Patents Issued in March 1, 2018
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Publication number: 20180056648Abstract: A drive circuit (100) for driving actuators of a printhead (97) from a common drive waveform has a switching circuit (32) for coupling the common drive waveform to an actuator (1,2), and a timing circuit (10) to control the switching circuit to form a drive pulse from the common drive waveform. The drive pulse is trimmed by controlling a duration (TTRIM) of a step at an intermediate level (VHOLD) in the drive pulse. This can improve the trade-off between available range of trimming and thermal efficiency because the voltage drop across the switching circuit can be reduced, compared to trimming only the height. Decoupling during a flat portion of the common drive waveform can enable the timing of the decoupling to be more relaxed compared to decoupling during a slope. Such relaxing can enable costs, complexity and thermal loading to be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Anirban LAHIRI, Mujahid-ul ISLAM, Mario MASSUCCI, Ian Anthony HURST, Stephen Mark JEAPES, Neil Christopher BIRD, Anthony SAUGEY
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Publication number: 20180056649Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes an inkjet nozzle with a main actuator and a peripheral actuator in a firing chamber. A determination is made as to whether the inkjet nozzle has sat idle, e.g., not firing for a threshold period of time. When the inkjet nozzle has sat idle, both the main actuator and the peripheral actuator are activated to jet at least one ink drop. When the inkjet nozzle has not sat idle, only the main actuator is activated to jet ink drops.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Brian M. Taff, Erik D. Torniainen, Daniel A. Kearl
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Publication number: 20180056650Abstract: In the method for controlling actuators, corresponding actuators are controlled so that they eject the ink droplets for the print image. Corresponding actuators are additionally controlled in order to eject refresh droplets in the image background according to a random distribution. In the event that no image droplet is printed between two successive refresh droplets, the ink meniscus is set into vibration as a refresh measure between the refresh droplets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Wolfgang Hettler, Christian Maier
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Publication number: 20180056651Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid discharging head having an actuator, a nozzle-formed surface on which a nozzle opens and discharging liquid from the nozzle by activating the actuator, and an activation pulse generation circuit that generates an activation pulse for activating the actuator. The nozzle-formed surface has a liquid repellent film formed thereon. The activation pulse includes a first pull-in component that pulls a meniscus in the nozzle from an initial position of the meniscus, a first push-out component that pushes the meniscus that has been pulled, a second pull-in component that pulls the meniscus that has been pushed, and a second push-out component that pushes at least a portion of the meniscus that has been pulled again. The nozzle discharges a special-type liquid. The special-type liquid is a type of liquid that relatively tends to cause repellency of the liquid repellent film to deteriorate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Shunya FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20180056652Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from nozzles; a liquid supply path which includes a liquid chamber partly formed of a flexible member, and supplies liquid to the liquid ejecting head; and a flow path unit which includes a displacement detecting unit which detects a displacement of the flexible member, and the liquid chamber, in which the flexible member closes the liquid supply path by being displaced in a direction in which a volume of the liquid chamber is reduced due to a decrease in liquid in the liquid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Akihiko MARUYAMA, Akihiro TOYA
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Publication number: 20180056653Abstract: An element substrate includes a substrate including a supply port configured to supply liquid, and a discharge port forming member including a discharge port configured to discharge the liquid supplied from the supply port. The discharge port forming member includes a liquid flow path communicating between the discharge port and the supply port on a surface opposed to a surface where the discharge port is provided. The discharge port forming member includes thick film portions and thin film portions in a region where the liquid flow path is formed. The thick film portions are lined up in a first direction so as to sandwich the discharge port therebetween and thicker than an adjacent portion adjacent to the discharge port. The thin film portions are lined up in a second direction intersecting with the first direction so as to sandwich the discharge port therebetween and thinner than the adjacent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Shintaro Kasai, Akiko Saito
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Publication number: 20180056654Abstract: A discharge port array is inclined to a second direction B at an angle ? that satisfies a relation of tan ?=d2/(N×d1), where d1 is a distance between discharge ports within the discharge port array in the second direction B, and d2 is a distance between two adjacent discharge ports within each group in a first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akiko Saito, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Tatsuya Yamada, Shuzo Iwanaga, Shingo Okushima
