Patents Issued in December 19, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190381751
    Abstract: A tool assembly includes a first piece, a second piece, and a fastener. The first piece has a first joint portion including a top surface and at least a first interlock surface. The second piece has a second joint portion configured to interlock with the first joint portion. The second joint portion includes a top surface and at least a second interlock surface that is complementary to the first interlock surface. The fastener extends through the first and second joint portions. The first interlock surface and the top surface of the first joint portion form an obtuse angle corner and the second interlock surface and the top surface of the second joint portion form an acute angle corner. The first interlock surface is configured to contact the second interlock surface to inhibit relative movement between the first piece and the second piece along a longitudinal axis of the tool assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Matlack, Dylan E. Polus
  • Publication number: 20190381752
    Abstract: A process includes: supplying a main resin from outer and inner flow channel, to a joined flow channel at a predetermined supply velocity for a predetermined time; supplying a second resin from a middle flow channel to the joined flow channel simultaneously with the main resin at a predetermined supply velocity for a certain time within the predetermined time; and sliding a shut-off pin to bring the pin forefront to a predetermined position near an outlet of the inner flow channel, open to the joined flow channel, before the second resin is supplied, or during a time starting after a time from the start of the second resin supply and ending with the termination of the supply, so that the velocity of main resin supply from the inner flow channel to the joined flow channel is reduced to a predetermined level by adjusting the degree of aperture for the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi CHIBA, Kazuhiko SHIMIZU, Hiroshi HOSOKOSHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190381753
    Abstract: A multilayer-type sheet processing apparatus includes processing units. Each of the processing units includes first guide members extending in an X-direction, first moving bodies arranged on the first guide members, second guide members supported to the first moving bodies and extending in a Y-direction, second moving bodies arranged on the second guide members, Y-drive mechanisms configured to drive the second moving bodies along the second guide members, work areas each arranged in a plane including the X- and Y-directions, and tools, which are arranged in the second moving bodies to be able to move close to and separate away from the work areas, and are each configured to form a processing line on a sheet arranged on a work area. The first moving body that is moved by the X-drive mechanism and the first moving bodies of the other units are coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Masanori FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20190381754
    Abstract: Punched and incised portions can be formed properly, in which it is not necessary to replace an anvil depending on a type of a sheet material. A punching unit 51 comprises: a punching blade 50 for punching a first panel material 11, a second panel material 12, an open tape and a mounting base portion so as to form a punching portion; a incising portion 51 for incising the second panel material 12 and the mounting base portion disposed on the open tape so as to form a incising portion; and an adjusting portion 54 for adjusting a first gap 56 in a punching direction 5Z between edges 50A and 51A of the punching and incising blades 50 and 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Tomohiko SEMBO, Takahiro MOTODA
  • Publication number: 20190381755
    Abstract: To provide a foldable structure to which stiffness is imparted so that non-uniform extension and contraction is inhibited even when each surface is formed of a flexible material, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device of the foldable structure, and a non-transitory computer-readable computer medium storing a program. A foldable structure including at least two tubular structures in which the two tubular structures include a shared surface array which is continuous shared surfaces shared by each other, and a twisting characteristic in the shared surface array of one tubular structure is in a direction opposite to that of the twisting characteristic in the shared surface array of the other tubular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro TACHI, Yasushi YAMAGUCHI, Evgueni T. Filipov, Glaucio H. Paulino
  • Publication number: 20190381756
    Abstract: A corrugating roll unit conveyance apparatus includes a mounting base having a first accommodation part for accommodating a corrugating roll unit to be removed and a second accommodation part for accommodating a corrugating roll unit to be installed; and a movement device for moving the mounting base to a first replacement position at which the first accommodation part faces the existing corrugating roll unit, a second replacement position at which the second accommodation part faces a space from which the existing corrugating roll unit has been removed, and a retracted position separated from the first replacement position and the second replacement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Takashi NITTA
  • Publication number: 20190381757
