Abstract: A film comprising a) at least one base layer comprising a thermoplastic polymeric matrix material; and b) a skin layer comprising a thermoplastic polymeric matrix material and from 5 wt % to 80 wt % of polymeric particles having an average particle diameter from 0.5 ?m to 15 ?m, a refractive index from 1.46 to 1.7, and at least 60 mole % of acrylic monomer units wherein the film is stretched by a factor of 2 to 8 uniaxially or biaxially; and wherein after stretching, the skin layer has a thickness that is between 50% and 200% of the diameter of the polymeric particles, and a method of making the film, are disclosed.

Abstract: A heat shielding material is provided. The heat shielding material includes a sheet material and a dark pigment layer covering the sheet material. The dark pigment layer includes a crosslinking structure formed of siloxane functional groups and dark pigments dispersing in the crosslinking structure. A heat shielding composition and a heat shielding structure employing the same are also provided.

Abstract: A display film includes a transparent polymeric substrate layer having a 0.2% offset yield stress greater than 110 MPa and a transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer having a thickness of 100 micrometers or less disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer. The transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer has a glass transition temperature in a range from 11 to 27 degrees Celsius and a Tan Delta peak value in a range from 0.5 to 2.5. The display film has a haze value of 2% or less.

Abstract: A sheet material (30) is constituted by an FBL to which one surface (36a) of a fire-retardant urethane material (36) is melted and fused and an outer cover (34) to which the other surface (36b) of the fire-retardant urethane material (36) is melted and fused.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a transfer lamination process and apparatus that reduces substrate warpage. In some embodiments, the transfer lamination process is performed using a transfer lamination device, which includes a transfer unit, a substrate rotator, and a transfer ribbon having a carrier layer and a transfer layer attached to the carrier layer. In some embodiments of the transfer lamination process, a transfer section of the transfer layer is transferred from the carrier layer to a first surface of a substrate using the transfer unit. In some embodiments of this transferring step, the transfer section is heated and pressed against the first surface of the substrate using the transfer unit, and the carrier layer is detached from the transfer section. The substrate is then inverted using the substrate rotator.

Abstract: An extractor system for extracting an object secured to another object or a base surface is disclosed, which may include an oscillator, an attachment base, and an oscillation control mechanism to limit the transmission of oscillation forces after the object has become unsecured, and preserve the target object in good condition. The attachment base may be a vacuum suction cup or temporary adhesive. The control system may be a mechanical lifting system or an electronic control adapted to cease or minimize application of vibrational force when the object becomes unsecured. Methods of extracting an object or separating two objects secured to each other are also disclosed, including identification or creation of partial unbonded areas beneath the target object to initiate the de-bonding process prior to application of vibrational forces.

Abstract: Method for producing labels (10;110;1110;2110;3110) from a base support according to a predefined standard, comprising the following steps: a) providing a base support according to the predefined standard, the base support comprising at least one non-removable region and at least one removable region having dimensions substantially corresponding to the size of the label to be printed; b) inserting the base support (100) into a printer for performing printing on base supports according to the standard indicated in step a); c) selectively printing by means of the printer alphanumeric and/or graphical labelling information on at least one removable region of the base support; d) extracting the printed base support from the printer.

Abstract: A printing unit has a printing form cylinder, an impression cylinder opposite the printing form cylinder and at least one substrate carrier apparatus with which a printing substrate is moved through between the printing form cylinder and the impression cylinder, wherein the substrate is printed in a printing region between the two cylinders. The substrate carrier apparatus is moved linearly during a uniform rotation of the two cylinders along a linearly extending track, limited in length by a longitudinal extension of the printing unit. The substrate carrier apparatus is accelerated from a resting start position to an operating speed, to be reached upon reaching the printing region, the substrate carrier apparatus is moved at least in the printing region at constant speed, and the substrate carrier apparatus is decelerated after leaving the printing region to a resting end position on the track.

