Patents Issued in May 7, 2020
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Publication number: 20200139689Abstract: Disclosed is a textile comprising a woven fabric and a layer of a low emissivity material disposed on the woven fabric, wherein the layer of low emissivity material is vapor deposited. The woven fabric has a yarn size of no greater than 30D and a weight no greater than 55 gsm. At least one coating layer vapor may be deposited adjacent the low emissivity layer. The woven fabric may comprise one or more of a nylon or a polyester. The textile may exhibit an increase in insulation ability of at least 10% compared to a substantially similar woven fabric in the absence of the low emissivity layer when tested together with a fibrous sheet insulation and another untreated woven fabric in accordance with ASTM-F1868 Part A.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Cindy Y. Lau, John Ly, Kirk Michael Mayer, Abolfazl Aghanouri
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Publication number: 20200139690Abstract: A formable biaxially-oriented film includes a first layer. The first layer includes from about 10 to about 90 wt. % crystalline polyester and from about 10 to about 90 wt. % of a formability enhancer to assist in increasing the polymeric chain flexibility. The formability enhancer has a melting point less than about 230° C. The film has a MD and a TD Young's Modulus of at least 10% lower than a crystalline polyester film in the absence of the formability enhancer. The film may further include a second layer, which includes an amorphous copolyester. The second layer may be adjacent to or attached to the first layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Stefanos L. Sakellarides, Paige Manuel, Jan Moritz
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Publication number: 20200139691Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate in which an excellent alignment property of a dichroic substance is maintained and which is excellent in both high-temperature durability and moisture-heat resistance, a manufacturing method of the laminate, and an image display device using the laminate. A laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a laminate having a transparent support, a light absorption anisotropic film, and a transparent resin layer in this order, in which the light absorption anisotropic film is a film containing a dichroic substance represented by a predetermined formula, and the transparent resin layer is a layer containing a polymer which has a hydrophilic group and does not have a glass transition temperature in a temperature range of 95° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuzo FUJIKI, Yasukazu KUWAYAMA, Jun TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20200139692Abstract: A disassembling method of a display module includes attaching an auxiliary sheet to a display module by using an adhesive tape, the display module including a display panel attached to a window by an adhesive layer, and the auxiliary sheet attached to the display module including an external force applying portion exposed outside an outer edge of the display module; cooling the display module and the auxiliary sheet attached thereto by the adhesive tape; and after the cooling of the display module and the auxiliary sheet attached thereto, separating the display panel and the window from each other by applying force to the external force applying portion of the auxiliary sheet attached to the display module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Se Hun PARK, Chang-Mo PARK, Jong Man BAE, So Yeon JOO
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Publication number: 20200139693Abstract: A printer system may include a coaxial extruder head that extrudes a core, a bulk, and/or a core and bulk cladding to form complex structures without retooling. The coaxial extruder head may include a distribution channel with an entrance and an exit, a priming chamber that surrounds the distribution channel. The priming chamber may include an outlet and a first inlet, a heating element thermally connected to the priming chamber, and a nozzle connected to the outlet of the priming chamber. Further, the nozzle may converge from the outlet of the priming chamber to an orifice of the nozzle. In addition, the exit of the distribution channel may be disposed at the orifice of the nozzle. This structure facilitates extruding a core and cladding type composite from the extruder head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Cole NIELSEN-COLE, James FREI
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Publication number: 20200139694Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional (3D) object, comprising preheating a feed comprising a polymer material to a temperature in excess of a glass transition temperature and below a melting point of the polymer material. The preheating may occur at a first location in an additive manufacturing apparatus. Next, the polymer material may be melted at a second location that is spatially distinct from the first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Armando ARMIJO, Riley REESE
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Publication number: 20200139695Abstract: According to one example, there is provided an apparatus comprising a supply station to receive a container, and a controller to determine when a build material container is present in the supply station and to cause the supply station to rotate the build material container to transfer build material between the build material container and a build material store, and determine when a post-processing container is inserted into the supply station and to cause the post-processing container to rotate to perform a post-processing operation on a three-dimensionally printed object in the post-processing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Philip J. Stallbaumer, Pierre J. Kaiser
