Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for forming an article of footwear. In one example, forming the article of footwear includes using a perforated last during molding of a midsole of the article of footwear. The midsole may be attached to a seam of the upper of the article footwear to secure the midsole to the upper.

Abstract: Described are methods for the manufacture of a plastic component, in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, a plastic component manufactured with such a method, for example a sole or a part of a sole for a shoe, and a shoe with such a sole. According to an aspect of the invention, a method for the manufacture of a plastic component, in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, is provided which includes loading a mold with a first material which includes particles of an expanded material, and, during loading the mold, pre-heating the particles by supplying energy, wherein the energy is supplied in the form of at least one electromagnetic field.

Abstract: A rotary tablet press machine has a compression turret rotating about a rotation axis and including a die table with dies, lower and upper punches associated in pairs with respective dies, a dosing station for filling dosing cavities formed by the dies closed at the bottom by the lower punches with a product, and a cam device for moving the lower punches inside the respective dies and obtaining settled filling depth. The cam device includes first and second filling cams provided respectively with first and second channels to guide follower ends of the lower punches along a filling path. The machine also has first and second adjustment elements respectively supporting the first and second filling cams. The machine further has a first driving device for moving with respect to compression turret and along a first direction simultaneously the first and second adjustment elements.

Abstract: An assembly of a pellet press and a pellet breaking device mounted on the pellet press, the pellet press being equipped with a cylindrical outer wall that is provided with a series of radial through holes with a predefined hole-diameter for radially and outwardly pressing the pellets from within the press towards and away from an outer circumferential contour of the pellet press, the breaking device shaped as a spiral encircling the pellet press at a predefined distance from the outer circumferential contour of the pellet press, the spiral spans at least a part of the outer circumferential contour of the pellet press along an area that is provided with said through holes, and the predefined distance between the spiral and the outer circumferential contour of the pellet press amounts to at least twice the pre-defined hole-diameter of the through holes.

Abstract: The die cushion device includes a first hydraulic cylinder for supporting a cushion pad, and a first hydraulic circuit for driving the first hydraulic cylinder. The first hydraulic circuit is a hydraulic closed circuit including a logic valve connected between a die cushion pressure generation line and a system pressure line, and a hydraulic pump driven by a first servomotor for applying a pilot pressure to the logic valve. The first controller controls the first servomotor (pilot pressure) based on a first pressure command corresponding to the die cushion force and the pressure detected by the first pressure detector to control the pressure in a lower chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder so that the pressure is equal to a pressure corresponding to the first pressure command.

Abstract: A process for forming a container from a blank, the process comprising the steps of: thermally inducing one or more fold lines on at least one surface of a container blank fabricated from a thermal insulation sheet material, wherein the blank comprises: a first panel portion; a second panel portion located adjacent the first panel portion and sharing a first common edge therewith; and a third panel portion located adjacent the second panel portion and sharing a second common edge therewith, the second common edge being substantially parallel to the first common edge, wherein the first panel portion and the third panel portion are each associated with a pair of flap members adapted for folding movement relative to the respective first and third panel portions such that, when assembled, each of the flap members overlies an edge of the second panel portion substantially perpendicular to the first common edge and the second common edge, folding the first panel portion of the container blank along a first fold lin

Abstract: A method of forming a tray includes obtaining a blank, positioning the blank in a blank feeder assembly of a system for forming a tray, moving the blank from the blank feeder assembly to a nipping assembly, and moving the blank to a tray forming assembly, the tray forming assembly including a tray forming apparatus. The method further includes positioning the blank between a first tray forming portion of the tray forming apparatus and a second tray forming portion of the tray forming apparatus, the first tray forming portion includes a forming block that defines an interior, and the second tray forming portion includes a tray forming member, and driving the forming block into engagement with the blank and the tray forming member such that the blank and the tray forming member are at least partially received in the interior of the forming block to form a tray.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a double-walled paper cup by combining an inner cup and an outer cup using hot-melt comprising: an outer cup forming part which includes: a turret provided with outer cup mandrels; and an enclosing means forming an outer cup; an outer cup transporting part which includes: a rotational transporting means which has circular slits; an outer cup inserting means which inserts the outer cup into the circular slit; a shaft that moves up and down; a first pusher that firmly restrains the outer cup into the circular slit; and a second pusher for separating the outer cup from the circular slit; and an outer cup combining part which includes: a rotating table provided with rotatable inner cup mandrels; a rotating pocket which rotates the inner cup mandrel; and a first hot-melt spraying nozzle that applies the hot-melt to an outer surface of the inner cup.

