Abstract: A gate regulator increases the productivity of unloading agricultural material from forage boxes. The gate regulator enables a box gate to swing open without restriction, but the gate is controlled for slow swinging closed. At a gate release position, the gate regulator releases control of the gate such that it swings freely by gravity from the release position to the closed position. The freely swinging gate has enough momentum to automatically relatch the gate closed. In one embodiment, the gate regulator includes a fluid cylinder with a cylinder pin that is received in an L-shaped slot on the gate. During controlled swinging closed, the cylinder pin is within one of the slots of the L-shaped slot. At the gate release position, the junction of the two slots is at the cylinder pin, which then has room to move freely in the other slot and thereby release the slot from the cylinder pin.

Abstract: An armored vehicle having a floor, a roof above the floor, and a side wall extending vertically between the floor and the wall, is provided with a seat having a rigid frame, at least one ceiling mount suspending the frame from the roof, a cover on the frame forming surfaces adapted to hold a seated occupant, a harness on the frame retaining the occupant seated on the cover. The frame and cover is wholly disengaged and disconnected from the floor. The cover includes an upright back panel engaging a back of the occupant of the seat, a seat panel engaging underneath and supporting the occupant of the seat, and a pair of side panels flanking the occupant of the seat and connected to the back panel and seat panel.

Abstract: A vehicle decklid displacement mechanism includes a linkage for leveraging displacement of the lid with respect to a vehicle body, an extension strut having spring means biasing the ends of the strut away from each other and a motorized crank. The crank is driven by the motor for pivotal engagement with the extendable strut so that the combined leverage of the linkage and the biasing of the strut geometrically urge the decklid to an open position. A position of the crank is adjusted by the motor to retract the decklid from its fully open position, at which point the weight of the lid overcomes the leverage of the linkage and the biasing of the extendable strut to displace the decklid toward its open position.

Abstract: A weather strip for a motor vehicle, which is capable of being attached to a flange provided in an opening portion of a vehicle body or a closing member for closing the opening portion irrespective of a configuration of the flange. The weather strip includes a base portion in which the flange provided in the opening portion or the closing member is adapted to be inserted, and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion for sealing between the opening portion and the closing member. An extension wall extends from an end of an outer side wall of the base portion by way of a bending part. The extension wall is bonded to a body panel defining the opening portion or the closing member, which is adjacent to the flange, with a double-sided adhesive tape.

Abstract: An airflow control tailgate to be substituted for the original solid tailgate that is typically found at the rear of the body of a pick-up truck to enclose the flat bed thereof. The tailgate includes a plurality of motor controlled panels that are rotated on a respective plurality of pivot rods between a closed orientation in side-by-side alignment with one another to an open orientation in spaced, parallel alignment with one another by which to control the stream of air rushing over the cab and across the bed when the truck is in motion. A motor is coupled to the pivot rods by way of a clutch assembly and a gear rack, such that a rotation of the motor causes a linear displacement of the gear rack and a corresponding rotation of the pivot rods for rotating the panels between the closed and open orientations.

Abstract: A system for retraction and deployment of a covering over at least a portion of a vehicle interior is disclosed, such as might be employed in commercial or sport utility style vehicles to provide a convertible hardtop over a portion of the vehicle that can be retracted for open air and ease of access, or closed for physical and environmental protection. The system provides: first and second roof panels; first and second sidewall panels; and posterior and anterior roll bars, each roll bar having at least one channel whereby the first and second roof panels and the first and second sidewall panels are guided between a deployed position and a stowed position, such that when the panels are in the deployed position the vehicle is enclosed and when the panels are in a stowed position the vehicle is at least partially open.

Abstract: A joint assembly for joining a tubular B-pillar to a tubular roof rail. The joint assembly includes an inner bracket plate and an outer bracket plate that are welded to each other around the roof rail and B-pillar. A flange of the roof rail is received in a slot formed in an upper end of the B-pillar.

Abstract: An attachment member for attaching a sun visor to a vehicle support structure includes a base portion that is configured to face a first side of the support structure, and a projecting portion having first and second ends. The first end is attached to the base portion, and the second end is free and extends to a location proximate the base portion. The projecting portion further has first and second spaced apart attachment features disposed proximate the first and second ends, respectively. The attachment features are engageable with a second side of the support structure. Moreover, the second end of the projecting portion is configured to flex when the projecting portion is inserted into an opening of the support structure to allow the attachment features to pass through the opening and engage the second side of the support structure.

