Abstract: A cover for a print bed for a three-dimensional object, and methods of manufacturing the same, are disclosed. The cover may include a polycarbonate substrate having a selectively textured upper surface and a double coated adhesive layer provided to adhere the polycarbonate substrate to a print bed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible device, including a flexible module, a flexible support structure arranged opposite to the flexible module, and an adhesive structure configured to adhere the flexible module to the flexible support structure, and enable the flexible module to be slidable relative to the flexible support structure in the case that the flexible device is being bent.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube composite includes: a laminate forming step of forming, on a conductive base material made of a first metal having conductivity, a buffer layer made of a second metal capable of mutual diffusion with the first metal, and forming, on the buffer layer, a catalyst layer made of seed catalyst particles which catalyze formation of carbon nanotubes; a buffer layer diffusion step of performing heat treatment on the laminate; and a carbon nanotube layer forming step of forming the carbon nanotubes on the catalyst layer of the laminate by a chemical vapor deposition method, wherein the heat treatment is performed so as to form a solid phase diffusion region where the first metal and the second metal are solid-phase diffused from a surface of the conductive base material to a predetermined depth selected from depths of 850 nm or more.

Abstract: Provided is an article of cookware and a method of making the same. The cookware has a multi-layer bonded composite wall structure having an inner metal layer and an outer metal layer, and a core layer between the inner layer and the outer layer. The core layer has at least two perforated graphite plates, each plate having a plurality of spaced-apart holes formed therethrough, and at least one intermediate metal element disposed between the at least two perforated graphite plates and extending through the plurality of spaced-apart holes of each of the at least two perforated graphite plates. The at least one intermediate metal element is metallurgically bonded to the inner layer and the outer layer at least through the plurality of spaced-apart holes.

Abstract: A contact layer used in waterproofing and roofing applications. The contact layer includes a mineral binder component B, thermoplastic polymer component P, and a surfactant component S. Also, a method for producing the contact layer, a method for binding two substrates to each other, a method for waterproofing a substrate, a waterproofed structure, a method for sealing a substrate against water penetration, a sealed construction for sealing a substrate against water penetration and a use of the contact layer as a waterproofing membrane.

Abstract: An alloy plate coated material including a base material and an alloy plate layer which is formed on the base material to constitute an outermost layer and is formed from a M1-M2-M3 alloy. M1 is at least one element selected from Ni, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn and Sn. M2 is at least one element selected from Pd, Re, Pt, Rh, Ag and Ru. M3 is at least one element selected from P and B. The alloy plate layer has a molar ratio of M1 to M2 (M1/M2) of 0.005 to 0.5.

Abstract: The multiple pane includes: a first glass panel; a second glass panel disposed facing the first glass panel with a predetermined interval in-between; and a hermetically-bonding member hermetically bonding peripheries of the first glass panel and the second glass panel to form a hermetically-enclosed space between the first glass panel and the second glass panel. The multiple pane further includes an adsorbing member which is fixed on a surface of the first glass panel so as to be inside the hermetically-enclosed space, has a height equal to or less than a length of the predetermined interval, and is for adsorbing a gas inside the hermetically-enclosed space. The hermetically-enclosed space is made to be in a reduced-pressure state.

Abstract: A laminate with excellent sound insulating properties and bending strength and a laminated glass using the laminate are provided. The laminate contains a layer A and a plurality of layers B. The layer A includes a composition, which contains a resin having a peak at which a tan ? as measured by conducting a complex shear viscosity test under a condition at a frequency of 1 Hz in accordance with JIS K 7244-10 is maximum at ?40 to 30° C. The layer A is laminated between at least two of the layers B, in which a shear storage modulus at a temperature of 25° C. as measured by conducting a complex shear viscosity test under a condition at a frequency of 1 Hz in accordance with JIS K 7244-10 is 1.30 MPa or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass which has excellent sound insulating properties and which even when used for a long period of time in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, is able to keep a haze good and is also able to suppress whitening from an edge side thereof. The present invention is concerned with an interlayer film for laminated glass including a sound insulating layer (layer A) and thermoplastic resin layers containing a thermoplastic resin (layers B), the sound insulating layer (layer A) being located between at least two of the thermoplastic resin layers (layers B), wherein with respect to a laminated glass obtained by interposing the interlayer film for laminated glass by two sheets of float glass and a laminated glass obtained by holding the laminated glass under conditions at 80° C.

