Patents Issued in April 19, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180104920
    Abstract: The invention provides a method producing contact lenses, including the step of: holding the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens attached to the one of the female mold half or the male mold half with a vacuum supplied with a suction cup; deforming a surface of the one of the female mold half or the male mold half having the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens attached to with a pin so as to separate the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens from the mold half attached to and to transfer the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens to the suction cup; moving the suction cup away from the pin while the suction cup continues to hold the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens remains; applying a compressed gas to blow the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens away from the suction cup into a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Daryl Reece, Uwe Haken, Delores Davis
  • Publication number: 20180104921
    Abstract: Designs, strategies and methods for forming biocompatible batteries with plated cathode chemistries are described. In some examples, an electrolytic manganese dioxide layer may be plated upon a cathode collector before assembly into a micro-battery. In some examples, the biocompatible battery with electrodeposited cathode may be used in a biomedical device. In some further examples, the biocompatible battery with electrodeposited cathode may be used in a contact lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yaser Beyad, Scott Donne, Millburn Ebenezer Muthu, Randall B. Pugh, Adam Toner
  • Publication number: 20180104922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object, the outer surface of which has at least one surface section that is generated in that, by means of an additive production method (layer-building forming method), initially a surface section is produced on a flat base plate (5) in two-dimensional form, comprising the following steps: I) applying at least one curable polymer or curable reaction resin with a respective elastic modulus according to DIN 53504 (effective: 18 Apr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Büsgen, Dirk Achten, Nicolas Degiorgio, Roland Wagner, Thomas Michaelis, Maria Elisabeth Beenen-Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20180104923
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method for successively making plastic bags, webs of first and second panel materials are superposed and fed longitudinally. A plastic film is slit to form longitudinal slit lines so as to be divided into the web of the first panel material and a plurality of webs of a bottom gusset material before the webs of the first and second panel materials are superposed. Then, the webs of the bottom gusset material are guided and supplied to the webs of the first or second panel material by bottom gusset material guide devices. The bottom gusset material is not supplied from another supply roll, and a pattern discrepancy is not caused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Publication number: 20180104924
    Abstract: An apparatus 10) and a method for manufacturing plastic bags (20) from at least two layers of plastic film (30, 40). The apparatus (10) comprises a lower tool plate (300) and an upper tool plate (400); the lower tool plate (300) is driven by a crank (650) on a servomotor (675). The servomotor (675) is connected to a measuring device (680) for measuring the power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Puller, Frank Lübeck, Sven-David Plate
  • Publication number: 20180104925
    Abstract: A heating device of a two-sided machine has a stand which has a first arcuate hot plate and a wall on which a sleeve is provided. A second arcuate hot plate is arranged above the first arcuate hot plate. The second arcuate hot plate is connected to the sleeve by a connecting stem. The stand includes a cylinder unit, the piston rod of which is connected to the trailing end of the second arcuate hot plate. A second corrugated-cardboard ply and a first corrugated-cardboard ply are guided so as to run between the hot plates, whereas a third corrugated-cardboard ply is guided so as to run, above the second arcuate hot plate, through the second arcuate hot plate. The second arcuate hot plate is lowered by the cylinder unit in order to be placed in connection with the second corrugated-cardboard ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas HECKY, Norbert STÄDELE, Gerald FRISCHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20180104926
    Abstract: A sheet binding processing apparatus including a crimp binding member that performs binding processing on a predetermined region of a sheet by sandwiching and pressing the sheet between an upper tooth and a lower tooth meshing with each other, and a detection unit that detects a state of the predetermined region of the sheet to be bound by the crimp binding member. If the detection unit detects that the predetermined region is not capable of binding, the binding processing on the predetermined region is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Hideki AOYAGI, Hongchang SUN
  • Publication number: 20180104928
    Abstract: Products having improved ply bonding, moldability and drape and methods for making those products are described. The methods comprise producing a multi-ply adhesively bonded product comprising a pattern of uniformly spaced microembossed elements with a bond area of less than about 0.020 inches/sq. inch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: John H. DWIGGINS
  • Publication number: 20180104929
