Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a circulation pathway that circulates an ink between a pressure chamber of a printing head and the outside thereof. The number of eject of the ink to be ejected from an ejection port of the printing head to a unit printing area is set according to a concentration of the ink in the circulation pathway.

Abstract: A printing system is provided. The printing system includes a medium of fabric; and a printing apparatus for performing printing of a design represented by a target color which is preset on the medium by an inkjet method. The printing apparatus includes an inkjet head for discharging an ink droplet of a target color ink which is an ink that is adjusted to present the target color on the medium. The design is formed by a plurality of patterns. Each of the plurality of patterns is drawn with the target color ink of only one color used in the inkjet head, and the inkjet head discharges the ink droplet to the plurality of patterns at a constant concentration which is preset for each of a plurality of target colors. The medium is capable of pulling out the ink not absorbed by the medium to the back surface of the medium.

Abstract: A heat transfer system is provided with a first heating element that transfers ink in an ink layer to a transfer-receiving body in a first pattern, a winding part that winds an ink ribbon having ink transferred therein on the downstream side of the first heating element in such a manner that a back surface layer is positioned outside the ink layer, a second heating element that transfers ink in the ink layer to the back surface layer inside the ink layer in a second pattern near the winding part, and a controller that controls the heating elements, and the controller controls the first heating element to transfer ink corresponding to the first pattern by transferring a portion of the ink layer, and controls the second heating element to transfer ink corresponding to the second pattern by transferring the ink layer as a whole.

Abstract: An asymmetric thermal print head includes a print head body and a plurality of print elements supported on the print head body. The print elements are aligned along a first axis. Each print element includes a heater portion having a burn width measured along the first axis corresponding to a first print resolution, and a burn length measured along a second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis, corresponding to a second print resolution. The second print resolution is higher than the first print resolution. One or more control circuits are configured to individually activate the print elements.

Abstract: A method of printing UV-curable ink with a direct-to-textile digital printing system onto a textile includes positioning the textile in the direct-to-textile printing system, applying UV-curable ink to the textile with the direct-to-textile printing system according to a digital design file; and at least partially curing the UV-curable ink applied to the textile with UV light.

Abstract: A sheet correcting device includes a belt pair to sandwich a sheet with an upper belt and a lower belt to convey the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction, a plurality of curved surface members disposed along the sheet conveyance direction, each of the plurality of curved surface members comprising a curved surface to contact the belt pair where the belt pair sandwiches the sheet, a plurality of pressing members facing the curved surface of each of the plurality of curved surface members, respectively, to press the belt pair against the curved surface of each of the plurality of curved surface members, and a heater to heat the sheet via at least one of the upper belt and the lower belt of the belt pair.

Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a fluid coverage engine to determine which pixels of an image are to receive print fluid. The apparatus may also include a pixel count engine to compute a count of pixels at which print fluid is to be applied onto a media from the determined pixels of the image that are to receive print fluid, a target temperature engine to determine a target temperature for a dryer based upon the computed count of pixels, and a dryer engine to cause the dryer to become heated to the determined target temperature.

Abstract: A printer including a print bar and a dryer system. The print bar operates to deposit printing material in accordance with a print job. The dryer system operates to intake and heat air from an internal region in which one or more electrical components of the printer are located. The dryer system directs the heated air through multiple outlets that are acutely angled with respect to a location or media of deposited printing material, to dry the printing material while cooling the internal region of the printer.

Abstract: A printer provided with a paper cutter apparatus having improved durability and preventing an increase in size of the whole printer is provided. The printer is provided with the paper cutter apparatus having a fixed blade and a drivable movable blade. The printer comprises a body and a swing door openably attached to the body. The fixed blade is provided in the body and the movable blade is provided in the swing door. A driving link is provided in the swing door and coupled to the movable blade. A driving motor as a driving source is provided in the body. A slider is provided in the body. Driving force of the driving motor is conveyed to the driving link via the slider and the movable blade is moved toward the fixed blade by the driving link.

