Patents Issued in December 1, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160347034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an insulating element for a tank comprising the steps of covering at least two surfaces of a mold with a metal foil; introducing a foam forming composition in the mold; and allowing a foam to form between the metal foils. The present invention further relates to the insulating element as such, an insulating assembly for a tank comprising insulating elements which are designed to fit closely to the periphery of the tank, wherein the insulating element is obtained or obtainable according to the process of the present invention; and also the use of said insulating assembly to insulate a tank, a tank wagon or a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nils MOHMEYER, Mark ELBING, Bernd FRICKE
  • Publication number: 20160347035
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the transparency can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is in a sea-island state having a sea-like dark part and a plurality of island-like bright parts to be identified when observed with a transmission electron microscope, a thermoplastic resin is contained in the dark part region and a thermoplastic resin is contained in the bright part region, and the arithmetic average value of major diameters of the bright parts is less than or equal to 400 nm or the median value of major diameters of the bright parts is less than or equal to 400 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ryousuke KOMATSU, Jun SASAKI, Tatsuya IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160347036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laminated glazing comprising first and second plies of glazing material, a carrier film arranged between the first and second plies of glazing material carrying an electrically conductive coating, a busbar arranged in contact with the electrically conductive coating. An edge of the carrier film is spaced inwardly from an edge of the glazing. The busbar and the carrier film are arranged to define an anchor portion suitable for anchoring the carrier film, the anchor portion comprising a region of the carrier film extending outwardly from an edge of the busbar. The anchor portion anchors the film to avoid the formation of wrinkles in the carrier film. Avoidance of wrinkles results in more uniform heating and elimination of hotspots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Leigh Francis MELLOR, Mark Andrew CHAMBERLAIN
  • Publication number: 20160347037
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite article is disclosed that involves providing a press having first and second platens, a cellulosic fiber substrate having a first thickness, and a layer of material such as a wood veneer, foil, or non-creped paper, where the layer of material has a thickness less than the thickness of the cellulosic fiber substrate. A layer of bonding material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate or the layer of material, and the layer of material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate so that the bonding material is between the layer of material and the cellulosic fiber substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Bei-Hong LIANG, Karine A. LUETGERT, Henry COGHLAN, John Peter WALSH, Geoffrey B. HARDWICK
  • Publication number: 20160347038
    Abstract: A self-sealing bladder may automatically seal a puncture wound formed in a bladder wall thereof, such as due to being perforated by a projectile. Self-sealing bladders may be used in containers, such as fuel tanks, in order to prevent loss of fuel or other fluid from the container. Self-sealing bladders may contain a sealant material contained within one or more localized reservoirs formed within the bladder wall, the sealant material being pressurized within the bladder wall such that a localized reduction in pressure due to a perforation in the bladder wall causes the sealant material to migrate to the perforated site, whereupon the sealant material hardens, thereby sealing the wound. The localized reservoirs may include one or more channels and/or connecting layers extending therefrom and in fluid communication therewith, to facilitate migration of the sealant material away from the localized reservoirs and towards the perforated portion of the bladder wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James J. Childress, Mark Stewart Wilenski, Michael Patrick Kozar
  • Publication number: 20160347039
    Abstract: Sheets comprising co-extruded multi-component arrays that exhibit chromatically variable appearance dependent upon observation angle. Also, methods and apparatus for making such sheets and methods for using such sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ravi K. Sura, Thomas P. Hanschen, Ronald W. Ausen, Bridget K. Warmka
  • Publication number: 20160347040
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a multilayer sheet, comprises: a substrate comprising a cap layer comprising a polymeric material and a core layer, wherein when joined, the cap layer forms a first surface of the substrate and the core layer forms a second surface of the substrate; a first coating layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the first coating is a hard coating; and a second coating layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the second coating is a flexible coating; wherein the multilayer sheet passes a ball drop test from a distance of greater than or equal to 50 centimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Wei Feng, Geert Boven
