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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8040366 | Thermal printer and control method thereof When printing on a printing medium, a second image adjacent to a first image, which is already printed, control is performed such that the trailing edge of a first coating layer of the first image transferred onto the printing medium does not reach the trailing edge... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7414640 | Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus and fixing method A fixing apparatus of the invention includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, a fixing belt that is wound around the heating roller and the fixing roller and circulates between the heating roller and the fixing roller, a pressing roller to press the fixing roller ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399131 | Method and Device for forming an ink-receptive card substrate In a method of forming an ink-receptive card substrate, an ink-receptive material is provided. The ink-receptive material includes a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer. Next, a card member is provided. Finally, the ink-recep... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7365763 | Thermal activation apparatus, printer, thermal activation method, and method of manufacturing adhesive label A thermal activation apparatus includes a thermal head for thermal activation, a platen roller for thermal activation pressed against the thermal head, and an air cooling mechanism. The air cooling mechanism includes partitions for separating the thermal activation ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7339707 | Method and system for viewing a fax document A system and method for viewing a fax document includes a fax device which may be configured for transmitting/receiving fax transmissions. When a transmitting fax device with a video camera and a video display transmits a fax transmission to a receiving fax device w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320928 | Method of forming a stacked device filler Numerous embodiments of a stacked device filler and a method of formation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of forming a stacked device filler comprises forming a material layer between two or more substrates of a stacked device, and causing a reaction in a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7300146 | Embossing using clear ink A printing device including a plurality of cartridges, at least one cartridge including a visible ink and at least one cartridge including a clear ink; a print portion; and an accessory module in connection with the print portion; wherein the clear ink of at least o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291400 | Decorative sheet The present invention improves a surface protective layer in the resistance to marring to the extent not achieved even if the surface protective layer is made of a crosslinked cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin and added with silica. When forming a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286152 | System and method for efficient donor material use A method for operating more than one thermal printer adapted to print images by transferring donor material from patches of donor material from a donor ribbon onto a receiver medium, each printer being operable to print images in a manner that exhausts a full donor ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283144 | Heat developing apparatus and heat developing method This heat developing method includes a step of forming a latent image on a heat developing photosensitive film sheet and a step of developing the film sheet, while the film sheet on which a latent image is formed is being conveyed, by heating with segmented heaters ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274903 | Integrated fuser unit and drive system for use in an electrophotographic imaging process An integrated fuser unit has a drive system with a motor and a drive train mounted in the fuser unit frame. A swing arm assembly engages and disengages the hot roll from the drive train. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263323 | Fixing apparatus There is disclosed a fixing apparatus of the present invention, including a cleaning web 51, first and second take-up shafts 53, 54 which support opposite ends of the cleaning web, respectively, and a web pressing member 52 which presses the sup... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244021 | Image recording device An image recording device has: a first recording head which discharges a first ink for a first image forming process; a second recording head which discharges a second ink for a second image forming process; a curing section which cures an ink on a recording medium;... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7196296 | Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus An image forming apparatus capable of realizing low power consumption of a fixing means is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming means for forming an unfixed image t on a recording material P, and a fixing means 10 for heat-fixing th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196714 | Printer, print control unit, print control method and print control program product Quality of printing is easily improved without applying surface finishing after printing. A printer that prints an image based on image data, on a print medium, using a plurality of color inks. The printer comprises a colorless clear ink printing means which prints ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182534 | System and method for integrated dye sublimation photo printer paper tray An information handling system dye sublimation printer stores paper in an enclosed tray that couples to the printer housing and transitions between a storage configuration and a print configuration. The storage configuration reduces the footprint of the printer by a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168870 | Thermal activation method and processing method for heat-sensitive adhesive sheet, and thermal activation device and printer for heat-sensitive adhesive sheet A thermal activation method for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet having a front end and a rear end. A heat-sensitive adhesive sheet is conveyed between a thermal head for generating heat and a platen roller by rotating the platen roller against the thermal head to th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167193 | Active cooling system for laser imager An apparatus for cooling thermally processed media exiting from a thermal processor comprising: a heat conductive member which has first and second opposite sides which is positioned to receive media from a thermal processor, and which removes heat from the heated m... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7154520 | Thermal transfer recording method and apparatus The invention provides a thermal transfer recording method which can improve surface flatness of a protective layer in the thermal transfer recording method in which the protective layer is transferred by a thermal head, and a thermal transfer recording apparatus wh... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151554 | Thermal image recording apparatus A thermal image recording apparatus has: a thermal head having a glaze in which thermal recording dots are arranged in a one direction, the thermal head conducting thermal recording on a thermal recording material that is to be in contact with the glaze, and transpo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7133058 | Digital thermal transfer printer The present invention discloses a digital thermal transfer printer comprising not only several heaters drying sequentially transfer ink printed to textile materials, but also a thermal transfer moving horizontally and ejecting hot winds of 180˜600° C. to heat the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111916 | System and method of fluid level regulating for a media coating system An apparatus for the management of the fluid level in a media coating system. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a supply item for the storage of a media coating fluid and an applicator having a trough for receiving the media coating fluid from the supply item. Th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101100 | Printer apparatus Provided is a printer apparatus, including: a thermal print head that performs printing by contacting a heat-sensitive color-developing layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet that includes a printable surface made from the heat-sensitive color-developing layer on ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102658 | Printing and thermal activation method and device for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet Provided is a printing and thermal activation device for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet that is compact, lightweight, and simple in structure. The heat-sensitive adhesive device for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet includes a thermal head capable of printing on a pr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097881 | Printed release liners Cationic radiation curable inks do not exhibit ghosting when coated over by a solvent, solventless and radiation curable silicone release coatings. When aggressive solvent borne adhesives are cast over the ink applied to a substrate, and peeled off after drying, no ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090339 | Liquid discharge head and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head, comprising the steps of forming a film of an inorganic material in the form of a liquid flow path pattern on a substrate having liquid discharge elements formed thereon, forming a liquid flow path member on the film... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083252 | Ink jet printer with ultraviolet curable ink, ultraviolet irradiation device, and maintenance station with ultraviolet irradiation masking An ink jet printer includes a carriage having a recording head for jetting ultraviolet curable ink and an ultraviolet irradiating device for curing an ink jetted on the recording medium with irradiation of ultraviolet rays such that an image is formed by scanning th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048368 | Ink-jet image forming method An ink-jet image forming method including: jetting ultraviolet ray-curable ink from an ink-jet head onto a recording substrate while conveying the recording substrate; and exposing the jetted ink on the recording substrate to ultraviolet rays irradiated by an ultrav... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044594 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus The image forming method includes a recording step of recording an image on an image recording layer of an image recording medium according to image data, a material setting step of setting a coating film to be provided on the image recording layer according to glos... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042477 | Photo printer When a drive force of the motor for feeding the rolled paper is exerted on a shutter, the shutter moves. When fixing an image formed on a heat-sensitive yellow color developing layer, the shutter is positioned above yellow fixing lamps and the movement of the shutte... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037013 | Ink-receptive card substrate In a method of forming an ink-receptive card substrate, an ink-receptive material is provided. The ink-receptive material includes a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer. Next, a card member is provided. Finally, the ink-recep... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030897 | Photo printer An image fixing portion includes a drum of cylindrical shape provided on a conveyance passage, a magenta fluorescent lamp and a yellow fluorescent lamp installed near the axis of the drum, and a fixing portion guide guiding the roll paper to be conveyed along the in... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021846 | Method and apparatus for producing laminated labels A method of printing an image on a composite medium is described. A composite medium comprises a thermally sensitive image receiving layer and a protective layer. The image receiving layer is activated through the protective layer whereby to generate an image in the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009631 | Method of smoothing surface of printing paper, smoothing apparatus and printer with the smoothing apparatus A method of smoothing the surface of printing paper formed by a thermal head is provided. A printer forms a protection layer on images of the printing paper by the heat of a thermal head that has a plurality of heat generating potions arrayed apart from each other. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009630 | Method and apparatus for printing ink imprinted indicia The present invention teaches apparatus and method for producing an indelible ink imprinted indicia particularly bar code labels and/or other identifying images. An ultraviolet light curable ink image is printed upon a selected substrate and passed through an ultrav... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6978932 | Apparatus for converting an envelope feeding machine into an internet connected postage machine Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using existing envelope feeding machines to print IBIP indicium, and CASS approved address information and bar code information. The invention is shown to include a print head operative in response to a print signal and a cont... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6947066 | Thermal activating device of thermal activation sheet and printer using the thermal activating device A thermal activating device has an activation heating apparatus for heating and activating a heat sensitive adhesive on a thermal activator layer of a thermal activation sheet. A pressing device presses the thermal activation sheet into pressure contact with the act... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943815 | Thermal printer and electromagnetic wave source device A thermal printer in which color thermosensitive recording material is used is provided. A thermal head records an image to the recording material by applying heat thereto. One or two photo fixing xenon flash lamps apply electromagnetic rays to the recording materia... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942331 | Printing apparatus and method A printing apparatus comprises a printer, a laminator device and feeding means for feeding to said laminator device, in an integrated operation, media that is outputted from said printer, said laminator device comprising lamination means which cause at least one lam... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939002 | Method and apparatus for producing a selectable gloss finish on ink jet prints A method of selectively producing a glossy or matte finish to an ink jet printed image by applying a clear protective plastic laminate having a glossy finish to the surface of the image, heating the laminate to soften it and then selectively impressing a surface tex... | 09/06/2005 |