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Publication number: 20200139696Abstract: A system and method for 3D microfabrication projects light capable of initiating photopolymerization toward a spatial light modulator that modulates light responsive to digital masks corresponding to layers of the structure. Projection optics focus the modulated light onto an optical plane within a photopolymerizable material supported on a stage. A computer controller causes the spatial light modulator to project a sequences of images corresponding to the digital masks while coordinating movement of the stage to move a position of the optical plane within the photopolymerizable material to sequentially project each image of the sequence to generate the structure by progressively photopolymerizing the photopolymerizable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Peter CHUNG, Xin QU, Aping ZHANG, Shaochen CHEN
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Publication number: 20200139697Abstract: A dampening fluid deposition system includes a vapor generator adjacent an air supply channel and in fluid communication with a dampening fluid supply to produce dampening fluid vapor. The vapor generator includes a vapor channel having an interior in communication with air confined within the air supply channel. The vapor generator may include a liquid reservoir receiving dampening fluid from the dampening fluid supply and a heater that heats the received dampening fluid into dampening fluid vapor. The liquid reservoir may include a wick that stores dampening fluid and releases dampening fluid vapor into the vapor channel and a heat conductive tub that holds the wick and dampening fluid. The passive dampening fluid deposition system mixes the dampening fluid vapor with the confined air to form an air/vapor mix that is condensed as a layer of dampening fluid onto the reimageable surface of an imaging member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Francisco ZIRILLI
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Publication number: 20200139698Abstract: A method for applying a transfer ply of a foil to a substrate, with the steps of: a) applying a thermoplastic toner to at least one subregion of the substrate and/or to at least one subregion of the transfer ply; b) applying the transfer ply to the substrate; c) causing an applied pressure, and heat, to act on the transfer ply and/or the substrate; d) peeling a carrier ply of the foil from the at least one subregion of the transfer ply. An application apparatus and also printing apparatus for implementing such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Konstantin Kosalla, Ulrike Plaia
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Publication number: 20200139699Abstract: A porous layer included in a transfer body for image recording by a heat transfer method has a multiple layer configuration, and porous layers are provided such that when a thickness (mm) of each porous layer from a porous layer P(1) of the plurality of porous layers on a side closest to the surface layer to a porous layer P(n) on a side closest to the substrate is set to t(n) (n?2), and a total thickness of the transfer body is set to T (mm), Expression (1): C×T t(1)+ . . . +t(n) (here, C=0.4, and T?1) is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Yoshikazu Saito, Tetsuya Kosuge, Midori Kushida, Tsukasa Sano
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Publication number: 20200139700Abstract: A fluidic die may include a fluid actuator comprising an electrical resistor, a power node to supply electrical current to the resistor to drive the fluid actuator, a low side switch transistor connected to a ground node and having a gate to control the flow of electrical current through the resistor, a voltage regulator to receive electrical power from the power node and to output a predetermined voltage and a level shifter to control to output a low side switch transistor gate drive voltage using the predetermined voltage and based upon control signals to control the gate to control fluid displacement by the fluid actuator. The predetermined voltage is greater than a voltage of the control signals and is independent of a resistance of the ground node.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Scott A Linn, Vincent C Korthuis, James M Gardner
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Publication number: 20200139701Abstract: A controller checks ink quantity to be ejected to a specific area on a first side (specific area ink quantity) and determines an ink quantity ratio. The specific area is a strip-shaped area including a side edge on upstream side in a conveying direction of a paper sheet on the first side. When the ink quantity ratio is larger than a reference ink quantity ratio, the controller performs a black conversion process on pixels in a conversion target range. The conversion target range is a range corresponding to the specific area in the image data of the first side. The black conversion process is a process of converting a pixel to which three color inks, i.e. cyan, magenta, and yellow inks are to be ejected into a pixel to which only black ink is to be ejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Toyotsune INOUE, Hiroatsu TAMAI, Takeshi WATANABE, Hiroyuki UEDA, Yasuhiro MICHISHITA, Naoto MIYAKOSHI, Yusuke TAKANO, Noriaki OZAWA
