Patents Issued in November 29, 2018
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Publication number: 20180339505Abstract: A method of forming a flexible glass-polymer laminate structure includes heating a polymer layer to an elevated temperature of greater than 20° C. and below a working temperature of a flexible glass substrate adjacent the polymer layer. The flexible glass substrate has a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm. The flexible glass substrate is shaped with the polymer layer at the elevated temperature. The polymer layer is cooled below the elevated temperature such that the flexible glass-polymer laminate structure maintains a non-planar formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Sean Matthew Garner
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Publication number: 20180339506Abstract: Printheads may be utilized to produce at least one gridline on an upper surface of a target substrate, in particular for producing a pattern for a solar cell structure, wherein the printheads may enable a printing in the forward and an opposite backward direction at the same time to, for example, increase the relative speed the printing procedure and to improve the screen or stencil printing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicants: Hanwha Q CELLS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH, Hanwha Q CELLS GmbHInventor: Viknesvaran Krishnan
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Publication number: 20180339507Abstract: A print curing apparatus comprising an LED array comprising a body; the body comprising a mounting area with one or more LED modules mounted thereon; at least one heat sink; and one or more cooling modules, adjacent to the or each heat sink. The one or more cooling modules comprises at least one water-cooled holder comprising at least one fluid inlet channel and at last one fluid outlet channel therethrough; at least one heat pipe held substantially within the or each water-cooled holder, wherein the or each water-cooled holder is shaped to hold at least one heat pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Malcolm RAE, James HICKS
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Publication number: 20180339508Abstract: An ejection instructing device includes an instructing unit, a generator, and a data generating controller. The instructing unit provides an instruction to cause a nozzle of a printer to eject droplets in accordance with ejection data for preventing a situation where the nozzle does not eject droplets caused by clogging. The generator generates ejection data for preventing a situation where the nozzle does not eject droplets caused by clogging and supplies the ejection data to the instructing unit. The data generating controller controls the generating of ejection data by the generator so that ejection data to be received by the instructing unit will satisfy an ejecting condition for preventing clogging of the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiaki SUGIYAMA, Hiroyuki TSURUOKA
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Publication number: 20180339509Abstract: There is provided an adjustment method of a recording head which adjusts a landing position of an ink droplet in a printer including the print head, in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged and which performs printing by using the ink droplet to be ejected while relatively moving in a scanning direction (relative movement direction) with respect to a roll paper. The adjustment method of the recording head includes reading a pattern image by dots formed by the ejected ink droplets and calculating a tendency of a spatial positional relationship between each nozzle and a dot corresponding to each nozzle based on the read pattern image, and in which the landing position of the liquid droplet ejected from each nozzle 131 is adjusted based on the tendency calculated in the calculating the tendency of the spatial positional relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Manabu MOMOSE, Masaki WATANABE
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Publication number: 20180339510Abstract: A modular textile printing apparatus is made up of multiple modules which are combined together. Each module has one rail for bearing a printing functional unit such as a print head. A second rail perpendicular to the first rail faces the first rail, and carries a printing tray or platen holding items to be printed. The tray moves along the rail. A third rail parallel to said second rail and facing away from the printing functional unit, is also for carrying the tray. The modules are connected together and the apparatus provides a starting point for loading and unloading the trays. The second rails are aligned with each other to form a continuous printing feed along the modules and the third rails are aligned to provide a return path after printing to the starting point for reloading.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Kornit Digital Ltd.Inventors: Ofer BEN-ZUR, Alon Feldman, Ohad SNIR
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Publication number: 20180339511Abstract: An ejection port includes a first ejection port that is an opening portion formed on an outer surface side of a recessed portion formed in an outer surface of a nozzle plate, a second ejection port positioned on a bottom surface side of the recessed portion, the second ejection port including an opening portion that is smaller than the first ejection port, and a plurality of protrusions that extend from an outer edge portion of the first ejection port towards a center portion of the second ejection port through the second ejection port, in which a distance between tip portions of the plurality of protrusions and the substrate is larger than a distance between an outer edge portion of the second ejection port and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Yasunori Takei
