Patents Issued in September 27, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180272654
    Abstract: A planar composite material comprises an UD fiber layer A made of discrete reinforcing fiber rovings and a fiber nonwoven layer B made of a thermoplastic nonwoven which may contain reinforcing fibers, wherein the layers A and B are needled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: QUADRANT PLASTIC COMPOSITES AG
    Inventor: Burak BASER
  • Publication number: 20180272655
    Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet includes a support film and a transfer layer provided on one surface of the support film. The transfer layer at least includes a decorative layer and an adhesive layer provided on an obverse side of the decorative layer. The adhesive layer includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer laminated on the first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is positioned on an obverse side of the second adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is made of a first resin having thermal plasticity and has a lower viscosity than the second adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is made of a second resin having thermal plasticity and has a higher glass-transition point than the first adhesive layer. Monomer units constituting the first resin and monomer units constituting the second resin are partly or entirely identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Koji KUNO, Tsuyoshi SUZUKI, Ryohei UTSUMI, Yukiyoshi SOMA, Daisuke MIYACHI
  • Publication number: 20180272656
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced resin product includes at least one layer of a first fiber reinforced resin layer in which first reinforcing fibers having a large breaking elongation are contained in a layered form, and at least one layer of a second fiber reinforced resin layer in which second reinforcing fibers having a smaller breaking elongation and a larger tensile strength in comparison with those of the first fiber reinforced resin layer are contained in a layered form. The second fiber reinforced resin layer is positioned outwardly of the first fiber reinforced resin layer. Furthermore, the first fiber reinforced resin layer and the second fiber reinforced resin layer share a single matrix resin in common.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Takeshi Ohara
  • Publication number: 20180272657
    Abstract: Disclosed are a protector having a protecting and restoring function of a display part of a smart device and a method of adhering the display part protector. The display part protector for the smart device according to the present disclosure includes a protector part adhered to at least one of a flat display area, and a curved display area of a smart device having at least one of the flat display area and curved display area and an adhesive layer which is formed by spreading a flow-able adhesive composition between an entire area of a lower surface of the protector part and a display area of the smart device and then curing the flowable adhesive composition and adheres the entire area of the lower surface of the protector part to the flat display area and the curved display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: JONGYUN RYU, CHANHYUN PARK, INSU YOON, JAEYONG JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180272658
    Abstract: A vehicle windshield assembly including a glass layer, a first layer, and a second layer is disclosed. The glass layer has inner and outer surfaces. The first layer contacts the inner surface of the glass layer, and defines voids in the first layer in a shape of a design. The second layer contacts the first layer and occupies the voids. The first and second layers have a color contrast to enhance visibility of the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: James Pizzimenti, Larry Agius, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Thomas F. Boettger
  • Publication number: 20180272659
    Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Thomas Michael Cleary, Joan Deanna Gregorski
  • Publication number: 20180272660
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated glass in which reduction in design and productivity due to an overflow portion of an intermediate film is improved. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; and an intermediate film having one or more layers provided between the pair of glass plates, in which the intermediate film has an adhesive layer whose storage modulus satisfies, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a measurement frequency of 10 Hz, a requirement (1) in which the storage modulus has a maximum value of 2.3×106 Pa or more in a temperature range of 90 to 120° C., and a requirement (2) in which the storage modulus has any value within a range of 1.0×108 to 4.0×108 Pa in a temperature range of 20 to 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tokihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20180272661
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which an air bubble can be made difficult to be left behind between a lamination glass member and the interlayer film when laminated glass is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nishino, Etsurou Hirota, Koji Kumakura
  • Publication number: 20180272662
    Abstract: A tapered interlayer comprising at least one resin layer and a having tapered zone with a wedge angle of at least 0.13 mrad. The first resin layer comprises a first poly(vinyl acetal) resin and at least one RI balancing agent. The refractive index of the first resin layer is at least 1.480.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SOLUTIA INC.