Abstract: It is possible to more securely reduce the printing time of printing processing to perform printing while conveying printing sheets in an overlapping manner. An image forming apparatus including: a determination unit configured to analyze print data for printing an image on one printing sheet and to determine, based on the analysis results, an overlap amount of the one printing sheet and another printing sheet conveyed in a state of overlapping part of the one printing sheet; and a conveyance unit configured to convey the one printing sheet and the other printing sheet in an overlapping manner in accordance with an overlap amount determined by the determination unit, and a target image range of the analysis of the print data is determined in accordance with a predetermined overlap amount determined in advance, which a printing unit can permit.

Abstract: A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, an ink ribbon, an arm portion, a long hole, and a ribbon take-up spool. A first distance, which is a length of the long hole in a left-right direction, is larger than a second distance, which is a length from a right side surface of the cassette case to a right side end portion of the long hole. A center of gravity of the tape cassette is located in a specific area, which is an area whose both end positions in the left-right direction are the same as both left and right side end portions of the long hole, and which extends in a front-rear direction of the cassette case. The right side end portion of the long hole is located further to the right than a center of the ribbon take-up spool.

Abstract: A moving body reciprocation mechanism has a rotation shaft and a moving body that engages with a spiral ridge part of the rotation shaft and reciprocates along an axial direction. The state of the moving body changes among: a first state in which the moving body moves in a first movement direction; a second state in which the moving body releases the engagement; and a third state in which the moving body reengages with the spiral ridge part and moves in a second movement direction. The rotation shaft has a planar part and a cylindrical protrusion part. A cylinder part of the moving body has: a first end part that fits onto the cylindrical protrusion part in the second state; and a second end part that radially faces an outer circumferential surface of the spiral ridge part in the second state.

Abstract: A cassette case includes a bottom case and a top case. A tape is housed in the cassette case. A tape discharge portion discharges, from the cassette case, the tape that has been guided in the cassette case along a predetermined feed path. A first indicator portion indicates a type of the tape. A second indicator portion indicates a type of the tape, which is different from that indicated by the first indicator portion. An indicator member is a member independent from the top case and the bottom case, and is provided with the second indicator portion. An attachment portion is provided on the cassette case. The indicator member is removably attached to the attachment portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a water-insoluble pattern on and/or within a substrate is described. Also described, is a substrate obtained by such a method, a product including such a substrate and the use of the substrate in different applications.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printable recording media comprising a cellulose based substrate and a composite ink receiving layer that includes a first distinct layer and a second distinct layer. The second distinct layer is applied on top of the first distinct layer and comprises, at least, a polymeric binder, nano-size inorganic pigment particles and a thermoplastic material. Also disclosed herein is a method for making the printable recording media.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printable recording media comprising a cellulose based substrate and a composite ink receiving layer that includes a first distinct layer and a second distinct layer. The second distinct layer is applied on top of the first distinct layer and comprises, at least, a polymeric binder, nano-size inorganic pigment particles and an ionene compound. Also disclosed herein is a method for making the printable recording media.

Abstract: A printing apparatus capable of producing a product having the optimum image layout dependent on a discharge destination even when saddle-stitching is canceled due to input of image data for sheets in excess of a limit of a saddle-stitchable number of sheets. The number of output sheets per one copy is calculated based on image data. When the number of output sheets per one copy exceeds a saddle-stitchable number of sheets, it is selected whether to perform the center folding processing on the sheets on which images are printed without performing the saddle stitching processing thereon or to perform neither the saddle stitching processing nor the center folding processing on the sheets on which images are printed.

