Ejector Mechanism (i.e., Print Head) Patents (Class 347/20)
With additional fluid (Class 347/21)
With cleaning or protector (Class 347/22)
With means to scan fluid ejector relative to the receiving medium (Class 347/37)
Array of ejectors (Class 347/40)
Discharge means (Class 347/44)
With plural transducers (Class 347/48)
Modular (Class 347/49)
Electrical connector means (Class 347/50)
Optical energy acting on fluid (Class 347/51)
Electron beam acting on fluid (Class 347/52)
Magnetic (Class 347/53)
Drop-on-demand (Class 347/54)
Continuous stream (includes dispersion) (Class 347/73)
  • INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140240391
    Abstract: An inkjet ink of the present invention including: water; an organic solvent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the organic solvent comprises the following (1), (2) and (3): (1) at least one polyhydric alcohol having an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or higher at a temperature of 23° C. and humidity of 80% RH; (2) an amide compound expressed by the Structural Formula (I); (3) a compound expressed by the Structural Formula (II); a compound expressed by the Structural Formula (III), or a compound represented by the General Formula (I), or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
  • Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8814317
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head formed by performing bonding and fixing operations speedily and highly accurately when a recording element board is bonded to a supporting member, the liquid ejection head having a high liquid-landing accuracy and achieving a high printing quality. A method of manufacturing the liquid ejection head is also provided. Heat is conducted from a holding member, which supports the recording element board, to a thermosetting adhesive via the supporting member, which supports the recording element board, in order to accelerate the curing of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takanori Enomoto
  • INK COMPOSITION AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140232782
    Abstract: An ink composition contains a pigment, first wax particles, second wax particles, and a resin emulsion, in which the first wax particles have a melting point of 120° C. or higher and 170° C. or lower, the second wax particles have a melting point of 70° C. or higher and less than 120° C., the resin emulsion has a glass transition point of 50° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, the first wax particles contain one or more kinds of wax particles selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax particles or polypropylene wax particles, and the second wax particles contain one or more kinds of wax particles selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukai, Toshihiro Shinbara
  • Controlling device for performing image processing with variable discharge amount compensation for target nozzles
    Patent number: 8810850
    Abstract: A controlling device may perform an image process on specific image data so as to generate processed image data, select a process mode from a plurality of process modes, including a first process mode and a second process mode, and perform the image process according to the selected process mode. The first process mode may be for performing the image process by performing, in order to compensate variability of discharging amounts of the liquid droplets discharged from the plurality of nozzles, a specific process on a target pixel within target image data using correction data for a target nozzle. The target nozzle may be to form a dot at a position on a print medium corresponding to the target pixel. The second process mode may be for performing the image process by performing the specific process on the target pixel within target image data without using the correction data for the target nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasunari Yoshida
  • Image processing apparatus correcting print data by reducing the size of dot data in edge regions
    Patent number: 8810851
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, the generating unit generates print data indicating whether a dot having one of a plurality of sizes is formed or not, by performing a halftone process on original image data. The correcting unit generates corrected print data by correcting the print data. The dividing unit divides the edge part data of the print data into a plurality of block data. The index value determining unit determines, for each block data, an index value relating to an amount of ink to be used based on the plurality of dot data included in the each block data. The changing unit changes, for each block data, the size information of at least one dot data among the plurality of dot data included in the each block data based on the index value such that the amount of ink to be used becomes reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Kuno
  • Method of manufacturing printhead including polymeric filter
    Patent number: 8806751
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printhead includes providing a substrate and a filter membrane structure. A first portion of the substrate defines a plurality of nozzles and a second portion of the substrate defines a plurality of liquid chambers. Each liquid chamber of the plurality of liquid chambers is in fluid communication with a respective one of the plurality of nozzles. The filter membrane structure is adhered, for example, laminated, to the second portion of the substrate. Each liquid chamber of the plurality of liquid chambers is in fluid communication with a distinct portion of the filter membrane structure. Pores are formed in the filter membrane structure using a photo-lithography process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Yonglin Xie, John A. Lebens, Charles F. Faisst