    Inventor: JUN LU
  • Publication number: 20180272663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film laminate (1), comprising at least one compact decorative layer (2) with a lacquer layer (3) on the upper side and with a foam layer (4) on the underside, where the density of the foam layer (4) is more than 500 kg/m3. The invention further relates to the use of said film laminate (1) for the coating of components for the interior trim of motor vehicles and to interior trim parts of motor vehicles provided with said film laminate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Benecke-Kaliko AG
    Inventors: Joseph Mani, Volker Huelsewede
  • Publication number: 20180272664
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet in which a thermally expansive layer that contains a thermally expandable material is formed on one side of a base, and wherethe thermally expansive layer is distended, the base deforms following distension of the thermally expansive layer and the base deforms into an embossed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji HORIUCHI, Yoshimune MOTOYANAGI, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20180272665
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multilayered article comprising a first layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer; where the thermoplastic polymer comprises polyolefin, a compatibilizer and thermoplastic starch; where the first layer does not contain any filler; and a second layer comprising a polyolefin and a filler; where the second layer does not contain any thermoplastic starch. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a multilayered article comprising coextruding a first layer and a second layer; where the first layer comprises a polyolefin, a compatibilizer and thermoplastic starch and does not contain any filler; where the second layer comprises a polyolefin and a filler and does not contain any thermoplastic starch; and where the first layer contacts the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jesus Nieto, Kalyan Sehanobish, Santosh S. Bawiskar, Shaun Parkinson
  • Publication number: 20180272666
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a liner for containers or packages. The liner includes several polymer layers, exhibits a barrier function (e.g., gas or moisture barrier function), and is peelably attachable to one or more container/package surfaces. When the liner lines a package or container the package or container exhibits the liner's barrier function, and the liner can be peeled from the package or container to facilitate recycling or disposal. The liner is thermoformable, and can thus be either shaped to conform to the shape of a pre-formed container or shaped simultaneously with formation of the container from a precursor material to which the liner is peelably bound, either prior to or during container formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CONVERTER MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventor: Millard F. WALLACE
  • Publication number: 20180272667
    Abstract: Embodiments of laminated structures include a first film comprising a first polyolefin; an intermediate layer comprising a laminate adhesive, and a second film comprising a second polyolefin. The laminated structures exhibit excellent elastic recovery properties, ensuring that the laminated structure can adapt and hold to the shape of the packaged product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: João GARGALAKA, Nicolas C. MAZZOLA, Jorge C. GOMES
  • Publication number: 20180272668
    Abstract: A multilayer film comprises (a) two or more non-plasticized layers comprising lactic acid polymer and (b) one or more plasticized layers comprising lactic acid polymer and plasticizer sandwiched between the two or more lactic acid polymer layers; wherein the thickness of the one or more plasticized layers comprises from about 60% to about 70% of the total thickness of the multilayer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ignatius A. KADOMA, Stewart W. CAMPBELL, David M. PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20180272669
    Abstract: A protective film for an electronic device is introduced. The protective film may comprises a deformable outer layer formed with a synthetic resin; a deformable modified material layer attached with a lower surface of the deformable outer layer, wherein the deformable modified layer is configured to be hardened responsive to receipt of an external stimuli; a deformable inner layer formed with a synthetic resin, attached with a lower surface of the deformable modified material layer; and an adhesive layer adhering to a lower surface of the deformable inner layer. Further, various embodiments can be implemented according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Younggyun KIM, Choontaek SHIM, Sangil HWANG, Jeeyoung OH, Hoyoung LEE, Jaeseon JEON, Jaehyeok HEO
  • Publication number: 20180272670
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, compositions and structures that, in one example embodiment, is a film that includes a multilayered base film comprising a core and at least one printable coating applied to at least one outer surface of the multi-layered film. The at least one printable coating may include an acrylic-based polymer, and have a dry coating weight is within a range from 0.1 g/m2 through 0.9 g/m2 with a pH of at least 9. The film complies with European regulations for use in food-contact packaging and labeling, which are examples of applications for the disclosed films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Jindal Films Americas LLC