Abstract: A laminated plate includes first and second plates bonded to each other via an intermediate layer. The laminated plate includes a first main surface of the first plate opposite to the intermediate layer; a second main surface of the first plate and a third main surface being in contact with the intermediate layer; a fourth main surface of the second plate opposite to the intermediate layer. A thickness of the first plate is thicker than a thickness of the second plate. In a planar view, the laminated plate includes a peripheral region and an in-plane region. In a cross section orthogonal to an outer periphery of the laminated plate, a distance from an outermost periphery of the second plate to the first plate in a thickness direction with respect to the outermost periphery is three times or less a distance between the first and second plates in the in-plane region.

Abstract: The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which has excellent sound insulating properties even when the thickness is reduced, and also has a low degree of orientation and low shrinkability.

Abstract: Water-soluble films made from copolymers of butene-diol and vinyl alcohol, wherein the films have improved barrier properties (such as low transmission rates for oxygen and water vapor) as well as good solubility.

Abstract: A method of producing an assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane includes a step of preliminary pressure application wherein a pressure is continuously applied to a recipient sheet including a polymer electrolyte membrane and an assembling sheet including an assembling layer to be assembled to at least one surface of the recipient sheet, the pressure being applied to the recipient sheet and the assembling layer of the assembling sheet being in contact with each other, and a step of heated pressure application wherein the recipient sheet and the assembling sheet after the preliminary pressure application step are subjected to continuous pressure application with heating.

Abstract: A layered stack is created by placing webs of adhesive on opposite sides of web of cushioning layer and placing outer webs outside the webs of adhesive. An outer surface of a rotating drum is heated by heating oil inside the drum. An endless belt is heated by at least one heater. The layered stack is pulled between the heated endless belt and the heated rotating drum via a motorized drive assembly which rotates the endless belt. Both sides of the layered stack are heated enough to melt each web of adhesive when the layered stack passes between the heated moving endless belt and the heated rotating drum.

Abstract: A technique for forming a plurality of liquid cells for a plurality of electronic devices, comprising: providing first and second components for laminating together to contain a liquid material; wherein at least one of the first and second components comprises spacing structures for maintaining a separation distance between the first and second components in at least two active area regions for two electronic devices; providing liquid material on at least one of the first and second components, wherein a sufficient amount of said liquid material for the whole of each active area region is provided in a respective starting area upstream of the respective active area region in the lamination direction; and successively laminating increasingly distal portions of the second component to the first component in a lamination direction, according to a technique by which said liquid material is spread out from said starting areas at least over said at least two active area regions; wherein said at least two active are

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to form an ink image on a transfer member by discharging ink, a transfer unit configured to transfer the ink image formed on the transfer member to a print medium, a recovery unit configured to recover performance of the printing unit, a guide unit configured to guide the printing unit to a recovery position for the recovery unit to recover the performance of the printing unit and a discharge position for the printing unit to discharge the ink to the transfer member, and a positioning structure configured to position the printing unit at the discharge position.

Abstract: A driving signal generating circuit generates, for each driving period, a main driving signal including a first sub driving signal including a first driving pulse, a second sub driving signal including a second driving pulse, and a third sub driving signal including a third driving pulse. The third sub driving signal follows the second sub driving signal. A driving signal supplying circuit includes a second dot former to supply the second sub driving signal and the third sub driving signal to an actuator coupled to a defining plate defining a portion of a pressure chamber, without supplying the first sub driving signal to the actuator. The third driving pulse starts after a lapse of a preset time from the start of the second driving pulse. The preset time is equal to a value of about p×Tc, where p is greater than 2.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a deformable damper, and a damper chamber. The plurality of nozzles is arrayed in a nozzle array direction, to discharge liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common liquid chamber supplies liquid to the plurality of individual. liquid chambers. The deformable damper constitutes part of a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber is disposed along the nozzle array direction with the damper interposed between the damper chamber and the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber extends to an outer area in the nozzle array direction than an individual liquid chamber of the plurality of individual liquid chambers at each end in the nozzle array direction.

Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet head including: first and second head chips each formed with two first nozzle arrays extending in a first direction, each of the first nozzle arrays including first nozzles corresponding to a first ink, second nozzles corresponding to a second ink, and third nozzles corresponding to a third ink; third and fourth head chips each formed with two third nozzle arrays extending in the first direction, each of the third nozzle arrays including fourth nozzles corresponding to the fourth ink. The first head chip to the fourth head chip are arranged in parallel in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to liquid adsorption. In an example, a liquid adsorption system includes a vapor barrier container having a sealable internal volume, a liquid dispensing device in the internal volume, where the liquid dispensing device includes liquid in a liquid flow path extending through at least a portion of the liquid dispensing device to an opening in communication with the internal volume, and a liquid adsorbing material in the internal volume.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes a substrate; a plurality of resistors on the substrate with separation of between 4 and 8 microns between adjacent resistors; an adhesion layer applied over the plurality of resistors; and a layer of silicon carbide (SiC) applied directly over the adhesion layer such that the silicon carbide is between adjacent resistors. A method of forming a fluid ejection device includes forming resistors and conductive traces attached to a substrate; depositing an adhesion layer over the resistors; depositing a silicon carbide (SiC) coating directly over the adhesion layer; and forming an epoxy layer over silicon carbide layer.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing droplet jetting devices includes bonding together a nozzle wafer defining nozzles of the jetting devices, a membrane wafer carrying, on a membrane, actuators for generating pressure waves in a liquid in pressure chambers that are connected to the nozzles, and a distribution wafer forming a distribution layer that defines supply lines for supplying the liquid to the pressure chambers from a liquid reservoir formed on a side of the distribution layer opposite to the membrane wafer; and dicing the bonded wafers. The distribution layer has a thickness larger than the thickness of each of the other two wafers. A restrictor for controlling the inertance of the liquid supply line is formed through the distribution layer in a direction normal to the plane of that layer.

Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus jetting a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction includes head units arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. One head unit includes nozzle chips; one nozzle chip has a nozzle arrangement area wherein nozzles are aligned in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The nozzle chip is arranged to be shifted relative to another nozzle chip in a direction crossing the first and second directions and different from the third direction. The head unit has a first overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of first and second nozzle chips included in the nozzle chips partially overlap with each other in the first direction. The liquid jetting apparatus has a second overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of third and fourth nozzle chips included in the head units partially overlap with each other in the first direction.

Abstract: A wiping assembly for a fluid ejection device includes a sled slidably movable relative to the fluid ejection device. The wiping assembly further includes a length of wiping material. An indicator slidably coupled to the wiping assembly is included. The indicator changes position relative to the wiping assembly and restricts movement of the wiping assembly to an initial position to indicate a level of usage of the wiping material.

Abstract: An entrained polymer includes a base polymer, an active agent that is immiscible with the base polymer and reacts with a selected material, and a channeling agent that is a water insoluble polymer, is immiscible with the base polymer, and has an affinity to transmit a selected material through the entrained polymer at a faster rate than in solely the base polymer.

Abstract: Herein is disclosed an ink storage unit. The ink storage unit may comprise first and second reservoirs, each having a variable internal volume; a transfer system to transfer ink between the first and second reservoirs such that as ink is transferred from the first reservoir to the second reservoir, the internal volume of the first reservoir decreases and the internal volume of the second reservoir increases.

Abstract: A printing apparatus provided with a carriage provided with a mounting unit which can be mounted with a cartridge in which ink is accommodated and a printing head, an ink tank which stores ink, and a control unit which controls ejecting of ink using the printing head, in which, in a case in which the control unit obtains information for blocking ejecting of ink corresponding to the mounting unit, ejecting of ink, by the printing head, corresponding to the mounting unit is blocked.

Abstract: A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid storage chamber which stores a liquid, an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, and an outlet through which the liquid from the liquid storage chamber flows; a cap which is movable between a first position and a second position; a cover which is movable relative to the tank between a closed position and an open position; and a holding member which is connected to the cap and which holds the cap at the second position. The cap at the second position or the holding member is configured to obstruct a movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position.

Abstract: In an example implementation, a method of operating a fluid sensing device includes enabling a fluid level sensing circuit on a printhead to determine a fluid level by sharing an applied charge between a capacitive sensor and a reference capacitor to determine a capacitance value of the capacitive sensor. The method includes enabling a fluid property sensing circuit on the printhead to determine a fluid property by measuring a transistor voltage that indicates a concentration of ions gathered on the capacitive sensor.

Abstract: A fluid recirculation channel for dispensing a plurality of fluid drop weights includes a number of sub-channels. The sub-channels include at least one pump channel, and a plurality of drop generator channels fluidically coupled to the at least one pump channel. The fluid recirculation channel further includes a number of pump generators incorporated into the at least one pump channel, a number of drop generators incorporated into drop generator channels, and a plurality of nozzles defined within the drop generator channels, the nozzles being at least as numerous as the number of drop generators.

