Patents Issued in March 2, 2017
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Publication number: 20170057227Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle face on which nozzles which eject liquid onto a medium are formed; a first region with a liquid repelling property which is connected to a peripheral edge of the nozzle when planarly viewed; and a second region with a liquid repelling property lower than that in the first region, which is connected to a peripheral edge of the nozzle when planarly viewed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Kinya OZAWA
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Publication number: 20170057228Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including: a flow path forming member including a resin layer having an ejection orifice and a flow path formed therein; a substrate including a heat-generating resistance element for ejecting liquid and a protective layer having a portion for covering the heat-generating resistance element, a surface of the portion being exposed to the flow path; and an intermediate layer formed between the resin layer and the protective layer, the intermediate layer including a silicon carbonitride material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Masaki Oikawa, Yoshihiro Hamada, Takuya Hatsui, Makoto Sakurai, Takeru Yasuda
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Publication number: 20170057229Abstract: An exposure portion which exposes a protection plate is formed on a back face of a nozzle plate at a part of a position other than an actuator joining face of the nozzle plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Atsushi KOZUKI
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Publication number: 20170057230Abstract: An electronic device includes a capacitor that is configured with a first electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a second electrode layer being formed in the order listed herein. At least one end of the capacitor is defined by an end of the second electrode layer. The insulating layer is provided so as to extend to a non-element region that is on the outside of one end of the capacitor. The insulating layer under the non-element region is formed thinner than the insulating layer under the capacitor. A difference between the thickness of the insulating layer under the non-element region and the thickness of the insulating layer under the capacitor is equal to or less than 50 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Ichiro ASAOKA, Koichi MOROZUMI, Masato SHIMADA, Akira KURIKI
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Publication number: 20170057231Abstract: A liquid ejecting head in which a flow path substrate having a communication hole communicating with a nozzle and a pressure chamber substrate having a space that is a pressure chamber are at least laminated includes: an actuator having an active section that is interposed between electrodes and applies pressure to the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber substrate has a first space positioned in a region corresponding to the active section and a second space positioned nearer to the nozzle than the first space and communicating with the first space among the spaces. The communication hole does not overlap with the first space and overlaps with at least a part of the second space in a lamination direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Shunya FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20170057232Abstract: An inkjet print device includes a maintenance device wherein a mesh system and a waste liquid receiver are mounted. The liquid is applied during maintenance on the top of the mesh system and a waste liquid receiver receives the liquid dripping from the back of the mesh system. The mesh system is characterized by including a liquid spreading mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Luc DE ROECK, Paul WOUTERS
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Publication number: 20170057233Abstract: A damper device includes a hollow case main body provided with an opening, a pressure sensitive film attached to the case main body so as to cover the opening, demarcates a liquid storage chamber together with the case main body, and is flexibly deformable internally toward, or externally away from, the liquid storage chamber, an inlet that is in the case main body, is in communication with the liquid storage chamber, and allows the liquid to flow into the liquid storage chamber, an injection outlet that is in the case main body, is in communication with the liquid storage chamber, and allows the liquid to flow out toward the liquid injector, an elastic member coupled with the pressure sensitive film to flexibly deform the pressure sensitive film externally away from the liquid storage chamber, and a pressure receiving plate that is located between the pressure sensitive film and the elastic member and includes a discontinuously joined portion that is discontinuously joined with the pressure sensitive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Naoki UEDA
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Publication number: 20170057234Abstract: A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging portion that discharges liquid supplied from a liquid container; a container mounting portion in which the liquid container is detachably mounted; a connection portion in which a flow path for supplying liquid within the liquid container mounted in the container mounting portion to the liquid discharging portion is formed; a sealing body that surrounds the connection portion in a plan view, and includes a contact surface in contact with the liquid container mounted in the container mounting portion; and a holding portion that suppresses movement of the sealing body by being installed to overlap the contact surface in a plan view, in which the holding portion is not in contact with the liquid container mounted in the container mounting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Noriaki OKAZAWA, Koji MORIKOSHI