    Inventors: David Piran, William Grisard
  • Publication number: 20180272671
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, compositions, structures and uses for a biaxially oriented, multilayered film that may include a core layer comprising LLDPE, such as mLLDPE, wherein the core layer is flanked by a first skin layer and a second skin layer. This same type (e.g., melting index, density, and/or melting peak) of LLDPE, or different type(s) or blends thereof may be in the first skin layer and/or the second skin layer, wherein the first skin layer is located on a first side of the core layer, and the second skin layer is located on a second of the core layer, wherein the first side is on an opposite side of the core layer as compared to the second side. The biaxially oriented, multilayered film may have a sealing strength of at least 400 g/cm at 100° C. under a pressure of 41 N/cm2 at a dwell time of 0.75 s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Jindal Films Americas LLC
    Inventor: Benoît Ambroise
  • Publication number: 20180272672
    Abstract: Disclosed are biaxially oriented, multilayered films, wherein said films may include a core layer comprising linear, low-density polyethylene, and the core layer is optionally cavitated. Said films may further include a first skin layer on a first side of the core layer, and a second skin layer on a second side of the core layer, wherein the first skin layer and the second skin layer comprise thin layers of linear, low-density polyethylene of a same or different type. Further, said films may include an aqueous-based primer on an outer surface of the second skin layer, wherein the outer surface faces away from the core layer. Further still, said films may include a sealant coating layer on the first skin layer and a barrier coating layer on the second skin layer, wherein the sealant coating layer and the barrier coating layer are aqueous-based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Jindal Films Americas LLC
    Inventor: Benoît Ambroise
  • Publication number: 20180272673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate material having a polyester film and a web of polyester fibers cohesively bonded directly thereto, such that portions of the fibers are bonded to the polyester film and portions of the fibers are free from the polyester film. The invention may also include a glass reinforced polymer layer formed on the laminated facer where the polymer of the glass reinforced polymer layer is commingled with the nonwoven of the laminated facer. The laminate may further include a second polymer layer having a thickness joined to the fiber layer and/or a layer of hot melt adhesive applied to the polyester fibers. Also presented is a composite material having a polyester film, a layer of polyester fibers bonded to the second polymer layer; a second polymer layer joined to the polyester film; and a glass reinforced polymer layer formed on the laminated facer, where the polymer of the glass reinforced polymer layer is commingled with the nonwoven of the laminated facer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Miller, Timothy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180272674
    Abstract: There is provided a thermally conductive composite material obtained by dispersing a thermally conductive filler in a matrix. The thermally conductive filler is a mixture including boron nitride particles with an average particle size of 10 ?m to 100 ?m and aluminum nitride particles with an average particle size that is 1/100 to ½ of the average particle size of the boron nitride particles, a content of the boron nitride particles is 60 volume % to 90 volume % with respect to a total amount of the boron nitride particles and the aluminum nitride particles, a content of the thermally conductive filler is 80 volume % to 95 volume % with respect to a total amount of the composite material, and a porosity of the composite material is 10 volume % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Megumi SASAKI, Hiromitsu TANAKA, Shinichi MIURA, Masataka DEGUCHI, Masaki TERADA, Tetsuyoshi FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20180272675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polymer film, the method comprising the steps of: drying a polymer precursor to form a precursor film; and curing the precursor film to form a polymer film, wherein the drying is performed such that the content of a solvent remaining in the precursor film after the drying is 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seung-Min JEON, Weon-Jung CHOI, Sang-Yoon PARK, Jin-Hyung PARK
  • Publication number: 20180272676
    Abstract: A stretch film incorporating a cling layer and a slip skin layer is provided, the cling layer comprising a 25% to 75% ethylene-based elastomer blend in a metallocene linear low density polyethylene and the slip skin layer comprising an ultra-high molecular weight polysiloxane polymer of between 5% and 10% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Paragon Films, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Pirtle, Tom Roudebush, Mike Hildreth, George Eichbauer
  • Publication number: 20180272677