    Abstract: A textile composite material for lamination comprises, at least one nonwoven material layer and at least one further nonwoven material layer connected to the at least one nonwoven material layer, wherein the at least one nonwoven material layer and the at least one further nonwoven material layer are mechanically connected to each other, wherein the at least one nonwoven material layer and the at least one further nonwoven material layer each comprise at least one binder fiber, wherein the at least one binder fiber of the at least one further nonwoven material layer has a melting temperature that is equivalent to a value range from 130° C. to 190° C., and the at least one binder fiber of the at least one further nonwoven material layer has a melting temperature that is higher than a melting temperature of the at least one binder fiber of the at least one nonwoven material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Steffi SCHOENFELDER, Muhammet YILDIRIM, Julia SCHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20180104930
    Abstract: This invention relates to clear, semicrystalline, strain induced crystallized polyester films heat laminated onto metal substrates. The films contain at least one polyester which comprises at least of one or more monomers selected from 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol or 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol. The articles of the present invention exhibit enhanced mechanical properties useful for the fabrication of thin metal articles such as metal cans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Xue Guang Steven Lin, Fan Liang Meng, Zhong Zhong Johnny Qian, Yu-Hwey Chuang, Emmett Dudley Crawford, Michael Eugene Donelson, Steven Lee Stafford, James Carl Williams
  • Publication number: 20180104931
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate film for laminated glass which is composed of a composition having both a sufficiently reduced glass transition temperature and sufficiently high tan ?. Also provided is an intermediate film for sound-insulating laminated glass having improved sound-insulating properties not only in the coincidence region but also in the mass-dominated region. This intermediate film for laminated glass is composed of a composition (A) containing 100 parts by mass of at least one resin (a1) selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic resins and thermosetting resins, and 10-1000 parts by mass of at least one compound (a2) selected from the group consisting of specific compound 1 through compound 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki ASANUMA, Takeshi KUSUDOU
  • Publication number: 20180104932
    Abstract: An asymmetric multiple layer interlayer and an asymmetric sound insulating multiple layer panel is disclosed. The panel comprises a first rigid substrate having a first thickness, a second rigid substrate having a second thickness, wherein the first thickness is less than the second thickness, and an asymmetric multiple layer acoustic interlayer between the first and second rigid substrates, wherein the multiple layer comprises a first stiff layer having a first stiff layer thickness, a second stiff layer having a second stiff layer thickness, and an inner layer between the first and second outer layers, and wherein the inner layer is non-centrally located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SOLUTIA INC.
    Inventor: JUN LU
  • Publication number: 20180104933
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in moisture resistance and has a moderate adhesive force. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when a process composed of sputtering and measurement by TOF-SIMS is performed n times, n Rations of Ion Intensity of Magnesium/Ion Intensity of Thermoplastic Resin obtained from the first to n-th sputtering and measurement processes are collected to calculate an average value1?n?10 of 10 values of Ratio1?n?10 measured within a range of 1?n?10, furthermore, after the interlayer film is heated for 0.5 hours at 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kouhei Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Izu, Masako Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180104934
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass, which includes two or more stacked resin layers including a colored layer, exhibits excellent deaeration properties in a production process of a laminated glass, and is capable of preventing poor appearance of a colored portion, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a laminated structure including two or more layers, at least including: an outer layer disposed on the outermost surface of the interlayer film for a laminated glass and having a large number of recesses on one surface; and a colored layer containing a colorant, a minimum distance between an outer layer side surface of the colored layer and the surface having a large number of recesses of the outer layer being 150 ?m or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiko MORI, Hiroshi KAWATE, Etsurou HIROTA, Koji KIDO
  • Publication number: 20180104935
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in moisture resistance and has a moderate adhesive force. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when a process composed of sputtering and measurement by TOF-SIMS is performed n times and n Rations of Ion Intensity of Magnesium/Ion Intensity of Thermoplastic Resin obtained from the first to n-th sputtering and measurement processes are collected to calculate an average value1?n?10 of 10 values of Ratio1?n?10 measured within a range of 1?n?10, an average value51?n?60 of 10 values of Ratio51?n?60 measured within a range of 51?n?60, and an average value1?n?150 of 150 values of Ratio1?n?150 measured within a range of 1?n?150, the average value1?n?10 is smaller than the average value1?n?150 or the average value1?n?10 is smaller than the average value51?n?60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kouhei Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Izu, Masako Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180104936
