Patents Issued in September 27, 2018
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Publication number: 20180272754Abstract: An ink drying device dries ink injected onto a recording medium. The ink drying device includes a main body including a counter plate facing the recording medium and including an inner space, and a heat generator located in the inner space of the main body to generate heat. The counter plate is provided with a plurality of discharge holes. The ink drying device further includes a heat diffusion layer provided on an outer surface of the counter plate that faces the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Hisaya MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20180272755Abstract: A recording apparatus which is capable of suppressing or avoiding a concern on a defect such as a paper jam, deterioration of recording quality, or the like at the time of performing an overlapping transportation is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Shintaro KOMURO, Tetsuji YATSUNAMI
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Publication number: 20180272756Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a housing body in which a recording portion that performs recording is housed; a curved reversal path along a curve of which the medium, after the recording, is turned over to be guided to a position above the recording portion; a medium receiving tray that is provided over the recording portion at a position of horizontally overlapping with the housing body and receives the medium ejected through the curved reversal path; a relaying portion that is provided over the medium receiving tray at a position of horizontally overlapping with the housing body and sends the medium coming along the curved reversal path to an area horizontally outside the housing body; and a course switcher that switches a course of the medium beyond the curved reversal path to either the medium receiving tray or the relaying portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Hidetoshi KODAMA, Isao MOMOSE
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Publication number: 20180272757Abstract: A base material processing apparatus includes a transport mechanism, a force detection part, a meandering prediction part, a processing part, and a controller. The transport mechanism transports an elongated strip-shaped base material in a longitudinal direction thereof along a transport path aimed by a plurality of rollers of the transport mechanism. The force detection part detects a force applied to a sensing roller in an axial direction of a rotation shaft thereof, the sensing roller being at least one of the plurality of rollers. The controller predicts the meandering state of the base material to output meandering prediction information, based on the force applied to the sensing roller in the axial direction of the rotation shaft thereof. The meandering prediction part corrects the widthwise position of the base material relative to the processing part, based on the meandering prediction information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: SHINJI HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180272758Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit which transports a recording medium in a transport direction; a printing unit which prints an image and a mark on the recording medium; and a mark detecting unit which is located on an upstream side of the printing unit in the transport direction, and detects a mark, includes a function of automatically adjusting a detecting sensitivity of the mark detecting unit, and obtains a printing start position using the mark, in which the mark detecting unit has a timer function including an ON delay in which a time between detecting of a mark and outputting of a detecting signal of ON is delayed, uses the timer function when obtaining the printing start position, and does not use the timer function when performing the automatic adjusting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Naoki HORI, Masashi KITAHARA, Shinji KAWAKAMI, Atsushi IMAMURA
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Publication number: 20180272759Abstract: A printing method of a printing apparatus which includes a transport unit, a transport position output unit, a mark detecting unit, a steering unit, and a storage unit, the method including first processing in which the medium is transported by a first distance in the second direction, and positions the first mark on the downstream side of the detecting region in the second direction; second processing in which arriving at a predetermined position of the first mark is detected based on the output value of the drum encoder and a reference value; and third processing in which printing is started based on a detecting timing of the first mark, in which the first distance is a first stable transport distance or more which converges a deviation amount in the third direction into a predetermined first deviation amount until the first mark reaches the first predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Tomoyuki SHIIYA, Masashi KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20180272760Abstract: A print data generation device includes a control unit that generates print data, and the control unit calculates a label length for a label to be printed on the basis of the first print data, acquires a maximum label length, generates first print data in a case in which a calculated label length, which is a label length that is calculated, does not exceed the maximum label length, and generates second print data, the label length of which is equivalent to the maximum label length, in a case in which the calculated label length exceeds the maximum label length.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Noriaki MURAYAMA