  • Encapsulated reactive ink and method for forming images using same
    Patent number: 8807697
    Abstract: An ink including at least one first reactive component, at least one second component comprising a triggerable component, at least one third reactive component, and an optional colorant; wherein the at least one first reactive component and the at least one third reactive component are capable of reacting with one another to form a solid ink on a substrate; wherein the at least one first reactive component is encapsulated in a microcapsule; wherein the ink can be jetted onto a substrate and treated whereby the treatment causes the at least one triggerable component to trigger the rupture of the microcapsule thereby releasing the at least one first reactive component from the microcapsule so that the at least one first reactive component and the at least one third reactive component come into contact, react, and polymerize thereby curing the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Alice Coggan, Michelle N. Chrétien, James D. Mayo, Peter G. Odell, Jennifer L. Belelie
  • SOLID INKS COMPRISING LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140225956
    Abstract: A solid ink composition used for ink jet printing. In particular, the solid inks comprise a liquid crystalline material that can be jetted in a molten, amorphous state at elevated temperatures, electrically poled to align the molecules in an intermediate liquid crystalline state at lower temperatures, and then frozen into a robust, high quality image upon cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guerino G. Sacripante, Stephan V. Drappel, Daryl W. Vanbesien
  • ELECTRIC CONNECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20140225957
    Abstract: An electric connection method for connection between a semiconductor substrate and an electric wiring substrate includes a first process for providing the semiconductor substrate having a heating member and a pad and the electric wiring substrate having first wiring and second wiring, a second process for electrically connecting the first wiring and the heating member, a third process for causing the heating member to generate heat by supplying power to the heating member through the first wiring, and a fourth process for electrically connecting the pad and the second wiring at a temperature higher than a temperature for electrically connecting the first wiring and the heating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takahashi, Takayuki Ono, Masao Furukawa, Jun Hinami, Takeshi Shibata, Ryo Shimamura, Takanori Enomoto, Shimpei Otaka, Masashi Ishikawa
  • Method for recording glitter image
    Patent number: 8801142
    Abstract: A method for recording a glitter image includes attaching an ink composition to a recording medium using an ink jet method, attaching an adhesive composition to the ink composition which is attached to the recording medium using an ink jet method, bringing a sheet where a glitter film is formed into contact with the recording medium so that a surface where the adhesive composition is attached and a surface where the glitter film is formed are opposed, heating the adhesive composition, and peeling off the recording medium and the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masakazu Ohashi
  • INK JET RECORDING PROCESS, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDED MATTER
    Publication number: 20140220319
    Abstract: An ink jet recording process using a glitter pigment provides satisfactory glitter even on a recording medium having a rough surface. The ink jet recording process includes a glitter image-forming step of forming a glitter image by discharging a glitter ink composition containing a glitter pigment to a recording medium and a pressing step of pressing the layer of the glitter image formed on the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Atsushi Denda
  • INK-JET PRINT HEAD COMPRISING A LAYER MADE BY A CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140218437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet print head able to resist to chemically aggressive solvent-based inks, and to a process for the manufacturing thereof, the ink-jet print head comprising a polymeric material layer defining ink passage ways formed on a substrate, said polymeric material layer being formed by curing a curable resin composition comprising a cyclic aromatic di-functional epoxy resin, a cyclic aliphatic di-functional epoxy resin and a polymerization initiator. The invention also relates to an improved curable resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Davide Ciampini, Luigina Gino, Norma Giordano
  • CIRCUIT THAT SELECTS EPROMS INDIVIDUALLY AND IN PARALLEL
    Publication number: 20140218436
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a first EPROM, a second EPROM, and a circuit. The first EPROM is configured to provide a first state and a second state. The second EPROM is configured to provide a third state and a fourth state. The circuit is configured to select the first EPROM and the second EPROM individually and in parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Ning Ge, Paul I. Mikulan, Bee Ling Peh
  • Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
    Patent number: 8794736
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body having a manifold in which ink is retained, a compliance section absorbing a pressure change inside the manifold and a compliance space provided opposite to the compliance section, and discharging liquid from nozzles communicating with the manifold; an air chamber communicating with the compliance space and outside; and a liquid reservoir communicating with a liquid flow path supplying liquid to the manifold and volume of which is larger than the manifold, wherein the air chamber and the ink reservoir are divided by a resin adhesive where water vapor is capable of penetrating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichiro Watanabe, Taiki Hanagami