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Publication number: 20180339512Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle plate provided with nozzle openings; an actuator unit including a flow channel formation substrate in which pressure generation chambers are provided and piezoelectric actuators that cause a change in the pressure of the liquid within respective pressure generation chambers; a communication substrate in which communication channels that communicate between the pressure generation chambers and corresponding nozzle openings are provided; a first case member that is a frame member affixed to the communication substrate so that the actuator unit is disposed within the first case member and that, along with the actuator unit, forms a manifold that holds the liquid to be supplied to the pressure generation chambers; and a second case member that is affixed to the first case member and in which is formed an introduction channel that sends the liquid from the exterior to the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Yoshinao MIYATA
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Publication number: 20180339513Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm disposed between the pressure chamber and the piezoelectric element. The diaphragm has a crystal plane of an anisotropic single crystal silicon base of which a Poisson's ratio varies according to a direction in the crystal plane. In a vibration region of the diaphragm, which overlaps the pressure chamber in plan view, the Poisson's ratio of the diaphragm in a short axis direction of the smallest rectangle, which includes the vibration region, is included in a range of an average value of the Poisson's ratios in the crystal plane exclusive to a maximum value of the Poisson's ratio in the crystal plane inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Sayaka YAMASAKI, Hiroaki TAMURA
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Publication number: 20180339514Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm disposed between the pressure chamber and the piezoelectric element. The diaphragm has a vibration region that overlaps the pressure chamber in plan view. The piezoelectric element overlaps the vibration region in plan view. The diaphragm has a crystal plane {110} of a single crystal silicon base, or a crystal plane of a single crystal silicon base of which a Young's modulus and a Poisson's ratio vary according to a crystal orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki TAMURA, Sayaka YAMASAKI
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Publication number: 20180339515Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm disposed between the pressure chamber and the piezoelectric element. The diaphragm has a crystal plane of an anisotropic single crystal silicon base of which a Young's modulus varies according to a direction in the crystal plane. In a vibration region of the diaphragm, which overlaps the pressure chamber in plan view, a first Young's modulus in a first direction, out of Young's modulus in the crystal plane, is higher than a second Young's modulus in the crystal plane in a second direction intersecting the first direction. A width of the piezoelectric element in the first direction is larger than a width of the piezoelectric element in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Sayaka YAMASAKI, Hiroaki TAMURA
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Publication number: 20180339516Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm disposed between the pressure chamber and the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the diaphragm so as to overlap an inner periphery of the pressure chamber in plan view, and has an inner edge on a center side of the pressure chamber with the inner periphery of the pressure chamber being sandwiched within the piezoelectric element in plan view. A shape of the inner edge of the piezoelectric element is such that in the smallest first rectangle, which includes the inner edge in plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki TAMURA, Sayaka YAMASAKI
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Publication number: 20180339517Abstract: A nozzle plate includes a nozzle from which a liquid is ejected and that has an opening at one surface side of the nozzle plate and a liquid repelling layer containing a cross-linked fluororesin and formed on the one surface side of the nozzle plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Takashi SAIBA, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO, Takuya MIYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20180339518Abstract: A device for recovery of an atmosphere containing solvent vapours from at least one ink recovery reservoir of a print machine comprising: n (n>1) filter(s) arranged downstream from the at least one ink recovery reservoir, each filter: comprising an inlet face, an outlet face and a filter body between these two faces, and each of the filter being upstream from a condenser or other solvent extraction structure, an atmosphere output from the at least one ink recovery reservoir passing through a separator and through the inlet face, and then through the filter body and through the outlet face before being sent to the solvent extraction structure, the device further comprising at least one second reservoir to recover liquid from the separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Jean Xing, Adrien Marion, Francis Pourtier