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Publication number: 20180056655Abstract: A joint structure includes a first substrate in which a resin portion which protrudes from one face and is formed of a resin, and a first electrode which covers a part of the resin portion are formed, and a second substrate on which a second electrode corresponding to the first electrode is formed are joined in a state in which the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected, in which a region in which the resin portion is disposed on one face of the first substrate includes a first region in which the resin portion is in contact with the one face, and a second region in which the resin portion is separated from the one face, and the second region is formed in the outside of the first region in the inside of the one face.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Naoya SATO
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Publication number: 20180056656Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejector that ejects a liquid, a liquid supply flow path that connects a liquid supply source and the liquid ejector, a plurality of branch flow paths provided in the liquid supply flow path, filters that are disposed separately in each of the branch flow paths, and a flow path opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the branch flow paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Masato MURAYAMA, Ryoji FUJIMORI, Yuji AOKI, Toru SAITO, Masakazu OHASHI, Keiichiro YOSHINO, Satoru KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180056657Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a container holder on which a first liquid container and a second liquid container are detachably mounted, an nozzles for ejecting the liquid supplied from each of the liquid containers, and an adjuster that is disposed at a position covered by the first liquid container and not covered by the second liquid container, the method including: ejecting liquid by the nozzles in a state in which the second liquid container is mounted without the first liquid container being mounted; and adjusting the liquid ejecting apparatus by the adjuster based on an ejection result in the ejecting of the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kentaro MURAKAMI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yasushi YAJIMA, Toshiaki ISHIKAWA, Toru CHINO
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Publication number: 20180056658Abstract: A sub tank (40) which is mounted in an inkjet printer including an inkjet head for discharging UV ink and supplies UV ink to the inkjet head includes a space forming unit (41) which forms a space (40a) including an ink storage chamber (40b) for storing UV ink and a pump communication port communicating with a pump for making a pressure in the space (40a) negative, and a liquid-proof ventilation filter (44) which is disposed in the space (40a), allows gas to be circulated, and does not allow the UV ink to be circulated so as to prevent the UV ink from flowing out from the space (40a) to the pump communication port.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180056659Abstract: A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid chamber, an upstanding wall facing a particular direction, and an inlet formed in a surface of the tank; a liquid-consuming unit consuming liquid stored in the liquid chamber; a cover rotatable between a covering position where the upstanding wall is covered with the cover and an exposure position where the upstanding wall is exposed, around a rotation axis extending in a further direction; and a casing including an engaging target part which holds the cover in the covering position, and supporting the tank, liquid-consuming unit, and cover. The cover includes: an engaging part to engage with the engaging target part in the state that the cover is in the covering position; and a tab which is subjected to an operation for releasing an engagement between the engaging part and the engaging target part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori OSAKABE, Tomohisa HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180056660Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid cartridge for recycling includes a preparing step and a first step. The preparing step prepares the liquid cartridge for recycling. The liquid cartridge for recycling includes a liquid accommodating portion, a flowing path, a stopper, and a valve. The first step includes a first insertion step, a firs valve open step, a first injection step, a first valve close step, a first removal step, and a first mounting step. The first insertion step inserts an injection member into the stopper. The first injection step injects the liquid into the liquid accommodating portion through the injection member, after the first insertion step and the first valve open step. The first removal step removes the stopper from the opening while the valve is maintained in the closed position after the first valve close step. The first mounting step mounts a new stopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taichi SHIRONO, Noritsugu ITO
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Publication number: 20180056661Abstract: An ink circulation device for an ink jet head includes a first ink storage unit that stores ink to be supplied to an ink jet head, a second ink storage unit that stores ink to be returned from the ink jet head, a pump that operates according to an electric signal to transport the ink from the second ink storage unit to the first ink storage unit, a filter between the pump and the first ink storage unit, a first pressure sensor configured to detect an internal pressure of the first ink storage unit, a second pressure sensor configured to detect an internal pressure between the pump and the filter, and a drive circuit configured to generate the electric signal according to a pressure difference between the internal pressure detected by the second pressure sensor and the internal pressure detected by the first pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Yoshiaki KANEKO, Kazuhiro HARA, Kazuhiko OHTSU, Taiki GOTO