    Abstract: The name of the invention: One-way membrane with a barrier protection, which ensures the function of permeability even in the case of contradirectional mechanical pressure, and the method of its manufacture. The invention relates to a single-layer or multilayer membrane (1) with through apertures (2), whose face layer (1) is connected with thin flexible plastic or rubber segments (3) overlapping the apertures (2) and allowing the air or fluid to flow only in the direction from the underside layer (12) of the membrane (1) to the face layer (11) of the membrane (1), as check valves/flaps in the number of up to 30 pieces per 1 cm2. It further relates to the method of manufacturing the membrane (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michal Sorm, Daniel Matak
  • Publication number: 20190381758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer composite, comprising at least three superimposed plies of fibre composite which are defined relative to one another as two outer plies of fibre composite and at least one inner ply of fibre composite, wherein each of these at least three plies of fibre composite comprises endless fibres, the endless fibres being unidirectionally aligned within the respective ply and embedded in a polycarbonate-based plastic, wherein the polycarbonate is selected from homopolycarbonate or copolycarbonate, the inner plies of fibre composite essentially have the same orientation and their orientation relative to the outer plies of fibre composite is rotated by 30° to 90°, wherein the orientation of a ply of fibre composite is determined by the orientation of the unidirectionally aligned fibres present therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas GRIMM, Ulrich GROSSER
  • Publication number: 20190381759
    Abstract: Disclosed are a laminate having a laminated structure of five or more layers wherein each layer is a resin impregnated fiber reinforced composition layer in which fibers are oriented unidirectionally, the resin in the resin impregnated fiber reinforced composition layer is an olefin-based polymer having the melting point or the glass-transition temperature of 50 to 300° C., and the shape of the laminate can be easily controlled by melt press molding; and a tape winding pipe excellent in balance between bending rigidity and compressive rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeharu ISAKI, Kiyoshi UZAWA, Junichi ISHIKAWA, Kazuaki KIKUCHI, Shigeki IWATA
  • Publication number: 20190381760
    Abstract: A radome includes a laminated structure (42) in the form of a stack of composite layers (44, 46, 48, 50), each composite layer (44, 46, 48, 50) including a fibrous reinforcement mixed with an organic matrix. The composite layers includes at least one high-permittivity layer (44, 50), including a structural layer (44), and a plurality of low-permittivity layers (46, 48), including two covering layers (46, 48) sandwiching the structural layer (44) between them, each of the covering layers (46, 48) having a lower thickness to the thickness of the structural layer (44). In each low-permittivity layer (46, 48), the fibrous reinforcement includes a majority of polyolefin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Olivier CALVO PEREZ, Benoit BERTON
  • Publication number: 20190381761
    Abstract: The present disclosed relates to a decoration element and a method for preparing the decoration element. decoration element has dichroism expressing different colors depending on a viewing direction, and has improved visibility of the dichroism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eun Byurl CHO, Yong Chan KIM, Jeong Woo SHON, Pilsung JO, Nansra HEO, Jin Suk SONG, Sangcholl HAN, Song Ho JANG, Ki Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20190381762
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body having excellent blue light blocking properties without affecting the color tone of displayed images. Provided is an optical layered body having a structure including: a substrate; and one or two or more functional layers on at least one surface of the substrate, the optical layered body having a spectral transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of lower than 1%, a spectral transmittance at a wavelength of 410 nm of lower than 10%, and a spectral transmittance at a wavelength of 440 nm of 70% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kana YAMAMOTO, Takanori HAMADA, Masataka NAKASHIMA, Takahisa NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20190381763
    Abstract: Provided is a graphite composite film that is capable of attaining both a measure against heat and a measure against electromagnetic noise and that has excellent high-frequency electromagnetic wave shielding performance. The graphite composite film is configured to include a graphite layer, a first electrically conductive adhesive layer, a first metal layer containing a first metal, and a second metal layer containing a second metal disposed in this order. With an arithmetic average roughness of a surface on a first electrically conductive adhesive layer-disposed side of the first metal layer defined as Ra1 and an arithmetic average roughness of a surface of the second metal layer opposite from a surface on a first metal layer-disposed side of the second metal layer defined as Ra2, at least one of the Ra1 or the Ra2 is less than or equal to 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: YASUHIRO TSUDA, JUNICHIRO HIRATSUKA, CHIHIRO SATOU
  • Publication number: 20190381764