Abstract: A multi-position chair may be positioned into multiple positions including one or more sitting positions at different heights, one or more leaning positions at different angles, and one or more storage positions. The multi-position chair may include a seat, a back and a support for supporting the seat and the back with respect to the floor. The seat and the back may be pivotable with respect to each other and with respect to the support. The seat includes a seating surface configured to receive the user's buttocks in a sitting position. The back may include a front seating surface configured to receive the user's back in a sitting position and a rear leaning surface configured to receive the user's buttocks in a leaning position.

Abstract: A folding chair includes first and second parts each having at least one leg, a total number legs of the first and second parts being at least three. A third part of the chair forms a seat and is pivotally connected to the first and second parts. A connecting assembly for pivotally connecting the first part to the second part is a piston assembly having a top end and a bottom end. The top end is pivotally connected to the first part to form a pivot at which the first part pivots relative to the second part between an open position and a closed position. The bottom end is connected to the second part. The connection between the top end and the first part forms the only physical connection between the first and second parts to eliminate cutting dangers to the user.

Abstract: An ergonomically designed ambulatory walking device comprised of a bicycle seat supported by an offset seat post that can be used for both right and left injuries. Different handlebar configurations can move the user's hands any number of different positions laterally to the right or left, higher and lower in relationship to the seat and closer and farther from the pelvis. Different frame sizes and height and seat to hand spread make it possible to fine tune a person's balance by selecting standardized parts. The dispensing method allows for verification of doctor's orders and the procedure for selecting parts by a trained individual allows for proper body positioning of the user. The new and simplified frame design, along with its various components and stabilizers, help persons needing more assistance.

Abstract: A child seat includes a seat body having a seat portion, a rear portion, and left and right side panels; airbags to be inflated at sides of a head of a child; and hollow cushions disposed along inner surfaces of the side panels. When an automobile equipped with the child seat collides, the airbags are inflated at the sides of the head of the child, so that an impact applied to the head is absorbed. Furthermore, the cushions absorb a large impact from sides in a side collision and the like. The cushions are preferably disposed below regions where the airbags are inflated. The cushions receive a part of the child other than the head to absorb the impact.

Abstract: The headrest has a first structural component for fastening the headrest to a seat back of a motor vehicle seat and a second structural component that is movable with respect to said first structural component in the event of a crash. A drive unit is disposed between the first structural component and the second structural component and comprises a locking unit, which is locked in the normal case, and a crash sensor connected to the locking unit which it controls. The locking unit comprises a disengagement drive with an electromagnet or a piezoelectric drive. The locking unit has one retainer member associated with the first structural component and one movable disengagement member associated with the second structural component. Retainer member and disengagement member are connected together via a hinge or via balls. The disengagement drive is capable of causing said disengagement member to move.

Abstract: A personal support device having particular utility for use by personnel in high-performance surface watercraft comprises a bolster adapted and dimensioned to support an occupant for shock isolation from accelerations experienced by the vessel. The bolster is mounted by pivot means extending between the bolster and a back plate which is rigidly mounted to the vessel. The pivot means permit the bolster to pivot in an arc with respect to the back plate. A shock absorber extends between the back plate and bolster to dampen the accelerations which would otherwise be passed to the bolster by the pivot means from the back plate. The bolster is capable of supporting a user in a standing position or receiving a seat assembly to allow an occupant to be seated.

Abstract: A powered adjustable seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a seat, an adjuster mechanism operatively connected to the seat to adjust the seat, a controller operatively connected to the drive motor of the adjuster mechanism to selectively adjust the seat, and a plurality of lights located below the seat and operatively connected to the controller to selectively illuminate the lights upon predetermined conditions. The lights are secured to a moving portion of the adjuster mechanism so that the lights move with the seat. Preferably, one of the lights is positioned to direct illumination in a forward direction toward operator pedals, one of the lights is positioned to direct illumination in a rearward direction toward a rear seat, and one of the lights is positioned to direct light in a lateral direction toward a vehicle door.

Abstract: A chair adjustable device includes a base with which a seat frame and a backrest frame are respectively and pivotably connected. A positioning mechanism is connected to the base and includes an operation handle which is able to shift a transmission frame and a positioning plate is movably connected to the transmission frame and biased by a spring, so that the positioning plate can be movably engaged with one of notches defined in a positioning member on the seat frame. The seat frame and the backrest frame are connected by a connection member so that the chair can be adjusted its tilt angle by operating the operation handle.

