Abstract: A head protector to be mounted to a liquid discharge head including a nozzle surface on which nozzles to discharge a liquid is formed, the head protector includes a cover surface to cover a part of the nozzle surface of the liquid discharge head, a fitting surface to be fitted to an attachment portion on a first side surface of the liquid discharge head, the first side surface intersecting the nozzle surface, and a biasing surface including a biasing part to bias the head protector against a second side surface of the liquid discharge head in a direction parallel to the nozzle surface, the second side surface intersecting the first side surface and the nozzle surface.

Abstract: An ink and cleaning liquid set includes an ink comprising a coloring material and a resin and a cleaning liquid comprising water and at least one type of organic solvent, wherein the ink in a dried form has a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 90 degrees C. and the swelling ratio calculated from a mass of a film of the ink in a dried form before and after immersion in the cleaning liquid is 10 percent or greater according to the following relationship 1: swelling ratio (percent)=100×[(B?A)/A] Relationship 1, where A represents the mass of the film before the immersion and B represents the mass of the film after the immersion.

Abstract: Provided are a recording head and an ink jet recording apparatus provided with the same capable of cleaning an ink ejection surface while preventing damage to a wiper. The recording head is provided with an ink ejection surface including an ink ejection region in which a plurality of ink ejection ports for ejecting ink onto a sheet is opened. With respect to the ink ejection region, on the upstream side in a wiping direction in which a wiper wipes the ink ejection surface, a plurality of concave parts is provided. Inside each of the concave parts, two or more cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying a cleaning liquid are provided in the wiping direction.

Abstract: A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals.

Abstract: A printing material supply may include a body to contain a printing material, a latch pivotably coupled to the body by a living hinge and a latch protector. The latch protector may include a structure coupled to and projecting from the body so as to contact a packaging surface of a package to inhibit creep of the latch about the living hinge when the printing material supply is contained within the packaging.

Abstract: A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space.

Abstract: The subject matter discloses a fluid cartridge comprising a container to hold a predetermined volume of fluid, and a lid for closing the container. The lid comprises a valve-recess and an inlet valve in the valve-recess to transfer a volume of a replacement fluid in the container for replacing depleted volume of fluid in the container. A rocker valve is pivoted in the valve-recess to cover the inlet valve during a regulation phase. The rocker valve is to open the inlet valve during an actuation phase to allow the replacement fluid to enter the container. A spring element is movably disposed on the rocker valve to control actuation of the rocker valve for opening and closing the inlet valve. The spring element slides across the rocker valve, from a regulation zone of the rocker valve to an actuation zone of the rocker valve, to open the inlet valve.

Abstract: In a control device, a controller sets an order condition using a plurality of sets of timing information and a plurality of index values stored in a memory. The plurality of index values is acquired from a recording device under a condition where a first cartridge is mounted in the recording device. The order condition requires that one of a latest index value and a current timing have reached corresponding one of a reference index value and a reference timing, and is set so that a second cartridge is delivered to a predetermined destination at a first timing at which the first cartridge is expected to be out of a printing agent while a tank of the recording device is expected to still accommodate the printing agent. The controller transmits an order command instructing to order the second cartridge to a relevant device after the order condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A sensing structure in an example may include at least three electrodes along an interior surface of a reservoir from a top portion of the reservoir to a bottom portion of the reservoir wherein at least one of the electrodes is closer to at least another electrode at the top portion of the reservoir than at the bottom portion of the reservoir.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a main replenishing section, an auxiliary replenishing section, and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on a recording medium using a consumable. The main replenishing section retains the consumable therein. The auxiliary replenishing section is replenished with the consumable from the main replenishing section and replenishes the consumable to the image forming section. The controller controls an image forming speed for forming the image on the recording medium. The controller lowers the image forming speed below a normal speed when a main residual amount corresponding to a remaining amount of the consumable retained in the main replenishing section is no greater than a specified value.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to eject ink supplied from a storage unit to perform a printing operation; a detection unit configured to detect ink stored in the storage unit; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire a consumption amount of ink consumed in the printing operation from the storage unit. The printing apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a decrease amount that is a difference between the ink amount in the storage unit detected by the detection unit prior to the printing operation and the ink amount in the storage unit detected by the detection unit after the printing operation; and a determination unit configured to determine an ink leakage in a case where a difference between the decrease amount calculated by the calculation unit and the consumption amount acquired by the acquisition unit is larger than a threshold value.

