Patents Issued in August 31, 2023
  • Publication number: 20230271387
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device for heat sealing may include a positioning device configured to move in at least two dimensions, and a sealing head attached to the positioning device. The sealing head may include an energy system configured to generate energy for heat sealing an article along a path of an arbitrary shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin OSBORN, David Kelly WURMFELD
  • Publication number: 20230271388
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thermoplastic composite product includes: providing a first and second thermoplastic composite component made from a consolidated stack of thermoplastic composite plies, said first and second component having a first and second ply drop off, respectively. The first and second components are positioned such that the first ply drop off and the second ply drop off are aligned, and the first and second components are fixedly connected by means of heating. The stacks of plies for the first and second components are constructed by stacking the plies in a stacking direction wherein the plies are arranged such that plies at a different position along the stacking direction are laterally offset relative to each other for the purpose of forming the first ply drop off and the second ply drop off, respectively, before consolidating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Dutch Thermoplastic Components B.V.
    Inventors: David Reijer Manten, Jeffrey Rogier Vroemen, Dennis Lunenborg, Peter Floris Evert Boer
  • Publication number: 20230271389
    Abstract: An aircraft structure (such as a T-shaped structure, a convex structure, a curved structure, or the like) includes: a laminated structure including composite-material layers that are laminated; and wherein the composite material aircraft structure is a three-dimensional structure that includes at least one of a standing structure, a convex structure, or a curved structure. The composite-material layers include at least a composite-material layer in which a reinforced fiber is a single continuous fiber, wherein the single continuous fiber includes a partial slit region. When a thickness of a flat-plate formed body including a same laminated structure as the aircraft structure but not including the three-dimensional structure, is defined as a reference thickness, the aircraft structure includes a thin plate region which has a thickness that is smaller than the reference thickness while maintaining the laminated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki SHIMADA, Yoshihiro NAKAYAMA, Sayaka OCHI, Kenshirou OKUMURA, Shouhei KANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230271390
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control method for winding deformation of fiber fabric and a forming mould thereof. The control method comprises step S1: lifting a plurality of positioning pins arranged on a surface of a forming mould according to a design position of a fiber fabric that is wound on the forming mould; step S2: winding the fiber fabric on the forming mould, and making a plurality of intersections of warp tracer yarn and weft tracer yarn, arranged on the fiber fabric, correspondingly cover on the positioning pins; step S3: retracting the lifted positioning pins; step S4: wrapping the fiber fabric with a fixing mould, and injecting resin after vacuumizing. The present disclosure provides a control method for winding deformation of fiber fabric and a forming mould thereof, ensuring that fiber deformations on the fiber fabric in the winding process meet the design requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: AECC COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiyi KONG, Xuan ZHANG, Jian ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230271391
    Abstract: A lens clamping device (1), relating to the field of optical communication devices, comprises: a base (2); a sliding mechanism (3) slidably connected with the base (2) and movable relative to the base along a first direction; a transmission mechanism (4) connected with the sliding mechanism and having a first (41) and a second clamping member (42) capable of relatively away from and close to each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a suction nozzle (5) fixedly connected to one end of the sliding mechanism along the first direction and used for sucking a lens; wherein the suction nozzle is between the first and second clamping member which are relatively close to each other to limit the displacement of the lens in the second direction. The lens clamping device improves the reliability of picking up the lens by means of limit in two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hualin Yin, Shijie Chu, Shuwei Tan, Yuan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230271392
    Abstract: A corrected optical lens includes an inner layer that includes a low stress optical lens and an outer layer that includes one or more corrective layers. The outer layer may be formed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the inner layer by scanning the outer surface of the inner layer, generating a surface characterization file based on the outer surface scan, and 3D printing the one or more corrective layers on the outer surface of the inner layer based on the surface characterization file as input to a 3D printer. The surface characterization file may be corrected based on a particular predetermined contour of the inner layer prior to being input to the 3D printer. The correction may include, for example, reduction of root mean square (RMS) values of deviations of detected peaks and valleys on the surface of the inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sandro PINTZ, Kurt JENKINS
