Abstract: An apparatus for installing a sensor into a tire is provided that has a housing with a housing base that defines a housing base opening with an axis. A first finger extends from the housing base so as to extend both away from the housing base in the axial direction and towards the axis upon initial extension from the housing base and is located towards the axis without external force applied to the first finger. The housing also has a second finger that extends from the housing base. Also included is a push rod with a push rod base and a rod that extends from the push rod base. The rod has an operative end configured for engagement with the sensor. The rod is configured for moving through the housing base opening such that the operative end is configured for moving through the housing base opening.

Abstract: A chemically treated, RFID equipped mesh tire label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and post tire vulcanization, the label comprising: a mesh face layer configured to be adhered to an outer surface of an unvulcanized tire; a mesh backing layer attached to the mesh face layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process; and an RFID device affixed between the mesh face and mesh backing layers, the RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information upon being read with an RFID reader during and post tire vulcanization.

Abstract: A method for operating an elastically mounted forming machine which is path-bound or force-dependent, in which method a working stroke of a ram device operatively connected to the drive is initiated by means of a drive, and a predefined forming process is carried out on a workpiece by moving the ram device during said working stroke, in particular due to the interaction of an upper tool located on the ram device with a lower tool located on a tool table, wherein the inertial forces and/or moments of inertia occurring during operation owing to the initiation of the working stroke and/or owing to an imbalance in the drive are at least partially compensated.

Abstract: A system and method of briquette formation of hygroscopic metallic salts. The system including a feed hopper unit, a vibrating sieve unit, a briquetting unit, a belt conveyer, a bucket elevator, a double deck vibrating sieve unit, a product hopper unit, a by-product hopper unit, and a product and by product packing unit. the briquetting unit comprising an inclined screw conveyer unit is configured for pushing hygroscopic salt material into the briquetting unit, one or more briquette rollers configured for compression of feed material into briquette stripes and a cutting assembly configured to cut briquette stripes and to obtain the briquette of hygroscopic metallic salt. Hygroscopic metallic salt briquette manufactured by the process is easy to handle, transportable, storage stable and causes minimum loss of salt before the end use.

Abstract: A continuous case blank delivery system, its function and use are provided. The main components of the system include a staging area, an elevator area, a safety door positioned therebetween, and a carriage movable therebetween when the safety door is in the open position. The elevator has a right side wall a left side wall and an elevator platform. The platform is vertically moveable between a lowered position and a predetermined height. In the lowered position the elevator platform is below the height of the carriage. The walls each define a plurality of support finger housings, each of which contain an extendable support finger. When the elevator platform is in the lowered position each support finger is retracted and contained entirely within its housing. When the elevator reaches a predetermined height each support finger is extended.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in the packaging industry comprises a first member for collecting a tubular box in a flattened configuration from a store positions the tubular box in a lowered position, retaining the box with first suction means at a first wall of the box. A second member, a third member and a fourth member are provided for movement of a fifth member which, when activated in rotation, abuts and retains, via second suction means a second wall of the tubular box, causing it to rotate with respect to the first wall, to open out the tubular box. A sixth member is included, with third suction means which is moved by a system to abut and retain the box in the opened-out configuration and transfer it, following the disengagement of the first member and of the fifth member, at a receiving station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose packaging receptacles, modular apparatuses for manufacturing such packaging receptacles, and a method thereof. A modular apparatus for manufacturing packaging receptacles includes a paper feeder module, an embossing module, and an adhesive coating module. The paper feeder module includes a plurality of paper feeder rollers configured to feed one or more first layers of paper to the embossing module, and a second layer of paper to the adhesive coating module. The embossing module includes a first embossing roller and a second embossing roller configured to emboss a plurality of impressions onto the one or more first layers, and feed the embossed one or more first layers to the adhesive coating module. Also, the adhesive coating module is configured to apply an adhesive to an outermost surface of the embossed one or more first layers and an inner surface of the second layer.