Abstract: A printing mechanism (10) has a plate cylinder (12) that supports a printing plate (18). A printing plate reference field (100) has a lowest reference field surface (101) lower than the printing plate (18) and a highest reference field surface (105) higher the printing plate in the printing motif region. A control unit can vary a distance between an impression cylinder (28) and the plate cylinder (12) for pressing a printing substrate against the printing plate (18) and can very a distance between an inking roller (20) and the printing plate (18). A first sensor (34) connected to the control unit determines a quality of a printed image of the printing plate reference field (100) on the printing substrate (30) and a second sensor (36) connected to the control unit determines a quality of a negative image of the printing plate reference field (100) on the inking roller (20).

Abstract: An intermediate transfer film for use in a transfer lamination device includes a carrier layer, a transfer layer on the carrier layer, and a plurality of alignment marks supported on the carrier layer. The transfer section is configured to be transferred from the carrier layer to a substrate through a transfer lamination operation. Each alignment mark is substantially transparent to visible light and absorbs infrared light.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first recording head including nozzles, each nozzle discharging liquid droplets, a second recording head including nozzles, each nozzle discharging liquid droplets, a detector to detect whether there is a non-discharging nozzle among the nozzles of the first recording head and the second recording head, the non-discharging nozzle being incapable of discharging the liquid droplets, and a controller to control at least one of the amount of the liquid droplet discharged from an adjacent nozzle to the non-discharging nozzle of the first recording head and the amount of the liquid droplet discharged from an adjacent nozzle to the non-discharging nozzle of the second recording head when the target landing position of the liquid droplet of the non-discharging nozzle of the first recording head is the same as the target landing position of the liquid droplet of the non-discharging nozzle of the second recording head.

Abstract: The positional displacement shift amount between the head modules is calculated in a first dynamic range and with a first arithmetic accuracy, and calculated in a second dynamic range wider than the first dynamic range and with a second arithmetic accuracy rougher than the first arithmetic accuracy and finer than the first dynamic range, and as a positional displacement shift amount between the head modules in the first direction, the positional displacement shift amount with the second arithmetic accuracy is selected if the positional displacement shift amount with the second arithmetic accuracy exceeds the first dynamic range, and the positional displacement shift amount with the first arithmetic accuracy is selected if within the first dynamic range.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that are configured to eject liquid onto a conveyed object that is being conveyed; a detection unit that is provided with respect to each liquid ejection head unit of the plurality of liquid ejection head units and is configured to output a detection result indicating at least one of a position, a moving speed, and an amount of movement of the conveyed object with respect to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; and a control unit configured to control the each liquid ejection head unit of the plurality of liquid ejection head units to eject the liquid based on the detection result.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path for the conveyed object; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member for the corresponding liquid ejection head unit and is configured to output a detection result indicating a position of the conveyed object with respect to a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; and a moving unit configured to move each liquid ejection head unit based on the detection result.

Abstract: A controller for a liquid discharging device generates a correction chart including a reference pattern and a correction part, using a liquid discharged from a liquid discharge head, the liquid discharge head having a plurality of nozzles that are arranged to form a nozzle array. The controller drives a predetermined number of the plurality of nozzles to form the reference pattern on the recording sheet along a direction of the nozzle array, the predetermined number being a number equal to or less than a total number of the plurality of nozzles of the nozzle array, and drives a number of the plurality of nozzles that is different than the predetermined number of nozzles driven in forming the reference pattern, to form the correction pattern on the recording sheet along the direction of the nozzle array.

Abstract: A printing method for UV inkjet printer capable of eliminating printing defects is provided, wherein each printing area of data to be printed is broken down into a plurality of printing data of printing passes; a first mask data is used for performing a first mask process to each leftward printing data of a spot color ink cartridge in the printing data of the printing passes; a second mask data is used for performing a second mask process to each rightward printing data of a spot color ink cartridge in the printing data of the printing passes; and the processed leftward and rightward printing data are printed by the spot color ink cartridge to form a special grain on a printed object surface, thereby visually eliminate the visible printing defects produced in the superimposition by the inkjet module.

Abstract: A liquid injection device includes a liquid injection head and a controller including a driving signal generator generating a driving signal including, in one liquid drop injection period, a first driving pulse and a second driving pulse, and a driving signal supplier. The first driving pulse maintains the pressure chamber in an expanded state for a time period of about (½)×Tc; and the second driving pulse starts at a timing that is about n×Tc after the start of the first driving pulse, n being an integer satisfying n?2, to maintain the pressure chamber in the expanded state for the time period of about (½)×Tc, and to inject the second liquid drop at a speed higher than, or equal to, a speed at which the first liquid drop is injected.