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Publication number: 20180272761Abstract: There is provided a cutting mechanism including: a cutter blade that can cut a medium, a cutter unit to which the cutter blade is attached, a first pinion gear that is rotatably attached to the cutter unit, and a rack gear that can mesh with the first pinion gear, in which the first pinion gear and the rack gear are configured with inclined teeth, and the cutter unit moves while the pinion gear is rotated in state of meshing the pinion gear and the rack gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Yasushi YAJIMA
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Publication number: 20180272762Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including: a recording unit that is configured to be capable of moving in a width direction of a medium and records an image on the medium; and a cutter unit that is configured to be connectable to the recording unit and cuts the medium by moving in the width direction, in which the recording unit has a first connection portion and a second connection portion for connecting with the cutter unit, and the cutter unit has a first engagement portion for engaging with the first connection portion and a second engagement portion for engaging with the second connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Toru CHINO, Hideki MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20180272763Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a paper discharging tray constituted of a first tray and a second tray which are capable of being displaced along a medium discharging direction, the paper discharging tray can be stored in the recording apparatus, a motor which drives the paper discharging tray and a transmission unit which transmits power of the motor to the paper discharging tray includes a first gear which comes into contact with the first tray and transmits the power of the motor to the first tray and a second gear which comes into contact with the second tray and transmits the power of the motor to the second tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Satoshi YOSHINO, Kensuke TAMAI, Eiji TAKETSUGU, Hitoshi IGARASHI
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Publication number: 20180272764Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print section, a supply path, a correction roller pair, an adjusting mechanism and a controller. The print section is configured to perform printing on a medium. The supply path is configured to supply the medium to the print section. The correction roller pair is configured to enable the medium transported on the supply path to strike the correction roller pair to correct skewing of the medium. The adjusting mechanism adjusts a nip load applied to the correction roller pair. The controller is configured to control the adjusting mechanism based on print job information. The correction roller pair includes a driving roller that has a plurality of convex portions disposed on a peripheral surface along a circumferential direction of the driving roller and a driven roller that is disposed to face the driving roller to be driven by the driving roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Yosaku TAMURA, Akinobu NAKAHATA
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Publication number: 20180272765Abstract: A printer apparatus of a drop-in type includes a storage region for a roll of print sheet, a print head, a conveying roller configured to contact the print sheet and rotate to cause the print sheet to be conveyed from the roll to the print head, and a flap having a distal end that contacts an outer circumferential surface of the roll at a point that is lower than a center of the roll while the print sheet is drawn out from the roll for conveyance to the print head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Jun Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20180272766Abstract: A printing apparatus including a transport guiding portion with high manufacturing yield, is provided. A printing apparatus includes a printing portion which is able to print on a medium, a transport portion which transports the medium, and a transport guiding portion on which a transport surface on which the medium is transported is formed and which has a plurality of bent portions, in which the transport guiding portion is provided with a first guiding member which has a bent portion and forms the transport surface on a transport direction upstream side of the medium and a second guiding member which has a bent portion and forms the transport surface on a transport direction downstream side of the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Masaaki WAKITA
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Publication number: 20180272767Abstract: A paper compartment in which roll paper can be held has an opening positioned along the second axial end of the roll paper and a wall positioned along the first axial end of the roll paper in the axial direction. The paper loading member can be removably installed in the paper compartment through the opening. The paper loading member has a flange and a roll support member that projects from the flange and is inserted into the paper. When roll paper is held in the paper compartment, the paper loading member is installed in the paper compartment with a first side of the flange contacting the first axial end of the paper, and the roll support member is inserted into the roll paper. When the paper loading member is installed in the paper compartment, the first side of the flange faces the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro KAWAJIRI