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Publication number: 20180339519Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of liquid discharge heads to discharge liquid, and a plurality of head tanks communicating with the plurality of liquid discharge heads, respectively. Each of the plurality of head tanks includes a liquid chamber to store the liquid and a gas chamber separated from the liquid chamber by a diaphragm, and the gas chamber of one of the plurality of head tanks communicates with the gas chamber of another of the plurality of head tanks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi Katoh, Yuta Moriwaki, Satoru Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180339520Abstract: There are provided a liquid ejection apparatus with low costs, a liquid container, and a manufacturing method thereof. To this end, a rocking body is assembled to the liquid container to suppress the drop thereof by melting and swaging of a support shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Akira Shiba, Tsubasa Takaoka, Hiroki Hayashi, Kazuya Yoshii, Ryo Shimamura
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Publication number: 20180339521Abstract: A color printer includes a media transport system arranged to feed print media along a media transport path; a print engine disposed at the media transport path; a controller arranged to calculate an amount of coverage for each pixel and for each process color of an image to be printed on the media, and to control the print engine on the basis of the calculated amount of coverage; a temperature sensor; and a color correction module arranged to determine a correction of the amount of coverage on the basis of a temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is arranged at the media transport path upstream of the print engine for detecting the temperature of the media as they reach the print engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Catharinus VAN ACQUOIJ, Koen J. KLEIN KOERKAMP
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Publication number: 20180339522Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a transport mechanism; an ink jet head; a camera; a light source that irradiates a capturing area of the camera with light at a predetermined angle with respect to a print surface of the print medium; a carriage that includes the ink jet head, the camera, and the light source; and a controller (processor) that acquires reflectance characteristic data of irradiation light from the light source based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a printed test pattern by the camera, determines a specific initial-and-final-image-data range or a specific acquisition range in which the reflectance is within a specific reflectance range based on the acquired reflectance characteristic data, and acquires captured image data corresponding to the specific initial-and-final-image-data range or the specific acquisition range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari TSUKADA, Masakazu TOKUNAGA
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Publication number: 20180339523Abstract: A printer having a printer communicator for receiving commands; a thermal line head that prints in line units on thermal roll paper; a multiple line buffer; and a printer controller that controls the thermal line head to print. When the printer communicator receives an image printing command instructing image printing, the printer controller stores the image data specified by the image printing command in the multiple line buffer. When the printer communicator receives a non-image data definition command, the printer controller prints an image on the thermal roll paper by the thermal line head based on the image data stored in the multiple line buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Yuki YAJIMA, Yuji TAKAMIZAWA
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Publication number: 20180339524Abstract: An image recording apparatus that irradiates a recording target with laser light and records an image thereon, that includes: a laser irradiation device that has plural laser emitting elements, and irradiates the recording target with laser light emitted from the plural laser emitting elements; an irradiation condition adjusting unit that causes the laser irradiation device to emit laser light such that a part of an image dot recorded on the recording target moving relatively to the laser irradiation device overlaps an image dot adjacent thereto, and makes a laser irradiation condition for when image dots forming a boundary between a colored portion and a non-colored portion are recorded, different from a laser irradiation condition for when the other image dots are recorded; and an output control unit that controls the irradiation with the laser light, based on the laser irradiation condition adjusted by the irradiation condition adjusting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Ichiro SAWAMURA, Yoshihiko Hotta, Kazuyuki Uetake, Takahiro Furukawa, Tomomi Ishimi, Yasuroh Yokota
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Publication number: 20180339525Abstract: An image forming method is provided. The method includes the steps of: applying a liquid composition, comprising a pigment, water, a resin, and an organic solvent, to a recording medium having water-absorptivity to form an image thereon; and winding up the recording medium in a roll form after the applying, wherein the following formulae are satisfied: 1.00×10?3?A?4.00×10?1 0.010?B/A?0.100 where B (mg/cm2) represents an amount of the organic solvent contained in the image after the winding and A (mg/cm2) represents a total amount of the organic solvent contained in the image and the recording medium after the winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Keita KATOH, Hiroshi Gotou, Masayasu Nonogaki, Kazuhiko Umemura, Masaki Kudo