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: In one example of the disclosure, an uncalibrated sensor may be calibrated. Calibrated sensor data is obtained. The data relates to an amount of light transmitted through an ink solution of a first colour as a function of ink concentration. An amount of light transmitted through an ink solution of the first colour is measured, using the uncalibrated sensor, at a plurality of ink concentrations. A calibration factor relating the light transmission of the calibrated sensor for the first colour and the light transmission of the uncalibrated sensor for the first colour is determined, using a processor, based on the obtained data and the measurements.

Abstract: A recording device according to the present disclosure includes: a writer that rewrites schedule information visibly recorded on a recording medium and corresponding to a time from first schedule information to second schedule information; and a generator that generates the second schedule information on the basis of a time.

Abstract: A printing method includes determining the upper limit of the amount of the ink to be discharged based on a color saturation suppression upper limit, and at least one of an overflowing suppression upper limit, a bleeding suppression upper limit, and an aggregation suppression upper limit. The determining of the upper limit of the amount of the ink to be discharged includes setting in advance priorities among the suppressing of the color saturation of the ink and at least one of the overflowing of the ink, the bleeding of the ink, and the aggregation of the ink, and determining the upper limit of the amount of the ink to be discharged based on the priorities.

Abstract: A dryer for an inkjet image forming apparatus includes a heating device including a first heater and to dry a print medium by applying heat from the first heater to the print medium, and a flattening device including a second heater, to apply heat from the second heater to the print medium, to which heat from the first heater is applied, to flatten a deformed surface of the print medium deformed by the inkjet image.

Abstract: An integrated inkjet module includes: a print bar chassis including: an elongate frame mounting one or more printheads, the elongate frame having first and second pairs of opposed legs extending downwardly from respective first and second ends thereof, each leg having a set of roller bearings configured for bearing against a respective guide rail of the inkjet module; a support chassis configured for fixedly mounting on a media feed chassis; and a lift mechanism for lifting the print bar chassis relative to the support chassis.

Abstract: A recording apparatus can convey a recording sheet such as a long sheet with high precision without decreasing productivity even if a back tension occurs during conveyance of the recording sheet. The recording apparatus sets a first acceleration period in which the conveying speed is increased up to a first predetermined speed before a leading end of the roll paper reaches a detecting position of the leading end detecting sensor with the roll paper being nipped by the upstream side nip roller and the conveying belt. Further, the recording apparatus sets a first constant speed period in which the conveying speed is kept constant at the first predetermined speed before the leading end of the roll paper reaches the detecting position until the leading end of the roll paper is nipped by the downstream side nip roller and the conveying belt.

Abstract: A head assembly includes a base member, a recording head, a first coupling member, a second coupling member, a first rotating shaft member, and a first angle adjustment mechanism. The first coupling member couples a first end of the recording heads to the base member. The second coupling member couples a second end of the recording head to the base member. The first rotating shaft member functions as a rotating shaft of the recording head. The first angle adjustment rotates the recording head about the first rotating shaft member as a rotation center. The first rotating shaft member is provided for the first coupling member. The first angle adjustment mechanism is provided for the second coupling member.

Abstract: A movable cleaning web can be positioned and allowed to move from a supply spool, between a platen (e.g., vacuum, marking) and the inside of a belt (e.g., marking, transport), into a take-up spool. The cleaning web can move opposite the process direction of the belt. The web can reduce contamination on the platen, inside of belt and along belt rollers.

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

Abstract: A 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.

Abstract: Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag.

Abstract: A craftwork accessory may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help users accurately and repeatedly apply stamp impressions and the like to items such as cardstock. The accessory may include a base portion, one or more elevated side portions and cover portion. The side portions may define a workspace for arranging the item. The cover portion may be movably attached to the base portion or a side portion, for example, by one or more hinges. In operation, the item and stamp may be aligned in the workspace and the cover portion may be pressed onto the stamp to stick the stamp to the cover portion. The cover may then be opened, the stamp may be inked, and the cover portion may be closed and pressed onto the item to stamp the item. The accessory may include alignment indicia on the base portion, side portions and/or cover portion to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp. The accessory may also include fastening mechanisms, such as magnetic elements, to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp.