    Abstract: Methods for producing layered structures that include a conductive polymeric layer and a dielectric polymeric layer. The dielectric polymeric layer can be formed by curing a first volume of a dielectric polymeric material. A second volume of the dielectric polymeric material is doped with conductive particulates to yield a conductive polymeric material, which is then partially cured and solvated to create a conductive polymeric paste. The paste is applied to a surface of the dielectric polymeric layer, dried, and cured to form a conductive polymeric layer on the pre-strained dielectric polymeric layer yielding a layered structure that includes the conductive polymeric layer and the dielectric polymeric layer. A pre-strain is induced in the dielectric polymeric material by contacting a chemical thereto that causes swelling therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gary W. Krutz, Brittany Newell
  • Publication number: 20180104937
    Abstract: A sound and heat insulating blanket is presented comprising: a) a first layer of fabric comprising first fibers; and b) a first sound barrier film comprising a first rubber; wherein the first layer of fabric and first sound barrier film are bound together through a first interpenetrated binding layer wherein the first rubber of the first sound barrier film is interpenetrated by the first fibers of the first layer of fabric; and optionally c) a second layer of fabric comprising second fibers; wherein the second layer of fabric and first sound barrier film are bound together through a second interpenetrated binding layer wherein the first cured composition of the first sound barrier film is interpenetrated by the second fibers of the second layer of fabric. Typically, the sound and heat insulating blanket comprises no adhesive binding the first and second layers of fabric and the sound barrier film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Pingfan Wu, Lianzhou Chen, Fredrick W. Vance, Edward E. Cole, Charles W. Hedley, Gregory L. Simon, Michael C. Martin
  • Publication number: 20180104938
    Abstract: Provided is a polyethylene film that is more excellent in blocking in unwinding the film in the film roll state, and more excellent in blocking between sealants after lamination with a base material, and also having transparency and excellent heat sealing property even at low temperatures. A polyethylene film wherein in at least either face, a ratio between an arithmetic mean inclination angle in a machine direction of film (R?a (MD) [°]), and an arithmetic mean inclination angle in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction (R?a (TD) [°]) satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2?R?a (TD)/R?a (MD)?3.6??(1) (R?a (MD): arithmetic mean inclination angle measured in the machine direction of film, and R?a (TD): arithmetic mean inclination angle measured in the direction perpendicular to the machine direction of film).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wakato Tomatsu, Hirokazu Ogi, Akira Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20180104939
    Abstract: An easy-open/reclosable vacuum skin package includes a bottom web, a product, and a top web; the bottom web includes a laminate having a shaped die-cut, and a label overlying the die-cut, and adhered to the laminate, such that when the label is peeled back, a portion of the laminate is peeled back, opening the package, and the package can be reclosed by returning the label to its original position on the laminate. A method of making an easy-open/reclosable vacuum skin package includes providing a bottom web; disposing a product on the bottom web; providing a thermoformable top web; and advancing the product through a VSP process to make a package in which the top web is in contact with and conformed to the product; the bottom web including a laminate having a die-cut, and a label overlying the die-cut, and adhered to the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Vivian Ann Shaver, Michael J. Rosinski, Lee Conrad Reviere, Laurie Joy Ballenger
  • Publication number: 20180104940
    Abstract: A method for producing a structure composed of crosslinked polymer, including laminating a photo-dissoluble polymer layer on a substrate; laminating a layer containing a crosslinkable polymer on the photo-dissoluble polymer layer; irradiating the layer containing the crosslinkable polymer with light in a patternwise manner under crosslinking conditions to crosslink the crosslinkable polymer in a patternwise manner to obtain a crosslinked polymer sheet; washing and removing a uncrosslinked crosslinkable polymer to obtain a patterned crosslinked polymer sheet; and irradiating the photo-dissoluble polymer layer with light in a patternwise manner under dissolution conditions to dissolve the photo-dissoluble polymer layer in a patternwise manner, and peeling the crosslinked polymer sheet in a patternwise manner from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kimio SUMARU, Toshiyuki TAKAGI, Kana MORISHITA, Toshiyuki KANAMORI
  • Publication number: 20180104941
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compressible, multilayer articles useful in force sensing capacitors. The compressible, multilayer articles include a cured, silicone elastomer layer having a first major surface and a second major surface and at least one of a first and second tie-layer, each having a first major surface and a second major surface, comprising a silicone polyoxamide, wherein the first major surface of the first tie-layer is in contact with and adhered to the first major surface of the cured, silicone elastomer layer and/or the first major surface of the second tie-layer is in contact with and adhered to the second major surface of the cured, silicone elastomer layer. The multilayer articles may include at least one of a first electrode and first primer layer and a second electrode and second primer layer. Methods of making the compressible, multilayer articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Benton FREE, Margot A. BRANIGAN, Robert F. KAMRATH, Stephen A. JOHNSON, John D. LE, Kanta KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20180104942
