Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.

Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: individual channels each including a nozzle; an inflow channel communicated with the individual channels; an outflow channel communicated with the individual channels; an inflow-side filter provided on the inflow channel and dividing the inflow channel into a lower inflow area and an upper inflow area; an outflow-side filter provided on the outflow channel and dividing the outflow channel into a lower outflow area and an upper outflow area; an inflow port which is provided on the upper inflow area and through which the liquid is supplied to the inflow channel from outside thereof; an outflow port which is provided on the upper outflow area and through which the liquid is discharged from the outflow channel to outside thereof; and a bypass channel connecting the upper inflow area and the upper outflow area.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes a fluid slot, two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers each communicated with the fluid slot and having a drop ejecting element therein, and a fluid circulation path communicated with each of the two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers and having a fluid circulating element therein, with the two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers to concurrently eject drops of fluid therefrom such that the drops of fluid are to coalesce during flight.

Abstract: On the basis of a first calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where a target ink or the like is applied on a transparent ink and a second calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where the target ink is applied on a black ink that is applied on a base material, a third calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where the target ink is solidly applied on a background having an average reflectance is obtained. A reflectance as a prediction value of a color corresponding to the reflectance of the entire background is obtained on the basis of the third calibration point and a fourth calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where the target ink is applied on the base material.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a solution to the problem of metal printing where the printer leaves an undesired “border” or “margin” around the edge, as the printer sensors detect the edge of the metal plate and stop printing before reaching the edge. The system and method disclosed herein comprises a metal plate removably associated with a carrier, where the carrier is larger than the metal plate such that the metal plate is positioned entirely within the perimeter of the carrier. The metal plate has a special receptive coating that allows ink from an inkjet printer to adhere to the metal plate without running. The carrier has an external coating that mimics the metal plate such that the sensors of the printer do not detect any “edge” of the metal plate and print over, onto the carrier. This creates a borderless final printed picture.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a printing template for use during an aqueous inkjet printing process in which ink is transferred onto a metal panel. The printing template includes a printable film having die cut area inside perimeter edge of its first layer, a generally flat metal panel having the same size as to that of the die cut area in the printable film, and a carrier having a recess which is sized and configured to encompass the shaped perimeter of the metal panel. The metal panel is secure within the die cut area and the recess in such a way that it is sandwiched between the printable film and the carrier during the printing process.

Abstract: To provide a drying device which can dry a printed object, and is also capable of sufficiently suppressing curling of the printed object itself or wrinkles and cockling from occurring in the printed object, and an ink-jet printing device equipped with such a drying device.

Abstract: To provide a heating drum which even when heated at a high temperature, is capable of suppressing the limb part from being deviated relative to the main body part, and an ink-jet printing device equipped with such a heating drum.

Abstract: A method for forming a UV pattern using inkjet printing, which enables to form a hairline or pattern having metallic luster in a single inkjet patterning process, a method for manufacturing a bezel comprising the same, and a bezel manufactured thereby are disclosed. The method for forming a UV pattern using inkjet printing comprises the steps of a) inkjet printing an ultraviolet curable ink containing metal particles in a non-display area of a cover window for a display to form a UV pattern; and b) curing the UV pattern. The bezel can be used in various fields such as a touch panel, a protective film for an optical disc, and the like.

Abstract: A compact ink drying apparatus is capable of drying ink ejected to a resin substrate. The ink drying apparatus has a hot air dryer, a hot air supplying part, and an exhausting part. The hot air dryer has a drying furnace, a substrate conveying path formed as a spirally shaped path in the drying furnace, and substrate drying ducts blowing hot air to a surface of a resin substrate on which ink is ejected conveyed along the substrate conveying path to heat ink and exhausting water vapor generated by heating of ink. The hot air supplying part is outside the drying furnace and supplies hot air into the substrate drying ducts, and the exhausting part is outside the drying furnace and exhausts air in the drying furnace through the substrate drying ducts.

Abstract: An inkjet printing system may include an inkjet printing device, a print media finishing device, and a conditioner selectively coupled within a housing of the print media finishing device and in alignment with a print media exit of the inkjet printing device where the conditioner includes a number of heated pressure rollers to condition the print media prior to introduction into the print media finishing device.

Abstract: A printing device includes a print section. A main unit, which has a supply port via which the medium is to be inserted on its upper surface. The medium inserted via the supply port is to be guided to the print section along an upper feeding route. This upper feeding route has a first curve at its midway point. Positioned below the main unit is a medium storage section that accommodates a medium. The medium accommodated in the medium storage section is to be guided to the print section along a lower feeding route. This lower feeding route has a second curve at its midway point, where the medium is to be turned around. The main unit includes: a first cover that allows the upper feeding route to be exposed; and a second cover that allows the lower feeding route to be exposed.

