Modular Patents (Class 347/49)
  • Patent number: 10457056
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a mounting portion on which a liquid container capable of accommodating liquid is mounted in a detachable manner, and a liquid ejecting head configured to eject the liquid which is supplied from the liquid container. The mounting portion has a locking portion capable of locking the liquid container, a movement path extending toward the locking portion, and a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion capable of pressing the liquid container in a direction in which the liquid container is away from the locking portion. The second pressing portion presses the liquid container on the movement path on which the liquid container is away from the locking portion, and the second pressing portion and the first pressing portion press the liquid container when the liquid container is locked by the locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Toya
  • Patent number: 10434774
    Abstract: Examples include a glass-based support substrate and at least one fluid ejection die coupled thereto. The at least one fluid ejection die comprises nozzles for dispensing printing material. The glass-based support substrate has a fluid communication channel formed therethrough, where the fluid communication channel is in fluid communication with the nozzles of the at least one fluid ejection die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Patent number: 10414155
    Abstract: A continuous ink jet print head, including: a droplet generator (32, 32?, 32?) for generating ink droplets (64); a charging electrode (22, 22?, 22?) having a passageway (74, 74?, 74?) through which the ink droplets travel to receive a charge; a deflection electrode (60, 60?, 60?) for deflecting the charged ink droplets; a gutter (50, 50?, 50?, 50??) having a gutter entrance (52, 52?, 52?, 52??); wherein the passageway is aligned with the gutter entrance through which uncharged droplets enter; and a mounting deck (10, 10?, 10?) configured to secure the gutter entrance into a fixed, nonadjustable gutter entrance position (56, 56?, 56?, 56??) and to secure the charging electrode into a fixed, nonadjustable charging electrode position (24, 24?, 24?) relative to the gutter entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Robert Smith, Salhadin Omer
  • Patent number: 10414178
    Abstract: A suspended inkjet printing system includes: a pair of support beams extending across a media path; a mounting frame mounted between the support beams, a print head chassis mounted on the mounting frame, the print head chassis being actuable between at least a printing position and a maintenance position; and a plurality of print heads mounted on the print head chassis, each print head extending across the media path and spaced apart along the media path in a direction of media propagation. A plurality of projections extend from the print head chassis into engagement with the mounting frame, the projections controlling a height of the print head chassis relative to the media path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Memjet Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Profaca, Julian Paul Kolodko, William John Stacey, Stephen John Sleijpen, Craig Donald Strudwicke, Neil Fyfe Edwards, Lance Thomas Brown, Toby Desmond Oste, Eric Patrick O'Donnell, Peter John Morley Sobey, David Bernardi, James Andrew
  • Patent number: 10406731
    Abstract: Provided is an application device capable of extracting an imprinting material in which impurities are mixed from a container of the application device and supplying new imprinting material to the container of the application device. An application device according to the present disclosure is used to supply an imprinting material to a substrate in an imprinting apparatus that forms a pattern on the imprinting material on the substrate by using a mold. The application device includes a container unit that contains the imprinting material, and an ejecting unit that is provided on the container unit and that ejects the imprinting material contained in the container unit toward the substrate. The application device is detachably attachable to the imprinting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Arai, Yoshikazu Miyajima, Yutaka Mita, Akio Saito
  • Patent number: 10377142
    Abstract: An ink delivery device is described. The ink delivery device includes an ink die with a first surface. The ink delivery device also includes an overmold to encapsulate a number of surfaces of the ink die. The overmold has a second surface that is wider than the first surface. The second surface receives an adhesive to attach the ink delivery device to a printhead. The ink delivery device also includes an ink slot passing through the overmold and at least a portion of the ink die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie, Devin Alexander Mourey
  • Patent number: 10363761
    Abstract: An imaging device or printer for depositing ink on continuously moving media, such as a film web in a vertical fill form seal machine (i.e., a stick pack machine), that allows for printing on multiple print lanes while eliminating the need for shuttling of print heads or expensive lasers. In one embodiment, plurality of print head assemblies are fixed into a grid during a print operation, whereby the grid of print head assemblies are capable of printing within multiple print lanes while the media is continuously moving, without shuttling any of the print heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: INC.JET INC.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Roginski, Joseph Cooke
  • Patent number: 10336074