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Publication number: 20180272768Abstract: A base material processing apparatus includes first and second edge sensors and a displacement amount calculation part. The first edge sensor acquires a first detection result (R1) by detecting the position of an edge of a base material in a width direction at a first detection position. The second edge sensor acquires a second detection result (R2) by detecting the position of the edge of the base material at a second detection position. The displacement amount calculation part calculates the amount of displacement in the position of the base material in the transport direction or the amount of difference in the transporting speed of the base material on the basis of the first and second detection results (R1, R2). Thus, the amount of displacement in the position or the amount of difference in the transporting speed can be detected without depending on images such as register marks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki USUMOTO, Mitsuhiro YOSHIDA, Takaharu YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180272769Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet printer which includes a head, a carriage, an encoder having a scale and a sensor, a memory, and a controller. The controller executes judging whether or not a recording medium is positioned at an area that can face the carriage, and detecting an abnormal position, and printing an image on a recording medium, and comparing a velocity parameter value acquired and a first threshold value, when the carriage is at a position other than the abnormal position, and comparing the velocity parameter value acquired and a second threshold value corresponding to a velocity slower than the first threshold value, when the carriage is at the abnormal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Satoru ARAKANE, Kenji KAWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180272770Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object in a conveyance direction, a head unit to perform an operation on the conveyed object, an actuator to move the head unit in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, an actuator controller to control the actuator, a displacement sensor to detect a displacement amount representing an amount by which the head unit is moved by the actuator, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a detection result including at least one of a position of the conveyed object in the orthogonal direction, a speed of travel of the conveyed object, and a travel amount of the conveyed object. The controller is configured to calculate a command value based on the detection result and the displacement amount output from the displacement sensor, and output the command value to the actuator controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Katsuhiro Tobita
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Publication number: 20180272771Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing section configured to perform printing onto a medium while reciprocating in a movement area, and an attachment section to which a circuit board can be attached. The attachment section is movable between a first position above the movement area and a second position which is at least partially within the movement area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Seiya HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20180272772Abstract: Provided is a cover piece to be removably attached to a medium storage cassette including a medium storage section for storing a medium, and an operation unit provided in a recess and configured to lock and unlock the medium storage section to and from an apparatus main body. The cover piece includes a main portion configured to enter the recess in the medium storage cassette so as to cover the recess, and a sliding portion configured to slide so as to switch between a first state in which the sliding portion sticks out from the main portion and the main portion is locked to the recess, and a second state in which the main portion is unlocked and allowed to enter the recess and be removed from the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Yuji Misawa
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Publication number: 20180272773Abstract: A printer cover is mounted on a tape printer that includes a plurality of housing faces that include a first housing face in which a first cavity opening portion of a cartridge mounting section into which a tape cartridge is mounted is formed and a lid member that openably closes the first cavity opening portion. The printer cover is an integrally formed body having elasticity. The printer cover has cover faces that include the first cover face that covers the first mounting-side housing face, and a first lid-exposure opening that is provided in the first mounting-side cover face and through which lid member is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoyuki KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20180272774Abstract: An object of the invention is, in a recording-apparatus liquid container having a viewing portion through which the ink level can be viewed. A printer 1 includes a carriage 11 having a recording head 10. The carriage 11 carries at least one ink tank 13 that stores the ink to be supplied to the recording head 10 and that has a filling port 15 through which the ink is poured from a refilling container 14. The ink tank 13 has a level checking portion 13a that is formed of a transparent material through which the liquid level can be viewed. The carriage 11 has a first viewing portion 16 through which the level checking portion 13a of the ink tank 13 can be viewed and a cleaning mechanism 30 that wipes off the ink deposited on the level checking portion 13a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Shoma KUDO, Naomi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20180272775Abstract: A printing apparatus of this invention scans with a tester a testing chart printed by a printing controller to acquire testing image data. A total amount of displacement calculator calculates an amount of displacement of a recording position including a direction of misregister as a total amount of displacement, based on a large amount of displacement determined by a large amount of displacement determiner, a direction of displacement detected by a direction of displacement detector, a shift amount corresponding to an amount of displacement detecting chart determined by an amount of displacement detecting chart determiner, and a peak position of the amount of displacement detecting chart determined by the amount of displacement detecting chart determining unit. Thus, since a total amount of displacement of the misregister can be calculated only by printing the testing chart on web paper WP, an