  • Publication number: 20230271393
    Abstract: A machine and method for obtaining a curved surface of a film structure that comprises a carrier layer and a functional film (212). The machine comprises an annular support member having a supporting face adapted for supporting the film structure, and an opening (10) that is covered by the film structure when said film structure is supported by the annular support member; a clamping system configured to clamp the annular support member and the film structure when supported by the annular support member; and a forming system configured to apply pressure, and preferably temperature, on the film structure so as to curve said film structure in or through the opening (10) of the annular support member. The opening (10) of the annular support member has a contour that is non-circular so that the obtained curvature of the functional film (212) corresponds to a target curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Youval KATZMAN
  • Publication number: 20230271394
    Abstract: Method and application unit (3) for applying a sound-absorbing material (2) to an inner cavity of a pneumatic tyre (1) using a strip (4) of sound-absorbing material (2) provided on one side with an adhesive layer (6) covered with a protective lining (7). The following steps are provided: attaching an initial part of the protective lining (7) to a recovery drum (26); partially winding the strip of sound-absorbing material onto the applicator roller (24); pressing, by means of the applicator roller (24), the strip (4) of sound-absorbing material (2) against the inner cavity of the pneumatic tyre (1) whilst the pneumatic tyre (1) is caused to rotate; and rotating the recovery drum (26) synchronously with the pneumatic tyre (1), such as to wind the protective lining (7) around the recovery drum (26), step-by-step, as the protective lining (7) is separated from the strip (4) of sound-absorbing material (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Alessio Ciarnella, Paolo Straffi
  • Publication number: 20230271395
    Abstract: Covering of raw boxes with a sheet blank in a box laminating machine with a rubbing-down device that sweeps or rolls over the surface to be covered and a counter-holder that interacts with said rubbing-down device, wherein the rubbing-down operation takes place during a transport movement of the box and the counter-holder plunges into the box in order to support the wall to be covered against the rubbing-down device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Heiko Landwehr, Leonid Ugorets, Dominik Windhorst, Sandra Engelmeier, Nils Brokate
  • Publication number: 20230271396
    Abstract: Dispenser with bearings for dispensing a roll of tension activated expandable sheet material, as well as methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas R.J. Corrigan, Patrick R. Fleming, Jacob T. Lusson, James E. Nash
  • Publication number: 20230271397
    Abstract: A prefabricated substrate, a flexible substrate, a flexible module and a fabrication method, and a display device are provided. The prefabricated substrate includes a first film layer as a rigid film layer, and a second film layer as a flexible film layer. The second film layer at least partially wraps the first film layer. The first film layer includes a first surface and a second surface. The second film layer at least includes a first portion located on a side of the first surface away from the second surface, and a second portion and a third portion located on a side of the second surface away from the first surface. The second portion and the third portion are attached on the second surface through a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, respectively. The second portion and the third portion are spaced apart by a gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Zhen LIU, Qingsan ZHU, Kerui XI, Xiaobing ZHAO, Huan LI, Fan XU, Danping WANG, Feng QIN
  • Publication number: 20230271398
    Abstract: Structurally enhanced preformed layers of multiple rigid unidirectional rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements in a variety of composite components, e.g. wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Individual rods include aligned unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. A plurality of rods are loosely attached, e.g. knitted, together with a coupling that allows for each rod to be axially displaced, e.g. slideable, relative to another rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Nolet, James Hannan
  • Publication number: 20230271399
    Abstract: Structural panels include a plurality of structural layers adhered together in a laminate, including a plurality of bamboo structural layers and at least one non-bamboo structural layer disposed between a first bamboo structural layer and a second bamboo structural layer of the plurality of bamboo structural layers. The first bamboo structural layer and the second bamboo structural layer of the plurality of bamboo structural layers are spaced apart by the at least one non-bamboo structural layer on opposite sides of a neutral plane extending through a center of the structural panel and parallel to the plurality of bamboo structural layers. Structural sections including wall sections, roof sections, and floor sections include one or more structural panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Taylor Allan, William H. Hinkle
  • Publication number: 20230271400
