Patents Issued in October 19, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170297312
    Abstract: A polyethylene-based thermally-shrinkable film for pack-in box packaging, in which: a product is not damaged due to breakage or looseness of a film during packaging and transportation of the product; because of the low-temperature shrink characteristic, the product is not exposed to excessively high heat during shrink wrapping and power consumption in a shrink tunnel can be reduced; and because of a small thickness of the film, garbage and other wastes can be reduced. The film is a polyethylene-based thermally-shrinkable multilayer film for pack-in box packaging obtained by biaxial orientation in MD and TD and stretching in MD only further after biaxial orientation. Preferably, the film is a polyethylene-based thermally-shrinkable multilayer film for pack-in box packaging in which the film as a whole has a thickness of 25 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: KOHJIN Film & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikatsu OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170297313
    Abstract: A stretch laminate and a method for reducing and/or preventing tearing in a stretch laminate, when the stretch laminate is stretched in a stretching direction, is disclosed. The stretch laminate has a perforation pattern. The perforation pattern has at least two columns. A first column has a plurality of pairs of perforations stacked one pair above the other pair. The perforations in each pair sloping in a first direction, and a first space separating one pair from the other pair. A second column has a plurality of pairs of perforations stacked one pair above the other pair. The perforations in each pair sloping in a second direction, and a second space separating one pair from the other pair. The first direction and the second direction may be different. A third space between the columns is no greater than the first or second space between perforation in the pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bradley Langford, Donald H. Lester, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170297314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate film for blocking a virus and a method for manufacturing same, including a laminate film for blocking a virus in which an air-permeable film layer including 20 to 40 parts by weight of an inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polyethylene resin, an adhesive layer, and a non-woven fabric layer including a bi-component non-woven fabric that is made by mixing at least two selected from polyolefin-based non-woven fabrics, are sequentially laminated, and to a method for manufacturing the laminate film, comprising: a) manufacturing an air-permeable film by stretching a disc-shaped sheet obtained by melting and extruding a compound composition and processing same; b) coating an adhesive on one surface of the air-permeable film which has been stretched; c) adhering, a bi-component non-woven fabric; and d) rolling using rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Chang Yeon HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170297315
    Abstract: A surface treatment method for a casing is disclosed, the casing being formed by the outer surface and four sidewalls of the casing. The surface treatment method includes a heat transferring film formed on the casing by a vacuum heat transfer process or a paint-drying process and a surface pattern layer formed on a portion of a surface of the heat transferring film opposite to the outer surface by a digital inkjet printer applying three different types of UV-curable ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: YI-ZHONG SHEU, HAN-LUNG CHAO, HAN-LUNG LEE, HUNG-CHUN MA, CHIH-JUNG CHANG, JIH-CHEN LIU, FENG-YUEN DAI
  • Publication number: 20170297316
    Abstract: A method for forming an elastomeric laminate includes the steps of providing a first coverstock material; SELF'ing the first coverstock material to create a pre-SELFed coverstock layer having a primary activation pattern comprising SELF-specific land areas; providing an elastomeric layer; and joining the elastomeric layer to the pre-SELFed layer at zero relative strain, such that the elastomeric layer and pre-SELFed coverstock layer are joined at one or more bonding sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Mark James KLINE, Matthias Konrad Hippe, Tina Liebe, Jill Marlene Orr
  • Publication number: 20170297317
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for divergent laminates. A method comprises providing a layup tool having a first upper face and a second upper face that rise to intersect each other at a ridge line, the layup tool further having a protrusion on top of a portion of the ridge line, and laying up a laminate onto the upper faces and the protrusion. The method also comprises placing a cure tool on top of the layup tool, the cure tool having a lower face that is dimensioned to mate with the upper faces along a portion of the ridge line that is not covered by the protrusion, thereby leaving a divergent flange of the laminate on top of the protrusion exposed, and sweeping the divergent flange of the laminate upward from the layup tool onto a vertical side the cure tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Robert Chapman, Lisa Christina Carlson
  • Publication number: 20170297318
    Abstract: A sealing membrane including: a) a thermoplastic polyolefin membrane and b) a barrier film including b1) a barrier layer including at least one polymer selected from ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, polyamide or polyester and b2) an outer layer, wherein the barrier film is laminated over the full surface area or over part of the surface area onto the polyolefin membrane, and so the outer layer is connected directly to the polyolefin membrane, and the outer layer and the polyolefin membrane are both ethylene-based or the outer layer and the polyolefin membrane are both propylene-based. The sealing membrane can be produced at low cost and has a stable interconnecting bond. It is suitable in particular for sealing in building construction or civil engineering work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Stefan KEISER, Yannic PIRONATO