Abstract: A clamp includes first and second rising portions that rise from a base portion, a first extending portion extending along a first top surface of a table from the first rising portion, a second extending portion extending along a second top surface of the table from the second rising portion, a first clamp portion to urge a medium toward the first top surface, and a second clamp portion to urge the medium toward the second top surface. A gap located above a groove in the table is provided between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.

Abstract: A printing assembly for digital printing on a continuous metal strip, including: a digital printing unit having a printing area and a conveyor belt arranged for advancing the continuous metal strip in a longitudinal direction through the printing area, an inlet guide unit located upstream of the printing unit and configured to guide the continuous metal strip along a path comprising at least one first movable bend which is freely movable in the longitudinal direction, and an outlet guide unit located downstream of the digital printing unit and configured to guide the continuous metal strip along a path comprising at least one second movable bend which is freely movable in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In one example, a bail system for a sheet media tray includes a bail to apply a force to a sheet in the tray, a bias mechanism to counter the force of the bail on the sheet, and a control mechanism to control the degree to which the bias mechanism counters the force of the bail on the sheet.

Abstract: A recording head unit includes a line-head module including a plurality of recording heads to discharge a liquid, and a main plate to which the line-head module is mounted. The line-head module includes a first adjustment portion to adjust a position of the line-head module relative to the main plate in a longitudinal direction of the line-head module, and a second adjustment portion to adjust a position of the line-head module relative to the main plate in a rotational direction of the line-head module.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a discharge rollers pair, a sheet pressing member and a discharge tray. The sheet pressing member includes a first rotational shaft, a detection piece and a corrugation piece. The corrugation piece protrudes in a radial direction different from a protruding direction of the detection piece from the first rotational shaft. When the detection piece is turned at a first angle into a first posture, the corrugation piece is changed into a contact posture where the corrugation piece comes into contact with the sheet to apply stiffness on the sheet. When the detection piece is turned at a second angle into a second posture, the corrugation piece is changed into a retracting posture where the corrugation piece separates from the sheet.

Abstract: A method of printing a color surface of an object by printing dots of curable ink in several superposed layers includes defining a micro-texture, the micro-texture being a repetitive pattern of elevated parts and depressed parts; establishing a gloss function that indicates a gloss value of a surface having the micro-texture, as a function of a height difference between a maximum height of the elevated parts and a minimum height of the depressed parts of the micro-texture; assigning a target gloss value to at least a part of a surface area of the object; determining, on the basis of the gloss function, a required local height difference corresponding to the target gloss value; and forming, on the at least a part of a surface area of the object, the micro-texture with a height profile scaled to the required local height difference.

Abstract: An inkjet printing method for decorative surfaces includes jetting an image on a first thermoplastic foil with one or more pigmented free radical UV curable inkjet inks, at least partially UV curing the jetted image on the first thermoplastic foil, inserting a layer containing a vinylchloride-vinylacetate-vinylalcohol copolymer between a second thermoplastic foil and the first thermoplastic foil with the at least partially UV cured image facing the layer containing the vinylchloride-vinylacetate-vinylalcohol copolymer. At least one of the first and second thermoplastic foils is a transparent thermoplastic foil.

Abstract: A multilayered body includes a base material with a metal tone glossy layer having metal tone glossiness, and a color layer layered on the metal tone glossy layer. The color layer has an arithmetic mean height and a transmission density located in a region below a straight line represented as (y=?0.1067x+0.8) on coordinates of the arithmetic mean height x and the transmission density y.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of inkjet printing an image on a glass container comprising the steps of: a) manufacturing a glass container having a CEC layer; b) removing at least part of the CEC layer to a level wherein the remaining CEC layer has a thickness of less than 20 nm by washing the CEC from the glass container with an aqueous solution containing non-ionic surfactant, rinsing with water and blowing the water from the container by means of a pressurized air stream, c) inkjet printing an image on the glass container.

Abstract: A printing method is disclosed, in which a fixing liquid is applied to a print medium both to first regions of the print medium that are to be printed and to second regions of the print medium that are not to be printed. A printing liquid is also applied to the print medium at the first regions of the print medium. The fixing liquid applied to the second regions of the print medium protects the second regions of the print medium from aerosol droplets generated when applying the printing liquid to the first regions of the print medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cookbook for people with reading disorders. The cookbook includes a plurality of recipes. Each recipe includes at least one of at least one color-coded measurement and at least one demarcated ingredient section.