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Publication number: 20200139702Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a laminated body including a first plate having a plurality of ejection nozzles for ejecting a liquid and made from a resin material and a second plate having a plurality of through-holes communicating with the corresponding ejection nozzles and made from a metal material. The laminated body has a plurality of projection parts formed along the array direction Y of the ejection nozzles and having a curved dome shape projecting in the direction from the second plate to the first plate. The second plate has a plurality of through-slits formed adjacent to the projection parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20200139703Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a pair of electrodes disposed on a first surface of a substrate forming part of a flow path for a liquid. The pair of electrodes are adjacent to each other in a transverse direction of the electrodes, and the liquid moves in the transverse direction upon application of a voltage across the electrodes. The electrodes each include a ridge portion disposed on the first surface and an electrode wiring line connected to a power source for applying the voltage. The electrode wiring line covers an upper surface of the ridge portion and side surfaces of the ridge portion and extends from parts covering the side surfaces of the ridge portion to a downstream side and an upstream side in a direction in which the liquid moves, so as to cover the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Takashi Sugawara, Masafumi Morisue, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Takuro Yamazaki, Ryo Kasai, Tomoko Kudo
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Publication number: 20200139704Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging head including: a membranous member including a discharging port through which a liquid is discharged; and a displacement member disposed at membranous member's one side at which the liquid to be discharged through the discharging port is provided and configured to displace a position of the membranous member to cause the liquid to be discharged through the discharging port.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Koichi Muramatsu, Takahiko Matsumoto, Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Satoshi Okano, Satoshi Nakazawa, Yuzuru Kuramochi, Ryuya Mashiko, Takeshi Akai, Daisuke Takagi, Tomoaki Nakayama, Hidekazu Yaginuma, Hiroshi Fujie, Manabu Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20200139705Abstract: Encapsulating a bonded wire with low profile encapsulation includes applying encapsulation over a bonded wire that is connected to a die on a first end and to a circuit component on a second end and truncating a shape of the encapsulation to form a truncated shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie, Zhuqing Zhang
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Publication number: 20200139706Abstract: An element substrate including heaters, drivers for each heater, and a diode, and connected to an external apparatus having a circuit for detecting a temperature based on a detection signal from the diode, comprises: a first wiring grounded, connected to one end of the diode, and serving as a reference voltage of the detection signal; a second wiring connected to the first wiring near the diode; a first pad connected to the first wiring; and a second pad connected to the second wiring. When the substrate is connected to the apparatus, a wiring serving as a reference voltage for a side where the detection signal of the circuit of the apparatus is inputted is connected to the second pad via the first pad connected to a ground serving as a reference voltage of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Takamitsu Tokuda
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Publication number: 20200139707Abstract: A thermal fluid ejection heating element may include a first conductive trace, and an at least partially perforated resistive thin film material electrically coupling the first conductive trace to a second conductive trace. The perforations within the perforated resistive thin film material defines a resistance of the thermal fluid ejection heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Stanley J Wang, Erik D Torniainen, Vincent C Korthuis
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Publication number: 20200139708Abstract: The liquid ejecting head includes a first individual flow path and a second individual flow path for supplying liquid to a pressure chamber, a first common flow path for supplying liquid to the first individual flow path, and a second common flow path for supplying liquid to the second individual flow path. A first circulation for causing liquid to flow in the order of the first individual flow path, the pressure chamber, and the second individual flow path and a second circulation for causing liquid to flow in the reverse order of the first circulation are switched. A flow path resistance of the first common flow path is designed to be less than a flow path resistance of the second common flow path and a flow path resistance of the first individual flow path is designed to be less than a flow path resistance of the second individual flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Yamada, Yohei Nakamura, Naozumi Nabeshima
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Publication number: 20200139709Abstract: A fluidic die includes a sense architecture having a global sense block to provide an analog reference signal and an array of distributed sense blocks. Each distributed sense block is to receive a same set of addresses via an address bus and each is to receive a corresponding sense enable signal having an enable value or a disable value. Each distributed sense block includes an array of sensors, each sensor corresponding to a different address of the set of addresses and a sample circuit to apply the analog reference signal to the sensor corresponding to the address on the address bus when the corresponding sense enable signal has the enable value, and provide to the global sense block an analog sense signal from the sensor resulting from application of the analog reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Eric Martin, James Gardner, Rogelio Cicili
