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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105549 | AQUEOUS INKJET PRINTING FLUID COMPOSITIONS An aqueous inkjet printing fluid composition for use in an inkjet printer comprising a silicon-based material which contacts the aqueous printing fluid composition, comprising in a concentration sufficient to inhibit corrosion of the silicon-based material when contacte... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105550 | AQUEOUS INKJET PRINTING FLUID COMPOSITIONS An aqueous inkjet printing fluid composition for use in an inkjet printer comprising a silicon-based material which contacts the aqueous printing fluid composition, comprising in a concentration sufficient to inhibit corrosion of the silicon-based material when contacte... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105548 | AQUEOUS INKJET PRINTING FLUID COMPOSITIONS An aqueous inkjet printing fluid composition for use in an inkjet printer comprising a silicon-based material which contacts the aqueous printing fluid composition, comprising in a concentration sufficient to inhibit corrosion of the silicon-based material when contacte... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081467 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE TRACK ON NOZZLE PLATE An inkjet printhead includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead; a nozzle plate extending across... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081468 | LIQUID EJECTING METHOD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS Provided is a liquid ejecting method, including: ejecting a liquid from a liquid ejecting head, wherein the viscosity of the liquid is in a range from 6 mPa·s to 20 mPa·s, wherein the liquid ejecting head includes: nozzles which eject the liquid; | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069094 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Provided is a liquid ejection head including a substrate including a liquid supply port and an energy generating element, in which the liquid supply port has at least one groove shape formed in a wall surface thereof, the at least one groove shape extending from a rear ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069096 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR PRINTHEAD A nozzle arrangement for a printhead is provided which has a chamber defined on a substrate configured to hold fluid, an ejection port defined in the chamber, and an actuator for moving the ejection port relative to the substrate to eject the held fluid therethrough.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069095 | INKJET HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME An inkjet head includes: an ink tank plate that includes a nozzle to discharge a liquid; a drive circuit member connected to an electromechanical transducer to apply a voltage to the electromechanical transducer to generate a pressure in an ink tank to discharge a liqui... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050410 | Pulsed air-actuated micro-droplet on demand ink jet The present subject matter relates to a method and system for pulsed air-actuated micro-droplet on demand jetting, especially for jetting high viscosity liquids. A needle extends from a liquid chamber and terminates in a drop-forming orifice outlet from which micro-drop... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044299 | Droplet Actuator Devices and Methods A microfluidic device having a substrate with an electrically conductive element made using a conductive ink layer underlying a hydrophobic layer.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038712 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER, ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER PRODUCED BY THE METHOD, LIQUID-DROPLET JETTING HEAD, AND LIQUID-DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS A method of producing an electromechanical transducer includes a first step of partially modifying a surface of a first electrode; a second step of applying a sol-gel liquid including a metal composite oxide to a predetermined area of the partially-modified surface of t... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033016 | METHOD TO REFRESH THE INK IN NOZZLES OF AN INKJET PRINT HEAD IN AN INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS In a method to regenerate during operation ink in nozzles of at least one inkjet print head operating according to drop on demand in an inkjet print apparatus, nozzles of the print head that generate print dots on a printing substrate are activated such that the nozzles... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033017 | LIQUID DISCHARGE RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A liquid discharge recording head includes: a recording element substrate, an electric wiring board, and a supporting plate that supports the recording element substrate and the electric wiring board, wherein a gap is formed between the recording element substrate and t... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026225 | Line image forming method and apparatus A line image forming method includes the steps of: ejecting a plurality of droplets of liquid sequentially from an inkjet head, the liquid containing a functional component; and depositing the droplets of the liquid onto a non-permeable medium, the deposited droplets be... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026248 | Inkjet head assembly and method for manufacturing the same There are provided an inkjet head assembly and a method for manufacturing the same. The inkjet head assembly includes: an inkjet head plate having an ink flow passage formed therein and having an actuator formed thereon, the actuator providing driving force for discharg... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019600 | LAMINATE MANIFOLDS FOR MESOSCALE FLUIDIC SYSTEMS Laminate manifolds, and their manufacture. The laminate manifolds (18) include plates (20) arranged in parallel, forming a laminate plate stack (22), with a securing agent (24) securing the plates in the plate stack. At least some of the plat... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120007921 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE WITH CIRCULATION PUMP A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot, a plurality of drop generators, and a fluid circulation pump to circulate fluid from the fluid slot through each drop generator individually and back into the fluid slot.... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007922 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS A sub-carriage includes a housing unit that houses at least part of each of multiple recording heads, and a head passage opening and an upper opening serving as opening portions through which the housing unit passes. A flow channel anchoring member for anchoring a flow ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316934 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD In a droplet ejection head, each of droplet ejection units includes: a nozzle which ejects droplets of liquid, a pressure chamber which is filled with the liquid and connected to the nozzle, a drive element which applies pressure to the liquid inside the pressure chambe... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310146 | PRINTHEAD NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT WITH MAGNETIC PADDLE ACTUATOR A nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chamber having a roof defining an ink ejection port and a floor defining an ink supply inlet; a magnetic coil arrangement positioned around the ink supply inlet of the nozzle chamber; bridge members spanning over the magnetic coil ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310181 | INKJET PEN/PRINTHEAD WITH SHIPPING FLUID An inkjet pen includes a printhead firing chamber, a nozzle plate having at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the firing chamber, and a layer of shipping fluid within the firing chamber and covering the nozzle plate and the at least one nozzle. The shipping f... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110292129 | PARTITIONED ARRAY EJECTION CHIPS FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS A micro-fluid ejection head has multiple ejection chips joined adjacently to create a lengthy array across a media to-be-imaged. The chips have fluid firing elements arranged adjacently along corresponding ones of fluid vias skewed variously or not to enable seamless st... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292130 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD A liquid ejecting head according to the present invention comprises a passage unit and an actuator unit. The passage unit includes: a plurality of liquid passages each of which contains a first opening for ejecting liquid and a pressure chamber connected to the first op... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285792 | Liquid Droplet Spraying Apparatus and Method The present invention relates to a liquid droplet spraying apparatus and method. The liquid droplet spraying apparatus of the present invention includes a chamber containing a fluid; a nozzle body having a nozzle for spraying the fluid in the chamber to one side of a ma... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285793 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING PRINTHEAD TO EJECT INK DROPLETS OF PREDETERMINED VOLUME A method of configuring a printhead to eject ink droplets of a predetermined volume. The method includes the steps of: (i) providing a printhead having a plurality of bend-actuated nozzles assemblies; (ii) varying a bulk hydrostatic pressure of ink supplied to the print... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279549 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including a recording element that generates energy for discharging liquid from a discharge port, a base plate including a mounted surface on which the recording element substrate is mounted, an electric wir... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279548 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND ELECTRIC WIRING SUBSTRATE A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate having a plurality of discharge ports for discharging liquid, and a plurality of recording elements for generating energy to discharge liquid, and an electric wiring substrate electrically connecting the rec... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279547 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD The invention provides, between a discharge element substrate and a supply member, a support member containing a mixture that contains: a material having an affinity for a material forming the supply member; and another material.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279550 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID JET HEAD A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including an energy generating element, a wiring substrate including wiring, a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the reco... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110249063 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD Provided is a continuous-type charge deflection liquid ejection head that is suitable for higher-density and multiple nozzles. This liquid ejection head includes: an orifice plate having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a charging electrode p... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242224 | INKJET HEAD, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING INKJET HEAD An inkjet head includes a plurality of nozzles through which ink is dischargeable out of the inkjet head, a pressure chamber plate that is made of metal, a plurality of pressure chambers that are groove portions formed in the pressure chamber plate for applying to the i... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234702 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING DEVICE AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE A capacitive load driving device includes a drive waveform generator adapted to generate a drive waveform signal, a subtraction section adapted to output a differential signal between the drive waveform signal and two feedback signals, a modulator adapted to perform pul... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110234701 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS Concave portions are provided at both side faces of the reinforcing plate in the juxtaposition direction of the actuators on a discharge face side in which the nozzle orifices are opened. Second exposed portions, in which corner portions that include the discharge face ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228006 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet by discharging a liquid droplet from a nozzle hole to the sheet, includes a voltage applying part that applies a voltage to an electrostatic attraction member to cause the electrostatic attraction member to attra... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228007 | INK PRINTHEAD HAVING CERAMIC NOZZLE PLATE DEFINING MOVABLE PORTIONS An inkjet printhead includes a ceramic nozzle plate having a plurality of movable portions defined therein and a polymeric material covering the nozzle plate and the plurality of movable portions.... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221824 | LIQUID JETTING HEAD, METHOD OF CHARGING LIQUID FOR LIQUID JETTING HEAD, LIQUID JETTING RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING SAME To improve a space factor of a liquid jet head to improve flexibility in designing a liquid jet recording apparatus, and to improve the ability to collect excess liquid to prevent contamination with excess liquid and stabilize jetting of liquid after the liquid is fille... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211019 | Pressure independent droplet generation The invention relates to an apparatus for ejecting droplets of a fluid material, comprising: a reservoir for storing the material, a channel connected with the reservoir, which is provided with at least one outflow opening from which, in use, flows a jet of the material... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211020 | PRINTHEAD MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT WITH MOTION-TRANSMITTING STRUCTURE A micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit the nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chamber bounded by a distal sidewall and a proximal sidewall, and capped by a roof defining an ink ejection port; a paddle located in the nozzle cham... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205270 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD WIRING MEMBER AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD A wiring member for a liquid ejection head enables reducing the size of the liquid ejection head. A flexible printed circuit 39 has on one end a plurality of individual electrode wiring terminals 53 corresponding to individual element electrode terminals o... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110199436 | FAST-DRYING, SOLVENT-BASED INKJET INK COMPOSITION AND A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING SUCH INKS The present disclosure relates to a fast drying solvent-based inkjet ink composition for thermal inkjet printing, the ink composition comprising at least 40 weight percent base solvent, a solvent-compatible colorant, not more than 25 weight percent propellant, a decap c... | 08/18/2011 |