    Abstract: A hierarchically aligned inkjet printhead includes a plurality of printhead units and a base holding the printhead units. Each printhead unit includes a plurality of drop ejector array devices, each of which includes at least one drop ejector array; a first butting edge having a first mechanical alignment feature; and a second butting edge having a second mechanical alignment feature. Each printhead unit includes an ink manifold that is fluidically connected to each of the plurality of drop ejector array devices in the printhead unit; and a mounting member to which the drop ejector array devices are affixed. A pair of opposing alignment edges of each printhead unit are substantially parallel to the butting edges of the drop ejector array devices. A first of the opposing alignment edges includes an outwardly-extending projection, and a second of the opposing alignment edges includes a niche that is substantially complementary to the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: RF PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Richard Mu, Yonglin Xie
  • Patent number: 10265952
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus capable of performing printing on a medium having a short-side width of A3 or greater, the apparatus including a head unit which includes an exchangeable print head including a discharge unit that discharges a liquid through driving of a drive element, a detection circuit which detects that exchanging of the print head is possible, and a wiring substrate which is provided with a connector and is electrically connected to the print head via the connector, a drive circuit which outputs a drive signal for driving the drive element, and a cable which is connected to the wiring substrate and transfers the drive signal to the print head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Shimono
  • Patent number: 10265959
    Abstract: A head module supporting member that supports head modules (200) and has a structure in which a longitudinal direction of the head module supporting member is a first direction, and a deflection suppressing unit (112) that has a structure in which a longitudinal direction of the deflection suppressing unit is the first direction, and is disposed on a top surface of the head module supporting member are included. The deflection suppressing unit is an elastic body. A deflection absorption unit (114) connected to the top surface of the head module supporting member, a head module supporting member connection unit (116) connected to an intermediate position of the deflection absorption unit and to the top surface of the head module supporting member, and a biasing force applying unit that applies a biasing force which deflects the deflection absorption unit in a deflection direction of the head module supporting member are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiko Koga
  • Patent number: 10232612
    Abstract: A liquid jetting device includes a plurality of nozzles from which a liquid can be ejected, a plurality of pressure chambers, each being in fluid communication with an associated nozzle in the plurality of nozzles, actuators associated with each pressure chamber and configured to cause a pressure change in an associated pressure chamber in the plurality of pressure chambers, a heat-conductive chassis to which the plurality of nozzles, the plurality of pressure chambers, and the actuators are mounted, an integrated circuit held inside the chassis and configured to drive the actuators to eject liquid from the plurality of nozzles, a circuit board electrically connected to the integrated circuit and configured supply an electrical signal to integrated circuit, and a heat-conductive support to which the circuit board is mounted, the heat-conductive support held by the heat-conductive chassis to contact the integrated circuit and an inner surface of the heat-conductive chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomomi Iijima, Tomoki Hoshino, Keizaburou Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10220632
    Abstract: A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid chamber, an upstanding wall facing a particular direction, and an inlet formed in a surface of the tank; a liquid-consuming unit consuming liquid stored in the liquid chamber; a cover rotatable between a covering position where the upstanding wall is covered with the cover and an exposure position where the upstanding wall is exposed, around a rotation axis extending in a further direction; and a casing including an engaging target part which holds the cover in the covering position, and supporting the tank, liquid-consuming unit, and cover. The cover includes: an engaging part to engage with the engaging target part in the state that the cover is in the covering position; and a tab which is subjected to an operation for releasing an engagement between the engaging part and the engaging target part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Osakabe, Tomohisa Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10214018
    Abstract: A printing material supply system includes a printing device and a cartridge. The printing device has a cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge is removably attached to the cartridge mounting structure. The cartridge mounting structure has a device-side terminal, a lever, a first device-side locking element and a second device-side locking element. The device-side terminal is configured to contact with a cartridge-side terminal. The first device-side locking element is configured as part of the lever. The second device-side locking element is configured to engage with a second locking surface of a second cartridge-side locking element. The cartridge-side terminal has a cartridge-side contact portion configured to be in contact with the device-side terminal. The cartridge-side contact portion is provided on the negative Z-axis side of the second locking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Nozawa, Hidetoshi Kodama, Tadahiro Mizutani, Kazutoshi Matsuzaki, Kazumasa Harada, Satoshi Nakata, Hidetaka Kawata