  • Publication number: 20170297319
    Abstract: A removable scraper device is described herein. The removable scraper device includes an attachment element and a socket defined by the attachment element, wherein the socket is configured to receive a post of a scraper element therein. The removable scraper device further includes a slot defined by the attachment element, wherein the slot is configured to receive a portion of a bucket of a wheeled-machine therein. The removable scraper device further includes an aperture defined by the attachment element and a bolt sized to be received within the aperture. In some embodiments of the removable scraper device, the bolt and aperture are configured to selectively press the attachment element against the bucket to removably secure the removable scraper device thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Wesley May
  • Publication number: 20170297320
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for forming 3D parts includes a platen, a gantry, at least one print head, and a retention device. The gantry is configured to move the platen along a vertical axis. The at least one print head is configured to extrude part and/or support material onto a sheet substrate that is positioned on a support surface of the platen. The retention device includes a frame that is configured to press two or more edge portions of the sheet substrate against the support surface of the platen when the retention device is in a lowered position relative to the platen or support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: William J. Swanson
  • Publication number: 20170297321
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a gantry configured to move in a build plane. A platen is configured to support a part being built in a layer by layer process and wherein the platen is configured to move in a direction substantially normal to the build plane. A head carriage is carried by the gantry wherein the head carriage includes ferromagnetic material. The system includes at least one print head where the print head includes a housing and one or more magnets attached to the housing wherein the at least one print head is configured to be coupled to the head carriage through a magnetic coupling between the one or more magnets and the ferromagnetic material such that the print head is configured to move rotationally relative to the head carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, Alfredo Santiago, JR., Joseph LaBossiere, Kevin Johnson, Nathan Joseph Knutson
  • Publication number: 20170297322
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer device includes a supplying apparatus, a formation table, a recycling trough, a distribution apparatus, a power collection cover, and a control unit. The supplying apparatus is provided to contain the powder material. The formation table has a horizontal surface, and one side of the horizontal surface is disposed adjacent to the supplying apparatus. The recycling trough has an opening, the opening is disposed at the other side of the horizontal surface opposite to the supplying apparatus. The distribution apparatus includes a roller; the roller is movable across the horizontal surface between the supplying apparatus and the recycling trough, so that the powder material inside the supplying apparatus can be distributed onto the horizontal surface. The powder collection cover covers the roller. The control unit is electrically connected to the distribution apparatus and controls the roller to move between the supplying apparatus and the recycling trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Wu LIAO
  • Publication number: 20170297323
    Abstract: A method for generating control data is a method for generating control data for manufacturing a product having a designated shape using an additive manufacturing technology. The control data includes a path of a nozzle for supplying a material. The method for generating the control data includes: determining a cutting path for cutting the designated shape by a tool; and determining the path of the nozzle by reproducing the cutting path temporally reversely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicants: MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION, DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo YAMAZAKI, David CARTER, Makoto FUJISHIMA, Yohei ODA
  • Publication number: 20170297324
    Abstract: A printing screen and a sealant printing method are provided. The printing screen includes a frame, a mesh/screen fixed on the frame, and a film formed on the mesh. The portion of the mesh that is not covered by the film forms a feeding port in a rectangular ring shape. The rectangular ring includes two opposite first sides and two opposite second sides. The width of an upper opening of the cross section across the first sides is less than or equal to that of an upper opening of the cross section across the second sides. At a first height, the area of the cross section across the first sides is greater than that of the cross section across the second sides, the first height being less than the thickness of the film. The printing screen and the sealant printing method solve the problem of poor height uniformity of sealants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Xuansheng WANG, Fujiang JIN, Fuyi CUI
  • Publication number: 20170297325
    Abstract: There is described an installation (01; 02) for recycling wiping solution of one or more intaglio printing presses (10) comprising a flocculation tank (12) for inducing flocculation of ink constituents contained in waste solution coming from the one or more intaglio printing presses (10), a processing tank (14) for pre-treating the waste solution for subsequent filtering, and a filtering unit (15), preferably a filter press unit, for filtering the waste solution coming from the processing tank (14) and producing recycled solution at an output of the filtering unit (15), which recycled solution is recycled to produce fresh wiping solution for use by the one or more intaglio printing presses (10). According to one embodiment, the installation (01) further comprises a centrifugation unit (13) for separating the waste solution coming from the flocculation tank (12) by centrifugation into precipitate and centrifuged supernatant, which centrifuged supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Giacomo MARTINI, Veronique NERY