Abstract: A liquid injection device includes a liquid injection head and a controller that generates a driving signal including first through fourth driving pulses in one liquid drop injection period and supplies the driving signal to the liquid injection head. The discharge time period of each of the first and second driving pulses is preferably set to about (½)×Tc. The start timing of the second driving pulse is preferably set to about m×Tc (m?1) after the start of the first driving pulse. The second ink drop is preferably set to be injected at a speed of the first ink drop or higher. The start timing of the third driving pulse is preferably set to about (n+(½))×Tc (n?1) after the start of the second driving pulse. The start timing of the fourth driving pulse is preferably set to about p×Tc (p?2) after the start of the third driving pulse. The fourth ink drop is injected at a speed of the third ink drop or higher.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method including causing ink to adhere to a recording medium by ejecting an ink composition using a print head provided with a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a connection portion which connects the pressure chamber and the nozzle to each other at a length of 500 ?m or more, in which the ink composition includes a coloring material and a solvent represented by General Formula (1) below at 30 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, R1O—(R2O)n—R3??(1) (in General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms and at least one of R1 and R3 is an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6).

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first flow channel member that is formed using a liquid crystal polymer and is provided with a first flow channel for flowing liquid therethrough and a longitudinal fixing region, a second flow channel member that is joined to the fixing region of the first flow channel member and is provided with a second flow channel for flowing liquid therethrough, and a nozzle for ejecting liquid from the first flow channel and the second flow channel, and a linear expansion coefficient in a longitudinal direction of the fixing region is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient in a lateral direction of the fixing region.

Abstract: An inkjet printhead assembly includes a manifold assembly and a print chip. The manifold assembly includes an ink passage having an ink outlet and an air passage having an air outlet. The print chip is attached to part of the manifold assembly and is positioned for receiving ink from the ink outlet of the ink passage. The air outlet is offset from the print chip and is configured for delivering a flow of air laterally across the print chip.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a liquid container, a liquid ejection chip that is fixed to a lower surface of the liquid container to receive liquid from the liquid container, and includes a pressure chamber formed therein, a nozzle to eject liquid from the pressure chamber, and an actuator disposed adjacent to the nozzle, a base member having an opening at which the liquid container is fixed such that the nozzle is exposed on a lower surface of the base member, and a circuit substrate fixed to a lower side of the base member and including a wiring electrically connected to the actuator on a lower surface of the circuit substrate.

Abstract: A liquid discharging device detects, among a plurality of nozzles of a liquid discharging head, a normal-discharging nozzle and a false-discharging nozzle, selects whether to recover discharging performance of the false-discharging nozzle by a cleaner or to compensate deterioration in an image caused by the false-discharging nozzle by a compensator using the normal-discharging nozzle according to the detected number of consecutive false-discharging nozzles, and performs operation according to the selection.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a cap, a wiper, a maintenance device, and a maintenance controller. Receiving an execution instruction of a maintenance operation, the maintenance controller controls the maintenance device to perform a second maintenance operation when an amount of stain of a nozzle face of the head from a preceding round of the second maintenance operation is equal to or greater than a first threshold and an elapsed time from the preceding round of the second maintenance operation is equal to or greater than a second threshold, and controls the maintenance device to perform a first maintenance operation when the amount of stain of the nozzle face from the preceding round of the second maintenance operation is equal to or greater than the first threshold and the elapsed time from the preceding round of the second maintenance operation is smaller than the second threshold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, the ink cartridge having a separate refilling port formed on the upper surface of a main body housing in which ink is stored and having mounted a port cover for opening and closing the refilling port, thereby enabling convenient refilling of ink through the refilling port by an individual user even without using a separate working tool or a specialized company for refilling ink. In addition, by having formed a display window for observing, with the naked eye from the outside, the amount of ink being refilled, the ink cartridge enables the user to easily perceive time for refilling ink. Also, by preventing the ink from being refilled too much or too little when the ink is being refilled, the ink cartridge enables refilling of an appropriate amount of the ink.