Abstract: A system and method for inflating airbags include a series of pulleys arranged in two parallel rows. Each pulley has its periphery defined as a semicircular concave groove that extends between two edges, wherein the semicircular concave grooves form a tunnel. Each pulley in the first row can rotate clockwise, while each pulley in the second row rotates anticlockwise. A cylindrical air tube can be positioned in the tunnel wherein the air tube is connected to a compressed air source at an end. The air tube has spaced apertures along its length and an airbag with two flaps can be mounted on the inflation system, wherein the two flaps are pressed over the air tube by the pair of pulleys and each pair of pulleys can drag the flaps on the air tube.

Abstract: A multilayer container having a polyester layer comprising a thermoplastic polyester resin (X) and a polyamide layer comprising a polyamide resin (Y), wherein the polyester layer is an innermost layer and the polyamide layer is an interlayer, and the polyamide resin (Y) comprises a polyamide resin (Y-1) comprising a structural unit derived from a diamine and a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, 70 mol % or more of the structural unit derived from a diamine being a structural unit derived from xylylenediamine; and 70 mol % or more of the structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid being a structural unit derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and wherein a stretching ratio in a transverse direction (TD) is 2.2 times or more, and a stretching ratio in a machine direction (MD) to the stretching ratio in the transverse direction (TD) (MD/TD) is 0.6 or more and less than 1.0.

Abstract: A display panel, a display device and a method for manufacturing a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display area and a non-display area, at least a part of the non-display area is located on a side of the display area in a first direction; and the non-display area includes at least one first metal portion and a first marker, and the first marker extends through the first metal portion. With the display panel, display device and method, whether an actual grinding line reaches the target grinding line can be determined in real time.

Abstract: A preformed material for use in fiber-reinforced composite materials, the preformed material including one or more fiber rovings including parallel fibers wherein the fiber rovings include one or more folds in a direction parallel to the direction of the fibers and wherein the unfolded width of the fiber rovings have a width included in a range from 0.3 mm to 5 mm. The fiber density by volume may be included in a range from 10% to 75% of fibers. The thickness of a fiber roving may be included in a range from 50 ?m to 2 mm. The fiber rovings may include from 500 to 12000 fibers. The fiber rovings may include a thermoplastic polymer that forms a first bond within the one or more folds and a second bond between a first fiber roving and a second adjacent fiber roving.

Abstract: A preformed material for use in fiber-reinforced composite materials, the preformed material including one or more fiber rovings including parallel fibers wherein the fiber rovings include one or more folds in a direction parallel to the direction of the fibers and wherein the unfolded width of the fiber rovings have a width included in a range from 0.3 mm to 5 mm. The fiber density by volume may be included in a range from 10% to 75% of fibers. The thickness of a fiber roving may be included in a range from 50 ?m to 2 mm. The fiber rovings may include from 500 to 12000 fibers. The fiber rovings may include a thermoplastic polymer that forms a first bond within the one or more folds and a second bond between a first fiber roving and a second adjacent fiber roving.

Abstract: Impact protection plate for a vehicle comprising at least an impact layer with an outer surface for receiving the impact comprising at least one fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer layer, and whereby the impact protection plate further comprises a spacer layer comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer layer, formed in a 3-dimensional shape with one or more protrusions, and whereby the impact layer and spacer layer are at least over part of their surface materially connected to each other forming one or more cavities between the impact layer and the spacer layer.

Abstract: An absorption and retention system for vehicle leaks consists of a top absorbent pad received by a bottom layer, the two being fused together. The combination of top pad and bottom layer are geometrically configured to be removably attached by wires to the undercarriage of a vehicle and to be positioned for receiving leaks from the vehicle and being of a geometric configuration to avoid interference with any operative portions of the vehicle such as wheels or the like. The pad is adaptable for receiving any of numerous liquids, including lubricants, hydraulic fluids, coolants and the like. The top pad may be of absorbent polypropylene and the bottom film of a suitable flexible and impermeable plastic or spunbond polypropylene fabric. A mechanic pad facilitates implementation of the absorption and retention system.