    Abstract: Provided is a hot dip aluminized steel material including a base steel and a hot-dip Al—Si-coated layer, wherein the surface layer of the base steel is provided with an Al-enriched layer in which 2 wt % to 20 wt % of Al is solid-solubilized, and an interface between the base steel and the hot-dip Al—Si-coated layer has a double-layer structured interfacial alloy layer having different hardnesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ki-Cheol KANG, Hyeon-Seok HWANG, Yon-Kyun SONG, Il-Jeong PARK
  • Publication number: 20190381765
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a steel sheet as a base metal and a coating layer, in which the coating layer includes a Ni—Co alloy coating layer, a Ni—Fe alloy layer, and a Ni layer, in the coating layer, a total adhesion amount of Co is 0.2 g/m2 to 2.3 g/m2, and a total adhesion amount of Ni is 8.9 g/m2 or more, the Ni layer has a thickness of 0.3 ?m to 3.0 ?m, an atomic concentration of Co on a surface of the Ni—Co alloy coating layer is 20 at % to 70 at %, and a Co concentration gradient y in the coating layer in a depth direction is 50 mass %/?m to 400 mass %/?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru SAITO, Takehiro TAKAHASHI, Kiyokazu ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20190381766
    Abstract: A laminated glass comprising an outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet, and an intermediate layer between the outer and inner glass sheets. The intermediate layer has a first busbar, a second busbar, and heating wires connecting the first and second busbars, and a sheet-like substrate supporting the heating wires. The intermediate layer further comprises an adhesive layer. A distance from a centre of the wires to a surface the outer glass sheet and a distance from the centre of the wires to a surface the inner glass sheet being different; and a distance from the centre of the wires to the inside surface of the outer glass sheet and a distance from the centre of the wires to the outside surface of the inner glass sheet being different, and the adhesive layer thickness or the substrate thickness, whichever is smaller, is not more than 400 micrometres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: Pilkington Group Limited, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Leigh Francis MELLOR, Mark Andrew CHAMBERLAIN, Graham SIDDONS, Ryohei OGAWA, Kazuki CHIBA, Hisashi OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190381767
    Abstract: A laminated glazing includes one or two plies of 0.5 to 12 mm thickness, and one or more structural plies of 3 to 20 mm thickness, wherein at least that face of at least one ply of 0.5 to 12 mm thickness which is oriented toward the one or more structural plies and/or at least one face of the latter includes an electrically conductive layer of thickness comprised between 2 and 1600 nm, except on at least one ablation line, the edges of this line having no hem, and their average slope being at most equal to 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Vincent LEGOIS, Vincent RACHET, Thomas TONDU
  • Publication number: 20190381768
    Abstract: A process for preparing a laminated glazing comprises providing a first glass sheet formed into a desired shape with a first thickness by a first procedure and providing a second glass sheet formed into a desired shape with a second thickness by a second procedure with an interlayer located therebetween, and laminating together the first and second glass sheets and the interlayer at a temperature and pressure sufficient to adhere the interlayer material to the glass sheets and in which the process further comprises applying a mould which is shaped substantially the same as the first glass sheet, against the second glass sheet, during laminating to adhere the interlayer material to the two glass sheets such that after lamination, the shape of the second glass sheet is substantially the same as the shape of the first glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventors: Peter PAULUS, Joachim PILZ, Neil John DURBIN
  • Publication number: 20190381769
    Abstract: The invention relates to multilayer oxide ceramic bodies and in particular presintered multilayer oxide ceramic blanks and oxide ceramic green bodies, which comprise at least two different layers and are suitable for dental applications, wherein at least one layer contains La2O3 and the at least two different layers differ in their content of La2O3. These bodies can be thermally densified by further sintering without distortion and are therefore particularly suitable for the production of dental restorations. The invention also relates to a process for the production of such multilayer oxide ceramic bodies as well as a process for the production of dental restorations using the multilayer oxide ceramic bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Jörg Reinshagen, Henning Meyhöfer
  • Publication number: 20190381770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered, flexible, flat semi-finished product or component with a segment-like surface and a method for its manufacture, as well as a multidimensionally curved moulded part made therefrom and a method for the manufacture of such a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: C. H. Müller GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp PORST, Roman RINBERG, Lothar KROLL, Sebastian IWAN, Wolfgang NENDEL
  • Publication number: 20190381771