  • Publication number: 20170297326
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an inkjet head comprises a counter, a plurality of comparators, a head drive signal generation section and a head main body. The counter counts a count value at a predetermined interval. The plurality of the comparators sets a comparative value obtained from the count value and an offset value if a first transmission start signal is input from a first device, and outputs a second transmission start signal to a second device if the count value becomes the comparative value. The head drive signal generation section outputs a head drive signal if the second transmission start signal is input. The head main body ejects an ink to a print medium if the head drive signal is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Ryuta Nagane
  • Publication number: 20170297327
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a head driving unit that generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage in which whether or not there is ejection of liquid from a first ejection element in a case where the first driving voltage alone is applied to the first ejection element that is a detection target of a short circuit between ejection elements is different from whether or not there is ejection of liquid from the first ejection element in a case where the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage are applied to the first ejection element, supplies the first driving voltage to the first ejection element, and supplies the second driving voltage to the second ejection element suspected of a short circuit with the first ejection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KYOSO
  • Publication number: 20170297328
    Abstract: A method of operating a printing device during a power loss event includes, with a power loss protection supply voltage generator coupled to a printhead driving circuit, maintaining a power loss protection supply voltage (VDD—plp) to the printhead driving circuit until a high voltage power supply (VPP) to the high voltage devices drops below a threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric T Martin, Daryl E Anderson, James Gardner
  • Publication number: 20170297329
    Abstract: A liquid injection device includes a driving signal correction circuit correcting a reference driving signal based on a temperature detected by a temperature sensor. The driving signal correction circuit includes a first correction circuit that corrects injection pulses excluding a liquid drop injection speed-controlling injection pulse when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than or equal to a predetermined reference temperature, and a second correction circuit that corrects all of the injection pulses when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the predetermined reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Keisuke MISAWA
  • Publication number: 20170297330
    Abstract: A print head assembly comprises a print head unit, a cooling duct, and a blower arranged to pass a gaseous cooling medium through the cooling duct. The cooling duct has an elongated closed hollow cross-section bounded on at least one side by a flat wall. The print head unit is attached to the flat wall outside of the cooling duct such that the print head unit is cooled by the gaseous medium passing through the cooling duct via thermal contact through the flat wall of the cooling duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Océ-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Wesley A. DE GROOT, Adrianus A. DRAAD
  • Publication number: 20170297331
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head to improve reliability of a dummy pressurization chamber, and a recording device including the liquid discharge head, the liquid discharge head including a channel member having discharge holes, pressurization chambers, a dummy pressurization chamber, and a substrate having pressurizing parts. The channel member includes a pressurization chamber plate, a dummy pressurization chamber plate, and stacked plates. A hole of the pressurization chamber plate has a side surface configuring a side surface of the pressurization chamber, and the hole has an opening configuring an opening of the pressurization chamber. A hole of the dummy pressurization chamber plate has a side surface configuring a side surface of the dummy pressurization chamber, and the hole has an opening configuring an opening of the dummy pressurization chamber. The substrate closes the openings of the pressurization chambers. The pressurization chamber plate closes the opening of the dummy pressurization chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170297332
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a microfluidic die that includes a plurality of heaters above a substrate, a plurality of chambers and nozzles above the heaters, a plurality of first contacts coupled to the heaters, and a plurality of second contacts coupled to the heaters. The plurality of second contacts are coupled to each other and coupled to ground. The die includes a plurality of contact pads, a first signal line coupled to the plurality of second contacts and to a first one of the plurality of contact pads, and a plurality of second signal lines, each second signal line being coupled to one of the plurality of first contacts, groups of the second signal lines being coupled together to drive a group of the plurality of heaters with a single signal, each group of the second signal lines being coupled to a remaining one of the plurality of contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Simon DODD, Joe SCHEFFELIN, Dave HUNT, Matt GIERE, Dana GRUENBACHER, Faiz SHERMAN
  • Publication number: 20170297333
