Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Iris Ohyama Inc.

Brother Industries, Ltd.

Hideki Yamamoto

Yasutake Yamaguchi

Kazuhito Fukumasu

Yuji Sakano

Hiroshi Ishikawa

Tadanobu Chikamoto

Masayuki Okumura

Kiyoshi Sugimoto

Shigeki Kato

Masayuki Miyawaki

Akihiro Ikeda

Kenichi Hirata

Yasunori Watanabe

Takuya Abe

Atsushi Isozaki

Kanako Tsutsumi

Hirokazu Fujii

An air circulator includes a blower unit having an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit and a grill in the airflow opening, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. The grill has a plurality of airflow guide blades arranged in a spiral, and inner end portions of the airflow guide blades proximal to a center of the spiral of the plurality of airflow guide blades protrude from outer end portions of the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction. The blower unit includes a cover forming an outer panel of the blower unit and an air passage forming member provided inside the cover. A reinforcing rib is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the air passage forming member.

Air circulator

An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. The air circulator also includes a controller that achieves a rhythm air in which weak wind and strong wind are switched over by controlling a rotational speed of a motor of the blower unit. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions of the airflow guide blades closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions if the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction.

An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner Each of the airflow guide blades is convex toward an airflow direction between its inner end portion and its outer end portion to form the grill three-dimensionally. The grill further includes a circular ring that intersects with the airflow guide blades.

An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions thereof closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions thereof in an airflow direction. The blower unit has a cover for forming an outer panel thereof, and the cover has a spherical shape.

A blower according to a present embodiment includes a blower unit that has a housing on which a slit is formed to extend vertically, and a support unit that has a support pillar inserted through the slit and pivotally coupled with the blower unit to be swingable vertically. And, by forming a distance between a lower end of the slit and the support pillar in a horizontally directed state in which an airflow direction of the blower unit is in line with a horizontal direction, it is configured to make the blower unit swingable such that the airflow direction of the blower unit is directed toward a lower side below the horizontal direction.

Blower

Dryer

An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side and in which a grill is provided in the airflow opening and a support unit that supports the blower unit, and the grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner and their inner end portions closer to the center of the spiral of the plural airflow guide blades are protruded in an airflow direction from their outer end portions made continuous to the airflow opening.

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting unit which jets liquid; a casing including a tank storing part in which a tank containing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid jetting unit is stored, and having an opening which allows the tank storing part to communicate with an outside of the casing; and a cover pivotally attached to the casing and selectively positioned in a closed position where the opening is closed and an opened position where the opening is open. The casing includes an engaging part which engages with the cover in the closed position to prevent the pivoting of the cover. The liquid jetting apparatus further includes a movement mechanism which moves the cover relative to the casing between an engagement position where the engaging part is engaged with the cover and a release position where the pivoting of the cover is not prevented.

Liquid jetting apparatus

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting unit configured to jet liquid; a casing including a tank storing part in which a tank containing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid jetting unit is stored, and having an opening through which the tank storing part communicates with an outside of the casing; a cover pivotally attached to the casing and selectively positioned in a closed position and an opened position; a moving member movably attached to the casing and including an engaging part configured to engage with the cover in the closed position to prevent pivoting of the cover; and a movement mechanism configured to move the moving member relative to the casing between an engagement position where the engaging part is engaged with the cover in the closed position and a release position where the pivoting of the cover is not prevented.

A conveyor, including: receiving trays; a conveyance mechanism; and a support supporting the trays, wherein at least one tray except a lowermost tray is supported so as to be selectively positioned at one of a receiving position and an upper position, wherein at least one lower tray except an uppermost tray includes a protruding portion attached to a tray body so as to be selectively positioned at one of a protruding position and a retracted position, and wherein the conveyor includes a force transmitting mechanism for effectuating at least one of (a) a retracting movement of the protruding portion of one of the at least one lower tray from the protruding position to the retracted position caused by an upward movement of an adjacent upper tray disposed just above and immediately adjacent to the one of the at least one lower tray from the receiving position to the upper position.

Conveyor and tray unit

A conveying apparatus includes: receiving trays including (i) a lowest tray, (ii) a first receiving tray different from the lowest tray, and (iii) at least one second receiving tray including one second receiving tray disposed just below the first receiving tray; a conveying mechanism; and a supporter supporting the receiving trays. The conveying apparatus further includes a transmission mechanism configured to perform at least one of: transmission of upward movement of the first receiving tray from a receiving position to an upper position, to downward movement of the one second receiving tray from the receiving position to a lower position; and transmission of the downward movement of the one second receiving tray to the upward movement of the first receiving tray.

Conveying apparatus and tray unit

An image recording apparatus includes a conveying mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction, and a recording unit configured to record an image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism when the recording medium is in a first position below the recording unit. The apparatus also includes a discharge path in which the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism is conveyed from the first position to a second position which is opposite the conveying mechanism and above the recording unit. Moreover, the apparatus includes a reading unit which faces the discharge path and is positioned on a side of the recording unit. The reading unit is configured to read the image recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit.

Image recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus including: (a) a first conveyor configured to convey a recording medium along a first conveyance path; (b) a first recording head; (c) a second conveyor configured to convey the recording medium along a second conveyance path; (d) a second recording head; (e) a third conveyor configured to convey the recording medium along a third conveyance path; and (f) a posture changer configured to change a posture of at least a downstream-side portion of the first conveyor between a first angular posture and a second angular posture, such that at least a downstream-side part of the first conveyance path is directed to the second conveyance path when the at least the downstream-side portion of the first conveyor takes the first angular posture, and such that the at least the downstream-side part of the first conveyance path is directed to the third conveyance path when the at least the downstream-side portion of the first conveyor takes the second angular posture.

An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a first recording head and a second recording head each having a plurality of ejection openings from which ink is ejected; a conveying mechanism which defines a conveyance path through which a recording medium is conveyed so as to pass a first position at which the recording medium is opposed to the ejection openings of the first recording head and a second position at which the recording medium is opposed to the ejection openings of the second recording head; and a bypass conveying mechanism which defines a bypass path that is connected to the conveyance path at a position thereof between the first position and the second position, for permitting the recording medium to be conveyed so as to bypass the second position.

Ink-jet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes an inkjet head having a discharge surface in which discharge ports are formed for discharging ink; a moving mechanism that is configured to move the inkjet head and a recording medium relative to each other; and a capture unit that is configured to capture an extraneous substance, the capture unit disposed upstream of the inkjet head in a moving direction of the recording medium relative to the inkjet head, and disposed adjacent to the inkjet head.

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Nagoya, Japan

Hideki Yamamoto