  • Patent number: 10214019
    Abstract: Example circuits and methods are described involving a flexible substrate for a fluid cartridge, comprising an integrated circuit connected to the flexible substrate, and electrical connector pads arranged on the flexible substrate for connection to the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Iain Campbell-Brown, Mark Walsh, John Oliver, Jefferson P. Ward, Amy Shipman
  • Patent number: 10189256
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head that ejects an ink while moving in an X direction, a plurality of liquid retention portions that are arranged in a direction that intersects the X direction and retain the ink, a mounting portion in which the plurality of liquid retention portions are mounted, and a plurality of flow channels that are provided in the mounting portion and supply the ink to the head from the plurality of liquid retention portions, in which the plurality of liquid retention portions include a liquid retention portion that retains a black ink, and, among flow channel lengths of the plurality of flow channels, the flow channel length of a flow channel that supplies the black ink is shortest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Haruki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10189250
    Abstract: A printhead, comprises: a plurality of element substrates that each include a first element substrate adjacent to a second element substrate in a first direction, wherein a first print element array arranged in the first element substrate includes a first print element that is closest to the second element substrate in the first direction, and a second print element array arranged in the second element substrate includes a second print element closest to the first element substrate in the first direction, and an order of arrangement in the second direction of at least the first print element and a first driving circuit corresponding to the first print element is opposite to an order of arrangement in the second direction of the second print element and a second driving circuit corresponding to the second print element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidenori Yamato
  • Patent number: 10160213
    Abstract: A fluid flow structure may include a micro device embedded in a monolithic molding. The molding may include a channel therein through which fluid flows directly into the micro device. The micro device may include a fluid flow passage connected directly to the channel, a silicon substrate, and a fluid port formed in the silicon substrate and fluidically coupled to the channel. A fluid is feedable through the fluid port. The channel is wider than the fluid port. The channel includes an open channel exposed to an external surface of the micro device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Patent number: 10160221
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a front surface facing frontward, a rear surface spaced apart from the front surface, an upper surface facing upward and is disposed between the front surface and the rear surface, a liquid supply portion provided at the front surface, a detection portion, an electrical interface disposed at the upper surface, and an engaging surface. The detection portion includes a light-receiving portion configured to receive incident light thereon. The light-receiving portion is positioned upward relative to the upper surface and configured to change a state of the light depending on a state of the liquid cartridge. The engaging surface faces rearward and configured to be engaged with an external member such that the engagement between the engaging surface and the external member restricts the liquid cartridge from moving rearward. The electrical interface and the engaging surface are positioned frontward relative to the light-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Suguru Tomoguchi
  • Patent number: 10144231
    Abstract: A carriage includes: a base plate; a liquid jet head including a support plate attached to the base plate; a first engagement portion formed on one end in a Y direction of the support plate; a fixing tool for positioning and fixing the support plate with respect to the base plate, the fixing tool being fixed to the base plate slidably in an X direction by screws and engaged with the first engagement portion; and a flat spring portion that presses the fixing tool toward the base plate. The fixing tool allows movement in the Y direction of the first engagement portion with respect to the fixing tool, and restricts movement in the X direction of the first engagement portion and movement in a thickness direction of the base plate of the first engagement portion with respect to the fixing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Yuichiro Hamano
  • Patent number: 10124590
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including: a first head unit; a second head unit shifted with respect to the first head unit in both of a first direction in which nozzles of the head units are arranged and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed so as to overlap the first head unit in the second direction; and a first wiring member having flexibility and drawn from the second head unit in the second direction toward the first head unit, wherein the first wiring member includes a large-width portion on which a drive circuit is mounted and a small-width portion having a width in the first direction smaller than a width of the large-width portion in the first direction, and wherein the small-width portion passes through a space existing next to the first head unit in the first direction and extends in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10118399