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Publication number: 20200139710Abstract: A flow path structure includes: a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface; a supply port formed on the first surface; a plurality of discharge ports formed on the second surface; grooves that are formed on the first surface so as to extend in an X direction and communicate with the supply ports and with the plurality of discharge ports via through-holes formed on the substrate; and a sealing portion that is disposed on the first surface and seals each groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Isamu TOGASHI, Hiroaki OKUI, Yasuyuki KUDO, Fujio AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20200139711Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes forming a resist film on a first surface of a light-transmitting support having the first surface and a second surface being a back surface of the first surface; bonding a back side of the surface of the resist film to the support side on a substrate having a through hole so as to block the through hole; exposing the resist film with light transmitted from the second surface to the first surface of the support and forming a portion which is removable with a dissolving liquid and a portion which remains against the dissolving liquid on the resist film; immersing the substrate and the exposed resist film in the dissolving liquid, allowing the dissolving liquid to enter the through hole, and removing the removable portion; and peeling the support from the resist film from which the removable portion has been removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Kazuhiro Asai
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Publication number: 20200139712Abstract: A wipe unit, including one or more wipers, a wiper carriage, a collection tray, and an ink receiving member, cleans a recording head having an ink ejection surface in which an ink ejection port for ejecting ink onto a recording medium is opened. The one or more wipers wipe off ink on the ink ejection surface. The wiper carriage is moved along a wiping direction while holding the wiper. The collection tray, having a tray surface and placed below the wiper, collects ink wiped off by the wiper. The ink receiving member, which is recessed-shaped and provided in the wiper carriage, receives ink dropping from a wiper that is placed furthest downstream in the wiping direction among the one or more wipers, and moreover the ink receiving member lets the ink drop onto the tray surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Daijiro UENO, Yuzo ONISHI
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Publication number: 20200139713Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid discharge apparatus includes a nozzle plate configured such that a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a liquid supply unit, an actuator, a driving circuit, and a low impedance circuit. The nozzles arranged in the nozzle plate discharge a liquid. The liquid supply unit communicates with the nozzles. The actuator is provided for each nozzle in the nozzle plate. The actuator includes a piezoelectric element. The driving circuit supplies a driving signal to the piezoelectric element of the actuator and drives the actuator to discharge a liquid from the nozzles. The low impedance circuit is connected to the piezoelectric element of the actuator while stress is applied to the nozzle plate due to external factors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Ryutaro Kusunoki
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Publication number: 20200139714Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section that is capable of ejecting a first liquid from an opening of a nozzle with respect to media; and a two-fluid ejecting apparatus that is capable of ejecting at least one of a gas and a second liquid with respect to the liquid ejecting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Takayuki KAWAKAMI, Toshihiro SHINBARA, Kazuhiko HARA, Kazuyuki FUJIOKA, Takeshi YOSHIDA, Hironori SATO
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Publication number: 20200139715Abstract: A chemical liquid supply assembly may include a chemical liquid supply line for providing chemical liquid to ink jet heads. The chemical liquid supply assembly may include a main line having a first diameter and extending in a first direction, branched lines divided from the main line in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and connected to the ink jet heads, each of the branched line having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a discharge line connected to one end portion of the main line such that bubbles generated in the chemical liquid supply line are discharged out of the chemical liquid supply line while the chemical liquid supply assembly provides the chemical liquid to the ink jet heads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicants: Semes Co., Ltd., Samsung Display Co., LTD.Inventors: Eonseok Lee, Dongjin Lee, Boramchan Sung, Dongyun Lee, Daesung Kim
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Publication number: 20200139716Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Koichi TOBA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Tadashi WATANABE, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20200139717Abstract: Example implementations relate to printer valve seals. In some examples, a printer valve to receive print substance from a fluid conduit and transmit the received print substance to a print cartridge can include a valve neck having a first seal member to provide a seal between the valve neck and an inlet of the print cartridge, and an actuator having a second seal member to form a seal within a valve body of the printer valve while the valve neck is detached from the inlet of the print cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: John J. Cantrell, Sierra Lila Wolf