  • Publication number: 20160347041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil and water absorbent food packing material, a method for manufacturing the same, and a tray using the same, and more particularly, to an oil and water absorbent food packing material that is obtained by bonding a porous layer and a substrate layer through extrusion lamination, to a method for manufacturing a porous food packing material by means of extrusion lamination of a porous layer and a substrate layer, and to a tray manufactured by molding the food packing material so that it can absorb oil and water generated from a frozen food to be cookable in a microwave oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Eun Jin Park, Sung Joo Lee, Dong Hui Park
  • Publication number: 20160347042
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoformable article comprising at least a first surface having a binder resin layer comprising a fluorine-containing polymer, where the binder resin layer has a first major surface opposite a second major surface; and a plurality of microspheres partially and adhered to the first major surface of the binder resin layer; where the fluorine-containing polymer is a partially fluorinated polymer derived from at least one fluorine containing monomer and two or more non-fluorinated monomers having at least one active hydrogen functional group, and further wherein at least one but not all of the active hydrogen functional groups are reacted with at least one curing agent having latent functionality. In some instances the curing agent comprises polyisocyanate. There is also provided a thermoset article derived from such thermoformable articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher B. Walker, Jr., John C. Clark, Thomas P. Klun, Steven J. McMan, Abdullahi A. Mohamud, Alexander J. Kugel, Vivek Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20160347043
    Abstract: The present invention is a multi-layered simulated leather composition with a realistic surface appearance. The first layer is a deformable fiber surface layer having a unique uniform random pattern. The second and third membrane and fixative layers conform to the unique uniform random pattern, allowing the unique uniform random pattern to be visible through the membrane. The membrane may be printed on both sides to provide a realistic simulation of leather and allow a user to print a graphic on the simulated leather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph Giammarco, Michael Kolman
  • Publication number: 20160347044
    Abstract: A multi-layered metal includes a first layer, and a second layer on the first layer. The second layer is bonded to the first layer, by applying at least one of heat and pressure to an assembly including the first layer and the sheet to cause inter-metal diffusion between the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: WEI JEN CHEN, CHALAM KASHYAP, KUAN-TING WU
  • Publication number: 20160347045
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a curved liquid crystal display panel, which comprises coating a sealing gum on a first or a second frame sealing region; filing liquid crystals between the two substrates and adhering the two substrates together; performing a first curing on partial sealing gum on a first set or a third set of frame bodies; bending the first set and the third set of frame bodies obtained after the first curing along the extension direction of the first set of frame bodies; performing a second curing on uncured sealing gum on the two bended substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Haiyan SUN, Dejiun LI, Tsungying YANG, Dandan LIU
  • Publication number: 20160347046
    Abstract: A method of making an airdam to be placed along the edge of a composite work piece during a curing process is disclosed. The method comprises forming a strip of peel ply, forming a strip of tacky putty, and automatically affixing the strip of tacky putty to the strip of peel ply without human assistance to form a laminate comprising at least one layer of peel ply and at least one layer of tacky putty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: James Hellyer-Kinch
  • Publication number: 20160347047
    Abstract: A yield in a separation process is improved. A separation apparatus which enables easy separation in a large-area substrate is provided. The separation apparatus has a function of dividing a process member into a first member and a second member and includes a support body supply unit, a support body hold unit, a transfer mechanism, a direction changing mechanism, and a structure body. The structure body bonds a support body to a surface of the first member. When at least part of the process member is located between the direction changing mechanism and the structure body or the pressure applying mechanism, the shortest distance between the direction changing mechanism and a first plane including the surface of the first member is longer than the shortest distance between the first plane and the structure body or the pressure applying mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Saki Eguchi, Koichi TAKESHIMA, Hiroki ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20160347048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to using soft photopolymer plates in a printing process, and more specifically, to an apparatus and methods of using soft photopolymer materials to decorate an exterior surface of cylindrical metallic containers with high definition graphics and other indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Ball Corporation