Abstract: A printable blank sheet includes a sheet with defined separation lines, a first layer with cuts running through the first layer along the defined separation lines, and a second layer attached to a bottom side of the first layer, with perforations running through the second layer along the defined separation lines. A method for creating custom print cards includes running a printable blank sheet through a printer to print on defined print areas, wherein the sheet includes slit-over-perforation lines defining a periphery of an object in the sheet, bending the sheet along the slit-over-perforation lines to weaken and separate the slit-over-perforation lines, and detaching the object from the sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming and detecting security elements on the surface of a component and/or in a component, in which at least one layer or at least one region that is preferably formed of a magnetic material or of a material different from the component material is formed on the surface of the component and/or in the component that is formed of a magnetic or of a nonmagnetic material in a locally and geometrically defined manner. At least one ablated track, at least one heat-affected region and/or at least one remelted treatment track are/is formed by a locally and geometrically defined ablation of material or input of energy on/at the surface of a component along a predefined contour corresponding to the respective security feature.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying one or more layers of a document, where at least one layer is an inner layer having a particular depth; determining a spectral feature from among multiple spectral features for application to the one or more layers of the document; determining a particular type of line segment code for application to the one or more layers of the document; and generating an identification document by: i) applying the spectral feature; and ii) applying the particular type of line segment code to the inner layer having the particular depth, wherein the particular depth is determined relative to at least one other layer of the document.

Abstract: An art supplies organization assembly organizes artist supplies, measuring instruments, and communication devices while detachably attached to an edge of a working surface. The assembly provides an elongated metal tray defined by at least one circular depression for receiving a cylindrical container, and at least one rectangular depression for receiving a foam organizer. The metal tray also comprises a longitudinal groove that couples to an edge of a working surface. The foam organizer has a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface. The top planar surface forms square-shaped or circular-shaped cavities for receiving an artist instrument. The top planar surface also forms a rectangular cavity to receive a communication device. The foam organizer fits into the rectangular cavity in a friction fit relationship for easy detachability and independent use from metal tray. The cylindrical container fits into cylindrical cavity for easy detachability and independent use from the metal tray.

Abstract: This present clip invention is a means of holding a G/M 231 cubic inch US gallon (3.78 Liter) paint can with control by one hand, leaving the other hand available to perform the art of brush painting. This is attained by clipping one of the four hook positions of the clip to the bail of the paint can in a downward position, and then the thumb is placed on the thumb rest of the clip applying downward pressure to the bail, and then the four fingers on the same hand are placed under the paint can creating a cradle effect producing a controlling hold of the paint can, also providing clear rim access to the paint in the open paint can for the performer of the art of brush painting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prefabricated canvas frame for fitting canvas to display the canvas, including: a square prefabricated frame adapted to detachably fit the canvas thereto; and a stripe member disposed on the prefabricated frame to support the canvas thereagainst, wherein the prefabricated frame includes corner members and edge members fitted to each other and the stripe member includes corner stripes located along the corner members and edge stripes located along the edge members, each edge stripe having a higher height by a wall surface thickness of each corner member than each corner stripe so that when the edge member is fitted to the corner member, top of the edge stripe and top of the corner stripe of the corner member are arranged on the same line as each other.

Abstract: A bicycle component comprises a first structural member made of a conducting material, an electrical insulation layer provided to the first structural member, and a second structural member configured to be attached to the electrical insulation layer by adhesive.

Abstract: A shock absorbing caster system includes an inner-bearing, a flexible-hub, and outer-rim, and a cylindrical disc. The inner-bearing is configured as a roller-bearing and fixed to the flexible-hub. The inner-bearing is further surrounded by the outer-rim. The inner-bearing is fixed to the flexible-hub and to the outer-rim by a bonding process. The cylindrical disc is configured as a tire and further circumferentially affixed to the other-rim. The shock absorbing caster is useful for providing a caster wheel having a flexible hub with shock absorbing properties for use with luggage and other suitable applications.

Abstract: A system and method herein relate to vehicle control by adjusting a torque distribution of the vehicle. The system includes a first motor configured to provide a torque to a first wheel, and a delivery system configured to controllably apply a traction control compound to a route on which the first wheel is configured to travel. The system also includes a controller circuit having one or more processors. The controller circuit is configured to control the delivery system to apply the traction control compound to the route based on a monitored temperature of the first motor.