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge body having a liquid storage chamber, a liquid supply sleeve having a distal end portion, a seal portion disposed at the distal end portion of the liquid supply sleeve, a cap fixing the seal portion, and a snap-fit mechanism configured to engage the cap with one of the cartridge body and the liquid supply sleeve. The snap-fit mechanism includes engagement surfaces and a pair of projections. Each projection includes a pair of engagement pawls configured to be engaged with the corresponding engagement surfaces at a tip end portion of each projection. The pair of engagement pawls of each projection includes a first engagement pawl protruding in a crossing direction, and a second engagement pawl protruding in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first engagement pawl protrudes in the crossing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihito Ono
  • Patent number: 10072862
    Abstract: An HVAC system includes an evaporator coil and a metering device. The HVAC system includes a variable-speed circulation fan and a condenser coil fluidly coupled to the metering device. A variable-speed compressor is fluidly coupled to the condenser coil and the evaporator coil. A controller is operatively coupled to the variable-speed compressor and the variable-speed circulation fan. A second temperature sensor is disposed in an enclosed space. The second temperature sensor measures temperature of the enclosed space and transmits the temperature of the enclosed space to the controller. The controller determines if the temperature of the enclosed space is below a minimum threshold. Responsive to a determination that the temperature of the enclosed space is below the minimum threshold, the controller modulates at least one of a speed of the variable-speed compressor and the variable-speed circulation fan to lower a discharge air temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Rakesh Goel
  • Patent number: 10021257
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an operation panel for an imaging device and an imaging device thereof. The operation panel comprises: a panel body hinged to a connector through a pin shaft; a positioning system comprising a first ratchet wheel and a backstop, wherein the first ratchet wheel is sleeved on the pin shaft and coupled to the panel body, the backstop is arranged on the connector and configured to clamp the first ratchet wheel when the first ratchet wheel rotates reversely so as to position the first ratchet wheel, and the backstop is coupled to the connector and slides at least in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the pin shaft; and a driving system coupled to the backstop and configured to drive the backstop to slide at least in the direction parallel to the axial direction of the pin shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ZHUHAI SEINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Li
  • Patent number: 9975326
    Abstract: A continuous ink jet print head, including: a droplet generator (32, 32?, 32?) for generating ink droplets (64); a charging electrode (22, 22?, 22?) having a passageway (74, 74?, 74?) through which the ink droplets travel to receive a charge; a deflection electrode (60, 60?, 60?) for deflecting the charged ink droplets; a gutter (50, 50?, 50?, 50??) having a gutter entrance (52, 52?, 52?, 52??); wherein the passageway is aligned with the gutter entrance through which uncharged droplets enter; and a mounting deck (10, 10?, 10?) configured to secure the gutter entrance into a fixed, nonadjustable gutter entrance position (56, 56?, 56?, 56??) and to secure the charging electrode into a fixed, nonadjustable charging electrode position (24, 24?, 24?) relative to the gutter entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Videojet Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Smith, Omer Salhadin
  • Patent number: 9975337
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including: a first head unit; a second head unit shifted with respect to the first head unit in both of a first direction in which nozzles of the head units are arranged and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed so as to overlap the first head unit in the second direction; and a first wiring member having flexibility and drawn from the second head unit in the second direction toward the first head unit, wherein the first wiring member includes a large-width portion on which a drive circuit is mounted and a small-width portion having a width in the first direction smaller than a width of the large-width portion in the first direction, and wherein the small-width portion passes through a space existing next to the first head unit in the first direction and extends in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9962972
    Abstract: Printhead carriers and adapters are disclosed. An example disclosed print mechanism includes a printhead carrier including first and second pivot mechanisms; and a toggle assembly to, when in an engaged position, apply a force to the printhead carrier with the printhead carrier in a closed configuration, wherein the closed configuration enables printing operations, when in a disengaged position, allow the printhead carrier to transition to an open configuration via the first pivot mechanism, wherein the open configuration provides access to a printhead carried by the printhead carrier, and when in the disengaged position, allow the printhead carrier to transition to an access configuration via the second pivot mechanism, wherein the access configuration enables removal of the printhead from the printhead carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ZIH Corp.