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Publication number: 20180056662Abstract: A liquid accommodating body includes a liquid accommodating chamber that accommodates liquid, a pouring port through which the liquid is poured into the liquid accommodating chamber, a visual recognition portion through which a surface of liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating chamber is visually recognized and which is provided on a side wall forming the liquid accommodating chamber, a partition wall that partitions the liquid accommodating chamber into a pouring port side liquid accommodating chamber into which the liquid is poured through the pouring port and a visual recognition portion side liquid accommodating chamber including the visual recognition portion in a direction intersecting a gravity direction, and a liquid communication portion which is provided between the partition wall and a bottom wall forming the liquid accommodating chamber and through which the pouring port side liquid accommodating chamber and the visual recognition portion side liquid accommodating chamber communicate withType: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Tomoki SHINODA, Takeshi IWAMURO, Takanori SEKI, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20180056663Abstract: Provided is a check valve including: a duckbill valve; and a support member which is inserted into an inside portion of the duckbill valve, in which the duckbill valve includes a slit which is provided on a side where fluid is discharged, an inflow port which is provided on a side where the fluid flows in, and a flow path which connects the inflow port to the slit, and in which the support member is inserted into the flow path from the inflow port, a hole for sending the fluid to the slit when flowing in from the inflow port is provided, and the hole is provided so as to be hermetically sealed by the duckbill valve when a negative pressure is applied from the inflow port side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Hiroshi ASAWA
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Publication number: 20180056664Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a first intermediate storage and a second intermediate storage that store liquid and are provided such that the liquid can be supplied from a liquid ejecting unit which ejects the liquid, a liquid supply source holding unit that holds a liquid supply source which accommodates the liquid and that can supply the liquid accommodated in the liquid supply source to the first intermediate storage and the second intermediate storage, and a pressure regulating mechanism that can regulate pressures inside the first intermediate storage and inside the second intermediate storage. In the liquid supplying device, the inside of one intermediate storage, out of the first intermediate storage and the second intermediate storage, is depressurized, and the liquid is supplied from the liquid supply source to the one intermediate storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kaoru KOIKE, Ryoji FUJIMORI, Hiroki MATSUOKA, Toshihiro SHINBARA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180056665Abstract: Provided is a hollow fiber degassing module which includes a hollow fiber membrane bundle obtained by bundling a plurality of hollow fiber membranes in a cylindrical shape and a cylindrical body receiving the hollow fiber membrane bundle and extending in an axial direction and degasses a liquid by supplying the liquid to a gap between the hollow fiber membranes from a hollow portion of the hollow fiber membrane bundle and depressurizing the inside of the hollow fiber membrane, the hollow fiber degassing module including a support body which contacts an inner peripheral surface of the hollow fiber membrane bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Youhei SUGANUMA, Kazumi OI
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Publication number: 20180056666Abstract: An image forming method of the present invention is an image forming method of forming a halftone image on a corrugated fibreboard recording medium using an inkjet recording device that uses magenta ink and other inks with two or more colors other than the magenta ink, and is an efficient method that does not generate a mottle in an image printed in multicolor on a corrugated fibreboard recording medium using an inkjet recording device by determining a droplet ejection position of the magenta ink and then determining droplet ejection positions of the other inks with two or more colors to be positions different from the droplet ejection position of the magenta ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Tomohiro MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20180056667Abstract: A thermal head includes a substrate; a heat generating section disposed on the substrate; an electrode electrically connected to the heat generating section; a cover layer which covers part of the electrode; a pad electrically connected to the electrode; and a joining member electrically connected to the pad. The cover layer includes a first portion and a second portion which is smaller in thickness than the first portion. The second portion is placed on the pad. The pad has a convexity which exposes from the second portion. The joining member is connected to the convexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Youichi MOTO, Takashi ASOU, Ryohei MATSUBARA, Yui TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180056668Abstract: In an optical scanning device including a vibration mirror part, elastically deformable resin portions are respectively provided at both end portions in a main scanning direction on a surface of the vibration mirror part, which is an opposite surface of a reflective surface, a collision member, which has a collision surface and can collide with each of the resin portion, is provided at a side opposite to a side of the reflective surface of the vibration mirror part, and a control unit allows the vibration mirror part to swing such that each of the resin portion collides with the collision surface at least once before light beam for image data writing is deflected and scanned by the vibration mirror part, and then allows the vibration mirror part to swing in a range in which each of the resin portion does not collide with the collision surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Yuji TOYOTA