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Publication number: 20200139718Abstract: The ink container includes an ink pack, a paper case and a cover. The ink pack is configured to store ink. The paper case is configured to store the ink pack and to have a shape elongated in one direction. The cover is bonded to an end portion in the one direction of the case. A protection rib is protruded on an outer circumferential face of the cover. The protection rib covers, from an outside in the one direction, a bonded portion of the end portion of the case and the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Tatsuhiko YOSHII
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Publication number: 20200139719Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a system for generating a unitary structure with a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. The unitary structure includes a cavity configured to contain a fluid and a passageway configured to route the fluid to or from the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Christopher Andrew PORTER
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Publication number: 20200139720Abstract: A liquid circulation device comprises a booster pump that draws liquid from a liquid replenishing tank to supply it to a liquid discharge head; a pressure reducing pump that collects the liquid from the liquid discharge head to supply it to the liquid replenishing tank; a buffer tank connected between the liquid discharge head and the booster pump and between the liquid discharge head and the pressure reducing pump, and into which the liquid flows; a pressure sensor that detects pressure in the buffer tank; and a processor that controls driving voltages of the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump based on a nozzle surface pressure of the liquid discharge head calculated based on pressure data detected by the pressure sensor, and determines whether the liquid is deficient based on the nozzle surface pressure, the driving voltages of the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Taiki Goto, Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20200139721Abstract: A liquid circulation device comprises a booster pump that draws liquid from a liquid replenishing tank to supply it to a liquid discharge head; a pressure reducing pump that collects the liquid from the liquid discharge head to supply it to the liquid replenishing tank; a buffer tank connected between the liquid discharge head and the booster pump and between the liquid discharge head and the pressure reducing pump, and into which the liquid flows; a pressure sensor that detects pressure in the buffer tank; and a processor that controls driving voltages of the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump based on a nozzle surface pressure of the liquid discharge head calculated based on pressure data detected by the pressure sensor, and determines whether the liquid is deficient based on the nozzle surface pressure, the driving voltages of the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Taiki Goto, Kazuhiro Hara
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Publication number: 20200139722Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container guide and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism includes a pin and a pin supporting member. The latch mechanism permits an attachment of the ink container to the container guide when the ink container is pushed in an attachment direction and the pin is stored in a first storage part and permits a detachment of the ink container from the container guide when the ink container attached to the container guide is pushed in the attachment direction and the pin is removed from the first storage part. The pin supporting member includes a boss. The boss is stored in a second storage part when the pin is stored in the first storage part, and the boss is removed from the second storage part when the pin is removed from the first storage part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masanobu MAESHIMA
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Publication number: 20200139723Abstract: To stabilize image quality of a printed image. A thermal transfer printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a thermal head and a platen roll and forms an image on printing paper by causing the thermal head to heat an ink ribbon including a plurality of consecutive ink layers, each of which includes sequential panels of a yellow layer, a magenta layer, and a cyan layer and thereby transfer ink while transporting, between the thermal head and the platen roll, the ink ribbon and the printing paper that are superimposed on each other. The thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a sensor that detects ink content of the ink layers and a controller that controls energy applied to the thermal head during image formation on a basis of a result of the detection of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsuaki ODAKA