Abstract: A chair is provided with a base 6 fixed at an upper end of a leg pillar 5, a back support unit 13 attached to the base 6 so as to tilt backward, a backrest 3 attached to the back support unit 13, and a spring unit 14 supporting the backward tilt of the back support unit 13. The spring unit 14 is to expand and contract in a back and forth direction when viewed from above and arranged further behind than a tilt supporting point 16a of the back support unit 13. The back support unit 13, the spring unit 14, and the base 6 constitute a kind of link mechanism and the spring unit 14 will expand and contract mainly at the front end, while tilting backward.

Abstract: An articulating table including a back rest section, a seat section, and an articulation mechanism that adjusts the position of at least the back rest section and the seat section to configure the table between the substantially flat table configuration and the chair configuration. The articulating table preferably includes a foot rest section, and at least one hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section so that the foot rest section is pivotable about the hinge.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back supported to a body floor of a vehicle, a seat cushion pivotally supported to the seat back so as to be tipped up relative to the seat back, the seat cushion having at least one hole formed in a bottom surface thereof, a leg member penetrating the at least one hole of the bottom surface of the seat cushion at an upper end portion thereof and pivotally supported to a lower portion of the seat cushion so as to be folded relative the bottom surface of the seat cushion and laid on the bottom surface of the seat cushion, and stopper members for stopping the leg means and keeping the leg means vertically standing from the bottom surface of the seat cushion, the leg member being provided at the upper end thereof with at least one covering for concealing the at least one hole of the bottom surface of the seat cushion when the leg member is folded and laid on the bottom surface of the seat cushion.

Abstract: A seat assembly including a seat stroking device for a vehicle and methods of use include a seat adjustment mechanism comprising a stationary rail fixedly attached to a vehicle floor and a movable rail slidably engaged with the stationary rail, wherein the seat adjustment mechanism is adapted to position a seat; an active material based stroking device having one end fixedly attached to a non-movable portion and an other end in operative communication with the movable rail; and a controller in operative communication with the active material, wherein the controller is operable to selectively apply an activation signal to the active material and effect a change in an attribute of the active material, wherein the change in the attribute results in force and acceleration adjusting energy absorption.

Abstract: In a fitting (1) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first fitting part (11) and a second fitting part (12) that is mounted on the first fitting part (11) and that can be rotated relative to the latter around a central axis (A), and having also a clasping ring (21) that is connected to the first fitting part (11) and that engages over the second fitting part (12) in order to secure it axially, an intermediate ring (31) is arranged between the clasping ring (21) and the second fitting part (12).

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle has an upper panel provided integrally with a seat back which can be tilted forward and rearward by operating an operation lever for reclining use. At a first operation position of an operation lever for walk-in use, the operation lever for walk-in use is interlocked with the operation lever for reclining use through a linking arm to tilt the upper panel urged by a spring forward. A projected piece mounted on the upper panel contacts a slide-unlocking lever and operates the slide-unlocking lever to rotate in an unlocking direction. Thereby slide locking of the seat for the vehicle is released. At a second operation position of the operation lever for walk-in use, the slide-unlocking lever is operated directly by a linking plate. Thereby the slide locking of the seat for the vehicle is released.

Abstract: A footrest apparatus according to the present invention enables change of the position of a footrest and fixation of the same both in a position in which a surface for massaging lower limbs is oriented frontward and a position in which a lower limb resting surface is oriented frontward.

Abstract: A swimming pool furniture having a vented assembly that can be submerged in an upright, stationary position on the bottom surface of the swimming pool allowing the user to access the furniture with his or her body partially submerged in the pool. The assembly includes a frame having a plurality of tubular elements including an upper cross member, front and rear lower cross members. The cross members are disposed between a pair of side members of the frame. The frame further includes water inlets in fluid communication with a cavity of the frame. The rear lower cross member includes a vertical member having a water inlet in fluid communication with the cavity of the frame. The frame can further include a seat that attaches to the upper cross member of the frame. As the furniture is submerged into the swimming pool, the water inlets receive water from the swimming pool into the cavity of the frame until the frame is full of water.

Abstract: A hydraulic control system for operating at least one hydraulic motor and at least one hydraulic brake. In one specific embodiment of the invention, the hydraulic motor and brake are part of an industrial vehicle.