    Abstract: A wall protection system includes a backing layer, an intermediate layer, and a top layer. The intermediate layer is secured to the backing layer and includes a flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The top layer is secured to the intermediate layer and includes a rigid PVC. In various aspects, the PVC of the intermediate layer is rigid relative to the PVC of the top layer. In certain aspects, a method of installing a wall protection system includes thermally bonding a rigid PVC layer to a flexible PVC layer. The method also includes securing a backing layer to the flexible PVC layer such that the rigid PVC layer is a top layer defining an outer surface of the wall protection system, the flexible PVC layer is an intermediate layer, and the backing layer defines an inner surface of the wall protection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: LSI
    Inventor: John Serafano
  • Publication number: 20180272678
    Abstract: A multilayer shrink film comprising a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, and wherein the second layer comprises a second polymer blend, the second polymer blend comprising from 0 to 60 wt. %, based on the total polymer weight in the second polymer blend, of a low density polyethylene, and from 40 to 100 wt. %, based on the total polymer weight in the second polymer blend, of an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer composition having a density in the range of from 0.860 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc, a melt index (I2) in a range of from 0.1 to 5 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 1.8 to 3.5, and a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 95 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Maximiliano Zanetti, Guillermo A. Raimondi, Jorge C. Gomes, Miguel A. Molano Niampira
  • Publication number: 20180272679
    Abstract: A laminated polyester film includes a pigment-containing polyester layer A and wax-containing polyester layers B1 and B2 on both sides of the polyester layer A, wherein the film satisfies formulae (I) and (II), and the coefficient of variation of water contact angle for each layer B1 and layer B2 is not less than 0% and not more than 10%, when the contact angle with water is measured 10 times at arbitrary defined positions within the range of 200 mm×200 mm: Wb1>Wa??(I) Wb2>Wa??(II) wherein Wb1 and Wb2 represent the wax content per unit area of the layer B1 and layer B2 respectively, and Wa represents the wax content per unit area of the layer A, and wherein the coefficient of variation represents a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation in values measured 10 times by the average value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Sakamoto, Mayumi Nakamura, Isao Manabe, Yasushi Takada, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180272680
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide tissue paper excellent in “moistness” and “smoothness”. [Solution] The problem can be solved by tissue paper being two-ply tissue paper, in which a basis weight per one ply is greater than 12.9 g/m2 and less than 16.8 g/m2, a paper thickness in the two-ply state is not less than 128 ?m nor more than 150 ?m, and a chemical agent containing glycerin and 1,3-propanediol in a total amount of 83.7 mass % or more and having a mass ratio between glycerin and 1,3-propanediol of greater than 1:0.14 and less than 1:6.64, is contained in an amount of greater than 2.3 g/m2 and less than 6.1 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Shuta YASUI
  • Publication number: 20180272681
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional decorative cloth on a textile comprising steps of: providing a release paper, coating corrosion-resistant adhesive on the release paper in a screen printing manner, drying the corrosion-resistant adhesive; providing a decorative cloth, adhering the corrosion-resistant adhesive of the release paper on the decorative cloth in a heat transfer printing manner; providing a textile, forming an anticorrosive protection layer on the textile, removing the release paper from the decorative cloth, adhering the corrosion-resistant adhesive of the decorative cloth with the anticorrosive protection layer of the textile in a heat pressing manner; forming a corrosion layer on the decorative cloth in a screen printing manner so as to corrode the decorative cloth; washing the textile by water so to eliminate the corrosion layer, and washing the textile by soap so as to remove corroded portion of the decorative cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Ching-Chang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20180272682
    Abstract: Three-dimensional articles having a transfer material thereon are disclosed. The articles have a surface having two or more portions that each have a radius of curvature that are at least partially separated by an intermediate portion that has a lesser radius of curvature. The transfer material may be pre-formed and transferred to the surface of the articles and may extend continuously across at least parts of the two portions and the intermediate portion. In some cases, the two or more portions and the intermediate portion are all located on the same portion or face of the article and the intermediate portion is a feature on the surface of the article. In other cases, the two or more portions are located on different portions or faces of the article, and the intermediate portion is an edge between the two or more portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Richard Allen, Robert Paul Cassoni, Paul Edmund Baker
  • Publication number: 20180272683