amount of displacement of the misregister in the transport direction can be obtained easily in a short time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Asuka MURAMATSU, Kazuki FUKUI, Tomotaka KATO, Kazuki YAMANAKA, Seiya NOMURA, Takahar YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180272776Abstract: A method for digital printing in quantity, including the steps of providing a conveying unit adapted to convey printing substrates, setting a running velocity, providing a digital printer, providing a graphics file as input to the digital printer representing a motif to be reproduced on the printing substrates at a predefined resolution, calculating a decoration frequency for printing with decorative inks as a function of the predefined resolution and of the running velocity, calculating single material printing frequencies for each one of the material inks, calculating a synchronized printing frequency, calculating a scaling factor, calculating an actual printing frequency as a function of the scaling factors, calculating an actual printing resolution as a function of the actual frequency of material to be deposited and of the running velocity, and printing on the printing substrates at the actual printing resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Franco STEFANI, Paolo CASARINI, Simone GIARDINO
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Publication number: 20180272777Abstract: An expansion device, including: an installation unit in which a thermally expandable sheet is disposed; an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the thermally expandable sheet placed on the installation unit with light; and a control unit configured to perform processes described below, wherein after an expansion process to expand the thermally expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally expandable sheet placed on the installation unit with light by the irradiation unit, a cooling process to cool the thermally expandable sheet by a predetermined cooling unit while maintaining the state in which the thermally expandable sheet is placed on the installation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Youichi USHIGOME, Minoru SAITO
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Publication number: 20180272778Abstract: Provided is a thermal transfer image receiving sheet that is thin, resistant to curling, has favorable image quality and has opacity. A thermal transfer image receiving sheet of the present invention at least comprises an ink receiving layer, a first support, an adhesive layer and a second support laminated in that order, wherein the first support and the second support are provided with a foamed layer and a non-foamed skin layer laminated on both sides of the foamed layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Shigeki Asai
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Publication number: 20180272779Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer film that allows a transfer layer to have satisfactory transferability and can provide a print with high durability. The present invention solves the above problem by a transfer film 100 in which an adhesion layer 7, a release layer 2, and a transfer layer 10 are provided in this order on a substrate 1, wherein the transfer layer 10 has a layered structure in which a protective layer 3 and an adhesive layer 5 are layered in this order from the side of the substrate, the protective layer 3 is allowed to contain an active ray-cured resin formed by curing an active ray-curable resin by an active ray, and the adhesion layer 7 is allowed to contain a cured binder resin which is a cured product of a binder resin and a curing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro IMAKURA, Ryoji HATTORI, Kazuya YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20180272780Abstract: [Problem to be solved] An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer sheet in which a transfer layer and a substrate included therein exhibit a high level of adhesion therebetween even when used in a compact printer that causes the thermal transfer sheet to be heated by the heat of a thermal head, and in which the transfer layer exhibits a high level of releasability when being transferred. [Solution] The thermal transfer sheet according to the present invention is characterized by including at least a substrate and a transfer layer: the transfer layer including at least a protective layer provided so as to be peelable from the substrate; the transfer layer having a peel force in a non-heated state of 1 N/m or more; and the transfer layer having a peel force in a heated state of 10 N/m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusaku AKIYAMA, Kazuki ENOKIDA
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Publication number: 20180272781Abstract: An ink is used for forming a photothermal conversion layer used for causing expansion of at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer of a thermal expansion sheet. The ink includes (i) an inorganic infrared absorbing agent having a higher absorptivity in at least one region of an infrared light spectrum than in a visible light spectrum, and (ii) a base that is transparent to visible light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Takahashi, Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui
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Publication number: 20180272782Abstract: An inkjet printer can include an inkjet printhead to print an image on a print medium, and a dryer to reduce or remove moisture from the image. A post-printing treatment fluid can also be present which can include water and a flatness control agent, the flatness control agent including an organic solvent with three or more hydroxyl groups, and a vapor pressure less than 2×10?4 mmHg. A fluid dispenser can be included to apply the post-printing treatment fluid on the print medium after the moisture from the image is reduced or removed. Additionally, the printer can include a mechanical calendering device to apply pressure to the print medium after application and while the print medium is still moistened by the post-printing treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tao Chen, Xulong Fu, Haowen Yu