Abstract: An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, simplified design, unified communication for numerous different types of system components, simplified resolution of conflicts between competing control strategies, expandability to additional vehicle systems, and flexibility to upgrade for new, improved vehicle control schemes.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle, including a braking device which puts brake on a vehicle; an operating device which includes an operating member that is operated by a driver of the vehicle in a braking force increasing direction, that is, an operating direction in which a braking force of the braking device is increased or in a braking force decreasing direction, that is, an operating direction in which the braking force of the braking device is decreased; and a control device which decides a target control value for controlling the braking device based on an operation state amount of the operating member and which controls the braking device based on the decided target control value, wherein the control device includes an operating direction-dependant target control value deciding portion which sets an increasing direction target control value that is the target control value when the operating member is operated in the braking force increasing direction, and a decreasing direction target control value that

Abstract: A rubber crawler track (1) has an endless rubber belt-shaped rubber crawler track main body (2) formed of a rubber elastic body and core metal pieces (3) embedded in the rubber crawler track main body (2) at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the rubber crawler track, wherein a high hardness intermediate rubber layer track main body (2) is provided from below at least the ground contacting surface side of an end portion in a length direction (rubber crawler track width direction) of the core metal pieces (3) toward outside the end portion in a width direction of the rubber crawler track. The rubber elastic body of the rubber crawler track main body (2) is formed in a multiply layered structure with at least two or more layers.

Abstract: Interlocks for file cabinets and the like which generally prevent more than one drawer from being opened at a given time. The interlocks include an elongated, flexible member, such as a cable, which is changeable from a high slack condition to a low slack condition. In the low slack condition, the interlocks prevent their associated drawers that are closed from being opened. In the high slack condition, the interlocks allow their associated drawer to be opened. The interlocks may be used in conjunction with a lock that selectively changes the cable from a high slack condition to a low slack condition and vice versa. The interlocks may be constructed to exert a force on the cable that is a small fraction of the pulling force exerted on a locked drawer.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage bin assembly removably mounted to an inner liner of a door. The storage bin assembly includes a base portion having a frontal opening, and a face portion. The frontal opening is defined by first and second side portions, as well as a bottom portion. Each of the side portions is provided with a mounting component and a mounting element. The face portion includes top, bottom and opposing side sections, with each of the opposing side sections being provided with a mounting member and a mounting part. The mounting component interengages with the mounting member and the mounting element interengages with the mounting part upon snap-fittingly securing the face portion to the base portion across the frontal opening.

Abstract: A cabinet for recessed refrigerators, which has an integrated single inner casing. The cabinet has an outer casing to define an appearance of the cabinet, the outer casing being a box-shaped body open at the front thereof, and an integrated single inner casing installed in the outer casing, with a predetermined space defined between the inner and outer casings. The integrated single inner casing defines therein at least two storage compartments open at the fronts thereof, with a partition wall formed between the at least two storage compartments to maintain a predetermined gap between the storage compartments. The cabinet has an improved appearance and a stable structure, in addition to reducing the number of elements thereof, and improving assembly efficiency.

Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet includes a shell having first and second laterally spaced, upstanding side walls that are interconnected by a top wall, each of the walls includes an in-turned front edge portion defining a liner receiving cavity. The shell further includes a mullion bar, which partitions the shell into first and second liner cavities, and a base member. Both the mullion bar and base member have respective liner receiving portions. With this arrangement, first and second liners are adapted to be inserted into their respective cavities and flexed such that three sides are inserted into the liner receiving cavities, while the remaining side is positioned against a land of the mullion bar or base member. Once in place, the liners are secured through a mullion bar cover and a base member cover. This construction combines the benefits of a front-load process with that of a flex-load process, lowering assembly time without the need to reinforce the liner.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head that ejects ink droplets, an ink tank that supplies ink to the recording head, a waste ink recovering mechanism that recovers ink droplets ejected from the recording head as waste ink, a waste-ink tank, which is connected to the waste-ink recovering mechanism and stores the waste ink, a diluent tank which is communicated with the waste-ink tank and accommodates a diluent that dilutes the waste ink, and at least one of diluent supplier, that is, one of a first diluent supplier which supplies the diluent in the diluent tank to the waste-ink tank to make the conductivity of the waste ink in the waste-ink tank substantially the same as the conductivity of the ink stored in the ink tank and a second diluent supplier which supplies the diluent in the diluent tank to the waste-ink tank to make the specific gravity of the waste ink in the waste-ink tank substantially the same as the specific gravity of the ink stored in the ink tank.

Abstract: An ink container includes an ink accommodation chamber for directly accommodating ink; a sensor portion for detecting a remaining amount of the ink in said ink accommodation chamber, wherein ambient air is introduced from an outside of said ink accommodation chamber into the ink in accordance with supplying the ink into an ink jet recording head; a division wall extended from an inner bottom portion of said ink accommodation chamber substantially upwardly, said division wall divides a space between an ambient air introducing portion which introduces the air into the ink in said ink accommodation chamber and said sensor portion to permit passage of the ink therethrough and to prevent passage, therethrough, of bubbles which are produced with introduction of the air.