    Inventors: Robert P. Gotschewski, Timothy T. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9962973
    Abstract: A printhead includes a printhead housing and a handle. The handle is movably coupled to the printhead housing. The handle rotatably moves with respect to the printhead housing between a folded position and the non-folded position. In the folded position, the handle extends along a respective housing surface of the printhead housing. In the non-folded position, the handle extends outward from the respective housing surface of the printhead housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Johnson, Daniel Gonzalez Perello
  • Patent number: 9931852
    Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus is configured to have detachably installed therein a liquid container 51 including an ink bag 82 that is flexible at least in part and a flow channel member 91 that is in communication with the ink bag 82, and to supply a liquid held in the ink bag 82 to a liquid jet apparatus. The liquid supply apparatus includes an ink inlet portion 143 configured to be connected to the flow channel member 91 and to introduce liquid from the flow channel member 91 in a state where the flow channel member 91 is connected, and a first supporting portion 151 configured to support at least the flow channel member 91 of the ink container 51. The first supporting portion 151 is moveable between at least a connected position and a disconnected position of the flow channel member 91 and the ink inlet portion 143.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutomo Tsukahara, Hiroyuki Kawate, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Tokujiro Okuno
  • Patent number: 9895916
    Abstract: In a print head support assembly for carrying a number of print heads and for positioning the number of print heads, the print head support assembly includes a carriage plate provided with reference elements for positioning the number of print heads, the carriage plate being further provided with at least four support positions and a support sub-assembly provided with at least four adjustable mounting points for coupling to said at least four support positions and for supporting the carriage plate at said at least four support positions. The support sub-assembly is configured to constrain the carriage plate in six degrees of freedom with respect to a position of the carriage plate and to constrain the carriage plate in at least one degree of freedom with respect to a shape of the carriage plate. Thus, a light-weight and compliant carriage plate may be used to provide for a light-weight carriage suitable for high-speed printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten J. H. Elferink, Serguei Makarevski
  • Patent number: 9895892
    Abstract: A head unit includes a plurality of heads; and a head mount on which the plurality of heads is arrayed. The head mount includes a position adjuster to adjust a position of each of the plurality of heads, each of the plurality of heads includes cutouts at both ends of each of the plurality of heads in a head alignment direction, the cutouts of adjacent heads are opposed each other, and the position adjuster is disposed between the opposed cutouts of the adjacent heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masataka Yoshiike
  • Patent number: 9868309
    Abstract: In some examples, a print cartridge includes a housing, a one-piece printhead support attached to the housing, a printhead supported on a head-land surface area, and a trench in the printhead support surrounding the head-land surface area on at least two sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kiong Chin Chng, Djuhartini Tandjo
  • Patent number: 9862198
    Abstract: A unit that is used in a liquid jet recording apparatus and is used for connection of a liquid container, the liquid container including: a liquid container part that is capable of storing a liquid; and a liquid supply part that is in communication with an inside of the liquid container part and is capable of supplying the liquid to an liquid jet part of the liquid jet recording apparatus, the unit including: a medium positioning part that is capable of positioning a recording medium to which the liquid is ejected by the liquid jet part; and a flow channel connection part that is connectable to the liquid supply part and supplies the liquid from the liquid supply part to the liquid jet part, wherein the unit is configured to be attachable to and detachable from a main body of the liquid jet recording apparatus, the main body being provided with the liquid jet part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsutomo Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 9849681
    Abstract: A structure comprises inlets through which respective liquids are to be introduced and multiple unique vent paths each corresponding to one of the inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Iain Campbell-Brown, Eugene Cahill, Ivor Cummins, William Jon Rittgers
  • Patent number: 9840075
    Abstract: A method of printing an image with a printhead having spatially offset groups of drop ejectors, each group having a plurality of drop ejectors that are aligned substantially along a scan direction, includes enabling simultaneous firing of drop ejectors that are corresponding members of a first set of groups. Drop ejectors within each group of the first set are sequentially fired until each member of each group has had opportunity to fire. Corresponding drop ejectors of a second set of groups are simultaneously fired, and drop ejectors within each group of the second set are sequentially fired. Any additional groups of drop ejectors are likewise fired until all drop ejectors have had opportunity to fire during a first stroke. Drop ejectors are fired in subsequent strokes similar to the first stroke as the recording medium is moved relative to the printhead along the scan direction until printing is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: RF Printing Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard Mu, Yonglin Xie
  • Patent number: 9815286
