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Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113629 | Inkjet printhead integrated circuit incorporating fulcrum assisted ink ejection actuator An inkjet printhead integrated circuit includes a substrate; a drive circuitry layer positioned on the substrate, the substrate and the drive circuitry layer defining a plurality of ink inlet channels; nozzle chamber walls positioned on the substrate, the nozzle cha... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8094347 | Method of scanning regions larger than the scan swath using a handheld scanner A method of swipe-scanning a graphic image pre-printed on a surface. The method comprises the steps of: (i) operatively positioning a swipe scanner relative to the surface and swiping the scanner across the surface; (ii) capturing, during the swipe, successive image... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8057024 | Printhead incorporating a static pagewidth printhead and elongate fluid channel A printhead assembly comprises an elongate casing defining a longitudinally extending printhead channel, a static pagewidth printhead received within the printhead channel, the static pagewidth printhead comprising a plurality of printhead tiles each bearing a print... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8023020 | Pixel sensor with voltage compensator A photodetecting circuit is disclosed. The photodetecting circuit includes a photodetector, a storage node with first and second node terminals, a transfer transistor disposed intermediate the first node terminal of the storage node and the photodetector for electri... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7988248 | Print engine for rotated ejection nozzle correction A print engine is provided having printhead modules and a controller. Each printhead module has a plurality of ejection nozzles. The nozzles of at least one of the printhead modules is rotationally displaced relative to the other printhead modules. The controller co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984640 | Pressure-based tester for a platform assembly The invention provides for a pressure-based tester for testing integrity of a platform assembly. The platform assembly includes a pair of assembled platform components fastened together and a fluid path extending into both components, the platform assembly suitable ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7950772 | Printhead assembly having supporting structure of alternating materials A printhead assembly includes a support beam formed of two types of material having different coefficients of thermal expansion, the two materials being repeatedly alternated in segments over the length of the support beam to form the support beam; and a plurality o... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7920762 | Method of sensing coded data on a surface A method of sensing coded data on a surface is disclosed. Images of the coded data on the surface are captured using a sensor of a sensing device. The coded data is formed from tags, with each tag encoding a unique identity of a region of the surface and the positio... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7901067 | Print media loading mechanism having displaceable endless belts A print media loading mechanism for a modular printer assembly is disclosed. A pair of opposed endless belts is provided. Each belt passes around a pair of rollers. Opposed roller pairs are slidably received by sliders attached to a frame of the printer assembly. A ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7854504 | Digital device incorporating inkjet printhead and platen A handheld print-on-demand digital device. The device comprises a pagewidth inkjet printhead and a platen assembly operatively positioned relative to the printhead. The platen assembly comprises: a planar platen member for supporting print media; a print media trans... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7834852 | System having sensing device for interaction with computer software A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The system includes a sensing device and a computer system. The computer system generates print data and transfers it to a printer. The printer prints a form by printing information related to an interac... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824484 | Substrate having gallium naphthalocyanine salt disposed thereon A substrate having an IR-absorbing dye disposed thereon. The dye is a naphthalocyanine dye of formula (I): wherein M is Ga(A1); A1 is an axial ligand selected from the group c... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7784681 | Method and apparatus for security document tracking A method of tracking a security document having disposed thereon or therein a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the security document. The method includes having a computer system receive indicating data from a... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7773263 | Multimedia pen with image processing module to convert captured images for printing by a printer module A multimedia pen having a plurality of modular components with male and/or female connectors linkable via a four wire serial bus. The pen includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space, along with a ce... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773124 | Modular, multimedia pen having a camera module and a printer module A modular multimedia pen has a camera module and a printer module. The camera module has an image sensor and a central processing unit. The central processing unit has program memory, image storage memory and an image processing unit for transforming the captured im... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7758167 | Media supply cartridge for roll-fed printer A media supply cartridge includes a media case having a molded top half and a molded bottom half, both halves defining arcuate slots; a media roll assembly rotatably provided within the media case, the media roll assembly having a shaft received in the arcuate slots... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7744208 | Printer with ink transfer roller and cleaning station A printer has a chassis with a pair of guide rails. A retractable print media tray assembly is arranged on the guide rails in a displaceable manner. At least one print engine is arranged on the chassis and has an ink ejecting printhead assembly configured to eject i... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735995 | Mobile phone with an internal printer having a print cartridge with a media drive shaft Provided is mobile phone having an internal printer. The phone includes a print cartridge having a housing with ink bearing structures and a printhead integrated circuit, and a capper fast with the housing to operatively cap the printhead integrated circuit. The car... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7716098 | Method and apparatus for reducing optical emissions in an integrated circuit A method of hindering optical detection of a pattern of data being stored, moved or processed by at least one active circuit in an integrated circuit, the active circuit including at least first and second active devices that change state within a period of time, su... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706909 | Three-dimension printing system including semiconductor object incorporation device A system that prints three dimensional products is provided. The system includes at least one printhead for printing material to create the printed product, and an object incorporation device. The object incorporation device incorporates inorganic semiconductor obje... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703890 | Printhead with backflow resistant nozzle chambers A printhead that has an array of ink ejection nozzles, an array of chambers adapted to store ink for ejection through each of the nozzles respectively, a plurality of ink inlet channels for feeding ink the array of chambers, and a plurality of actuators, one of the ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7669977 | Nozzle device with expansive chamber-defining layer A nozzle device is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle device includes a substrate assembly defining an ink supply. A chamber-defining layer defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with a nozzle opening and the ink supply. An actuating arm is couple... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7660489 | Sensing device having an image sensor and a movement sensor A sensing device for sensing coded data on a surface, generating indicating data, and transmitting the indicating data to a computer system is provided. The coded data is indicative of at least a region identity of the surface, whilst the indicating data comprises d... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7649648 | Duplex printer with motorized platen assemblies A duplex printer includes a body defining one or more spaces in which respective ink cartridges can be placed. A pair of print engines is mounted within the body and a print media path is defined there-between. Each print engine includes at least one printhead coupl... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7618110 | Inkjet printhead with overlapping segments and temperature sensors An inkjet printhead has a pair of adjacent printhead segments having overlapping ink ejection nozzles, with degrees of overlap of said printhead segments corresponding with predetermined temperatures. A pair of temperature sensors is on respective printhead segments... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7566111 | Printhead with multiple printhead integrated circuits having aligned nozzle rows An inkjet printhead that has a support member for mounting it into a printer body adjacent a media feed path. A plurality of printhead IC's are mounted contiguously adjacent each other along the support member. Each of the printhead IC's has an array of nozzles, the... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7558597 | Retrieving a ringtone via a coded surface A method of retrieving a ringtone using a print medium is disclosed. The method starts by determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device. The print media identifier is linked to the ringtone. Th... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556347 | Nozzle arrangement with pairs of actuators A nozzle arrangement is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet channel and an endless static wall located about the ink inlet channel. A roof structure defines an endless movable wall arranged to ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540601 | Print media and multiple printing fluid cartridge for digital photofinishing system A print media and printing fluid cartridge is provided which is arranged to be removably mounted in juxtaposition to a printer of a digital photofinishing system. The cartridge has a tubular core to which a roll of print media is removably and rotatably mounted so a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537301 | Wide format print assembly having high speed printhead A print assembly is provided having an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure of a printer, printhead integrated circuits mounted on the carrier, and control circuitry positioned on the carrier and operatively connected to the printhead integrated... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7513596 | Device for depositing layers of material to form 3-D objects A device for depositing layers of material to form three dimensional objects using a plurality of printheads that can print multiple layers simultaneously and different materials into the same layer, wherein some of the printheads can be maintained at a temperature ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7468810 | Mobile phone with printhead and ink supply module A mobile phone includes an elongate body defining a transverse print media path along which print media can be fed. A storage device is provided in which an image to be printed can be stored. A printhead and ink supply module is contained within the body and include... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468140 | Method of protecting nozzle guarded printhead during fabrication A method of fabricating a printhead is provided in which sacrificial material is deposited on a substrate having printing nozzles formed thereon so that a first portion of the sacrificial material encases the nozzles and a second portion of the sacrificial material ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467854 | Modular ink jet printhead assembly with obliquely overlapping printheads A modular printhead assembly includes an elongate chassis. A plurality of elongate printhead modules is serially arranged along and engaged with the chassis. Each end of each printhead module is shaped so that each adjacent pair of printhead modules forms a compleme... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7465032 | Printhead with inlet filter for ink chamber An inkjet printhead with an array of ink chambers, each having a nozzle, an actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle, an inlet opening allowing ink to refill the chamber and a filter structure at the inlet opening; wherein, the... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465024 | Inkjet nozzle assembly incorporating a fluidic seal An inkjet nozzle assembly for a printhead integrated circuit is configured to be replicated on a wafer substrate incorporating drive circuitry so that the printhead integrated circuit comprises an array of the nozzle assemblies. The nozzle arrangement includes a sta... | 12/16/2008 |