Abstract: A drive device drives a liquid discharging head to discharge, in accompaniment with the application of a drive signal voltage to a drive element, recording droplets from a nozzle disposed with the drive element. The drive device includes: a fundamental waveform data supply component that generates and supplies plural types of fundamental waveform data representing fundamental waveforms whose voltage level changes in two stages; and a drive signal voltage generation component that generates plural types of fundamental waveform voltages by boosting, to mutually different voltage levels, the plural types of fundamental waveform data supplied from the fundamental waveform data supply component, and which generates a drive signal voltage whose voltage level changes in at least three stages by switching, in accordance with an inputted selection signal, the fundamental waveform voltage to be selectively outputted as the drive signal voltage from the generated plural types of fundamental waveform voltages.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing a soluble material, such as an organic polymer, onto a substrate uses an inkjet print head. The substrate is viewed from the underside by a CCD microscope during the deposition of an organic polymer droplet onto a well provided in a bank structure. As the organic polymer droplets are viewed when in wet condition they are more clearly visible and any offset or deviation detected between the deposited droplet and the well can be used to reposition a platen supporting the substrate. The substrate is viewed with light having a wavelength to which the substrate is transparent and, preferably, which does not include a wavelength component within the absorption region of the polymer.

Abstract: A printer comprising: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having— (i) a single pagewidth printhead and (ii) a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead and arranged in use to deliver ink onto print media as it is transported past the printhead, and (b) a capping mechanism having— (i) a capping member having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead and located in a non-capping first position spaced-apart from but confronting the printhead, and (ii) a motor drive arranged for camming engagement with the capping member to effect its linear transitioning from the first position to a second position at which the capping member is located in nozzle capping engagement with the printhead.

Abstract: An ink jet head includes a base with front and rear ends having a plurality of channel grooves separated by channel walls each including a piezoelectric extending to the rear end, a cover that is placed on the base to be in contact therewith and opposite to the face of the base that has the channel grooves, electrodes placed on at least part of the inner surface of each one of the channel grooves, a conductive resin electrically connected with the electrode plugging up each of the channel grooves at the rear end, and projections as a pressing means for pressing the top of the conductive resin at the rear end of each channel groove.

Abstract: An inkjet drop ejection apparatus comprising: a chamber with a nozzle; an elongate ink inlet channel for fluid communication with an ink supply; and, an actuator with associated drive circuitry for ejecting drops of ink through the nozzle; wherein, the longitudinal axis of the ink supply channel is substantially parallel to the trajectory of the ejected drops of ink. If the ink supply channel is parallel with the direction of ink ejection, nozzle packing density on the printhead can be significantly increased. The ink can be supplied from the ‘back’ surface of the wafer, thereby removing the need for ink feed channels beside the chambers. This provides more room for the power and print data to be connected to each nozzle along the front surface of the wafer. Furthermore, ink supply channels leading directly to the nozzles promote a rapid ink refill rate under the action of the nozzle meniscus surface tension.

Abstract: An ink ejection arrangement for an inkjet printhead is provided. The arrangement comprises an ink chamber, a nozzle defined in a first wall of the ink chamber and an ink ejector positioned within an aperture defined in an opposite, second wall of the ink chamber. The ink chamber is arranged in fluid communication with an ink supply channel via the aperture so as to supply ink to the nozzle. The ink ejector incorporates a movable paddle which is operable to cause ejection of ink from the nozzle and resupply of ink to the ink chamber from the ink supply channel. The adjacent, peripheral regions of the second wall and the paddle are configured to define a bicuspid valve between the ink chamber and the ink supply channel.

Abstract: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate; a plurality of heaters formed on an upper portion of the substrate for heating ink for generating bubbles; a plurality of metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) field effect transistors (FETs) formed on the substrate for addressing the heaters and applying electric current to the heaters; first, second, and third interconnecting layers that are sequentially formed on the MOS FETs and electrically connected to each other for applying signals to the MOS FETs; a chamber layer for defining an ink chamber, which is filled with ink for ejection, on an upper portion of the heaters; and a nozzle layer having a nozzle, through which the ink is ejected, on an upper portion of the chamber layer.

