Patents Issued in December 21, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170361590
    Abstract: A packaging material (material) of the present invention is used to cover and wrap the metal parts during transportation and storing and in order to prevent rusting and corrosion. The material includes an inner layer and a pair of outer layers sandwiching the inner layer. The inner layer is formed from extruded rigid PET material wherein the outer layers are fabricated from VCI (vapor corrosion inhibitor) embedded into extruded sheets of rigid PET. The material is used for packaging for all ferrous metals for anti-rust. As VCI is thermoformed to embed corrosion inhibitors directly into rigid plastic material of the outer layers it improves quality by ensuring corrosion inhibitors are incorporated into all packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: George S. Helms, Kevin Heires
  • Publication number: 20170361591
    Abstract: Provided is a polymethallyl alcohol copolymer having a structural unit (A) represented by the following formula (A) and a structural unit (B) represented by the following formula (B), a molar ratio (A)/(B) of the structural unit (A) to the structural unit (B) being greater than or equal to 0.5; a method of producing the copolymer; and a molding containing the copolymer. In the formula (B), X represents at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, and an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170361592
    Abstract: Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Yalda Farhoudi, Yinong Ma, Megan Lee Szlosek, Pu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361593
    Abstract: Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Yalda Farhoudi, Yinong Ma, Megan Lee Szlosek, Pu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361594
    Abstract: Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Yalda Farhoudi, Yinong Ma, Megan Lee Szlosek, Pu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361595
    Abstract: An expandable film includes a core layer and first and second non-expandable outer layers. The core layer includes expandable microspheres dispersed in a matrix having at least 40% of one or more matrix polymers selected from (i) ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer having an unsaturated ester comonomer content of from 20% to 60%, (ii) ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of less than 0.915 g/cc, and (iii) combinations thereof. The melting point of the one or more matrix polymers is at least 15° C. below the activation temperature of the expandable microspheres. The first and second non-expandable outer layers each independently include one or more thermoplastic polymers having a melting point at least 15° C. below the activation temperature of the expandable microspheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ranganathan Soundararajan, Anthony Cooke, Andy Kisner, Blaine Clemons Childress, Joseph E. Owensby, Billy Wayne Austin, Steven Ensley
  • Publication number: 20170361596
    Abstract: A method for coating a non-metal object with a metallic layer may include steps of manufacturing a polyurethane (PU) leather with a metallic surface; attaching a composite material to a surface of the PU leather with the metallic surface; and molding. Comparing with conventional coating techniques such as oil injection and electroplating, the present invention is advantageous because the manufacturing process is simple to lower the manufacturing cost, and also the manufactured product is abrasive and bending-resistance, as well as crease-resistant. Furthermore, since each of the upper cavity and the lower cavity communicates with the gas vent, the pressure inside the mold can be well-maintained during the molding process thereby preventing the molding product from defect causing by excessive pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Kuo-Ping Feng
  • Publication number: 20170361597
    Abstract: A method and system of using a polyolefin-based, hot melt adhesive improves creep performance of elastic strands adhered to another substrate. Some deflection, greater than 1°, of the exit angle formed by a line normal to the axis of a neutrally-positioned applicator and the elastic strand extending from the applicator is introduced. Preferably, deflection of the entrance angle is also introduced and a head tilt angle is also provided. The use of deflection improves creep performance or allows for a reduced amount of adhesive to be used to achieve the same or similar creep performance. The elastic strands may be used to form a leg cuff in personal care products, such as diapers, and the substrate to which they are applied could be a polyethylene film or non-woven materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kimberly E. SECRIST, Ronald F. GRAF
  • Publication number: 20170361598
    Abstract: Methods of making vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window units are provided, including activating getters in a process of making VIG window units. In certain example embodiments, at least one getter is activated during and/or at the end of a pump-out/evacuation process in which the cavity between the substrates is evacuated. In certain example embodiments, the getter(s) may be activated (e.g., by at least a laser beam that is directed through a pump-out tube) during and/or at the end of the evacuation process in which the cavity between the substrates is evacuated to a low pressure that is below atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: John P. HOGAN, Andrew W. PANTKE, Rudolph H. PETRMICHL
  • Publication number: 20170361599
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for transferring graphene from the surface of one substrate to another. In one particular embodiment, the graphene layer is grown on a surface of a first substrate, where the bottom of the first substrate is then affixed to the surface of a second substrate. The second substrate may include material made of a rigid or semi-rigid composition to provide structural support and backing to the first substrate. The graphene layer may then be delaminated from the first substrate and transferred to a target surface, such as the surface of an electronic device or biosensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: MITCHELL LERNER, DENG PAN, BRETT GOLDSMITH, SAVANNAH J. AFSAHI
