Patents Examined by Jason S Uhlenhake
  • Patent number: 11975544
    Abstract: A liquid-printing apparatus, having a conveyer, a printing head, a liquid storage, a carriage, a scanning assembly, a remaining amount detector, and a controller, is provided. The printing head prints an image in a printing area ranging from a print-start position to a print-finish position along a scanning direction. The scanning assembly performs pass actions to move the carriage from a scan-start position to a scan-terminal position along the scanning direction. The remaining amount detector detects an amount of the liquid in the liquid storage. The controller controls the scanning assembly to perform a first pass action in a setting such that the scan-terminal position for the first pass action is separated farther in the scanning direction, in proportion to largeness of the amount of the liquid in the liquid storage, from one of the printing area for the first pass action and the printing area for a second pass action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuta Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11970003
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus, liquid ejection method, dispensing apparatus, and compound introduction apparatus capable of inhibiting contamination of a liquid after being ejected. The liquid ejection apparatus has an ejection unit having an ejection part and an ejection energy generation element that ejects a liquid from the ejection part by using a principle of inkjet ejection into an internal space in a storage part capable of storing the ejected liquid. When ejecting the liquid, the ejection unit covers an opening portion of the storage part to thereby screen the internal space in the storage part from an external space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Futoshi Hirose, Shinichi Sakurada, Sachiko Yamauchi, Tatsuaki Orihara, Yoshinori Itoh, Nobuyuki Kuwabara, Tsutomu Shiratori
  • Patent number: 11970624
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inkjet ink and primer fluid set containing an aqueous primer composition, an aqueous white inkjet ink, and aqueous non-white colored inkjet inks. The aqueous primer composition forms a coating on a print substrate. This fluid set is particularly suitable for printing on non-porous plastic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Li, Ji Yeon Huh, Cullen Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 11970016
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports clothing fabric at which a pattern is formed, an imaging unit that images the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit, a printing unit that performs printing on the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit, and a control unit, the control unit registers first image data representing the pattern in a predetermined storage unit, extracts, based on a comparison between the first image data and second image data, a pattern region corresponding to the pattern in the second image data, the second image data is generated by imaging of the clothing fabric by imaging unit, corrects third image data representing an image to be printed overlaid on the pattern to match the shape of the pattern region, and causes the printing unit to perform the printing of the corrected third image data on the clothing fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Kayahara
  • Patent number: 11970004
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a liquid discharge substrate that has a discharge-orifice row, pressure generating elements, and pressure chambers. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid in a block-by-block manner using sequential driving. The discharge-orifice row is disposed so as to incline at an angle ?=Arctan (d1/d2) relative to a direction extending orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the medium, in which d1 (?m) is a disposition spacing of the discharge orifices in the discharge-orifice row in the conveyance direction and d2 (?m) is a disposition spacing of the discharge orifices in the discharge-orifice row in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. A partition wall is formed between adjacent pressure chambers so as to separate the adjacent pressure chambers from each other. The partition wall has a communicating portion that communicates the adjacent pressure chambers with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Shuzo Iwanaga, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Shingo Okushima, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akiko Hammura
  • Patent number: 11964486
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate including an energy generating element configured to generate energy for ejecting liquid from an ejection port; an electrical wiring board electrically connected to the recording element substrate to supply an electric signal for driving the energy generating element; a first support member supporting the recording element substrate; and a second support member supporting the first support member and having a greater linear expansion coefficient than that of the electrical wiring board. The electrical wiring board is bonded to a first surface of the first support member and a second surface of the second support member, and an adhesive that bonds the electrical wiring board to the second surface has a lower elastic modulus than that of an adhesive that bonds the electrical wiring board to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: 11958304
    Abstract: An ink-jet textile printing pretreatment liquid is discharged by an ink-jet nozzle, and contains a specific solvent and a specific resin particle. The specific solvent contains water and polyvalent alcohol. The specific resin particle contains a cationic resin having a cationic group. A particle size of the specific resin particle is 30 nm or more and 150 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Jun Hioki