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Publication number: 20170057235Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge an ink onto paper for recording, a case accommodating at least the recording head, a reading device openable and closable between an open position and a closed position, a liquid container having a liquid storage chamber for storing the ink to be supplied to the recording head and an injection port enabling the ink to be injected from the outside to the inside of the liquid storage chamber, a blocking member configured to block the injection port by coming into contact with the injection port, and a cover provided such that the cover can be opened or closed between an open position where the injection port is exposed and a closed position where the injection port is not exposed. The blocking member is mounted on the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Hidenao SUZUKI, Shoichi ISHIZAWA, Yoshiyuki TANAKA, Makoto OMURO, Koji KAWAI
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Publication number: 20170057236Abstract: An ink cartridge of an inkjet printer includes a support holding an ink container so that a longitudinal direction of a main body of the ink container extends along a sub-scanning direction of the inkjet printer, and supporting a portion of the main body that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a thickness direction of the main body such that the main body is supported horizontally. A central portion of the support is lower in height than a left portion and a right portion thereof with respect to a main scanning direction of the inkjet printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Yoshitaka HATANO, Takayoshi OGURI, Hironori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20170057237Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage including a recording head that performs recording on a medium, the carriage being movable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a control portion that controls the recording head and the carriage. The carriage has a first disposal section in which a first cartridge that supplies a liquid to the recording head is disposed and a second disposal section in which a second cartridge that does not supply a liquid to the recording head is disposed. The first cartridge includes a first information holder that holds information about the first cartridge. The second cartridge includes a second information holder that holds information about the second cartridge. The control portion executes a control of performing recording by using only the liquid contained in the first cartridge on the basis of the information held by the second information holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi SHIROTORI, Tadahiro MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20170057238Abstract: A new engagement mechanism enables a liquid supply unit to be removed from an on-carriage holder of a liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid supply unit comprises a body having first, second, third and fourth faces; a liquid supply portion projecting from the first face; and an engagement structure attached to the body. The engagement structure includes an engaging portion on a side of the first face. The engaging portion projects from the first face and engages with a through hole on a bottom of the on-carriage holder in a state of attachment. An operation portion of the engagement structure is on a side of the second face and is adapted to cancel engagement between the engaging portion and the on-carriage holder. A linking portion of the engagement structure is between the engaging portion and the operation portion to link the two.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Satoshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20170057239Abstract: An ink containing device comprises an ink cartridge and adaptor. The ink cartridge has a first main body having a chamber configured to store ink, and an ink outlet portion disposed on a first surface of the main body configured to flow out from the chamber to an outside of the main body and an indicator configured to indicate correspond to an amount of ink in the chamber. The adaptor has a second main body having a second surface, and a movable member configured to move with respect to the second main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Tomohiro KANBE, Yuki TAKAGI, Hirotake NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20170057240Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid discharging portion which discharges ink supplied from a liquid container, a limit value setting portion which sets a limit value L to be changed with time, and a discharging control portion which controls the liquid discharging portion to discharge the ink with a duty within a range of the limit value L set by the limit value setting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Manabu MUNAKATA
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Publication number: 20170057241Abstract: A liquid supply system includes a liquid supply source, an injection head, a damper in communication with the injection head, a liquid supply path including an end in communication with the liquid supply source and another end in communication with the damper, a liquid supply device supplying the liquid from the liquid supply source toward the damper, a pressure control valve provided between the liquid supply source and the liquid supply device, and a controller controlling the liquid supply device to be actuated or to be stopped. The pressure control valve closes the liquid supply path while the liquid supply device stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Kazuya MORIZONO, Yoshitaka HATANO