Abstract: A check valve for preventing reverse flow of jettable material within a jettable material firing chamber during a firing event includes a free-floating plug. The check valve further includes at least one holding post, wherein the free-floating plug is arranged between at least one wail of the firing chamber and the holding posts, the at least one wall and the holding posts restricting the movement of the free-floating plug within the chamber.

Abstract: An optical deflection apparatus includes a mirror unit, a pair of elastic supporting units configured to rotatably support the mirror unit around a predetermined axis, at least one drive unit configured to elastically deform the pair of elastic supporting units, and a drive control unit configured to input a drive frequency into the at least one drive unit so as to control the at least one drive unit, wherein a first time interval at which the drive control unit changes the drive frequency in a first temperature range is shorter than a second time interval at which the drive control unit changes the drive frequency in a second temperature range, the second temperature range being at a higher temperature than the first temperature range.

Abstract: A printer includes a platen on which a recording medium is placed, an ink head movable in a main scanning direction and able to eject ink onto the recording medium, a cover disposed above and to at least a side of the platen and including an opening located downstream of the ink head in a subscanning direction, a front cover attached to the cover and able to open and close the opening, and an air blower disposed on the front cover.

Abstract: Systems and methods for achieving increased irradiation and/or illumination in a photo reactive system is disclosed. In one example, a photo reactive system includes a light source, a refractive cylindrical optic, and a curved reflector. By utilizing the refractive cylindrical optic, angular spread of the light source is reduced, which in turn reduces a size of the curved reflector for directing the light rays onto a work piece. Consequently, a more compact photo reactive system with higher irradiation and/or illumination capabilities can be achieved.

Abstract: A first pattern P1 is formed with a first material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a first surface BS of a print medium M including an expansion layer M2 that expands by heating. A second pattern P2 for expanding the expansion layer M2 to complement expansion of the expansion layer M2 by the first pattern P1 is formed with a second material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a second surface FS which is an opposite surface of the print medium M to the first surface BS and is closer to the expansion layer M2 than the first surface BS. The first material forming the first pattern P1 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the first surface BS. The second material forming the second pattern P2 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the second surface FS.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a discharge portion that discharges liquid to a medium to be transported in a transporting direction, and a supporting portion that has a supporting surface supporting the medium, in which the supporting surface does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, but has groove portions formed continuously along the width direction, and the groove portions are formed with suction holes which suck the medium.

Abstract: In an example implementation, a device for sensing media and a media tray includes a sensor to transmit light toward a media tray port, and to generate current from light received at the sensor. The device also includes a circuit to convert the current into a voltage signal to be compared with a threshold for determining one of a media present condition, a media empty condition, and a media tray absent condition.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a transporting unit that transports a medium in a transporting direction, a discharge portion that discharges a liquid to the medium positioned in a discharge range, and a supporting portion that has a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface, as a supporting surface supporting the medium to be transported by the transporting unit, in which the first supporting surface supports the medium in the discharge range and does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, the second supporting surface supports the medium on a downstream side of the discharge range in the transporting direction and includes uneven portions in which a first portion and a second portion which is further recessed than the first portion are formed alternately in the width direction.

Abstract: A tape cartridge is mounted on a mounting section of a tape printer, which has an identification portion configured to identify a type of cartridge containing a tape-shaped printing medium. The tape cartridge includes a tape roll around which the tape-shaped printing medium is wound, a core shaft portion that is formed into a fitting cylindrical shape and has a rotation shaft of the tape roll, an identification concave portion that is provided in an inner peripheral portion of the core shaft and engages with the identification portion, a depressed portion that engages with a pedestal which is disposed on the mounting section, and a core concave portion that includes the identification concave portion and the depressed portion. The identification concave portion is configured to accommodate the identification portion in a state where the tape cartridge is mounted on the mounting section.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to progressive buffer generation. Some examples may include a drive system to advance print media through a print zone at a printing speed and a buffer speed calculation system to calculate a buffer generation speed based on the printing speed, a length of a plot to be printed, a minimum buffer, a buffer start position and an amount of time required to cut the print media. Some examples may also include a buffer generation system to generate a buffer between the buffer generation system and the drive system. In some examples, the buffer may be generated by advancing the print media at the buffer generation speed to accumulate a portion of the print media between the drive system and the buffer generation system.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transfer drum configured to support a transfer member on an outer peripheral surface, a printing unit configured to form an ink image on the transfer member by discharging ink to the transfer member, a pressurizing drum arranged facing the transfer drum and configured to transfer the ink image on the transfer member to a print medium, an axial distance adjusting unit configured to displace a rotation-center axis of the transfer drum with respect to a rotation-center axis of the pressurizing drum, and a supporting unit displaced together with the rotation-center axis of the transfer drum and configured to support the printing unit.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet, a cover, a cover sensor, a recording head, a monitor, and a controller. The cover is movable between a covering position and an exposing position. The cover sensor is positioned to output a signal depending on the position of the cover. The controller controls operation of the recording head, the monitor. The controller receives either a first positional signal or a second positional signal of the cover sensor, and based on receipt of the first positional signal after receipt of the second positional signal from the cover sensor, performs a decision process deciding whether an operation regarding ink injection into the ink chamber is completed.

Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a printing unit that performs printing and prints an inspection pattern including a first patch and a second patch different in color or having the same color and different in density so as to extend in the first direction respectively on the printing medium by the plurality of orifices wherein the first patch and the second patch are arranged in the second direction; a scanning unit that includes a plurality of detection elements arranged in the second direction, performs scan in the first direction and, scanning the inspection pattern on the printing medium; and wherein the scanning unit scans the first patch by using a first detection element of the plurality of detection elements and scans the second patch by using a second detection element which is another element of the plurality of detection elements respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to primer compositions, which can include a polyvinyl alcohol, a cationic salt, and water. The polyvinyl alcohol can have a weight average molecular weight from about 50,000 Mw to about 250,000 Mw. The cationic salt can be present in an amount of at least 15 wt % of all dry components of the primer composition. The polyvinyl alcohol and cationic salt together can make up at least 30 wt % of all dry components of the primer composition.

Abstract: We describe a print removal device for removing print from a print-carrying medium. In embodiments the print removal device comprises: a feed system for receiving the print-carrying medium and guiding the print-carrying medium through the print removal device; and a system to remove the print from the print-carrying medium, in particular a laser light source for providing a controllable laser light beam to remove the print from the print-carrying medium. Previously used paper for “unprinting” may not be flat and well-behaved, and access may be needed to the full width of the paper creating a section where physical guiding is compromised, and thus the feed system comprises a media guide with an inflection configured to bias the print-carrying medium towards a face of the print-carrying medium which faces away from the laser light source when the print-carrying medium is guided through the print removal device also having the benefit to control the media more accurately to the preferred optical focus plane.

Abstract: We describe a print removal system for removing print from a print-carrying medium, the print removal system comprising one or more slots for receiving one or more cartridges configured to collect removed print debris.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus, including: an obtaining portion and a printing portion. The obtaining portion obtains information regarding an image in which visibility is made to deteriorate on a sheet on which the image is printed. The printing portion overwrites an image having a printing surface pattern on the sheet by using an ink ribbon based on the obtained information.

Abstract: A light irradiation apparatus includes an irradiation unit including a light source to emit light to a process-target object, a light source driving circuit to drive the light source, a light source controller to control the light source driving circuit to change a light output level of the light source, and a light spot controller to control energy or energy density of a beam spot of the light on the process-target object depending on an operation mode, and a transition mode that one operation mode is being changed to another mode. The light spot controller sets the energy or energy density during the transition mode lower compared to either of the energy or energy density during the one operation mode before the transition mode and the energy or energy density during the another mode after the transition mode.

Abstract: In a method for printing to a recording medium using a fluid-based colorant transport or pigment transport (e.g. via ink or liquid toner), fluid-based printing to the recording medium is performed and a surface protection is applied to increase the robustness (e.g. abrasion resistance) in at least a printed region of the recording medium. The applied quantity per area is configured to provide an increased color space. Further, in a surface protection given fluid-based printing to a recording medium, the presentable color space is increased.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a security sheet (11) for an identity document (10). The security sheet (11) comprises a plastic substrate (14) formed from a plurality of plastic layers (34). The plastic substrate (14) comprises a plurality of windows (60) and each window (60) has a maximum width in the range of from approximately 0.5 mm to approximately 10 mm. The present invention is further directed to an identification document (10) comprising the security sheet (11), a plurality of such identity documents (10) and a method of manufacturing the security sheet (11).