    Abstract: Infrared transmitting glasses bonded into an optical element without interlayer voids by stacking at least two different infrared transmitting glasses inside a vessel where each glass has a different refractive index, a different dispersion, or both, and where the glasses all have similar viscosities, thermal expansion coefficients, and glass transition temperatures; placing a weight on top of the stack; applying a vacuum to the vessel; applying an isostatic pressure of at least 1500 psi; and after releasing the isostatic pressure, annealing at a temperature within 10° C. of the glass transition temperature at a pressure between 0 and 1000 psi. Applying the vacuum, applying the isostatic pressure, and annealing are done sequentially and with no intermediate transitions to ambient temperature or pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel J. Gibson, Mikhail Kotov, Geoff Chin, Shyam S. Bayya, Jasbinder S. Sanghera
  • Publication number: 20180272684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method including very superficial embossing combined with superficial laminating, which involves a slight reduction in thickness, the method being applied to plates several millimetres thick and to aluminium sheets having a thickness of less than 0.3 mm, supplied, in either case, as independent plates or in a continuous roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Segundo Antonio Sánchez Martínez, Ignacio Gil Fernández-Marcote, Salvador Antonio Marcilla Gomis
  • Publication number: 20180272685
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for implementing relatively low temperature joining processes, including displacement/vibration welding techniques and/or heat staking techniques, in a process of building up laminate layers to form and/or manufacture three-dimensional objects, parts and components in additive material (AM) manufacturing systems. A multi-stage 3D object forming scheme is described involving steps of laminate cutting (with lasers or other cutting devices); laminate transport between processing stations (including using one or more of conveyors, robotic pick and place devices and the like); laminate stacking, clamping and adhering through comparatively low temperature welding or other mechanical joining (including displacement/vibration welding or heat staking); and mechanical surface finishing (via CNC machining or other comparable process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Steven R. MOORE, Abu Saeed ISLAM, Bruce H. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20180272686
    Abstract: A film-like structure, a film removing device and a film removing method are provided. The film-like structure includes a thin film, and a to-be-removed film arranged on the thin film and having a magnetic region. The film removing device includes: a working table provided with a support surface onto which the film-like structure is placed; and a film moving mechanism provided with a magnetic member and configured to remove the to-be-removed film from the thin film of the film-like structure through a magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Xuequan Jin, Yachao Tong, Gu Yao, Linlin Wang
  • Publication number: 20180272687
    Abstract: This sheet-laminating device is provided with first and second clamping devices, a first conveyance handler capable of holding a sheet with at least a portion of a periphery thereof protruding, and a control unit. The control unit causes: the first clamping device to move to a first upper position while the sheet laminate is being pressed with the second clamping device; the first conveyance handler, which is holding a first sheet, to move to a standby position above the stage from the direction opposite to the first clamping device with the stage therebetween; the first conveyance handler to be descended toward the stage to laminate the first sheet on the sheet laminate, which is being pressed by the second clamping device; and the first clamping device to be descended toward the stage to press the periphery of the first sheet, which is protruding from the first conveyance handler, toward the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu OIWA
  • Publication number: 20180272688
    Abstract: A sleeve station dedicated to the assembly of a sleeve and a mandrel for a flexographic press. The sleeve station can be loaded manually, and assembles the sleeve with the mandrel in a vertical orientation when both are in a vertical orientation with aligned axes, avoiding problems caused by the bending of the sleeves during assembly. After loading of the sleeve, it is returned to a horizontal axis orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander SUDERMANN
  • Publication number: 20180272689
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of this invention, liquid absorption performance of a liquid absorbing member is satisfactorily maintained while suppressing utilization of a moisturizing liquid. More specifically, before an ink image formed on a transfer member by ink discharged from a printhead is transferred, a cyclically movable liquid absorbing member absorbs a liquid component from the ink image formed on the transfer member. On the other hand, a recovery unit arranged on a moving path of the liquid absorbing member recovers absorption performance of the liquid absorbing member by applying the moisturizing liquid to the liquid absorbing member. When applying the moisturizing liquid, a condition on the surface of the liquid absorbing member is estimated and based on a result of the estimation, an application amount of the moisturizing liquid by the recovery unit is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yanagi, Masahiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20180272690