Abstract: A fluidic interface may include a fluidic needle of a first polymer based compound and a body wall that is to support the fluidic needle, the body wall of a second polymer based compound, different than the first polymer based compound.

Abstract: A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer has a ink filter tower portion that contains filtered ink and includes multiple, substantially parallel extending elements. Settling of ink in an ink filter tower could clog the printhead nozzles and lessen the print quality. Therefore, in order to prevent the settling of the ink in the ink filter tower of the present design, a free-floating weighted slider is installed within the ink filter tower. The weighted slider has a top bridging member and downward-pointing shafts that are movable within trenches formed between the extending elements. During a reciprocating motion of the printhead assembly, the slider moves in a direction opposite to the direction of the printhead assembly and thereby agitates the ink within the tower. In addition to sliding from side to side of the printhead assembly, the slider may also be designed to pivot about an upper axis as it moves to further agitate the ink.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink cartridge. The ink cartridge comprises: a space for storing ink; an ink cartridge module having a pair of heads arranged in an offset manner such that a print width is extended; and a flexible printed circuit board connected to the ink cartridge module on a circuit configuration, wherein the ink cartridge module has a cross sectional shape in which two rectangular shapes having long sides and short sides respectively come in close contact with each other such that the long sides of the two rectangular shapes overlap in part, and thus can configure an array in the direction of either the long side or the short side. The ink cartridge according to the present invention can implement various sizes of print widths and various colors by arranging one or more ink cartridge modules adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A part of a fluid container includes a wall and a latch handle connected to the wall through a live hinge. The latch handle slants away from the wall. A rib spans over the hinge and is connected to the latch handle and the wall.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a tray which supports a material for textile printing, and can move in a movement direction; a printing unit which performs printing on the material for textile printing supported by the tray; and a contact unit which is provided at a position of being in contact with the material for textile printing supported by the tray, before performing printing by the printing unit. By adopting the printing apparatus with such a configuration, it is possible to improve a printing condition when performing printing on the material for textile printing.

Abstract: A drying device includes a drying section to dry a recording medium; a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the drying section; and a duct to expel air inside the drying section to outside the drying device. The duct includes a joint section where the air from the drying section meets air from the cooling section meet. The air from the drying section containing moisture and solvent medium is cooled in the duct.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes forming a first ink layer by ejecting a first ink composition including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a solid content including at least a coloring material on a recording medium; a first drying step of evaporating 80% by mass or more of water from the first ink composition in the first ink layer; forming a second ink layer by ejecting a second ink composition including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a solid content including at least a coloring material on the first ink layer; and a second drying step of evaporating a volatile component of the recording medium after forming the second ink layer, in which, assuming r1 is “water-soluble organic solvent content/solid content” of the first ink composition and r2 is “water-soluble organic solvent content/solid content” of the second ink composition”, “r2/r1” is 2 or less.

Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording by discharging ink droplets onto a recording medium, and a drying section including a plurality of drying units that perform drying of the recording medium on which ink droplets have been impacted, wherein the drying units are movably disposed in a predetermined drying area in which the drying of the recording medium is performed.

Abstract: An application device includes a conveyer to convey a recording medium, an application roller to apply a treatment liquid to the recording medium, a pressure roller to sandwich the recording medium with the application roller to press the recording medium against the application roller, and a winding member to form a curved conveying path to have the recording medium curved along a conveying direction to wind the recording medium around the pressure roller. The pressure roller comes in contact with the application roller when applying the treatment liquid and separates from the application roller when not applying the treatment liquid. A predetermined positional relationship is maintained between the pressure roller and the winding member while the pressure roller moves close to the application roller to be in contact with the application roller, or the pressure roller moves away from the application roller to be separated from the application roller.

Abstract: A printer includes a head that is positioned at a plurality of recording positions by moving in a direction which is orthogonal to a transport direction of a sheet and a pressing member that has a medium guide surface which is able to face the sheet, in which when the head is positioned, the medium guide surface is positioned below the head surface, and during maintenance of the head, the medium guide surface is positioned above the head surface.