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Publication number: 20170057242Abstract: A self-weight pressure control valve includes a hollow case main body with an opening, a partitioning wall dividing the case main body into first and second pressure chambers in communication with the opening, a communication opening in the partitioning wall and communicating the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to each other, a valve rod including a rod portion inserted through the communication opening to pass the partitioning wall, and a valve portion located in the first pressure chamber, and a pressure sensitive film covering the opening of the case main body, coupled with a tip of the rod portion of the valve rod, and flexibly deformable toward the rod portion. When the pressure sensitive film is not flexibly deformed toward the rod portion, the communication opening is maintained in a closed state by the valve portion by use of a self-weight of the valve rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Naoki UEDA
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Publication number: 20170057243Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section that includes a nozzle that ejects a liquid; a supplying path that is capable of supplying the liquid accommodated in a liquid accommodating section to the liquid ejecting section; a pressure adjusting valve that is disposed in the supplying path, and includes a pressure chamber which is capable of storing the liquid, the pressure chamber being is provided with an outlet that draws out the stored liquid to the liquid ejecting section, and when a pressure in the internal portion of the pressure chamber decrease, the pressure adjusting valve being opened to adjust a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting section; a discharging path that connects to a communicating port which communicates with the pressure chamber in a separate position different from a position of the outlet; and a switching valve that is provided in the discharging path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki KAMEI, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20170057244Abstract: A bifurcation path and a flow path which communicates with the head main body through the bifurcation path are provided. The bifurcation path includes an upstream-side path and a downstream-side path. In a plan view of a flow-path forming surface including the bifurcation path and the flow path, the flow path is disposed in a state where an angle between a flowing direction in the flow path and a flowing direction in the downstream-side path is an acute angle. In addition, an angle between a first wall surface of the flow path, which is the wall surface located downstream from the upstream-side path, and a second wall surface of the upstream-side path, which is the wall surface connected to the first wall surface, is equal to or less than 90°. Furthermore, the second wall surface of the upstream-side path has an R shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Isamu TOGASHI
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Publication number: 20170057245Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: a color ink applying unit configured to apply color ink to a print medium; a clear ink applying unit configured to apply a plurality of clear inks to the print medium to cover the applied color ink, each clear ink of the plurality of clear inks having a degree of glossiness that is different from each other; and a determining unit configured to determine an amount ratio of each clear ink to each other clear ink of the plurality of clear inks in accordance with the degree of glossiness indicated by the glossiness data and to determine an amount of each clear ink of the plurality of clear inks such that the determined ratio is satisfied and such that the clear inks cover the applied color ink and print medium at approximately 100% area coverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Akira Morita, Keiichirou Takeuchi, Eisuke Nishitani, Takumi Otani, Fumihiro Goto, Koichiro Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20170057246Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a light source, a deflector, and a plurality of scanning lenses. A scanning lens lying closest to the deflector has a positive refractive power and the incident surface of it allows the oblique angle ? of the light beam entering the incident surface to vary from a center to an end of the incident surface. The incident surface satisfies the following conditions, where ?? is the amount of change and d? is the rate of change in the oblique angle ? of the light beam in the main scanning direction, d2? is the rate of change in d?, and ?2? is the amount of change in ??: d2?<|0.036| when ?2? increases from the center to the end in the main scanning direction; and d2?<|0.061| when ?2? decreases from the center to the end in the main scanning direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Shingo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20170057247Abstract: A mount for a light emitting diode print bar removably installable in a printer including an open end having a first curved mounting surface and a closed end oppositely disposed relative to the open end and including an opening, the opening having a second curved mounting surface. A projection of the first curved mounting surface substantially coincides with the second curved mounting surface and the light emitting diode print bar is arranged to pivot about the first and second curved mounting surfaces within the mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Michael John Wilsher, Richard David Emms, Chistopher Pearce, Vinoth Kumar Ganesan
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Publication number: 20170057248Abstract: Embodiments of the invention enable users to personalize fabric objects of varying shapes and sizes, such as, e.g., garments, fabric sheets, bags, etc. An inkjet printer, using conventional inks, may print an image on a prepared image transfer sheet, which may be, for example, a plastic backing sheet coated with a polymer layer. Then, with a water-based formulation applied to the fabric, the image may conveniently be transferred from the image transfer sheet to the fabric, e.g., at room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Kangning LIANG