Abstract: A concealment device comprising an opaque, removable, reusable sheet of static cling material sized to match up with a notary book having a plurality of pages, the sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface configured to secure to the notary book pages by static cling. A combination of a notary book having a plurality of pages and a concealment device comprising an opaque, removable, reusable sheet of static cling material sized to match up with the notary book, the sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface configured to secure to the notary book pages by static cling. A method of utilizing a notary book comprises the steps of providing a notary book and placing the concealment device thereon.

Abstract: The carrier for representing a monetary value as a means of payment comprises a substrate, a control unit mounted to the substrate, a value store for storing a carrier value of the carrier, and an interface circuit for electronic communication of an external device with the control unit. The control unit is adapted and structured to modify the value store upon receipt of a request through said interface circuit. A large number of such carriers is used in a payment infrastructure having a plurality of terminal devices that are able to communicate with the carriers through their interface circuits. The infrastructure further comprises a central server device. Values can be transferred to and/or from individual carriers by various methods. A number of measures are described to protect the carriers and the rest of the infrastructure from tampering.

Abstract: Disclosed are an optical anti-counterfeiting element and an optical anti-counterfeiting product utilizing the same, the optical anti-counterfeiting element comprising: a substrate (12) including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; micro-sampling tools (11) on the first surface; and one or more micro graphic and text units formed on the second surface, wherein the micro graphic and text unit includes micro graphic and text strokes, the micro graphic and text strokes are arranged in a non-periodic and non-fixed-geometry manner, and when the second surface is observed through the micro-sampling tools, a stereoscopic animated anti-counterfeiting feature can be seen.

Abstract: A single sweep eraser system allows cleaning of a whiteboard with a single, simple and rapid motion across the board. The system provides track brackets and glides that support a cleaning bar applying sufficient pressure to a cleaning pad extending the height of the board to provide broad area cleaning without the need for the user to “lean in” hard against the cleaning pad. The tracks conveniently hold the cleaning bar off to one side of the board for ready access.

Abstract: A method for transferring a decorative section of a stamping foil onto a substrate by means of an embossing die, wherein the stamping foil includes a carrier film and a transfer ply arranged on the carrier film. The method includes: a) Provision of the stamping foil; b) Embossing or pressing of at least one compression section spaced apart from the edge of the decorative section, into the transfer ply; c) Stamping of the decorative section onto the substrate; d) Detachment of the residual stamping film from the substrate embossed with the decorative section.

Abstract: A golden effect heat transfer label includes a carrier and a golden effect design layer on the carrier. The golden effect design layer is formulated from an ink having a golden effect pigment present in a concentration of about 5 percent to about 35 percent by weight of the ink. The golden effect heat transfer label is transferred from the carrier to a target object as a golden effect feature and the golden effect feature exhibits a robust golden effect on the target object. The golden effect feature exhibits no adhesion failure and no visual change after being subjected to standard testing. The golden effect heat transfer label can be transferred onto target objects including apparel items, plastics, metals and carbon fiber objects.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining an ornamental pattern to be transferred to a substrate. The ornamental pattern is specific to a particular user, and one or more parameters of the ornamental pattern are based at least in part on social-graph information of the user. The method also includes generating one or more instructions for controlling a laser-treatment system to transfer the ornamental pattern to the substrate; sending the instructions to the laser-treatment system to transfer the ornamental pattern to the substrate; and transferring the ornamental pattern to the substrate.

Abstract: A kit for a wheel comprises a hub component in the form of an annular body defining a central opening for receiving a shaft on which the wheel is to be mounted, at least one outer rim component adapted to form a substantially circular periphery of the wheel and a plurality of spoke components adapted to interconnect the at least one outer rim component and the hub component with each of the spoke components being arranged at a respective angular position about the hub component. Each outer rim component is formable from a blank comprises a main body which defines an outer ground engaging surface of the wheel, a pair of strips consecutively attached to one end of the main body in a manner such that each strip is movable relative to the adjacent element about a transverse folding axis, so that the strips can be folded to define a peak projecting outwardly to form a wheel rim with fins.

Abstract: An inner shaft provided in a vehicular bearing device includes a shaft-shaped body portion and a flange portion. The flange portion includes: a flange base portion that is continuous with the body portion and that has a circular cross section; a plurality of first thick portions each provided with a bolt hole, the first thick portions being provided radially outward of the flange base portion at equal intervals in a circumferential direction; and a thin portion that is provided between the first thick portions and that is thinner than the first thick portions. The flange base portion includes: a second thick portion that is positioned radially inward of the first thick portion and that is thicker than the first thick portion; and a small-diameter portion that is positioned radially inward of the thick portion and that has a smaller diameter than that of the second thick portion.