    Inventor: Chris Carreras
  • Publication number: 20160347049
    Abstract: A screen printing apparatus comprises print executing parts 20A, 20B, first and second substrate loading parts En1, En2 and a substrate unloading part Ex, and first and second substrate support tables 10A, 10B for supporting a substrate W to enable printing thereon by the print executing parts 20A, 20B. The first substrate support table 10A moves between a first receiving position where the substrate W loaded from the first substrate loading part En1 is received, and a sending position where the substrate W is unloaded from the substrate unloading part Ex. The second substrate support table 10B moves between a second receiving position where the substrate W loaded from the second substrate loading part En2 is received, and the sending position. The print executing parts 20A, 20B are respectively placed at positions on the substrate support tables 10A, 10B where printing on the substrate W is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshimichi SATOU
  • Publication number: 20160347050
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of line heads disposed along a conveyance direction of a recording sheet and including a plurality of nozzles to discharge ink droplets, the plurality of nozzles disposed in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the recording sheet; a plurality of edge sensors corresponding to respective line heads, to detect a lateral edge of the recording sheet; a plurality of actuators corresponding to the respective line heads, to move to the respective line heads laterally in a sheet width direction; a head position adjustor to determine movement amounts of the respective line heads in accordance with outputs of the plurality of edge sensors; and a failure determiner to obtain outputs of the plurality of edge sensors simultaneously and identify a failure of the plurality of edge sensors based on a combination of the outputs from the plurality of edge sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi HOMMI
  • Publication number: 20160347051
    Abstract: A pattern of a first ink is formed on a recording medium using a first nozzle, a difference between smoothness of a surface at an edge portion of the pattern of the first ink in a predetermined direction and smoothness of a peripheral area of the pattern of the first ink on the recording medium is increased by applying another imparting material different from the first ink on the pattern of the first ink and a first adjustment pattern is formed, a second adjustment pattern of a predetermined imparting material is formed on the recording medium using a second nozzle, and a detection unit detects information by measuring specular reflected light when areas respectively including the first and the second adjustment patterns are each irradiated with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuki Narumi, Hiroshi Kawafuji, Yasunori Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20160347052
    Abstract: A distance measuring device includes: an imaging unit that captures a test pattern image including a pair of first markers and a second marker that is formed under a condition different from a condition applied to the first markers; a position detecting unit that detects a position of each of the pair of first markers and the second marker in a captured image captured by the imaging unit; a ratio calculating unit that calculates a ratio of a distance between the pair of the first markers in the captured image and an actual distance between the pair of the first markers; and an actual distance calculating unit that calculates an actual distance between one of the first markers as the pair and the second marker by multiplying a distance between the one of the first markers as the pair and the second marker in the captured image by the ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masaya KAWARADA, Nobuyuki SATOH, Kenji MORITA, Yuichi SAKURADA, Tomohiro SASA, Daisaku HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160347053
    Abstract: According to an embodiment the present invention, a printing apparatus detects a distance between a printhead and a print medium using a sensor while using a print medium for sensor calibration and changing a height from a print position to a carriage, stores first distance information indicating a relationship between the height and a signal representing a result of detecting the distance for each of heights in a memory, obtains second distance information indicating a relationship between the height and the signal representing the result of detecting the distance for each of the heights while using a predetermined print medium and changing the height, compares the first and second distance information, and corrects the first distance information stored in the memory, based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Yusuke Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20160347054
    Abstract: A printhead including a fluid slot area in which a plurality of fluid slots are formed and a temperature sensing member, heating element or temperature sensing resistor including an edge portion and an inner portion. The edge portion extends along at least a part of an edge of the fluid slot area and the inner portion is connected to the edge portion and extends in-between two adjacent fluid slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Ning GE
  • Publication number: 20160347055
