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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047638 | Liquid ejecting apparatus In a liquid ejecting apparatus using the electrostatic attraction method or electric field assist method, a liquid ejecting apparatus where discharging of a nozzle plate is securely performed and appropriate liquid ejecting is possible is provide. The liquid ejectin... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7766465 | System for aligning a charge tunnel of an ink jet printer A system and method of aligning a charge tunnel of a continuous inkjet printer with a drop generator and a catcher, wherein the charge tunnel passes through an outer wall of a charge tunnel unit, including adjusting a linear position of the charge tunnel unit, and a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7712879 | Drop charge and deflection device for ink jet printing Ink jet printing method, in which the jet (14) is broken up in small and large drops at a fixed point (B), and the drops (16a, 16b) are charged according to the length (l, L) of the break segment (18), in other words accordi... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7641325 | Non-conductive fluid droplet characterizing apparatus and method A fluid droplet characterizing apparatus and method includes a pressurized source of a non-conductive fluid in fluid communication with a nozzle channel and a characterization electrode. The pressurized source is operable to form a jet of the non-conductive fluid th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7497560 | Liquid ejecting apparatus Aerosols are applied to an absorbing member by forming a stable and uniform electric field between a nozzle plate and the absorbing member. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from ope... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7429100 | Method and device for increasing number of ink drops in an ink drop jet of a continuously operating inkjet printer The invention concerns a method for increasing the number of ink drops in an ink drop jet of a continuously operating inkjet printer, in which the ink drops of at least two separately produced ink drop jets are combined into an ink drop jet. In one example embodimen... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7404626 | Method for drop breakoff length control in a high resolution ink jet printer An inkjet printing system having a plurality of inkjets, wherein the inkjets are disposed in a row and directed toward a media, wherein the printhead includes a drop generator having an orifice plate, wherein the orifice plate has nozzles with a first and second gro... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7393085 | Method of operating a continuous ink jet printer apparatus A method of operating a continuous ink jet printer apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: applying a first voltage pulse to an electrode in order to modify the direction of an ink stream; applying a second voltage pulse to the electrode for a pre-determined ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7365762 | Thermal printing head comprising a printable tape guiding member, in the form of a protection cover for a flexible control printed circuit A thermal printing head comprises a guide member made in a single-piece and designed as a jumper comprising two superimposed walls, covering, at least partly, respectively and jointly both surfaces of a flexible printed circuit board and providing between them a spa... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364276 | Continuous ink jet apparatus with integrated drop action devices and control circuitry A continuous liquid drop emission apparatus is provided. The liquid drop emission apparatus is comprised of a liquid chamber containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle for emitting a continuous stream of liquid and a je... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347539 | System and method for auto-threshold adjustment for phasing Certain embodiments provide a system and method for auto-threshold adjustment using a continuous ink jet printer. An embodiment of a system includes a nozzle for producing ink drops from an ink stream, a sensor positioned with respect to the nozzle for measuring cha... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334880 | Method of driving a droplet jetting head A method of driving a droplet jetting head comprising nozzle orifices to jet droplets, pressure generating chambers each of which can store liquid and communicate with one of the orifices, and pressurizing devices to change the pressures of the pressure generating c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334879 | Ink-jet head An ink-jet head comprises an ink chamber, a pressure chamber, an actuator, a constriction, and a nozzle. The ink chamber contains ink. To the pressure chamber, ink is supplied from the ink chamber. The actuator is applied with a drive pulse to thereby change the pre... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334881 | Method and system to deposit drops A system to deposit drops on a substrate includes a dispenser to dispense the drops, a shutter disposed between the dispenser and the substrate to focus the drops, and a screen, disposed between the dispenser and the shutter, configured to provide a charge to the dr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7275812 | Ink jet head and recording apparatus using the same The ink jet head records an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink containing charged fine particles by means of an electrostatic force, and includes an ink guide, an ink flow path that supplies the ink to the ink guide and an ejection electrode that ejects the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273270 | Ink jet printing device with improved drop selection control An ink jet printing system includes a printhead generating a plurality of continuous ink jets that are in a row and directed toward a print receiving medium. The printhead contains a drop generator and an orifice plate that includes a plurality of nozzles to form th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256115 | Asymmetric plating A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming a tapered contact structure over a contact pad. The tapered contact structure may be used to securely anchor an overlying solder bump or solder ball. Additionally, the tapered contact structure allows the use of eithe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252373 | System for aligning a charge tunnel of an ink jet printer A system and method of aligning a charge tunnel of a continuous inkjet printer with a drop generator and a catcher, wherein the charge tunnel passes through an outer wall of a charge tunnel unit, including adjusting a linear position of the charge tunnel unit, and a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249830 | Ink jet break-off length controlled dynamically by individual jet stimulation A jet break-off length control apparatus for a continuous liquid drop emission system is provided. The jet break-off length control apparatus comprises a liquid drop emitter containing a positively pressurized liquid in flow communication with at least one nozzle fo... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246890 | Detection device for detecting ejection condition of nozzles When an refresh ink droplet ejected from a nozzle and deflected by an inclined electric field impinges on a orifice electrode/ink receiving member, electric charge is discharged from the refresh ink droplet, thereby an electric current is generated. A current-voltag... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234789 | Apparatus for ejecting droplets, actuator controller used in the apparatus, and method for controlling the actuator In an apparatus for ejecting droplets having nozzles that eject droplets, liquid containing chambers each connected at one longitudinal end thereof with a corresponding nozzle, and an actuator that changes a volume of each of the liquid containing chamber, an ejecti... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219976 | Wiping device, droplet discharge device, electro-optical device, method for manufacturing an electro-optical device, and electronic equipment A wiping unit is provided that wipes a droplet discharge head included in a droplet discharge unit and reduces the likelihood or prevents a cleaner to be sprayed to a wiping sheet from getting dispersed and adhering to peripheral units. A wiping unit included in a d... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207665 | Method for establishing jets for an ink jet printhead The method and equipment for detangling individual jets in an ink jet print station utilizes a reservoir containing fluid and a printhead. The printhead has a drop generator, an orifice structure connected to the drop generator for forming numerous jets, a catcher c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175263 | Converging axis dual-nozzled print head and printer fitted therewith A twin-nozzle print head for a continuous inkjet deflection printer comprises an ink drop generator assembly having two inkjet ejection nozzles, each of the nozzles having an ejection axis. Charge electrodes, deflection electrodes deflecting charged drops and a sing... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163281 | Method for improving drop charging assembly flatness to improved drop charge uniformity in planar electrode structures An improved continuous ink jet print station includes a drop generator with a jet array and a drop charging assembly. The drop charging assembly includes a substrate with a first side facing the jet array, and one or more resistive heater elements placed on the subs... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159752 | Continuous mode solder jet apparatus A solder jet apparatus is disclosed. The solder jet apparatus is a continuous mode solder jet that includes a blanking system and raster scan system. The use of the raster scan and blanking systems allows for a continuous stream of solder to be placed anywhere on th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156488 | Ink repellent coating on charge device to improve printer runability and printhead life An ink jet printhead includes a drop generator having an attached orifice structure forming a jet array adapted to use ink jet fluids with a charge device disposed opposite the jet array forming a gap. The charge device includes a dimensionally stable, non-porous su... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128410 | Ink jet print head cleaning system Embodiments of the present invention provide a self-cleaning print head for an ink jet printer that directs ink to a substrate to be marked. The print head includes a ground plate having a channel formed therethrough, and a makeup fluid supply system that supplies m... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7101194 | Woven multiple-contact connector A multiple-contact woven connector including a weave arranged to provide a plurality of tensioned fibers and a conductor woven with the plurality of tensioned fibers so as to form a plurality of peaks and valleys along a length of the conductor. The conductor has a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094064 | Multiple-contact woven electrical switches The present disclosure is directed to electrical switches that utilize conductors that are woven onto loading fibers and a mating conductor that has a contact mating surface. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085002 | Defective nozzle compensation An image recording apparatus (2000) is disclosed, which comprises forming elements (2002) for forming an image, a memory (2006) indicating relative desirability of utilising the forming elements (2002) for forming the image, and processin... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083427 | Woven multiple-contact connectors A multiple-contact woven connector comprising at least one conductor woven onto a plurality of loading fibers. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering a contact force at the contact points of the conductors. The co... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063415 | Liquid jet apparatus using a fine particle dispersion liquid composition In an apparatus producing a high-quality and high-resolution image having high water and light resistances with an orifice having a diameter less than φ25 μm (less than 500 μm2 in terms of cross-sectional area of the orifice) by use of a fine particle ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7033003 | Continuous stream binary array ink jet print head A continuous stream binary array ink jet print head includes an elongate cavity for containing ink and an array of nozzle orifices formed so as to extend through a wall of the cavity for passing the ink from the cavity to form jets. The nozzle orifices extend along ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7020958 | Methods forming an integrated circuit package with a split cavity wall Methods of assembling an electronic package including forming a housing with a first bond pad on a top surface of a bond shelf, forming a conductive strip along a side surface or edge of the bond shelf, and removing a portion of the conductive strip to form a pair o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004572 | Ink jet printing system with interleaving of swathed nozzles Disclosed is a continuous ink jet printer that includes an ink jet printing nozzle for a first color positioned to deposit ink drops on a substrate, and a deflection element located proximate an output trajectory of the first ink jet printing nozzle and operative to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004571 | Preventing defective nozzle ink discharge in continuous inkjet printhead from being used for printing A method, and apparatus for performing the method, are intended to prevent all of the ink discharged from a defective one of multiple nozzles in a continuous inkjet printhead from being used for printing on a print medium. This can be done by periodically heating th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969159 | Ink drop detector configurations A sensor configuration for use in detecting ink droplets ejected from an ink drop generator is provided. The sensor configuration includes a sensing element configured to receive a biasing voltage which creates an electric field from the sensing element to the ink d... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962411 | Anti-wicking catcher arrangement for a solvent ink printhead A catcher design is provided wherein vacuum channels are added to both sides of the catcher to remove ink from the face of the catcher and from the eyelid seal. An additional fluid port on the catcher allows the additional vacuum channels to maintain an increased le... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6951465 | Multiple-contact woven power connectors Multiple-contact woven power connectors are provided that have at least a first set of loading fibers and at least a first set of conductors. When woven onto a set of loading fibers, the conductors define a space. The loading fibers are capable of delivering contact... | 10/04/2005 |
