Abstract: The disclosure addresses wrenches having a portion thereof including carbon fibers. Example wrenches may have a handle portion comprising the carbon fibers; which in some cases can be formed as a part of a composite laminate structure of at least a portion of the handle. Example wrenches will often include an insert portion for engaging a bolt, nut, or similar structure. In most cases, the insert will be formed of a relatively hardened material, such as a metal, or a metal-containing, material.

Abstract: Improved methods and apparatus are provided for the production of prepreg slit tape wherein master rolls of prepreg sheet are formed which are capable of being slit, with liner attached, at high precision.

Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes a substrate holder holding the second substrate; a pusher pushing a back surface of the second substrate; a substrate support unit including a support talon supporting a circumferential edge portion of the first substrate to oppose the second substrate with a prescribed spacing between the second substrate and the circumferential edge portion of the first substrate; and a controller controlling a lifting/lowering operation of the pusher. The pusher pushes one prescribed point of the back surface of the second substrate, the one prescribed point corresponding to a position where a distance between a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate is shorter than a distance from the circumferential edge portion of the bonding surface of the first substrate to the bonding surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A method of preparing a printing form precursor for printing, or a printed circuit board precursor or a semiconductor precursor, the method comprising the step of applying electromagnetic radiation having a pulse duration of not greater than 1×10?6 seconds, in an imagewise manner, to an imagable surface of the precursor. The imaging process may cause ablation of the coating of the precursor or permit its development in a developer. In each case the imaging radiation needs not be tuned to imaging chemistry (if any) present in the coating. Alternatively the imaging process may induce a change of hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, or other change of state, of an uncoated substrate.

Abstract: A printing module of the flexo printing type, is provided with an anilox roller and an impression roller which are set up between two frame parts. Further, the printing module comprises a plate cylinder assembly which is receivable in a plate cylinder holder assembly. The plate cylinder holder assembly is provided with a plate-shaped body part with a supporting ring support surface with a special curve which is symmetrical with respect to a curve plane. Further, each plate cylinder holder assembly comprises a body part support assembly via which the body part is connected with the associated frame part, wherein the body part support assembly is configured for pivoting the body part about a first imaginary pivoting axis and for pivoting the body part about a second imaginary pivoting axis, such as to allow a substantially independent distance setting between the plate cylinder and the anilox roller on one side and between the plate cylinder and the impression roller on the other side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixture for on-line wheel printing, which is composed of a stand, a servo motor, a flip plate, air cylinders and the like. When in use, the fixture provided by the present invention can meet the requirement for quickly printing a pattern on a fixed window of wheel on line, and meanwhile, has the characteristics of advanced technology, high automation degree, safe and stable performance.