    Abstract: Provided are an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device that can effectively heat an ink near nozzles of a nozzle board or an ink inside a head chip. The inkjet head includes the head chip in which a nozzle board, an intermediate plate, a pressure chamber board, a spacer board, and a wiring board are joined in order, a common ink chamber forming member provided at a side of the wiring board of the head chip to form at least a part of a common ink chamber, and a heater provided to the common ink chamber forming member. The nozzle board is smaller than the intermediate plate when the head chip is viewed from the side of the nozzle board in plan view. A thermal conductive member being in contact with the heater and joined with the nozzle board and the wiring board across the head chip is provided. At least a part of the wiring board and a part of the common ink chamber forming member are joined through the thermal conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: HIRONOBU YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160347056
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of this invention, the following data transfer between a printhead and a printing apparatus is performed. That is, a priority is set for each of a plurality of data to transfer the plurality of data. Print timings of the printhead are generated in accordance with a relative moving speed between the printhead and a print medium, and the print resolution of the printhead. Data to be transferred to the printhead in an interval between the generated print timing and the next print timing following the print timing are selected from the plurality of data based on the interval, the data length of each of the plurality of data, and the set priorities. The selected data are transferred to the printhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kazuki Hirobe
  • Publication number: 20160347057
    Abstract: A driving pulse to be applied to a plurality of print elements in a print element array is decided based on the deviation of the discharge amount from the print elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yuhei Oikawa, Taku Yokozawa, Hiroaki Shirakawa, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Hiroshi Taira, Yosuke Ishii, Satoshi Azuma, Hiroaki Komatsu, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20160347058
    Abstract: A waveform selecting process includes selecting one of a plurality of kinds of driving waveforms for each of a plurality of dot elements, based on a density value set to each of the plurality of dot elements in image data. The waveform selecting process includes, for a dot element array of each of the plurality of ejection ports: determining whether a dot element corresponding to a target dot has a second density value and determining whether a subsequent dot element corresponding to a subsequent dot has a first density value and, when both determinations are positive, setting the dot element corresponding to the target dot as a correction-target dot element, the subsequent dot being subsequent to the target dot in the formation order; and selecting one of a first driving waveform and a second driving waveform as a driving waveform of a correction-target dot element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuaki SUZUKI, Katsunori SAKAI, Motohiro TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20160347059
    Abstract: A control apparatus including a power supply unit configured to supply electric power, comprises: a capacitor connected to a power supply line extending from the power supply unit to a printhead; a discharge circuit configured to release charge stored in the capacitor; and a control unit configured to control a current value during a discharge operation by the discharge circuit, such that the current value increases as a voltage value of the capacitor decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Shinya Ishikawa, Yasufumi Ogasawara, Hisao Okita, Takashi Sakai, Toru Oshika
  • Publication number: 20160347060
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus suppressing degradation in insulation property of an electrical wiring substrate while suppressing an ejection element substrate from being cracked or a wiper from being abraded. As a configuration, a step portion with a step surface having a step between an ejection opening surface and a surface for mounting an electrical wiring substrate thereon in a second support member is provided and a gap between the ejection element substrate and the step portion and a gap between the electrical wiring substrate and a stepped surface are sealed by a sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Tomohisa Atsuta
  • Publication number: 20160347061
    Abstract: In one example, a molded printhead includes a printhead die in a molding having a channel therein through which fluid may pass directly to a back part of the die. The front part of the die is exposed outside the molding surrounding the die. Electrical connections are made between terminals at the front part of the die and contacts to connect to circuitry external to the printhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Publication number: 20160347062
    Abstract: A method of printing, including providing a fluid ejection device that includes a substrate, a plurality of drive units formed on the substrate, each drive unit including at least two drive elements electrically coupled in parallel, and a plurality of fluid ejection elements disposed on the substrate, each fluid ejection element of the plurality of fluid ejection elements electrically coupled with a single respective drive unit. Electrical power is selectively supplied via the plurality of drive units to the plurality of fluid ejection elements to cause fluid to be expelled from the fluid ejection device based on image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: John Glenn EDELEN, Nicole SEMLER, Michael MARRA
