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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061791 | Dual printer for regular and raised print Disclosed is an ink jet printing device including an ink jet print head and a print region surface toward which ink is jetted from the ink jet print head, wherein a height distance between the ink jet print head and the print region surface is adjustable. The ink je... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8007062 | System and method for applying a reflectance modifying agent to improve the visual attractiveness of human skin A computer-controlled system determines attributes of a frexel, an area of human skin, and applies a modifying agent (RMA) at the pixel level, typically to make the skin appear more youthful and so more attractive. The system scans the frexel, identifies unattractiv... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7744179 | Recording apparatus and recording method A recording apparatus has an intermediate transfer member; a feeding unit that feeds, to the intermediate transfer member, ink receptive particles containing at least an organic resin whose monomers include at least one polar monomer having at least one polar group,... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744180 | Recording device A recording device including an intermediate transfer unit; a supply unit that supplies ink receiving particles that receive an ink onto the intermediate transfer unit in the form of a layer; a particle density increasing unit that increases the particle density of ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7469981 | Compact front-operable image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7435471 | Indicator panel and method of manufacturing the same An indicator panel is shaped by thermoforming an indicator panel. The indicator panel includes a resin substrate and an inkjet design film on the substrate. The design film is formed by printing a UV hardening ink in an inkjet printing, and hardening. A crack and a ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435470 | Indicator panel for instrument and method of manufacturing the same An indicator panel for an instrument includes a translucent resin substrate having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and a design film on the first face of the substrate. The design film includes a translucent portion through which a light f... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433073 | Printhead assembly with a controller for predetermined pattern printing A printhead assembly includes a printhead. The printhead includes a plurality of rows of pods with each pod including a plurality of ink nozzles. An ink supply is in fluid communication with the printhead and defines a plurality of ink reservoirs connected in fluid ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7402613 | Colored fine particle dispersion and a water-based ink for an ink-jet system A water-based ink for ink-jet printing, comprising colored particles containing: (a) a core particle having a colorant; and (b) a shell having a resin and encapsulating the core particle, wherein the resin comprises a monomer unit having a hydroxyl group in an amoun... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400451 | Lenticular lens sheet registration and alignment device A lenticular lens sheet registration and alignment device uses an elongate blade accurately to align a lenticular sheet for printing purposes. The blade nestles within one of the elongate recesses of the sheet. The device may be used in association with a printer, f... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396864 | Ink jet ink composition and method of printing A HAPs-free ink jet ink includes a pigment; a binder comprising vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer; and a HAPs-free solvent component comprising 1-methoxy-2-propanol acetate, a dispersing solvent selected from cyclohexanone, n-propyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, di... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7360878 | Inkjet printer and method of controlling the inkjet printer A pump including a rotor is connected between a print head and an ink cartridge. A housing of the pump is provided with a suction inlet and a discharge outlet. A partition member is disposed in the rotor placed in a hollow defined in the housing. The rotor of the pu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360883 | Active ray curable ink, image forming method and ink-jet recording apparatus An active ray curable ink containing at least two photo-polymerization compounds, one of which is an oxetane compound having a specific formula, and the other is an epoxy compound, having an oxirane ring in the molecule. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357629 | Apparatus and method for aligning a removable build chamber within a process chamber The invention is a rapid prototype apparatus having a removable build chamber and a plurality of alignments surfaces that can be used to properly align the build chamber with the process chamber with minimal adjustments by a user. In one embodiment, the apparatus co... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351914 | Flexible printed circuit board for catheter, catheter using same, and production method of catheter The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board having a band-like meandering pattern as a whole, which includes multiple linear parts configured about parallel to each other and a folding margin connected to one end in a longitudinal direction of tw... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338560 | Apparatus for forming alignment layer and auto-calibration method thereof An apparatus for forming alignment layer includes a printing stage for supporting a substrate thereon, at least one inkjet head having at least one spray hole above the printing stage, the spray hole spraying an alignment material onto the substrate, a head support ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333235 | Printer controller for controlling operation of a pagewidth printhead A printer controller for controlling operation of a pagewidth printhead is provided. The printer controller comprises: a bus; a data input interface connected to the bus so that the bus can receive compressed and encoded page data from a computer-based machine conne... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329695 | Ink formulations and uses thereof The present invention provides a chemical ink for pad printing a medical device comprising water; a colorant; and a crosslinkable, water-soluble poly(vinyl alcohol). The ink has a viscosity of greater than 50 centipoise, and good adhesion to the medical device. Meth... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311390 | Device and method for print head maintenance A print head maintenance device. During maintenance, excess ink dispersed from the print head is collected in a collection device. A shuttle moves with the print head in a first direction, with a wiper moves in a second direction wiping remaining ink from the print ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303244 | Method for the printing of homogeneous electronic material with a multi-ejector print head Printing systems are disclosed that produce homogenous, smooth edged printed patterns (such as integrated circuit (IC) patterns) by separating pattern layouts into discrete design layers having only parallel layout features. By printing each design layer in a printi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291364 | Hi-resolution three-dimensional imaging apparatus for topographic and 3d models The present invention is directed to an automated system that includes a hi-resolution three-dimensional imaging apparatus for topographic modeling that is electronically coupled with a computer. The system incorporates one or more algorithms for converting the comp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290872 | System and method for delivering phase change ink to multiple printheads A system and method for delivering phase change ink to a plurality of printheads is provided. The system includes an ink source having a housing for holding solid phase change ink, an ink melter assembly having a heated ink contact portion for melting the solid phas... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275139 | Secure deletion of information from hard disk drive A method of securely deleting data from a storage medium includes generating a bitmap that corresponds to unused locations on the storage medium; initiating a background process that wipes the unused locations, where the background process runs asynchronously with a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264330 | Ultraviolet ray curable ink, ink composition for ink jet and process for preparing ink jet printed matter using the same The ink comprises a coloring component, a reactive oligomer and/or a reactive prepolymer, a reactive diluent and a photoinitiator, wherein the reactive oligomer and/or reactive prepolymer unit and the reactive diluent unit have a glass transition point of 0° to 70Â... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254523 | Selectively reduced bi-cubic interpolation for ink-jet simulations on quadrilateral grids A selectively reduced bi-cubic interpolation on quadrilateral grids for level set re-distancing improves finite-difference-based ink-jet simulation. The “bi-cubic” nature of the interpolation helps the scheme conserve droplet mass. The “selectively reduced” ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239933 | Substrate supports for use with programmable material consolidation apparatus and systems A programmed material consolidation apparatus includes at least one fabrication site and a material consolidation system associated with the at least one fabrication site. The at least one fabrication site may be configured to receive one or more fabrication substra... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232498 | Tire with raised indicia The present invention provides a pneumatic tire comprising raised indicia on a sidewall of the tire, the raised indicia comprising a plurality of superposed layers of a curable elastomer composition. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223309 | Display manufacturing apparatus and display manufacturing method A carriage 5 is provided with an injection head 7 to discharge an amount of liquid drops according to the supplied driving pulses and a liquid material sensor 17 to detect the ink amount hit at a filter substrate at each pixel region. A main con... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225044 | Methods for supporting substrates during fabrication of one or more objects thereon by programmable material consolidation techniques A programmed material consolidation apparatus includes a support with a surface that receives at least one substrate and prevents unconsolidated material from contacting undesired regions, such as the bottom surface, of the at least one substrate. When a programmed ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219970 | Method and a system for single ligament fluid dispensing A method of dispensing a single ligament of fluid includes ejecting a first quantity of fluid from an inkjet dispenser toward a substrate, and ejecting a second quantity of fluid from the inkjet dispenser toward the substrate, wherein the second quantity of fluid is... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207669 | Jet printing inks containing polymerized fatty acid-based polyamides The present invention relates to a printing ink composition containing a colorant, resin and solvent, where the resin is a polymerized fatty acid-based polyamide resin and the solvent is made up of at least one first solvent and at least one second solvent, as well ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198676 | Device manufacturing apparatus and method, and driving method for device manufacturing apparatus The present invention provides a device manufacturing apparatus in which a device can be precisely manufactured by stably ejecting a predetermined amount of droplets when the device is manufactured using a droplet ejecting device. The apparatus can include a pressur... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195714 | Method and device for producing a system having a component applied to a predetermined location of a surface of a substrate A method for producing a system with a substrate with a surface and a component applied to a predetermined location of the surface of the substrate includes a step of generating a liquid volume containing the component and a step of applying the liquid volume contai... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187469 | Pagewidth inkjet printer with high data rate printer architecture A pagewidth inkjet printer includes a support structure. A pagewidth inkjet printhead is mounted on the support structure. A print media feed mechanism feeds print media along an ink path and operatively with respect to the inkjet printhead. An integrated circuit is... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176253 | Phase change support material composition A jettable non-curable support material composition useful for three-dimensional ink jet printing comprising at least one fatty alcohol and at least one abietic rosin ester alcohol, wherein the support material has a melting point between about 50° C. to about 65°... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169265 | Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt and a belt for papermaking machines and similar industrial applications A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material ont... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167932 | System and method for DMA data transferring apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus Compressed recording data is DMA-transferred to a receiving buffer unit via a system bus one word each. It is DMA-transferred from the receiving buffer unit to a DECU via the system bus. It is developed based on hardware by a decode circuit in the DECU, and stored i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166196 | Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures for papermaking machines and similar industrial applications and belt A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structure and belt structure, designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paperprocessing applications, requires the application of a polymeric resin material o... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167933 | Data transferring apparatus for transferring liquid ejection data and a liquid ejecting apparatus A data transferring apparatus has an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and the ASIC incorporates an interface unit, a head controlling unit, a receiving buffer unit and a DECU, which are coupled to be capable of transferring data. The DECU incorporates... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160806 | Thermal inkjet printhead processing with silicon etching A method of etching the trench portions of a thermal inkjet printhead using a robust mask that precisely defines the area of the substrate surface to be etched and that protects the adjacent drop generator components from damaging exposure to the silicon etchant. Th... | 01/09/2007 |