Abstract: A color-changing sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a base layer having a brightness (L value) of less than 40 and a color layer positioned on at least one surface of the base layer, containing a color dye or a pigment, and having a transmittance of to 90%, wherein a thickness ratio of the base layer to the color layer is 0.1 to 10, and may realize color change without adding additional particles.

Abstract: A multilayer magnetic sheet comprises laminate substrates. Each of the laminate substrates is formed in a band shape having a short side and a long side and comprises magnetic strips stacked in layers. The laminate substrates are aligned and arranged in a plate shape in a direction, in which the long sides are adjacent to each other and the short sides extend. The laminate substrates aligned and arranged in the plate shape are stacked in layers in a thickness direction of the laminate substrates. Long side portions of the laminate substrates including the long sides and vicinities of the long sides overlap each other.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to multilayer laminate compositions including opposing first and second polymeric layers, typically with an intervening gas and/or moisture barrier layer. The first polymeric layer incudes a first polymer, which can be selected based on desired mechanical and/or chemical properties. The second polymeric layer is a heat-sealable analog of the first polymeric layer, and it can include a blend of the first polymer along with a second polymer having a lower melting temperature, or a second polymer that includes monomer units of the first polymer copolymerized with a second monomer to provide a lower melting temperature for the second polymer relative to the first polymer. The improved heat-sealing properties of the second polymeric layer permits convenient packaging of items, and the common polymeric components between the first and second polymeric layers facilitates recycling and reuse of the multilayer laminate composition because of its substantially unimaterial nature.

Abstract: A packaging material includes a substrate layer, a metal foil layer laminated on an inner side of the substrate layer, a sealant layer made of a thermoplastic resin and laminated on an inside of the metal foil layer, and a colored adhesive layer provided between the metal foil layer and the substrate layer. The substrate layer is 2.0 to 5.0% in MD and TD hot water shrinkages, 1.5% or less in a difference between the MD and TD hot water shrinkages, 1.5 to 3 GPa both in MD and TD elastic modulus. The colored adhesive layer is made of a colored adhesive composition containing a color pigment and an adhesive. The colored adhesive layer is composed of a colored adhesive composition of 5 to 10 g/m2 and contains the color pigment of 0.25 to 0.49 g/m2.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal polymer film containing a liquid crystal polymer, in which the liquid crystal polymer film includes a portion where a density of the liquid crystal polymer is low and a portion where the density of the liquid crystal polymer is high; a liquid crystal polymer film containing a liquid crystal polymer and a compound incompatible with the liquid crystal polymer; a liquid crystal polymer film containing a liquid crystal polymer and a compound A, in which an absolute value of a difference between an SP value of the liquid crystal polymer, which is determined by Hoy method, and an SP value of the compound A, which is determined by Hoy method, is 0.1 MPa0.5 or more; and a method for manufacturing these polymer films; and a laminate using the liquid crystal polymer film.

Abstract: The laminated film comprising a coating layer and an inorganic thin film layer on one surface of a substrate film, wherein the laminated film satisfies the following requirements (a) to (f): (a) the substrate film contains 50% by weight or more and 95% by weight or less of a polyester resin recycled from PET bottles; (b) a surface hardness of an inorganic thin film layer surface of the laminated film is 120 N/mm2 or less; (c) the coating layer contains a resin having an oxazoline group or a carbodiimide group as a constituent component; (d) a content rate of an isophthalic acid component relative to a total dicarboxylic acid component in a whole polyester resin constituting the substrate film is 0.5 mol % or more and 5.0 mol % or less; (e) both a coefficient of static friction ?s and a coefficient of dynamic friction ?d of the inorganic thin film layer surface/an opposite surface of the laminated film are within a range of 0.20 to 0.