  • Publication number: 20160347063
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a channel structure having nozzles aligned in a first direction and pressure chambers aligned in the first direction corresponding to the nozzles respectively; piezoelectric elements aligned in the first direction in the channel structure, corresponding to the pressure chambers respectively; a cover covering the piezoelectric elements and having first and second wall portions arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and joined to the channel structure at first and second joint regions respectively; and traces being extended to one side in the second direction from the piezoelectric elements respectively, passing through the first region, and extending up to outside of the cover. An area of the first joint region is greater than an area of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Keita Hirai, Atsushi Hirota
  • Publication number: 20160347064
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head, including: a substrate including a supply path passing through the substrate from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface thereof opposite to the first surface; and a member bonded to the second surface of the substrate via an adhesive, in which an inner wall of the supply path has a portion substantially in parallel with the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Keisuke Kishimoto, Taichi Yonemoto
  • Publication number: 20160347065
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes the steps of: preparing a substrate including an energy-generating element disposed on a first surface of the substrate and a supply path for liquid; disposing a dry film on the first surface of the substrate in such a manner that the dry film partially enters the supply path; etching the dry film from a side of the dry film facing the first surface of the substrate so that the dry film has an etched surface substantially in parallel with the first surface and covers the supply path; forming a resin layer to be a flow path member on the dry film covering the supply path; and removing the dry film covering the supply path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masahisa Watanabe, Jun Yamamuro, Kazuhiro Asai, Keiji Matsumoto, Koji Sasaki, Kunihito Uohashi, Ryotaro Murakami, Tomohiko Nakano, Keiji Edamatsu, Haruka Nakada, Kenji Fujii, Seiichiro Yaginuma
  • Publication number: 20160347066
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a molded member having a hollow part. The method comprises a step for molding the hollow part by extracting a first piece, a second piece, a third piece and a fourth piece of a mold in four different directions. The second piece has an elongated shape in its extracting direction, the second piece and the fourth piece have extracting directions substantially opposed to each other, and at the molding, each of the first piece, the second piece, the third piece and the fourth piece abuts on at least one of the first piece, the second piece, the third piece and the fourth piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiromasa Amma, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Satoshi Oikawa, Takuya Iwano, Satoshi Kimura, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda
  • Publication number: 20160347067
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head and that includes nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected. A positioning abutting unit is arranged on an outer side of a region in which a plurality of the nozzle openings are formed. A cap main body is arranged so as to relatively move with respect to the liquid ejecting head. The cap main body has a side wall. A sealing member is accommodated inside the cap main body, comes into contact with the positioning abutting unit in a state of surrounding the region due to the relative movement of the liquid ejecting head and the cap main body, and forms a sealed space inside of the cap main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroki MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160347068
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit which includes a liquid ejecting head which includes a nozzle surface provided with nozzles, the nozzle surface being on a plane defined by two directions including a first and a second directions intersecting each other, a wiping unit comprising a wiper parallel to the first direction and configured to perform relative movement in the second direction between the wiper and the nozzle surface to wipe the nozzle surface, a recess defined by an edge provided along the first direction on the nozzle surface, and a controller for filling the recess with a liquid which spills from at least one nozzle among the nozzles, and for wiping the nozzle surface after wiping the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masahisa NAWANO, Hiroaki OKUI, Yasuyuki KUDO
  • Publication number: 20160347069
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus capable of performing preliminary discharge without the influence of mist while suppressing degradation in throughput regardless of a preliminary discharge time. Specifically, an inkjet printing apparatus that performs a wiping operation on a nozzle arrangement surface provided with nozzles discharging an ink in a print head includes a wiping determination unit that determines whether to perform the wiping operation before preliminary discharge based on the amount of the preliminary discharge to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Shin Genta, Masaya Uetsuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Masataka Kato, Tsuyoshi Ibe, Tomoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20160347070