  • RADIATION-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER
    Publication number: 20140210902
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction-components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Toshiyuki MIYABAYASHI, Satoru MIURA, Toru SAITO, Hiroki NAKANE, Jun ITO, Taketoshi KAGOSE, Hiroaki KIDA, Hiroyuki KAJIMOTO
  • INK FOR INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING, INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD, AND INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140210901
    Abstract: An ink for ink jet textile printing according to the invention which is used for recording on cloth includes a pigment, a resin, and a 2-pyrrolidone-based solvent, in which the pH is in the range of 9.2 to 10.5. Coating elongation of the resin may be in the range of 400% to 1200%, and the resin may be a urethane-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda
  • INKSET FOR INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING AND INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140210900
    Abstract: An inkset for ink jet textile printing includes a first ink having a pigment and a resin; and a second ink having a pigment, a resin, and an emulsifier, in which the emulsifier includes at least one kind selected from an anionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (1) and a nonionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (2), whose HLB value is 12 or more, R1—O—(CH2—CH2—O)n-A??(1), and R2—O—(CH2—CH2—O)m—H??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda
  • Inkjet recording method
    Patent number: 8789914
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes applying a pigment-containing first black ink to a recording medium to record an edge region of an image, and applying a pigment-containing second black ink to the recording medium to record an inner region of the image. A dynamic surface tension ?1 of the first black ink determined by a maximum bubble pressure method for a lifetime of 100 ms and a dynamic surface tension ?2 of the second black ink determined by a maximum bubble pressure method for a lifetime of 100 ms satisfy relationships of condition (1) of ?1>?2, condition (2) of ?1??2?20 mN/m, condition (3) of 40 mN/m??1, and condition (4) of 34 mN/m??2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Kunimine, Takao Ogata
  • INKJET INK COMPOSITION AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140204149
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink composition that has excellent discharge stability and gives an ink image film having excellent substrate adhesion and film hardness, and an inkjet recording method employing the inkjet ink composition. An inkjet ink composition comprises (Component A) a dendritic polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000 to 100,000 and having a constituent repeating unit represented by Formula (I); (Component B) a polymerization initiator; and (Component C) a radically polymerizable compound. (In Formula (I), R1 and R2 independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons, R3 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbons, and R2 and R3 may be bonded to form a ring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YOKOI
  • Printer and printer control method
    Patent number: 8783820
    Abstract: A printer is provided to improve the conveying accuracy of a Y-bar, thus improving printed image quality. The printer includes the Y-bar that extends in a first direction above a flatbed on which a medium is mounted, holds an ink droplet ejecting head unit so that the head unit is movable in the first direction, and is held so as to be movable with respect to the flatbed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The printer includes a drive mechanism that conveys the Y-bar in the second direction, a drive control device that carries out a drive control of the drive mechanism, and a measuring device that directly measures an amount of movement of the Y-bar with respect to the flatbed. The drive control device corrects controlled variables of the drive mechanism based on the amount of movement of the Y-bar measured by the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Itoh, Tadashi Kishida, Yoshito Yamaguchi, Hideto Tanaka
  • INK COMPOSITION USABLE IN SOLAR BATTERY MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140199527
    Abstract: Provided are an ink composition usable in a solar battery manufacturing process, a method of forming a pattern using the ink composition, an insulation film formed of the ink composition, and an etching mask formed of the ink composition. The ink composition includes: a) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; b) a fluorinated surfactant; and c) a solvent, wherein the ink composition has a solid content of 45 parts by weight to 99.99 parts by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-A Yu, Yong-Sung Goo, Joon-Hyung Kim
  • INK FOR INK JET RECORDING APPARATUSES AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140198150
    Abstract: An ink for ink jet recording apparatuses contains water and a pigment dispersion containing a resin and carbon black. The ink additionally contains a surfactant including a compound expressed by the general formula (I) below, and the mass average molecular weight of the resin, the DBP oil absorption of the carbon black, the content of the resin with respect to the content of the carbon black in the pigment dispersion, and the dried-by-evaporation viscosity V40, which is the viscosity of the ink at the dryness of 40% by mass, are all within the respective predetermined ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Noriaki OZAWA
  • INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140198151
    Abstract: An ink containing water, a water-soluble organic solvent and an organic pigment, wherein a primary particle of the organic pigment has a ratio (minor axis b)/(major axis a) of 0.70 or more and a particle diameter of 35 nm or less, the ink contains a water-soluble organic solvent with a dielectric constant of 25.0 or less in an amount of 0.5% by mass or more based on the total mass of the ink, and a dielectric constant ?mix of the ink as calculated according to the following equation (1) is 66-72: ?mix=?n?nrn/?nrn??Equation (1): wherein n means a kind of water or the water-soluble organic solvent, ?n is a dielectric constant of water or the water-soluble organic solvent represented by n, and rn is a content of water or the water-soluble organic solvent represented by n based on the total mass of the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Masashi Yamamoto, Eiichi Nakata, Shuichi Okazaki, Satoshi Takebayashi
  • Printing system
    Patent number: 8777375
    Abstract: A printing system including a substrate support and an ink deposition unit. The ink distribution unit deposits liquid ink onto a substrate positioned on the substrate support. The system allows for relative movement between the substrate support and the ink deposition unit. After printing, the ink deposition unit rotates to be oriented with the longitudinal axis of the next image segment to be printed and wherein the rotation does not affect the image resolution. The system can print at least two axial images sharing at least one common image portion and having an angle between their longitudinal axes less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Dip-Tech Ltd
    Inventors: Arnon Lewartowski, Yaakov Levi, Rom Condrea
  • INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140192111
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink that can achieve image characteristics for recording an image having excellent optical density, bleeding resistance, and white blur resistance and also can achieve reliability that provides excellent sticking resistance to a recording head. The ink is one for ink jet containing a first pigment and second pigment. The first pigment is a self-dispersible pigment to a surface of a particle of which a first functional group containing a phosphonic acid group is bonded. The second pigment is a self-dispersible pigment to a surface of a particle of which a second functional group not containing a phosphonic acid group but containing an anionic group other than the phosphonic acid group, and further containing another atomic group is bonded. The introduced amount of the functional group of the second pigment is 0.25 mmol/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Souichi Nagai, Masashi Ogasawara, Keigo Gouda, Fumiaki Fujioka, Akiko Yasuda
  • Feeding apparatus and recording apparatus
    Patent number: 8764158
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a pressing plate movable up and down configured to allow recording media to be stacked thereon, a feeding roller configured to feed recording media stacked on the pressing plate, an urging unit configured to urge the pressing plate in a direction to come close to the feeding roller, and a moving-away unit configured to cause the pressing plate to move away from the feeding roller against an urging force from the urging unit. The moving-away unit causes the pressing plate to move so that a distance between the uppermost recording medium being stacked and the feeding roller becomes approximately constant regardless of an amount of recording media stacked on the pressing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Asai, Yuki Emoto
  • Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
    Patent number: 8764166
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a main liquid ejecting head body, in which is formed a liquid flow channel through which a liquid flows, that ejects the liquid from a nozzle opening using a pressurizing unit; a driving board configured so as to supply power to the pressurizing unit; a connector provided at an end portion of the driving board; and a holding member configured so as to hold the driving board in a bent state and erected relative to one end surface of the main liquid ejecting head body. The holding member has a stopping portion that holds an end of the driving board in which the connector is provided, and the configuration is such that the stopping portion prevents the driving board from opening in the direction of the bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Miyajima, Kimiyasu Otsuki
  • Image processing apparatus correcting print data by reducing the size of dot data in edge regions
    Patent number: 8760709
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, the generating unit generates print data indicating whether a dot having one of a plurality of sizes is formed or not, by performing a halftone process on original image data. The correcting unit generates corrected print data by correcting the print data. The dividing unit divides the edge part data of the print data into a plurality of block data. The index value determining unit determines, for each block data, an index value relating to an amount of ink to be used based on the plurality of dot data included in the each block data. The changing unit changes, for each block data, the size information of at least one dot data among the plurality of dot data included in the each block data based on the index value such that the amount of ink to be used becomes reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Kuno
  • Liquid ejecting head unit and liquid ejecting apparatus
    Patent number: 8757764
