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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177324 | Printers and apparatus to clean printer surfaces Printers and apparatus to clean printer surfaces are disclosed. An example apparatus to clean a surface in a printer includes an endless cleaning material loop and an advancer to advance the cleaning material loop when the loop is not engaged with the surface and to... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172358 | Droplet ejection head control device and control method, and program storage medium A droplet ejection head control device includes a pressure alteration section, a detector and a controller. The droplet ejection head is provided with plural nozzles and is supplied with a liquid. The pressure alteration section alters a pressure inside the droplet ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157348 | Print head servicing for a page wide array printer A page wide array printer comprises a print head bar which carries an array of print nozzles, and which is static during a printing operation. A carriage has print head service elements. The print head bar is movable perpendicularly to the plane of the print medium ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157347 | Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording head cartridge An ink jet recording head comprising a discharge port for discharging an ink; and a sealing tape for sealing the discharge port; wherein the sealing tape includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer constituted of an acrylic crosslinked polymer formed by crosslinkin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8136916 | Image forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus includes a head unit configured to include line-type recording heads for ejecting ink droplets, a transport mechanism disposed facing the recording head and configured to transport a sheet, a maintain-recovery mechanism disposed downstream... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132888 | Inkjet recording apparatus and head maintenance method An inkjet recording apparatus includes an inkjet head, a tank in which liquid to be supplied to the inkjet head is retained, and a flow path for connecting the inkjet head and the tank to each other. The inkjet head includes a head main body, liquid chambers which a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128190 | Ink circulation type inkjet printer An ink circulation type inkjet printer includes a maintenance controller configured to: (1) allow a maintenance mechanism to execute maintenance processing for a plurality of inkjet heads before a present printing job under three conditions that: (c1) an elapsed tim... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123330 | Circuit board for ink jet head, ink jet head having the same, method for cleaning the head and ink jet printing apparatus using the head In an ink jet head using a thermal energy for ejecting ink, this invention aims to reliably and uniformly remove kogations deposited on a heat application portion in contact with the ink. To realize this objective, the upper protective layer is arranged in an area i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118392 | Movable web support and cap A method and apparatus raise and lower a web support and move a cap over and above the web support. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109595 | 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... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109596 | Printhead maintenance assembly comprising pair of transfer rollers A printhead maintenance assembly for removing particulates from an ink ejection face of a printhead. The assembly comprises: pressure means for flooding the face and thereby dispersing the particulates into flooded ink; a first transfer roller having a transfer surf... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8083312 | Maintenance station of an inkjet printer A maintenance station of an inkjet printer mounted in a housing of the inkjet printer includes an ink cup rotationally and slidably coupled to the housing about/along an axis of rotation. The ink cup has a basic plate and a columnar rim around the basic plate. The c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066350 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus including: a cartridge mount; a recording head; an ink passage; an ink discharger; and a controller. An ink cartridge that stores ink is to be replaceably mounted on the cartridge mount. The recording head ejects the ink toward a recor... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8052246 | Recording device and recording medium conveying method A cleaning roller is arranged at a position facing an image sensor with a conveying belt interposed therebetween. The conveying belt has a through hole. In an image sensor cleaning mode, the cleaning roller is inserted through the through hole and contacts the image... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8033635 | Printer with ink pressure regulator An inkjet printer includes a printhead integrated circuit (IC) with an array of nozzles for ejecting ink on to print media; an ink supply reservoir for storing ink; an ink supply line defining a flow path from the ink supply reservoir to the printhead IC; a valve in... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8002381 | Inkjet printer with reciprocally movable maintenance station An inkjet printer comprises a stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead and a printhead maintenance station. The maintenance station comprises a chassis having a maintenance roller and a transfer roller mounted thereon. An engagement mechanism reciprocally moves the cha... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7984960 | Printhead maintenance facility having fluid drainage A printhead maintenance facility is provided having a storage reservoir for storing fluid ejected by a printhead and a core movable relative to the printhead. The has an internal structure defining the storage reservoir and having a port in fluid communication with ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980657 | Printhead assembly with air expulsion arrangement A printhead assembly includes an elongate channel member of a metal alloy; a flexible elongate fluid carrier positioned on a floor of the channel member, the fluid carrier defining a plurality of passages longitudinally extending along a length of the fluid carrier,... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980656 | Liquid ejection head On a liquid ejection head substrate, an upper protective layer, as well as coming into contact with a resin layer of a path forming member having an ejection opening, comes into contact with ink in a heat generating portion inside the channel formed. The upper prote... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7950769 | Circuit board for ink jet head, ink jet head having the same, method for cleaning the head and ink jet printing apparatus using the head In an ink jet head using a thermal energy for ejecting ink, this invention aims to reliably and uniformly remove kogations deposited on a heat application portion in contact with the ink. To realize this objective, the upper protective layer is arranged in an area i... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950770 | Method and droplet-ejecting head for droplet-ejecting recording apparatus capable of achieving high recording image quality This patent specification describes a droplet-ejecting head including a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets, and an actuator configured to be driven to generate energy for ejecting droplets through each nozzle. The nozzle substrate i... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934790 | Image recording apparatus with maintenance unit An image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises an inkjet head which includes a nozzle plate where a plurality of nozzles that shoot ink are arranged in a column and an ink chamber which retains ink and is connected to the plurality of nozzles, at le... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922279 | Printhead maintenance facility with ink storage and driven vacuum drainage coupling A inkjet printhead maintenance facility that has an ink storage reservoir for holding ink ejected from the inkjet printhead during a maintenance operation and, an outlet coupling in fluid communication with the ink storage reservoir and configured for connection to ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918530 | Apparatus and method for cleaning an inkjet printhead A cleaning system for an inkjet printhead comprises an inkjet printhead having an inkjet nozzle array associated therewith. The inkjet printhead is in fluid communication with a first source of a first pressurized fluid. A fluid nozzle associated with the inkjet pri... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7901030 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus, including: a conveyance device including an endless belt which conveys a recording medium placed on an exterior surface of the endless belt; a recording device which jets ink onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance device;... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901029 | Ink jet printing apparatus having enhanced print head maintenance A method for ink jet printing includes moving one or more receivers along a printing pass, ejecting ink drops from a first ink jet print head on a first receiver region of the one or more receivers in the printing pass, ejecting ink drops from a second ink jet print... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883173 | Height-adjustable printing system with single-use inkjet cartridge An automated document processing system including a printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a carriage mountable adjacent to a path of travel of a printable surface. The system also includes a print cartridge housing configured to hold a print car... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883172 | Inkjet recording apparatus with plural heads and suction unit An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a plurality of inkjet heads having nozzles ejecting a functional liquid material on a recording medium; a head holder fixing the plurality of inkjet heads at predetermined intervals; and an ink suction unit that has a suction ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7866787 | Maintenance unit for droplet ejecting device A maintenance unit for a droplet ejecting device, includes a base frame, a sealing unit, a guiding mechanism, and a supporting part. The sealing unit is capable of sealing nozzles. The guiding mechanism is capable of moving the sealing unit, in association with a re... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862144 | Printhead assembly with a print media guide and a wicking element Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a printhead mounted on a support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide mounted on the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing. The assembly also... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857417 | Printhead assembly with a wicking element Provided is a printhead assembly having a support structure with a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7832828 | Maintenance station for printhead with laminar ink flow cleaning methodology The invention relates to a maintenance station for an inkjet printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a carrier frame operatively supporting an ink supply manifold and a pagewidth printhead supplied with ink from said manifold. The station is moveable bet... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828408 | Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head, a maintenance portion that maintains the liquid ejection head, a pressure source that applies pressure to the maintenance portion, and a valve unit that controls the pressure applied from the pressure source... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828407 | Printhead spittoon A printing system includes a printhead; a print drum for transporting print media in the printing system including to the printhead; and a spittoon disposed on the print drum for receiving ink from a spitting operation of the printhead. A method of performing a spit... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824003 | Fluid-ejection device service station A service station for use with a fluid ejection device having a fluid-ejection mechanism with at least one nozzle includes a housing configured to attach to the fluid-ejection mechanism and to remain attached to the fluid-ejection mechanism during the fluid-ejection... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7824004 | Liquid discharging device and image forming apparatus A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging head and a maintenance-recovery mechanism. In the liquid discharging head, a row of discharge openings is formed on a discharge opening surface. In the maintenance-recovery mechanism, a blade wipes the discha... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7806502 | Printer arrangement with printhead and ink transport assembly A printer arrangement having a printhead mounted on a carrier, the printhead connected to a printhead controller by means of encapsulated wire bonds. The arrangement also includes an ink supply manifold having a plurality of ink reservoirs for supplying the printhea... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794043 | Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording head includes a large nozzle array including a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting ink and a small nozzle array including a plurality of ejection outlets, each having an opening area smaller than an opening area of ejection outlets of the... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789480 | Packaging structure of inkjet head A packaging structure of an inkjet head for transporting thereof with a liquid stored therein, the inkjet head including an ink inlet of ink supplied from an ink source and a nozzle communicated with the ink inlet for discharging the ink to a recording medium, compr... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775622 | Inkjet printing apparatus and preliminary discharge control method of said apparatus In an inkjet printing apparatus which performs printing on a printing medium using an inkjet printhead for discharging ink, preliminary discharge, where ink discharge irrespective of printing is performed at the time of print execution, is performed under a predeter... | 08/17/2010 |