    Abstract: Disclosed are multilayer films which can provide desired film performance suited for packaging applications favoring cost-effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Zhi-Yi Shen, Zhen-Yu Zhu, Xiao-Chuan Wang, Ying Zou, Xuanyi Tang
  • Publication number: 20180104943
    Abstract: A method and a device for attaching a backing film to a flexible substrate and a roller for use therewith. The method includes placing the flexible substrate on a surface of a first worktable facing a second worktable and placing the backing film on a surface of the second worktable facing the first worktable; pressing the flexible substrate and the backing film by a rolling mechanism to attach them together. The rolling mechanism includes a roller having a surface encapsulated with segmented roller encapsulating rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Liqiang Chen, Hong Li, Baoming Cai
  • Publication number: 20180104944
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a natural cork film, which includes forming a thin cork layer by slicing a prepared natural cork material, forming a fiber layer by attaching a fiber sheet to one surface of the cork layer formed in the forming a thin cork layer, pre-treating a lamination of the cork layer and the fiber layer formed in the forming a fiber layer, for preventing discoloration of the cork layer, and forming a resin layer by attaching a resin sheet to the fiber layer passing through the pre-treating a lamination of the cork layer and the fiber layer. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the manufactured cork film from naturally discoloring due to light and to significantly reduce a phenomenon such as brittleness or wrinkling caused when the cork layer is decolorized alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Su Wan SONG
  • Publication number: 20180104945
    Abstract: Laser conversion of multilayer optical film bodies comprising polyester and polycarbonate materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Pingfan Wu, Edward J. Woo, Ian R. Owen, Bruce E. Tait, Frederick P. LaPlant, Patrick R. Fleming
  • Publication number: 20180104946
    Abstract: An optically heterogeneous phantom structure for use in optical imaging techniques. The phantom structure includes an external shape simulating an object to be subjected to an optical imaging technique, the external shape defining an external surface that encloses an internal volume of the external shape; and an optically heterogeneous material filling the internal volume and having heterogeneous optical properties for simulating at least one optical parameter of at least one region within the object. A method of producing the optically heterogeneous phantom structure. The method includes selectively depositing precursors of a first material and a second material by 3D printing so that the precursor of the second material is surrounded by the precursor of the first material within a predetermined internal region of the precursor of the first material, and forming the phantom structure. Variations of the method include additives to the materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Zahler Bentz, Kevin J. Webb
  • Publication number: 20180104947
    Abstract: A method of printing a print pattern onto a substrate with a print head comprises a plurality of nozzles, where the print head has a rectangular active print head area which includes all of the nozzles. The active print head area is delimited by four sides defining a primary and a secondary direction. The method comprises i) decomposing the print pattern into a plurality of print pattern segments that have dimensions along the primary and secondary direction which are smaller than the dimensions of the active print head area along the primary and secondary direction; ii) assigning each print pattern segment to exactly one nozzle; iii) causing each nozzle to print the print pattern segment assigned to said nozzle. The print head is moved during printing of each print pattern segment within an area that is smaller than said active print head area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Dimos POULIKAKOS, Julian SCHNEIDER, PATRICK GALLIKER
  • Publication number: 20180104948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing control device (10) to control printing of a cover layer on a tissue or cell sample to be examined, a system (1) for printing of a cover layer (1) on a tissue or cell sample to be examined, a method to control printing of a cover layer on a tissue or cell sample to be sample to be examined, a computer program element for controlling such device or system for performing such method and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The printing control device (10) comprises an imaging unit (11) and a printing control unit (12). The imaging unit (11) is configured to provide image data of the sample, and to determine a local image parameter from the image data. The local image parameter relates to local tissue porosity and/or a local capillary force of the sample. The printing control unit (12) is configured to control a printing parameter for printing the cover layer on the sample based on the local image parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: ANKE PIERIK, REINHOLD WIMBERGER-FRIEDL, DANIELLE ELISA WILLEMINE CLOUT, FEI ZUO, RUUD VLUTTERS
  • Publication number: 20180104949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a calibration method and a calibration device for a volume of an ink droplet and a printing apparatus including the calibration device. The calibration method for a volume of an ink droplet comprises: calculating a first volume of a single ink droplet based on a mass and a density of an ink droplet; calibrating a measurement parameter used in an optical measurement approach based on the first volume; and acquiring a second volume of a single ink droplet using the optical measurement approach based on the calibrated measurement parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dejiang ZHAO, Hao WANG