Abstract: A composite pane includes an outer pane having an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane having an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer joining the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane. The composite pane has a sun shading coating between the outer and inner panes. the sun shading coating includes, starting from the outer pane toward the inner pane, a layer sequence first dielectric module M1, first silver layer Ag1, second dielectric module M2, second silver layer Ag2, third dielectric module M3, third silver layer Ag3, fourth dielectric module M4, wherein the silver layers have, relative to one another, a geometrical layer thickness of 0.4<Ag1/Ag3<1.7, and Ag3 or Ag2 is the thickest silver layer, and wherein the dielectric modules have, relative to one another, an optical layer thickness of M2/M1?1.9, M2/M3?0.8, and M2/M4?1.6.

Abstract: To provide a glass plate with resin frame and a method for producing a glass plate with resin frame, by which high gloss of a design surface with a color expressed by a decorative molding can be achieved. A glass plate 10 with resin frame, which comprises a glass plate 12, a resin frame 14 provided on a peripheral portion of the glass plate 12, and a decorative molding 16 disposed on the resin frame 14, the resin frame 14 being formed integrally with the glass plate 12 and the decorative molding 16, wherein the decorative molding 16 is a transparent design film, and when the glass plate 10 with resin frame is attached to a vehicle, the decorative molding 16 is disposed on the vehicle exterior side.

Abstract: The present application relates to a flexible bag for an oil expansion tank of a transformer, an oil expansion tank comprising the flexible bag and a transformer comprising the oil expansion tank comprising the flexible bag. Further, the present application relates to a method for producing the flexible bag and use of the flexible bag in an oil expansion tank of a transformer. In particular, the present application relates to an flexible bag for an oil expansion tank of a transformer, comprising a first and a second elastomer layer, and a reinforcement layer comprising a fabric, the reinforcement layer arranged between the first elastomer layer and the second elastomer layer; and the first and the second elastomer layers comprising each at least one elastomer selected from at least one of vulcanized nitrile butadiene rubber, vulcanized hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber or vulcanized epichlorohydrin rubber.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal polymer film or a polymer film, which has low dielectric loss tangent and has excellent breaking strength; and a laminate using the liquid crystal polymer film or the polymer film. The liquid crystal polymer film contains a liquid crystal polymer A and a compound having a melting point lower than a melting point of the liquid crystal polymer A and having a dielectric loss tangent of less than 0.01.

Abstract: A multilayer foam sheet having a resin layer and a foam layer on each of both sides of the resin layer, wherein the thickness of the resin layer is 10 µm or more, and the 25% compressive strength is 1000 kPa or less. A foam sheet having high impact resistance and flexibility can be provided.

Abstract: A film includes a heat seal layer. The heat seal layer includes a heat sealable polyolefin matrix, a polyamide dispersed in the matrix, and an organically modified nanociay dispersed in the matrix. The polyamide is present in the heat seal layer in an amount from 15 percent by weight to 45 percent by weight. The organically modified nanoclay is present in the first heat seal layer in an amount from 0.5 percent by weight to 10 percent by weight.

Abstract: A rigid multilayer decorative surface covering is proposed. The surface covering has a thickness and comprises a sandwiched reinforcement composite layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix having a top and a bottom surface, the sandwiched reinforcement composite layer comprising reinforcement layers on the top and bottom surfaces. The sandwiched reinforcement composite layer has a thickness comprised in the range from 25% to 85% of the thickness of the rigid decorative surface covering. A method for manufacturing the rigid multilayer decorative surface covering is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are multilayer structures as well as articles and laminates formed therefrom. A multilayer structure according to embodiments disclosed herein comprises a film and a metal layer comprising a metal deposited on an outer layer of the film. The outer layer of the film comprises a blend of a maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene and polypropylene homopolymer. The multilayer structure can exhibit an improved bonding strength between the outer layer and the metal layer in comparison to other multilayer structures.

Abstract: A lamination apparatus, system, and method. The apparatus, system and method are for a lamination press for laminating at least one laminating film to a subject, which may include: an upper press comprising a gel plate, an upper vacuum chamber, and tooling suitable to apply the laminating film; a lower press suitable to maintain the subject to receive the laminating film, and comprising a lower vacuum chamber, an air bearing stage, and servo-positioned tooling; and an aligner that applies the servo-positioned tooling to maintain positional balance and alignment of the subject by the air bearing stage during the laminating while enabling vertical flexure of the lower press, wherein the positional balance and alignment is substantially continuously monitored by a controller.