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles from which liquid is discharged; a channel member including a plurality of individual liquid chambers that lead to the plurality of nozzles, respectively, and including a plurality of circulation channels that lead to the plurality of individual liquid chambers, respectively; and a common liquid chamber member for forming a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers and for forming a circulation common liquid chamber that leads to the plurality of circulation channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko KOHDA, Takahiro YOSHIDA, Shiomi ANDOU, Takayuki NAKAI, Kanshi ABE, Takeshi SHIMIZU, Ryo KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170297334
    Abstract: A high viscosity jetting method includes jetting a liquid by a through-flow piezoelectric printhead through a nozzle in a nozzle plate, wherein a section of a nozzle has a shape including an outer edge with a minimum covering circle, the maximum distance from the outer edge to the centre of the minimum covering circle is greater than the minimum distance from the outer edge to the centre from the minimum covering circle times 1.2, and the jetting viscosity of the liquid is at least 20 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Stefaan DE MEUTTER, Jaroslav KATONA, David TILEMANS
  • Publication number: 20170297335
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator is provided, including a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged in two arrays, first and second common electrodes which have first and second facing portions facing parts of the individual electrodes and first and second connecting portions connecting the first and second facing portions respectively, and first and second wiring portions which are arranged on the vibration plate and which are connected to the first and second common electrodes respectively via first and second connecting wirings, wherein one of the first connecting wirings connects the first connecting portion and one of the first wiring portion while striding over the second connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Yoshikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170297336
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head including the steps of preparing a substrate including, on a surface of the substrate, a layer having a plurality of openings in which opening portions of supply portions are located and which are arrayed in an array direction and another opening which is different from the plurality of openings and is located beyond the array end portion in the array direction, and attaching a dry film for forming flow passages to the substrate and the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jun Yamamuro, Kenji Fujii, Kazuhiro Asai, Keiji Matsumoto, Koji Sasaki, Kunihito Uohashi, Seiichiro Yaginuma, Masahisa Watanabe, Ryotaro Murakami, Tomohiko Nakano, Keiji Edamatsu, Haruka Nakada
  • Publication number: 20170297337
    Abstract: Provided is a cap unit that can prevent or suppress collision between the drive gear and intermittent gear when the drive gear and intermittent gear begin to mesh. A cap unit 25 has a moving mechanism 28 that moves a cap 26. The moving mechanism 28 has an intermittent cam gear 36 with a cam channel 43; a drive gear 35; and a cap holder 45. The cap holder 45 includes a holding member 48 that holds the cap 26; a cam follower pin 49; a pin support mechanism 50 that supports the cam follower pin 49; and a coil spring 51 that urges the cam follower pin 49 toward the bottom 43a of the cam channel 43. A slope 57 is disposed to the bottom 43a of the cam channel 43. The cam follower pin 49 is on the slope 57 when meshing of the intermittent cam gear 36 and drive gear 35 is disengaged, and the intermittent cam gear 36 turns in conjunction with the cam follower pin 49 moving on the slope 57 due to the urging force of the coil spring 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Kazushi ARAFUKA
  • Publication number: 20170297338
    Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet printer, including: a conveyor; a carriage; a recording head; a sensor; a cap; a cap shifter; a reference wall; a memory; a power supply; a command receiver; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute judging a state of the power supply section; changing a relative position of the recording head and the cap from the covering position to the separated position to take the cap off the recording head; switching the power supply from the sleep state to the drive state, changing a relative position of the recording head and the cap from the covering position to the separated position by taking the cap off the recording head, storing in the memory the position information, and recording an image on the sheet conveyed to the sheet facing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru ARAKANE
  • Publication number: 20170297339
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes a blade unit configured to move relative to an ink jet head and to wipe an ejection surface of the ink jet head. The blade unit includes a first blade and a second blade that are arranged in a moving direction of the blade unit and formed into flexible plate shapes and a blower that makes an inner space, which is defined by the first blade and the second blade, into a negative pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Masaru MIDORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170297340
    Abstract: A print head for an ink jet printer includes at least one ink supply channel and at least one nozzle having a nozzle channel and an inflow opening, and ink can be pressed from the ink supply channel through the inflow opening into the nozzle channel and ejected therefrom, wherein the nozzle is arranged in a stationary manner on a side wall of the ink supply channel and in the ink supply channel a ram is provided, which can be moved back and forth between a reversal point that has a minimal distance from the inflow opening of the nozzle and a reversal point that has a maximal distance from the inflow opening of the nozzle, wherein a first limiting device limits the movement of a ram end face to a movement between the reversal points; and a second external device is provided for applying a negative pressure relative to the ambient air pressure to the ink in the ink supply channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: DURST PHOTOTECHNIK - A.G.