  • Publication number: 20180104950
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes: an ejection section that includes a piezoelectric element that is displaced upon application of a drive signal, and ejects a liquid upon displacement of the piezoelectric element; a comparator unit that includes a first comparator section and a second comparator section, receives an input signal and the drive signal, and outputs a first control signal and a second control signal; and a transistor pair that includes a first transistor that is controlled based on the first control signal and a second transistor that is controlled based on the second control signal, and outputs the drive signal, the first comparator section comparing a first comparison signal and a second comparison signal and outputting the first control signal, the first comparison signal being a signal obtained by offsetting one of the input signal and the drive signal, the second comparator section comparing a third comparison signal and a fourth comparison signal and outputting the second control signal, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira ABE
  • Publication number: 20180104951
    Abstract: The printing apparatus includes: a time-division driving unit configured to divide a plurality of printing elements into a plurality of blocks, and between a target reference signal and the next reference signal, drive the plurality of printing elements at a time interval for each of the blocks on a basis of the target reference signal to thereby perform one column of printing, wherein the time-division driving unit drives, in a case where in a first column, a time after the target reference signal is acquired and until the next reference signal is acquired is shorter than a time required for one column of printing, the plurality of printing elements so that a time required for printing the second column in which the next printing is performed becomes shorter than a time required for one column of printing in the first column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kaburagi, Kazuya Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20180104952
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a channel substrate having a pressure chamber which is long in a first direction; an insulating film provided on the channel substrate to cover the pressure chamber; a piezoelectric film overlapping with the insulating film and having first and second portions, the first portion overlapping with a central portion of the pressure chamber in the first direction, the second portion extending from the first portion in the first direction beyond the pressure chamber, the first portion having a width in a second direction which is smaller than a width of the pressure chamber in the second direction; a first electrode arranged between the insulating film and the piezoelectric film; and a second electrode facing the first electrode with the piezoelectric film being sandwiched therebetween. The insulating film has a thin-walled portion formed at a portion overlapping with the second portion of the piezoelectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyohei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20180104953
    Abstract: In some examples, a fluid nozzle includes an aperture comprising a first lobe that is shaped as an ellipse, and a second lobe that has a non-circular shape and has a different size than a size of the first lobe. The fluid nozzle further includes protrusions between the first and second lobes extending inward and forming a throat between the first and second lobes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: James A. Feinn, David P. Markel, Albert Nagao, Thomas R. Strand, Paul A. Richards, Lawrence H. White, Erik D. Torniainen
  • Publication number: 20180104954
    Abstract: A print element substrate, comprises: a heater layer; a wiring layer that is connected to the heater layer and is for causing the heater layer to generate heat; an insulating layer arranged on the wiring layer; an anti-cavitation layer arranged on the insulating layer that is for protecting the insulating layer; and a switch that has a control terminal that is pulled-down to a ground, and causes the anti-cavitation layer and the ground to have an electrical connection when the control terminal is in a high-level state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yohei Osuki, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo, Ryoji Oohashi, Yuji Tamaru, Toshio Negishi, Suguru Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20180104955
    Abstract: The liquid container has a spacer member provided in the liquid storage portion. When three directions orthogonal to each other are assumed to be a D direction, a T direction, and a W direction, in the D direction, a direction from a liquid outlet portion toward the other edge portion of the bag is assumed to be a +D direction, and the opposite direction to the +D direction is assumed to be a ?D direction, and a direction in which the dimension of the outer shape of the liquid container is smallest is assumed to be the T direction, and the spacer member has, on the +D direction side, a face inclined such that the dimension in the T direction of the spacer member increases from the +D direction side toward the ?D direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWATE, Hiroyoshi OZEKI, Manabu YAMAGUCHI, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180104956