    Abstract: The present application discloses an aerogel composite heat preservation fire-proof plate and a manufacturing process thereof. The aerogel composite heat preservation fire-proof plate comprises an upper surface layer, a fire-proof layer, a heat insulation layer, a polyurethane layer, and a lower surface layer which are compositely arranged from top to bottom in sequence. The interior of the fire-proof layer is hollow and filled with aluminum hydroxide particles. Working holes are uniformly formed in the fire-proof layer. Sealing double-screw bolts are connected in the working holes. Aerogel mounting grooves are uniformly formed in the surface, close to the fire-proof layer, of the heat insulation layer. There are heat insulation air cavities at one side, far away from the fire-proof layer, of the mounting grooves. The air cavities are communicated with all the mounting grooves. Aerogel fillers are arranged in the mounting grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: CNBM Technology Innovation Academy (Shandong) Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhonglun ZHANG, Mingming WANG
  • Publication number: 20230271401
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an article including a layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures and an opposing second surface, and an inorganic layer including a major surface bonded to a portion of the nanostructured first surface. The nanostructured first surface includes protruding features that are formed of a single composition and/or recessed features. The article includes at least one enclosed void defined in part by the nanostructured first surface. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the article including treating a major surface of an inorganic layer with a coupling agent, contacting a nanostructured surface of a layer with the treated inorganic layer, and securing the two layers together via a bonded coupling agent by bonding at least one of the nanostructured surface or the treated inorganic layer. In addition, the present disclosure provides an optical element including the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Solomon, Christopher S. Lyons, Joseph C. Spagnola, Thomas P. Klun
  • Publication number: 20230271402
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Publication number: 20230271403
    Abstract: A carpet waste composite and method for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the method, cleaned, unadulterated layers of are provided. An initial, unfused carpet layer is made by placing two cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet tufted side-to-tufted side with homogenous and adhesive contact therebetween. Heat and pressure followed by cooling are applied to furnish an initial, fused carpet layer. Carpet layers are iteratively added, as required, using heat and pressure followed by cooling to furnish a carpet waste composite. Plates are added in sealing engagement to surfaces of the composite construction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel R. McIntyre
  • Publication number: 20230271404
    Abstract: A multilayer sheet including: a transparent film with a total light transmittance of 85% or more in accordance with ISO 13468; a coating layer disposed on a first surface of the transparent film; and an adhesive layer disposed on a second surface, opposite to the first surface, of the transparent film, wherein a thickness of the adhesive layer after being cured is two times or less of a thickness of the coating layer, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SK microworks solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Jong WOO, Jun-Ki PARK, Hyung-Woo CHO, Seung-Yong PYUN
  • Publication number: 20230271405
    Abstract: A method of producing a ferritic stainless steel sheet comprises subjecting an Al vapor deposited layer-equipped stainless steel sheet to a heat treatment at 600° C. to 1300° C. for 1 minute or more. The Al vapor deposited layer-equipped stainless steel sheet comprises a ferritic stainless steel and an Al vapor deposited layer thereon. The ferritic stainless steel sheet has a thickness of 100 ?m or less and a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: ?0.030%, Si: ?1.0%, Mn: ?1.0%, P: ?0.040%, S: ?0.010%, Cr: 11.0-30.0%, Al: 4.0-6.5%, Ni: 0.05-0.50%, Mo: 0.01-6.0%, N: ?0.020% s, and Zr: 0.01-0.20% and/or Hf: 0.01-0.20%, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. A thickness of the Al vapor deposited layer per one side is 0.5-10.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito MIZUTANI, Mitsuyuki FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20230271406
    Abstract: A composite pane for a head-up display, includes a first pane having a first surface and a second surface, a second pane having a first surface and a second surface, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer, which is arranged between the second surface of the first pane and the first surface (III) of the second pane, an HUD region, and a first coating for reflecting p-polarized radiation and has exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver, wherein a second coating for reducing the total transmitted thermal radiation is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jan HAGEN, Pauline GIRARD
  • Publication number: 20230271407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer film comprising: • an inner layer system comprising a first surface and a second surface; • a first skin layer bound to the inner layer system at the first surface of the inner layer system; and • a second skin layer bound to the inner layer system at the second surface of the inner layer system; wherein • at least one or both of the first or the second skin layer(s) is a sealing layer comprising a second ethylene-based polymer being a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) comprising polymeric moieties derived from ethylene and from 1-hexene or 1-octene, having a density of ?890 and ?915 kg/m3, preferably of ?900 and ?915 kg/m3, as determined in accordance with ASTM D792 (2008), preferably wherein the sealing layer comprises ?70.0 wt % of the second ethylene-based polymer or wherein the sealing layer consists of the second ethylene-based polymer; and/or • at least one or both of the first or the second skin layer(s) comprises ?50.0 wt %, preferably ?75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Niclasina Siberta Johanna Alberdina Gerrits, Attilio Scala
