Patents Examined by Justin Seo
  • Fluid interconnection for bulk ink supply
    Patent number: 11673397
    Abstract: A fluid interconnect system including a mating component having an inlet port and a liquid outlet, the inlet port configured to support an interconnector and the liquid outlet configured to engage with a print cartridge so that liquid flows from a liquid source, through the interconnector and the inlet port, and out of the liquid outlet into the print cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Steven R. Komplin
  • Method and apparatus for printing
    Patent number: 11660895
    Abstract: The present invention embraces printers such as hand-held printers and mobile/portable printer. One exemplary embodiment includes “print as you glide” (PAYG) devices. Such printers may comprise a modular print engine that is removable from the printer and may allow a user to easily access and load the ribbon in the mobile print engine. The modular print engine may comprise a modular print head and an encoder that may determine the movement of the print head relative to a stationary media. When a printer is pressed against the media, the print head's burn line may be resting on the media. When the printer is stationary relative to the media, the encoder may not trigger the printing. Once PAYG is being slid or glided across the media, the encoder may start to rotate and then send a signal to a processor, causing the printer to start printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Datamax O'Neil Corporation
    Inventors: Chin Young Wong, Yaw Horng Yap, Ching Hong Chua
  • Liquid discharging apparatus, liquid discharging method and storage medium
    Patent number: 11660881
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharging head configured to discharge an ultraviolet cure ink onto a recording medium; and a controller configured to control the discharging head to: discharge the ink onto the recording medium on the basis of a raster data for an image to be formed on the recording medium, the image including a solid image area formed with the raster data at 100% of a printing rate; and execute a gloss reduction printing in which the solid image area is printed on the recording medium by varying the printing rate such that printing rates lower than 100% appear along a printing direction periodically or aperiodically in the course of 100% printing rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shuhei Suzuki
  • Digital printing system
    Patent number: 11660856
    Abstract: A printing system comprises an intermediate transfer member (ITM), an image forming station, a conveyer for driving rotation of the ITM, and a treatment station disposed downstream of the impression station and upstream of the image forming station configured for coating the ITM surface with a layer of a liquid treatment formulation, the treatment station comprising an applicator for applying the liquid treatment formulation to the ITM, a coating thickness-regulation assembly comprising a plurality of blades, a blade-replacement mechanism, and a blade-replacement controller for controlling the blade-replacement mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Uriel Pomerantz, Vitaly Burkatovsky
  • Method and printing device for influencing an optical property of a varnish layer to be applied onto a printed recording medium
    Patent number: 11654694
    Abstract: In a method and a printing device for influencing an optical property of a varnish layer to be applied onto a printed recording medium, a coating substance is applied onto the recording medium by digital printing before the printing of at least one color separation of the print image on said recording medium. The quantity of the coating substance applied per area unit may be adjusted depending on the desired optical property of the varnish layer to be applied later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Albrecht Gerstner
  • Printing press with charging device
    Patent number: 11639066
    Abstract: In some examples, a printing press includes a support element with a circulatingly movable contact surface for contacting a printing substrate. An ink jet print head includes an ejection opening arranged to be directed at the support element. Additionally, the printing press includes a charging device that includes a charging electrode, which is arranged to be directed at the contact surface. The charging device further includes a counter-electrode, and the movable contact surface is at least partially arranged between the charging electrode and the counter-electrode of the charging device. A smallest distance between the charging electrode and the movable contact surface is greater than a smallest distance between the ejection opening of the ink jet print head and the contact surface. For example, the smallest distance between the charging electrode and the contact surface may be at least 50 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baumeister, Frank Denninger, Christian Schlund, Simon Stahl
  • Recording device and recording method
    Patent number: 11628676
    Abstract: A recording device including a feeding unit configured to feed out a target recording medium while supporting the target recording medium in a roll form, a head that ejects ink to a surface of the target recording medium fed from the feeding unit thereby forming an image on the surface, a corona irradiation unit that is arranged between the feeding unit and the head in a transport path of the target recording medium and modifies the surface by performing corona irradiation, and a transport path length changing unit that is arranged between the corona irradiation unit and the head and changes a length of the transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Miyasaka
  • Semiconductor memory device
    Patent number: 11626419
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device, includes a gate stack including interlayer insulating layers and word lines alternately stacked in a first direction, channel pillars passing through the gate stack and tapering toward the first direction, source select lines surrounding the channel pillars and extending to overlap the gate stack, and a source isolation insulating layer overlapping the gate stack between the source select lines and tapering toward a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Jae Lee
  • Liquid ejection apparatus, liquid ejection system, and liquid ejection method
    Patent number: 11618250
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a first detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member and is configured to detect a position of the conveyed object in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; a second detection unit that is installed upstream of the first detection unit; and a movement control unit that moves each liquid ejection head unit based on a plurality of detection results output by the first detection unit and/or the second detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Tomoaki Hayashi, Masayuki Sunaoshi, Koichi Kudo, Masahiro Mizuno
  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 11613138
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a tank configured to contain ink; a print head configured to eject ink supplied from the tank; a supply flow path through which liquid is supplied from the tank to the print head; a collection flow path through which liquid is collected from the print head to the tank; a circulation unit configured to circulate ink inside a circulation flow path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path; and a cooling unit configured to cool the tank by blowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Kida, Hideaki Nagahara, Hiroyuki Saito, Takao Kawai, Nanae Uchinuno, Toshimitsu Takahashi
  • Integrated vertical portable inkjet printer
    Patent number: 11590768
    Abstract: An integrated vertical inkjet printer for printing on a vertical substrate, comprising: a controller; a main trolley carrying a main trolley body; and a printing assembly, comprising: a plurality of inkjet printing head assemblies mounted on a platform; a vertical telescopic tandem beam system comprising: a first printing beam, wherein said platform is slidable along said first printing beam; and a second printing beam detachably insertable between said first printing beam and said main trolley body, a first motor configured to drive said platform vertically; and a second motor configured to drive said first printing beam along said second printing beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WALLART LTD.