Abstract: There are provided a tire for two-wheel vehicles that comprises a pair of bead sections, a pair of side wall sections, and a tread section continuing to both sidewall sections, wherein the tread section is divided into three by the center section and the shoulder sections, both the tread rubber of the center section and the tread rubber of the shoulder sections comprise a rubber component comprising a styrene-butadiene rubber and a modified conjugated diene polymer and silica, and the tread rubber includes 40 to 120 parts by mass of a filler based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the silica content in the filler is 80% by mass or more. The tire for two-wheel vehicles are achieved compatible the wet grip performance and the abrasion resistance in a tread.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber member that can, when used in a rubber article such as a tire, improve the on-ice performance of the rubber article. A first rubber member comprises a water thickening material, wherein a plurality of minute recesses are formed on a surface of the rubber member, the water thickening material is provided on an inner surface of one or more minute recesses of the plurality of minute recesses, an average coverage of the water thickening material on the inner surface of the one or more minute recesses is 10% or more, and the water thickening material satisfies a condition that, when an aqueous dispersion is prepared with a concentration of the water thickening material being 23 mass %, a viscosity of the aqueous dispersion at 25° C. and any shearing velocity of 0.01/s to 0.1/s measured by a cone-plate viscometer is 20 Pa·s or more.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber member that can, when used in a rubber article such as a tire, improve the on-ice performance of the rubber article. A rubber member comprises a nanomaterial, wherein the nanomaterial has a major axis of less than 100 nm in the case of being non-fibrous or a minor axis length of less than 100 nm and a major axis length of less than 1000 nm in the case of being fibrous, and has a content of a polar group of 100 mg/kg or more.

Abstract: A tire, including: a tire frame member formed of a resin material; and a reinforcing layer that includes a plurality of reinforcing cords coated with a rubber material and that is disposed on an outer side of the tire frame member in a tire radial direction; in which the tire frame member has a region formed of a resin material having a Young's modulus in a range of from 50 MPa to 2,000 MPa, and the region being included in at least a part of a reinforcing region in which the reinforcing layer is disposed on an outer side in the tire radial direction.

Abstract: Provided are: a tire steel cord having not only excellent cutting resistance and corrosion resistance but also excellent processability in plant; and a pneumatic tire including the same. The tire steel cord has a layer-twisted structure including: a core 11 composed of two core filaments 1; and a sheath 12 composed of eight sheath filaments 2 that are twisted together around the core 11, in which tire steel cord the two core filaments 1 constituting the core 11 are twisted together, the twisting direction of the core filaments 1 and that of the sheath filaments 2 are different, and a diameter (Dc) of the core filaments 1 and a diameter (Ds) of the sheath filaments 2 satisfy a relationship represented by the following Equation (1): 0.90?Ds/Dc?1.10??(1).

Abstract: A tire is provided with a carcass that is formed so as to include a carcass ply that extends from one bead portion to another bead portion; a belt that is disposed at a tire radial direction outer side of the carcass, and that is formed by one sheet of belt ply in which plural cords that are disposed with an inclination of not more than 10° relative to a tire circumferential direction and extend around an entire tire circumference in the tire circumferential direction are coated with a rubber having a tensile modulus of elasticity in excess of 50 MPa, one end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cords being positioned at one end side in a width direction of the belt ply, and another end portion in the longitudinal direction of the cords being positioned at another end side in the width direction of the belt ply; and a tread that is disposed at a tire radial direction outer side of the belt.

Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion provided with zigzag circumferential grooves and lateral grooves so that hexagonal blocks are formed between the zigzag circumferential grooves. Corners of the hexagonal blocks adjacent to each other through the lateral grooves are partially chamfered to have chamfered parts, with respect to each of the lateral grooves, the chamfered part of the corner of the hexagonal block abutting on the lateral groove on one side in the tire circumferential direction is located in a different position in the longitudinal direction of the lateral groove than the chamfered part of the corner of the hexagonal block abutting on the lateral groove on the other side in the tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: A non directional pneumatic tire is provided for an agricultural irrigation system. The tire includes first and second side walls and a radially outer wall defining an internal inflation chamber. A non directional tread pattern is defined on the tire and includes a plurality of longitudinal protrusions positioned substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions are arranged in first and second rows extending from the first and second side walls toward and across the equatorial plane of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions of the first and second rows circumferentially alternate with each other and there is a circumferential spacing between adjacent longitudinal protrusions at the equatorial plane so that no portion of one longitudinal protrusion circumferentially coincides with or overlaps another.