    Abstract: A recording head which ejects ink and a sub carriage, which has a head insertion opening where the recording head is inserted and the recording head is fixed to an opening edge portion of the head insertion opening, are provided and a box beam section is provided in the opening edge portion. The box beam section is configured from a first wall section which has a side surface which faces the head insertion opening, a second wall section which is positioned further to the outside than the first wall section and opposes the first wall section, and a third wall section which connects the first wall section and the second wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroyuki Hagiwara
  • Liquid ejection head and liquid ejecting apparatus
    Patent number: 8757771
    Abstract: The liquid ejection head capable of securing a high performance of supplying liquid through supply ports while reducing the size of the substrate is provided. The liquid ejecting apparatus using such a liquid ejection head are also provided. The third supply ports situated between the first ejection port array and the second ejection port array include a portion of a large dimension and a portion of a small dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Tsuchii, Masataka Sakurai
  • Ink for ink jet recording and recording method
    Patent number: 8757784
    Abstract: Ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material and alkylpolyols, wherein the alkylpolyols include two or more types of first alkylpolyols having a log P value of greater than or equal to ?0.7 and less than or equal to 0.01, and a normal boiling point of greater than or equal to 180° C. and lower than or equal to 250° C., and the content of the alkylpolyols is greater than or equal to 5% by mass and less than or equal to 30% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Aoyama, Hidehiko Komatsu, Hitoshi Ohta, Takeshi Yano
  • Method for manufacturing liquid-jetting head and liquid-jetting head
    Patent number: 8757763
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid-jetting head includes: providing a flow passage unit in which a plurality of jetting ports and a plurality of individual liquid flow passages are formed; providing a plurality of actuator units which are arranged to be adjacent to each other on a surface of the flow passage unit and each of which includes a plurality of actuators having individual electrodes corresponding to the individual liquid flow passages; providing a drive circuit for each of the actuator units which supplies a drive signal to each of the actuators; providing a plurality of wiring members each of which is fixed on one of the actuator units to electrically connect the actuator unit and the drive circuit; folding base materials of the wiring members; and joining the base materials to the actuator units after folding the base materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shuhei Hiwada
  • NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING TRIAZINE SIDE CHAIN, COLORING COMPOSITION, INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, COLOR FILTER, AND COLOR TONER
    Publication number: 20140170538
    Abstract: There is provided a compound represented by Formula (1), and a coloring composition including the compound: wherein, in Formula (1), R0 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R0 and R1, R0 and L, or R1 and L may be combined with each other to form a ring, L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, D represents a residue in which n hydrogen atoms are removed from a compound represented by Formula (2), n represents an integer of 1 or more, provided that when n represents an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R0's to R3's and L's may be the same or different, the compound represented by Formula (1) has at least one ionic hydrophilic group, and in Formula (2), R4 to R24 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corpoartion
    Inventor: Yoshihiko FUJIE
  • AQUEOUS INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140168314
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet contains a self-dispersible pigment in which a first functional group including a phosphonic acid group and a second functional group including at least one of a carboxylic acid group and a sulfonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface, wherein a surface charge amount derived from the phosphonic acid group included in the above-described first functional group is 0.3 micromoles/m2 or more, a total surface charge amount derived from the carboxylic acid group and the sulfonic acid group included in the above-described second functional group is 1.0 micromoles/m2 or more, and a total surface charge amount derived from anionic groups included in the above-described first functional group and the above-described second functional group is 2.0 micromoles/m2 or more and 8.0 micromoles/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Moribe, Arihiro Saito, Yuki Nishino, Kuniaki Fujimoto, Satoshi Kudo
  • NEUTRAL GRAY REFLECTIVE INK
    Publication number: 20140170384
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to an inks, printed articles, and related methods. In one example, the a neutral gray reflective ink can include an aqueous liquid vehicle, iron oxide reflective particles having an average particle size from 3 nm to 180 nm dispersed in the aqueous liquid vehicle, and a dye system solvated in the aqueous liquid vehicle. The iron oxide particles and the dye system are present at relative concentrations to provide a reflective ink that is neutral gray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
    Inventors: Vladek Kasperchik, Vladimir Jakubek
  • Liquid jet head and liquid jet apparatus
    Patent number: 8746833