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Publication number: 20180056669Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a rotating polygon mirror, a light source that irradiates first and second light beams at one side of the rotating polygon mirror and irradiates third and fourth light beams at the other side thereof, a first optical element that reflects the first light beam and allows the second light beam to pass therethrough, a second optical element that reflects the second light beam, a third optical element that allows the third and fourth light beams to pass therethrough, and a fourth optical element that reflects the fourth light beam. The second light beam is a light beam corresponding to yellow, the first, the third, and the fourth light beams are light beams corresponding to three colors other than the yellow. Between the third and fourth optical elements, a scanning lens is arranged. Between the first and second optical elements, a scanning lens is not arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Hiroto KONISHI
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Publication number: 20180056670Abstract: A surface treatment repair assembly for applying a surface treatment to a contoured surface includes an attachment device configured to removably attach to the contoured surface and a robotic unit is coupled to the attachment device. Furthermore, a treating unit is operably mounted on the robotic unit and including a plurality of applicator heads forming a treatment array and each applicator head is configured to apply a surface repair treatment. At least one sensor is mounted on the treating unit and configured to identify a target area for the surface repair treatment and a controller is operably coupled to the robotic unit and the treating unit. The controller is programmed to control a movement of the robotic unit to position the treatment array adjacent to the target area and to selectively operate the treatment array to apply the surface repair treatment on the target area of the contoured surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Caitlin E. Kerr, Justin T. Hoehn, Dhananjay B. Vasa, Shane E. Arthur, Bennett M. Moriarty, Matthew H. Mellin, Ryan M. Trumbo, John F. Spalding, Raymond C. Eng, Kyle S. Biondich
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Publication number: 20180056671Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating, optionally with specific colouring, an exposed surface of a body with simultaneous formation of a structured surface, including projecting formations, via a device for depositing one or more liquid substances in droplets, in particular by a jet, said method consisting, for each affected site (1?) of the surface to be printed (1?), of consecutively depositing at least two vertically adjacent layers (6, 6?) of a first substance selected from the group made up of a size, a varnish, an adhesion or attachment agent and a coating agent, preferably white or transparent and at least one second substance such as a colouring substance or a mixture of colouring substances, each of the consecutive layers (6, 6?) being formed by depositing droplets (4, 4; 5).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Jérôme Boniface
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Publication number: 20180056672Abstract: A second inkjet head, a second platen, and a second pair of conveyance rollers configured to convey a sheet toward the second platen downward with respect to a horizontal direction are arranged at lower positions than a first inkjet head arranged upstream of the second inkjet head, a first platen arranged upstream of the second platen, a first pair of conveyance rollers arranged upstream of the second pair of conveyance rollers and configured to convey the sheet toward the first plates downward with respect to the horizontal direction, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihisa MORITA
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Publication number: 20180056673Abstract: A transport device includes a transport section configured to transport a medium, a medium guide section including a guide face for guiding, in a transport direction, the medium in a state of being transported by the transport section, a cover configured to be attached on the guide face, and a storage section configured to store in itself the cover in a state of being detached, and one edge side of the cover is secured to the storage section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Junya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180056674Abstract: A medium transportation device 2 includes a transportation unit 7 that transports a medium P in a transportation direction A, an edge guide 10 that guides positions of edges Pend of the medium P in a width direction perpendicular to the transportation direction A, and a foreign matter collecting section 13 that collects foreign matters at the edges Pend of the medium P. With this configuration, the medium transportation device 2 can reduce a decrease in transport accuracy of media due to a foreign matter at the edge Pend of the medium in a simple manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Keiichi YATO
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Publication number: 20180056675Abstract: A medium support unit that supports a medium to be printed on by a printing apparatus includes a support section and a frame section. The support section has a first support face and a second support face that are capable of supporting the medium. The frame section retains the support section. The frame section includes a first placement portion that is placed on a base of the printing apparatus when the first support face is set as a printing face on which the medium is printed, and a second placement portion that is placed on the base when the second support face is set as the printing face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Yusuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20180056676Abstract: The tape printing device includes an information input unit that receives information; and a label creating unit that prints the information that is input by the information input unit on at least one of a first print region having a length L1 and a second print region having the length L1 adjacent to an elongated or strip-shaped print medium in a longitudinal direction, and that creates a cable label including a print region including the first print region and the second print region, a winding region having a length L2 adjacent to the print region in the longitudinal direction, and a sticking region having a length L3 adjacent to the winding region or the print region in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Mikihiro KAJIHARA