Abstract: A method for curing of an actinic light sensitive ink or toner layer on a substrate includes irradiating the actinic light sensitive ink or toner layer with a first radiation dose D1 in a first spectral range between 320 nm and 445 nm, followed by a second radiation dose D2 in a second spectral range between 200 nm and 319 nm. The ratio D1/D2 of the first radiation dose and the second radiation dose is between 0.25 and 500, more preferably between 0.25 and 200, even more preferably between 0.50 and 100.

Abstract: A technique is described for the application of three-dimensional (3D) relief to a substrate such as a ceramic tile using digital inkjet technology. In an example embodiment, the introduced technique includes application of binder ink to a portion of the surface of a substrate using a digital inkjet process. This binder ink forms a barrier layer which protects the portion of the surface of the substrate. Next, a brushing process is applied to remove unprotected portions of the substrate, thereby forming the 3D relief in the substrate.

Abstract: An ink-printed substrate includes a substrate and water-based ink composition printed on the substrate, and has a Crockfastness-Loss-to-Density Ratio of about ?1.0 to about ?6.0.

Abstract: A system for integrating and labeling a plurality of tablet orders is described. The system comprises a graphical user interface configured to receive one or more inputs for a plurality of tablets associated with a particular patient. A software module is configured to compile the inputs into an integrated order. The system further comprises an integrated label coupled to a package containing a dose comprised of the plurality of tablets input into the graphical user interface. The integrated label indicates information about the first dose and the second dose.

Abstract: A feature substance is provided for securing the authenticity of documents of value, having at least one luminescent substance in particle form and nanoparticles enveloping the surfaces of the luminescent substance particles at least partially, wherein the properties of the feature substance result from the interaction of the properties of the luminescent substance and of the nanoparticles. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the feature substance, a method for securing the authenticity of a security element or document of value using a feature substance, as well as security elements and documents of value with authenticity features on the basis of the feature substance.

Abstract: A security device is disclosed, comprising an array of focussing elements with regular periodicity in at least a first direction, each focusing element having an optical footprint of which different portions will be directed to the viewer in dependence on the viewing angle; and an array of image elements with regular periodicity in at least the first direction overlapping the array of focusing structures, the image elements representing portions of at least two respective images, and at least one image element from each respective image being located in the optical footprint of each focusing structure.

Abstract: A light-emitting module structure comprises a support substrate and a micro-module disposed on or in the support substrate that extends over only a portion of the support substrate. The micro-module comprises a rigid module substrate, an inorganic light-emitting diode, a power source, and a control circuit. The inorganic light-emitting diode, the power source, and the control circuit are disposed on or in the module substrate and the control circuit receives power from the power source to control the inorganic light-emitting diode to emit light. A light conductor is disposed on or in the support substrate and in alignment with the micro-module so that the inorganic light-emitting diode is disposed to emit light into the light conductor and the light conductor conducts the light beyond the micro-module to emit the light from the light conductor.

Abstract: An office supply organizer, for providing a compact housing for holding various office supply items in a secure environment. The organizer includes a main body platform substantially having a shape of a quadrangle having four peripheral edges, an underside and a top side. The main body platform further includes four distinct quadrants divided by seams. At least one pocket is attached to the top side of at least one of the four adjacent quadrants. The main body platform is foldable in a first direction and is reversible, and foldable in a second direction. At least one a closure is coupled to the main body platform and is configured to retain the main body platform in at least one of a first folded configuration and a second folded configuration.

Abstract: A device for accommodating punched sheets, in particular loose sheets of paper, and a folder, in particular a binder, having such a device is provided. The device comprises a base plate, at least two retainer bracket pairs designed to be openable and closable, each of which having a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein the at least two first brackets are connected to each other by a bracket connector that is connected to the base plate so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation that runs parallel to the base plate, and is connected to a pivot lever. The device further comprises a carriage that is displaceably mounted on the base plate, wherein the carriage has a link that guides the pivot lever and is designed such that, when the carriage is displaced, the link determines a rotational movement of the pivot lever about the axis of rotation, which is parallel to the base plate, in both directions of rotation.