Abstract: A sticking machine able to automatically remove films on either side of a sheet to be pasted to a workpiece includes a sheet supply component, a sheet selection component, a drive component, a first film-removing component, a second film-removing component, a carrier, and a transmission line. The sheet supply component stores sheets. The sheet selection component applies suction to the sheet. The first film-removing component tears off a first film, the second film-removing component tears off a second film on the reverse side. The transmission line carries the workpiece to the carrier. The sticking machine is fed by the sheet supply component, and after removal of the first film, the sheet selection component lays the sheet on the surface of the workpiece, then the second film-removing component tears off the second film, realizing automatic sticking of the sheet on the workpiece, improving the processing efficiency and accuracy.

Abstract: A method for thinning a fingerprint identification module includes the steps of: providing at least one fingerprint identification module, wherein the fingerprint identification module includes a glass substrate and a plurality of laminated fingerprint identification members; providing a protective layer on each laminated fingerprint identification member; providing a dissociable sealant around each laminated fingerprint identification member and the protective layer of the fingerprint identification module and being adhered to support plate to form a carrier plate to be etched; etching the carrier plate to be etched and allowing an etching solution to etch the glass substrate until a thickness to be thinned is etched to form a semi-finished carrier plate; dissociating the dissociable sealant of the semi-finished carrier plate to reduce its viscosity; and removing the support plate, the dissociable sealant and the protective layer to complete a finished product of the thinned fingerprint identification module

Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer plastic sheet material is disclosed, where a first polymer mass is melted under pressure and is passed through an extruder head at a specified discharge rate in the form of a plastic strand in sheet form that is provided with one or more layers so that a multilayer plastic strand is formed. This is passed to two or more rolls of a finishing stand that processes the multilayer plastic strand into a sheet. After the plastic strand in sheet form leaves the extruder head, it is first passed between a top roll and a bottom roll of a roughing stand. The speed of the rolls of the finishing stand and the rolls of the roughing stand is synchronized with the discharge rate of the plastic strand in sheet form from the extruder head, so that the plastic strand is processed without stress.

Abstract: [Object] To shorten the work time in the step of forming a water-insoluble resin layer having a recessed and projecting shape on a to-be-transferred body. [Solving Means] A transfer sheet (10) for forming a recessed and projecting shape includes: a water-soluble resin layer (20) that is formed of a water-soluble resin whose dissolving time in distilled water at 25° C. is 0.2 s/?m or more and 1.0 s/?m or less and includes recesses and projections on a first surface thereof; and a water-insoluble resin layer (30) that is stacked on the first surface.

Abstract: A method for repairing an electrostatic chuck device that is formed by bonding an electrostatic chuck member made of ceramics and a temperature-controlling base member made of metal with a first adhesive layer sandwiched therebetween is provided. The method includes a step of repairing the first adhesive layer that has been eroded by using a cold-curing adhesive.

Abstract: A display module manufacturing apparatus includes a stage on which a display module is disposed, a heater disposed on the stage, and configured to heat a first area of the display module, and wherein the heater includes a plurality of side surfaces and a contact surface, and a first bump controller detachably coupled to one side surface among the plurality of side surfaces and including a first bottom surface facing an upper surface of the stage. The contact surface is closer to the upper surface of the stage than the first bottom surface.

Abstract: In an embodiment a component assembly includes a plurality of components, a carrier, wherein the components are secured on the carrier by a connecting layer, wherein, for each component, the connecting layer forms at least one supporting structure at which the connecting layer is adjacent to the component, and a sacrificial layer arranged regionally between the components and the connecting layer, wherein one portion of the components is assigned to a first group, wherein a further portion of the components is assigned to a second group, and wherein the components of the first group are different than the components of the second group in respect of a coverage with the sacrificial layer.