Abstract: An arrangement for producing embossed cushioning material from an initially flat material comprises an embossing device for providing a plurality of embossed protrusions to the material, an undulating device comprising undulated forming spaces which creates undulations in the initially flat material prior to the undulated material being provided to the embossing device, and a conveying means for conveying the initially flat material along a transport path in a continuous process through the undulated forming spaces. It is that suggested that the undulating device, seen in the direction of the transport path, comprises at least two stages each comprising an undulated forming space, the undulated forming space of a downstream stage differing in number and/or height of undulations from the undulated forming space of an upstream stage.

Abstract: Provided are a metal clad laminate and a method for producing the same. The metal clad laminate at least includes a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film and a metal sheet bonded to each other, wherein the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film has a surface with a glossiness (20°) of 55 or higher in accordance with JIS Z 8741 on the opposite side of the bonding surface to the metal sheet. The method for producing a metal clad laminate at least includes: providing a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film 2 and a metal sheet 6; and introducing the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film 2 and the metal sheet 6 between a pair of heating rolls so as to laminate them.

Abstract: An inorganic substrate/polymer film laminate with an attached protective film that allows for easy individual removal even when stored in a stacked state for a long period of time is provided. A first laminate is characterized by including an inorganic substrate, a polymer film layer and a first protective film, in that order, wherein the surface roughness Ra of the surface of the inorganic substrate opposite of the polymer film layer is 0.02-1.2 ?m.

Abstract: Black enamel frit obscurations are commonly printed on laminated and tempered automotive safety glazing where they serve to hide the adhesive used to bind the glazing to the automotive body and to protect the adhesive from ultraviolet radiation. However, frit has a number of drawbacks. Frit weakens the surface of the glass. It can create distortion in the glass due to thermal gradients. Printed frit obscurations are incompatible and cannot be used with many types of coatings. Standard frit blocks ion exchange and cannot be used with the chemical tempering process. In addition, while many types of frits are available for printing on soda-lime glass, there are very few, if any, for non-soda lime glass. As the market moves towards thinner and lighter glazing, non-soda lime glass types are finding increasing application in automotive glazing. These limitations are overcome by replacing the printed black obscuration with an obscuration formed from a thin sheet of plastic, which is integrated into the laminate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hollow board 1 with first and second main surface layers 3, 5. A plurality of distance elements connecting the first and second main surface layers and maintain a predetermined distance there between. The main surface layers include at least a layer of high-density fiber, HDF, board, and a plurality of distance elements are distributed in the space between the main surface layers, and at least some comprise at least one elongate HDF board strip 15 which is oriented such that its longitudinal edges interconnect the first and second main surface layers 3, 5. The HDF boards of the surface layers and of the at least some of the distance elements comprise wood particles bonded by a resin including an isocyanate, such as methylene diphenyl di-isocyanate, MDI.

Abstract: A cover tape for packing an electronic component includes: a substrate layer; a heat sealing layer placed on one surface side of the substrate layer; and an intermediate layer placed between the substrate layer and the heat sealing layer, and a transmitted image definition based on JIS K 7374, with an optical comb width set to 0.5 mm, is 30% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a feedstock comprising a polyolefin homopolymer such as polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and a pigment having a refractive index of at least 1.5 complexed by maleic anhydride functionalized polypropylene (MAH-PP). Further provided are polyolefin films having a cavitated layer comprising the feedstock and methods of making such films.

Abstract: The interior material includes a base material having a plate shape and a skin material covering a front surface of the base material, where the skin material has a woven fabric in which optical fibers are woven as constituent yarns. A bundle structure that collects a plurality of optical fibers exposed from the end portion of the skin material so as to lie along a back surface of the base material is provided at an end portion of the back surface of the base material.