Abstract: An actuator (1), for a printhead, wherein the actuator (1) comprises: an actuating element (2) an obturator assembly (3), engageable with the actuator element (2); wherein the actuating element (2) is operable to assume, depending on a drive signal applied thereto: a rest configuration, in which the obturator assembly (3) is at a first distance (X0) from a reference plane (A); a first deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly (3) is at a second distance (X1) from the reference plane (A) greater than the first distance (X0), and a second deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly (3) is in contact with the reference plane (A), wherein: a control module (4) is configured for regulating a drive signal to the actuating element (2) to cause the obturator assembly (3) to move between the rest configuration and the first deformed configuration during a first operating cycle, to reduce the effects of impact on the obturator assembly.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a transistor that amplifies the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a feedback circuit that returns the drive signal to the modulation circuit; a circuit board; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto. The circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. The capacitor and the feedback circuit are mounted and a first ground wiring connected to the capacitor and a second ground wiring connected to the feedback circuit are provided on the first mounting surface. At least one of the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the inductor is mounted on the second mounting surface.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a modulation circuit which generates a modulation signal which is obtained by pulse-modulating a source signal, a transistor which generates an amplified modulation signal by amplifying the modulation signal, a low pass filter which includes an inductor and a capacitor and generates a drive signal by smoothening the amplified modulation signal, a piezoelectric element which is displaced by receiving the drive signal, a cavity of which the internal volume changes in accordance with the displacement of the piezoelectric element, a nozzle through which liquid in the cavity is discharged in accordance with change in the internal volume of the cavity, and a circuit substrate on which the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the low pass filter are mounted, in which the capacitor is a leadless type capacitor.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus is capable of suppressing an increase of waste ink while solving an increase in density of ink within a supply tube. An ink jet recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording head configured to discharge ink, a tank configured to store ink, a supply tube configured to supply ink to the recording head from the tank, a discharge unit configured to execute a discharge operation for discharging ink within the supply tuber a control unit configured to make the discharge unit execute a discharge operation when an elapsed time from a previous discharge operation is greater than a predetermined time, and a changing unit configured to change at least any one of the elapsed time or the predetermined time based on an ink consumption amount consumed through the recording head after the previous discharge operation.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes a body defining an interior bore, a fluid reservoir, and a fluid ejection chip. The fluid reservoir defines an interior passage that receives a fluid, the interior passage in fluid communication with the interior bore of the body. The fluid ejection chip is coupled with the body and includes one or more fluid ejection actuators. The fluid ejection chip has one or more interior fluid paths in fluid communication with the interior bore of the body so that the fluid ejection chip ejects the fluid upon activation of the one or more fluid ejection actuators. The interior passage of the fluid reservoir and the one or more interior fluid paths are substantially devoid of obstructions such that the fluid is gravity fed to the fluid ejection chip upon entry into the interior passage of the fluid reservoir.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head including a substrate, and an energy-generating element. The substrate is provided with a flow path that penetrates through the substrate from the first surface to a second surface, the flow path supplying the liquid from the second surface side to the first surface side. The flow path includes a plurality of first flow paths and a second flow path that is positioned on the second surface side with respect to the first flow paths. The plurality of first flow paths are open on a bottom portion of the second flow path, and the plurality of first flow paths include a long flow path relatively long in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, and a relatively short flow path. The long flow path has a flow path resistance per unit length that is smaller than that of the short flow path.

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film element includes a substrate, a vibration plate provided on the substrate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including at least a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film, a piezoelectric film provided on the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film including a polycrystalline body, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film, the lower electrode being provided on an upper portion of a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film formed on the titanium oxide film and conductive oxide formed on the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film, and the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film being a precise film.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head comprising: a head body that ejects liquid droplets from a liquid ejecting surface; a wiring substrate electrically connected to the head body; a holder member to which the head bodies are fixed, and that includes a flow channel to the head bodies, and a wiring through hole through which the wiring substrate passes; a circuit substrate that includes a connection portion electrically connected to the wiring substrate, and a substrate that arranges the connection portion on both surfaces thereof and stands in a direction intersecting the liquid ejecting surface; a set of a first correction plate facing each other with respect to each of both surfaces of the substrate of the circuit substrate for correcting the holder member; and a cover member that accommodates the circuit substrate fixed to the holder member and the first correction plate.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus a print bar assembly is provided with multiple print bars, a designed space being present between the print bars and a recording medium. A climate control has a feed channel running parallel to a length of the recording medium. Openings lead from the feed channel to the print bars to introduce a conditioned gas flow of predetermined temperature and moisture to the print bars such that a laminar gas flow is generated in the designed space between nozzle plates of the print bars and the recording medium. A barrier is arranged at an intake of the print bar assembly which blocks an air boundary layer entrained with the moving recording medium before the print bar assembly.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a liquid ejection head, a nozzle cap, and a suction pump. The liquid ejection head includes first nozzles, second nozzles, and an ejection surface in which the first nozzles and the second nozzles are formed. The nozzle cap includes a first cap section for covering the first nozzles, a second cap section for covering the second nozzles, a communication section connected with the first cap section and the second cap section, a suction port for being connected with the suction pump, and an atmosphere communication port for communication with atmosphere. At least one of the suction port and the atmosphere communication port is provided at non-connection end portions which are end portions in the one direction of the first cap section and the second cap section and are not connected with the communication section.