    Inventor: Franz OBERTEGGER
  • Publication number: 20170297341
    Abstract: An ink-jet printer including a conveyor, a carriage, a recording head, a power supply, an ink receiver, a command receiver, and a controller, is provided. The controller executes the steps of: determining a discharge ink amount that should be discharged to the ink receiver; raising a drive voltage to a first voltage when the discharge ink amount is less than a first threshold value, and raising the drive voltage to a second voltage when the discharge ink amount is the first threshold value or more; performing a flushing process; based on the flushing process after having raised the drive voltage to the second voltage having finished in the case of having raised the drive voltage to the second voltage, stepping down the drive voltage from the second voltage to the first voltage; and based on the flushing process having finished and on the drive voltage being the first voltage, performing a printing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru ARAKANE
  • Publication number: 20170297342
    Abstract: Technology suppressing installation of a cartridge for supplying fluid and recovering waste fluid in a wrong orientation to a fluid ejection device is provided. The cartridge has a box-shaped case. The cartridge includes a fluid pack that stores a fluid and that is disposed in the case and a waste fluid retainer that is disposed beside the fluid pack inside the case. The waste fluid retainer is configured to hold waste fluid introduced to the case from the fluid ejection device. At least one corner of a side of the case on the side on which the fluid pack is disposed is beveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Kiyoteru KATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20170297343
    Abstract: Technology enabling stably attaching a cartridge having a fluid supply port and a waste fluid inlet to a fluid ejection device. The cartridge has a bottom wall with a fluid supply port for supplying fluid to the fluid ejection device, and a waste fluid inlet for recovering waste fluid from the fluid ejection device, a first side wall having a first contact part capable of contacting a first fastening member of the cartridge holder when the cartridge is installed in the cartridge holder, and a second side wall having a second contact part capable of contacting a second fastening member of the cartridge holder when the cartridge is installed in the cartridge holder. When looking at the cartridge from the bottom wall side, an imaginary first line passing through the first contact part and the second contact part passes between the fluid supply port and the waste fluid inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyoteru KATSUKI, Tomohiro MIZUTA
  • Publication number: 20170297344
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus capable of detecting an ink amount in an attachable inktank at a multi-level with a simple arrangement has the following arrangement. That is, the printing apparatus includes a printhead which prints an image by discharging ink, an inktank which contains the ink supplied to the printhead, a reservoir capable of temporarily containing the ink supplied from the inktank, and a detection unit which performs a detection operation of detecting whether the ink amount in the inktank is more than a predetermined amount. Then, the detection unit performs the detection operation in a state in which the reservoir contains the ink supplied from the inktank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ibe, Masaya Uetsuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Masataka Kato, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20170297345
    Abstract: A liquid container for accommodating a liquid includes: a plurality of detection electrodes mounted on the liquid container and connected to a detection circuit installed outside the liquid container, wherein the plurality of detection electrodes detects a tilt of the liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hirotoshi USUI, Yukihiro IWAMOTO, Masaya HIRAKAWA, Masao NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170297346
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid circulation module comprises a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid, a storage section connected with the liquid ejection head to store the liquid, a circulation section configured to circulate the liquid in a predetermined circulation path passing through the liquid ejection head and the storage section, a pressure detection section configured to detect pressure in the storage section, a pressure adjusting section configured to adjust pressure in the storage section, and a module controller configured to control a circulation operation of the circulation section and a pressure adjusting operation of the pressure adjusting section independently from a host controller arranged separately from the liquid circulation module and when communicating with the host controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ohtsu, Kazuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20170297347
    Abstract: An image recording method including the steps of forming an image by applying an ink to an ink receiving member and applying a treatment liquid containing an ink-viscosity-increasing component to the ink receiving medium so as to overlap with at least a part of a region of the ink receiving medium to which the ink is applied. The treatment liquid contains a surfactant which lowers a surface tension of water to 25 mN/m or less when added into the water in an amount of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Torisaka, Takashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20170297348