  • Publication number: 20230271408
    Abstract: A combination of materials that may be formed through an extrusion process. The resulting product has at least two layers. By coextruding multiple layers of at least two types of materials together, the final product may have improved mechanical, thermal, electrical, and other properties as compared to the original materials used. Additionally, by using an additive, filler, or doping material in at least one layer of the final product during the extrusion process, the mechanical, thermal, electrical, or other properties of the final product may be further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Vickram DHANAPAL, Brian Davis, Matthew Thomas Fenneman, Michael Kenneth Davis
  • Publication number: 20230271409
    Abstract: Provided is a sodium-neutralized ethylene acid copolymer ionomer composition containing a specified silane additive in a specified amount and having enhanced adhesion properties to glass, a masterbatch composition suitable for producing such ionomer composition, an interlayer made from such ionomer composition, and a glass laminate comprising such interlayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Anthony SMITH
  • Publication number: 20230271410
    Abstract: A laminating device includes: a plurality of laminating heads that each holds a unit laminated body; a drum section in which the plurality of laminating heads are arranged, which holds each laminating head swingably via a support shaft, and which rotates to advance each laminating head to a laminating position facing a lamination stage; a cam section which is in contact with each laminating head and which causes each laminating head to swing around the support shaft in association with a movement of each laminating head caused by a rotation of the drum section; and a biasing member that biases each laminating head in a radial direction of the drum section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuta ABE, Yukihiro MAEGAWA, Naoto HOSOTANI, Takahiro KUHARA
  • Publication number: 20230271411
    Abstract: In some examples, an ink feed system for providing and feeding printing ink to an inking unit of an intaglio printing unit includes an inking device in the inking unit for inking a first inking unit cylinder. A provision device includes a storage receptacle with an ink reservoir of printing ink that is fed via an outlet and a line to the inking device. Furthermore, a wall of the storage receptacle encompassing the outlet can be heated and/or a metering device may be provided in the line path to support and/or effectuate delivery of the printing ink from the storage receptacle. On an output side, the metering device may provide a mass flow or volume flow that correlates with a working speed of the metering device via a defined relationship, and the metering device may be connected to a control device to control the working speed of the metering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel CHASSOT, Robert STIERMAN
  • Publication number: 20230271412
    Abstract: A conveying unit conveys a medium by moving a glue belt. The conveying unit includes a vapor application unit and a cleaning unit. The vapor application unit applies heated vapor to a front surface of the glue belt separated from the medium. The cleaning unit cleans the front surface to which the vapor is applied by the vapor application unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Shuhei NISHIZAWA, Koji SATO, Yoshihisa HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230271413
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a first discharge section that has a first piezoelectric element and discharges liquid by driving the first piezoelectric element with a driving signal; a driving signal generation section that generates the driving signal; a first selection section that performs a selection operation of selecting whether or not to apply each voltage of a plurality of driving waveforms included in the driving signal to the first piezoelectric element, based on a print data signal; a residual vibration detection section that detects residual vibration of the first discharge section after a voltage of a first driving waveform among the plurality of driving waveforms is applied to the first piezoelectric element; and a control section that generates the print data signal, in which the control section stops the driving signal generation section when causing the residual vibration detection section to detect the residual vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichi NISHIHARA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230271414
    Abstract: A method of ink jet printing using an ink jet imaging device including a plurality of nozzles arranged for expelling droplets of an ink by actuation of an ink channel includes the steps of: a) providing a bit map of a spit pattern comprising an arrangement of refresh dots to be printed by each of the plurality of nozzles; and d) printing the bitmap of the spit pattern. The spit pattern includes a plurality of clusters of refresh dots, each cluster including at least two sequential refresh dots expelled from a single nozzle. A spit pattern for use in such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Albertine P. WIJNHEIJMER, Bart TEUSSINK, Johannes A.T. GOLLATZ, Jacques J.M. GERAETS, Gerhardus R.B. LEUS
  • Publication number: 20230271415