    Abstract: A liquid jet head has a head chip including channels and nozzle holes communicating with respective ones of the channels. The channels have sidewalls each provided with a drive electrode. A temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of a liquid in the channels. A drive voltage value setting device is electrically connected to the temperature sensor for determining a magnitude of a drive voltage based on the temperature of the liquid detected by the temperature sensor. A control device performs a control operation that applies a drive voltage of the magnitude determined by the drive voltage value setting device to the drive electrodes of the head chip so as to increase a pressure in each of the channels by deformation of the side walls to thereby discharge the liquid in the channels from the respective nozzle holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SII Printek Inc.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Saga, Toshiaki Watanabe
  • Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus
    Patent number: 8746837
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a head body configured to eject liquid, a holding portion rotatable with respect to the head body about a rotation shaft provided on the head body and configured to support the head body, and a rotation regulation portion configured to regulate the rotation of the holding portion with respect to the head body beyond an arrangement in which the holding portion, the rotation shaft, and a center of gravity of the head body aligned in a line in a direction of gravity with the head body held by the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Tomotsugu Kuroda
  • Inkjet recording head substrate and drive control method, inkjet recording head, inkjet recording head cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus
    Patent number: 8740350
    Abstract: An inkjet recording head substrate having an electrothermal transducer for generating thermal energy used to discharge ink and a drive element for driving the electrothermal transducer mounted thereon includes a first circuit portion for outputting selection signals for selecting the electrothermal transducer to be driven at a amplitude level of a second voltage higher than a first voltage based on an input signal of the amplitude level of the first voltage, a second circuit portion for inputting the selection signals from the first circuit portion and controlling the drive element corresponding to the electrothermal transducer to be driven based on the selection signals subject to the second voltage, and a plurality of signal lines for transmitting the selection signals between the first and second circuit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masataka Sakurai, Tatsuo Furukawa, Hidenori Watanabe, Nobuyuki Hirayama, Ryo Kasai
  • INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INK JET RECORDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140146109
    Abstract: An ink composition is used in an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head that includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle aperture through which the ink composition is ejected, and a flow channel substrate having a communication hole acting as a flow channel through which the ink composition flows. The nozzle plate and the flow channel substrate are bonded together with an adhesive such that the communication hole communicates with the nozzle aperture. The ink composition contains a coloring material, an acetylene glycol-based surfactant having an HLB value of 9 or less, and at least one of the compounds expressed by general formula (1): R1O—(CH2—CH2—O)n—R2 or general formula (2): (R3)p—N-{L-(COOM)q}r.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryosuke Teramoto
  • Recording apparatus and color sample table
    Patent number: 8733894
    Abstract: A recording apparatus records a glitter color image on a medium by superimposing a glitter image formed by discharging a glitter ink and a color image formed by discharging at least one of a first color ink and a second color ink. The recording apparatus records a color sample table including a first pattern obtained by superimposing a glitter image formed with a predetermined ink amount per unit area and a color image; and a second pattern obtained by superimposing a glitter image formed with the predetermined ink amount per unit area and a color image having substantially the same color as that of the color image of the first pattern by using the first color ink or the second color ink at a different ink amount per unit area from that of the color image of the first pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiki Hirata, Tsuyoshi Sano, Shoki Kasahara
  • INK FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER, INK CONTAINER, DISCHARGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140138655
    Abstract: An ink for forming a functional layer includes a first component that contains at least one kind of aromatic solvent of which a boiling point is higher than or equal to 250° C. and lower than or equal to 350° C., a second component that contains at least one kind of aliphatic solvent of which a boiling point is higher than or equal to 200° C., and a third component that is a positive hole injection material (m-MTDATA) for forming a positive hole injection layer, in which a solubility of the third component in the first component is higher than the solubility of the third component in the second component, a mixing ratio of the second component is 30 vol %, the boiling point of the first component is higher than the boiling point of the second component, and a difference between the boiling points thereof is higher than or equal to 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya SONOYAMA, Shotaro WATANABE
  • INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, AND INK CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INKJET RECORDER AND INK-RECORDER MATTER USING THE INK
    Publication number: 20140141209
