detect fluorescence generated by excitation from a fluorescent whitening agent contained in the sheet medium and modulated by the coded pattern.
200 Ink jet printer with discharge recovery US11986644 2007-11-21 US07661811B2 2010-02-16 Kaneo Yoda
An ink jet printer for discharging ink drips to a printing medium mounted on a conveying belt and conveyed from a plurality of nozzles, in which the printing quality is improved and the printed speed is raised. A printing medium conveying section has first and second conveying portions connected in the conveying direction of the printing medium and a plurality of conveying belts are arranged by mutually keeping a predetermined interval, in which the conveying belts of the first and second conveying portions are set so that an other-hand conveying belt is located between one-hand conveying belts, and a printing head is constituted of first head set to a position facing the gap between the conveying belts of the first conveying portion and a second head set to a position facing the gap between the conveying belts of the second conveying portion.
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