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Publication number: 20180272783Abstract: In some embodiments, a screen printing plate 10 includes a metal mesh part 13 and a metal mask part 14 provided on one side of the metal mesh part 13 integrally with the metal mesh part 13. In addition, the metal mask part 14 has an opening part 14a, and when the dimension from the outer edge 14a2 of the opening part 14a to the metal mesh part 13 represents a fill depth, this fill depth is the largest in the part corresponding to the center area of the opening part 14a. The screen printing plate does not cause the actual printing thickness to vary easily, even when the target printing thickness is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Shoji ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20180272784Abstract: A binding device includes: a binding unit that forms multiple asperities on a recording material bundle constituted by rectangular recording materials, and binds the recording material bundle, wherein, in oblique binding in which the multiple asperities are arranged on a corner portion of the recording material bundle in a direction inclined to one of both sides constituting the corner portion of the recording material bundle, a binding position by the binding unit reaches at least one of the both sides constituting the corner portion of the recording material bundle, and, in parallel binding in which the multiple asperities are arranged along a side of the recording material bundle, a binding position by the binding unit does not reach any side of the recording material bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki AWANO, Takuya MAKITA, Katsumi HARADA, Kojiro TSUTSUMI, Toshiyasu YUKAWA, Takashi OGINO
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Publication number: 20180272785Abstract: A recording-medium binding device includes a first tooth row and a second tooth row. The first tooth row and the second tooth row to be engaged with the first tooth row cooperate with each other to pinch a recording medium batch. The first tooth row and the second tooth row include at least one first region and at least one second region adjacent to the at least one first region. When the first tooth row and the second tooth row are engaged with each other, teeth of the first tooth row and teeth of the second tooth row overlap one another in a tooth height direction by a first engagement overlapping amount in the at least one first region and by a second engagement overlapping amount in the at least one second region. The second engagement overlapping amount is larger than the first engagement overlapping amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki AWANO, Takuya MAKITA, Katsumi HARADA, Kojiro TSUTSUMI, Toshiyasu YUKAWA, Takashi OGINO
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Publication number: 20180272786Abstract: A recording-medium binding device includes a first tooth row including plural teeth and a second tooth row including plural teeth. The first and second tooth rows include a central region and end regions. The plural teeth of each of the first and second tooth rows include at least one tooth disposed in the central region and at least one tooth dispose in each of the end regions. In a process of pinching the recording medium batch, the at least one tooth of the first tooth row in the end region and the at least one tooth of the second tooth row in the end region pinch the recording medium batch earlier than the at least one tooth of the first tooth row in the central region and the at least one tooth of the second tooth row in the central region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki AWANO, Takuya MAKITA, Katsumi HARADA, Kojiro TSUTSUMI, Toshiyasu YUKAWA, Takashi OGINO
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Publication number: 20180272787Abstract: A stapleless binding device includes a stapleless binding unit that performs a stapleless binding operation to form irregularities in a sheet stack by making forward and backward movements, a moving unit that relatively moves the stapleless binding unit or the sheet stack in a direction along one side of the sheet stack, and a holding unit that holds the sheet stack during the backward movement of the stapleless binding unit. The holding unit holds the sheet stack during the backward movement of the stapleless binding unit before the moving unit moves the stapleless binding unit or the sheet stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka NOBE, Satoshi KURIHARA
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Publication number: 20180272788Abstract: An optical security device suitable for securing or authenticating high security or high value articles of manufacture when affixed thereto, is provided. The inventive security device produces optically variable effects when viewed from varying points of view and is made up of a microstructured layer having image icon elements that have at least one pigmented material. The microstructured layer is arranged relative to an arrangement of focusing elements such that at least portions of the image icon elements are observable through at least portions of the arrangement of focusing elements, thereby providing at least one synthetic image that demonstrates a color-transition effect as points of view from which the optical security device is viewed are changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Crane & Co., Inc.Inventors: Benjamin E. Bleiman, Samuel M. Cape, Paul F. Cote, Jonathan D. Gosnell, Gregory R. Jordan, Scott K. Palm
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Publication number: 20180272789Abstract: The invention relates to an optical security device with multiple hidden images which become visible by arranging a polarizer above or below the device. Additional images become visible upon rotation of the polarizer. The optical device comprises two patterned optical retarders and a polarizer between the retarders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: ROLIC AGInventors: Reto GENINI, Julien MARTZ, Etienne BERNER, Benoit SCHILL