    Abstract: A packaged fluidic ejection cartridge assembly is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge for fluidic ejection, a cartridge storage container, and a cartridge retainer rotatably attached to the container so as to rotate about a pivot axis. The cartridge retainer receives and secures the cartridge within the storage cup. A moisture barrier film is sealed over the storage cup. The storage container may be stored with the pivot axis in either a substantially horizontal position or a substantially vertical position. The center of mass of the cartridge retainer and the cartridge within the retainer are offset from the pivot axis so that the center of mass rotates to a position below the pivot axis when the packaged cartridge assembly is stored with the pivot axis in a substantially horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Steven Komplin
  • Publication number: 20180104957
    Abstract: An ink bottle closure for an ink re-fill bottle includes a first closure member configured to be fixed to an ink bottle, the first closure member including a seal, arranged to be located over an outlet opening of the bottle, and a second closure member attached to the first closure member and movable relative to the first closure member between a closed position, in which the second closure member covers the seal, and an open position in which the seal is exposed to be pierced or ruptured for dispensing ink from the bottle through the outlet opening. An ink bottle having an ink bottle closure and a dispensing device for opening an ink bottle closure are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Mark RIETBERGEN, Joseph A. SCHULKES, Bas SMEETS
  • Publication number: 20180104958
    Abstract: In one example, a flexible circuit for a fluid cartridge includes a single flexible substrate, an integrated circuit connected to the single flexible substrate, and an electrical connector pad array arranged in a constant pattern on the single flexible substrate for connection to a host controller. The electrical connector pad array includes first electrical connector pads connected to the integrated circuit and second electrical connector pads for connection to a fluid dispensing die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Iain Campbell-Brown, Mark Walsh, John Oliver, Jefferson P. Ward, Amy Shipman
  • Publication number: 20180104959
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a casing, a liquid discharge head that includes a nozzle for discharging a liquid supplied from a liquid supply source provided in the casing, a waste liquid tank that accommodates in the casing a fluid emitted from the nozzle, and an outlet opening for emitting the fluid emitted from the nozzle to an outside of the casing without emitting the fluid into the waste liquid tank provided in the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Manabu HANAKAWA, Yukimasa ISHIDA, Hironori MATSUOKA, Toshio SUKIGARA, Kazuhiro YAMATO, Yasunori KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180104960
    Abstract: An ink measuring system and a printing device including the ink measuring system. The ink measuring system includes: a measuring cavity body provided with an opening, where the measuring cavity body includes a side wall and a bottom, and the bottom and the opening are oppositely disposed; at least an air exhaust pipeline penetrating through the bottom; and a filter core disposed inside the measuring cavity body. The printing device further includes a printing system having a bubble discharging function. The printing system includes: a liquid storage box; a sprayer; a liquid inlet pipeline connected to the liquid storage box and the sprayer; a bubble detecting device disposed outside a bubble detecting point of the liquid inlet pipeline; a sprayer valve disposed in the liquid inlet pipeline; a bubble discharging pipeline connected with the liquid inlet pipeline; and a bubble discharging valve disposed in the bubble discharging pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Dejiang ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20180104961
    Abstract: A recording apparatus discharges both high-permeability black ink and low-permeability black ink to a boundary between a color area and a black area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ayumi Yasuda, Junichi Saito, Noboru Kunimine, Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi, Takayuki Ushiyama, Tatsuo Shimmoto, Keita Ishimi
  • Publication number: 20180104962
    Abstract: A droplet ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting section having a plurality of nozzles arranged along an intersecting direction with a transport direction of a recording medium. Each nozzle ejects a main droplet and a sub-droplet smaller than the main droplet consecutively. Each nozzle can change a deflection amount in an ejecting direction of the main droplet along the intersecting direction. A control section performs, in a case where a defective nozzle exists in the nozzles, a control of deflecting the ejecting directions of the main droplets ejected from a nozzle positioned within a predetermined distance from the defective nozzle toward a landing position of a main droplet that should have ejected from the defective nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kotaro Maeda, Shinji Seto
  • Publication number: 20180104963
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for thermal transfer printing include a band of material comprising a polyimide film, the band and a thickness of the band are selected based on heat transfer characteristics through the band; a print roller or platen configured and arranged to support a substrate; a printhead configured and arranged to thermally transfer ink from the band of material to the substrate; a combined heating and re-inking system comprising a heated ink roller comprising a textured outer surface, wherein a first portion of the heated ink roller contacts the band to cause ink on the band to re-melt, flow and replace at least some of the portion of the ink transferred to the substrate previously before arriving at the printhead again for a next print, and a second portion of the heated ink roller receives new ink; and a control system that matches the band and substrate speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Frances H. Benton, Paul Martens