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include multilayer films having a cling layer and a release layer, wherein the cling layer comprises a carrier resin having a crystallinity ranging from 10% to 30%; and from 0.5 to 50.0 wt. % of a block composite or a specified block composite comprising (i) an ethylene-based copolymer, (ii) an alpha-olefin-based copolymer, and (iii) a block copolymer including an ethylene-based soft block that has a same composition as the ethylene-based copolymer of the block composite or specified block composite and an alpha-olefin-based hard block that has a same composition as the alpha-olefin-based copolymer of the block composite or specified block composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Paul DUMONT, Shaun PARKINSON, Yushan HU
  • Publication number: 20190381772
    Abstract: Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin that includes residues of an aldehyde other than n-butyraldehyde are provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers can exhibit enhanced or optimized properties as compared to those formulated with comparable poly(vinyl n-butyral) resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Yinong Ma, Nandan Ukidwe
  • Publication number: 20190381773
    Abstract: Provided are a resin molded body and applications thereof. The resin molded body includes a resin layer containing a resin and a compound represented by Formula (1), and on at least one surface of the resin layer, a protective layer that contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of urethane resin, acrylic resin, and polysiloxane. In Formula (1), Het1 represents a divalent 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic residue. Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd each independently represent a hetero atom, and Ya, Yb, Yc, Yd, Ye, and Yf each independently represent a hetero atom or a carbon atom. A ring bonded to Het1 may have a double bond at any position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takehiro KASAHARA, Yuki NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190381774
    Abstract: In order to provide an extremely cost-advantageous laminated white film for use as a recording material that is an information printing medium in place of paper such as copy paper, proposed is a laminated white film having a functional layer comprising an antistatic agent on at least one surface of a polyester film having an apparent density of 0.7 to 1.3 g/cm3 and a thickness of 10 to 1000 ?m, wherein the polyester film comprises a polyester-incompatible polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetaka Kimura, Keita Kawanami, Taishi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20190381775
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems disclosed herein relate to the application of a protective film on a surface of an electronic device that instantly reduces air bubbles and eliminates the waiting time usually required when using a wet fluid solution. In one embodiment, a flange may be configured to couple to the protective film. The flange may aid in the accurate application of the protective film to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shraddha Patel, Charlie LaColla, Vivian Chou
  • Publication number: 20190381776
    Abstract: A composite image heat transfer is disclosed for use on specific merchandising articles, sports jerseys, or other apparel for a specific sport. A scannable mark would be embedded in a heat transfer positioned on a sports jersey, such as a jersey number or a club crest. The scannable mark would be scanned by a user to provide stats, personal information, or other information about the corresponding sports team/club and/or individual athlete. The user can also register the scannable mark and follow the sports team/club and/or athlete on social media. Thus, the composite image heat transfer with embedded scannable mark would link each jersey number with information related to the corresponding player/athlete, and each club crest would be linked to information related to the corresponding club/team. This would enable a strong interaction through social media and other web tools between athletes and/or clubs and fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Paulo J. de Castro
  • Publication number: 20190381777
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite panel, in particular intended for aircraft or nautical furniture. The composite panel including a central core formed from a core of the low-density structured material type covered on its two faces with at least one layer of material preimpregnated with resin, with at least one of the faces of the panel being covered with a cladding. The method including the following two manufacturing steps: baking of the cladding with an adhesive film, the adhesive film being glued onto one of the faces of the cladding; and baking of the cladding and of the adhesive film on the at least one layer of material preimpregnated with resin. A composite panel obtained by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Marie CATHERINEAU, Anne-Sophie CATHERINEAU
  • Publication number: 20190381778
    Abstract: A method for producing elasticized composite side panels and non-elasticized side panels, comprising: feeding a continuous web of a first non-extensible material having longitudinal side edges along a first direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of said web, forming in said web, in a position within said longitudinal edges, and at a pitch, a plurality of oblong openings having a major axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said web, each opening having a maximum transverse dimension with a first length, a maximum longitudinal dimension with a second length, and two longitudinal end zones, forming a plurality of rectangular elements of elastic material having in a relaxed condition two minor sides with a first dimension greater than said first length and two major sides with a second dimension at least equal to said second length of said oblong openings, said elements of elastic material being elastically extensible at least along the first dimension, transferring each of said rectangular e