Abstract: In a print apparatus including a first holder unit that holds a rolled medium, the first holder unit includes a base, a main shaft that is supported on the base and moves along an axial direction to thereby fix the rolled medium, a split-nut portion that is provided on the base and is splittable into two, a bolt that moves the main shaft along the axial direction, a handle that rotates the bolt, and an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the split-nut portion. The split-nut portion is screwed onto the bolt and moves the bolt rotated with the handle along the axial direction while the split-nut portion is closed, and releases the bolt while the split-nut portion is open.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion that performs printing on a medium, a cutting portion that is capable of moving in a movement direction and that has cutting blades that cut the medium and a housing unit that holds the cutting blades, and a contact portion provided at a position at which the contact portion comes into contact with the housing unit when the cutting portion moves in the movement direction.

Abstract: To provide a medical printer (100) that can cut a roll sheet (P) by pulling the roll sheet (P) in any of an up direction and a down direction. There is provided a medical printer including: a main body (102) that accommodates a roll sheet; a movable section (104) including a front panel (104A) that covers a front face, the movable section being capable of opening and closing against the main body; a first cutting section (130) provided on the movable section, and configured to cut the roll sheet ejected from an ejection port (110) defined by the main body and the movable section; and a slide section configured to slide the front panel or the first cutting section in a radial direction with respect to a rotation center of the movable section in accordance with open and closed states of the movable section.

Abstract: An upstream drive roller transports an elongate medium. An upstream tension sensor detects tension of the medium. A downstream drive roller transports the medium. A downstream tension sensor detects tension of the medium in a position between the upstream and downstream drive rollers. A control unit controls transportation of the medium by operating the upstream drive roller based on a first difference which is a difference between a first detection value and a target value, operating the downstream drive roller based on a second difference which is a difference between a second detection value and a target value, and when a specific condition is satisfied, further operating the downstream driver roller with an adjustment value, which is based on the first difference, added to the second difference.

Abstract: A carriage includes a base plate, a liquid jet head which includes a support plate attached to the base plate, a first engagement portion which is formed on one end in a Y direction of the support plate, and a fixing tool for positioning the support plate with respect to the base plate, the fixing tool being slidable in an X direction with respect to the base plate and engaged with the first engagement portion. The fixing tool allows movement in the Y direction of the first engagement portion with respect to the fixing tool, and restricts movement in the X direction of the first engagement portion and movement in the thickness direction of the base plate of the first engagement portion with respect to the fixing tool.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus that can stably discharge liquid from a liquid discharge head and can be reduced in size by a simple structure. In an image forming apparatus, a gas compressor is provided so as to face the peripheral surface of an image forming drum , which corresponds to a range positioned outside a transport range in which a recording medium is transported and deviating from the transport range in a circumferential direction. The gas compressor is adapted to blow secondary compressed gas, which is generated by primary compressed gas supplied from the outside of the apparatus and of which the temperature is low, to the peripheral surface. The secondary compressed gas, which is blown from the gas compressor, is guided to the peripheral surface by a guide part and is diffused along the direction of a rotation axis of the image forming drum.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet, a cover, a cover sensor, a recording head, a monitor, and a controller. The cover is movable between a covering position and an exposing position. The cover sensor is positioned to output a signal depending on the position of the cover. The controller controls operation of the recording head, the monitor. The controller receives either a first positional signal or a second positional signal of the cover sensor, and based on receipt of the first positional signal after receipt of the second positional signal from the cover sensor, performs a decision process deciding whether an operation regarding ink injection into the ink chamber is completed.

Abstract: A method for reducing printing defects in inkjet printing includes determining a respective colorant density for each colorant of a plurality of colorants for a region to be printed; determining a colorant dry-time signal strength as a function of a combined colorant density value based on the respective colorant densities of the plurality of colorants for the region to be printed; determining a respective colorant swath contraction strength for each colorant as a function of the respective colorant density; selecting a dry-time threshold which if met by the colorant dry-time signal strength indicates that a dry-time defect may occur; selecting a respective colorant density threshold for each colorant which if met by the respective colorant density indicates a visible swath contraction may occur; and determining a printing action to be taken based on whether the dry-time threshold is met and whether at least one respective colorant density threshold is met.