  • Publication number: 20180104964
    Abstract: An optical print head including a light emitting member, an optical member, a detection unit, and a correction unit. The light emitting member is elongated in a longitudinal direction with light emitting elements arranged along the longitudinal direction. The optical member is elongated in the longitudinal direction with optical elements arranged along the longitudinal direction, the optical elements collecting light emitted by the light emitting elements. The detection unit detects an index value of linear expansion difference in the longitudinal direction of the light emitting member and the optical member. The correction unit uses the index value to correct an emitted light amount for each of the light emitting elements in order to offset differences in light collection efficiency caused by the linear expansion difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Takaki Uemura, Makoto Obayashi, Masayuki Iijima
  • Publication number: 20180104965
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer including a cartridge holder, a feeder, a printing head, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The cartridge holder is configured to attach and detach a medium cartridge having a print-receiving medium. The first sensor is configured to bring a detector into contact with the medium cartridge and thereby detect first information related to the print-receiving medium, based on a result of the contact. The second sensor is configured to project light to the medium cartridge and thereby detect second information related to the print-receiving medium, based on a result of light reception corresponding to the projected light. The first sensor and the second sensor are integrated as a sensor unit configured to perform an advancing/retreating motion toward/from the medium cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Masashi Tanizaki
  • Publication number: 20180104966
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a first conveyor conveying a tablet while holding a other surface of the tablet; a second conveyor conveying the tablet transferred from the first conveyor while holding a one surface of the tablet; a first print head performing printing on the one surface of the tablet; a second print head performing printing on the other surface of the tablet; a first detection mechanism detecting the one surface of the tablet; a second detection mechanism detecting the other surface of the tablet; and a controller sending a printing instruction to the first and the second print heads based on information related to the state of a split line included in detection information on the one surface of the tablet or detection information on the other surface of the tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi AOYAGI, Junsuke KOMITO
  • Publication number: 20180104967
    Abstract: A printer includes a holder configured to house rolled recording paper, a cover that is attached to the holder to be openable and closable relative to the holder, and a contact part that is attached to the cover and configured to contact the recording paper. The contact part is configured such that the contact part substantially point-contacts the recording paper, and positions on the contact part contacting the recording paper change as the recording paper is unrolled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji YADA, Yoshinari TAKABATAKE, Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA, Tatsuya OGUCHI, Masahiro TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20180104968
    Abstract: A thermal printer according to this embodiment forms a stereoscopic image by applying heat to a printing medium having a surface evenly coated with foaming capsules which foam when heated. More specifically, the thermal printer includes a conveyance guide which is formed into a convex shape whose apex is an image formation position where heat is applied to the printing medium, and regulates the position of the conveyed printing medium, and a thermal head assembly which is installed such that a thermal head distal end portion contacts with the printing medium conveyed by the conveyance roller from below the image formation position, and fauns a stereoscopic image by applying heat to the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Shinka Information System Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20180104969
    Abstract: A winding apparatus that can restrain a medium from being wound unevenly when a long medium is wound around a winding roller and a printing apparatus that includes the winding apparatus are provided. A winding apparatus includes a winding section that has a winding roller rotatably supported therein and winds a long medium around the winding roller. The winding section also has a pressing portion that presses the medium toward the winding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Toshio NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20180104970
    Abstract: An example printing apparatus is described comprising a wiping element before the print zone, for slipping in contact with a print medium and wiping a printing surface of the print medium. An implementation of a wiping roller for wiping the printing surface of a print medium may comprise a rigid core, a layer of elastic material and a driving pinion. An example method for printing is also described, comprising spreading over a larger print medium area, by wiping, amounts of a substance that may migrate through a print medium and that is present on the printing surface of a print medium, before printing on the print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Joan Albert Jorba Closa, David Casanova, Carles Flotats Villagrasa