  • Publication number: 20170361600
    Abstract: Techniques of additive deposition for producing articles of manufacture are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an article of manufacture can include a substrate having a surface and composed of a metal or metal alloy and multiple layers of composite materials deposited on the surface of the substrate. The composite materials is composed of the metal or metal alloy and a ceramic material. The individual composite materials at each of the multiple layers has a composition with a corresponding ratio between the metal or metal alloy material and the ceramic material. The ratios between the metal or metal alloy material and the ceramic material change along at least one dimension of the article of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Thomas Gualtieri, Yanning Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361601
    Abstract: Deflector units for use with a printing blade in printing a print medium through a printing screen, which are self-adjustable in a vertical direction for controlling production of rolls of print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Ashley Roy CHALKER
  • Publication number: 20170361602
    Abstract: A printing system and method are provided. The printing system includes an image forming station for temporarily deposit an image on an intermediate transfer member when the intermediate transfer member in the image forming station is in a first temperature range. The system further includes a drying station configured to increase a temperature of the intermediate transfer member from a first temperature in the first temperature range to a second temperature in a second temperature range, the second temperature being substantially higher than the first temperature. The system further includes an impression station configured to transfer the temporarily deposited image from the intermediate transfer member onto a substrate when the intermediate transfer member in the impression station is in the second temperature range. The system further includes a cooling station for retaining a coolant configured to revert the intermediate transfer member to a temperature in the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Benzion LANDA, Yehoshua SHEINMAN, Sagi ABRAMOVICH, Galia GOLODETZ, Gregory NAKHMANOVICH, Meir SORIA
  • Publication number: 20170361603
    Abstract: In some examples, a print head includes a plurality of nozzles, a test result register to store a drive bubble detect (DBD) test result for a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, and a result-ready register to store a status indication set to a predetermined value provided responsive to storing of the DBD test result in the test result register, where the test result register and the result-ready register are accessible by a control unit outside the print head to evaluate a nozzle condition based on the DBD test result in the test result register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Daryl E. Anderson, Eric T. Martin
  • Publication number: 20170361604
    Abstract: The invention discloses a combined jet printing method comprising preparing at least two inkjet devices, wherein the devices move in a separate manner and implement printing actions separately; preparing at least two mediums to be subject to printing, wherein the number of the mediums is not less than that of the devices; implementing the printing to a medium by the first device; implementing the second printing to the medium which is completely subject to the first printing of the first device by the second device; implementing the Nth printing to the medium which is completely subject to the N?1th printing by the N?1th device by the Nth device; and finishing the printing after all devices complete all printing actions. The intermittent printing of underpainting and pattern can be realized without needing a screen printing machine, an inkjet printing machine and other equipment, thus reducing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shoubin Wang, Wenhong Wang, Minxiang Huang, Hui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361605
    Abstract: A distance measuring device includes: an imaging unit that captures a test pattern image including a pair of first markers and a second marker that is formed under a condition different from a condition applied to the first markers; a position detecting unit that detects a position of each of the pair of first markers and the second marker in a captured image captured by the imaging unit; a ratio calculating unit that calculates a ratio of a distance between the pair of the first markers in the captured image and an actual distance between the pair of the first markers; and an actual distance calculating unit that calculates an actual distance between one of the first markers as the pair and the second marker by multiplying a distance between the one of the first markers as the pair and the second marker in the captured image by the ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masaya Kawarada, Nobuyuki Satoh, Kenji Morita, Yuichi Sakurada, Tomohiro Sasa, Daisaku Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20170361606
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus is described, which includes a platen locating the print medium, at least one printhead for marking on the print medium, a carriage holding the at least one printhead, a sensor at least partially mounted to the carriage to measure a printhead-to-platen spacing (PPS) along scanning axis during scanning, and an integrated circuit including a dynamic compensation module and a PPS analysis module to delay firing of printing fluid drops from the at least one printhead to compensate platen defects based on the measured PPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Frederic Barnel, David Toussaint
  • Publication number: 20170361607