    Abstract: A heater assembly is disclosed. The heater assembly has a frame that has a first and a second opening. There is a heater element located in the first opening. A flow valve is mounted to the frame and movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the flow valve blocks airflow through the first opening. In the second position, the flow valve blocks airflow through the second opening. When the flow valve is between the first and second position the flow valve blocks at least some airflow through the first opening and blocks at least some airflow through the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: David E Smith
  • Publication number: 20170297349
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the tray unit, an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path, and a return guide disposed between the recording unit and the tray unit. The return guide pivots about a shaft and guides the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path. The tray unit includes at least one supporting portion. The return guide includes at least one supported portion. The at least one supporting portion of the tray unit engages the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuo ASADA, Hirotaka AOKI, Satoru NAKAKITA, Shota IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170297350
    Abstract: A printer can suppress paper lifting away from the platen surface even when conveying strong paper (regardless of paper strength) (a printer that can suppress paper uplift from the platen and is not easily affected by the type of paper). A printer 40 in which the platen surface 42a is on the inkjet head 21 side of a plane C through position A where paper 11 is held by a conveyance roller 36, and position B where the paper is held by a discharge roller, has: on the printhead 21 side of the plane C between the platen 42 and conveyance roller 36, at least one entry angle control unit 44 that contacts the paper 11 conveyed toward the platen surface 42a, and controls the entry angle of the paper 11 to the platen surface 42a; and on the printhead 21 side of the plane C between the platen 42 and the discharge roller 37, at least one exit angle control unit 46 that contacts the paper 11 conveyed in the direction away from the platen surface 42a, and controls the exit angle of the paper 11 from the platen surface 42a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei KUROTOBI, Nobuhiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170297351
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device allows a recording medium to be set easily, and prevents the recording medium from being warped so that printing quality is not lowered. An inkjet printer includes a bed including a surface that supports a recording medium, and a pivoting device that pivots the bed around a horizontal axis to locate the bed horizontally or vertically or pivots the bed around the horizontal axis to incline the bed with respect to a horizontal plane. The inkjet printer also includes a pair of guide rails provided on the bed and extending in an X direction and a movable member extending in a Y direction, engaged with the pair of guide rails and slidable on the pair of guide rails to move in the X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hidenori FUJIOKA, David GOWARD, Yoshihiro NARIYAMA, Yuji SAKATA, Shinji TABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170297352
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for trimming a print sheet and registering the location of an image on the print sheet. The apparatus may include a sensor system arranged to detect a guide line on the print sheet to align the print sheet relative to a cutter. The sensor system emits first and second light beams through the print sheet, and a controller is configured to detect the presence of the guide line through the light beams to align the guide line on the print sheet relative to the cutter. The apparatus may also include a vacuum chamber extending through a plate, with a float positioned within the vacuum chamber. In a first configuration, a vacuum is drawn in the chamber moving the float within the vacuum chamber away from the base such that a print sheet is moveably receivable between the plate and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: GP2 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Porat
  • Publication number: 20170297353
    Abstract: Provided are a carriage structure capable of preventing a carriage from contacting a side edge of a print medium, without requiring a discharge roller and facilitating reducing device size, and a printer having the carriage structure. Disposed to a carriage 21 carrying and inkjet head 22 and moving bidirectionally through a range of movement including the conveyance path of a cut-sheet paper S are: a panel member 78 able to protrude in the direction of carriage 21 movement; and a moving mechanism 126 causing the panel member 78 to protrude to the conveyance path of the cut-sheet paper S when the carriage 21 is at a standby position (home position) set in the range of carriage 21 movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsugo ISHIDA, Takumi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170297354