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Publication number: 20180056677Abstract: A printer includes: a first conveyor configured to convey a recording medium during image formation by an image former at a first conveyance speed based on a print condition of the image formation by the image former; a second conveyor configured to convey the recording medium at a second conveyance speed higher than the first conveyance speed; and a third conveyor arranged between the first conveyor and the second conveyor on a conveyance route. The third conveyor is configured to start acceleration of the recording medium after a recording region trailing end of the recording medium passes the image former and accelerate the recording medium such that a speed of the recording medium increases to the second conveyance speed not later than a time point when a leading edge of the recording medium reaches the second conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONInventor: Masashi HARA
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Publication number: 20180056678Abstract: Disclosed is a recording apparatus including a recording head that performs recording with respect to a medium at a prescribed distance, a contact section that is capable of being in contact with the medium, a carriage that changes a relative location between the medium and the contact section, and an ultrasonic sensor that is capable of sensing an ultrasonic wave which is generated in a case where the medium is in contact with the contact section. The carriage changes the relative location such that a relative velocity between the medium and the contact section is over a prescribed value (transport velocity of the medium), and the ultrasonic sensor is capable of detecting a state of the medium by sensing the ultrasonic wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Seiichi Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20180056679Abstract: A printing system includes a print station disposed at a sheet transport path, a feed section arranged to feed media sheets of different media types into the transport path so as to be fed sequentially to the print station, and a controller arranged to receive print instructions concerning images to be printed, to schedule a sequence of the media sheets, and to control the feed section and the print station such that each image is printed on a sheet of a media type that has been specified for that image in the print instructions. A sensor is arranged at the transport path for detecting a quality condition of the sheets being fed to the print station, and the controller is adapted to receive a quality signal from the sensor and, when the quality of a sheet is found to be insufficient, to skip that sheet and to reroute the corresponding image to another scheduled sheet that is compatible with the print instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Patrick G.H. VESTJENS, Jacobus J. KANDELAARS, Antonius H.L. BOOTS
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Publication number: 20180056680Abstract: A sheet storage device has a rotation restriction portion configured to restrict a rotation of an end cursor from a first posture to a second posture. The rotation restriction portion has: a restriction piece situated on the end cursor and configured to be brought into contact with a guide rail so as to restrict the rotation of the end cursor from the first posture to the second posture; and an engagement recess formed at a given position of the guide rail, the restriction piece being fitted in the engagement recess. The end cursor is allowed to rotate from the first posture to the second posture when the restriction piece is fitted in the engagement recess at the given position of the guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Hironori Daigo, Takuya Nishimura
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Publication number: 20180056681Abstract: The disclosure relates to a label ribbon cartridge provided with an identification sheet supporting member, a detection surface of a detection arm of which is provided with an identification sheet that is horizontally suspended in air; a supporting member is arranged on a lower surface of the identification sheet, a lower end of the supporting member is in contact connection with the detection surface of the detection arm or is close to the detection surface of the detection arm in a non-contact manner. The label ribbon cartridge provided with an identification sheet supporting member is stable and reliable in performance, simple in structure and easy in production and processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Wei Du, Jinpeng Guo
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Publication number: 20180056682Abstract: A sheet winding mechanism includes a detachable winding core, a rotating body coupled to a first end portion of the winding core to rotate the winding core, and a non-rotating body against which a second end of the winding core is pressed. The winding core includes a winding core main body, a first portion which is located at the first end portion and is coupled to the rotating body, a second portion which is located at the second end portion, is movable in the axial direction, and presses against the non-rotating body, a first elastic body which urges the second portion outward along the axial direction, and a sheet holding portion configured to hold an end portion of a sheet. When the rotating body rotates the winding core while the sheet holding portion is holding the end portion of the sheet, the sheet is wound around the winding core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Myo Nyunt KYAW, Min Wai KHAING, Leonard TIO, Tsuyoshi SANADA
