Abstract: A coating device includes a coating member, a nip forming member, a pair of conveying members, and circuitry. The nip forming member forms a coating nip together with the coating member. The pair of conveying members is opposed each other to nip and convey a recording medium to the coating nip. The circuitry is configured to cause the pair of conveying members to release nipping of the recording medium at timing when a leading end of the recording medium reaches the coating nip.

Abstract: A printer includes a platen including a loading surface on which a target printing medium is loaded and in which through holes are formed, a printing unit performing printing on the target printing medium, a platen stand on which the platen is loaded, the platen stand including air chambers communicating with the through holes, communication tubes that individually communicate with the air chambers, an air blower configured to suck and exhaust air in the air chambers, and suction opening/closing valves individually provided in the communication tubes, the suction opening/closing valves configured to open and close communication between the air blower and the plurality of air chambers. The plurality of air chambers are provided at different positions adjacent to one another in a length direction and a width direction of the target printing medium loaded on the loading surface.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, including: a head holder; a platen roller; a first support shaft; a roller holder; a moving mechanism configured to move the roller holder; and a biasing member configured to bias the roller holder in an inclined direction inclined with respect to a first direction which is substantially orthogonal to a conveyance direction and in which the roller faces a thermal head toward a second direction side, the second direction opposite to the conveyance direction, wherein, in a state in which the roller holder is located at a pressing position, the roller is held in contact with the head while receiving a biasing force in the first direction from the biasing member, and a first contact portion of the roller holder is held in contact with the head holder in the second direction while receiving a biasing force in the second direction from the biasing member.

Abstract: A printer includes a platen roller that feeds recording paper supplied through a first opening toward a second opening through which the recording paper is ejected, a recording head that prints information on the recording paper, and an attachment part to which a recording paper guide that guides the recording paper or a holder that supports a roll of the recording paper is detachably attached.

Abstract: A system and method for printing includes a transfer belt configured to transfer toner from a photoconductive drum of a toner-based printer to a paper. A transfer platen positions at least a portion of the transfer belt to be in proximity to a photoconductive drum. For color printing, a transfer platen is associated with a corresponding photoconductive drum for each distinct color of toner. The transfer platen is shaped to improve the transfer of toner from the photoconductive drum to the transfer belt. The transfer platen is substantially fixed in a non-rotatable position. The transfer platen includes electrically conductive foam. The transfer platen includes a low friction conductive top layer over the electrically conductive foam.

Abstract: A controller controls first print timings in respective first print mechanisms of a first printer based on a first pulse signal outputted from a first encoder and controls second print timings in respective second print mechanisms of a second printer based on a second pulse signal outputted from a second encoder.

Abstract: To provide a spindle supporting a roll body on which a sheet-shaped medium is wound and rotationally driving the roll body. The spindle includes a shaft member to be inserted into the roll body, a gear fixed on a tip side of the shaft member in an axial direction, a spacer member contacting both of the shaft member and the gear, and a coupling member coupling the shaft member to the gear. In the axial direction of the shaft member, a contact area of the spacer member and the gear is larger than a contact area of the shaft member and the spacer member. The gear is coupled to the coupling member in the axial direction and the shaft member is coupled to the coupling member in an intersecting direction intersecting the axial direction.

Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a transporting unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a winding unit disposed on a downstream side of the transporting unit in the transport direction and configured to wind the medium, a recording head disposed between the transporting unit and the winding unit and configured to discharge ink onto the medium positioned in a discharge range, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium positioned in the discharge range, and a medium guide unit disposed on a downstream side of the medium supporting unit in the transport direction, and heated by a heater, and moreover including a curved portion curved in a direction away from the recording head, wherein the curved portion includes a curved portion side convex portion group including curved portion side convex portions projecting in a direction approaching the recording head and arranged in an X direction.

Abstract: To provide a fastening member configured to fasten a hollow member including a first wall and a second wall, the first wall and the second wall each other, and another member having a screw hole. The fastening member includes a bolt having a screw portion to be inserted through a second hole provided on the second wall and to be screwed into the screw hole, and a case to be inserted into a first hole provided on the first wall, the case being configured to accommodate the bolt. While the case is inserted into the first hole, a tool used for a task of fastening the bolt is inserted into the case from a side of the first wall opposite to the other side of the first wall facing the second wall.