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a printhead control system for a printer, wherein the printer includes at least one printhead comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting printing fluid, wherein the nozzles include high drop weight nozzles and low drop weight nozzles ejecting drops of different drop weight, and are each arranged to eject printing fluid on a print medium such as to print images in frame areas of the print medium and such as to clean nozzles in spit bar areas of the print medium; the printer further includes a transport unit for moving the print medium relative to the printhead, wherein the print medium includes frame areas for printing images and spit bar areas for cleaning the nozzles; the printhead control device including: a module to determine a first group of said nozzles located over a frame area of the print medium and a second group of said nozzles located over a spit bar area of the print medium; a module to operate the high drop weight nozzles of the first group such as to eject
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Joan Vidal Fortia, Lluis Abello Rosello, Ron Burns
  • Publication number: 20170361608
    Abstract: A distance between a plurality of discharge orifice rows that discharge ink having a high permeation speed at a plurality of recording parts is made to be shorter than a distance between a plurality of discharge orifice rows that discharge ink having a low permeation speed at a plurality of recording parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto Kajiwara, Akitoshi Yamada, Okinori Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Sakai, Junichi Nakagawa, Takeru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170361609
    Abstract: A fluid ejection head assembly having improved assembly characteristics and methods of manufacturing a fluid ejection head assembly. The fluid ejection head includes a fluid supply body having at least one fluid supply port in a recessed area therein and a semiconductor chip attached in the recessed area of the fluid supply body adjacent the fluid supply port using a thermal cure adhesive. A compression prevention body having a coefficient of thermal expansion ranging from about 1.0 to less than about 30 microns/meter per ° C. disposed adjacent to the fluid supply port of the fluid supply body and the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Steven R. KOMPLIN
  • Publication number: 20170361610
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head which includes a nozzle forming face onto which a nozzle portion from which liquid is ejected is formed to be open, in which a liquid repellent film including fluorine is formed on the nozzle forming face through a base film interposed therebetween, and a total thickness of the base film is 670 [nm] or less. In addition, a signal intensity of a molecular weight 301 in the liquid repellent film obtained by using a time-of-flight secondary ion mass analysis method is 0.00005 or more and 0.00020 or less, and is 0.00005 or more and 0.00015 or less, preferably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiko HARA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kinya OZAWA, Takashi KOASE
  • Publication number: 20170361611
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method is provided for recording an image by ejecting an ink from a recording head including a member defining an ejection orifice through which the ink is ejected, an ejection element configured to generate an energy used for ejecting the ink, and a first flow path communicating with a portion between the ejection orifice and the ejection element. The method includes ejecting an ink through the ejection orifice, and moving the ink from the first flow path to the portion between the ejection orifice and the ejection element separately from the ejecting of the ink. In this method, the ink is an aqueous ink containing a coloring material and a compound containing a chain hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 8 or more to 18 or less substituted by a hydroxy group or an anionic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Mikio Sanada, Shingo Okushima, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20170361612
    Abstract: A channel member for a liquid ejecting head according to the present invention includes plates that are stacked together. The plates include a first plate including a first hole, a second plate including a second hole, and a third plate including a third hole. In plan view, an opening at the bottom side of the first hole and an opening at the top side of the third hole have a region in which the openings and overlap and a region in which the openings and do not overlap, and the opening at the bottom side of the first hole and the opening at the top side of the third hole are inside the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Ikeuchi, Chisako Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20170361613
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a substrate with a fluid slot formed therein, a chamber layer formed on the substrate defining fluid chambers on both sides of the fluid slot, a thin-film layer between the substrate and chamber layer that defines an ink feedhole (IFH) between the fluid slot and the chamber layer, and a chamber layer extension that forms a bridge across the IFH between two chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Rio Rivas, Anthony M. Fuller, Ed Friesen
  • Publication number: 20170361614
    Abstract: An inkjet apparatus capable of achieving a good withstand voltage in a movable part of a piezoelectric element is provided. An inkjet apparatus is provided, wherein the inkjet apparatus comprises: an actuator substrate, partitioning a cavity for accumulating ink; a vibrating film, supported by the actuator substrate and partitioning the cavity; and a piezoelectric element, on the vibrating film, and comprising an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a piezoelectric film between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; wherein the piezoelectric film extends along a space covering the whole cavity; and the upper electrode is constrained in an inner space of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinya ASHIKAGA, Kunio IIDA
  • Publication number: 20170361615