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gabriele SABLONE, Alessandro D'ANDREA
  • Publication number: 20190381779
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying surfaces of electrodes are provided. An electrode surface can be processed by applying an abrasive material or chemical solution to or against the surface to modify the surface to reduce the amount of roughness on, and/or alter the shape of, the surface. The shape of the surface can be altered by rounding or doming the surface. During surface processing, flexible or compressible support material can be applied to the back of an abrasive material, such as sandpaper, to desirably distribute pressure from the support material to the sandpaper and/or mold the shape of the sandpaper to facilitate maintaining desirable contact by the sandpaper on electrode surfaces. With regard to a flexible circuit board on which electrodes are formed, a vacuum chuck component or a temporary abrasive can be used to hold the circuit board in a flat and stationary position during surface processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Gregory ISAACSON, Ilya Daniel ROSENBERG, Stephanie Jeanne OBERG, Brogan Carl MILLER
  • Publication number: 20190381780
    Abstract: Wrinkling of a contoured composite laminate part during forming to contour is reduced by using laminate plies having off-angle reinforcing fibers that provide the part with primary axial strength along a major axis of loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber
  • Publication number: 20190381781
    Abstract: An intake manifold for an additive manufacturing system includes a body defining a flow channel therein. The body includes an inlet end defining an inlet configured to intake gas and/or particles from a build area of the additive manufacturing system, and an outlet end defining an outlet that is fluidly connected to the inlet through the flow channel. The outlet is configured to be in fluid communication with an uptake manifold of the additive manufacturing system. The intake manifold also includes at least one mount extending from the outlet end of the body that is configured to rotatably mount the body to the uptake manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Delavan Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Donovan
  • Publication number: 20190381782
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to determining a manufacturing batch. In one implementation, the manufacturing batch relates to 3D printing. A processor may determine component parts of a product that. In one implementation, a processor determines a batch of the component parts related to different products based on a comparison to other potential batches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jun Zeng, Sunil Kothari, Gary J. Dispoto
  • Publication number: 20190381783
    Abstract: A method of forming a three dimensional object comprising: depositing a layer of thermoplastic polymeric material in a preset pattern on a platform to form a deposited layer; directing an energy source, via an energy beam at an energy source target area on the deposited layer to increase the surface energy of the deposited layer at the energy source target area; contacting the energy source target area with a subsequent layer wherein the subsequent layer is deposited along a path of the preset pattern; wherein directing an energy source at the energy source target area comprises applying energy to the layer at an area preceding the depositing of the subsequent layer to that area; and repeating the preceding steps to form the three dimensional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Malvika Bihari, Satish Kumar Gaggar, Lakshmikant Suryakant Powale, Daniel Caleb Brooks, Peter James Zuber
  • Publication number: 20190381784
    Abstract: A hydrogel object includes a polymer and water, wherein the rate of mass loss is not greater than 20 percent by mass when the hydrogel object is left undone for one week at 25 degrees C. and relative humidity of 50 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Tatsuya Niimi, Yoshihiro Norikane, Takashi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20190381785
    Abstract: There is described a printing press adapted to carry out printing on a sheet-like or web-like substrate, in particular for the production of security documents such as banknotes, comprising a substrate feeding device for feeding the substrate to be treated, at least a printing unit designed to print a first side and/or a second side of the substrate and a delivery unit for receiving the treated substrate. The printing press in the conveying path for the substrate between the feeding device and the delivery unit further comprises an in-line casting device adapted to apply a layer of material acting as an optical medium on a portion of the second side of the substrate and to replicate and form a micro-optical structure in the layer of material acting as optical medium, wherein the printing unit comprises a first printing group comprising a printing cylinder and being adapted to print at least one printed pattern on the first or second side of the substrate in register with the micro-optical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Rob STIERMAN, Ana DIMITRIJEVIC, Martin PALME, Thomas KERSTEN, Aurélie BERTHON