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid absorption unit configured to absorb a liquid component from an ink image formed on a transfer member before transferring the ink image to a print medium. The liquid absorption unit includes a liquid absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid component, a support unit configured to support the liquid absorbing member to be movable cyclically, an applying unit arranged in a moving path of the liquid absorbing member and configured to apply a moisturizing liquid while contacting the liquid absorbing member, and a supply unit configured to supply the moisturizing liquid to the applying unit. The printing apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a supply amount of the moisturizing liquid to the applying unit by the supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yanagi, Masahiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20180272691
    Abstract: A printing assembly for sublimation transfer printing includes: a feed mechanism by which a web of carrier is fed in a machine direction to a printer; the printer including: a carrier transport unit, controllably movable along a machine direction; digital printing stations for the deposition of sublimation ink or inks onto the carrier; a feed mechanism for the substrate material to be printed; a heat press for transferring the sublimation ink or inks onto the substrate material; and an outlet for the substrate material and used carrier, where the printing stations extend transversally to the machine direction and cover the width of carrier. A method for sublimation transfer printing may use the printing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Jan Smallegange, Sjoerd Peter Van De Geijn
  • Publication number: 20180272692
    Abstract: A recording system includes: a recording apparatus; a post-processing apparatus; and a transport apparatus which transports the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and the transport apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading stand which loads the discharged medium without transporting the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hidetoshi KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20180272693
    Abstract: The power supply unit includes a circuit substrate including a first layer that is a surface layer being conductive, a first wiring pattern formed of the first layer, a second layer that is conductive, and a second wiring pattern formed of the second layer, and first and second capacitors formed on the first layer. The first capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The second capacitor includes a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The circuit substrate includes a first electrode connecting the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first wiring pattern, a second electrode connecting the second terminal of the first capacitor to the second wiring pattern, a third electrode connecting the third terminal of the second capacitor to the second wiring pattern, and a fourth electrode connecting the fourth terminal of the second capacitor to the first wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Katsuhiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180272694
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object, a head unit to perform an operation on the conveyed object being conveyed at a first conveyance speed, a sensor to acquire data of the conveyed object, a gauge to output a measured travel amount of the conveyed object, and a processor. The processor includes a calculator to calculate a detection result including at least one of a position, a speed of travel, and a calculated travel amount of the conveyed object based on the data acquired by the sensor; and an adjusting unit to adjust a timing of acquisition of the data acquired while the conveyed object is conveyed at the first conveyance speed, based on the detection result and the measured travel amount of the conveyed object being conveyed at a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Gohda, Tomoaki Hayashi, Masahiro Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Koichi Kudo, Masayuki Sunaoshi
  • Publication number: 20180272695
    Abstract: In some examples, a printer includes neighboring nozzle arrays extending across a print zone, each nozzle array of the neighboring nozzle arrays extending along an axis and comprising a first section of nozzles and a second section of nozzles, wherein the second sections of the neighboring nozzle arrays overlap defining an overlap region and the first sections of the neighboring nozzle arrays define non-overlap regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Xavier Quintero Ruiz, Roma Segura Fabregas, Marcos Casaldaliga
  • Publication number: 20180272696
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a print head that has a driving element and discharges a liquid, a drive signal generation circuit that generates the drive signal based on a drive signal generation control signal for controlling generation of the drive signal, and a drive circuit substrate on which the drive signal generation circuit is provided. The drive circuit substrate has an input connector that inputs the drive signal generation control signal into the drive circuit substrate and an output connector that outputs the drive signal from the drive circuit substrate. A distance between the input connector and the output connector is shorter than a distance between the drive signal generation circuit and the input connector. The distance between the input connector and the output connector is shorter than a distance between the drive signal generation circuit and the output connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masashi ASAKAWA, Kazunori HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180272697