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Publication number: 20170057249Abstract: The present invention provides a drying device and a drying method using the same. The drying device comprises a drying portion and a carrying portion, the carrying portion is used for carrying a substrate formed with a film layer to be dried, and the drying portion is arranged to face the film layer to be dried so as to dry the film layer to be dried.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Qing DAI, Ze LIU
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Publication number: 20170057250Abstract: In one example, a heating system includes a first heater having a first resistive heating element, a second heater having multiple second resistive heating elements arranged in parallel with a group of the second heating elements having a combined resistance equal to a resistance of the first heating element, and a controller to periodically switch power between the first heating element and the group of second heating elements at a zero crossing of an AC power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Mikel Zuza Irurueta
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Publication number: 20170057251Abstract: An ink jet device including an ink jet head discharging ultraviolet curable ink and an ultraviolet ray emitting diode unit arranged on at least one of a front side and a rear side in a scanning direction of the ink jet head is provided. The ultraviolet ray emitting diode unit includes a single ultraviolet ray emitting diode and a single transparent member arranged to include an optical axis of the ultraviolet ray emitting diode. In a cross section of the transparent member that includes the optical axis and that is vertical to a first direction (X direction) that vertically intersects with the optical axis, a width in an optical axis direction of a center portion including the optical axis is longer than a width in the optical axis direction of a peripheral portion that is farther away from the optical axis than the center portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaru OHNISHI
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Publication number: 20170057252Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes (A) a carriage that moves a nozzle ejecting a liquid which is cured by irradiation of an electromagnetic wave in a moving direction, (B) a first irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on dots formed by landing the liquid which is ejected from the moving nozzle, on a medium, and (C) a second irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on the dots which are irradiated by the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section, in which an irradiance level of the electromagnetic waves from the second irradiation section is different from that of the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Toyohiko MITSUZAWA
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Publication number: 20170057253Abstract: A post-processing liquid application device includes an ejecting head that ejects a post-processing liquid in a specific ejection pattern on a recording medium after ink has been attached thereto to form a character and/or an image based on image information, and a control unit that selects the specific ejection pattern based on a coverage rate calculated from the image information. When the coverage rate is low, the control unit selects a first ejection pattern for ejecting the post-processing liquid on a printed portion of a print region of the recording medium or ejecting the post-processing liquid on the printed portion and a surrounding portion thereof. When the coverage rate is high, the control unit selects a second ejection pattern for ejecting the post-processing liquid over the entire surface of the print region of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Satoru NAGASAWA, Yoshinari SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170057254Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a sheet which is transported along a transport path, a printer unit which accommodates the recording unit, a medium discharging port from which the sheet on which recording is performed by the recording unit is discharged, and a placing table which is located at a higher part of the recording unit, receives and supports the sheet which is discharged by the medium discharging port, and is provided in an openable-closable manner with respect to the printer unit. In addition, an access path through which it is possible to access the recording unit from the higher part by causing the placing table to be opened is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Toshikazu KOTAKA, Toru TANJO
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Publication number: 20170057255Abstract: A printer having a vacuum system to hold down material being printed is provided. The vacuum system includes a number of vacuum holes in the printer table. Each one of these vacuum holes is individually controllable such that variously sized materials may used on the printer table and vacuum may be applied only underneath the particular material being printed on.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Joe Byrne, III