Abstract: An inkjet printhead integrated circuit that has a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 suspended in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop 16 of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle 3, to effect printing. The heater element has a rotatable section configured such that the strain of thermal expansion is relieved by rotation of the rotatable section within the plane of the heater element. The heater elements are formed by depositing a thin strip of heater material, usually less than 1 micron thick. Repeated bending of the element can lead to oxidation and embrittlement, especially at small radius bends. This, in turn, leads to cracking and ultimately failure.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a heater provided on an element substrate, a nozzle including a discharge port portion having a discharge port for discharging a liquid droplet, a bubbling chamber, a supply path for supplying liquid to the bubbling chamber, a supply chamber for supplying the liquid to the nozzle and an orifice substrate. The bubbling chamber includes a first bubbling chamber and a second bubbling chamber above the first bubbling chamber, and the discharge port portion communicates with the second bubbling chamber via a stepped portion. A side wall of the second bubbling chamber converges toward the discharge port with an inclination of 10 to 45 degrees. The nozzle is provided with a control portion including a stepped portion in the flow path near the bubbling chamber. A maximum height of the flow path is smaller than a height of a lower surface of the discharge port portion.

Abstract: A droplet ejecting head including a nozzle plate having nozzle holes each ejecting a droplet and comprising: a jetting end open at a first surface of the plate; an inflow end open at a second surface of the plate; a taper portion between the jetting end and a vicinity of the inflow end, where a diameter of the nozzle hole linearly increases from the jetting end to the vicinity so as to have a taper angle; a connecting portion comprising a surface connecting the taper portion and the inflow end, at the connecting portion the diameter increasing more greatly than at the taper angle; and where D1 and D2 respectively represent the diameter of the nozzle hole at the inflow end and at an imaginary inflow end obtained if the taper portion extends at the taper angle up to the second surface, D2<D1<1.2×D2.

Abstract: A printing fluid dispenser system comprising a number of printing fluid dispensers each including: one of a number of printing fluids; a feature configured to locate the dispenser at predetermined location upon an inkjet printer component to be refilled; and an outlet located at one of a number of predetermined positions relative to the feature depending upon the type of printing fluid within said dispenser.

Abstract: Various particle reservoir systems such as used in printing systems are described which utilize one or more traveling wave grids within a reservoir to selectively transport particles to a reservoir exit. The traveling wave grids serve to transport the particles by use of moving electrostatic fields that travel across the grids. The reservoir systems are adapted for use with a variety of print head configurations.

Abstract: A bypass flowing passage communicating with the inside of a bag part not through a second valve mechanism is provided for an outlet part 12, and ink can be filled from the outlet part into the bag part 11 despite the second valve mechanism V2. After an ink pack is housed in an inner case ink is filled into the ink pack. When a first seal film is welded to the inner case, the ends of the bag part are caught in a cartridge case because the bag part is not bulky. Therefore, the maximum amount of ink for the inner volume of the cartridge case can be filled. Further, since a bypass flowing passage is blocked after ink has filled the ink pack, contaminating of air bubbles into the bag part through the bypass flowing passage is prevented.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a container body (2) formed with a liquid supply port (3), and a container-side fixing structure (7) which releasably regulates movement of the liquid container in an outward pulling direction in cooperation with apparatus-side fixing structure provided for the container mounting part in a state where the liquid container is mounted onto the container mounting part. The container-side fixing structure (7) has a guide groove (16) into which a fixing pin of the apparatus-side fixing structure can be inserted, and which guides the fixing pin in mounting and removal operations of the liquid container to and from the container mounting part. The guide groove (16) includes a fixing part (18) which engages the fixing pin to regulate the movement of the liquid container (1) in the pulling direction in the state where the liquid container is mounted to the container mounting part.

Abstract: An ink container detachably mountable to a recording head, the recording head including an ink jet recording chip which is driven by a driving voltage supplied through a driving voltage wiring lead and an electric signal supplied through an electric signal wiring lead to eject ink, an electrical opening portion provided in at least one of the driving voltage wiring lead and the electric signal wiring lead, the ink container includes a connection element for establishing electrical connection by electrically closing the electrical opening portion when the ink container is mounted to the recording head.

Abstract: An ink cartridge for an ink jet recording device, includes: a container having an ink supply port; at least two ink chambers partitioned in the container, one being located substantially in an upper section and the other being located substantially in a lower section; an ink suction passage connecting a bottom region of the lower section ink chamber to a bottom region of the upper section ink chamber; and a negative pressure generating mechanism provided to a flow passage connecting the upper section ink chamber to the ink supply port.