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Publication number: 20200139724Abstract: There are provided a thermal transfer printer and a method for producing a printed matter capable of suppressing deterioration in printing quality. A first energizing pulse is generated at the beginning of one line period. The first energizing pulse causes each heating element to perform offset heating. Second energizing pulses whose number corresponds to a tone level are generated in one line period. The second energizing pulses cause each heating element to perform heating. When the timings at which the first energizing pulse and the second energizing pulses are generated can be evenly distributed within one line period, the timings are evenly distributed within one line period. When the timings cannot be evenly distributed within one line period, the timings are distributed within one line period such that an unevenly distributed portion included in the timings is arranged in an initial period of one line period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Megumi MISHIMA, Shiohiro OKINAKA
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Publication number: 20200139725Abstract: A laser marking system includes a laser, an image capture device, a marking head including electromagnetic energy deflectors and a lens, beam paths of the laser of the image capture device both passing through the lens, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to perform a method including generating an image calibration model at each of multiple areas across a marking field of the laser marking system, adjusting the electromagnetic energy deflectors to direct the beam path of the image capture device to multiple different locations within the marking field of the laser marking system, and capturing image tiles at each of the multiple different locations with the image capture device, wherein at each of the multiple different locations, if a location corresponds to an area at which an image calibration model was generated, correcting the image tile according to the image calibration model generated at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Faycal Benayad-Cherif, Christopher Bahns
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Publication number: 20200139726Abstract: Building panels, especially floor panels, and a method of forming embossed in register surfaces with a digital ink head that applies a curable ink on the panel surface or on an upper side of a foil as a coating and forms an ink matrix that is used to create a cavity in the surface by applying a pressure on the ink matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Ceraloc Innovation ABInventors: Darko PERVAN, Tony PERVAN
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Publication number: 20200139727Abstract: A system and method for treatment of thread includes a thread printer that applies colored coatings to thread. A camera is positioned to capture images of the treated thread after it passes through an outlet of the thread printer. The system processes the images to determine whether the location of a selected segment of the treated thread corresponds to an expected location. If the actual location of the selected segment corresponds to the expected location, the system will continue instructing the thread printer to selectively apply the colored coatings to the thread according to the pattern. However, if the actual location does not correspond to the expected location, the system will modify the pattern so that thread printer adjusts the size of one or more segment to automatically account for the misalignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Warren Jackson, Naveen Chopra, Steven E. Ready, Karthik Gopalan, Kent Evans
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Publication number: 20200139728Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording method including: discharging first ultraviolet curable ink of a radical polymerization reaction type which contains a radical photopolymerization initiator and a radical polymerization compound and in which transmittance at a wavelength of 395 nm is equal to or less than 1%, onto a recording medium; and curing the first ultraviolet curable ink which is landed on the recording medium by irradiating the ink with ultraviolet light, in which a light source which initially emits the ultraviolet light in the curing of the ink is an ultraviolet light emitting diode in which peak intensity of the irradiated ultraviolet light is equal to or more than 800 mW/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Mikito NAKAJIMA, Keitaro Nakano, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20200139729Abstract: Examples described herein include a print media edge repair system that includes a first repair element disposed adjacent to a media handling path to repair a leading edge of a sheet of print media as the sheet of print media moves into a position relative to a printing system associated with the print media edge repair system. The print media repair system may also include a second repair element disposed opposite the first repair element across the media handling path to repair a trailing edge of the sheet of print media as the sheet of print media moves into the position relative to a printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Yuval Dim, Alex Veis
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Publication number: 20200139730Abstract: The medium discharging apparatus includes a medium receiving portion that includes a first portion and a second portion that is provided on the first portion and that is configured to be displaced between a retracted position and an advanced position, a moving member configured to move between a first position and a second position, in which the moving member pushes and moves the second portion towards the advanced position as the moving member moves from the first position towards the second position and in which the moving member is moved to the first position as the second portion is displaced to the retracted position, a pushing member that pushes the moving member towards the second position, and a restricting member configured to switch between a restricting state that restricts a movement of the moving member towards the second position, and a non-restricting state that releases the restricting state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Yuji MIYAMOTO, Masaki SHIMOMURA, Akira NAKAZAWA, Toshihiro IMAE