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Publication number: 20170057256Abstract: A medium transporting state detecting device includes an irradiation optical system which irradiates a sheet-shaped medium with non-coherent light, a light receiving optical system which receives diffuse reflected light from the medium, a diffuse reflected light acquisition unit which acquires an intensity of the diffuse reflected light for each constant period;, a frequency component analyzing unit which performs analyzing a frequency component of reflected light intensity arrays where the intensity is temporally and sequentially shifted, a period calculating unit which obtains an actual period of a temporal change in a real number portion of a frequency component of a specified frequency among the analyzed frequency components, and a velocity detecting unit which obtains at least one of a difference between an actual velocity and a target velocity and the actual velocity based on the actual period and the target period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Shuji OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20170057257Abstract: A printing apparatus including a printing head that discharges a liquid onto a paper sheet, a drying section into which it is possible to the paper sheet, a transport roller that is provided further on an upstream side than the drying section, a nip roller that is provided further on a downstream side than the drying section, and a control section that regulates movement of the paper sheet by controlling the nip roller, in which the control section performs a first transport control that transports paper sheet in the transport direction by driving the transport roller, and stops driving of the nip roller, and a second transport control that stops driving of the transport roller, and transports the paper sheet in the transport direction by driving the nip roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Shuichiro NAKANO
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Publication number: 20170057258Abstract: A medium speed detection device includes a radiation optical system that radiates non-coherent light to a sheet-shaped medium which is being transported, a linear light reception optical system that includes n light reception units (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) receiving diffused/reflected light of the non-coherent light from the medium through light reception surfaces and in which the n light reception surfaces are arranged on an imaginary straight line in a transport direction of the medium, and a speed detection unit that obtains a speed of the medium based on a delay time obtained from a temporal correlation between an output of preceding light reception units with preceding light reception surfaces disposed on an upstream side in the transport direction and an output of following light reception units with following light reception surfaces disposed on a downstream side among the n light reception units.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Shuji OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20170057259Abstract: A printer that conveys label paper or black mark paper executes an appropriate process when conveying paper that has been spliced. While conveying label paper or black mark paper by the conveyance unit 42, the inkjet printer 5 calculates the interval at which the labels or marks are disposed based on detecting the label edges or marks by a sensor disposed to the conveyance path. An error is detected if the calculated interval is shorter than a specified length. If the calculated interval is longer than the specified length, the calculated interval is compared with the previously calculated interval. If the previously calculated interval is the same as the specified length, an error is not detected. If the previously calculated interval is longer than the specified length, an error is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Takashi SAIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170057260Abstract: An inkjet head apparatus includes a carriage including base plates, a head plate supported by the base plates, recording heads each attached to an associated one of openings of the head plate, a pivot between the base plate and the head plate so that the head plate is rotatably supported by the base plate, and an adjusting screw to adjust the positions of the recording heads with respect to the base plates. At least a portion of the pivot and at least a portion of the adjusting screw are disposed rearward of the front ends of the openings and forward of the rear ends of the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Naoki UEDA
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Publication number: 20170057261Abstract: A printing unit includes a carriage, a printing head mounted on the carriage, a guide pillar configured to support the carriage to be reciprocatingly movable in the front-back direction, a unit frame configured to support the guide pillar to be movable in the left-right direction, and a line-feed mechanism configured to move the carriage in the left-right direction. The line-feed mechanism includes a line-feed plate supported by the guide pillar to be movable in the front-back direction and a guide member configured to engage with the line-feed plate and guide the line-feed plate in the left-right direction together with the guide pillar according to the movement in the front-back direction of the line-feed plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Koji EHARA
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Publication number: 20170057262Abstract: The present invention provides a recording head, a recording head adjusting system, and a recording head adjusting method. A recording head includes: a head module having a recording surface; a support member that supports the head module; a first direction position adjusting unit that adjusts the first-direction position of the head module; a rotation direction adjusting unit that adjusts the angular deviation of the rotation direction; and a position detection unit that detects the first-direction position of the head module that is used when performing adjustment by the first direction position adjusting unit and the rotation direction adjusting unit. The rotation direction adjusting unit includes a rotation support mechanism for rotatably supporting the head module within the plane parallel to the recording surface and a second direction moving mechanism for moving the adjustment position of the head module in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Norihisa TAKADA