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Publication number: 20180339526Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head that includes a plurality of recording devices containing ink, first and second heating devices, and first and second detection devices. The recording devices each generate energy for ejection of the ink, the first and second heating devices respectively heat the ink in a vicinity of recording devices located at first and second positions of the recording devices, and the first and second detection devices respectively detect temperatures in the vicinity of the recording devices located at the first and second positions. The recording apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to a representative temperature of the temperatures detected by the first and second detection devices, and a decision unit configured to decide an upper limit of driving power of each of the first and second heating devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Yutaka Kano, Yuhei Oikawa, Toshiyuki Chikuma
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Publication number: 20180339527Abstract: A decurling device includes a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path, a first switch, a decurler, and a controller. A sheet is conveyed along the first conveyance path or the second conveyance path. The first switch switches a route of conveyance of the sheet to the first conveyance path or the second conveyance path. The sheet has a first main surface and a second main surface. The decurler is located in the second conveyance path. The decurler corrects curl of the sheet. In a situation in which a weight per unit area of the sheet is smaller than a first threshold value, the controller controls the first switch such that the sheet is conveyed along the second conveyance path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Hiroatsu TAMAI, Takeshi WATANABE, Hiroyuki UEDA, Noriaki OZAWA, Toyotsune INOUE, Susumu HIROSHIMA, Takatoshi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20180339528Abstract: A decurling device includes a decurler. The decurler includes a first dryer roller, a second dryer roller, and a heat source. The heat source is disposed at the first dryer roller to heat the first dryer roller. The first dryer roller and the second dryer roller rotate while holding a sheet therebetween to convey the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki UEDA, Susumu HIROSHIMA, Takeshi WATANABE, Takatoshi NISHIMURA, Hiroatsu TAMAI, Noriaki OZAWA, Toyotsune INOUE
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Publication number: 20180339529Abstract: A media transport system includes a vacuum plenum and a belt positioned over the vacuum plenum. The belt includes at least one member having a first region and a second region that both include holes that enable the vacuum plenum to apply a force to hold print media against the belt. The belt also includes slots formed through the at least one member in an inter-copy gap positioned between the first region and the second region. Each slot is formed with a larger area than an area of each hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Francisco Zirilli
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Publication number: 20180339530Abstract: A platen includes: a supporting portion that can support a sheet; a suction unit that sucks the sheet in such a manner as to attach the sheet to the supporting portion; a first ink receiver that receives ink ejected downstream of the leading end of the sheet passing the supporting portion; and a second ink receiver that receives ink ejected upstream of the trailing end of the sheet passing the supporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Tetsuji Kurata, Seiji Ogasawara, Masakazu Tsukuda, Takahide Onuma, Yasunori Saito, Arihito Miyakoshi, Masahiko Kubota, Yusuke Imahashi, Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Arimizu, Yoshinori Itoh
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Publication number: 20180339531Abstract: Provided herein are platens for printing on an item of clothing, where the platens are adapted to enable the printing of a pattern on the item of clothing, such that the pattern may encircle the entire item of clothing in a seamless manner. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus that makes use of said platens and a method of printing with said platens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: MAS INNOVATION (PRIVATE) LIMITEDInventors: Prins PERERA, Saman KUMARA, Kanchana GUNASEKERA, Chamika GUNASINGHE, Dinushka DESHAPPRIYA
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Publication number: 20180339532Abstract: Provided is an unwinding device for unwinding a sheet from a sheet roll, the sheet roll being inserted onto the device. The unwinding device includes a shaft, a first rotating member and a second rotating member which are inserted onto the shaft, configured to be rotatable with rotation of the sheet roll, the sheet roll being inserted onto the first rotating member and the second rotating member, a first elastic member disposed between the first rotating member and the shaft, the first elastic member being configured to provide first back tension to the sheet when the first rotating member rotates, a second elastic member disposed between the second rotating member and the shaft, the second elastic member being configured to provide second back tension to the sheet when the second rotating member rotates, and a back tension controlling member disposed between the second elastic member and the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: BIXOLON CO., LTD.Inventors: Geun Wha LIM, Gwang Keun PARK
