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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110175973 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD CARTRIDGE An inkjet recording head cartridge includes a container body configured to accommodate a plural colors of ink. The container body has a first side surface and also has a projecting part. The inkjet recording head cartridge includes a recording head unit configured to ha... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110115860 | CARRIAGE WITH IMPROVED PRINT CARTRIDGE MOUNTING RELIABILITY An inkjet carriage that receives a print cartridge, the inkjet carriage includes a holding receptacle having a wall, wherein the holding receptacle is configured to receive the print cartridge; and a spring disposed on the wall of the holding receptacle to provide a bia... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110102523 | COMPATIBLE INK CARTRIDGE FOR LARGE FORMAT INK JET PRINTERS The present invention relates to a compatible ink cartridge for large format ink jet printers, consisting of an insertable cartridge and an ink container that can be integrated with said cartridge. The front end of said cartridge has a nozzle through which the large for... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110069126 | Ink Cartridge An ink cartridge for inkjet printers is disclosed. The inkjet cartridge comprises a case, an ink supply chamber, and an ink storage chamber. The ink supply chamber and the ink storage chamber are inside the case. An ink outlet is provided on a sidewall of the case. The ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100271447 | LIQUID INJECTING APPARATUS Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100245505 | INK USAGE TRACKING IN A PRINT CARTRIDGE A print cartridge is disclosed. The print cartridge has at least one ink reservoir, a storage means configured to store information indicative of an amount of printing achievable by the cartridge based on the amount of ink in the at least one ink reservoir, the informat... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100214383 | CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER HAVING FLUID FLOW ARRANGEMENT A cartridge for a printer is provided having a body defining a number of fluid reservoirs, a lid covering the body to seal fluid inside the reservoirs, and a printhead operatively fed with fluid from the reservoirs. A base of each reservoir is provided with a raised por... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100171802 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INK CIRCULATION SYSTEM An ink cartridge easily attached to and removed from an inkjet printer and an ink circulation system of the inkjet printer. The ink cartridge includes a plurality of print heads ejecting ink, an ink channel unit supplying ink to the plurality of print heads, at least on... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100098860 | THERMAL INK JET INK COMPOSITION A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, one or more humectants, one or more binder resins, and one or more dyes. The one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C 04/22/2010 | |
| 20100066790 | Image Display Apparatus A configuration of an image display apparatus which can reduce a pump exclusive for solvent is provided. The image display apparatus of the present invention is provided with an ink chamber in an ink supply path from an ink container to a p... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090278902 | PRINTER A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartr... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090251519 | Ink-jet head and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are an ink-jet head and a manufacturing method thereof. The ink-jet head, which has a reservoir storing ink, a chamber being supplied with the ink from the reservoir, a restrictor connecting the reservoir to the chamber, and a nozzle discharging the ink, inclu... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090244123 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus to form an image on a recording medium is provided. The printing apparatus includes a recording head, an ink cartridge, which contains the ink therein, an ink cartridge storage to store the ink cartridge, an ink conveyer tube, which connects the rec... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090244224 | LIQUID JETTING SYSTEM, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOLDER, AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS HAVING HOLDER A liquid jetting system includes a liquid container including a front wall, and a side wall having a bias-force receiving part, and a liquid jetting apparatus including a holder that receives installation of the liquid container through insertion of the liquid container... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090231400 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH MINIMAL LEAKAGE A laminated film for attachment of printhead integrated circuits to an ink supply manifold. The film has a plurality of ink supply holes defined therein and film comprises: a central polymeric web; a first adhesive layer for bonding a first surface of the film to the in... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090213195 | Ink jet print cartridge with independent adjacent sealing plugs A Multi-color ink-jet print cartridge includes an integrally shaped one-piece body with a reservoir portion including at least two ink chambers, and a manifold portion including at least two ink conduits, each ink conduit hydraulically connected to a corresponding one o... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090201351 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE A liquid cartridge is removably moutable to a liquid ejection device of one aspect of the invention. The liquid cartridge includes a sub tank having: a liquid inflow port; a liquid outlet port; a liquid inflow chamber configured to communicate with the outside of a main... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090195625 | RECORDING APPARATUS A recording apparatus which can prevent a drop of a recording head upon attachment of the recording head to a carriage is provided. When a head cartridge is attached/removed to/from a carriage, the carriage is moved to an overlapping position with a head supporting base... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090091608 | INK JET RECORDING CARTRIDGE A cartridge is constituted by a plurality of absorbing materials for retaining liquid, an interface formed by press-contact between opposing surfaces of the absorbing materials, an introducing portion for supplying the liquid out of the absorbing materials, and a filter... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090086281 | IMAGE WRITING DEVICE An image writing device is provided and includes: a case including an accommodating part that accommodates a plurality of display media stacked, a entrance and exit port which is communicated with the accommodating part and through which the display media enter and exit... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090073245 | AN INK-CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTERS The present invention relates to an ink-cartridge for printers comprising a body formed having a filling hole on an upper surface thereof; a plurality of filling chambers inside of the body divided by a partition having a connecting hole; a discharging chamber connected... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090058967 | INKJET PRINTER WITH RESILIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE AND INK CARTRIDGE An inkjet printer that has a printer body, a printhead cartridge for installation in the printer body, the printhead cartridge having a pagewidth inkjet printhead structure with an array of nozzles, a plurality of ink cartridges for supplying ink, each of the ink cartri... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090002465 | INK STORAGE DEVICE AND AN INK CARTRIDGE OF THE SAME An ink cartridge and an ink storage device including the same are provided, which has a stable quality, lower ink residue, less components, lower cost, and low impact to the environment. The ink storage device is assembled by an ink receiving portion, a sleeve, and a pi... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090002442 | ARRAY INKJET HEAD AND INKJET IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME An array inkjet head and an inkjet image forming apparatus having the array inkjet head. The array inkjet head is formed by sequentially combining a first member, a second member, a third member on an upper surface of which a plurality of base modules are mounted, and a... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080316249 | LIQUID SEALING STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, LIQUID CONTAINER, REFILLED LIQUID CONTAINER, AND REFILLING METHOD OF THE SAME A liquid sealing structure includes: a liquid lead-out portion which has a liquid passage and an opening end surface formed in a liquid lead-out end of the liquid passage; a sealing member which is disposed on the opening end surface inside the liquid passage; a valve m... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080291253 | Ink Jet Printhead Cartridge Having An Ink Fill Access Port In Fluid Communication With The Filter Tower An ink jet printhead cartridge includes a cartridge body including a base and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the base. A filter tower having a tower wall has an interior surface that defines a location of a tower passageway. A printhead chip assembly ... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080284834 | Ink cartridge An ink cartridge has a container, an air valve, and a floating ball. The container is utilized for storing ink. The container has at least an air channel and a flow path. The air valve is disposed at the air channel for preventing the ink from being outside the containe... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080266369 | Printhead assembly A printhead assembly includes a base having a pocket formed therein, a substrate having at least one fluid passage formed therethrough received within the pocket of the base, and a printhead die supported by the substrate and communicated with the at least one fluid pas... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080252705 | INKJET PRINTING HEAD AND INKJET PRINTING CARTRIDGE An inkjet printing cartridge capable of ejecting miniaturized ink droplets in a stable manner while avoiding the complexity of the structure and control as well as suppressing the cost rise. For this purpose, the inkjet printing cartridge is formed of a material having ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080238988 | Liquid Jetting Apparatus And Head Cartridge A liquid jetting apparatus includes a first liquid jetting head which has a plurality of first nozzles, a head holder to which a first liquid jetting head is fixed, a liquid cartridge which is detachably mounted on the head holder, and which supplies the first liquid je... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080204508 | System and Method for Assuring Proper Pen Loading An inkjet pen includes an internal ink supply; and at least one datum feature configured to engage and slide over a guide track in a pen carriage during installation of the pen in the carriage. The at least one datum feature is configured to interact with corresponding ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080186369 | Remanufactured ink cartridges and methods of making the same The present invention relates to a process for remanufacturing an ink jet ink cartridge. Specifically, the process relates to remanufacturing ink jet ink cartridges having design features that are designed to prevent the refill or otherwise reuse of the ink cartridge. T... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080158319 | Printer cartridge with a printhead integrated circuit and an authentication device The invention provides for a printer cartridge for a pagewidth printer. The cartridge includes a body. A printhead integrated circuit assembly with a number of micro-electromechanical nozzles, and an authentication device that contains various manufacturer codes readabl... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080136880 | INK JET HEAD CARTRIDGE, PRINT HEAD, INK CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK JET HEAD CARTRIDGE Reliable ink jet print head, ink jet head cartridge, ink container, and the manufacture method thereof are provided. Specifically, an ink supply opening of an ink container includes a beam member crossing the ink supply opening. The beam member is shaped so that filler ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080129807 | TAMPER PROOF PRINT CARTRIDGE FOR A VIDEO GAME CONSOLE This invention relates to a tamper proof print cartridge for a video game console having an integral printer. The cartridge includes a casing defining a media storage portion, an ink storage portion and a media exit. The cartridge also includes a media transport mechani... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080122894 | HEAD CHIP AND INK CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A head chip usable in an image forming apparatus, the head chip includes a nozzle layer having a nozzle to discharge ink onto a recording medium, a substrate layer having an ink supplying slit provided to be parallel with the nozzle layer to supply the nozzle with the i... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080111873 | Refillable Ink Supply Cartridge For A Postcard Printing Camera System The invention relates to a refillable ink supply cartridge for a postcard printing camera system. The cartridge includes a pagewidth printhead having a series of holes etched on a back surface thereof for the supply of ink to a front surface of the printhead for subsequ... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080079789 | Ink Cartridge for Computer Printer The invention provides a disposable ink cartridge to be installed in an existing all-in-one printhead-ink cartridge to form an assembled segregated printhead-ink cartridge for use in a printer. The all-in-one printhead-ink cartridge has a printhead with a printhead cham... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080079790 | Ink cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus The ink cartridge has: a cartridge container having a flat box shape; an ink bag that is made of a plastic material or an elastic body, accommodates ink, is disposed in the cartridge container, and has an ink supply port via which the ink is extracted from the ink bag, ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080068429 | INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, INK-JET INK, INK-JET RECORDING UNIT, INK CARTRIDGE FOR INK-JET RECORDING AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS The present invention provides an ink-jet recording method for forming an image by applying an ink to a recording medium, wherein the ink used contains at least water, a pigment, a dispersing agent for dispersing the pigment and an acid form of an anionic surfactant. Th... | 03/20/2008 |