Abstract: A refill friendly pen body that is configured to adapt to a refill cartridge of various dimensional parameters. An adjustment cylinder is adjustably carried within a barrel to adapt the pen body to a length of the refill cartridge. A grip end of the pen body is configured with an internal collet to compressively engage with a forward end of the cartridge across to retain the forward end of the cartridge in a writing position. The pen body may also be provided with a cap to selectively cover and uncover the writing tip.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ball pen tip in which a spring for biasing a ball is assembled to the ball pen tip, the method including punching the ball pen tip by a punch from a rear end of the ball pen tip along a central axis direction of the ball pen tip to form a plastic flow ridge formed by a plastic flow upheaving radially inward from an inner peripheral wall surface of the ball pen tip to assemble the spring to the ball pen tip by the plastic flow ridge.

Abstract: A manual device extends in an axial direction and includes a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. First and second heads are each axially movable between a use position and a stowed position. The first head is in the stowed position when the second head is in the use position, whereas the second head is in the stowed position when the first head is in the use position. The first head and the second head both are carried by a single carriage movable in the axial direction and arranged inside a barrel. A groove forming a cam track is formed by a first shoulder of the first housing portion and by a second shoulder of the barrel. A lug of the carriage cooperates with the groove.

Abstract: A paint bucket includes a housing having a trough defined therein for holding paint and/or paint accessories. The housing includes a pair of apertures defined in a back panel thereof that extend therethrough. Each aperture is disposed proximate an opposing side of the housing. A band is adapted to engage between belt loops on a pair of pants. A pair of selectively engageable loops is each configured to engage both a corresponding aperture defined in the back panel of the housing and the band to secure the paint bucket thereto such that the paint bucket remains upright as a painter navigates a ladder or a sloped terrain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a wheel assembly consisting of a wheel portion and a cover portion. The method includes handling the wheel portion from dunnage to a work cell with an outboard face of the wheel portion facing away from a supporting surface. Next, determining a planar position and a rotational position of wheel portion and retrieving the cover portion. The method proceeds with applying an adhesive to at least one of the back side of the cover portion and the outboard face of the wheel portion. Then, aligning the cover portion with the wheel portion utilizing the planar position and the rotational position. The next step is engaging the cover portion and the wheel portion with one another and maintaining the wheel portion in engagement with the cover portion for a predetermined amount of time with a predetermined amount of pressure to form the wheel assembly.

Abstract: A rubber composition containing (A) at least one rubber selected from sulphur vulcanizable rubbery elastomers, (B) silica, (C) at least one non-ionic surfactant (C) that is selected from compounds according to general formula (I a) R1—CH(OH)—CH2—O-(AO)x—R2,??(I a) and from compounds according to general formula (I b) R1—CH(OH)—CH2—O-(AO)x-A1-O-(AO)y—CH2—CH(OH)—R1,??(I b) and from compounds according to general formula (I c) R1—CO—NH—CH2—CH2—O-(AO)x—CH2—CH2—NH—CO—R1,??(I c) wherein R1 are same or different and selected from C4-C30-alkyl, straight-chain or branched, and from C4-C30-alkylene, straight-chain or branched, with at least one C—C double bond, R2 are same or different and selected from C1-C30-alkyl, straight-chain or branched, and from C2-C30-alkylene, straight-chain or branched, with at least one C—C double bond, R2 is selected from C2-C10-alkylene, straight chain or branched, x, y same or different and selected from 10 to 50, and AO is selected from identical or different alkylene oxides, s

Abstract: A tire sidewall comprising a vulcanized rubber and a high molecular weight wax.

Abstract: Methods of reducing oxygen in tire air chambers with an oxygen scavenger that contains diethylhydroxylamine are disclosed herein. Compositions including diethylhydroxylamine for reducing oxygen in tire air chambers are disclosed herein. Wheel assemblies including compositions containing diethylhydroxylamine for reducing oxygen in tire air chambers are disclosed herein.