    Abstract: A method of bonding two components includes plating a first of the components with a first silver layer, a tin layer, and a second silver layer, plating a second of the components with silver, inserting the first and second components into a pre-heated press, and applying pressure to the components causing the components to bond. A stack of layers has a first component layer, a first silver layer, a tin layer, a second silver layer, a second component silver layer, and a second component layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: David L. Knierim
  • Publication number: 20170361616
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor chips for a liquid discharge head from a substrate includes forming trenches of a linear form through etching from the second surface along intended cutting portions, forming modified portions in the substrate by irradiating a laser beam from the first surface side along the intended cutting portions, and splitting the substrate into the plurality of semiconductor chips for a liquid discharge head, by cutting the substrate with stress applied to the modified portions. The intended cutting portions include inclined portions extending in a direction inclined with respect to a crystal orientation plane of the substrate and uninclined portions extending in a direction along the crystal orientation plane of the substrate, and the trenches are formed at least along the inclined portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takahashi, Toru Kawaguchi, Toshiyasu Sakai, Masataka Kato
  • Publication number: 20170361617
    Abstract: A fluidic dispensing device includes a housing having a chamber that defines an interior space, and has an inlet port and an outlet port. A flow control portion has a flow separator feature. The flow separator feature is positioned adjacent the inlet port. A stir bar is located in the chamber, has a rotational axis, and has a plurality of paddles, with each paddle having a free end tip. The stir bar has a stir bar radius from the rotational axis to the free end tip. A guide portion confines the stir bar in a predetermined portion of the interior space of the chamber. A ratio of the stir bar radius and a clearance distance between the free end tip and the flow control portion is 5:2 to 5:0.025.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Steven R. Komplin, Jason T. Vanderpool
  • Publication number: 20170361618
    Abstract: Printhead priming can, in various examples, employ a conduit and a divider such that a predetermined portion of a pressurized gas in the conduit is provided to an environment surrounding the divider and a remaining portion of the pressurized gas in the conduit is provided to a printhead at a pressure sufficient to prime an ink supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A Wagner, Justin M Roman, Christopher J Arnold
  • Publication number: 20170361619
    Abstract: A liquid container unit includes: a liquid container including: a plurality of liquid storage portions; and a plurality of injection ports which are provided to the respective plurality of liquid storage portions, and are configured to enable injection of liquid into the plurality of liquid storage portions; and an injection port cover which is provided to the liquid container so as to be rotatable and is configured to cover the plurality of injection ports so as to be openable and closable, the injection port cover including a plurality of stopper members configured to close the plurality of injection ports when the injection port cover is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi Arai, Tomoki Yamamuro, Tatsuaki Orihara, Takeho Miyashita, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Akira Shiba, Ryo Shimamura, Masatoshi Ohira, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya
  • Publication number: 20170361620
    Abstract: A controller includes a second controller that periodically performs a flushing operation of injecting a predetermined amount of ink from a nozzle, a third controller that repeatedly performs the flushing operation until a remaining amount of the ink in a storage chamber after the flushing operation is detected by a detector to be a first amount, a first counter that counts a first operation number of times of the flushing operation, and a fourth controller that performs a first cleaning operation of absorbing a fluid in a sealed space by a suction pump when the first operation number of times counted by the first counter reaches a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Teppei SAWADA, Keiko YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170361621
    Abstract: In an example, a selection valve of a fluid supply system is disclosed. The selection valve selectively couples a source of pressurized air to one of first and second fluid supply cartridges, in the fluid supply system, to provide fluid to a printhead, the one of first and second fluid supply cartridges being coupled to the source of pressurized air at a time and other fluid supply cartridge being vented to the atmosphere. The selection valve includes a sleeve to provide interconnections with the source of pressurized air, the first and second fluid supply cartridges, and the atmosphere. Further, the selection valve includes a core disposed rotatably inside the sleeve to selectively couple the one of first and second fluid supply cartridges to the source of pressurized air and the other fluid supply cartridge to the atmosphere for switching the pressurized air between the first and second fluid supply cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Francesc Ros Cerro, Vicente Granados Asensio, Oriol Parera Fiestas
  • Publication number: 20170361622
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a scanning unit, and a recording control unit. The recording unit includes first and second recording parts each having multiple discharge orifice rows that each have multiple discharge orifices arrayed in a predetermined direction. The first recording part and the second recording part are separated from each other in an intersecting direction that intersects the predetermined direction. The scanning unit performs recording scanning by moving the recording unit. The recording control unit performs recording of a region on the recording medium including one edge of the recording medium by the first recording part alone, recording of another region including the other edge of the recording medium by the second recording part alone, and recording of a region in between the two regions using both recording parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Okinori Tsuchiya, Akitoshi Yamada, Junichi Nakagawa, Tatsuhiro Yamagata, Yuto Kajiwara, Takeru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170361623