Abstract: Sandwich panels (10) comprise a first microtruss panel (12), a second microtruss panel (18), and a damping film (26). The first microtruss panel (12) comprises a first outer skin (14) and a first microtruss structure (16) integral with the first outer skin (14). The second microtruss panel (18) comprises a second outer skin (20) and a second microtruss structure (22) integral with the second outer skin (20). The damping film (26) is positioned between and engaged with the first microtruss panel (12) and the second microtruss panel (18) opposite the first outer skin (14) and the second outer skin (20).

Abstract: A sliding member including: a soft metal layer formed by stacking a crystal of soft metal, in which a coarse crystal is exposed on a surface of the soft metal layer, the coarse crystal has a particle length of 1.5 ?m or more in a plane direction of the surface, and a distribution proportion of the coarse crystal is 5 to 50%, wherein the distribution proportion is a proportion of a circumscribed rectangle in a unit length of a virtual straight line, the circumscribed rectangle is applied to the coarse crystal appearing in a cross section of the soft metal layer, and the virtual straight line passing through the circumscribed rectangles in the cross section and parallel to a surface reference line of the soft metal layer is formed, an upper side of the circumscribed rectangle is parallel to the surface reference line of the soft metal layer, and the surface reference line is an average height of the surface of the soft metal layer appearing in the cross section.

Abstract: Organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices are disclosed that include a first layer; a backfill layer having a structured first side and a second side; a planarization layer having a structured first side and a second side; and a second layer; wherein the second side of the backfill layer is coincident with and adjacent to the first layer, the second side of the planarization layer is coincident with and adjacent to the second layer, the structured first side of the backfill layer and structured first side of the planarization layer form a structured interface, the refractive index of the backfill layer is index matched to the first layer, and the refractive index of the planarization layer is index matched to the second layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layered composite garment material comprising at least a fabric layer and a functionalized adhesive sheet layer. The present invention also relates to a functionalized adhesive sheet or film comprising 3D adhesive structures embossed on the sheet or film. The sheet or film can be used to bind multiple garment layers while maintaining or enhancing the characteristics of the individual garment layers.

Abstract: A method of cosmetically altering a fiberglass piece comprising having a graphical element disposed on a layer of textile fabric. An outer layer of a curable gel-coat is applied to a mold for the cosmetically altered fiberglass piece. At least one intermediate layer of textile is then applied over the outer layer, the textile comprising a graphical element disposed adjacent to the outer layer. An inner layer is then applied to the intermediate layer, the inner layer providing structural support to the fiberglass piece. A bonding agent is then applied to wet out the outer layer, the intermediate layer, and the inner layer, thereby resulting in an assembly of a wet out three-layer combination, the curing of which results in the cosmetically altered fiberglass piece.

Abstract: A lamination device that laminates a plurality of types of workpieces includes supply mechanisms that supply the workpiece to each of supply positions, a movement mechanism including a stator of a linear motor having a predetermined traveling track and a mover of a linear motor that is movable between a plurality of the supply positions along a traveling track, and a controller that controls at least the mover. The mover includes a holding unit that holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions, and a lamination stage for lamination the workpiece. The controller corrects a relative position of the workpiece with respect to the lamination stage and controls the mover to laminate the workpiece whose relative position is corrected on the lamination stage while the holding unit holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions and moves to and stops at a next one of the supply positions.

Abstract: An example composite building material includes one or more layers of polymeric and/or glass fibers, binding agent, and optional fillers. At least one surface layer of resin-impregnated paper or a fiberglass film can be disposed above and/or below the one or more layers. The one or more layers can include a core layer (e.g., with longer polymeric fibers) and a top layer (e.g., with shorter polymeric fibers). An example method of manufacturing the composite building material includes forming the one or more layers, applying the at least one surface layer above and/or below the one or more layers, and heating and pressing the combined layers.

Abstract: A process for preparing a composite part, the process comprising: recovering unsaturated resin prepreg scrap; combining the recovered unsaturated resin prepreg scrap with a second resinous thermosetting component; and co-molding the prepreg scrap and resinous thermosetting component together under a pressure of 25 to 4000 psi and at a temperature of 100-400° F.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes a plurality of ribbons; and a composite panel comprising a core layer and a skin layer supported by a surface of the core layer, where the core layer includes a core material and the skin layer is formed of a matrix material and a plurality of parallel fibers aligned with the ribbons and disposed in the matrix material. A method of making a photovoltaic module includes applying a pair of skin layers to a core layer, each skin layer including a skin material and a plurality of parallel fibers disposed in the skin material to make a composite sandwich panel; and layering a component including ribbons between the composite sandwich panel and a thin, transparent front sheet; wherein the parallel fibers are aligned with the ribbons; where the composite sandwich panel has a coefficient of thermal expansion matching the coefficient of thermal expansion of the component.