Abstract: A head module includes a base, a plurality of heads mounted on the base, a plurality of wiring members connected to the plurality of heads, the plurality of wiring members mounting a plurality of drive circuits, respectively, and a heat dissipation member thermally coupled to the plurality of drive circuits. The heat dissipation member is disposed facing the plurality of heads and the base, and the heat dissipation member contacts the base at a position between adjacent heads of the plurality of heads.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium; a flow path including a blowout port and an intake port, the blowout port being configured to send gas toward the medium from an upper side of the printing unit in a vertical direction, the intake port being configured to take in outside air; a blower unit arranged in the flow path and configured to generate a gas flow passing from the intake port toward the blowout port; and a housing configured to contain the printing unit and the blower unit and form the flow path. The flow path includes a vertical portion between the intake port and the blower unit where the gas flows in a direction against the gravity.

Abstract: An ink jet type printer includes a recording head that performs recording on a paper sheet by ejecting ink, a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction while supporting the recording head, and a power supply unit that supplies electricity to driving targets including a driving source of the carriage and the recording head. The power supply unit is disposed such that at least a part thereof overlaps with a moving region of the carriage on an upper side.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head is provided in which heat of a heat sink is less apt to transfer to a head body. The liquid discharge head includes a head body having a discharge hole for discharging a liquid therethrough, a driver IC configured to control driving of the head body, a casing which is disposed on the head body and has openings on a side surface of the casing, and a heat sink which is disposed on the openings of the casing and configured to dissipate heat generated in the driver IC, and a thermal insulation part disposed between the heat sink and the head body. This makes it possible to reduce the likelihood that the heat of the heat sink transfers to the head body.

Abstract: A commodity-data processing apparatus includes a housing, a printer unit mounted in the housing and movable between a housed position at which the printer unit fits in a printer housing space and a drawn-out position, and a controller. The printer unit includes a cover that is movable between a closed position and an open position when the printer unit is at the drawn-out position and not movable between the closed position and the open position when the printer unit is at the housed position. The controller is configured to determine whether the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, determine whether or not the printer unit is ready for printing, upon determining that the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, and enable receipt printing by the printing unit, upon determining that the printer unit is ready for printing.

Abstract: A controller: generates a first corrected pulse signal by correcting a received first pulse signal or generate a second corrected pulse signal by correcting a received second pulse signal, based on a difference value between a first rotation cycle of a first roller and a second rotation cycle of a second roller such that a difference between a first pulse cycle of the received first pulse signal and a second pulse cycle of the received second pulse signal is reduced; upon generating the first corrected pulse signal, controls first print timings in respective first print mechanisms of a first printer based on the generated first corrected pulse signal; and upon generating the second corrected pulse signal, controls second print timings in respective second print mechanisms of a second printer based on the generated second corrected pulse signal.

Abstract: A nozzle operating situation checking method for inkjet printing apparatus which perform printing by dispensing ink droplets from a printing head having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a transverse direction of a printing medium. The method includes the following steps: a step of printing a testing chart; a step of reading the testing chart downstream of the printing head; a step of extracting grid boxes; a step of deriving a standard width from width sizes; a step of detecting a box having a width size equal to or larger than a corrected standard width by comparing the width sizes of the respective boxes with the corrected standard width; and a step of determining that a missing nozzle exists upon detection of the box having a width size equal to or larger than the corrected standard width.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transfer material for the dye sublimation transfer method (sublimation paper) for printing an inkjet print image, comprising a substrate and an ink receiving layer, which layer contains a pigment and a binding agent, on the front face of the transfer material, the ink receiving layer being porous and thermoplastic particles being arranged on the ink receiving layer. The porous ink receiving layer, together with the thermoplastic particles arranged thereon, have an air permeance according to Bendtsen of greater than 100 ml/min and the thermoplastic particles have a diameter of 0.3 ?m to 5 ?m and a melting point of 60° C. to 170° C.

Abstract: A glass plate with an identification mark and a process for forming an identification mark on a glass plate are configured such that the identification mark includes a plurality of first openings, each of the first openings further includes a plurality of second openings, each of which has a smaller area than each of the first openings, and each of the second openings is formed in a substantially circular shape having a radius of at least 0.05 mm and at most 0.3 mm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Sublimation thermal transfer sheet capable of coping with high-speed printers, securing desired densities, and further excellent in the lightfastness and the durability of the print, and a combination of the Sublimation thermal transfer sheet and a transfer receiving article. In the Sublimation thermal transfer sheet provided with at least a yellow colorant layer, a magenta colorant layer, and a cyan colorant layer provided in this order on a substrate, as being frame sequentially, predetermined colorants are contained in predetermined contents in the yellow colorant layer and the magenta colorant layer.