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording includes water; a water-soluble solvent; a pigment; and a copolymer including a salt of phosphonic acid group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Kazukiyo Nagai, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Akihiko Matsuyama, Keita Katoh
  • PHOTOCURABLE INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, RECORDED MATTER, INK SET, INK CARTRIDGE, AND RECORDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140141213
    Abstract: A photocurable ink composition contains a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, titanium oxide functioning as a pigment, and a dispersion resin having an amine value in the range of 8 to 15 in an amount in the range of 5% to 20% by mass relative to the pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Taketoshi KAGOSE
  • Inkjet print head with flow-path micro-pattern and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 8727502
    Abstract: An inkjet print head configured to smoothly discharge high viscosity ink includes a nozzle part configured to discharge ink, a supply flow path part configured to define a flow path to supply ink to be discharged from the nozzle part, and a micro pattern part formed at least one portion of the supply flow path part that is configured to reduce of a flow resistance of the ink flowing through the supply flow path part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Paeng, Dae Jung Kim, Chi Won Moon
  • COLOR MATCHED COATING FOR BUS BARS
    Publication number: 20140133005
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is a system comprising an electrochromic device having at least one bus bar and a color obscuration material wherein the at least one bus bar is coated with an over-coating material that is 1) substantially non-porous; and 2) substantially color-matched to one of said color obscuration material, a spacer, or a polymer seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Neil L. Sbar, Jean-Philippe Savary
  • Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus, and Ink-Jet Recording Method
    Publication number: 20140132660
    Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording, including: a self-dispersible pigment modified by sulfonic acid group; glycerol; diethylene glycol; a penetrant; and water, wherein the glycerol and the diethylene glycol satisfy the following condition (i): 0.01?DEG/(Gly+DEG)?0.11??(i) in the condition (i), Gly represents an amount of the glycerol in the water-based ink (% by weight); and DEG represents an amount of the diethylene glycol in the water-based ink (% by weight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chisato Hayashi
  • Inkjet recording method
    Patent number: 8721034
    Abstract: The inkjet recording method includes ejecting an inkjet ink toward a recording medium to form an ink image on the recording medium. The inkjet ink includes a pigment, water, a surfactant, and at least one of 3-methoxy-N,N-dimethylpropionamide and 3-n-butoxy-N,N-dimethylpropionamide. When Dp represents the diameter of a pigment portion in a dot image formed by dropping a droplet of the inkjet ink with a volume of 0.5 ?l on the recording medium, and Dv represent the diameter of a vehicle portion in the dot image, the ratio Dv/Dp is from 1.4 to 1.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Yokohama, Hiroshi Gotou, Hidetoshi Fujii
  • Memory system and method for consumables of a printer
    Patent number: 8721203
    Abstract: A print head for use with a printer. The print head includes an input that receives data or commands associated with printing from the printer. A memory component of the print head is connected in communication with the input and is configured to bi-directionally communicate information to the printer via the input. For example, the memory component may be soldered to a circuit of a print head and connected to a data line normally used to communicate print data to the print head. In this manner, the print head may hold configuration information in the memory module for easy upgrades without an additional dedicated communication line. Also, printers may be upgraded, and print heads retrofit, with the memory component without installation of a dedicated input or communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: ZIH Corp.
    Inventor: Robert A. Ehrhardt, Jr.
  • Method for Printing Phase Change Ink onto Porous Media
    Publication number: 20140125730
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises: (a) printing a first fast-solidifying image onto a porous print medium with a fast-solidifying phase change ink; and (b) thereafter printing a second slow-solidifying image onto the print medium with a slow-solidifying phase change ink, said slow-solidifying image being printed onto the fast-solidifying image on the print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joanne L. Lee, Paul J. McConville, Jason O'Neil, Jule W. Thomas, JR.
  • INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDED MATTER
    Publication number: 20140127482
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method according to an aspect of this invention includes discharging an ink composition containing a metallic pigment to a recording medium using a recording head, and then recording a metallic image in a recording region of the recording medium, in which particles of the metallic pigment have a plate shape and have a coating layer on the surface, the average particle diameter in the ink composition is 0.5 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less, the total film thickness including the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and the average number of the laminated metallic pigment particles in the metallic image is 3 or more and 30 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi DENDA, Maki NARIAI, Naoki KOIKE, Takayoshi KAGATA