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Publication number: 20170057263Abstract: An example disclosed media processing device includes a housing defining a media receiving area configured to receive the media; a first media support arm extending from the housing proximate the media receiving area for engaging a first end of the media, wherein the first media support arm is biased to slidably translate along the housing to provide a holding force to the first side of the media, wherein the first media support arm includes a first locking element; a media cover configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the media cover including a second locking element, wherein the first locking element of the first media support arm is configured to engage the second locking element of the media cover when the media cover is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Huy Vo, Hussam Eassa, Michael L. Lamontagne, Brian C. Stormont, Gregory Klein, Michael E. Leclerc, Richard J. Preliasco, Roy P. Lyman, David F. Beck, Craig A. Horrocks
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Publication number: 20170057264Abstract: In one example, a carriage to carry a printhead back and forth over a print substrate includes an inboard part to hold the printhead and an outboard part to inhibit the flow of air under the carriage when the carriage is moving back and forth over the print substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Xavier Quintero Ruiz, Luis Garcia-Maurino Simon, Carmen Blasco Cortes, Mireia Garcia Ferrer
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Publication number: 20170057265Abstract: A printer includes: an imaging device that has an opening window to which light from a medium is incident; a supply unit, a transport unit, and a carriage moving unit which cause the imaging device and the medium to relatively move. The printer causes the imaging device to image a correcting pattern which is used to correct density irregularity such that imaging data is acquired, and corrects the density irregularity, based on the imaging data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Kazunari TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20170057266Abstract: An examining apparatus, examining method and an image recording apparatus which analyze the state of a print image irrespective of variation in contrast performance of an optical unit of a reading device are provided. An examining apparatus includes: a reading device configured to read an image recorded by a recording head to output a reading result and including at least one optical unit including an image capturing element and a lens; an analyzing device configured to analyze a state of the recording head or a state of the image by comparing the reading result to a threshold; an index acquiring device configured to acquire an index indicating contrast performance for each divided reading region obtained by dividing a reading region of the reading device into a plurality of regions; and a correcting device configured to correct the threshold for the divided reading region based on the acquired index.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yosuke KIMURA
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Publication number: 20170057267Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to control operation of a printer based on whether a marker is detected in a pigment ink are disclosed. Example apparatus include an optical sensor to detect a marker in a vehicle component of the pigment ink. The vehicle is depleted of a pigment component. The apparatus also includes a controller to control operation of the printer based on whether the marker is detected. The apparatus can also include an authorizer to determine whether the printer in which the pigment ink is installed is authorized to use the pigment ink having the marker. The controller of the apparatus is to control operation of the printer by transmitting a control signal to a print head processor to halt printing operations. The apparatus can additionally include a filter to deplete the vehicle component of the pigment component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Steven B Elgee, Jefferson P Ward, Jayprakash C Bhatt
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Publication number: 20170057268Abstract: A process for printing the surface of wooden trophies by cutting wooden sheet(s) or block(s) to desired shape to provide pieces with surface(s) and edges; laminating at least one surface of the cut pieced with heat transfer foil to provide a shade of white coating; and printing a design onto the shade of white coating on the surface of the piece by UV printing or sublimation printing and trophies so made.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Jerry Surber
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Publication number: 20170057269Abstract: A printable recording media including a composite base substrate that contains, at least, two constituent material layers that are laminated together with a flame resistant adhesion layer containing an adhesive compound and up to 50% of a flame retardant agent by total weight of the flame resistant adhesion layer, wherein, at least, one of the constituent material layer is a fiber layer; and an image receiving layer that is coated on one side of the composite supporting substrate. Also disclosed are the method for making such printable recording media and the method for producing printed images on such printable recording media.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Xulong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Paul C. Landrum, Francois K. Pirayesh
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Publication number: 20170057270Abstract: A printing screen for printing deposits of a print medium onto workpieces, the printing screen comprising a sheet in which a pattern of printing apertures are formed to allow for printing of a pattern of deposits onto a workpiece, and a waveguide which can be driven to induce an ultrasonic vibration in the sheet, wherein the waveguide comprises an elongate body at a surface of the sheet which at least partially surrounds the pattern of printing apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Clive Howard Charles ASHMORE, David Andrew FOGGIE, Charles Henry TONES, Gerard Anthony COX