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a flexible tube supplying liquid to an elongated line head along a first direction, in which the line head is provided with nozzles positioned along the first direction, a joint connected to the flexible tube, and flow paths between the joint and the nozzles, and the line head raises and lowers in a second direction, the flexible tube is movable accompanying raising and lowering of the line head, and the joint is disposed at a center portion in a case where the line head is divided into three equal parts in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Togashi, Hiroaki Okui
  • Patent number: 9789693
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit which can eject liquid; a connection unit to which a liquid container is connected along with a movement of the liquid container which can accommodate the liquid in a connecting direction; and a position adjusting unit which can change a position of the liquid container which is connected to the connection unit in a direction which intersects the connecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Yanagisawa, Kenichi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9738084
    Abstract: Liquid supply or reservoir therefore having multiple compartments, each compartment to hold a distinct liquid, comprising multiple liquid outlets, each fluidically connected to one of the compartments, multiple clearance cut outs disposed at a pitch equal to a pitch of the compartments to accommodate protrusions of a dispenser, and at least one latch protruding outwards from a supply wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John McNeilly, Fiona Coyle, Patrick Lynch, William S. Osborne, David B. Novak, John Breen, Kevin Rourke, Declan Coyne, James Mannion, Bryan Murphy, John Doran, Eugene Cahill
  • Patent number: 9707752
    Abstract: An inkjet print head includes data signal lines configured to supply inkjet control voltages and non-volatile memory cell random access addresses. The inkjet print head includes an inkjet nozzle array wherein each nozzle in the array is configured to communicate with a data signal line. Also a non-volatile attribute memory cell array is included in the inkjet print head wherein each memory cell in the array is accessed through a data signal line shared with the nozzle array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Torgerson, Trudy Benjamin, Kevin Bruce
  • Patent number: 9676192
    Abstract: A printbar module and method of forming the same are described. In an example, a printbar module includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of printhead die slivers, and a manifold. The printhead die slivers are embedded in molding and attached to the PCB. The molding has a plurality of slots in fluidic communication with fluid feed holes of the printhead die slivers. The manifold is in direct fluidic communication with the slots to supply fluid thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Patent number: 9649847
    Abstract: A cartridge that is configured and arranged to be mounted on a printer that has a first ink supply pipe and a second ink supply pipe includes a bottom wall, a plurality of printing material supply ports, a single main chamber, and a plurality of flow paths. The plurality of the printing material supply ports are provided on the bottom wall. The plurality of the printing material supply ports protrude from the bottom wall in a ?Z axial direction and are aligned in a Y axial direction perpendicular to the ?Z axial direction. The single main chamber is configured and arranged to contain a printing material. The plurality of the flow paths communicate with the single main chamber and the plurality of the printing material supply ports, respectively, and the plurality of the flow paths are aligned in the Y axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Nozawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tadahiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9566794
    Abstract: A cartridge 4 has liquid supply ports 407b, 407c, 407y and 407m formed on a bottom wall 422 of a casing 420 and configured to be in contact with corresponding liquid introducing parts 710b, 710c, 710y and 710m of a carriage 8, and a circuit substrate 410 provided on a second wall surface portion 423b of a first end wall 423 intersecting with the bottom wall 422 and configured to be in electrically contact with an electrode assembly 810 of the carriage 8. In a plan view of the bottom wall 422 of the cartridge 4 in a first direction toward the bottom wall 422, the distance between a second end wall 424 and a first wall surface portion 423a of the first end wall 423 is set to be greater than the distance between the second end wall 424 and the second wall surface portion 423b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Atsushi Kobayashi, Yoshinao Miyata, Shun Oya
  • Patent number: 9545804
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to carry a recording head and to move in a main scanning direction, and a guide plate rail configured to guide the carriage when it moves. The carriage is provided with a sliding member movable relative to the carriage in a height direction of the carriage. The carriage and the sliding member have a switch member provided therebetween. The switch member moves in the main scanning direction relative to the carriage and the sliding member to cause the carriage and the sliding member to be relatively displaced in the height direction of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koya Iwakura
  • Patent number: 9533500
    Abstract: A recording apparatus according to a first aspect of the invention comprises a recording unit, a first adjuster, and a second adjuster. The recording unit is configured to record an image on a recording medium, and includes an opposing face to face the recording medium at a time of recording an image on the recording medium. The first adjuster is configured to rotate a first position and a second position different from the first position, about a first axis perpendicular to the opposing face. The first and second positions are defined on the recording unit. The second adjuster is configured to rotate the first position and the second position about a second axis, different from the first axis, perpendicular to the opposing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohei Terada
  • Patent number: 9533510
