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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127241 | SYSTEMS FOR PRIMING FLUID JETTING DEVICES Disclosed is a system for priming a fluid jetting device. The system includes a fluid trench configured within a fluid jetting chip of the fluid jetting device and at least one first channel fluidly coupled to the fluid trench. The at least one first channel extends ver... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127244 | METHOD OF SUPPLYING FLUID TO A FLUID EJECTION HEAD, FLUID SUPPLY MECHANISM, AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE A drop in the throughput of continuous printing operations caused by refilling a subtank with ink is suppressed. The control unit of an inkjet printer 1 fills subtanks 11a-11d with ink whenever ink consumption exceeds a reference volum... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127242 | LIQUID FEED VALVE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE A liquid feed valve unit is configured to switch between a releasing mode for forcibly opening a valve and a blocking mode for closing the valve, and the valve can therefore be opened and closed in a short time as needed. Since the releasing mode is implemented by pushi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127243 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND FLUID STIRRING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND FLUID STORAGE DEVICE AND FLUID STIRRING METHOD FOR THE SAME A fluid storage device for storing a fluid, and a fluid ejection head for ejecting the fluid fed from the fluid storage device are provided. The fluid storage device is provided with a storage tank, and a spherical body formed of a magnetic material and provided inside ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105555 | FLUID CONTAINER HAVING MIXING CHAMBERS FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of pigmented ink. Its housing defines an interior and exterior. The interior retains the ink and an exit port supplies it to an imaging device. Users orient the housing to deplete the i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105554 | INK FORMING METHOD An ink forming method involves preparing a deagglomerated ink or a modified deagglomerated ink. The deagglomerated ink or the modified deagglomerated ink includes at least deagglomerated colorant particles and a liquid component. The deagglomerated colorant particles ar... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120069104 | Liquid Discharge Head and Recording Device Using Same Provided is a liquid discharge head through which discharged liquid droplets are easily gathered into one droplet, and a recording device using the head. A liquid discharge head 2 comprises a liquid pressurizing chamber 10, a displacement element 50... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050416 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS A tube support member that puts a tube connected to an ink jet head and an ink tank in a bent state is provided. Accordingly, when a pulling force acts between the bent support member and the tube, a component force acting as contact force occurs at the surface that mak... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050418 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid supply member having a plurality of liquid supply passages, a connecting surface having a plurality of connecting portions connected to the liquid supply passages, a first positioning portion configured to determine relative... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050420 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink passage member capable of supplying ink from an ink storage unit to a carriage, a passage connecting member capable of connecting the ink passage member to a recording head, an operating member capable of switching the passa... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050419 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS A liquid ejecting apparatus wherein sub-ink-tanks 26ST1 to 26ST6, and a connection end 24SW of a sub-ink-tank accommodation unit 24 are connected through a fixation portion 26Tb and a connection pin 24P, and wherei... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050422 | VALVE UNIT AND INKJET PRINT HEAD A valve unit has two pressure adjusting mechanisms, each of which includes a flexible film. The flexible film of one of the two pressure adjusting mechanisms is installed on one side surface of the valve unit and the flexible film of the other pressure adjusting mechani... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050417 | Printing device having supply of colorant that is non-refillable and at least substantially non-removable from end user perspective A printing device includes a supply of colorant that is non-refillable from an end user perspective and that is at least substantially non-removable from the printing device from the end user perspective. The printing device also includes a printing mechanism that forms... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050421 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A PRINT HEAD An inkjet printing device, comprising: a print head for ejecting ink; a carriage provided with the print head detachably mounted thereon for moving the print head; an ink tank placed outside the carriage for storing ink; an ink supply path for supplying ink from the ink... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044305 | Installing Fluid Container in Fluid Ejection Device A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid ejection unit, a main chassis case, a fluid-containing pack, and a container case. The fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target. The main chassis case houses the flui... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044306 | Installing Fluid Container in Fluid Ejection Device A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid ejection unit, a main chassis case, a fluid-containing pack, and a container case. The fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target. The main chassis case houses the flui... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURGING AND SUPPLYING INK TO AN INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS An ink delivery system is configured to supply ink to an ink reservoir fluidly coupled to inkjet ejectors and remove ink from a receptacle mounted proximate to the ink reservoir using a single conduit. The ink reservoir is configured to prevent air from being pulled thr... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044304 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS A liquid-feeding pump that feeds liquid, which is sucked out from a liquid container, into an ejection nozzle is provided. In addition, a circulation pump that discharges the liquid, which is sucked out from the liquid container, to the liquid container is provided. Mor... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038717 | PRESS INKING SYSTEM WITH KEY SHARING PROVISION Disclosed herein is an ink rail assembly having a key sharing provision. The ink rail assembly includes a page pack having an ink inlet for receiving ink from an ink source and an ink outlet; and an ink rail fluidly coupled to the page pack ink outlet. The ink rail incl... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038705 | Method and Apparatus for Delivering Ink Material from a Discharge Nozzle The disclosure relates to a method for loading ink material into discharge nozzle having a non-discharge surface and a plurality of micropores. The, method includes the steps of providing a quantity of liquid ink material defined by a carrier fluid containing dissolved ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033021 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INK SUPPLY TUBES AND INK SUPPLY TUBE Provided is a resin composition which is a material for ink supply tubes and which has excellent moisture barrier performance, air barrier performance, and kink resistance. The resin composition contains a thermoplastic elastomer (A) containing a (b)-(a)-(b)-type isobut... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033022 | LIQUID DELIVERY SYSTEM A liquid storage container (12, 112, 312, 412) is configured to store a liquid suspension (14) having a liquid vehicle (18) and suspended particles (16). The liquid storage container (12, 112, 312. 412) includes vertically stacked stor... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033020 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLETS An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a liquid tank, a head tank, a liquid supply passage, a liquid supply passage, a liquid intake port, a valve member, and a lock unit. The lock unit is disposed in the head tank to lock and unlock the valve member in r... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033019 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD According to embodiments, an inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank which contains ink, a printing head which is connected to the ink tank through an ink channel and ejects the ink from a nozzle surface, and a channel member which is provided in the ink channel... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033013 | SCALABLE INKJET PRINTHEAD ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A method of manufacturing a printhead includes connecting an ink supply and driving electronics to a predetermined number of inkjet ejector sites. Each ejector site includes a fluid inlet and an electrical connector. The predetermined number of ejector sites connected t... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026256 | LIQUID SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS A liquid supplying apparatus includes: a pressure applying device applying pressure to the liquid inside a supply flow channel connected to a liquid supply object; a pressure buffering unit including a deformable or movable partition separating a liquid chamber connecte... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026255 | LIQUID INK DELIVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING A FLOW RESTRICTOR THAT RESISTS AIR BUBBLE FORMATION IN A LIQUID INK RESERVOIR A fluid ink delivery system includes a receptacle positioned proximate to a plurality of inkjet ejectors, and an ink supply in fluid communication with the receptacle. Ink held in the receptacle may be withdrawn under negative pressure by a pump in the ink supply. A flo... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026254 | INK SUPPLY DEVICE OF INKJET PRINTER AND BACKFLOW SHUTOFF MECHANISM OF THE SAME An ink supply device for an inkjet printer is provided with a backflow shutoff mechanism (200). The backflow shutoff mechanism (200) is disposed on a line (177) as an air passage which connects a pressure control means for adjusting the inner pressu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019605 | FLUID DISPENSING APPARATUS A fluid dispensing apparatus including a fluid ejector unit having a plurality of nozzles and extending in a lengthwise direction to form a dispensing area to correspond with a width of a substrate, the fluid ejector unit configured to eject fluid through the nozzles to... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013687 | LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, TANK UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING SYSTEM A liquid accommodating container in which in a use position, a port opened to the air is provided at a position that is closer to an air chamber uppermost surface and is included in a first corner portion, an air-side opening is provided at a position that is closer to ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120001988 | Ink supply device for inkjet recording apparatus [Problem to be Solved] To provide, in an inkjet recording apparatus including a plurality of recording heads, an ink supply device for the inkjet recording apparatus capable of efficiently humidifying ink flowing through the recording heads to control the viscosity of t... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001989 | INKJET PRINTER WITH FLOAT VALVE PRESSURE REGULATOR An inkjet printer includes: an ink reservoir; a printhead having an ink inlet and an ink outlet; an upstream ink conduit connected to the ink inlet; a downstream ink conduit connected to the ink outlet; and a pressure-regulating chamber. The pressure-regulating chamber ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001987 | Pressure purging device for inkjet recording apparatus [Problem to be Solved] To provide a pressure purging device for an inkjet recording apparatus enabling pressure-purging only designated one of a plurality of recording heads and capable of preventing ink from leaking during the pressure purging. 01/05/2012 | |
| 20120001968 | INK JET PRINTER AND AIR PURGING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR An ink jet printer which uses a common air pump to configure an air path system to supply purge air generated by the air pump to an ink tank and then supply the purge air discharged from the ink tank to a print head or an air path system to supply purge air generated by... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316943 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS The flow path unit includes a flow path unit main body to which the liquid supply needle is attached on the upstream side and including a flow path portion with the liquid flow path formed therein, the flow path portion projecting from a lower face of the flow path unit... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316944 | PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE FOR RELEASABLE MOUNTING IN A PRINTER A printhead cartridge for releasable mounting in a printer. The printhead cartridge includes a pagewidth printhead and an ink manifold defining multiple fluid flow paths in fluid communication with respective ink channels in the printhead. The ink manifold includes a pl... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316941 | Ink path structure and inkjet head including the same There is provided an ink path structure, including: a pressure chamber storing ink introduced thereinto to discharge the ink to a nozzle; and a path discharging the ink by pressure generated within the pressure chamber and then supplying the ink to the pressure chamber ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316942 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A liquid ejection head including: a channel member including: a ejection openings; a liquid channel communicated with the ejection openings; and a liquid-supply opening for supplying liquid to the liquid channel; an ejection-energy applying portion configured to apply a... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316936 | GALLIUM NAPHTHALOCYANINE SALTS EXHIBITING REDUCED KOGATION A sulfonated dye salt of formula (II): wherein
| 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317204 | REMOTE INK SUPPLY Apparatus and methods are provided. A supply of ink within a flexible bag is located apart from a printer. A fluid conduit couples the supply of ink to the printer by way of a connecting head. The connecting head includes a pump driven by a mechanical actuator of the pr... | 12/29/2011 |
