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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364978 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device There is provided a method of fabricating semiconductor devices that allows ion implantation to be performed at high temperature with ions accelerated with high energy to help to introduce dopant in a semiconductor substrate, in particular a SiC semiconductor substr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7279779 | Substrate assembly for stressed systems A substrate-assembly having a mechanical stress absorption system. The assembly includes two substrates, one of which has a mechanical stress absorbing system, such as a plurality of motifs that absorb thermoelastic stresses, to prevent cracking or destruction of th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7067393 | Substrate assembly for stressed systems A substrate-assembly having a mechanical stress absorption system. The assembly includes two substrates, one of which has a mechanical stress absorbing system, such as a plurality of motifs that absorb thermoelastic stresses, to prevent cracking or destruction of th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6885389 | Method of separating thin film device, method of transferring thin film device, thin film device, active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display device A separation layer is provided on a substrate, and a thin film device, such as TFT, is formed thereon. Separation accelerating ions such as hydrogen ions are implanted into the separation layer in the course of the process for forming the thin film device. After the... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6529854 | Coordinate position detecting method and display apparatus using the same A coordinate position detecting method uses a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of light receiving elements located on mutually opposite sides, all the elements being arranged at a predetermined interval in horizontal and vertical direc... | 03/04/2003 |
| 5960161 | Circuit for adapting 4-color image signals to an 8-color digital printing apparatus In an ink-jet printing apparatus, an arrangement of logic gates disposed between a source of rasterized image signals and printing hardware allows real-time conversion of CMYK image signals for application to an ink-jet printhead which is capable of CMY, ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5760697 | Multi-channel recording device A multi-channel recording device for recording the time profiles of a plurality of measurement signals which can be connected to the device. The device has first and second groups of optical indicators on the front of the device and scale strips correspon... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5648800 | Method and apparatus for recording with varying recording speeds A recording apparatus for recording input image data on a recording medium includes: a buffer memory for storing a plurality of lines of input image data as recording data; a recording section which can record on the basis of the recording data at differe... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5610652 | Electrophotographic image recording apparatus In the electrophotographic image recording apparatus, the optical path switching mechanism switches the optical path between an image reading mode and an image recording mode. In the image reading mode, the optical path switching mechanism directs light f... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5212496 | Coated ink jet printhead Disclosed is an ink jet recording head comprising a plurality of channels, wherein the channels are capable of being filled with ink from an ink supply and wherein the channels terminate in nozzles on one surface of the printhead, the surface being coated... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5208606 | Directionality of thermal ink jet transducers by front face metalization A thermal ink jet printhead has an outer, metallic hydrophobic coating on its front face to repel ink. Eliminating the accumulation of ink at the nozzles of the printhead allows an ink droplet to be accurately ejected and ensures the directionality of the... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4980703 | Print head for ink-jet printing apparatus A print head for an ink-jet printing apparatus has a plurality of heater elements arranged in a first direction on one surface of a substrate. A nozzle plate is positioned substantially parallel to and displaced from the surface of the substrate with a pr... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4943818 | Ink jet printer An ink jet printer using thermally fusible ink. This printer comprises an ink nozzle defining a feed passage for feeding the thermally fusible ink and an orifice for ejecting the ink, a heater for heating and fusing the ink, an ink feed roller for forcibl... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4801955 | Ink jet printer An ink jet printer having a print head which comprises a front nozzle member having a front channel, a housing secured to the front nozzle member, and a rear nozzle member which defines with the housing a liquid chamber and further defines with the front ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4751532 | Thermal electrostatic ink-jet recording head An ink-jet recording head wherein thermal energy and an electroelastic field are applied to ink held between two plate members to cause the ink to be jetted out from an orifice defined by the plate members wherein there is provided, on the orifice-side en... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4725862 | Ink jet wetting-treated recording head and process An ink-jet recording head formed from a base and a vibrating plate attached to the base with the surfaces therebetween defining a plurality of ink passageways terminating in a nozzle at one end of the head is provided. The base and the plate are both form... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4723129 | Bubble jet recording method and apparatus in which a heating element generates bubbles in a liquid flow path to project droplets A liquid jet recording process comprises the step of providing a continuous passageway defining a path through which liquid can flow. The passageway has an inlet thereto and an outlet orifice therefrom and further defines a thermal chamber portion located... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4716945 | Recording instrument ink-path treatment process A recording instrument comprises a recording device for recording with an ink, an ink storage container and an ink supplying system for supplying ink from the ink storage container to the recording device characterized in that the ink supplying system has... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715006 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus such as a dot printer has a built-in character generator built in the printer and for generating a standard type font pattern signal, a removable character generator removable from the printer and generating a specific type font... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4643948 | Coatings for ink jet nozzles An ink jet nozzle plate is coated with a film comprising a partially fluorinated alkyl silane and a perfluorinated alkane.... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4633270 | Transportation equipment recorder for highlighting operating parameters outside of preset limits The present invention provides a measuring and recording system for transportation equipment which measures the values of various operating parameters of the equipment and which records these values in analogue fashion on a recording medium. The system is... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4628332 | Ink printhead with holder mount In a liquid jet recording apparatus provided with a recording head for discharging recording liquid as flying liquid droplets, a head mounting portion for fixing the recording head, and liquid supply means for supplying the recording liquid to the recordi... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4623906 | Stable surface coating for ink jet nozzles An improved glass or silicon ink jet nozzle is described having a three-layer coating that provides improved mechanical and chemical properties. The coating includes a first layer of silicon nitride, an intermediate layer graded in composition, and a top-... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4591872 | X-Y distinguishable multi-trace coding for multiparameter recording of a single stylus recorder A system for providing X-Y trace coding of multiple parameter recordings through use of a single stylus, single trace recorder by multiplexing multiple signals to the recorder with given time intervals for each multiplexing channel, and in a separate mode... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4555062 | Anti-wetting in fluid nozzles A novel ionic surface preparation for nozzles used in spraying fluid droplets such as used in ink jet printers is disclosed. In conjunction with an oppositely charged ionic anti-wetting agent dissolved in the sprayed fluid, the new surface preparation rel... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4549188 | Orifice plate for ink jet printer An orifice plate for an ink jet printer is disclosed. The orifice plate includes a plurality of sections of glass capillaries of equal length bonded vertically in a ceramic sheet in equidistant linear alignment. The face of one end of each capillary is fl... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4533569 | Process preventing air bubble lock in ink jet nozzles A process for treating the interior surface area of a glass nozzle for use in an ink jet printer device. The process includes cleaning of the surface area with a hydrofluoric acid solution under controlled conditions, rinsing and then protecting the clean... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4499480 | Liquid jet recording device A liquid jet recording device comprises a liquid discharging portion, a driving control portion, a connecting wiring portion and a matrix wiring portion, and these are mounted on one substrate. The liquid jet recording device preferably has a substantiall... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4420764 | Ink jet printer head An ink jet printer head for printing dots on demand on a recording medium has ink flow paths formed in a substrate. The ink paths include a pressure chamber, supply path and nozzle for discharging ink droplets, the nozzle terminating in an external front ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4389654 | Ink jet droplet generator fabrication method A method for fabricating an ink jet droplet generator. According to the disclosed technique, a metallic body is first machined to define one or more ink receiving cavities and to further define an intended nozzle surface. Resist material is applied to the... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4385304 | Stacked drop generators for pulsed ink jet printing A stacked drop generator apparatus 20 for ink jet printing includes a stackable housing 22 of electrically nonconductive material having a cavity 24 containing fluid. A pressure wave is produced in the fluid by a device 26 which is deformed in response to... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4343013 | Nozzle plate for ink jet print head The nozzle plate of an ink jet print head is made of glass to provide a desirable wetting property for a stable meniscus of the ink column and the front surface of the plate is coated with a non-wetting material such as metal or plastic to prevent ink dep... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4296421 | Ink jet recording device using thermal propulsion and mechanical pressure changes A device for recording comprising ejecting a liquid recording medium by heat energy which comprises a recording head composed of a discharging orifice for ejecting the liquid recording medium in a form of droplets, an inlet for introducing the liquid reco... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4216477 | Nozzle head of an ink-jet printing apparatus with built-in fluid diodes A nozzle head of an ink-jet printing apparatus according to the present invention comprises an ink reservoir for storing the ink supplied from an ink tank, a pump chamber provided between said ink reservoir and a nozzle for injecting ink particles, and a ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4025928 | Unitary ink jet and reservoir An impulse ink jet mounted in an ink reservoir so as to be a self-contained writing device for X-Y and strip chart process recorders and table top graphic recorders, with the jet being associated with a length of energy absorbing conduit coiled within the... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4010476 | Methods and apparatus for recording well logging measurements In accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention, data signals, particularly well logging data in analog or digital form, is recorded by a cathode ray tube recorder. A representation of the CRT beam is repetitively swept across a recor... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3974506 | Scanning system for imaging characters combined with graphic curves A flying spot scanning system is provided which has a separate scanning system for imaging characters onto a recording medium and has a separate x- y galvanometer operated mirror scanning system for imaging a graphic curve onto the recording medium.... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3974505 | Recording device with plural recording discs with one deflected for improved viewing A recording device comprising means for supporting a first record and a second record in adjacent parallel relationship, recording pens for recording data on said first and second records, means for displacing said records relative to said recording pens,... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3946398 | Method and apparatus for recording with writing fluids and drop projection means therefor A recording apparatus and method is disclosed which includes a writing fluid source feeding a drop projection means which ejects a series of droplets of writing fluid from a nozzle in a discontinuous stream with sufficient energy to traverse a substantial... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3935079 | Method and apparatus for displaying active oxygen and sensor temperature A method and apparatus for displaying the active oxygen content of a liquid metal and the sensor temperature of a probe from signals developed by the probe which is capable of being plunged directly into the liquid metal. The probe comprises a small mass ... | 01/27/1976 |