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Publication number: 20180056683Abstract: An inkjet product coding printing system comprises a plurality of printing objects comprising a travel direction and a printing surface arranged vertically; at least one inkjet printer head, wherein the inkjet printer head further comprises a plurality of ink nozzles facing the printing surface of the plurality of printing objects, wherein the plurality of ink nozzles is arranged in a plurality of rows configured along the travel direction of the plurality of printing objects, wherein the inkjet printer head can move up and down vertically, wherein the inkjet printer head moves orthogonally to the travel direction of the plurality of printing objects when the inkjet printer head ejects an ink; a motion unit connected with the inkjet printer head; and at least one control system controlling the motion unit and the inkjet printer head, and a method of printing product coding information by the inkjet product coding printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Chih-Jen Leu, Amgad Awad
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Publication number: 20180056684Abstract: An opening/closing structure of a cover includes a casing and a rotatable cover. A shaft part and a bearing part are formed to one and the other of the casing and the cover, respectively. One of the shaft part and the bearing part is formed with one of a protrusion and a relief part on a part of an end surface in an axial direction, and the other of the shaft part and the bearing part is formed with the other of the protrusion and the relief part on a facing surface facing the end surface. The protrusion circumvents contact with the surface having the relief part when the cover is closed. When the cover is opened, from the closed state, by a particular angle, the protrusion contacts the surface so as to be applied with a resistant force against rotation of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Yukio Shiohara, Yoshinori Osakabe
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Publication number: 20180056685Abstract: A head unit of an ink jet printer is formed with a mist removing space for removing an ink mist generated when an UV ink is discharged by an ink jet head from a gap between the head unit and a table, where the mist removing space is formed with a gas introducing port, arranged at a position between the ink jet head and the LED, for the gas to be introduced from the gap side between the head unit and the table to the mist removing space, an intake port for the gas to be suctioned from the mist removing space toward a sirocco fan side by an airflow generated by the sirocco fan, and a gas discharging port, arranged separately from the intake port, for the gas to be discharged from the mist removing space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsushi TSUCHIYA
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Publication number: 20180056686Abstract: Free axis or free-rolling printer is a self-propelled printer capable of printing on any stationary flat horizontal surface by moving itself around the stationary flat horizontal surface while ejecting the ink or colorants onto the stationary flat horizontal surface to create the clear image on the stationary flat horizontal surface. Free axis or free-rolling printer has at least one print media socket that is capable of accepting a plurality of interchangeable print media cartridges. Free axis or free-rolling printer has an X-axis tread system with a servomotor. Free axis or free-rolling printer has a retractable Y-axis tread system with a drive servomotor, a gantry servomotor, and a gantry assembly to lift and lower the Y-axis tread system. Free axis or free-rolling printer has a main circuit board with electrical continuity with a power source, the X-axis tread system servomotor, the Y-axis tread system drive servomotor, and the Y-axis gantry servomotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Joseph L. Zeleny
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Publication number: 20180056687Abstract: A thermal printer comprises a sheet conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet formed by attaching labels on a mount; a ribbon conveyance mechanism configured to convey a ribbon; a thermal head configured to heat the ribbon to carry out printing of printing data on the sheet contacted with the ribbon; and a head moving mechanism configured to control the thermal head if a non-printing area is longer than a first distance based on the printing data to separate the ribbon from the sheet; wherein the ribbon conveyance mechanism stops the conveyance of the ribbon if the non-printing area is longer than the first distance; and the sheet conveyance mechanism controls, if the non-printing area is longer than the first distance, the sheet conveyance speed to a second speed slower than a first speed applied in a case of conveying a printing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Okiharu Matsuda
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Publication number: 20180056688Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for flexographically printing over a textured surface. The method comprises selecting a substrate for application of a print pattern and advancing the substrate through a flexographic coil paint line in order to apply a primer to at least one side of the substrate. Next a finish coat is flexographically applied to the primed substrate and due to a chemical reaction of the applied finish coat along with supplemental heating, the finish coat forms a textured surface. Next, a print pattern is flexographically applied atop the textured surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Shelby Leigh Courtney, Jonathan Charles King, Marc Eric Fullem
