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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186805 | Printer and waste ink collecting device thereof A waste ink collecting device includes a ratchet wheel defining a receiving groove for receiving waste ink, a detent, a reciprocatingly movable transmission pole, and immovable first and second poles. The detent includes a hook, and a main body defining elongated fi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182064 | Waste liquid treatment device and liquid ejecting apparatus A waste liquid treatment device includes a storage unit configured to store waste liquid which is cured upon reception of an ultraviolet ray and an irradiating unit configured to irradiate a liquid surface of the waste liquid in the storage unit in an uncured state ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182063 | Liquid container A multicolor-use ink cartridge has obverse surface-side ink chambers and formed on an obverse surface side of a horizontal plate portion of a rigid plastic plate and reverse surface-side ink chambers and formed on a reverse surface side thereof. Since these ink cham... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172362 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes an idle ejection receiving part for receiving idle-ejected waste liquid from a liquid jet head and a waste liquid tank provided below the idle ejection receiving part for collecting the waste liquid dropping from the idle ejecti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152273 | Waste ink absorbent member, and waste ink container and ink jet recording apparatus equipped with waste ink absorbent member To provide a waste ink absorbing tank, capable, even in the case of utilizing an ink of a high coagulating property, of causing a waste ink absorbent member to efficiently absorb such ink. A waste ink absorbent member has a hole portion corresponding to an introduci... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147032 | Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table f... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141981 | Inkjet printing device and method for printing multi-coloured images The invention relates to an ink jet printing device (1) for printing multicolored images, with an essentially horizontally extending conveyor mechanism (2) for moving items to be printed (3) lying on it in a forward feed direction (4), an... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128197 | Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109601 | Printer A printer including a medium supporting member that supports a print medium in a state placed thereon, a print head that has nozzles for ejecting ink droplets downward and freely reciprocates above the medium supporting member, and a maintenance device. The maintena... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8096636 | Waste liquid storage container, waste liquid discharge device, and image formation apparatus A disclosed waste liquid storage container includes: a container body divided into plural segments; and a waste liquid absorption member disposed on each segment of the container body, the waste liquid absorption member being made of a high water-absorbing polymer o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8061805 | Inkjet recording apparatus A first ink absorption member recovering the waste ink produced by the recovery operation of a record head is disposed on the top surface of the bottom surface portion of an inkjet recording apparatus. The top surface of the first ink absorption member is covered by... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8033640 | Fluid discharging apparatus A fluid discharging apparatus includes: nozzles configured to discharge fluid to a medium; a rotating member having a holding area configured to hold the medium and a non-holding area formed with an opening on a peripheral surface thereof and configured to rotate wi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029094 | Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid storage portion of liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that discharges liquid, a liquid receiving portion that receives the liquid from the liquid ejection head, a detachable liquid storage portion that stores the liquid within the liquid receiving portion, and... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7984964 | Ink collection device for a servicing station An ink collection device for a servicing station of a franking machine, said ink collection device comprising: an ink collection reservoir for receiving the ink ejected, during a servicing stage, by ink ejection nozzles of at least one print module; at least one dra... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7938504 | Printing device Embodiments of a biodegradable absorbent material in a permeable membrane are disclosed. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934792 | Liquid container A liquid container of the invention has a container body including a storage space and a liquid feed port and a liquid injection port which are installed on the container body. The liquid feed port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space and the liquid... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931350 | Waste liquid tank, liquid ejection device, and image forming apparatus A waste liquid tank that holds waste recording liquid is disclosed. In the waste liquid tank, a waste liquid wetting liquid that forms a liquid layer on the surface of the waste recording liquid is placed in the form of a liquid. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926906 | Ink jet printing apparatus and ink absorber recovery method A necessary amount of suppression ink is applied to each portion of an ink absorber in a short time and in an efficient manner. For that end, carriage scan is performed while changing an ejection condition of suppression ink so as to change an application amount of ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914111 | Printer waste ink apparatus Printer waste ink subsystem apparatuses are described including an apparatus located between a waste ink pump output port and a waste ink container such as a waste ink pad or sponge for containing waste ink splashing. In one illustrative example, a muffler is placed... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905571 | Waste ink container, waste ink storing apparatus and inkjet printer including the same A waste ink container includes a container main body which forms a chamber to accumulate waste ink therein. An upper plate covers an upper part of the chamber and includes an opening to introduce a plurality of waste ink droplets therethrough. A waste ink containmen... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901035 | Directed flow drip bib for printhead with three point contact A drip bib for use with a printhead of an imaging device includes a plate having an upper surface having an upper edge, an intermediate surface angled with respect to the upper surface, and a lower edge. The intermediate surface includes a plurality of fastener open... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883177 | Tray insert for an ink tray of a production printing system Tray inserts are disclosed for production printing systems. The tray inserts rest in ink trays and hold ink absorbing elements. The tray inserts and ink absorbing elements collect ink when printheads print outside of the margin of a printable medium, or otherwise di... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883178 | Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising nozzles capable of ejecting a liquid onto a medium, a rotational drum including a circumferential surface having a holding area for holding the medium and a non-holding area provided with an opening, wherein the circumferential... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7810900 | Liquid ejection apparatus A printer including a recording head, a flushing box and a movement mechanism is disclosed. The recording head has a nozzle-forming surface in which nozzle openings are defined and ejects a liquid through the nozzle openings. The flushing box has an opening correspo... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806509 | Ink-jet image forming apparatus and waste-ink processing method An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle groups jetting an ink is formed, a carriage which is mounted on the recording head, and which is capable of reciprocating in a predetermined direction, a waste-ink tank which... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798601 | Ink jet printing apparatus and method for recovering the same An amount of deposit in an ink receiving portion can be controlled using an inexpensive configuration which does not require any complicated mechanisms or control and which avoids increasing ink consumption. An ejection control section controls ejecting of ink from ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789482 | Waste ink liquid absorber and inkjet-type recording apparatus including the same A waste ink liquid absorber for a waste ink tank of an inkjet-type recording apparatus, which includes: an impregnation liquid containing at least one of the following: a water-hardly-soluble resin; a water-soluble resin; or both of a moisturizing agent and a base. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7731329 | Drum-mounted roller spittoon system and method Various embodiments of a system and method for spitting are disclosed. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726773 | Waste liquid recovery apparatus, relay and liquid jetting apparatus A waste liquid tank is arranged outside a printer. A connection port arranged at an upstream end of a duct extending from the waste liquid tank is connected to a transfer device. The transfer device is connected to a discharge side of a suction pump for drawing in i... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7708378 | Ink cartridge, ink jet recording apparatus and waste-ink cartridge A case body of an ink cartridge has a recording ink storage chamber containing a recording ink and a waste-ink storage chamber containing an ink coagulant. The recording ink is supplied to a recording head of an ink jet recording apparatus. A head cleaning unit coll... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690759 | Liquid container, ink cartridge and ink jet printer having ink cartridge A liquid container including: a containing portion, adapted to store liquid; a liquid outlet port, adapted to flow out the liquid from the containing portion therethrough; an outer wall, having a liquid supply opening for exposing the liquid outlet port to an outsid... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681982 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus including: a cartridge mounting portion, on which an ink cartridge having a waste ink containing portion containable a waste ink can be mounted; a waste ink introduction portion, adapted to connect to a waste ink introduction port of t... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7661790 | Liquid recovery containers and liquid ejection apparatus First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7651194 | Printing apparatus and conveyance amount correction method for the same In a printing apparatus which prints an image on a printing medium by alternately performing printing of an image on the printing medium by using a printing unit and conveyance of the printing medium relative to the printing unit, the conveyance amount in conveyance... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7648224 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus that records an image on a recording medium including: at least one recording head for unused-ink having a nozzle array made of a plurality of nozzles that selectively ejects unused-ink; at least one recording head for recycled-ink havi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7625062 | Inkjet image forming apparatus An inkjet image forming apparatus including an inkjet head including a nozzle portion having a length in a main scanning direction that is at least the same as a width of a paper to be fed therein, a platen to move between a printing position facing the nozzle porti... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7621619 | Ink jet recording apparatus with higher flexibility in layout of components An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a maintenance recovery unit for maintaining and recovering a state of the recording head, a waste liquid tank removably loaded to the maintenance recovery unit to store a waste liquid from the maintenance rec... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7571981 | Waste ink storage structure, ink cartridge, waste ink tank and ink jet printer A waste ink storage structure including: container walls, defining a storage space adapted to store a waste ink; a waste ink inlet portion adapted to pour the waste ink into the storage space; a vent communicating the storage space with atmosphere; and a valve, prov... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7524019 | Method for cleaning liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus A printer includes a recording head having a nozzle through which ink is ejected onto a paper sheet and a waste tank in which the ink is retained as waste liquid after having been drained from the recording head. A deposit of the waste liquid is formed in the waste ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7469988 | Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a recording head 210 having a nozzle plate including openings, for ejecting liquid to a recording article 300; an absorbing member 420 disposed further than the recording medium 300 on the orbit of th... | 12/30/2008 |