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Publication number: 20180272790Abstract: A binding device includes a first pressing member that presses a recording-medium stack from one surface side of the recording-medium stack, a second pressing member disposed at a position opposed to the first pressing member to press the recording-medium stack from the other surface side of the recording-medium stack, and a reduction part provided in at least one pressing member of the first pressing member and the second pressing member to reduce creases in recording media of the recording-medium stack in a binding operation when a number of the recording media in the recording-medium stack is smaller than a maximum number of recording media to be bound by the first pressing member and the second pressing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya MAKITA, Hiroaki AWANO, Kojiro TSUTSUMI, Katsumi HARADA, Toshiyasu YUKAWA, Takashi OGINO
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Publication number: 20180272791Abstract: A pocket structure including a first panel, and a second panel coupled to the first panel to define a pocket with the first panel. The second panel has an opening intersecting an outer edge thereof. The opening has a transverse portion oriented generally parallel to the outer edge and a leg portion oriented generally perpendicular to the outer edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Kevin Witter
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Publication number: 20180272792Abstract: The use of an element for a writing, drawing, marking, and/or painting device, or cosmetic device, or input device for touch-sensitive surfaces, wherein the at least one element is a 3D-printed element. The at least one element has at least one main body and at least one structure. The at least one main body consists of a first material component. The at least one structure is provided as a visually detectable structure and/or at least one structure formed as a haptic zone. The at least one visually detectable structure and/or at least one structure formed as a haptic zone is a raised structure which projects from the surface, or the at least one visually detectable structure and/or at least one structure formed as a haptic zone is a decorated zone of the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Klaus FISCHBÄCK
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Publication number: 20180272793Abstract: A marker and stamp system embodied in a double-end device is provided. The device includes a marker end and an opposing stamp end. The stamp end enables the creation of clear and concise group presentations/instructions through the uniform application of predetermined symbols via a stamp applicator portion and marking template, while the marker end facilitates the presentation of tailored, free-hand markings via application of a marker nib.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Matthew DeBoer
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Publication number: 20180272794Abstract: An orientation changing apparatus includes a transport path along which a transport object is transported and that includes a portion having a space; a changing unit that changes an orientation of the transport object transported toward the space, the changing unit changing the orientation in the space by applying a rotational force to the transport object in a direction that crosses a transporting direction in which the transport object is transported; and a receiving unit that receives the transport object after the orientation of the transport object is changed by the changing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Mutsuo SUGA
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Publication number: 20180272795Abstract: An electronic device comprises a cover and an outer casing. The cover includes a first light transmitting substrate layer and a first pattern layer. The first pattern layer is attached to bottom of the first light transmitting substrate layer and includes a plurality of first microstructure patterns. The outer casing is mounted on the cover. The outer casing includes a second light transmitting protection layer and a second pattern layer. The second light transmitting protection layer includes a first surface facing the cover. The second pattern layer is configured at the first surface of the second light transmitting protection layer. The second pattern layer includes a plurality of second microstructure patterns. The first pattern layer and the second pattern layer are superimposed to form a virtual pattern image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Bin-Yi LIN
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Publication number: 20180272796Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carrier material for producing a carrier for a decorated wall or floor panel, wherein the carrier material comprises a matrix material having a plastic and a solid material, wherein the solid material is formed by talc in a proportion of at least 50 wt.-%, in particular at least 80 wt.-%, in particular at least 95 wt.-% in relation to the solid material, wherein the matrix material is present in a quantity of >30 wt.-% to <70 wt.-%, in particular >40 wt.-% to <60 wt.-% in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the solid material is present in a quantity of >30 wt.-% to <70 wt.-%, in particular >40 wt.-% to <60 wt.-% in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the matrix material and the solid material together are present in a quantity of >95 wt.-%, in particular ?99 wt.-% in relation to the carrier material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Hans-Jürgen HANNIG