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a first point (P1) is set on an end edge on an outer end portion (15a) side of a coupling member (15) and a fifth point (P5) is set on an end edge on an inner end portion (15b) side of the coupling member (15), and when a distance (H1) from the fifth point (P5) to the second point (P2) along a reference straight line (RL) passing through the first point (P1) and a tire axis is set to 0.80 times a reference distance (H) from the fifth point (P5) to the first point (P1) along the reference straight line, a distance (H2) from the fifth point (P5) to the third point along the reference straight line is set to 0.65 times the reference distance (H), and a distance (H3) from the fifth point (P5) to the fourth point (P4) along the reference straight line is set to 0.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire with an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction, a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion, and a pair of bead portions disposed inward of these sidewall portions in a tire radial direction. This pneumatic tire is also provided with a reinforcing member which includes a plurality of reinforcing cords oriented in at least three directions, and has a mesh-like structure with at least three of the reinforcing cords oriented in different directions joined together at at least a portion of intersecting locations of the reinforcing cords.

Abstract: A passenger vehicle pneumatic tire comprising: a carcass; and inclined belt layers and a circumferential belt layer, wherein: the inclined belt layers include at least two inclined belt layers having different tire widthwise widths; an inclination angle ?1 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the widest width and an inclination angle ?2 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy correlations that 30°??1?85°, 10°??2?30°, and ?1>?2; and a tire widthwise width W1 of the inclined belt layer having the widest width and a tire widthwise width W2 of the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy a correlation that W2?0.6W1.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic motorcycle tire in which, without compromising the stability during running, other performances such as light-weight are improved. Provided is a pneumatic motorcycle tire which comprises a tread portion 1, and side wall portions 2 and bead portions 3 extending from both sides of the tread portion, and whose rotation direction when the tire is mounted on a vehicle is designated.

Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including at least one land portion having axially spaced first and second ends. The at least one land portion is provided with lateral grooves extending from the first end to terminal ends terminating within the at least one land portion, first sipes each extending along a tire circumferential direction to connect a pair of lateral grooves arranged adjacently in the tire circumferential direction, second sipes extending from the first end toward the first sipes, and third sipes extending from the second end toward the first sipes. The second sipes and the third sipes are arranged without intersecting the lateral grooves.

Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion being provided with a shoulder main groove and a crown main groove to form a middle land portion therebetween. The middle land portion is divided into a plurality of middle blocks. At least one of the middle blocks is provided with a recess to form a first portion located on a circumferential first side of the recess and a second portion located on a circumferential second side of the recess, wherein at a side of the shoulder main groove, the second portion has a circumferential edge smaller than that of the first portion. The second portion includes a ground contacting surface provided with a dimple. The dimple is located on a side of the shoulder main groove with respect to the center in the tire axial direction of the middle land portion.

Abstract: A wear detection system for truck steer tires is provided. A plurality of sipe groups are located in a tread rib of the tire. Each sipe group includes a first sipe group portion having an axially inward directed apex and a second sipe group portion having an axially outwardly directed apex, such that an axially directed wear force component causes the apex of the sipe group directed in the direction of the wear force component to be more tactilely detectable by a human fingertip than the apex of the other sipe group portion.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a sidewall portion includes a plurality of projecting portions projecting in a tire width-direction. The projecting portions are placed such that at least portions of the projecting portions are superposed on a first block in a tire radial-direction as viewed in the tire width-direction. At least one of the projecting portions includes an opening which is separated from at least one of end edges of the projecting portions in the tire radial-direction. The opening includes a radial bottom curved surface having an arc cross section extending along the tire radial-direction. A radius of curvature of the radial bottom curved surface is equal to or greater than a maximum depth size of the opening.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire (1) includes a mechanical fastener (3) formed of at least two or more fastener components (3a, 3b) and attached to a tire inner surface (2). In such a pneumatic tire (1), the two or more fastener components (3a, 3b) of the mechanical fastener (3) are fixed with a resin reinforcement member (7) sandwiched therebetween, the resin reinforcement member (7) including at least one layer of a resin film or resin sheet including any of: (a) a resin or a resin composition made of a blend of resin and an elastomer; (b) a resin or a resin composition made of a blend of a resin and an elastomer including arranged fibers; and (c) a resin or a resin composition made of a blend of a resin and an elastomer with short fibers compounded therein.