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head, a position changer, and circuitry. The head has a nozzle. The head discharges a liquid from the nozzle to apply the liquid onto a surface of an object. The head has a prescribed discharge condition. The position changer changes a relative position between the object and the head. The circuitry determines a linear trajectory along which the position changer moves the head based on the prescribed discharge condition, outputs a first command including multiple moving positions along the linear trajectory to the position changer to cause the position changer to move the head along the linear trajectory, and outputs a second command including multiple discharge positions to the head to cause the head to discharge the liquid at the multiple discharge positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230271416
    Abstract: A print head that includes a drive element to be driven when a drive signal is supplied to the drive element and that ejects liquid by the driving of the drive element includes an ejecting module including the drive element and a nozzle from which the liquid is ejected, and a current detecting circuit that detects a drive current generated due to propagation of the drive signal. The current detecting circuit includes a current detector that detects the drive current as a current detection signal, and a processor that controls an operation of the current detecting circuit according to the current detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Tatsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230271417
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head, a driver, and circuitry. The head has multiple nozzles and discharges a liquid from each of multiple nozzles to an object in a flight direction to form a film on a surface of the object. The driver moves at least one of the head or the object relative to other of the head or the object. The circuitry determines an amount of the liquid discharged from each of the multiple nozzles based on a flight angle between the flight direction and a normal direction of the surface of the object for each of the multiple nozzles and causes the head to discharge the liquid from each of the multiple nozzles for the amount of the liquid determined for each of the multiple nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryohki Wakasa
  • Publication number: 20230271418
    Abstract: A printing platform includes a printing engine with one or more printheads arranged such that the ink drops are jetted vertically upwards against the action of gravity; and a substrate transportation system where the normal to the surface in contact with the substrate is parallel and with opposite direction to the travelling direction of the jetted ink drops. It is necessary to counteract the weight of the substrate during the printing process to avoid it from falling under the action of gravity. This is achieved through any of a mechanical element that interferes with the falling of the substrate and that keeps it in place; or a system that generates adhesion forces between the element that transmits the motion to the substrate, typically a conveyor belt, and the substrate through the action of electrostatic forces, an air pressure differential between both faces of the substrate, or any other suitable mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Eduardo Bueno Espinal, Juan Escudero Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20230271419
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a head configured to eject a liquid from nozzles being open in a nozzle surface, a liquid absorbing wiper, and a support supporting the liquid absorbing wiper. The supporter is movable relative to the head, between a first position where the liquid absorbing wiper is in contact with the nozzle surface, and a second position where the liquid absorbing wiper is away from the nozzle surface, the supporter has a flow channel for a liquid cleaner to flow therethrough, and the liquid absorbing wiper sucks in the liquid cleaner from below by way of contact with the liquid cleaner flowing in the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MIKIO OGAWA, RIKUTO MITOKA, MOTOKI YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230271420
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Shigenori NAKAGAWA, Keiji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230271421
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge liquid. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a reservoir configured to store liquid to be supplied to the liquid discharge head. The reservoir is provided at a position lower than the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a supply flow path configured to communicate with the liquid discharge head and the reservoir. The supply flow path is provided with a joint detachable from the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a retainer configured to retain the joint detached from the liquid discharge head. The joint has a coupler to be coupled to the liquid discharge head. The retainer is configured to retain the joint with the coupler facing up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Satoshi INOMATA, Akihiro TOYA
  • Publication number: 20230271422
    Abstract: A liquid container includes a storage portion configured to store the liquid and a connection member. The connection member is provided with a liquid outlet which is inserted with a liquid introduction portion, a container-side electrical connector which makes electrical contact with an apparatus-side electrical connection unit while receive at least +Z direction force from the apparatus-side electrical connection unit, a first receiver configured to receive a first positioning portion, a second receiver configured to receive a second positioning portion, and a recess which houses a protrusion of the case. The recess and the container-side electrical connector are formed at positions which at least partially overlap each other when viewed from a Z direction in a mounting state. In the mounting state, the width of the liquid container in the Z directions is larger than the width in the Y directions and the width in the X directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWATE, Akihiro TOYA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Mikinori SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230271423