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Publication number: 20180339533Abstract: A printing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a housing and a frame having a supported portion which is supported by the housing on a first side and an unsupported portion not supported by the housing on a second side. A printer is provided on the frame. An upper sheet carrying guide is provided below the frame. A lower sheet carrying guide is provided below the upper sheet carrying guide. The lower sheet carrying guide is shaped and positioned to form a gap, into which a sheet to be printed by the printer is inserted, between the upper sheet carrying guide and the lower sheet carrying guide. A stopper is provided on the upper sheet carrying guide. The stopper being shaped and positioned to abut against the lower sheet carrying guide when the frame is deformed around the supported portion within an elastic deformation range of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Akira SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180339534Abstract: A transport apparatus includes an idler roller and a drive roller that transport a medium by rotating with the medium being nipped therebetween, a first frame that includes a first position and a second position that is different from the first position, a main guide shaft that extends in a transverse direction that intersects a transport direction of the medium and is joined to the first frame at the first position, a second frame that is joined to the first frame at the second position, and an urging member that exerts a force on the second frame by urging the idler roller toward the drive roller. In the transport apparatus, the first position is located in an overlapping region between the first frame and the second frame in a height direction that orthogonally intersects the transport direction and the transverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Hiroaki TAKEI
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Publication number: 20180339535Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: an ink jet head that prints on a print medium; a camera that captures an image on the print medium; an LED light source that irradiates a capturing area of the camera with light at a predetermined angle with respect to a print surface of the print medium; a carriage that mounts the ink jet head, the camera, and the LED light source; and a processor that executes calculation based on captured-image-data-of-unprinted-area obtained by capturing an image on the print medium by the camera and captured-image-data-of-test-pattern obtained by capturing an image of a test pattern by the camera, the test pattern being printed on the print medium by the ink jet head, and that acquires corrected captured-image-data representing a captured image of the test pattern, the corrected captured-image-data in which an influence of light irradiation by the LED light source is adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi SHIKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20180339536Abstract: Provided is to provide a cylindrical printing plate with which printing of excellent solid density and high halftone dot quality is made possible, and further print medium followability and printing durability are excellent, a cylindrical printing plate precursor, a method for manufacturing a cylindrical printing plate precursor, and a method for manufacturing a cylindrical printing plate. A cylindrical printing plate includes a relief layer having a first hard layer, a soft layer, and a second hard layer in this order from a printing surface side, in which a hardness K1 of the first hard layer is 10 MPa or more and less than 20 MPa, a ratio K1/K2 of the hardness K1 of the first hard layer with respect to a hardness K2 of the soft layer is 2.7 or more, a ratio K3/K2 of a hardness K3 of the second hard layer with respect to the hardness K2 of the soft layer is 1.2 or more, a thickness of the first hard layer is 0.05 mm or more and 0.3 mm or less, and a thickness of the soft layer is 0.3 mm or more and 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masato SHIRAKAWA, Yusuke NAMBA
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Publication number: 20180339537Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a binding portion binding a plurality of sheets stacked on a sheet stacking portion as a bundle by deforming the sheets without a staple. The sheet processing apparatus further includes a moving member moving the sheet bundle bound at a binding position by the binding portion from the binding position and a restricting member restricting the move of the sheet bundle such that a distance between the sheet bundle and the moving member is kept to be less than a predetermined distance in moving the sheet bundle by the moving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Hideto Abe
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Publication number: 20180339538Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive binder with a machine frame, a plurality of processing stations that are attached to the machine frame, at least two transport clamps for transporting book blocks, at least one closed guide track for the transport clamps, and at least one device for changing the overhang of the book blocks. To realize a technology-required change in the overhang in an easy and secure manner, the at least one device for changing the overhang of the book blocks is arranged in such a way as to operate jointly with a lower edge of at least one of the transport clamps, so that the lower edge can be positioned in several first planes of the adhesive binder, which extend parallel to the at least one closed guide track.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AGInventors: Frank SOMMERER, Thomas FRIESE
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Publication number: 20180339539Abstract: A method of creating a plot diagram having plotted thereon a plurality of points, the plurality of points respectively corresponding to a plurality of shafts for a golf club, includes defining a plot region having a first axis of a first index; deriving values of the first index for the shafts; and plotting points, in the plot region, corresponding to the shafts at positions corresponding to the values of the first index. The first index represents a characteristic value of a shaft and is a value that is derived using stiffness values in a plurality of positions of the shaft along a longitudinal direction of the shaft. The method further includes printing a plurality of sub-regions on the plot region in such a mode that the plurality of sub-regions are distinguishable from each other by a user, the plurality of sub-regions respectively corresponding to different types of golfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya YASHIKI