Abstract: A multilayer structure (1) for volatile substances diffusers includes a semi-permeable layer (2) that can be in contact with the volatile substances and a barrier layer (3) to prevent the diffusion of the volatile substances before removal of the barrier layer from the multilayer structure. The multilayer structure also comprises a tear layer (4) placed between the barrier layer (3) and the semi-permeable layer (2), which permits the separation of the barrier layer (3) from the semi-permeable layer (2) when the barrier layer (3) is removed from the multilayer structure (1). The tear layer provides a suitable interface strength between the barrier layer and the semi-permeable layer and allows for the secure and easy removal of the barrier layer from the semi-permeable layer.

Abstract: A drum support assembly (30, 32) for a printing machine is presented. It comprises a drum support body (30a, 32a) having a bearing interface (30b, 32b) for a drum, a lower guide (34) supporting the drum support body (30a, 32a) at a lower end thereof, and an upper guide (36) supporting the drum support body (30a, 32a) at an upper end thereof. Additionally, a pre-tensioning unit (50) is provided pre-tensioning the drum support body (30a, 32a) against the lower guide (34) and/or the upper guide (36). Furthermore, a printing machine is described, comprising a drum and a drum support assembly (30, 32) as described above.

Abstract: A recording device includes transport units, a corona irradiation unit, an ejecting unit, and a control unit, and changes intensity of irradiation, performed the corona irradiation unit, according to ejection density of the white ink, when a target recording medium is formed with a colored image with a colored ink on the background image after the target recording medium is formed with a background image with a white ink.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a discharging head for discharging ultraviolet-curable ink droplets, an energizer to supply energy to the ink droplets, a carriage with the discharging head and the energizer mounted thereon movable in a main scanning direction, and a controller, is provided. The controller forms a dots-linked portion having a plurality of the ink droplets landed on the printable medium being linked with one another and cured in a shape elongated in the main scanning direction. The controller forms both a dividing dot and a divided-dots linking portion or the divided-dots linking portion alone. The dividing dot is formed of a single one of the ink droplets cured independently at a position to one of adjoin and overlap the dots-linked portion in the main scanning direction. The divided-dots linking portion has a plurality of the ink droplets being linked and cured in a shape elongated in a sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: A medium-discharging device includes: a medium-discharging section that discharges a medium; a medium-receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section; a light-emitting section that emits light to the medium-receiving tray; and a control section that controls the light-emitting section, in which the medium-receiving tray is configured to switch between a first state in which the medium-receiving tray is stored in an apparatus main body that includes the medium-discharging section and a second state in which the medium-receiving tray protrudes from the apparatus main body, and the control section controls the light-emitting section in accordance with a state or operation of the medium-receiving tray.

Abstract: A substrate orientation device includes a frame that supports a substrate on which liquid is dispensed, for example as may relate to (bio)chemical microarray fabrication. The frame is movable to different positions, such as for mounting the substrate to the frame, depositing droplets on the substrate, and applying a bulk liquid to the substrate. The substrate orientation device may be movable to different locations, such as different liquid dispensing devices, for example a printer and a flow cell.

Abstract: A deposition device is described. The deposition device has a substrate support and a laser imaging system disposed to image a portion of a substrate positioned on the substrate support. The laser imaging system comprises a laser source and an imaging unit, and is coupled to a deposition assembly disposed across the substrate support.

Abstract: Storage holders including item retainers for positioning in different positions a vertical direction for holding and storing different sized items, gauges for measuring an amount of an item remaining, and related methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a storage holder includes a base member and a vertical member supported by the base member and that defines multiple apertures. The apertures are spaced apart in a vertical direction. The storage holder includes item retainers that are each configured to hold an upper portion of an item. Each item retainer can fit within an aperture of the vertical member and to hold onto the vertical member. While fitted in a respective aperture, each item retainer is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the retainer holds the upper portion in a stored position. A media gauge can be used to determine how much of an item is left.