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of decorative laminates includes the steps of: a) printing an ink acceptance layer by jetting droplets having a volume of 1 to 200 nL onto a paper substrate; b) forming a decorative layer by jetting ink droplets having a volume of up to 30 pL of one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks onto the dried ink acceptance layer; and c) heat pressing the decorative layer into a decorative laminate; wherein the ink acceptance layer contains an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B in a weight ratio P/B larger than 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick VAN DEN BERGEN, Johan VAN HUNSEL
  • Publication number: 20170297355
    Abstract: This heat-sensitive recording material is configured to contain, as a color-developing compound, at least one compound represented by one of formulas (1)-(3):
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Takaaki Kurata, Kyohei Miyanaga
  • Publication number: 20170297356
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium that is able to better suppress bleeding or scumming of an image and better suppress the occurrence of peeling lines or abnormal transfer during thermal transfer. The thermal transfer recording medium according to an embodiment includes a heat-resistant slip layer that is formed on one surface of a base material, an undercoat layer that is formed on the other surface of the base material, and a dye layer that is formed on a surface of the undercoat layer that is opposite from the surface that faces the base material; wherein the dye layer includes at least a thermally transferable dye, a first binder resin and a release agent; the release agent includes polyether-modified silicone oil and a perfluoroalkyl compound, and the ratio of the polyether-modified silicone oil and perfluoroalkyl compound, on the basis of a weight ratio, is within the range 9:1 to 6:4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Godai FUKUNAGA, Seiji TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170297357
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for applying an antibacterial coating onto a substrate having one or more layers of print. In a printing press, one or more layers of print are applied to a substrate in a printing step. A finishing composition is applied over the layers of ink by a finishing stage in a finishing step to form a continuous outer protective layer. The finishing composition is applied to the substrate by a roller. The printing step and the finishing step are performed simultaneously. The finishing composition includes an antibacterial additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew HINTON-LEVER, Julian DUGDALE
  • Publication number: 20170297358
    Abstract: A method of making a relief image printing element from a photosensitive printing blank is provided. A photosensitive printing blank with a laser ablatable layer disposed on at least one photocurable layer is ablated with a laser to create an in situ mask. The printing blank is then exposed to at least one source of actinic radiation through the in situ mask to selectively cross link and cure portions of the photocurable layer. Diffusion of air into the at least one photocurable layer is limited during the exposing step and preferably at least one of the type, power and incident angle of illumination of the at least one source of actinic radiation is altered during the exposure step. The resulting relief image comprises a plurality of dots and a dot shape of the plurality of dots that provide optimal print performance on various substrates, including corrugated board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: David Recchia, Timothy Gotsick, Ryan Vest
  • Publication number: 20170297359
    Abstract: A sheet pasting and binding apparatus has a paste application unit, an acquisition unit, a detection unit, and a controller. The paste application unit can change an application amount for applying paste to fed sheets. The acquisition unit acquires the number of printing instructed sheets. The detection unit detects the remaining amount of the paste. The controller controls the paste application unit so that pasting and binding are performed using a second paste application amount which is smaller than a first paste application amount while the pasting and binding are performed using the first paste application amount which is specified in advance as the paste application amount for maintaining a binding force between the sheets, based on the reception number and the remaining paste amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20170297360
    Abstract: A device is provided including a first sleeve for receiving a graphic medium, the first sleeve having a first window allowing the graphic medium to be viewed, and a second sleeve allowing an electronic appliance with a built-in electronic display to be received, the second sleeve including a second window allowing all of part of the electronic display to be viewed, the first and second sleeves being connected to each other. The first window allows the graphic medium to be viewed, which allows the personalization of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Pascal Gérard MILON
  • Publication number: 20170297361
    Abstract: A display body includes lattice lines that are arranged along a plane of incidence on which light is incident. The lattice lines have properties for forming a bright image with diffracted light of the incident light in an oblique view in which the plane of incidence is viewed obliquely, and absorbing some of the incident light. The surface of each of the lattice lines includes dispersed fine step parts that are repetitive in the direction in which the lattice lines extend. The steps have an antireflection function and form a dark image in a front view directly facing the plane of incidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Akira NAGANO