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya OKAZAKI, Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke NUKUI, Akihito ONO, Mikio HIRANO, Suguru TOMOGUCHI, Yutao WANG, Tomohiro KANBE
  • Publication number: 20230271424
    Abstract: Provided are a circuit board and production method therefor, a circuit device and production method therefor, and a printing material container assembly. The circuit board is mounted on a printing material container. The circuit board includes an original circuit board and an auxiliary part. The original circuit board includes multiple terminals configured to be in contact with the printing material container or a printing device. The auxiliary part is disposed on the original circuit board and is configured to perform at least one of the following: providing a conductive path or breaking off a conductive path between the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Shan Luo, Xiaogai Peng, Xiaojing Ma
  • Publication number: 20230271425
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a substrate, where a recording element is disposed; and a discharge orifice forming member, where a discharge orifice, facing the recording element, and configured to discharge the liquid, is formed. The liquid discharge head has a pressure chamber, a first liquid channel configured to supply liquid to the pressure chamber, and a second liquid channel configured to recover liquid from the pressure chamber. The substrate has a liquid supply channel connected to the first liquid channel to supply liquid to the first liquid channel, and a liquid recovery channel connected to the second liquid channel, to recover liquid from the second liquid channel. Pressure at an inlet portion of the liquid supply channel is higher than pressure at an outlet portion of the liquid recovery channel, and a flow velocity of liquid within the pressure chamber is 3 to 140 mm/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shintaro Kasai, Shuzo Iwanaga, Akiko Hammura, Koichi Ishida, Takatsugu Moriya
  • Publication number: 20230271426
    Abstract: A sequence that includes first processing of generating a positive flow in a first direction in a liquid in a first flow passage including at least a part of a circulation flow passage through which the liquid is supplied from a liquid tank to the liquid jetting head and the liquid is collected from the liquid jetting head to the liquid tank and second processing of generating a negative flow in an opposite direction to the first direction in the liquid in the first flow passage, is executed. In the first flow passage, a filter that removes a foreign substance in the liquid is disposed between the liquid tank and the liquid jetting head in the positive flow. A flow rate of the liquid of the positive flow is higher than a flow rate of the liquid of the negative flow. The negative flow has a steady flow state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KYOSO
  • Publication number: 20230271427
    Abstract: A medicine information marking device according to an embodiment of the present invention is used in a medicine packaging apparatus which dispenses medicines from a medicine storage unit, in which the medicines are stored, on the basis of a medicine discharging request and then packages the dispensed medicines in a medicine packing paper so that the medicines are divided into single doses and dispensed in one-dose packages, wherein one of multiple information marking parts is selectively pressed and moved so as to mark predetermined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: JVM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20230271428
    Abstract: In a printer, a display unit includes, in a housing, a light source, and a first light emitting portion having a first light emitting surface which emits light toward the outside of the housing with light emitted from the light source and a first light guiding portion which guides the light emitted from the light source to the first light emitting surface. Further, the display unit includes, in an opening/closing cover, a second light emitting portion having a second light emitting surface which emits light toward the outside of the housing with the light emitted from the first light emitting surface and a second light guiding portion which guides the light emitted from the first light emitting surface to the second light emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Seiji MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230271429
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feeding unit, a conveyance roller, a printing unit, a guide unit, a winding unit, and a control unit. The guide unit includes a heater (first heater) that heats a surface that comes into contact with a printing medium (medium), and applies a tensile force while heating the medium after printing by the first heater. The control unit controls a winding force of the winding unit to adjust the tensile force applied to the printing medium by the guide unit. The control unit performs the control to change the winding force of the winding unit and the heating temperature of the first heater in accordance with the type of the medium, the printing condition during the printing, or the environmental condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Tomohiro YODA