Abstract: A film peeling method is disclosed to peel off a film covered on the surface of an object. The method includes the steps of: setting a fulcrum located at outer side of the object; setting a lift-off position on the film; and picking up the film from the lift-off position with the fulcrum as the axis, and applying a circular traction force with a variable radius on the film for peeling off the film from the object. The film peeling method can peel off the film covered on the surface of the object by different peeling stages, to reduce the peeling path and reduce the force required for peeling the film, thereby reducing the peeling time and improving the peeling efficiency.

Abstract: A printing system for printing on a substrate, comprises a movable intermediate transfer member in the form of a flexible, substantially inextensible, belt guided to follow a closed path, an image forming station for depositing droplets of a liquid ink onto an outer surface of the belt to form an ink image, a drying station for drying the ink image on the belt to leave an ink residue film on the outer surface of the belt, first and second impression stations spaced from one another in the direction of movement of the belt, each impression station comprising an impression cylinder for supporting and transporting the substrate and a pressure cylinder carrying a compressible blanket for urging the belt against the substrate supported on the impression cylinder, and a transport system for transporting the substrate from the first impression station to the second impression station .

Abstract: An inkjet printer is provided that includes: a head including a nozzle, a light emitting element, a beam splitter configured to split an optical path into first and second optical paths, first and second light receiving elements configured to receive light passing through the first and second optical paths, respectively, a subtraction circuit configured to obtain a difference between an amount of received light by the first light receiving element and an amount of received light by the second light receiving element, and a controller. The first optical path is provided so as to pass through a flying area in which ink ejected from the nozzles flies, and the second optical path is provided so as not to pass through the flying area. The controller is configured to execute to judge an ejection state of ink by the head based on the difference.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a supply path that supplies a liquid from a liquid supply source to the liquid discharge head, a pump configured to suck and exhaust air, an air suction path in communication with an air suction side of the pump, an air exhaust path in communication with an air exhaust side of the pump, a first storage portion having a portion formed of a flexible wall that is flexible, a first air chamber provided on a side opposite to the first storage portion across the flexible wall and having at least a portion facing the flexible wall and configured to be displaced, and a first switching portion configured to switch a path coupled to the first air chamber between the air suction path and the air exhaust path.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of liquid discharge elements, a liquid supply port, temperature detection elements, and a driving wiring pattern. The plurality of liquid discharge elements are arranged in a first direction on a major surface of the substrate to discharge a liquid. The liquid supply port is provided in the substrate and is spaced apart from the plurality of liquid discharge elements in a second direction crossing the first direction to supply the liquid to the plurality of liquid discharge elements. The temperature detection elements are arranged on the substrate to detect a temperature. The driving wiring pattern extends in the second direction to an end portion of the substrate to drive the temperature detection elements, is connected to an external connection terminal, and is shared between the temperature detection elements.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a channel unit having a nozzle and an individual channel; an actuator applying pressure to liquid in the individual channel to discharge the liquid from the nozzle; a driving circuit electrically connected to the actuator and supplying driving signal to the actuator; and a controller. In a case of determining that a single-sided recording is to be executed, the controller supplies the driving signal corresponding to each of gradation values for each of pixels when discharging the liquid toward one of a first surface and a second surface of a recording medium; in a case of determining that the double-sided recording is to be executed, the controller supplies the driving signal corresponding to each of the gradation values for each of the pixels when discharging the liquid toward the first surface and when discharging the liquid toward the second surface.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin film structure includes printing, using an electrohydrodynamic jet (e-jet) printing apparatus, a first layer comprising a first liquid ink, such that the first layer is supported by a substrate, curing the first layer; printing, using the e-jet printing apparatus, a second layer comprising a second liquid ink, such that the second layer is supported by the first layer, and curing the second layer.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes a first and a second channel substrates. At least one of the first and the second channel substrates is formed of silicon. A bonding interface of the first and the second channel substrates is bonded via an adhesive layer. A protective film containing a compound having a Si—C bond is formed on: an ink channel surface formed of silicon among the first and the second channel substrates; and a surface of the channel substrate side formed of silicon in the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes a lower housing, an upper housing, a nozzle plate, a shaft-shaped member, and a driver. The lower housing includes a flow channel. The upper housing is on the lower housing and detachable from the lower housing. The nozzle plate is on a lower surface of the lower housing. The shaft-shaped member includes a valve element at a tip end of the shaft-shaped member to open and close a nozzle orifice of the droplet discharge head. The shaft-shaped member is reciprocatable in the upper housing. The driver is disposed in the upper housing and reciprocates the shaft-shaped member in an axial direction of the shaft-shaped member. The shaft-shaped member is movable in the axial direction of the shaft-shaped member such that a length of the tip end of the shaft-shaped member protruding from the lower surface of the upper housing is shortened.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first-positioning-portion into which a first-positioning-pin of a support body is inserted. When a virtual cylinder inserted to a deepest position of the first-positioning-portion and having a maximum cross-sectional area when viewed in a first-direction which is a depth direction of the first-positioning-portion is defined as a first-virtual-cylinder, a side surface of the first-virtual-cylinder includes a first-region, a second-region, and a third-region disposed between the first-region and the second-region. The first-region contacts with the first-positioning-portion on a first-side which is one side in a second-direction orthogonal to the first-direction, and does not contact with the first-positioning-portion on a second-side which is the other side in the second-direction. The second-region does not contact with the first-positioning-portion on the first-side, and contacts with the first-positioning-portion on the second-side.