    Abstract: A ribbon roll held by a ribbon holder comprises a cylindrical member, an ink ribbon wound around the cylindrical member and a data holding section which is arranged on surface of the cylindrical member and has plural areas where identification codes indicating information relating to the ink ribbon are recorded A driver rotates the cylindrical member held by the ribbon holding section. A detector detects components of the identification code and the mark from a position facing the data holding section of the ribbon roll held by the ribbon holder. A rotation controller enables the driver to rotate the cylindrical member to an extent to which the detector can detect the identification code. A reading controller carries out reading of the identification code by taking the mark as a reference from the components detected by the detector in synchronization with the rotation by the rotation controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Naoyuki Hattori, Toshiharu Shimosato
  • Publication number: 20170361624
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Omer Gila, Napoleon J. Leoni, Steven Rosenberg, Henryk Birecki
  • Publication number: 20170361625
    Abstract: An irradiation device includes: an irradiation, unit that irradiates a target with light; at least one component that is arranged in an advancing direction of light reflected by the target; and a light blocking unit that is arranged between the target and the at least one component in the advancing direction and blocks the reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Takehiro Niitsu, Jun Isozaki, Hiroyuki Tsukuni, Akira Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20170361626
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a coating device and a method of manufacturing a coated media substrate. The coating device can comprise a pre-moisturizer and pre-heater unit to apply heat and moisture to a media substrate; a coating composition applicator to apply a wet coating composition to the media substrate after it has been heated and moisturized by the pre-moisturizer and pre-heater unit; and a dryer to receive the media substrate having the wet coating composition applied thereto and to remove moisture, thereby generating a coated media substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Alan Jacques
  • Publication number: 20170361627
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imprinting different types of articles of manufacture and for selectively enabling one or more of pre-treatment, processing, and/or post-treatment processes according to the type of article of manufacture to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel Gerber, Thomas Bosgiraud
  • Publication number: 20170361628
    Abstract: A medium-suction apparatus includes a conveyer to convey a medium in a conveyance direction, a first suction unit to perform suction operation on the medium to attract the medium to the conveyer, and a second suction unit to perform the suction operation on the medium to attract the medium to the conveyer. The second suction unit being disposed next to the first suction unit in a width direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction. The second suction unit starts the suction operation after the first suction unit stalls the suction operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kyosuke NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20170361629
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium container to store a medium, feeding rollers to be switched between a feeding state in which the feeding rollers are in contact with the medium and a separated state in which the feeding rollers are separated from the medium, a reversing path for reversing the medium that has been fed from the medium container, a recorder to perform recording on the medium that has been reversed by the reversing path, a back-feed path for introducing the medium that has been fed in the reverse direction from the recording region in which recording has been performed by the recorder toward the reversing path, and a nip roller configured to nip the medium within the back-feed path. At least a portion of the feeding rollers that are in the separated state overlaps the nip roller in the direction of the height of the recording apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIRANE, Tetsuya TAMURA, Toshio MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20170361630
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus of the present invention including: a printing portion which performs printing by a line type printing head; a transport portion which transports a printing medium along a transport path that faces the printing head; a region detection portion which analyzes printing data and detects a non-printing region which is a region that does not become a target of a printing operation; and a transport control portion which controls a transport speed when the non-printing region passes through the printing head to be higher than a transport speed when the other printing region passes through the printing head, in which the transport control portion performs an acceleration control at least at a part while the non-printing region passes through the printing head and performs a constant speed control while the other printing region passes through the printing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke HARIGAE
  • Publication number: 20170361631