    Abstract: A bubbler may be provided between nozzles. The bubbler may be provided opposite a standpipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ozgur E. Yildirim, Volker Smektala, Mike H. Steed, Joseph R. Elliot
  • Publication number: 20160347071
    Abstract: A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage chamber, a first communicating portion through which an ink tank communicates with the storage chamber, a second communicating portion through which a printhead is communicates with the storage chamber, and side walls arranged facing each other so as to form a channel in which ink flows from a side of the first communicating portion to a side of the second communicating portion in the storage chamber. The storage chamber includes a first space, and a second space located closer to the side of the second communicating portion than the first space, in which a distance between the side walls is set larger than in the first space. The apparatus includes a detecting unit arranged in the second space and detecting a liquid surface of ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Saeki, Noboru Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20160347072
    Abstract: A housing and a cover member are injection-molded and these housing and cover member are joined within a pair of mold. When the housing and the cover member are joined by molten resin, a mold for suppressing deformation is positioned at a face of the housing opposite to a face receiving a pressure of the molten resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takuya Iwano, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Satoshi Oikawa, Hiromasa Amma, Satoshi Kimura, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda
  • Publication number: 20160347073
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus which make it possible to suppress deterioration of image quality. Therefore, a plurality of second beam-shaped members is provided on the downstream side of a first beam-shaped member which divides a flow passage connected to an ejection element substrate into two flow passages in a liquid-flowing direction so as to sandwich a line extending the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Chiaki Muraoka, Tokuji Kudo, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Monta Matsui
  • Publication number: 20160347074
    Abstract: A method of calibrating an inkjet printer, which comprises a fluid circuit (4), a print head (1) connected to the fluid circuit through an umbilical (19), this method comprising at least the following functions: calculate a difference between the viscosity of the ink used in the circuit, and a theoretical viscosity of this ink; as a function of this difference, correct data representative of a characteristic function that relates the pressure at a point referred to as the reference point in the fluid circuit or the print head, the ink density, the ink viscosity, the operating temperature and a velocity referred to as the nominal velocity of the ink jet generated by the print head, to form corrected data for said characteristic function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Joao Paulo Ribeiro, Jean-Pierre Arpin, Francis Pourtier
  • Publication number: 20160347075
    Abstract: With a conventional liquid container, it is difficult to reduce the possibility of soiling with liquid caused by liquid leakage. Provided is a liquid container including a liquid containing portion containing liquid, a liquid inlet portion receiving injection of the liquid into the liquid containing portion, an open air port that communicates with the liquid containing portion and is introducing the atmospheric air into the liquid containing portion, and a liquid absorbent material that is arranged at least in a portion of the periphery of the open air port and that is absorbing the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori MATSUDA, Shoma KUDO, Hidenao SUZUKI, Naomi KIMURA, Munehide KANAYA
  • Publication number: 20160347076
    Abstract: A holding member provided in a liquid ejection apparatus is attached to a receiving member and includes a capturing portion capturing a supply member so as to hold the supply member. The capturing portion is displaceable while the holding member is attached to the receiving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takuya Iwano, Hiromasa Amma, Takeshi Sekino, Noboru Shimoyama, Shuichi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20160347077
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head, a liquid ejection apparatus and a manufacturing method for the liquid ejection head which make it possible to achieve both of high-speed printing and a reduction in number of recovering operations. A liquid chamber which is formed in a part of a flow passage that guides liquid to an ejection element substrate includes a plurality of supply paths which is able to supply the liquid by capillarity, is connected together and is different from one another in width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiromasa Amma, Mikiya Umeyama, Genji Inada, Takuya Iwano, Yasuyuki Takanaka, Masaya Uetsuki
  • Publication number: 20160347078