Abstract: A printing method for printing sign information constituted by characters and/or marks on a medium includes a test printing process of printing a plurality of test patters whose ink amounts are mutually different on the medium, a selection receiving process of receiving a selection of legible one test pattern among the plurality of test patterns having been printed on the medium, and an ink amount setting process of setting an ink amount for use in printing of the sign information to an ink amount having been used in the printing of the one test pattern, which has been selected in the selection receiving process.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording body has at least a thermosensitive recording layer and a topcoat layer formed on a substrate. The substrate consists of a transparent film. At least the thermosensitive recording layer and the topcoat layer includes a diffuse reflection suppressor component that suppresses diffuse reflection of light from particles constituting the thermosensitive recording layer and the topcoat layer.

Abstract: A decoloring apparatus comprises a decoloring unit configured to carry out a decoloring processing which decolors the color of an image formed on a paper with a decolorable color material; a scanner configured to scan the papers to which the decoloring processing is carried out; a memory configured to store data of a predetermined image indicating a predetermined form formed on the paper; a conveyance section configured to convey the paper scanned by the scanner to a plurality of paper discharging positions; and a control section configured to determine whether or not the scan image generated by the scanner is consistent with the predetermined image, and to drive the conveyance section to respectively convey the papers on each of which the scan image is consistent with the predetermined image and the papers on each of which the scan image is not consistent with the predetermined image to different positions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image forming method which includes: curing an active ray curable ink containing a gelling agent; and additionally applying and curing another active ray curable ink and by which affinity of the additionally-applied ink is further improved. The method of the present invention is an image forming method including: a first step of applying a first ink, which contains a colorant, a gelling agent, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photoinitiator, to a recording medium; a second step of irradiating the first ink with an active ray to cure and fix the first ink; a third step of additionally applying a second ink which contains a photopolymerizable compound and a photoinitiator; and a fourth step of irradiating the second ink with an active ray, in this order, wherein the first ink contains 0.5 to 5.0% by mass of the gelling agent with respect to the entire mass of the ink, the second ink contains less than 5.

Abstract: A u-shaped binding element comprising a u-shaped element main body made of steel material or aluminium alloy which is molded by a tension process, wherein one or two up ends of the u-shaped element main body is or are wrapped with anti-drop adhesive tape; wherein if one up end of the u-shaped element main body is winded with the anti-drop adhesive tape, a single-side molding body is formed; if two ends of the u-shaped element main body are covered with are respectively winded with the anti-drop adhesive tape, a double-side molding body is formed, a wrapage is covered on an external surface of the single-side molding body or the double-side molding body to form the u-shaped binding element. Utilizing the binding sleeve and a binding machine is capable of quickly completing text sheet binding and effectively solving the first requirement of binding: convenient and reliable, so as to make the binding more reliable, fast and convenient.

Abstract: The GameKitt is a spiral bound “notebook” style flip-through with a front and back cover. It is bound on the long side (top) with horizontal content. It can be generic or team specific. The GameKitt comes with a standard pre sharpened #2 graphite pencil. The GameKitt contains a plastic transparent receptacle sleeve, a Welcome page, GameDay page, PreGame page, a Key page, Innings pages, and a PostGame page. The function of the GameKitt is to retain a detailed record of a day at the ballpark. It is intended to record all of the circumstances, conditions, personal observations and events involved with or relating to the experience of attending a professional baseball game. The purpose of the GameKitt is not only to retain a playby-play account of the game, but also to keep a more comprehensive, meaningful record of the entire experience that can later be referred to for either historic or nostalgic purposes.

Abstract: A security device including a transparent substrate having opposing first and second surfaces; a first focusing element array disposed on the first surface of the transparent substrate; a second focusing element array disposed on the second surface of the transparent substrate; a first image array disposed on or in the transparent substrate in a first image array plane and configured to co-operate with the first focusing element array to exhibit an optically variable effect when viewed from a first side of the security device; and a second image array disposed on or in the transparent substrate in a second image array plane configured to co-operate with the second focusing element array to exhibit an optically variable effect when viewed from a second side of the security device. At least the first image array is configured to exhibit a first static macroimage when viewed from the second side of the device.