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus enabling a user to easily perform jam processing. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a cassette in which a plurality of sheets to be printed by the printing unit are mounted, and which is capable of being drawn out from the device by a user, a roller pair which is capable of being in an abutting state and a separate state and transports the sheet supplied from the cassette by interposing the sheet, in the abutting state, and a mechanism which changes the roller pair from the abutting state to the separate state as the cassette is drawn out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Masateru Komori, Masato Koshimizu, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kyoshiro Okude, Yukimichi Kimura, Masahiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20170361632
    Abstract: An image forming method includes applying an ink for the first time to a recording medium to form an image and rolling up the recording medium in a roll form, wherein the recording medium is continuous paper, the ink includes water, an organic solvent, and a coloring material, and the image has a tackiness power of from 80 to 110 nN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kaori TOYAMA, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Hiromi SAKAGUCHI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Masayuki FUKUOKA, Shuusuke SOMENO
  • Publication number: 20170361633
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of printing and dyeing and discloses a printing device capable of realizing combined jet printing including a cross beam, inkjet devices and a power device, wherein at least two inkjet devices are provided and installed on the cross beam as well as can be driven by the power device to move relative to the cross beam, the inkjet devices can move relative to the cross beam in a separate manner and can implement the inkjet action separately. According to the invention, the jet printing of ground color and pattern can be realized in the equipment by arranging at least two inkjet devices capable of moving in a separate manner in one cross beam, which is conducive to reducing the enterprise cost; meanwhile, transfer links of a medium among different equipments are avoided to improve the production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shoubin Wang, Wenhong Wang, Hui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170361634
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing which configures at least a portion of an outside of an apparatus main body which is provided with a recorder which performs recording on a medium, a lid body which opens and closes at least a portion of a top portion of the apparatus main body and is capable of tilting, and a tilting shaft of the lid body, in which the tilting shaft is capable of being displaced in a direction intersecting an axial line direction of the tilting shaft, and in which the lid body is capable of tilting from a closed state in which a gap between the housing and an end portion of an opposite side from a free end side is filled to an opened state by the displacement of the tilting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIROTA, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA, Tetsuya TAMURA, Kensuke TAMAI, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170361635
    Abstract: A method of controlling a printer is disclosed, the printer including a number of print heads extending across a print zone, and each print head including at least one nozzle array extending in a direction of a print head axis. Each nozzle array comprises a center section of nozzles and side sections of nozzles, wherein the side sections of neighboring nozzle arrays overlap defining an overlap region and the center sections of the nozzle arrays define non-overlap regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Xavier Quintero Ruiz, Roma Segura Fabregas, Marcos Casaldaliga
  • Publication number: 20170361636
    Abstract: A system is provided for transferring a marking material from a ribbon to a substrate. The system includes a ribbon take-up device; a ribbon supply source that supplies the ribbon to the ribbon take-up device such that the ribbon is moved in a process direction; a pressure roll located between the ribbon supply source and the ribbon take-up device in the process direction, the pressure roll being configured to apply pressure to the ribbon at a pressure location when the ribbon is positioned between the pressure roll and the substrate; and a laser beam source that directs a laser beam or laser light through the pressure roll and onto the ribbon at the pressure location such that a marking portion of the ribbon is heated by the laser beams and transferred to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy D. STOWE
  • Publication number: 20170361637
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a pattern that can form a precise pattern on a variety of media by using powders and provides a pattern-producing apparatus. The method of forming a pattern includes providing a liquid pattern on a surface of a medium, applying a powder to the liquid pattern so as to adhere to the liquid pattern, removing the powdery particles of the powder not adhered to the liquid pattern to give a pattern of the powder, and further applying another powder to the pattern of the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi Taniuchi
  • Publication number: 20170361638
    Abstract: A multi-layer pad of double-sided adhesive sheet material with individual pull-tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Sandeep Seth
  • Publication number: 20170361639
    Abstract: A writing instrument includes a cylindrical outer housing, one end of the outer housing having an outer opening, and an electronic pen body stored in the outer housing. The electronic pen body includes a stylus, one end of the stylus in an axial direction of the stylus serving as a pen tip, and a cylindrical inner housing storing the stylus, the one end of the stylus serving as the pen tip extending from an inner opening at a distal end of the inner housing, the inner opening of the inner housing defining one axial end of a hole extending axially forming a stylus guide that enables the stylus to move axially. In operation, the pen tip of the stylus and a distal portion of the inner housing having the inner opening extend from the outer opening of the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Kenichi Ninomiya, Hiroyuki Fujitsuka, Kohei Tanaka