Abstract: An ink supply apparatus is an apparatus for supplying ink to a printer, the printer including a holder provided with an ink receiving part. The ink supply apparatus includes an ink supply passage member connected to the ink receiving part, and an ink container in fluid communication with the ink receiving part through the ink supply passage member. The ink container including an ink discharge port at an upper portion thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid storing body that makes it possible to prevent a liquid containing a sedimentous component whose concentration is higher than a proper range from being supplied to a liquid jetting apparatus. An ink pack 1 is provided with a flexible ink storage bag 2 capable of storing pigment ink containing a sedimentous component, an ink supply part 3 provided at an upper portion of the ink storage bag 2, and a flow path member 4 that connects the interior of the ink storage bag 2 and the ink supply part 3. The flow path member 4 is provided with a vertical tube part 41 extending downward from the ink supply part 3, a lateral tube part 42 extending horizontally from the lower end of the vertical tube part 41, and a vertical tube part 43 extending upward from the end of the lateral tube part 42.

Abstract: A liquid container includes: a container portion that is configured to contain ink; and an ink inlet portion that is connected with the container portion and is configured to pour ink into the container portion. The container portion includes a fifth wall that is arranged to intersect with the ink inlet portion; a third wall that has optical transparency and is arranged to intersect with the fifth wall; and a partition wall that is located between the third wall and an intersecting part at which the ink inlet portion intersects with the fifth wall.

Abstract: A liquid ejection device provided by the invention can be easily transported in a stable orientation in which the weight balance is kept. A printer of the invention includes a liquid ejection head for ejecting ink onto a sheet, ink tanks for storing ink to be supplied to the liquid ejection head, and tubes that connect the ink tanks to the liquid ejection head. An ink injection opening that enables the injection of ink is formed on the upper side of the ink tanks in the vertical direction, and one portion of the ink tanks and another portion of the ink tanks are respectively arranged on one side and another side that face each other across a sheet conveying region.

Abstract: A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid chamber, an upstanding wall facing a particular direction, and an inlet formed in a surface of the tank; a liquid-consuming unit consuming liquid stored in the liquid chamber; a cover rotatable between a covering position where the upstanding wall is covered with the cover and an exposure position where the upstanding wall is exposed, around a rotation axis extending in a further direction; and a casing including an engaging target part which holds the cover in the covering position, and supporting the tank, liquid-consuming unit, and cover. The cover includes: an engaging part to engage with the engaging target part in the state that the cover is in the covering position; and a tab which is subjected to an operation for releasing an engagement between the engaging part and the engaging target part.

Abstract: An inkjet printing system, fluid ejection system and method thereof are disclosed. The fluid ejection system includes a fluid ejection device and a determination module to determine a supply condition based on the count value output by the converter module. The fluid ejection device includes a fluid supply chamber to store fluid, an ejection chamber including a nozzle and a corresponding ejection member to selectively eject the fluid through the nozzle, a pressure sensor unit having a sensor plate to output a voltage value corresponding to a cross-sectional area of an amount of fluid in the ejection chamber. The fluid ejection system also includes a converter module to output a count value corresponding to the voltage value output by the pressure sensor unit.

Abstract: An obturator device (1) for a printhead comprising: an obturator assembly (3) having a valve surface (6) movable along at least one direction of displacement (X) between a first position in which the valve surface (6) is at a distance from a reference surface (A) and a second position in which the valve surface (6) is in contact with the reference surface (A); an actuator (2), secured to the obturator assembly (3) and operable to displace the obturator assembly (3) between the first position and second position; characterized in that the obturator assembly (3) comprises: an adjustable coupling (11) configured to allow the valve surface (6) to align its orientation relative to the reference surface (A) thereby ensuring improved engagement between the surfaces.

Abstract: A head holder has an opening through which a space between the head holder and a conveyer communicates with an inside of the head holder. A head cooler includes a blower configured to blow air into the head holder from an outside of the head holder with a flow rate of blow air and a suction unit configured to suction air from the head holder with a flow rate of suction air. The head cooler generates cooling air for cooling an ink-jet head inside the head holder by the blower and the suction unit. A controller controls the flow rate of blow air and the flow rate of suction air such that air containing ink mist is suctioned into the head holder through the opening.