Abstract: The ink jet recording method according to the invention is characterized by that at least one of an ink and a surface treatment agent contains a resin that melts or softens at a fixing temperature by heat treatment; the surface treatment agent contains at least two kinds of particles different in particle size that do not melt at the fixing temperature; the particles contain first particles and second particles having a particle size larger than that of the first particles; and the second particles have a particle size falling within a range of more than 50 nm to less than 110 nm.

Abstract: A combination shipping label and greeting card in which the entire printable surface of the greeting card is exposed and customizably printable by the shipper to include both shipping information as well as a customizable logo or photo and a personalized greeting selected by the sender if desired, all of which can be printed by the shipper utilizing a conventional laser printer for example. The back of the greeting card portion may be pre-printed with the shipper's or sender's general information or any other information the shipper/sender feels is desirable such as advertising or the like.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a security device is provided. The method comprises providing a substrate, the substrate having opposing first and second surfaces and a relief structure formed in the first surface of the substrate. A reflection enhancing layer is applied over the first surface of the substrate such that the reflection enhancing layer at least partially overlaps the relief structure and such that a first region of the first surface of the substrate does not have the reflection enhancing layer. An absorber layer is applied over the reflection enhancing layer such that the absorber layer at least partially overlaps the reflection enhancing layer and the relief structure where the reflection enhancing layer and the relief structure overlap each other, and such that the absorber layer at least partially overlaps the first region of the first surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid having an absorption ability in a near infrared region, a clear contrast, and applicable to offset printing, and a method for producing the same, an anti-counterfeit ink composition using the near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid and an anti-counterfeit printed matter using near infrared absorbing fine particles. Also provided are a near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid containing a solvent of one or more kinds selected from petroleum-based solvents; near infrared absorbing fine particles in an amount of 2 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less, selected from one or more kinds of hexaboride fine particles expressed by a general formula XBa, and a dispersant soluble in the solvent and having a fatty acid in its structure, and an anti-counterfeit ink composition containing the near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid.

Abstract: A tab system for a folder (10a), and a method of making same is disclosed. The tab is enlarged to carry more information/indicia. The visual indicia space (16a), i.e. the viewable space on the front (32a, 36a) of the folder which allows viewing of the enlarged tab is achieve without violating the overall size restrictions (40a) of the file folder. Instead, the front of the folder adjacent to the tab on the back panel, is cut away (32a,34a) to expose a greater portion of the back panel (14a) and allow an increase in visual indicia space. The remaining portion of the front panel, not adjacent to the tab may also be cut away (34a) to allow other enlarged tab files, with offset tabs, (22d, 21a) to be viewable behind the present file.

Abstract: In a pencil lead manufactured through a baking step regardless of being a black lead or a colored lead, the mechanical strength of the pencil lead is further increased by coating a surface thereof with a resin. A pencil lead includes a baked lead body whose surface is covered by a covering layer made of resin that has a scratch hardness of HB or greater. The scratch hardness of the resin as a subject resin is defined as a lowest hardness index of a tester pencil that is able to form an indentation on a surface of a horizontal flat plate coated with a 5-?m thick film of the subject resin, when the surface is scratched by the tester pencil being pressed onto the surface at an angle of 45° with a load of 7.355 N.

Abstract: A graphical heat transfer printing structure contains: a flexible layer, an adhesion layer, and a fluff layer. The flexible layer is made of flexible materials, and the adhesion layer is made of adhesive flexible material and covers on a top of the flexible layer. Furthermore, the fluff layer is defined between the flexible layer and the adhesion layer, and the fluff layer includes multiple fluffs flocked on the flexible layer and into the adhesion layer.

Abstract: A tool intended for imprinting a texture on a coating, in particular a coating applied to a wall, a floor or a ceiling, including a mat having a front face including a working surface with a texture intended to come into contact with the coating, and a holding system. The working surface has a general curvature in at least a first rocking direction, and the holding system comprises at least one first holding zone and one second holding zone spaced in said first rocking direction, whereby the tool can be rocked on the coating by application of a varying force to the first and second holding zones.

Abstract: An anti-skid arrangement for a vehicle is disclosed. The anti-skid arrangement includes a friction wheel including a hub and a ring arranged around the hub, and a chain plate attached to the hub, wherein the chain plate includes several chains intended to be thrown under the tire in order to increase friction between the tire and the ground. The hub includes two parts clamping the ring. Further, an inner side of the ring is provided with grooves extending in a tangential direction along the ring and facing each hub part, and the two parts are provided with protrusions engaging the grooves. The engagement between the tangential grooves and the protrusions in the hub will secure the ring firmly, even when the tread of the ring is worn down.

