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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123329 | Inkjet recording apparatus and method The inkjet recording apparatus includes: a liquid set which includes a plurality of first liquids and a second liquid, the first liquids each containing solvent-insoluble materials, the second liquid causing the solvent-insoluble materials to form aggregate; a liqui... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8100501 | Liquid ejection apparatus, image forming apparatus, and liquid ejection method The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a recording head which includes a nozzle and an ejection device, the ejection device ejecting an ejection liquid through the nozzle by applying pressure to the ejection liquid in the recording head; a liquid accommodation unit... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087744 | Ink jet printing apparatus For a liquid applying mechanism of an ink jet printing apparatus, a liquid to be used for application to a medium is prevented from evaporating and leaking from a liquid holding member. An applying roller and the liquid holding member contact with each other to hold... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8042906 | Image forming method and apparatus The image forming method is for forming an image on an image formation body by using an ink liquid including a coloring material and an aggregation treatment agent including a component that causes the coloring material to aggregate. The image forming method include... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029090 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method including: forming a liquid receiving particle layer on an intermediate transfer member using a liquid receiving particle that is capable of receiving a recording liquid including a recording material; forming an image of the recording materi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7992959 | Printing system with transient and permanent imaging means A printing system including a substrate and a dual-mode printing device, the dual-mode printing device including a permanent writing source and a transient writing source, wherein the permanent writing source is adapted to deposit an imaging material onto the substr... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7954921 | Digital printing apparatus A digital printing machine includes a rigid frame, a first linear motion X axis stage mounted on the frame, a printing table assembly movable on each linear X axis stage, a linear motion Y axis stage mounted on the frame perpendicular to the linear X axis stages, ab... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942495 | Method of and apparatus for ink jet printing using an electrostatic field An improved printer and method of printing uses an electrostatic field at the point of ink contact with the print medium to improve ink application. This improved printer and printing method makes possible a higher resolution final image; provides for greater contro... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7914108 | Image forming apparatus and method, and ink set The image forming apparatus comprises: a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits treatment liquid onto a recording medium, the treatment liquid containing a polymerization initiator and particles introducing electrorheological properties; an electric field... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914109 | Liquid drop dispenser with movable deflector A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid supply adapted to feed a stream of liquid through the supply channel, a liquid return channel adapted to receive liquid from the supply channel, a liquid dispensing outlet opening, and a diverter member s... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7824002 | Printer cradle with air compressor An inkjet printer cradle that has a body configured to correctly position a removable inkjet cartridge within an inkjet printer, the removable inkjet cartridge having a printhead and an air inlet. The cradle has an air compressor for supplying compressed air to the ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810898 | Liquid ejection apparatus and maintenance method for liquid ejection head The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head having a nozzle forming surface formed with nozzles from which a first liquid is ejected; a wiping processing device which carries out a wiping process of the nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejectio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810897 | Droplet ejection apparatus and cleaning method of a droplet receiving surface A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a droplet ejection head that ejects droplets; a conveying member that retains a recording medium and conveys the recording medium with facing the recording medium to the droplet ejection head; a coating member that coats the co... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7775621 | Ink jet head cleaning device and ink jet image forming apparatus having the same A print head cleaning device, an ink jet image forming apparatus having the same, and methods thereof include a cleaning liquid circulation and/or a structure to clean an image forming apparatus print head. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7762647 | MEMS printhead based compressed fluid printing system A method and apparatus for delivering a mixture of compressed fluid and marking material and depositing the marking material in a pattern onto a substrate, includes a high pressure source of a mixture of compressed fluid and marking material. A micro-machined manifo... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753470 | Printhead assembly with ink supply system and foaming system A printhead assembly suitable for printhead maintenance operations is provided. The printhead assembly comprises: (a) a printhead having an ink ejection face; (b) an ink supply system for supplying ink to the printhead; and (c) a foaming system for providing a liqui... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7645019 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus using treatment liquid The image forming apparatus comprises: an object liquid deposition device which deposits an object liquid containing coloring material onto a recording medium; a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits a treatment liquid that insolubilizes the coloring mat... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7604319 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus comprises: a liquid deposition device which deposits a first liquid of a treatment liquid on a recording medium initially, deposits a second liquid of an ink liquid including a coloring material on the recording medium secondly, and depos... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7556339 | Ink jet printing apparatus For a liquid applying mechanism of an ink jet printing apparatus, a liquid to be used for application to a medium is prevented from evaporating and leaking from a liquid holding member. An applying roller and the liquid holding member contact with each other to hold... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7533956 | Method of controlling liquid ejection for marginless printing with waste liquid recess portion A method of recording control includes ejecting first liquid to a recording medium and a recessed portion that is situated at the outside of at least one of sides of the recoding medium thereby a recording is performed without a margin at the at least one of the sid... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7422307 | Droplet forming method for mixed liquid and droplet forming device, and ink jet printing method and device, and ink jet printing electrode-carrying nozzle The invention provides an ink jet printing method for printing a color image on a printing object by using a plurality of inks, wherein ink nozzles 9a through 9d which house the plurality of inks, respectively, and a dilution nozzle 8 | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422318 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects ink comprising a coloring material dispersed or dissolved in a solvent onto a recording medium; a treatment liquid application device which applies a treatment liquid which produces a charged... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7399045 | Image recording apparatus A double-sided printable image recording apparatus including a conveyer for conveying a recording medium, a fixed recording head for ejecting an aqueous ink and a treating liquid having nature of aggregating a colorant contained in the aqueous ink to a recording med... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387362 | Methods and architecture for applying self-assembled monolayer(s) The present invention is drawn to methods and architecture for depositing one or more self-assembled monolayer(s) onto a print nozzle orifice plate surface. In particular, the servicing fluid includes a self-assembled monolayer-forming agent and is applied using a w... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367666 | Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus An inkjet recording method which prints out by ejecting onto a recording medium an ink set for inkjet use, wherein the ink set includes at least: a first liquid containing at least a coloring material, a water soluble solvent and water; a second liquid containing at... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7360884 | Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus The invention provides an ink jet recording method which includes ejecting an ink set. The ink set includes a first liquid which includes a colorant, a water soluble solvent and water, and a second liquid which includes a coagulating agent, a water soluble solvent a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347540 | Inkjet printing device The invention relates to an inkjet printing apparatus (1) with at least one printing head (2). Several tanks (3, 4) for inks and/or a cleaning medium are arranged in front of a connection opening (7) for the printing head (2), and ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338557 | Nozzle for use in coating a stent A nozzle for use in a coating apparatus for the application of a coating substance to a stent is provided. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331649 | Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording method includes: forming a color image with color inks by while scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area, forming a thinned-out image, the recording head having a plurality of nozzle sections for jetting the color inks, w... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331655 | Fluid coupler and a device arranged with the same Plural film layers are disposed on a substrate. Each film layer has regions devoid of film material, thus forming film layer cavity openings. Each film layer has its cavities arranged to provide fluid coupling with its adjacent film layer or layers. The film layer c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326439 | Apparatus for depositing droplets An apparatus for depositing droplets on a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support for the substrate, a droplet ejection assembly which includes a pumping chamber, a controller and a source of static pressure to maintain the total pressure in the pum... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322668 | Inkjet head and methods of fabricating and exchanging the same Inkjet heads and methods of fabricating and exchanging the same. The inkjet head includes a substrate having a liquid supply hole; a nozzle plate disposed on an upper surface and provided with a nozzle hole to eject the liquid; a fluid channel forming layer disposed... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320727 | Multi-viscosity printer ink A printing ink for use within multiple ambient temperatures which comprises a mixture of two or more inks having different viscosities at a given temperature. Thus, one or more lower viscosity inks having, for example, a viscosity in the range of about 300 cps to ab... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7306316 | Nanoscale ink-jet printing A non-direct contact ink-jet style printer is disclosed herein, which uses a superfluid cryogenic fluid such as superfluid helium as the ink medium. Superfluid helium is non-viscous thus enabling the print head of the present invention to print nanoscale characters ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303255 | Inkjet printer cartridge with a compressed air port A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a printing fluid storage, a printhead in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, an air inlet and one or more conduits arranged to direct air from the air inlet over the printhead. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297371 | Direct pressure apparatus and method for dispensing coatings The invention is related to a coating delivery system that includes at least one pressure vessel operable in sealed and unsealed conditions, a deliverable substance including a coating component interspersed with at least one of liquefied carbon dioxide and supercri... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293849 | Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head that ejects ink droplets, an ink tank that supplies ink to the recording head, a waste ink recovering mechanism that recovers ink droplets ejected from the recording head as waste ink, a waste-ink tank... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294302 | Method for controlling thickness of skin layer of composite resin molded product To control the thickness of the skin layer of a composite resin molded product by a viscosity difference obtained by varying the viscosity by adding another ultra-minute substance to a raw resin material. The composite resin molded product comprising the skin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290863 | Ink jet printhead chip with misdirected drop collection An ink jet printhead chip includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink inlet channels. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement defines a nozzle chamber in flui... | 11/06/2007 |