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Publication number: 20170057271Abstract: A method for making a book is provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The method mainly comprises: cutting printed sheets for a book, brushing glue onto edges of the printed sheets, bonding the printed sheets through the glue, and positioning and fixing a plurality of bonded printed sheets by utilizing a right-angled mold; perforating each, of the positioned and fixed printed sheets, and stringing holes of the printed sheets so as to reinforce the printed sheets; and splicing front endpaper and rear endpaper onto endpaper connection cloth, and then, bonding the endpaper and bookblocks. The embodiments of the present invention adopt a right-angled mold to position register and fix a plurality of bonded printed sheets, and pages are unlikely to dislocate, thereby guaranteeing the binding quality of the book, improving the attractiveness of the book, reducing a making time of the book, and improving the production efficiency of the book.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Xiaobin Wang
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Publication number: 20170057272Abstract: A creased sticky note with a sticky body, an adhesive layer and at least one crease is provided. The sticky body has an adhesion portion and a flexible portion disposed adjacent to the adhesion portion. The adhesive layer is disposed on the adhesion portion. The at least one crease is disposed on the adhesion portion, or is disposed between the adhesion portion and the flexible portion, or is disposed on a stress hinders area of the flexible portion which is near the adhesion portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Chiao-Chu CHANG, Wei-Yang CHANG
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Publication number: 20170057273Abstract: The present disclosure and related inventions are directed to various types of motorized gift card holders. Each gift card holder embodiment creates added entertainment value to the act of presenting a recipient with a gift card. In some embodiments, the gift card holder is in the form of a greeting card having a motor therein to which a gift card or gift card sleeve is attached. In other embodiments, the gift card holder is in the form of a box having a motor therein to which a gift card or gift card sleeve is attached. Audio playback accompanies the motor movement of the gift card or gift card sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Anthony Begin, Lynne Shlonsky, David Mayer
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Publication number: 20170057274Abstract: An adhesive application comprises an elongate tubular body having a first open end and a second end opposite to the first end, a rod of adhesive material located within the elongate tubular body, an adaptor comprising a C-shaped body for clipping onto the elongate tubular body. Said rod is moveable along the elongate tubular body so that a free end of the rod of adhesive material is able to travel relatively past the first end of the elongate tubular body. Said rod of adhesive material is retainable at a selected axial position. Said adaptor comprises a disk-like cap connected to the C-shaped body by a neck. The C-shaped body and the disk-like cap form a slot opening for receiving a sheet of paper. The adaptor is slidable relative to the elongate tubular body so that a portion of the C-shaped body remains in contact with the elongate tubular body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: DISRUPTIVE ADHESIVES LIMITEDInventors: Peter Slevin, Adam Robinson
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Publication number: 20170057275Abstract: A fast and reliable single or dual transfer process is provided. Unlike prior art foil transfer techniques, which rely on the very fragile nature of the transferred pattern and/or shape to obtain a clean break at the die edge, the present invention is directed toward relatively non-tearable or tear resistant materials that can be difficult or impossible to effectively transfer using these known foil transfer techniques. This problem is addressed by precision cutting, for example, patches in the relatively non-tearable or tear resistant material positioned on a carrier substrate and in one exemplary embodiment transferring areas surrounding the cut patches to a sacrificial carrier substrate. The resulting sharply defined, precision cut patches left on the carrier substrate may then be transferred to objects to be protected such as banknotes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicants: Crane Security Technologies, Inc., Visual Physics, LLCInventors: Paul F. Cote, Daniel Yeager, Todd Schexnayder
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Publication number: 20170057276Abstract: A panel for cladding a substrate and a method for producing same, in which a plurality of indentations, which start from the visible surface, extend so as to be inclined (?, ?) relative to the visible surface and end in respective side surface, are formed at the transition from the visible surface into at least one of the side surfaces to form a chamfer. A The chamfer is formed solely by the plurality of indentations, which include at least a first group of indentations all of which extend in an inclined manner relative to the visible surface at a first inclination angle (?), and a second group of indentations all of which extend in an inclined manner relative to the visible surface at a second inclination angle (?), the first inclination angle (?) and the second inclination angle (?) different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Gerhard Dürnberger, Andreas Wallinger, Rupert Krallinger