  • Patent number: 11958294
    Abstract: A cartridge includes: a liquid accommodating portion; a liquid supply portion having a central axis and a supply portion flow path which communicates with the liquid accommodating portion; and a valve mechanism arranged in supply portion flow path, wherein the valve mechanism has a valve seat having an insertion port into which liquid introduction portion is inserted, a valve body having a closing surface which abuts on the valve seat to close the insertion port, and a biasing member biasing valve body toward the valve seat, the valve mechanism is opened by the valve body being pushed by the liquid introduction portion, and the closing surface has a flat surface portion, and an inclined surface portion formed around the flat surface portion and inclined toward an edge of the closing surface, and at least a part of the inclined surface portion faces the introduction portion flow path in mounted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shun Oya
  • Patent number: 11951741
    Abstract: An inkjet apparatus comprises a stage, and an inkjet head positioned over the stage and including a plurality of nozzles through which ink including a plurality of particles is discharged. The inkjet head comprises a base portion constituting a main body of the inkjet head, a discharge portion adjacent to the base portion and including the plurality of nozzles, and an inner flow path between the base portion and the discharge portion and configured to accommodate the ink, wherein the base portion includes a first surface contacting the inner flow path, and at least a part of the first surface is at an incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hyung Lim, Soon Mi Choi
  • Patent number: 11945222
    Abstract: A film forming method includes applying liquids to a material by discharging the liquids from each of a plurality of discharge heads disposed along a transport direction of the material. Each of the discharge heads has a plurality of liquid discharge nozzles disposed along a direction intersecting the transport direction. The applying includes applying at least a first liquid, a second liquid, and a third liquid from each of the plurality of discharge heads. The second liquid is applied to a position substantially equal to a position to which the first liquid is applied along a width direction. The third liquid is applied to an intermediate position between the position to which the first liquid is applied and the position to which the second liquid is applied along the transport direction, the intermediate position being different from the position to which the first liquid is applied along the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuto Ueda
  • Patent number: 11945227
    Abstract: There is provided a head assembly including: a rigid substrate; a plurality of heads; a tank; a plurality of tubes; a heater; a plurality of flexible substrates; a relay substrate; a first member; and a second member arranged on one side in a first direction with respect to the first space. The rigid substrate is arranged in a first space formed in the first member. The tank, the heater, the plurality of tubes and the plurality of flexible substrates are arranged in a second space formed in the second member. The relay substrate is located between the first space and the second space in a first direction, and partitions the first space and the second space from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumika Hatta, Hirotoshi Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 11938728
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: head chips including a first-head-chip and a second-head-chip; a holder holding the head chips; and a heater along a direction parallel to a nozzle surface. The first-head-chip and the second-head-chip are disposed to be offset from each other in both a first-direction and a second-direction parallel to the nozzle surface and intersecting with each other. When a first-side is one of the four sides of a virtual rectangle circumscribing the aggregate of the head chips and a second-side and a third-side are coupled to both ends of the first-side, the first-head-chip is in contact with the first-side and the third-side and the second-head chip is in contact with the second-side. The heater overlaps the head chips. A first-region surrounded by the first-side, the second-side, the first-head-chip, and the second-head-chip includes a first-outside-part positioned outside the outer edge of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Katsuhiro Okubo, Kentaro Murakami, Shingo Tomimatsu, Hiroki Kobayashi, Haruhisa Uezawa
  • Patent number: 11919308
    Abstract: In order to provide an inkjet head using an adhesive containing an epoxy resin as a main agent and an imidazole-based curing agent as a curing agent, capable of securing a time for joining work before curing, and having excellent long-term reliability, and a production method for the inkjet head, constituent members are bonded to each other by an adhesive containing at least an epoxy resin as a main agent, a microencapsulated imidazole-based curing agent as a curing agent, and an alcohol that dissolves the microcapsules at a low temperature, and preferably, a residue of the microcapsules dissolved by the alcohol is dispersed in the cured epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Akihisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 11919305
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head with a sealing member includes: a liquid ejecting head including a liquid ejecting surface configured to eject ink; a fixing member configured to be attachable to and detachable from the liquid ejecting head; and a sealing member configured to seal the liquid ejecting head and the fixing member. When the liquid ejecting head to which the fixing member is joined is mounted on a cover, the sealing member seals the liquid ejecting head and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro Numajiri