    Abstract: Systems and methods for connector for supplying fluid to a print system. One system is an apparatus that includes a fluid supply station of a printer with a connector to couple with a fluid source for supplying fluid to at least one printhead of the printer. The connector includes an interface having a body with an end surface that corresponds with a face of a nozzle of the fluid source. The connector also includes an inlet protruding from the end surface and configured to enter an opening of the nozzle for receiving the fluid from the fluid source. The connector further includes communication circuitry disposed on the end surface and configured to establish a connection with corresponding communication circuitry disposed on the face of the nozzle of the fluid source when the inlet enters the opening of the nozzle and the end surface and the nozzle face align.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Carlton E. Begeal, Dilan Nirushan Fernando, Sean K. Fitzsimons, William E. Manchester
  • Patent number: 9511594
    Abstract: A technique of enhancing attachment of a liquid supply unit to a liquid ejection device is provided. A first cartridge 100a and a second cartridge 100b are attached to a carriage 27 of a printing device 27 via a holder structure 200. The holder structure 200 has a lever member 230 rotated and moved to engage with a main engagement part 120 of each of the first and the second cartridges 100a and 100b. Each of the first and the second cartridges 100a and 100b has a first side wall portion 125 and a second side wall portion 126 configured to press the lever member 230 and rotate and move the lever member 230 forward in the course of attachment of the first or the second cartridge 100a or 100b to the holder structure 200. A rotation axis RX of the lever member 230 is located at a position closer to an ink supply port 110 or 110a than the first side wall portion 125 and the second side wall portion 126 in the course of attachment of the first or the second cartridge 100a or 100b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Shiota, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tadahiro Mizutani, Shun Oya
  • Patent number: 9475295
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a printing head; and a liquid supply unit. The printing head has a reservoir, a plurality of liquid supply ports connected to the reservoir, and a liquid introduction inlet. A first liquid supply port and a second liquid supply port are positioned at ends of the plurality of liquid supply ports in a first direction. Outer periphery of the liquid introduction inlet includes one end section and another end section in the first direction. The one end section is closer to the first liquid supply port than the second liquid supply port. The liquid includes a first liquid with a high content of pigment, and a second liquid with a lower content of pigment. The liquid supply unit supplies the second liquid to the one end section of the liquid introduction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Yamasaki, Manabu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9469116
    Abstract: A printer comprising a carriage including: a first lid that holds an ink cartridge; a first axis of rotation located at a first end portion of the first lid; and an opening portion located at a second end portion of the first lid opposite the first end portion, wherein the first lid is rotatable between a first positional state and a second positional state about the first axis of rotation, and a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the first positional state is higher than a location of the opening portion when the first lid is in the second positional state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yasumoto, Yoshihiko Imura
  • Patent number: 9469111
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of ejection members, each having an ejection port for ejecting liquid and a liquid chamber for supplying liquid to the ejection port, a base substrate carrying the plurality of ejection members arranged thereon, the base substrate being provided with a common flow channel for supplying liquid to the plurality of liquid chambers, and a plurality of branch ports each allowing the common flow channel to communicate with the plurality of liquid chambers. Each of the branch ports is provided with a notch portion at an upstream side thereof as viewed in the flow direction of liquid flowing through the common flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Takatsugu Moriya, Zentaro Tamenaga
  • Patent number: 9463658
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for stamping concrete. In one aspect, a method of creating a pattern in a surface is provided. The method includes placing a first stamp in a first position, the first stamp comprising a first engagement structure. The method further includes placing a second stamp in a second position, the second stamp comprising a second engagement structure, which engages with the first engagement structure so as to position the second stamp relative to the first stamp. The apparatus may include a separate coupling structure for attaching adjacent stamps to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: JP DESIGN WORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Irwin, Paul A. Sowa
  • Patent number: 9452610
    Abstract: A technique of enhancing attachment of a liquid supply unit to a liquid ejection device is provided. A first cartridge 100a and a second cartridge 100b are attached to a carriage 27 of a printing device 27 via a holder structure 200. The holder structure 200 has a lever member 230 rotated and moved to engage with a main engagement part 120 of each of the first and the second cartridges 100a and 100b. Each of the first and the second cartridges 100a and 100b has a first side wall portion 125 and a second side wall portion 126 configured to press the lever member 230 and rotate and move the lever member 230 forward in the course of attachment of the first or the second cartridge 100a or 100b to the holder structure 200. A rotation axis RX of the lever member 230 is located at a position closer to an ink supply port 110 or 110a than the first side wall portion 125 and the second side wall portion 126 in the course of attachment of the first or the second cartridge 100a or 100b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Shiota, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tadahiro Mizutani, Shun Oya