Abstract: A treatment-object modifying device lowers a pH value of a surface of a treatment object by using dielectric-barrier discharge. The treatment-object modifying device includes discharge electrodes disposed over a conveying route of the treatment object; and a counter electrode disposed to face the discharge electrodes across the conveying route so as to correspond to the respective discharge electrodes. Each discharge electrode has a columnar shape or a cylindrical shape. Curved surfaces of the discharge electrodes faces the counter electrode. Curved surfaces of the discharge electrodes face one another. A distance between the adjacent discharge electrodes is equal to or less than 2 millimeters.

Abstract: A method for applying an image onto a receiving medium uses an ultraviolet curable phase change ink. The method includes the steps of pre-curing the ultraviolet curable ink and post-curing the ultraviolet curable ink. An ink jet apparatus is configured to perform the above mentioned method.

Abstract: A method of creating a label to be printed on a label printing apparatus comprising: determining at least one option to be made available to a user relating to a label-creating process; displaying said at least one option on a display; and enabling a user to select said at least one option; wherein said determination of the at least one option to be made available to the user is based upon at least one parameter.

Abstract: A system for enabling a wide format ink jet printer to print onto discontinuous flexible media. A wide format inkjet printer includes a print head and a feed roller that can be configured as a flat bed printer for printing onto stiff media or as a roll to roll printer for printing onto continuous flexible media. Addition of a tray connected to a vacuum pump that can be fed using the feed roller when in flat bed configuration enables the printer to be used for printing onto flexible discontinuous media.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device that performs sheet feeding by feeding out and cutting a continuous medium includes a carrying part that carries the medium, a detection part that detects a leading edge of the medium and a length over which the medium has been carried, a trailing edge detection part that detects a trailing edge of the medium specified by a user; and a cutting part arranged between the detection part and the trailing edge detection part, and is capable of cutting the medium or forming cuts in the medium (a perforation process). When a minimum length of the medium that is carried by the carrying part is L2, a length from the detection part to the trailing edge detection part is L3, and a length of the medium that is specified by the user is L4, when the trailing edge of the medium is detected, and when L4<L3<L2+L4 is satisfied, the detection part detects a position is L4, and the cutting part forms cuts in the medium at the position.

Abstract: A recording position control device includes head units, edge sensors, head movers, a controller, and a timer. The controller performs an original-point determination operation of moving the head units to an original point and to control the head movers to move the head units in a direction to correct meandering of a recording medium. The controller performs a second round of the original-point determination operation after performing a first round of the original-point determination operation. The timer measures, as a measurement time period, a time period from when the controller issues an execution command of the second round to when the controller receives a completion status of the second round. In a case in which the measurement time period is equal to or shorter than a first threshold time period, the controller determines that the original-point determination operation of the head units has failed to be normally executed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cam apparatus of a portable sublimation printer, which can simultaneously implement platen roller up/down and paper pickup roller up/down operations with one cam in a portable sublimation printer, and can constitute a thin and light portable sublimation printer.

Abstract: A printer using heat to print on a print medium improves a print processing speed over an entire print surface of a print medium. In print processing of a label (PL), the feeding speed at a print region (SW) for printing a barcode or the like is slower than a standard feeding speed, and the feeding speed at a margin region (SY) that has a length that is at least a predetermined length in the feeding direction (F) among the margin regions is faster than the standard feeding speed. Further, the feeding speed at a printing area (NW) for printing character, symbol, or the like, and the feeding speed at a margin region (NY) that has a length smaller than the predetermined length in the feeding direction (F) are set to the standard feeding speed. Accordingly, the print processing speed over the entire print surface of the label (PL) may be improved in the printer using heat to print on a label (PL).

Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes a movement unit configured to move a recording medium or a placement part for placing the recording medium thereon; a detection unit configured to continuously detect movement of the recording medium or the placement part; and a control unit configured to control the movement unit and the detection unit. The detection unit includes a gripping unit having a gripping part for gripping the recording medium or the placement part and a detection part for continuously detecting movement of the gripping unit. The gripping unit is configured to move in conjunction with the movement of the recording medium or the placement part by gripping the recording medium or the placement part by the gripping part. The control unit is configured to control the movement of the movement unit on the basis of a detection result by the detection part when the gripping unit is moved.

Abstract: A printer includes a mainframe including a front face part that has an opening through which a recording medium passes; a guide unit connected to the mainframe on a first side of the front face part; a printer mechanism unit configured to perform printing on the recording medium, and connected to the mainframe on a second side of the front face part opposite to the first side thereof; an arm unit having a first end connected to the mainframe; and a shaft unit configured to hold a roll of the recording medium, and connected to a second end of the arm unit, wherein the guide unit is configured to guide the recording medium so as to feed the recording medium to the printer mechanism unit through the opening of the front face part of the mainframe.

Abstract: Provided is a tape cartridge or the like that prevents detection target portions from contacting a finger or the like when an exposed area is provided in a cartridge case to cause the detection target portions of a tape-shaped member to be exposed. A tape cartridge includes a label tape 101 having a plurality of label portions 105 and a plurality of detection target portions 109 and a cartridge case and is installed in a tape feeding apparatus that feeds the label tape 101 based on the passage detection of the detection target portions 109 to separate the label portions 105 at a cut spot 112 on the label tape 101 at a cut position P3 outside the cartridge case.

Abstract: A printhead support structure may have a receiving portion to receive a printhead, first and second portions having an adjustment mechanism therebetween for converting a translational movement of the first portion to a rotational movement of the second portion, and a coupling mechanism coupling the second portion to the receiving portion for adjusting the rotational angle of the printhead. A method for adjusting a position of a printhead coupled to a printhead support may include applying a force to a first portion of the printhead support to effect a translational movement of the first portion, converting the translational movement of the first portion into a rotational movement of a second portion of the printhead support, and applying the rotational movement of the second portion to the printhead.

Abstract: A method of printing includes directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for printing; and adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen based on a combination of at least two of environmental conditions of the printing, a print mode of the printing, an orientation of the print media for the printing, and a characteristic of the print media for the printing.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for printing on a profile of a printing medium having an irregular surface are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a print bar having one or more print heads, a shuttle, a loading carriage for holding the printing medium, wherein the loading carriage is coupled to the shuttle, a profile template coupled to the loading carriage via a cam follower and a controller coupled to the print bar and the shuttle, wherein the controller controls movement of the shuttle to cause the cam follower to move the loading carriage along a path that follows the profile of the printing medium and maintain a minimum print head gap during printing between the one or more print heads and the profile of the printing medium.

Abstract: A substrate coated with a markable ink formulation, comprising AOM. Further, the substrate is covered by a thermoplastic polymer layer, such that the ink formulation is situated between the substrate and the thermoplastic polymer layer and/or in the thermoplastic polymer layer.

Abstract: An inkjet printing media, comprising a coating layered on at least one side of the media, the coating comprising a source of polyvalent ions and a latex binder that forms a coherent film in the presence of the polyvalent ions. A coating comprising calcium 2+ ions (Ca2+) and a latex binder that forms a coherent film in the presence of the calcium 2+ ions (Ca2+). A print media coating comprising: a source of polyvalent ions; and a latex binder that forms a coherent film in the presence of the polyvalent ions.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a first sheet mount section to place sheets in the shape of a bunch, a second sheet mount section to place sheets in the shape of a bunch, a binding processing unit disposed to be able to shift to a first position to bind sheets placed in the first sheet mount section and a second position to bind sheets placed in the second sheet mount section, and a regulation device that does not position the sheets in the shape of a bunch in an area of the binding processing unit when the binding processing unit is not positioned in the second position.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments relating to verifying a printed work comprises a correct number of pages. Associated with a stack comprising one or more pages is an identifier that may be used to obtain an expected value for a physical characteristic of the pages in the stack. A sensor may then measure an actual value for the physical characteristic of the pages in the stack. Before binding the pages in the stack, the expected value may be compared to the actual value in order to verify the stack comprises the correct number of pages.