Abstract: A studless tyre includes a tread portion having sipes. In a cross-sectional view of the tyre perpendicular to a circumferential direction, a profile of a tread face between an equatorial plane and each of tread edges is formed by three arcs convex radially outwardly. The arcs include an arc Ci counted an i-th from the equatorial plane in an axially outward direction and having a radius Ri and a tangent line of an arc C1 on the equatorial plane extends exactly in the axial direction. An arc C(i+1) and the arc Ci make contact at a point where they intersect. A radius R(i+1) is not greater than the radius (Ri). A ratio of a radius R2 with respect to a radius R1 is 40% or more and 70% or less. A ratio of a radius R3 with respect to the radius Ri is 15% or more and 30% or less.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a plurality of discreet, axially extending curved friction plates for engaging a first side of a spoke structure of a tire assembly, a first annular rim piece for engaging a rotatable axle, and a second annular rim piece for engaging the first rim piece. The first rim piece and the second rim piece each have axially extending lugs for engaging opposite ends of the friction plates.

Abstract: A system manufactures a tire assembly. The system includes a core having a cylindrical hub and radially protruding extensions projecting radially outward from the hub, a plurality of internal arcuate members for positioning a reinforcing layer of the about the core, the internal arcuate members each being wrapped with a reinforcement layer, the internal arcuate members being disposed in spaces circumferentially between the extensions of the core, a first side plate for securing the internal arcuate members in place relative to the core; and a second side plate for securing the core and internal arcuate members to each other.

Abstract: A metal-resin composite member for a tire, comprising plural metal cords that are positioned alongside each other, an adhesive layer that is disposed on the metal cords, and a resin layer that is disposed on the adhesive layer, the metal-resin composite member satisfying at least one of the following (1) or (2): (1) the adhesive layer is independently disposed on each of the plural metal cords, and at least one of the adhesive layers has a cross-sectional shape that has a projecting portion; (2) the adhesive layer is integrally disposed on all of the plural metal cords, and a region consisting of the metal cords and the adhesive layer has a cross-sectional shape that has, between the metal cords, a portion that is narrower in width than a portion at which the metal cords are disposed.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a carcass; at least one layer of a belt; and a tread, the belt including an endless belt layer having provided therein treats, each of the treats being formed by covering a cord with rubber and extending in zigzag fashion in the tire circumferential direction, in which in the endless belt layer, a front surface a and a rear surface of each of the treats are reversed at both tire widthwise ends, and on at least one tire widthwise end of the treats, a treat reversal position is, at least partially in the tire circumferential direction, displaced in the tire width direction from another treat reversal position adjacent in tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided. Center blocks in a center region are in pairs across grooves inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. Each of the center blocks extends from one side to the other of an equator and includes a notch defined by a first and second walls connected in a V-shape in a tread contact surface. The first wall extends within ±20° of the circumferential direction, the second wall extends within ±10° of a lateral direction, an average angle of sipes formed in one of the center blocks and the shoulder blocks is smaller than or equal to 90°±10° with respect to the equator for a first region, smaller than or equal to 130°±10° for a second region, and smaller than or equal to 70°±10° for a third region, and each of the sipes includes at least one bent portion.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire in which a plurality of ribs which extend in a tire circumferential direction are formed in a tread portion by a plurality of main grooves which extend in the tire circumferential direction, wherein, in a center rib of the plurality of ribs, the center rib being divided at a center portion in a tire width direction, a plurality of closing slits which each extend in the tire width direction from one end portion communicating with the main groove, and terminate at another end portion in the center rib is formed, and wherein the plurality of closing slits are formed so as to be opposed to each other on both sides of the center rib in the tire width direction.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire. Center blocks in a center region of a tread section are arrayed to form a pair between which are interposed inclined grooves inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. The center blocks straddle an equator from one side to the other. Notches composed of a first and second walls connected in a V shape are in treads in each center block. The first walls extend at an angle within ±20° with respect to the circumferential direction. The second walls extend at an angle of ±10° with respect to a width direction. Inclined grooves are each constituted by a see-through portion and an expanded portion having a larger groove width than the see-through portion. A width of a see-through region that can extend without intersecting an extension line of the see-through portion is made to be equal to or greater than 30% of a tread width.

Abstract: The present subject matter generally concerns the detection of tire tread using a sensor attached to the underside of the wheel well of a vehicle. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for the detection of tread wear on a tire. The signal analysis used measures the tread wear on the tire and transmits that information. A system for determining tread wear of a tire includes a first wireless communication chip located in a sensor attached to the wheel well of the vehicle.