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Publication number: 20200139731Abstract: A recording medium conveying apparatus includes: a mount member having an outer peripheral surface on which a recording medium is placed; a ventilation member provided along part of an inner peripheral surface of the mount member; an air chamber having air permeability to/from the outer peripheral surface side of the mount member through the holes provided in the mount member and the ventilation member; a suction unit; and a side wall member having side wall surfaces covering part of side surfaces of the ventilation member. A buffer region that is not provided with the ventilation member is included in a ventilation member-disposed region enclosed by straight lines passing through the first surface, the second surface, and the pair of side wall surfaces, in an arbitrary cross section that intersects the pair of side wall surfaces across the ventilation member and is perpendicular to the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Tasuku ASANUMA
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Publication number: 20200139732Abstract: A posture adjusting apparatus includes: an ink ejector that has a detachable inkjet head that ejects ink; and a posture adjuster for adjusting a posture of the ink ejector. The ink ejector includes a head fixing member to/from which the inkjet head is attached and detached, and is movable between a first position where an image is formed on a recording medium by the inkjet head and a second position where the inkjet head is attached and detached, and the posture adjuster allows adjustment of an angle of the head fixing member in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Akira NARUSE, Ryo GOTO, Kenichi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200139733Abstract: A print module including: a cradle having a longitudinal cavity; an elongate printhead assembly positioned in the longitudinal cavity; and a supply assembly slidably movable relative to the cradle along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the printhead assembly, the supply assembly having one or more ink couplings for fluidic connection to a printhead of the printhead assembly. The cradle includes a fixed limiter configured for abutment with a reaction plate of the printhead assembly so as to limit movement of the printhead assembly during movement of the supply assembly away from the printhead assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: David Burke, Norman Berry, Harrick Selvan Anothonysamy, Reynovel Pacinio Anciano, Soon Keat Fah, Poh Lai Say
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Publication number: 20200139734Abstract: A portable printing cabinet having a housing with a substantially enclosed interior and an opening formed in a side surface thereof, a printing device located within the interior of said housing, and a paper tray positioned outside of the housing and in communication with the opening of the housing is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Arthur L. Vellutato, JR.
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Publication number: 20200139735Abstract: A technique includes receiving a plurality of speed control requests from a plurality of components of a processing pipeline for a printing press system. The technique includes controlling the speed of the printing press system based on the plurality of speed control requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Shane Shivji
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Publication number: 20200139736Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank, a recording head, a monitor, an operation panel, and a controller. The ink tank forms an ink chamber and including an injection inlet. The recording head ejects ink from the ink chamber to record an image on a sheet. The operation panel receives user input. The controller controls operation of the recording head, the monitor, and the operation panel. The controller performs receiving a completion signal indicating completion of ink injection, decision processing deciding whether an initial processing has been completed, and inquiry processing based on receipt of the completion signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mana HONOKI, Kenta HORADE
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Publication number: 20200139737Abstract: An inkjet printer apparatus includes a printing head including a plurality of nozzles for printing an ink in a plurality of pixels arranged as a matrix type in a target substrate, a control circuit which moves the printing head in an x-direction crossing an y-direction of a scan direction, and determines an optimal position for using largest nozzles, and a driving part which moves the printing head to the optimal position and moves the printing head along the y-direction in the optimal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Dongsul KIM, Honggi MIN, Minsoo KIM
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Publication number: 20200139738Abstract: A printable media including a carrier layer, a fabric layer and a first adhesive. The carrier layer includes a first surface having a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first rigidity. The fabric layer includes a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface and including a second area, and a second rigidity less than the first rigidity. The fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by the first adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Eliud Robles Flores, William G. Osbourne