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a piezoelectric element driven with a drive signal; a switch circuit which is provided on a circuit substrate; a pressure chamber which is filled with liquid and changes pressure inside in accordance with the drive by the piezoelectric element; and a reserve chamber which reserves the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element is provided in a sealed space defined by a plurality of members including the circuit substrate. The reserve chamber includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel. A first end of the first flow channel communicates with a first end of the second flow channel. A second end of the first flow channel communicates with a second end of the second flow channel. The circuit substrate and switch circuit are provided between the first flow channel and the second flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Motonori CHIKAMOTO, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180272698
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, an actuator configured to change a pressure in the pressure chamber, and a controller configured to apply an expansion signal to the actuator for expanding the pressure chamber, apply, subsequent to at least one expansion signal, a contraction signal to the actuator for contracting the pressure chamber, and apply, while the pressure chamber is contracted, an intermediate signal for contracting the pressure chamber by less than the contraction signal contracts the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180272699
    Abstract: Fluid ejection devices with multiple activation modes are disclosed. An example printhead assembly includes a fluid ejection nozzle, a first resistor fluidically coupled to the fluid ejection nozzle, and a second resistor fluidically coupled to the fluid ejection nozzle. The example printhead also includes an addressing circuit to receive a nozzle address and an activation mode to activate the fluid ejection nozzle. The activation mode determines which of the first resistor and the second resistor are to be energized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric T Martin, Chris Bakker
  • Publication number: 20180272700
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a print head that discharges a liquid, a carriage that is mounted on the print head, a control signal generation circuit, a drive signal generation circuit, a first cable through which a drive signal generation control signal is transmitted to the drive signal generation circuit, a second cable through which a drive signal is transmitted to the print head, a control circuit substrate on which the control signal generation circuit is provided, and a drive circuit substrate on which the drive signal generation circuit is provided. The shortest distance between the control circuit substrate and the carriage is longer than the shortest distance between the drive circuit substrate and the carriage. The drive circuit substrate is provided at a position where a region in which the carriage moves and at least a part of the drive circuit substrate overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Naoto HAYAKAWA, Kazunori HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180272701
    Abstract: An inkjet head control apparatus includes a mother substrate, a plurality of daughter substrates connected to a plurality of connectors of the mother substrate, each daughter substrate having a different built-in address, and a communication circuit on the mother substrate and configured to select an address of one of the plurality of daughter substrates, and transmit a control signal including the selected address and information for controlling power supply to an inkjet head to the plurality of connectors. Each of the plurality of daughter substrates includes a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not the selected address corresponds to the built-in address of the daughter substrate, and a voltage generating circuit configured to generate a direct current (DC) voltage for driving the inkjet head based on the control signal when it is determined that the selected address corresponds to the built-in address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Ryuta NAGANE
  • Publication number: 20180272702
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit configured to drive the actuator, a wiring connector having a plurality of terminals spaced from each other along a first direction, a first temperature sensor connected to a first terminal in the plurality of terminals, the first terminal being on a first end side of the wiring connector in the first direction, and a second temperature sensor connected to a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being on a second end side of the wiring connector, the second end side being opposite to the first end side in the first direction. The drive circuit is connected to a third terminal line of the plurality of terminals, the third terminal being between the first end side and the second end side in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Noboru NITTA
  • Publication number: 20180272703
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit on a circuit board configured to drive the actuator, a flow path of liquid circulating, a first temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature on a surface on the circuit board proximate to the drive circuit, and a second temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a liquid on the flow path of liquid circulating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Noboru NITTA, Ryutaro KUSUNOKI