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Publication number: 20180339540Abstract: An example apparatus includes a greeting card portion having at least a back flap, a container housing coupled to the back flap of the greeting card portion, and at least one fluid container secured within the container housing, the fluid container including an opening to receive at least one stem of a flower therein, the fluid container further including a fluid to nourish the flower via the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Shannon BARNHARDT, Nikki KINOWSKI
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Publication number: 20180339541Abstract: A method for creating an identification document that includes: defining a debossed region on a surface of a card blank, the debossed region having a pre-determined pattern being indented into the card blank; and applying, as part of a lamination process, an overlay on the surface of the card blank to cover the defined debossed region such that an air gap is formed on the card blank's surface during the lamination process and is sealed and removed after the lamination process, and that a tactile pattern thus created on the surface of the overlay substantially duplicates the pre-determined pattern of the defined debossed region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: MorphoTrust USA, LLCInventors: Ashley S.R. Tiguy, Daoshen Bi, Robert Jones
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Publication number: 20180339542Abstract: The technology described herein relates to a stackable chalk dispensing device that allows a user to stack multiple chalk dispensing devices to form a vertical or horizontal stack of chalk dispensing devices. The vertical stack of stackable chalk dispensing devices increases the reach of the chalk dispensing device, for example, allowing a user to use the chalk within the chalk dispensing device closest to a receiving surface that the user wishes to mark with the chalk dispensing device. The horizontal stack allows a user to mark with several chalks at once. Thus, the stackable chalk dispensing devices allow for the vertical or horizontal stacking of chalks, which allows users to have flexibility in how the users want to interact with multiple chalks at once, whether it is to reach the floor from a standing position, or making multiple markings with several chalks simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Christopher P. Orem, John D. McBride, JR.
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Publication number: 20180339543Abstract: Conventional whiteboards or chalkboards on which writing is effected using Dry-Erase or chalk markers are enabled for digital conversion of the writing into the digital domain. An indoor positioning subsystem determines the absolute position of a marker with a dry-erase or another conventional writing tip within a local coordinate system to track the location of the marker on the board. Ultra wide band (UWB) is an example technology that may be used for this purpose. An inertial sensor in the marker captures sensor data generated by handwriting by sensing the movement of the marker, essentially tracking the relative positioning and motion of the handwriting. The absolute position and relative positions are then processed to generate digital handwriting which may be refined using deep learning subsystem(s) for handwriting recognition and classification for the data captured by the inertial sensor to determine the most appropriate character or shape of the writing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Mohamed Youssef
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Publication number: 20180339544Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device, a system and a kit for creating pixel artwork. A device may include a stencil for sidewalk chalk that has a planar body and a plurality of apertures. The stencil may be repositionable on a surface of a substrate and may guide application of a marking device to generate a pixelated grid on the surface of the substrate positioned below the stencil. The pixelated grid may be formed by multiple pixel components that correspond to the stencil. Both a system for creating pixel art and a pixel art kit may include a sidewalk chalk stencil, a plurality of marking devices, and either a pixel assignment or a first instruction. The pixel assignment and the instruction may direct application of the plurality of marking devices to create a pixel artwork of substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: CRAIG JOHN SKINNER
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Publication number: 20180339545Abstract: This invention is directed toward a piece of jewelry having one or more stackable tools. The stackable tools have the advantage of being able to be removed from the piece of jewelry, used by the wearer, and returned to the piece of jewelry without having to remove the piece of jewelry. Two of the key features of this invention, namely the stackability of the tools and the ability to remove and use the tools from the jewelry while still wearing the jewelry, are incredibly advantageous for the user. The stackability allows a user to customize the jewelry so that he or she always has the preferred assortment of tools handy when needed. The removability for use while still wearing the jewelry allows a user to avoid common mishaps, such as dropping the necklace when trying to take off a tool thereby losing one or all of the tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Caffeinate Labs, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Gregg Barr