Abstract: Tire (1) made of rubbery material, comprising a tread (2), sidewalls (3) and shoulders (6) that provide a transition zone between the sidewalls and the tread, and a zone (5) of maximum width of the sidewall, the tire comprising at least one texture (4) along at least one of the sidewalls, the texture (4) comprising a plurality of protruding or recessed elements formed integrally with the sidewall, the texture (4) having a substantially annular shape and being applied to an area covering at least 40% of the surface of the sidewall between the zone (5) of maximum width and the tread (2).

Abstract: A heavy load tire includes a bead core formed by a bead wire wound plural times in a ring shape, and a rubber sheet formed of a rubber material. The rubber sheet is wound on a region including one end portion and another end portion of the bead wire. The one end portion is served as an end portion closest to another end portion in a tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided that can achieve performance that is equivalent to or higher than that of known tires while allowing weight reduction of bead cores by using, for the bead cores, a composite cord. A pneumatic tire includes annular bead cores (5) embedded in bead portions (3), and a carcass layer (4) locked on the bead cores (5). Each of the bead cores (5) includes a cable bead structure in which a composite cord (10) is spirally wound around an annular core body (20), the composite cord including a core wire (11) formed of carbon fibers and a plurality of siding wires (12) formed of glass fibers disposed around the core wire (11).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inflation-deflation system comprising a reserve of air (3) and a valve (4) carried on board the wheel, the air being confined to the reserve (3) under pressure higher than that of the tyre (2), the valve (4) is in communication with the reserve (3) and the tyre (2) and comprises control means able to adopt: —a rest position in which they ensure stable and hermetic communication between the tyre (2) and the valve (4); —an inflation position in which they provide communication between the tyre (2) and the reserve (3), by being moved by air injected by means of an inflation electrically operated valve (8) connected to the reserve (3); —a deflation position in which they provide communication between the tyre (2) and the external air, by being moved by air injected by a deflation electrically operated valve (10) connected to the reserve (3).

Abstract: A fitting structure between a functional component accommodation case and a rubber base, the functional component accommodation case being configured to accommodate a functional component that detects a state of a tire, and the rubber base being configured to be attached to an inner surface of the tire so as to mount the functional component accommodation case. The fitting structure includes plural case-side convex/concave parts that are formed on a case bottom surface which is a surface on a tire inner surface side of the functional component accommodation case and that extend in mutually intersecting directions, and plural base-side convex/concave parts that are formed on a functional component accommodation case side of a base bottom part, which is an attachment part to be attached to the tire, of the rubber base and that fit with the case-side convex/concave parts.

Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring device includes a display, a receiver, a memory, and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive a first signal from a first sensor and a second signal from a second sensor. The memory stores a first and second communication protocols corresponding to the first and second sensors, respectively. The processor is in communication with the display, the receiver, and the memory and is configured to perform operations. The operations include selecting the first and second communication protocols based on the first and second signals, respectively, converting the first and second signals into first and second sets, respectively, of at least one of temperature data or pressure data corresponding to a first tire, and transmitting the first set and the second set of at least one of temperature data or pressure data to the display.

Abstract: A monitoring device comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to movement or stoppage of the vehicle; a request signal transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the request signal to the detection device if it is determined that the vehicle is stopped based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; an air pressure signal reception unit configured to receive the air pressure signal that is transmitted from the detection device in response to the request signal; and an output unit configured to, in a case where the request signal transmission unit transmitted the request signal, outputs a warning signal for giving a warning inside the vehicle, if the air pressure signal in response to the request signal is not received by the air pressure signal reception unit.

Abstract: A spherical tire pressure detection device includes a tire pressure detector and a ball body. The tire pressure detector has a casing and a tire pressure detection member disposed in the casing. The tire pressure detection member detects the tire pressure in the tire. The casing is removably housed in the ball body, facilitating the replacement of the tire pressure detector.

Abstract: Provided is a smart wheel cap for a vehicle, including: a front cover emitting light to the outside and including a cover body and an LED light emitting window mounted on a front border of the cover body; a cap including a cap-shaped cap body which is mounted on a back side of the front cover, and has the back side opened, and is transparent or translucent and a primary bearing mounted on a front inside of the cap body; a generator unit including a stator unit mounted on the back side of the cap and not rotating together with the front cover or cap and a rotor unit rotating together with the front cover or cap; and a rear cover coupled with the front cover and fixing locations of the cap and the generator unit, and having a mounting hook mounted on a wheel, provided on a back.