Abstract: An anti-skid arrangement including a friction wheel with several chains intended to be thrown under a tire in order to increase friction between the tire and the ground, and an operating arm rotatably connected to the friction wheel, wherein the operating arm is adapted to be connected to the vehicle and to bring the friction wheel into frictional engagement with the tire. The anti-skid arrangement also includes a protective member having an inner part arranged around a rotation axis of the friction wheel and between the friction wheel and the operating arm, and an outer part with two side walls abutting against opposite sides of the operating arm. The protective member prevents the chains from getting stuck between the friction wheel and the operating arm, and is simple to produce.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire with an annular body of resilient elastomeric material comprises circumferential web members supported by a plurality of circumferentially spaced crossed spoke pairs. The thickness and angle of the spokes in each crossed spoke pair varies.

Abstract: A wheel and tire assembly includes a plurality of support elements for supporting part of a load of a vehicle and an annular shear band extending circumferentially around the support elements. The band has a radially inner circumferential membrane, a radially outer circumferential membrane, and a shear layer interconnecting the inner membrane and the outer membrane. The shear layer has a plurality of closed cells for controlling shear deflection between the inner membrane and the outer membrane.

Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles, which can prevent a reduction in the strength of the steel cord caused by twisting steel filaments, and a tire and a crawler using the steel cord. Provided is a steel cord 1 for reinforcing rubber articles formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands 3 are twisted around a core strand 2, and the core strand 2 comprises: a core composed of two core filaments 2a aligned in parallel without being twisted; and at least one sheath composed of a plurality of sheath filaments 2b twisted around the core, and a diameter dc of the core filament 2a and a diameter ds of the sheath filament 2b satisfy the following expression (1): dc<ds ??(1) and the tensile strength T (MPa) of the core filament 2a satisfies the relationship represented by the following expression (2): T<3650?17000×(dc?0.15)2 ??(2).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are vehicle tires including a carcass with at least one body ply, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, and a belt component comprising a steel cord-containing ply positioned radially between the tread and the carcass. The steel cord-containing ply comprises rubber reinforced with steel warp cords having a specified diameter and EASL. Also disclosed is a vehicle tire containing two belt components comprising a steel cord-containing ply, each belt component positioned radially between the tread and the carcass.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are vehicle tires including a tread, a carcass with at least one body ply, and a single steel cord-containing belt ply positioned radially inward of the tread and radially outward of the carcass. The single steel cord-containing belt ply comprises rubber reinforced with steel warp cords bi-axially woven with steel weft cords and have a specified bi-axial angle. Also disclosed is a vehicle tire containing the single steel cord-containing belt ply wherein the belt ply includes pick cords connecting the steel warp cords and steel weft cords.

Abstract: Crown reinforcement of an aircraft tire with improved mechanical strength in order to increase the burst pressure of the tire, during a standard pressure test. An aircraft tire comprises a working reinforcement made up of a strip (5) wound continuously in a zigzag, from a starting end (51) to an ending end (52), in a circumferential direction (XX?) of the tire, along a periodic curve (7) forming a non-zero angle A with the circumferential direction (XX?) of the tire and in an equatorial plane (XZ) of the tire. The starting end (51) and the ending end (52) of the strip (5) are positioned axially at a distance (DI, DF) at most equal to 0.25 times the axial width WT of the working reinforcement from an axial end (E1, E2) of the working reinforcement.

Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion including a tread rubber. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber. 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber. Loss tangent (tan ?c) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan ?b) of the base rubber. The tread surface includes a crown region centered on a tyre equator and a pair of shoulder regions located axially outwardly of the crown region, and a thickness of the cap rubber in the crown region is greater than a thickness of the cap rubber in each of the shoulder regions.

Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a belt layer and a tread rubber disposed radially outwardly of the belt layer. The belt layer includes steel cords oriented along a tyre circumferential direction. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber, wherein 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber, and loss tangent (tan ?c) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan ?b) of the base rubber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, and more particularly, to a pneumatic tire having an improved decoupling groove in a shoulder. The pneumatic tire including a tread (100), a sidewall (200), and a bead (300) includes one or more side ring decoupling grooves (400) formed along the circumference of the tire at an upper portion of the sidewall (200), and the side ring decoupling grooves (400) are formed in a direction parallel with the ground coming into contact with the tire while the tire runs.