    Inventors: Yaakov Levi, Eldad Lapidot
  • Printing program and producing method for print
    Patent number: 11590767
    Abstract: A producing method for a print by a printing system including a printing device that is manually moved with respect to a medium to perform printing on the medium, the producing method including prompting a user to designate a print plan size of a print image, printing the print image in the print plan size, and notifying a size of the print image printable in one pass by the printing device to the user before the print plan size is decided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Sakai
  • Liquid supplying device having tank and cartridge attachable thereto
    Patent number: 11577521
    Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The cartridge is formed with a communicating opening in communication with the first storage chamber. The tank has a second storage chamber and a joint having a hollow cylindrical shape. In an attachment state where the communicating opening of the cartridge is connected to the joint, the first storage chamber has a portion positioned above the joint and the second storage chamber is positioned below the joint. At least in the first end portion, the liquid passage has a rectangular shape in a cross section taken along a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the liquid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Yoshinori Osakabe, Akinari Ishibe, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Media edge lifting
    Patent number: 11577529
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a media lifting device is described. The media lifting device includes a media lifting strip to sit on a media transport belt of a printing system. The media lifting strip is to raise a lateral edge of incoming media. That lateral edge of incoming media is a portion of the incoming media that is parallel to a media travel direction. The media lifting device also includes a clamp to affix the media lifting strip to the printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Nestor Luid Pinol, Marta Blanch Pinol, Anna Tarradas Juan
  • Liquid discharging head
    Patent number: 11565526
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: a first individual channel array constructed of individual channels aligned in a first direction; and a second individual channel array constructed of individual channels aligned in the first direction. The second individual channel array is arranged side by side to the first individual channel array in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Each of the individual channels includes: a nozzle, at least two pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle and arranged in the first direction, and a connecting channel connecting the nozzle and the at least two pressure chambers. The connecting channel has one end in a third direction communicating with the at least two pressure chambers, and the other end in the third direction communicating with the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taiki Tanaka
  • Liquid ejection apparatus and delivery system for liquid ejection head
    Patent number: 11560004
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that is detachably attached and ejects a liquid, and a control section that is configured to transmit a delivery request for a new liquid ejection head to a server apparatus via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Izumi Nozawa, Yuta Komatsu
  • Inkjet recording apparatus
    Patent number: 11554593
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a printing portion configured to discharge ink on a sheet, a drying portion configured to blow warm air to the sheet to dry ink, a first rotary member is in contact with the first surface of the sheet, a heating portion configured to heat the first rotary member, a second rotary member configured to form a nip portion that apply heat and pressure to the sheet, a first detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the first rotary member, a second detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the second rotary member, a cooling unit configured to cool the second rotary member, and a control unit configured to execute a cooling mode of activating the cooling unit in a state where a temperature difference between the first rotary member and the second rotary member is smaller than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Miyamoto
  • Liquid remaining amount detecting mechanism
    Patent number: 11548289
    Abstract: A liquid remaining amount detecting mechanism includes a rotating member that is disposed in a storage chamber of a tank that stores a liquid, and a sensor. The rotating member is rotatable about a shaft and includes a float that receives buoyancy from the liquid, a detection target portion that is detectable by the sensor, and a through-hole into which the shaft is inserted. The sensor is disposed at a position facing a portion of a locus of the detection target portion when the rotating member is rotated. The liquid remaining amount detecting mechanism further includes a liquid pool portion, at least a portion of which is located between an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole to hold the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akane Hisanaga
  • Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid refill container
    Patent number: 11541663
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head configured to eject liquid; a liquid storage container including a storage portion configured to store liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head, an opening configured to supply liquid from a liquid refill container to the storage portion, and a cover member configured to be in a first state to cover the opening and a second state to expose the opening; and a regulation unit configured to regulate transition from the first state to the second state of the cover member. Regulating by the regulation unit is released when a first portion, of the liquid refill container, configured to prevent misfilling the storage portion with an incorrect liquid, is fitted into a second portion of the liquid ejection apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Hiramoto
  • Image recording apparatus
    Patent number: 11541668
    Abstract: When a specified image is recorded while ranging over a boundary between a first dot recording range and a second dot recording range, a controller of an image recording apparatus judges whether or not a predetermined condition is fulfilled, the predetermined condition including at least one of a first condition which relates to a duty and a second condition which relates to a positional deviation in a scanning direction of a landing position of a liquid. If the predetermined condition is fulfilled, the dot belonging to a correcting portion is formed by correcting discharge in which the liquid in a discharge amount smaller than a set discharge amount is discharged. If the predetermined condition is not fulfilled, the dot belonging to the correcting portion is formed by ordinary discharge in which the liquid in the set discharge amount is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Arakane, Masao Mimoto, Tsuyoshi Ito