Abstract: A vehicle tire, as a rubber member, includes, on at least a part of the surface thereof, a fine ridged/grooved structure formed via transfer from a mold and having fine ridged/grooved portions arranged at a constant arrangement pitch, wherein a region in which the fine ridged/grooved structure is provided is visually recognizable by a different structural color from the colors of other regions. The fine ridged/grooved structure is formed on a sidewall portion of the vehicle tire, and the region in which the fine ridged/grooved structure is provided is formed in a shape to display predetermined information.

Abstract: A rim guard of a tire has a top, an inner surface, and an outer surface. A contour of the inner surface is represented by a circular arc, and the circular arc has a radius of not less than 20 mm and not greater than 30 mm. A contour of the outer surface is represented by a circular arc, and the circular arc has a radius of not less than 100 mm and not greater than 500 mm. In a radial direction, a position of an outer edge of the outer surface coincides with a cross-sectional width specified position, or the outer edge of the outer surface is located outward of the cross-sectional width specified position.

Abstract: The various embodiments relate to pneumatic tires including a changing radius of curvature along a body ply that defines a tapering point of a bead assembly. The tires further include a reinforcement band and a body ply with a turn-up end. Various embodiments further relate to a bead assembly that tapers to a width at about 20 mm to 30 mm from the bottom of the bead assembly, such that the ratio of the tapered width to the width of the bead assembly at the widest point of the bead bundle is from about 0.3 to about 0.5. The bead assembly includes a first and a second bead filler where the volume of the first bead filler is from about 32% to about 44% of the bead filler.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions; a belt layer disposed on an outer circumferential side of the carcass layer; and a band-like sound absorbing member extending in a tire circumferential direction adhered to a region of a tire inner surface corresponding to a tread portion, the band-like sound absorbing member being locally disposed at a position distanced from a central region of the region corresponding to the tread portion, and an outer circumferential surface of the band-like sound absorbing member including cuts extending in the tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a fail-safe device, a tire pressure measurement system, a vehicle, a tire, a method and a computer program for monitoring a first sensor of a tire pressure monitoring system. The fail-safe device includes a first input for a first signal from the first sensor. The first signal indicates a first physical quantity. The fail-safe device includes a second input for a second signal from a second sensor. The second signal indicates a second physical quantity. The fail-safe device further includes a control module to verify the first signal based on the second signal and a physical relation between the first and the second physical quantities.

Abstract: A towing device for connecting an automatic guided vehicle to a carriage is disclosed. When connecting an automatic guided vehicle to a carriage, a swing arm is moved toward a connecting member by a moving device, whereby the swing arm is engaged with the connecting member to thereby regulate the swiveling (swinging) of the connecting member with respect to the automatic guided vehicle. Furthermore, after the automatic guided vehicle is connected to the carriage, the swing arm is moved in a direction away from the connecting member by the moving device, whereby the engagement between the swing arm and the connecting member is released, thereby allowing the connecting member to swivel (swing) with respect to the automatic guided vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a weight distribution tag trailer, having at least some of the following features: (a) a frame assembly, including beams and cross beams and side axle beams, (b) an axle coupled to the frame assembly, (c) shims for optional position between an axle assembly and the side axle beams to allow adjustment of load and balance (d) at least two wheels rotatably mounted to the axle, wherein at least one beam includes an end complementarily sized to be received by a vehicle receiver hitch assembly, and at least one other beam includes a clamp for coupling the beam to a cross frame of the vehicle receiver hitch.