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Publication number: 20180339546Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer, including a plate having a bent portion, a lower printed layer, and an upper printed layer provided at a portion of the lower printed layer, in which at least a portion of the lower printed layer is provided at a position corresponding to the bent portion on a main surface of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Jun ITO, Azusa Takai
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Publication number: 20180339547Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the automated decoration of a building board, comprising at least one smoothing compound layer and preferably at least one colour coat. The method comprises the steps of smoothing and decorating the building board, wherein the smoothing includes the steps of (i) calibrating the building board to a nominal thickness, so that a surface of the building board has a height difference of at most 1 mm, (ii) applying a layer of a smoothing compound, (iii) pressing the smoothing compound into the surface structures of the building board, and (iv) recalibrating to the nominal thickness. Preferably, a plurality of smoothing compound layers are pressed into a calibrated surface of the building board and partially ground away again. The method is particularly well suited for the production of fire-resisting building boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: KNAUF GIPS KGInventors: Stephan Klapperstück, Tobias Willing
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Publication number: 20180339548Abstract: Disclosed is a device for protecting and preserving a substance in a container. The device may include a plurality of overlapping sectors capable of rotating about a pivot point such that the device has a substantially disc shape when fully expanded and a substantially pie shape when partially expanded; and a lip defining an outer diameter of the device when fully expanded. The outer diameter of the device is equal to or greater than an inner diameter of the inner surface of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Paul Madan
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Publication number: 20180339549Abstract: A drive device for driving and rotating a wheel includes an axle shaft, a hub to which rotation of the axle shaft is conveyed, a plurality of fasteners for securing the wheel to the hub, a wet brake, a housing, an oil seal, and a cover. The wet brake is configured to restrain the rotation of the axle shaft. The housing accommodates the axle shaft and the wet brake. The oil seal is disposed between the housing and a part of the hub that is disposed inward of the fasteners in a radial direction of the hub. The cover has an annular shape. The cover is disposed in a space formed between the hub and the housing, and is secured to the housing. The cover is configured to cover the plurality of fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Hideo MASUDA
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Publication number: 20180339550Abstract: A wheel hub for a heavy-duty vehicle includes a first and second tubular hub segment. The first tubular hub segment has a first annular end surface. The second tubular hub segment has a second annular end surface and a radially extending flange. A continuous, circumferential joint is formed at the interface of the first annular end surface and second annular end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey R. Wittlinger, Phillippi R. Pierce, Jeffrey S. Morris, Jay D. White, Keith M. Ernenwein, Jason Andler
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Publication number: 20180339551Abstract: A bicycle component includes a hub shell for a wheel of an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, wherein the hub shell is rotatably supported by at least one bearing device. An adapter unit is disposed on one end of the hub shell. The adapter unit includes an inner stopper having an inner stop face for transferring a clamping force to the bearing device and an outer stopper with an outer stop face transmitting at least part of the clamping force. The adapter unit includes a first and a second stopper component transmitting the clamping force.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Martin WALTHERT, Stefan SPAHR, Simon HAAS
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Publication number: 20180339552Abstract: A vehicular ladder including a body comprising a first plastic and one or more first teeth arranged on the body, wherein the one or more first teeth include a second plastic that is different to the first plastic, and the body is moulded around portions of the one or more first teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: IP Reserve Pty LtdInventor: Ty Gerard Hermans
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Publication number: 20180339553Abstract: Disclosed are a tire fiber having high adhesion to other members, a rubber/fiber composite having improved adhesion between rubber and fiber, and a tire having high hydraulic durability. The tire fiber comprises a polyethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF) raw yarn, wherein the PEF raw yarn comprises as a raw material PEF having a terminal carboxylic acid amount of 1 to 100 mmol/kg.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, SYNVINA C.V.Inventors: Yuji IKEDA, Kenichi SUGIMOTO, Matheus Adrianus DAM
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Publication number: 20180339554Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel tire cord fabric or strip made of alternating nylon cords having different constructions. Such a novel cord fabrics or strips improves high speed durability and tread separation resistance when used as zero degree spirally wound cap ply on the belt package in pneumatic radial tires.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: KORDSA TEKNIK TEKSTIL ANONIM SIRKETIInventor: Mehmet Sadettin FIDAN