  • Publication number: 20190381786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a printed layer on a glass including a curved surface area, the method including: a printing step of printing with a thermally-curable first ink on the curved surface area to form a first printed layer; and a drying step of drying the first printed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Hidenobu WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190381787
    Abstract: A segment wheel for a device for printing on hollow bodies has a plurality of segments formed on its circumference. A printing blanket, for printing on the hollow bodies, is, or at least can be, arranged on at least one segment. The segment wheel has a main body, the main body being made from a metal material. The segments are arranged along the circumference of the main body, each at a joint. Each segment is releasably connected to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Michael KOBLINGER
  • Publication number: 20190381788
    Abstract: A machine arrangement, for sequentially processing sheet-type substrates, includes a plurality of different processing stations, one of which includes a non-impact printing device that prints the substrates. The processing station, including the non-impact printing device, also includes a printing cylinder, on the circumference of which, the non-impact printing device that prints the substrates is arranged. On the circumferential surface of the printing cylinder, four substrates are or can be placed behind each other in the circumferential direction. Each of the substrates that are to be conveyed are retained in one of a force-locking and a form-fitting manner on the circumferential surface of the printing cylinder by at least one retaining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Ziegenbalg, Uwe Becker, Ulrich Köhler, Frank Schumann, Carsten Reinsch, Michael Koch
  • Publication number: 20190381789
    Abstract: A print head assembly (PHA) includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) die mounted to a substrate with an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The die includes an opening defined in the die, a plurality of nozzles adjacent to the opening in fluid communication with the opening, and a pad to receive electrical control signals. The ASIC includes a communication link and a plurality of transmission lines that transmit electrical signals to the MEMS die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Peter James Fricke, Andrew L. Van Brocklin
  • Publication number: 20190381790
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprises: a printhead substrate; an application circuit for applying a driving signal to the driving element; a ground line connected to the application circuit; a plurality of temperature sensors that detects temperature relate to the printhead substrate, wherein the cathode side of the plurality of temperature sensors connects the ground line via a resistance; a first selection circuit, on an anode side of the plurality of temperature sensors, that selects one temperature sensor; a second selection circuit, on the cathode side of the plurality of temperature sensor, that selects the one temperature sensor; and a temperature signal output circuit that outputs a temperature signal in accordance with a difference between a voltage of an anode side and a voltage of a cathode side of the selected temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ryo Kasai, Kengo Umeda, Takamitsu Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20190381791
    Abstract: In a first printing step, metallic ink is applied to a color metallic area where a color metallic image on a print medium having a receiving layer containing a dye coagulating agent for coagulating a dye is formed, while moving the print head in a main-scanning direction. In a conveyance step, a print medium is conveyed by a predetermined distance in a conveyance direction crossing the main-scanning direction, after the first printing step. In a second printing step, a first color ink is applied to the color metallic area while moving the print head in the main-scanning direction. an application time difference until application of the first color ink to the color metallic area in the second printing step after application of the metallic ink to the color metallic area in the first printing step is included in a target range regardless of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Fumitaka Goto, Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yuto Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20190381792
    Abstract: An inkjet printer is provided. Inclined surfaces of a first protrusion and a second protrusion of a first inkjet head and inclined surfaces of side walls of a head cap abut against each other, but other portions of the first inkjet head do not abut against the head cap. Specifically, the head cap 510 is not abutted against the lower surface 133 of the first inkjet head 130, and is also not abutted against the ejection surfaces 134A and 135A of the first protrusion 134 and the second protrusion 135. In particular, the side walls are formed to a shape so as not to overlap the ejection surfaces when viewed in the vertical direction, whereby the head cap does not abut against the ejection surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Koshiba
  • Publication number: 20190381793
    Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes a fluid ejection chamber having a drop ejecting element therein, a first fluid channel to communicate a first fluid with the fluid ejection chamber, a second fluid channel to communicate a second fluid different than the first fluid with the fluid ejection chamber, and a fluid pump communicated with one of the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel. As such, the fluid ejection chamber is to selectively eject drops of the first fluid, the second fluid, and a combination of the first fluid and the second fluid therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Tracy A Lang, Alexander Govyadinov
  • Publication number: 20190381794
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a head unit including a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid from a nozzle, a drive circuit that drives the liquid ejecting unit, a containing body in which a space that stores the liquid is formed; a fixing plate which contacts the head unit on a nozzle side of the head unit; and a support that contacts the fixing plate and that supports the head unit, in which the support is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the containing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Shunsuke WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190381795
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including a drive IC that outputs the first signal and the second signal, and a wiring substrate having a first side and a second side longer than the first side, electrically connected to the drive IC, and propagating the first signal and the second signal, in which the wiring substrate includes a first electrode to which the first signal is input, a second electrode to which the second signal is input, a third electrode electrically connected to the first electrode, and a fourth electrode electrically connected to the second electrode, and in a direction along the second side, the second electrode is positioned between the first electrode and the third electrode, and the third electrode is positioned between the second electrode and the fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu TONOMURA, Eiju HIRAI, Motoki TAKABE, Toru KASHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190381796
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including a first wiring through which a drive signal is input to a wiring substrate, in which the wiring substrate has a substrate having a first surface and a second surface that opposes the first surface, a second wiring formed on the first surface, a third wiring formed on the second surface, a fourth wiring and a fifth wiring that pass through the substrate and electrically couples the second wiring with the third wiring, and an electrode provided on the second wiring and electrically couples the second wiring with the first wiring, and the electrode is positioned between a first coupling point at which the fourth wiring is electrically coupled to the second wiring and a second coupling point at which the fifth wiring is electrically coupled to the second wiring, in the second wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eiju HIRAI, Daisuke YAMADA, Shingo TOMIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190381797
    Abstract: An actuator device includes an actuator, and a wiring member. The actuator includes: driving elements each including a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrodes being electrically connected to each other to provide a common electrode; first individual wires each extending from each of the first electrodes in a second direction; first individual contacts each provided at a distal end portion of each of the first individual wires; and a first common contact extending from the common electrode and positioned on an extension line extending in the second direction from at least one of the first individual contacts. The wiring member is connected to the first individual contacts and the first common contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Taiki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190381798
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a liquid discharge apparatus capable of sucking liquid in a cap member while suppressing generation of bubbles by a suction assisting member detachable from a cap member. A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head (6) to discharge liquid from a plurality of nozzles, and a suction mechanism (8) to suck the liquid from the liquid discharge head (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shotaro UEDA, Shingo MASAOKA, Isamu KUBO
  • Publication number: 20190381799
    Abstract: A cap includes a cap body and a check valve. The cap body is attached to a spout of an ink container supplying an ink to one direction. The check valve has a check valve ball inside and prevents backward flow of the ink to the other direction. The cap body includes a first thread portion, a supplying port and a second thread portion. The first thread portion is screwed with an outer circumference face of the spout to seal the spout. The supplying port is provided inside the first thread portion and has an inner diameter smaller than the spout. The second thread portion is provided around the supplying port inside the spout. The check valve is screwed with the second thread portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daijiro UENO
  • Publication number: 20190381800
    Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori OSAKABE, Akinari ISHIBE, Tatsuya SHINDO, Masahiro HAYASHI