Abstract: An integrated cartridge is provided, which includes a printing medium receiving groove in which a printing medium is loaded; a feeding mounting hole and a take-up bobbin mounting hole are formed; a feeding bobbin mounted in the feeding bobbin mounting hole; a take-up bobbin mounted in the take-up bobbin mounting hole; and a first opening disposed between the feeding bobbin and the take-up bobbin configured to draw out the printing medium.

Abstract: A system includes an image forming station, which is configured to apply droplets of one or more printing fluids to a target substrate, so as to form an image thereon, and a substrate conveyor, which includes one or more perforated plates having multiple openings, and is configured to grip and move the target substrate to and from the image forming station for forming the image, the substrate conveyor includes one or more rotatable elements, which are fitted in the respective openings, and are configured to provide mechanical support to the target substrate, and when the target substrate moves over the one or more rotatable elements, at least one of the rotatable elements is configured to rotate in response to a physical contact with the target substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a drive method of a liquid discharging head including a first step of acquiring physical property information indicating a physical property of liquid in the liquid discharging head, a second step of determining a waveform of a drive signal based on the physical property information, a third step of forming a first liquid column by supplying a first waveform, which is included in a first drive signal among the drive signals having the waveforms determined in the second step, to a drive element, and a fourth step of, when the first liquid column is formed, forming a second liquid column by supplying a second waveform, which is included in a second drive signal among the drive signals having the waveforms determined in the second step, to the drive element, and thereafter discharging a part or all of liquid constituting the second liquid column as a droplet.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharger and circuitry. The liquid discharger includes a nozzle to discharge liquid. The circuitry is configured to generate and output a common drive waveform including a plurality of drive pulses for discharging the liquid; select one or more of the plurality of drive pulses from the common drive waveform and apply the one or more of the plurality of drive pulses to a pressure generating element of the liquid discharger; and adjust, with different adjustment values, application waveform shapes of at least two of the plurality of drive pulses applied to the pressure generating element.

Abstract: A printer includes a nozzle from which a stream of printing fluid is electrostatically extracted and directed toward a printing surface. A diverter can selectively interrupt the stream of printing fluid so that at least some of the extracted printing fluid is not deposited on the printing surface. Another stream of printing fluid can be extracted from another nozzle in a different direction from the first. Respective diverters can selectively and independently interrupt each stream of printing fluid to control which portions of the extracted fluids are deposited over the printing surface. Diverted printing fluid can be collected and reused. The diverters allow for a more constant or uniform extraction field while permitting selective deposition of ink droplets similar to drop-on-demand printing schemes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a plurality of nozzle tips, the method comprising: a first nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a first nozzle tip for discharging ink within a working area through an image of a first camera observing the working area above a substrate and a second camera observing the working area in an inclined direction; a second nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a second nozzle tip for discharging ink within the working area through the image of the first camera and the second camera; a step of detecting a position of a substrate based on the image of the second camera; and a printing preparation step of positioning the first nozzle tip and the second nozzle tip to a printing position on the substrate.

Abstract: A liquid droplet discharging head includes a channel unit having nozzles and pressure chambers in respective communication with the nozzles, and a piezoelectric element having a vibration plate arranged on an upper surface of the channel unit to cover the pressure chambers and a piezoelectric layer arranged on an upper surface of the vibration plate. The pressure chambers have a length L longer than its width, and the channel unit has the nozzles and the pressure chambers aligned at a density of 300 dpi or higher in a conveyance direction. The length L of the pressure chambers and the diameter D of nozzle holes of the nozzles satisfy this relation or condition: 35?L/D?50.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid jetting structure and its applications. The liquid jetting structure includes: a nozzle substrate on which a nozzle for jetting a liquid is formed; and a flow passage substrate on which a liquid flow passage communicating with the nozzle is formed, in which a first layer, a second layer, and a liquid-repellent layer are provided in this order on a jetting surface of the nozzle substrate, the first layer and the second layer are provided in this order on an inner wall of the liquid flow passage, the first layer is a layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, and hafnium oxide, and the second layer is a layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO2, SiC, SiN, SiCN, and SiON.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a liquid discharge head includes a discharge outlet configured to discharge a liquid, wherein a division member dividing the discharge outlet into a plurality of regions is formed in the discharge outlet when viewed from a position facing the discharge outlet, wherein, when a direction in which the liquid is discharged from the discharge outlet is a direction upward from bottom, the division member has a first surface and a second surface facing upward, and wherein the second surface is disposed at the bottom lower than the first surface.

Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.

Abstract: An inkjet head contains a silicon nozzle substrate having an ink channel surface and an ink ejection surface facing the channel surface, and having a nozzle penetrating from the channel surface to the ejection surface; a channel substrate bonded to the channel surface of the silicon nozzle substrate, and including an ink channel and a substrate body that forms the ink channel; and a liquid-repellent film provided on the ejection surface of the silicon nozzle substrate. The channel substrate includes a through channel that penetrates the substrate body so as to face the nozzle, n-number of individual circulation channels that communicate with the through channel, extend in a direction away from the nozzle, and have a portion overlapping the substrate body in a plan view. A positional relationship between each of the individual circulation channels and the nozzle satisfies a specific Expression 1.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for depositing an aerosol that has an ultrafast pneumatic, shutter. The flow of aerosol through the entire deposition flow path is surrounded by at least one sheath gas, thereby greatly increasing reliability. The distance between the aerosol switching chamber and a reverse gas flow chamber input is minimized to reduce switching time. The distance from the switching chamber to the nozzle exit is also minimized to reduce switching time. The gas flows in the system are configured to maintain a substantially constant pressure in the system, and consequently substantially constant flow rates through the deposition nozzle and exhaust nozzle, to minimize on/off switching times. This enables the system to have a switching time of less than 10 ms.

Abstract: A printer that includes a platen, a head, a support plate, and an absorption body. A print medium is placed on the platen. The head includes a nozzle surface and is configured to discharge ink, in a discharge direction, from the nozzle surface. The support plate is configured to support the head. The absorption body is provided on the discharge direction of the support plate. The absorption body is exposed to the platen and is configured to absorb liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inkjet recording device capable of automatically cleaning the head tip and a cleaning method for inkjet recording apparatus. An inkjet recording apparatus has a printhead that receives a supply of ink and prints, a main unit that supplies said ink to said printhead, and a cleaning unit that has a cleaning tank into which said entire printhead is inserted and injects a cleaning solution from a cleaning nozzle to said printhead for cleaning. The cleaning unit has a cleaning nozzle that sprays cleaning liquid into the cleaning tank and a cleaning base section that has a housing section that accommodates the tip of the printhead and allows said cleaning liquid to flow into the housing section. The cleaning liquid is allowed to flow into the housing section to clean the tip of the printhead.

Abstract: There is provided an ink replenishment container for replenishing ink into an ink tank via an ink inlet flow path member, the ink replenishment container including a container main body, an ink outlet forming portion having a tubular portion, a spring valve having a valve body mounted in the tubular portion and a spring for urging the valve body toward the ink outlet, and a sealing member mounted in the tubular portion and having a sealing end configured to contact with the valve body in a valve close state, in which the sealing member has a cylindrical inner peripheral wall and an elastic membrane portion extending from the inner peripheral wall toward a center, and the elastic membrane portion is formed with a slit-shaped gap passing through a center portion including the center.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for suppressing adhesion of a liquid to the plug member. A disclosed liquid storage container has a storage chamber for storing a liquid, a supply port having a hollow cylindrical portion protruding from the storage chamber and being capable of supplying the liquid to the storage chamber, and a plug member detachably attached to the supply port. The plug member has a plug portion inserted into the hollow cylindrical portion to plug the supply port. On the plug portion, a first water repellent film having water repellency is formed on an exposed surface exposed at least to the inside of the hollow cylindrical portion in a portion inserted into the storage chamber.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting portion configured to be able to eject a liquid onto a medium; a supply flow path configured to be able to supply the liquid to the ejecting portion; a liquid storage unit coupled to the supply flow path and configured to be able to store the liquid, the liquid storage unit being a unit in which an air-liquid interface where the liquid and air are in contact is formed; a first filter provided lower than the air-liquid interface and configured to separate the supply flow path and the liquid storage unit; an adjustment mechanism configured to lift a position of the air-liquid interface in the liquid storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment mechanism.