  • Patent number: 11919317
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus, method of printing ink using the same and method of fabricating display device are provided. The method of printing ink includes: ejecting ink in which a plurality of particles is dispersed from an inkjet head; irradiating the ejected ink with a first light and a second light having different wavelengths to acquire data on a first exit light and a second exit light emitted from the ink; calculating a concentration of the particles in the ink from the data on the first exit light and the second exit light; and checking whether the concentration is out of an error range from a reference value, where the first light has a wavelength of about 500 nm or less, and the second light has a wavelength of about 1000 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Jun Lee, Che Ho Lim, Ho Yong Shin, Gyeong Eun Eoh, Jun Hwi Lim, Seon Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 11912033
    Abstract: There is provided a line head assembly including: a line head having a first head, a second head and a third head arranged in a first direction, a tank positioned at a location above the line head. Each of the first head, the second head and the third head includes a first intra-head channel including a first pressure chamber and a first nozzle, a first supply port, and a first discharge port. The tank includes: a first supply channel connected to the first supply port of the first head, the first supply port of the second head and the first supply port of the third head, and a first discharge channel connected to the first discharge port of the first head, the first discharge port of the second head and the first discharge port of the third head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Hirotoshi Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 11914280
    Abstract: A drum for processing a thermal image medium has first and second end plates that extend orthogonally to an axis of rotation and enclose an inner core. First and second inner partitions along the axis define a first end zone between the first partition and the first end plate, a second end zone between the second partition and the second end plate, and a middle zone between the first and second partitions. Each inner partition has sleeve portions that extend outward from the partition, in an axial direction. A first lamp heater extends parallel to the axis and through one or more sleeve portions and has a first filament within the first end zone and a second filament within the second end zone. A second lamp heater extends parallel to the axis and through one or more sleeve portions and has a central filament within the middle zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent R. Struble, Joel C. Marsh, Daniel J. Peick
  • Patent number: 11904600
    Abstract: A printing method includes discharging ink to a substrate, heating a non-ink-discharged side of the substrate at T1, and heating an ink-discharged side of the substrate at T2, wherein the ink contains an organic solvent A (boiling point lower than 250 degrees C.), an organic solvent B (boiling point of 250 degrees C.), and a resin, where 0 degrees C. C?T2?T1?90 degrees C. is satisfied, the proportion (organic solvent A/ink) is 30 percent by mass or less, the proportion (organic solvent B/ink) is 1 to 3 percent by mass, the proportion (resin/ink) is 5 to 15 percent by mass, the ink has a viscosity of 8.0 to 11.0 mPa-s at 25 degrees C. and 5.5 to 11.0 mPa-s at 36 degrees C., and a 2.5 ?L ink droplet discharged to the substrate shrinks to 0.1 ?L within 10.0 seconds at 25 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Shimura, Yuya Hirokawa, Yuusuke Koizuka, Takayuki Shimizu, Itsuro Sasaki, Shunsuke Horie, Nozomi Terai, Kenta Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11897266
    Abstract: Memory provided in an ink cartridge attached to a printing apparatus includes: a storage section in which ink amount information about an amount of stored ink and threshold information about a threshold of the amount of the ink are stored; and a processing section that performs processing based on information received from the printing apparatus and information stored in the storage section, in which when receiving, from the printing apparatus, empty-ink information indicating that the ink cartridge is in an unusable state, the processing section performs comparing processing of comparing the ink amount information with the threshold information, when a result of the comparing processing satisfies a predetermined writing condition, the processing section writes the empty-ink information to the storage section, and when the result does not satisfy the writing condition, the processing section does not write the empty-ink information to the storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoo Kubota
  • Patent number: 11897274
    Abstract: In the invention, pipes and the like are guided in parallel to a second horizontal direction according to collective movements of printing bar units while being stored and protected by a protecting/guiding member arranged outside and adjacent to a body frame. In this way, breakage of the pipes and the like during the collective movements of printing bar units is reliably prevented. Moreover, the pipes and the like stored in the protecting/guiding member move outside the body frame and are not present inside the body frame. As a result, a work space can be secured without being limited by the collective movements of the printing bar units to the maintenance space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Umakoshi, Kazuhiko Asada