Abstract: The invention is a system for optimizing a trailer path. The system includes an image sensor configured to capture images of a trailer attached to a tow vehicle, accelerometers that sense acceleration of at least one of the tow vehicle and the trailer, a data input device configured to receive input data, and a processing device. The processing device includes a processor and non-volatile memory. The processor is configured to receive image data from the image sensor, receive accelerometer data from the one or more accelerometers and receive the input data from the data input device. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine a trailer path based on the image data, accelerometer data, and the input data. The processor is also configured to communicate the trailer path to a user or vehicle control system, thereby prompting adjustments to the tow vehicle path and or acceleration when the trailer path is not optimum.

Abstract: A vehicle hitch assistance system includes comprising an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning device and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the imaging system and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle in a reverse direction to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, including by tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning device.

Abstract: The present invention is for a tow hitch insert assembly that allows for natural dangling and swinging motion of an elongated member from a trailer hitch. The elongated member can be of a variety of shapes and in one version is a replica of testicles. The elongated member is coupled to an insert tube main body by a rod that extends through the tow hitch insert assembly. Surrounding the rod are springs on each side, sandwiching the elongated member, which allows for oscillation of the elongated member within the tow hitch insert assembly. In another version, the elongated member is secured via a slotted plate, and the elongated member has a spheroid top wider than the slot of the slotted plate, which permits the elongated member to slide and rotate within the tow hitch insert assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a leaf spring 1 for a vehicle axle suspension, wherein the at least one spring arm 5 bordering on a clamping portion 2 is formed from a rod-shaped preliminary material 7, 8 by a rolling process. By the rolling process for shaping the leaf spring a preliminary material rod 7, 8 having a rounded cross-sectional geometry is rolled out to produce a rectangular cross-sectional geometry in the clamping portion 2 and in the at least one spring arm 5, and thus the portion of the preliminary material rod 7, 8 provided for forming the clamping portion 2 in the finished leaf spring 1 is also reshaped by the rolling process and as a result a rolled structure is also formed therein.

Abstract: A stabilizer includes: a stabilizer bar made of a pipe material; and a stabilizer link that couples the stabilizer bar and a suspension device. The stabilizer link includes a ball stud which includes a shaft portion inserted to and fixed in an opening end of the stabilizer bar and a ball portion formed at a leading end of the shaft portion, a housing which rotatably supports the ball portion, and a flexible dust cover which includes one end attached on the housing so as to be unmovable in a ball stud axis direction and the other end attached on at least either of the shaft portion and the stabilizer bar and which seals a space between the housing and the ball stud.

Abstract: A method of maintaining safe and breathable air in the interior cabin space of an occupied automobile or vehicle.

Abstract: A toggle button assembly for a human-machine interface (HMI). The toggle button assembly includes a circuit board. A first switch and a second switch are mounted to the circuit board. A toggle body is rotatable about a toggle body rotation axis. A first switch actuator is between the toggle body and the first switch, and a second switch actuator is between the toggle body and the second switch. Upon actuation of the toggle body from a center position to a first position, the toggle body rotates about the toggle body rotation axis and presses the first switch actuator against the first switch to actuate the first switch. Upon actuation of the toggle body from the center position to a second position, the toggle body rotates about the toggle body rotation axis and presses the second switch actuator against the second switch to actuate the second switch.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a heat pump air-conditioning system and an electric vehicle. The system includes a HVAC assembly, a compressor, and an outdoor heat exchanger. The HVAC assembly includes an indoor condenser, an indoor evaporator, and a damper mechanism. The damper mechanism selectively opens ventilation channels of the indoor condenser and/or the indoor evaporator. An outlet of the compressor communicates to an inlet of the indoor condenser. An outlet of the indoor condenser communicates to an inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger selectively through a first throttle branch or a first through-flow branch. An outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger communicates to an inlet of the indoor evaporator selectively through a second throttle branch or a second through-flow branch. Both an outlet of the indoor evaporator, the outlet of the indoor condenser, and the outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger communicate to an inlet of the compressor.

Abstract: A hanger for securing an HVAC fluid line to a vehicle includes a rigid wire having a first end and a second end. The first end is formed to define a first aperture configured to receive a first fastener to couple the first end to the vehicle. The second end is configured to support the HVAC fluid line in a desired orientation.