Abstract: An image forming system is described which is capable of assembling an output product which consists of sheets having uniform sheet widths by appropriately performing a trimming process even if the output product is made from a plurality of paper types. The image forming system consists of an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet; a finisher provided with a slit unit for trimming edges of sheets and capable of assembling an output product by joining the trimmed sheets, and a control unit for controlling the image forming apparatus and the finisher. When a book cover (standard paper type sheet) is supplied, the control unit trims the paper edges by a designated trimming width. Conversely, when a book body (non-standard paper type sheet) is supplied, the control unit trims the paper edges by a designated trimming width to which an offset amount is added.

Abstract: An integral tab system for a 2-D or 3-D tab for a folder, and a method of making same is disclosed. The integral 2-D (flat) tab (20) is provided in the hanging folder itself without the need for additional tabs being affixed. The 3-D tab version (120) is created by an extension which is folded onto itself so that one edge surface is at an angle relative to the panels of the file folder allowing it to be read from the side. These tabs may also be supplied in a detachable form.

Abstract: A writing instrument comprises a front body, a rear body capable of turning, relative to the front body, about a longitudinal axis, and a tubular piece axially connecting the front body and the rear body by elastic snap-fit.

Abstract: Folding information and printing surface information, included in content information of a sealed letter creation job, are compared with content printing conditions stored in a storage section, and an appropriate condition (a conveyance path after printing, execution/non-execution of image rotation, and printing page order) is selected such that the position of a window of a windowed envelope is aligned with the position of specifying information printed on a print sheet P to be a content when the print sheet P is enclosed in the envelope. A convey section and a printing section are controlled based on the selected content printing condition.

Abstract: An appliqué comprising an outer perimeter fabric frame of a particular weave, fiber composition and cut, coated with a laminating adhesive, and inlayed with a central fabric panel formed of mesh or other perforated or highly porous material. Lamination causes the adhesive to melt through the mesh central panel and bond the two layers to an underlying performance fabric substrate. The resulting appliqué forms a robust and launderable bond, but does not substantially change the physical and visual characteristics of a performance fabric substrate to which the appliqué is applied. Moreover, a layered embroidery appearance can be created by contrast coloring the fabric frame versus central fabric panel, and this is further enhanced by printing a multi-color graphic along the periphery of the fabric frame.

Abstract: A stretchable carrier that has been provided with four straight stretcher bars that are divided in the corners by surfaces that stretch along the bisecting line of the corner between the center line of the stretcher bars that meet in the corner and at least one key fixed in a corner that is connected with both stretcher bars meeting in the said corner by means of friction effected by being jammed between the stretcher bars, whereby the top angle of the key is aimed at the corner and whereby the angle of the key is larger than the angle enclosed by the center lines of the stretcher bars meeting in the said corner. As this key is connected to the stretcher bars by this jamming and friction, the stretcher bars can be adjusted to any required dimensions without problems when connecting the stretcher bars.

Abstract: A method for coating a surface of a structural component includes applying at least one ink to the surface of the structural component via an inkjet process. The at least one ink applied is irradiated with UV radiation so as to cure the at least one ink and to form an ink-containing layer. At least one metal layer is applied to the ink-containing layer via a PVD procedure. At least one clear lacquer is applied to the at least one metal layer. The at least one clear lacquer is cured so as to form a clear lacquer layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cover for a wheel rim of a wheel, more particularly for a wheel rim of an alloy wheel for motor vehicles, wherein the wheel rim has a rim inner well, which merges into a rim inner flange that is arranged facing a motor vehicle when the wheel is mounted, and as a result, the wheel rim has an uninterrupted contoured section on the axially inner side. The invention, the rim inner flange can be sealed in the axial direction (a) by means of the cover. The invention further relates to a wheel, particularly having such a cover.