公开(公告)号：US20250128516A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-24

申请号：US18925462

申请日：2024-10-24

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA ,  Katsumi YAMADA

IPC: B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J29/46

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes: a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid onto a medium; a supporting portion disposed at a position that is opposed to the liquid ejecting unit to support the medium, the supporting portion including a first discharging hole through which the liquid is discharged downward; a liquid receiving section disposed lower than the supporting portion and configured to receive the liquid discharged from the first discharging hole; and a device body including the liquid ejecting unit, the supporting portion, and the liquid receiving section. When the device body is tilted from a first posture by a first angle, the liquid receiving section maintains its horizontality.

公开(公告)号：US20240051312A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18490313

申请日：2023-10-19

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Keisuke SASAKI ,  Shinji KANEMARU ,  Katsumi YAMADA ,  Takatoshi YAMAZAKI

IPC: B41J11/14 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B65H5/06

CPC classification number: B41J11/14 ,  B41J2/1652 ,  B65H5/062 ,  B65H2404/14

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head that performs recording; a feeding roller that feeds out a medium that has been set, a transport roller that transports the medium fed out by the feeding roller toward a facing position facing the recording head; an auxiliary roller that is provided between the feeding roller and the transport roller and that assists in the transport of the medium; a motor that generates a driving force; and a drive train that is configured to transmit the driving force of the motor to the auxiliary roller and the transport roller.

公开(公告)号：US20230321982A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18336545

申请日：2023-06-16

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Katsumi YAMADA ,  Takatoshi YAMAZAKI

IPC: B41J2/165

CPC classification number: B41J2/16517

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first absorbing member (extended absorbing member or the like) that absorbs a liquid discarded from a discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of a medium supported by a support section as a waste liquid. The recording apparatus includes a second absorbing member (waste liquid absorbing member) that absorbs the waste liquid sent from a cap, an accommodating section (waste liquid box) that holds the second absorbing member, and a delivery section that delivers the liquid between the first absorbing member and the second absorbing member. In a state where the accommodating section is inserted into an apparatus main body, the delivery section 141 is inclined downward from the first absorbing member toward the second absorbing member, and an inclination of the delivery section when the accommodating section is removed from the apparatus main body varies depending on an inserted state.

公开(公告)号：US20220379620A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17664481

申请日：2022-05-23

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Satoshi NAKATA ,  Katsumi YAMADA

IPC: B41J2/175 ,  B41J29/02

Abstract: Provided is a discharged liquid container detachable to an apparatus having an outlet portion from which discharged liquid is to be drained, and configured to contain the discharged liquid drained from the outlet portion. The discharged liquid container includes a casing inside which the discharged liquid is containable, a connection portion provided in a first face of the casing and configured to be coupled to the outlet portion, and a lid portion configured to change in position between a closed state for covering the connection portion and an open state for opening the connection portion. The lid portion is configured to be in the open state in a state of attachment of the casing to the apparatus and be in the closed state in a state of detachment of the casing from the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20220134759A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17452257

申请日：2021-10-26

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Katsumi YAMADA ,  Takatoshi YAMAZAKI

IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first absorbing member (extended absorbing member or the like) that absorbs a liquid discarded from a discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of a medium supported by a support section as a waste liquid. The recording apparatus includes a second absorbing member (waste liquid absorbing member) that absorbs the waste liquid sent from a cap, an accommodating section (waste liquid box) that holds the second absorbing member, and a delivery section that delivers the liquid between the first absorbing member and the second absorbing member. In a state where the accommodating section is inserted into an apparatus main body, the delivery section 141 is inclined downward from the first absorbing member toward the second absorbing member, and an inclination of the delivery section when the accommodating section is removed from the apparatus main body varies depending on an inserted state.

公开(公告)号：US20220016909A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17374169

申请日：2021-07-13

Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Inventor： Kazuo SAITO ,  Hiroki SHINAGAWA ,  Satoru ORII ,  Katsumi YAMADA ,  Nobuhisa NOMOTO

IPC: B41J11/00

Abstract: A medium-discharging device includes: a medium-discharging section that discharges a medium; a medium-receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section; a light-emitting section that emits light to the medium-receiving tray; and a control section that controls the light-emitting section, in which the medium-receiving tray is configured to switch between a first state in which the medium-receiving tray is stored in an apparatus main body that includes the medium-discharging section and a second state in which the medium-receiving tray protrudes from the apparatus main body, and the control section controls the light-emitting section in accordance with a state or operation of the medium-receiving tray.

公开(公告)号：US20210031533A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US17073961

申请日：2020-10-19

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Katsumi YAMADA ,  Kazunori TAKABAYASHI ,  Morio IWATA ,  Keisuke SASAKI ,  Satoshi NAKATA

IPC: B41J2/175 ,  B41J25/00

Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to eject a liquid onto a medium to record, a carriage including the recording unit and configured to move in an X direction corresponding to a medium width direction that intersects a Y direction corresponding to a medium transport direction, a liquid reservoir located in the carriage at a position above the recording unit, configured to contain a liquid, and having a fill port through which the liquid is supplied, a fill port unit located in the carriage at a position above the liquid reservoir and including a component for open/close operation of the fill port, and an operation unit through which the device is operated. The fill port unit and the operation unit partly overlap in a device front-rear direction that is parallel to the medium transport direction, when viewed in the X direction.

公开(公告)号：US20200369055A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16878151

申请日：2020-05-19

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoshikazu NAGAI ,  Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA ,  Kazunori TAKABAYASHI ,  Hisayuki AKAHANE ,  Kensuke TAMAI ,  Shintaro MIYAMOTO ,  Katsumi YAMADA

IPC: B41J29/02

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.

公开(公告)号：US20180367686A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US16008867

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Katsumi YAMADA

IPC: H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00535 ,  B65H2801/39 ,  H04N1/00551 ,  H04N1/00567 ,  H04N2201/0081

Abstract: The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a cover portion which is openable and closable and in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface supports a document in an opened state, and a document support tray which is displaceable between a storage position where the document support tray is stored in a state along the second surface in a state where the cover portion is closed and a withdrawn position where the document support tray is withdrawn from the storage position to the upstream side in the feeding direction of the document in a state where the cover portion is opened, and which supports at least a portion of a document supported by the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened.

公开(公告)号：US20180099505A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-12

申请号：US15723465

申请日：2017-10-03

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Katsumi YAMADA ,  Satoshi NAKATA ,  Kazuhisa KAWAKAMI ,  Katsunari KUMAGAI

IPC: B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/1753 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A liquid container and a liquid ejection apparatus for the liquid ejection apparatus is provided. A hook portion provided on a +Z direction side wall portion that is positioned on the +Z direction side or a +X direction side wall portion that is positioned on the +X direction side when the liquid container is mounted to a mount portion is configured to restrict movement of the liquid container from the mount portion in the +Z direction by engaging with one of the outer face on the +X direction side in a moving body, the outer face on the +X direction side of a rotation lever, a gap in the Z direction formed between the wall on the +X direction side of the moving body and the rotation lever.