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Publication number: 20180056689Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a lenticular printed material including: a step of forming a parallax picture, using a recording medium which includes a resin layer and a water-absorbing layer laminated on the resin layer, by applying aqueous ink which contains water and a colorant to the water-absorbing layer of the recording medium according to an ink jet system; and a step of bonding a lenticular lens onto a side of the water-absorbing layer where the parallax picture of the recording medium is formed, and a lenticular printed material produced by the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Toshiyuki MAKUTA, Yanlong CHE, Masafumi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20180056690Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating a hidden pattern on a substrate, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited by inkjet printing onto a substrate, which comprises at least one external surface comprising a salifiable alkaline or alkaline earth compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Roger Bollström, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A.C. Gane
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Publication number: 20180056691Abstract: The invention provides an ink set and an image forming method in which excellent glossiness is obtained in a case where a surface of an image recording material on which an image is formed using an acidic pre-treatment liquid is overcoated. Namely, the invention provides an ink set and an image forming method using the same, the ink set including: an ink composition which includes a colorant and water; a pre-treatment liquid which contains an acid and water; and an overcoat liquid which includes water and particles of a resin, the resin containing an acidic group selected from the group consisting of a sulfo group, a salt of a sulfo group, a phosphonic acid group, a salt of a phosphonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, and a salt of a phosphoric acid group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Takuya ARAI, Hirohisa HOKAZONO
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Publication number: 20180056692Abstract: A printed matter is provided. The printed matter includes a porous printing medium and a printed layer. The printed layer contains silver and has a printed surface having an image clarity (2 mm), defined in Japanese Industrial Standards H8686-2, of 5.0 or more and a b* value in the range of from ?7.0 to +4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Tatsuya Tomura, Yoshimasa Miyazawa, Takuya Fujita
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Publication number: 20180056693Abstract: A method of creating a three-dimensionally shaped object, the method having: a creation step for creating image data for printing an image on a thermally expandable sheet; a printing step for printing an image on the thermally expandable sheet on the basis of the image data created in the creation step; and a protuberation step for partially protuberating the thermally expandable sheet via thermal expansion by irradiating light toward the image printed on the thermally expandable sheet in the printing step. The creation step creates image data such that a grayscale of an image is set so that a fastening portion that fastens a thermally expandable sheet is either intermittently or continuously surrounded by a region where a protuberation height resulting from the thermal expansion is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20180056694Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a sheet and an image forming section that forms an image region formed of a toner layer that enables information written on the sheet, which has been transported by the transport unit, by using a whiteboard marker to be erased by using a whiteboard eraser.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru MISAIZU, Mizuki SUGINO, Daisuke TANAKA, Masaru OKUTSU
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Publication number: 20180056695Abstract: A method of manufacturing a paper or paperboard with improved printing properties, which method comprises the steps of, providing a paper or paperboard substrate, comprising cellulosic fibres, providing a coating composition comprising a mixture of an esterified or etherified starch and a inorganic mineral; and coating at least one surface of said substrate with at least one layer of said coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kaj Backfolk, Katriina Mielonen, Sami Ovaska
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Publication number: 20180056696Abstract: A method for recovering polymer from printed glycol-modified poly(ethylene tefephtalate) (PETG) substrates, comprising the steps of: providing a printed PETG substrate with the print layer comprising pigments and/or dyes dispersed in a binder matrix; chopping the substrate into irregular strips and; treating the chopped substrate with a treating composition; wherein the treating composition is an aqueous azeotrope of an organic low molecular weight, polar solvent selected from the group consisting of ketones, aldehydes, alcohols and esters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Elzbieta PIESOWICZ
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Publication number: 20180056697Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit configured to form an image with a decolorable material, a second image forming unit configured to form an image with a non-decolorable material, an RFID processor configured to write data in an RFID tag, a memory unit for storing a table indicating one or more attributes associated with the decolorable material and one or more attributes associated with the non-decolorable material, and a controller configured to control the first image forming unit to carry out image forming on a medium including the RFID tag for information of which attribute is associated with the decolorable material in the table, and control the second image forming unit to carry out image forming on the medium for information of which attribute is associated with the non-decolorable material in the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Setsuo TAKADA