With Inking Patents (Class 400/124.1)
  • Patent number: 10821660
    Abstract: It discloses a high-speed reciprocating color 3D printer; said printer includes a nozzle assembly that is horizontally movable in one direction, preferably an X-axis direction, and a workbench that is vertically movable in the Z-axis direction. A plurality of spray pipes are mounted on the nozzle assembly, wherein, the spray pipes contains a variety of liquid printing materials, including white matrix material and a variety of color materials. In a movement process, each spray pipe works separately. The white matrix material is used to print out the image firstly, especially the darker area of the image, and then the color of the image is printed through the color material, and the resulting image partially protrudes outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Chunchao Fan
  • Patent number: 10040293
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid tank, a tank holder, a liquid ejection head, and an apparatus casing. The liquid tank includes a liquid injection port, a liquid containing portion containing the liquid injected from the liquid injection port, and a supply port supplying the liquid. The tank holder holds the liquid tank. The liquid ejection head ejects a liquid supplied from the supply port. The apparatus casing accommodates the liquid tank, the tank holder, and the liquid ejection head. The tank holder is pivotable relative to the apparatus casing with holding the liquid tank. The liquid injection port of the liquid tank is configured to be exposed to an exterior of the apparatus casing by pivoting the tank holder relative to the apparatus casing to inject the liquid into the liquid tank, while the liquid tank is held in the tank holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nakamura, Shun Oya
  • Patent number: 9994032
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid tank, a tank holder, a liquid ejection head, and an apparatus casing. The liquid tank includes a liquid injection port, a liquid containing portion containing the liquid injected from the liquid injection port, and a supply port supplying the liquid. The tank holder holds the liquid tank. The liquid ejection head ejects a liquid supplied from the supply port. The apparatus casing accommodates the liquid tank, the tank holder, and the liquid ejection head. The tank holder is pivotable relative to the apparatus casing with holding the liquid tank. The liquid injection port of the liquid tank is configured to be exposed to an exterior of the apparatus casing by pivoting the tank holder relative to the apparatus casing to inject the liquid into the liquid tank, while the liquid tank is held in the tank holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nakamura, Shun Oya
  • Patent number: 6695495
    Abstract: An ink density closed loop control system for an ink ribbon of an impact printer having a reservoir roller formed of an ink absorbent material with at least one or more channels within the reservoir roller fluidly connected to a pump and ink supply. A transfer roller can contact the reservoir roller for imparting ink to the ink ribbon. A sensor senses the relative amount of ink on the print ribbon and an electrical drive responsive to the sensor drives the pump for a flow of ink to the one or more channels. The sensor can sense ink on different segments of the ribbon and, with two or more channels in the reservoir roller can distribute ink to two or more segments of the reservoir roller depending upon the ink sensed at a particular segment of the ribbon. A further enhancement of this invention provides a multi-viscosity ink to compensate for changes in ambient temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Printronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis R. White, Jeng-Dung Jou, Lihu Chiu, Gordon B. Barrus, Y. Grant Chang
  • Patent number: 6695496
    Abstract: A dot printer not using any type, nor requiring any ink ribbon has an ink roller 1, a platen 2 having an outer surface coated with ink by contacting the ink roller 1, and a printing head 3 facing the platen 2 in an appropriately spaced apart relation thereto. The printing head 3 is a dot impact type printing head having a plurality of printing wires caused to project selectively to form letters, and a recording medium 6 is conveyed between the platen 2 and the printing head 3 to have printing made thereon by the printing head 3. A protective film 8 is employed between the printing head 3 and the recording medium 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Precision Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Nakagaki, Mitsuharu Shishido
  • Patent number: 6561707
    Abstract: A needle printing head comprising a support (11) able to axially guide a plurality of printing needles (15), each of which has one end attached to a mobile armature (16) of a corresponding actuation electromagnet (17) having a ferromagnetic core (18) provided with polar extensions. A separation element (30) is interposed between the mobile armatures (16) and the corresponding polar extensions. The separation element (30) is made of a metal material and comprises elements (33, 34) able to reduce the effects of the eddy currents which are generated by the energizing of every electromagnet (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Compuprint SpA
    Inventors: Andrea Garramone, Ettore Quattrini, Roberto Boggio
  • Patent number: 6412938
    Abstract: Printing systems and methods that reduce inter-color bleeding between dark and light colored inks without losing productivity of a color ink jet printer by distributing the printing of a total amount of black ink required in a single swath over multiple passes while each of the color inks required for the same swath is printed in a single pass. For example, the print method may print a single swath by printing portions of the slow dry black ink in three passes while printing each of the fast dry color inks in single passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Guy Markham, Yonglin Xie, William G. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20010048835
    Abstract: A needle printing head comprising a support (11) able to axially guide a plurality of printing needles (15), each of which has one end attached to a mobile armature (16) of a corresponding actuation electromagnet (17) having a ferromagnetic core (18) provided with polar extensions. A separation element (30) is interposed between the mobile armatures (16) and the corresponding polar extensions. The separation element (30) is made of a metal material and comprises elements (33, 34) able to reduce the effects of the eddy currents which are generated by the energizing of every electromagnet (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Andrea Garramone, Ettore Quattrini, Roberto Boggio
  • Publication number: 20010010773
    Abstract: A dot printer not using any type, nor requiring any ink ribbon has an ink roller 1, a platen 2 having an outer surface coated with ink by contacting the ink roller 1, and a printing head 3 facing the platen 2 in an appropriately spaced apart relation thereto. The printing head 3 is a dot impact type printing head having a plurality of printing wires caused to project selectively to form letters, and a recording medium 6 is conveyed between the platen 2 and the printing head 3 to have printing made thereon by the printing head 3. A protective film 8 is employed between the printing head 3 and the recording medium 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Yuji Nakagaki, Mitsuharu Shishido
  • Patent number: 6231248
    Abstract: An ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head for actuating wires with ink attached to tip ends thereof into contact with a sheet of print paper to transfer ink to the sheet, thereby forming ink dots thereon. The ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head includes a wire guide member having a wire guide hole for guiding the tip end of the wire, and an ink tank containing an ink absorbing body therein and having an ink supply port in which a portion of the wire guide member is inserted. The wire guide member has a capillary ink path communicating with a side of the wire and supplied with ink from the ink absorbing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Masanao Matsuzawa, Yoshinori Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6224275
    Abstract: An ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head for actuating wires with ink attached to tip ends thereof into contact with a sheet of print paper to transfer ink to the sheet, thereby forming ink dots thereon. The ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head includes a wire guide member having a wire guide hole for guiding the tip end of the wire, and an Ink tank containing an ink absorbing body therein and having an ink supply port in which a portion of the wire guide member is inserted. The wire guide member has a capillary ink path communicating with a side of the wire and supplied with ink from the ink absorbing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Masanao Matsuzawa, Yoshinori Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 6176629
    Abstract: An ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head for actuating wires with ink attached to tip ends thereof into contact with a sheet of print paper to transfer ink to the sheet, thereby forming ink dots thereon. The ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head includes a wire guide member having a wire guide hole for guiding the tip end of the wire, and an ink tank containing an ink absorbing body therein and having an ink supply port in which a portion of the wire guide member is inserted. The wire guide member has a capillary ink path communicating with a side of the wire and supplied with ink from the ink absorbing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Masanao Matsuzawa, Yoshinori Miyazawa