Abstract: A transportation portion includes an apparatus body, a cover, first and second path formation portions, and a movement portion. The apparatus body has a transportation path including a downward path and an upward path having portions located at the same level in the Z direction. The cover covers and uncovers the transportation path. The first path formation portion is movable to a first position and to a second position. The second path formation portion defines the upward path and defines the downward path with the first path formation portion. The movement portion moves the first path formation portion in response to opening or closing of the cover. The first path formation portion is positioned in a movement area during a closed state. The movement portion moves the first path formation portion to the second position when the cover is opened and to the first position when the cover is closed.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first absorbing member (extended absorbing member or the like) that absorbs a liquid discarded from a discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of a medium supported by a support section as a waste liquid. The recording apparatus includes a second absorbing member (waste liquid absorbing member) that absorbs the waste liquid sent from a cap, an accommodating section (waste liquid box) that holds the second absorbing member, and a delivery section that delivers the liquid between the first absorbing member and the second absorbing member. In a state where the accommodating section is inserted into an apparatus main body, the delivery section 141 is inclined downward from the first absorbing member toward the second absorbing member, and an inclination of the delivery section when the accommodating section is removed from the apparatus main body varies depending on an inserted state.

Abstract: A liquid discharging device includes a head, a cap, a first wiper, a discharge channel, and a controller. The head ejects liquid from a nozzle. The cap is configured to abut against a nozzle surface at a covered position and to separate from the nozzle surface in a retracted position. The first wiper wipes the nozzle surface. The discharge channel connects an internal space of the cap to an outside of the cap. The controller executes a first maintenance process and a second maintenance process. In the first maintenance process, a first maintenance liquid contacts the cap in the retracted position and the first wiper. In the second maintenance process, a second maintenance liquid different from the first maintenance liquid is distributed to the internal space of the cap and the discharge channel.

Abstract: A print head for applying a coating material to an object to be coated, the print head including a body wherein a plurality of nozzles are arranged, each including an ejection hole and an outlet channel opening into an ejection zone for ejecting the coating product via the ejection hole, as well as a coating product feeder circuit connected to the nozzle. The print head further includes a maintenance circuit for carrying a maintenance fluid and extending inside the body to the ejection zone of the nozzle. The maintenance circuit includes a plurality of internal channels each opening into the ejection zone of a single nozzle associated with the first internal channel. The number of first channels is equal to the number of nozzles.