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Publication number: 20180272797Abstract: A system is provided enabling do it yourself body stenciling and/or body art. In particular, the system of the invention provides a body tight removable mask that masks an area of the body for body applications. The mask is sized to fit a particular portion of the torso or an appendage of a subject individual, and masks a standard area to enable an unskilled artisan to treat a portion of the subject individual. The stencil can mask a logo (e.g. of a sports team) or other form such as a swimsuit form on a wrist or ankle or upper torso, forehead, or a bathing suit area of the subject individual. The system optionally includes adhesive, Velcro, or other interlocking overlapping portions enabling easy removal of the stencil without disturbing the freshly treated area. In its simplest form, the stencil is a mask of the thighs, and the waist, the lower chest area and upper chest area, for example, with a preferably elastic mask panel that can be easily removed once the basic application is complete.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: John Brent MÖTTELI, Marco ALLENSPACH
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Publication number: 20180272798Abstract: A vehicle wheel has spokes, on which cover elements are provided for a space between the spokes. The cover elements deform according to the temperature in such a way that, at higher temperatures, a passage of air through a region of the space between the spokes is possible, which is covered by the cover element at lower temperatures. In this way, the cover elements do not entirely cover the respective spaces between the spokes, and a rigid cap element is provided per intermediate space in addition to a cover element deforming according to the temperature. Alternatively, two cover elements are provided in each space between the spokes, next to one another in the circumferential direction of the wheel, wherein in the deformed state, one of the cover elements is curved outwards and the other cover element is curved inwards towards the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Markus FAUSER, Hubert Scholz, Matthias Ruderer
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Publication number: 20180272799Abstract: A wheel and tire assembly for a mobile vehicle in accordance with the present invention includes an inner central rim, a flexible ring mounted on the inner central rim, and a spoke structure extending between the inner central rim and the flexible ring. The spoke structure defines a plurality of cavities and alternating radially extending openings disposed concentrically about the inner central rim and allowing the flexible ring to deflect under load. The spoke structure further defines a plurality of triangular openings disposed at the flexible ring and between the cavities and the inlet openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Ceyhan CELIK, Steven Amos EDWARDS
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Publication number: 20180272800Abstract: A pneumatic tire having sufficiently improved wet performance is provided. A pneumatic tire comprises a tread rubber that includes: a tread surface rubber layer located at an outermost surface of a tread; and a tread inside rubber layer located on a tire radial inner side of the tread surface rubber layer. A 100% modulus of the tread surface rubber layer is higher than a 100% modulus of the tread inside rubber layer, and the tread surface rubber layer is made of a rubber composition including: a rubber component (A) containing 50 mass % or more of diene-based rubber; and, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A), 5 to 50 parts by mass of at least one additive component (B) selected from: thermoplastic resin; oil; and an aromatic vinyl compound-conjugated diene compound copolymer whose polystyrene-equivalent weight-average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography is 5,000 to 200,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Isao KUWAYAMA, Hideyuki SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20180272801Abstract: A tire including a circular tire frame containing a resin composition, the resin composition containing a polypropylene having a melting temperature of 160° C. or higher, an ethylene-propylene rubber, and a styrene-containing elastomer, in which a content of the polypropylene having a melting temperature of 160° C. or higher being 60% by mass or less with respect to the resin composition as a whole, and a content of a styrene component being 5% by mass or more with respect to the resin composition as a whole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki FUDEMOTO, Atsuko TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20180272802Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having excellent durability. Provided is a pneumatic tire including at least one steel belt layer, at least one cap ply layer, and at least one carcass layer, the steel belt layer including a steel belt topping rubber composition which has a zinc oxide content of 8.0 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the cap ply layer including a cap ply topping rubber composition, the carcass layer including a carcass topping rubber composition, the cap ply topping rubber composition and the carcass topping rubber composition both having stearic acid and zinc oxide contents, each per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, which satisfy the following relationships (1) and (2): stearic acid content?3.0 parts by mass,??(1): stearic acid content/zinc oxide content?0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Yuki MITSUMATA
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Publication number: 20180272803Abstract: Provided is a tire including: a tire frame member that is made of a resin and that has bead portions and side portions continuously extending on a tire radial-direction outer side of the respective bead portions; and a reinforcing layer that contains organic fibers and a resin material coating the organic fibers, in which tire the organic fibers include: a cord member containing a nylon fiber material; and an adhesive layer that is arranged on the cord member and formed from a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin-containing composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Emil GIZA