  • Publication number: 20230271430
    Abstract: A printing device includes a head including a nozzle configured to eject ink, a platen configured to support a printing medium to which a pretreatment liquid is applied, the pretreatment liquid containing a volatile component that reacts with the ink, and a controller configured to cause the head to perform an ejection drive that causes the nozzle to eject the ink and a non-ejection drive that causes the nozzle not to eject the ink, and cause the head to perform the non-ejection drive in at least a part of a period other than an ejection period in which the head performs the ejection drive to cause the nozzle to eject the ink toward the printing medium, in a case where the head and the printing medium face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Akihito KOBAYASHI, Yugo FUKUI, Noriyuki KAWAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230271431
    Abstract: An innovative process for coloring solid compact powder cosmetic products includes dripping ink droplets (5) of various colors and sizes onto an upper surface (3) of the cosmetic cake (1), and impregnating them into the cake itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: INTERCOS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe LATTANZI, Emilio TENTORI, Maria PICCONE
  • Publication number: 20230271432
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a housing in which a conveyance path is formed, a feed tray insertable into and removable from the housing, configured to accommodate sheet media, and including a first accommodating portion, an image recording portion, a guide member configured to guide one of the sheet media, a stopper movable between a restriction state in which the stopper abuts against a leading end of the sheet medium to prevent the sheet medium from reaching a bank provided and a retraction state in which the stopper is separated from the leading end to allow the sheet medium to reach the guide member, when the feed tray is inserted into the housing, and a flap provided above the sheet media and movable in an up-down direction by pivoting about a given rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikaru TAMURA, Nao MORIMOTO, Yuya TATEMATSU, Kengo NODA
  • Publication number: 20230271433
    Abstract: A media thickness detection system for inkjet printing applications monitors the thickness of media entering the printer to ensure correct printing performance by adjusting the position of the printheads on-the-fly to assure printing quality. Media that do have an acceptable printing thickness are passed through the printer without stopping operation of the printer transport and without being printed upon and are routed directly to a reject facility. Embodiments also prevent damage to the printer by immediately stopping operation of the printer when substrate thickness deviates significantly from an expected value due to variations in thickness that result from manufacturing tolerances or damage to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge las Murria de las Heras, Ruben Gallen, Juan Escudero Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20230271434
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a first tray, a second tray overlapping the first tray in the first direction, a first roller configured to feed first sheet media in the first tray in a second direction, a second roller configured to feed second sheet media in the second tray in the second direction, a first separating member extending in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction, a second separating member extending in the third direction, and a recording unit. The second separating member is longer than the first separating member, and the second roller is positioned at the upstream side of the second tray with respect to the first roller in the second direction in a state where no sheet media are accommodated in the first tray and the second tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikaru TAMURA, Kengo NODA, Gakuro KANAZAWA, Nao MORIMOTO, Yuya TATEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230271435
    Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a main body. An ink containing unit is disposed in the main body and is configured to contain ink to be supplied. The ink containing unit includes an ink refill portion through which ink is refilled and an ink level display surface disposed on a side surface of the main body. The side surface has an opening through which a jammed sheet is removed and a first cover configured to cover the opening. The ink level display surface and the first cover are juxtaposed on the side surface in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinari ISHIBE, Motohiro MOMOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230271436
    Abstract: [Purpose] To provide a table mover capable of causing a table unit smoothly along slide rail. [Solution] A table mover 38 includes a table unit 40 including a table carriage 49 to support a table 48, and the table unit40 is movable in sub-scanning directions X along a first slide rail 51 fixed to a left side frame 64 and a second slide rail 52 fixed to a right side frame 65. The table carriage 49 includes: a first left fixer 49DA to which a left fixing bracket 56 coupled to the left slide member 81X to be engaged with the first slide rail 51 is fixed and a first right fixer 49EA to which a right fixing bracket 57 coupled to a right slide member 82X to be engaged with a second slide rail 52 is fixed. The first left fixer 49DA is elastically deformable in main scanning directions Y relative to the left side frame 64.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Teruma OTSUKA