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead, a subtank for storing ink to be supplied to the printhead, a maintank for storing ink to be supplied to the subtank, a valve that can be switched between an open state in which the printhead communicates with the subtank and a closed state in which the printhead does not communicate with the subtank, a cap for covering an discharging port surface of the printhead, a pump for generating a negative pressure in an inside of the cap with the cap covering the discharging port surface, and an internal pressure changing member for changing an internal pressure of the subtank to perform a subtank filling operation in which ink is supplied from maintank to the subtank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masataka Kato, Kazuo Suzuki, Masaya Uetsuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tsuyoshi Ibe, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20160347079
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a sub tank, an ink tank containing ink supplied to the sub tank, a detector that detects an amount of ink contained in the sub tank, a variable volume member provided between the recording head and the sub tank and having variable inner volume, and a controller that repeatedly performs first and second operations, thereby supplying ink from the ink tank to the sub tank. In the first operation, the member is caused to switch from a first state to a second state, while in the second operation, the member is caused to switch from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuo Suzuki, Masaya Uetsuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Masataka Kato, Tsuyoshi Ibe, Asako Tomida, Shin Genta
  • Publication number: 20160347080
    Abstract: A liquid supply device and an image recording apparatus that do not cause the tearing of a diaphragm even if abnormal pressure is generated. The objective is solved by a liquid supply device that includes a back-pressure tank and a restriction member. The back-pressure tank is provided between an ink jet head and a pump, and includes a liquid chamber that communicates with an ink passage through a flow port, a gas chamber in which gas is stored, and an elastic diaphragm that isolates the liquid chamber from the gas chamber. The restriction member is disposed on an extension surface of the flow port of an inner wall surface of the liquid chamber, and keeps the elastic diaphragm on the inside of the extension surface in a case in which the elastic diaphragm is sucked into the flow port by pressure that is applied to ink by the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160347081
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to perform check processing, and a controlling unit configured to cause a printing unit to eject a first coloring material ink, a second coloring material ink, and a clear ink so as to print a check pattern used for the check processing, wherein the printing unit prints the check pattern in which the clear ink, the first coloring material ink, and the second coloring material ink are applied to a check pattern forming area of the print medium in this order, and in the check pattern, the clear ink is colored in the second color and the first color in a direction from a surface side of the print medium toward a back side of the print medium in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Takuya Fukasawa
  • Publication number: 20160347082
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an improved printer provides a user with a simple, intuitive user-friendly touchscreen interface, is easy to assemble, and has a low cost to repair. The printer comprises a platen roller that can be changed without tools via the use of a bayonet connector, and an easy change print head that mechanically guides the print head into the carrier via mechanical guiding pins. Further, the printer comprises a universal supply holder to accommodate different sizes of inner diameter cores for tag and laminated supplies. The printer also discloses a ribbon spindle that accommodates both a cardboard core and a plastic core on the same printer device. Additionally, the printer discloses a media low sensor for providing a low supply indicator, and a gap sensor that comprises an LED array and a resistor array for gap sensing across the supply web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jeanne F. Duckett, Johannes LENKL, Matthias LOCHNER, Wolfgang Zehetmair, Wemer K. FROEHLING, Volker HOEFNER, Karl HASENOEHRL, Nikolay IVANOV, Holger PLEIER, Timothy L. BROWN, Arthur PILZ, Mitchell G. STERN, Lance D. NEUHARD, Walter KREUZER
  • Publication number: 20160347083
    Abstract: A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source; a rotary polygon mirror configured to deflect a light beam emitted from the light source; a plurality of optical members configured to guide the light beam, which is deflected by the rotary polygon mirror, to a photosensitive member; a drive motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; an optical box to which the light source is attached, the optical box containing the rotary polygon mirror, the drive motor, and the optical members; and a dynamic vibration absorber mounted inside the optical box and configured to be vibrated by vibrations of the optical box, wherein the plurality of optical members are supported on a bottom portion of the optical box, and the dynamic vibration absorber is disposed on the bottom portion of the optical box at a position between at least two adjacent optical members among the plurality of optical members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Takehiro Ishidate