Abstract: A tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. Each of the plurality extends continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The plurality of circumferential grooves defining a circumferentially extending main rib and a circumferentially extending curtain rib axially separated by a curtain groove. The curtain groove having an axial width between 4% and 40% of a minimum axial width of a main groove of the plurality of circumferential grooves. The main groove is disposed axially opposite the curtain groove and adjacent to the curtain rib.

Abstract: A tyre for winter comprises a tread portion 2 having a first tread edge (Te1) and a second tread edge (Te2) and sipes 40 provided in at least a part of the tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 is provided with a plurality of first oblique grooves (10A) each extending obliquely from the first tread edge (Te1) toward the second tread edge (Te2). Each of the first oblique grooves (10A) has an inner end (10a) terminating between a tyre equator (C) and the second tread edge (Te2). The inner end (10a) is not connected with other grooves.

Abstract: The invention includes a tire tread having one or more lateral discontinuities (26), each discontinuity extending into the tread thickness along a non-linear path. The lateral discontinuity extends from a first terminal end (40) to a second terminal end (42), the first terminal end being located closest to an outer, ground-engaging side relative to the second terminal end. The non-linear path can be described as extending from a first portion (A1, A2, A3), to an intermediate portion (B1), and then to a third portion (C1) when extending towards the second terminal end. The first portion has a low average inclination angle, the intermediate portion has a negative average inclination angle, and the third portion has a positive average inclination angle, each angle being measured relative to the depthwise direction of the tread. A positive angle is angled in the direction of intended tire rotation (R) as the tread thickness extends outward towards the outer, ground-engaging side.

Abstract: A tire includes first and second laterally spaced sides and a tread interposed between the first and second sides. The tread includes a tread surface having at least one groove therein, the at least one groove including facing, first and second sidewalls separated by a groove bottom surface. A first pocket region of recessed serrations extends over at least a portion of the first sidewall and a second pocket region of recessed serrations extends over at least a portion of the second sidewall. The serrations of the first and second pocket regions are staggered in a circumferential direction relative to one another.

Abstract: A mark indicating portion provided on a sidewall portion includes a reference surface provided on a surface of the sidewall portion and marks formed on the reference surface. A surface of each mark is inclined with respect to the reference surface in a direction in which a height thereof increases from one side to the other side in a tyre radial direction.

Abstract: A mark indicating portion comprises a reference surface provided on a surface of a sidewall portion and marks formed on the reference surface. A surface of each of the marks is inclined with respect to the reference surface in a direction in which a height thereof increases from one side to the other side in a tyre circumferential direction.

Abstract: A mark indicating portion arranged on a sidewall portion is provided with a reference surface provided on a surface of the sidewall portion and a mark formed on the reference surface. A surface of the mark is inclined in a tyre circumferential direction. Further, the mark is provided with a concave portion in which the surface is lower than the reference surface and a convex portion in which the surface is higher than the reference surface. The concave portion is arranged on one side in the tyre circumferential direction and the convex portion is arranged on the other side in the tyre circumferential direction.

Abstract: A mark indicating portion 3 provided on a sidewall portion 2 comprises a reference surface (x) provided on a surface (2s) of the sidewall portion 2 and marks 4 formed on the reference surface (x). A surface of each mark 4 includes a first inclined surface portion 11 having a height from the reference surface (x) increasing outwardly in a tyre radial direction from an inner end (E1) in the tyre radial direction, and a second inclined surface portion 12 having a height from the reference surface (x) increasing inwardly in the tyre radial direction from an outer end (E2) in the tyre radial direction.

Abstract: one or more marks provided on a reference surface has an edging portion forming an outer edge of the or each mark and a mark main portion arranged inside the edging portion. A surface of the edging portion is inclined with respect to the reference surface in a direction in which a height thereof from the reference surface increases from one side to the other side in a tyre radial direction. A surface of the mark main portion is inclined with respect to the reference surface in an opposite direction to the surface of the edging portion.

Abstract: At least a part of a surface of at least one mark provided on a surface of a sidewall portion is provided with a serration portion in which a plurality of ridges is arranged in parallel. Each of the ridges has a triangular or trapezoidal cross section taken perpendicular to a length direction thereof having a first oblique side and a second oblique side, and an angle of the first oblique side with respect to a reference surface is different from an angle of the second oblique side with respect to the reference surface.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a recessed portion or a projecting portion formed on a side portion so as to constitute a mark, and a colored portion formed in at least a part of a periphery along an outer edge of the mark.

Abstract: A visual flow indicator provided on a tire inflation system air hose or rotary union housing.