Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7393091 | Liquid-jetting device An ink jet recording apparatus includes a slide member slidably supported at a cartridge holder and a lock claw member rotatably supported at the cartridge holder. The slide member slides along an insertion direction of an ink cartridge with respect to the cartridge... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393089 | Method of refilling an ink cartridge for use in ink jet recorder A method of refilling an ink bag that is used in an ink jet recorder, the ink bag is initially filled with ink through an opening in the bag, and is sealed after the ink bag is initially filled. The method comprises the steps of removing the ink bag from the ink jet... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393088 | Method of filling ink cartridge, cartridge filler, jig, and ink supply system A method of filling an ink cartridge which has (i) an ink supplying portion, (ii) an air introducing portion, (ii) a first valve member disposed in the ink supplying portion and biased in a biased direction that causes the first valve member to be placed in its clos... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390080 | Ink refill unit with keyed connection ink cartridge An ink refill unit is provided for replenishing an ink cartridge in an inkjet printer. The ink cartridge has an interface for engaging the ink refill unit and the ink refill unit has a body containing a quantity of ink, and an ink outlet for engaging an ink inlet in... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387378 | Liquid container, component for forming liquid container, and method for producing liquid container The present invention provides a liquid container which has a check valve for preventing a flow of outside air into its inside and which is capable of maintaining the performance of the check valve constant. An ink pack (25) includes a bag portion (36)... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387376 | Liquid droplet ejecting unit, image forming apparatus and valve A liquid droplet ejecting unit is disclosed wherein plural liquid droplet ejecting sub-units are provided which are arrayed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording medium. Further, plural valves are provided which connect t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387377 | Liquid ejection apparatus and method for driving the same A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a liquid cartridge for storing a liquid, a liquid ejection head for ejecting the liquid toward a target, a liquid supply path for guiding the liquid to the liquid ejection head from the liquid cartridge, and a capping device for... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384133 | Liquid container capable of maintaining airtightness A second sealing film F2 is thermally bonded onto a leading end portion R1 of an ink lead-out member 32b of an ink pack and an annular projecting portion R2 provided on an ink casing 31. Thereby, a gap D produced between the... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384134 | Ink cartridge with collapsible ink containers for an inkjet printer An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer is disclosed. The printer has a mounting arrangement for the ink cartridge. The mounting arrangement includes at least one ink supply connector. The ink cartridge includes a vented housing. At least one ink container is mounted... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384136 | Ink cartridge An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, a communication chamber that is capable of communicating with the ink chamber and an outside of the ink cartridge, a valve disposed within the communication chamber that is capable of moving from a first position where a com... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380928 | Static eliminating solid ink container A static eliminating container is provided for storing and supplying a quantity of solid phase-change ink pastilles. The static eliminating container includes (a) a closed end; (b) an open end opposite the closed end; (c) at least one cylindrical member connecting t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380927 | Ink jet recording apparatus A liquid jet recording apparatus includes a liquid jet head including discharge ports, element substrates, a base substrate, common liquid chambers, and a head liquid chamber. The apparatus also includes a first liquid supply path that leads from a liquid reserve ta... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380924 | Printhead assembly with an elongate ink delivery member A printhead assembly for an ink jet printer includes an elongate channel member having a floor and a pair of opposed side walls. An elongate elastomeric ink delivery member has longitudinally extending delivery conduits and is positioned on the floor. One end of the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380923 | Liquid supply apparatus An overflow liquid pipe is disposed in such a manner as to pass a liquid which has overflowed from a first container flowing to a second container. The overflow liquid pipe is provided with a pressurizing pipe. A liquid removing unit pressurizes the interior of the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380922 | Inkjet printer head having arrangement for even distribution of ink into ink inlets An inkjet printer head includes: (a) a head unit having a plurality of ink inlets and operable to eject an ink which is supplied through the ink inlets from an ink source, for performing a recording operation; (b) an ink channel held in communication with the ink so... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380919 | Protector for an inkjet cartridge and method of using the same A transport protector for protecting an inkjet cartridge wherein the inkjet cartridge includes a cartridge body, an inkwell extending from the cartridge body and a nozzle on the inkwell. The protector including a protector body shaped to receive at least a portion o... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380909 | Ink cartridge for use with recording apparatus and ink jet recording apparatus An ink cartridge including a cartridge case that contains an ink pack, on one surface of the cartridge case having an ink outlet port from the ink pack, a pressurized air inlet port and a connection terminal of a circuit board having a data storage means that stores... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377706 | Print media roll and ink supply cartridge A print media and ink supply cartridge includes an outer housing in which there is located a roll of print media located about a cylindrical former. The former includes a number of internal longitudinal ink storage volumes that are filled with hydrophobic sponges. O... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374355 | Inkjet printer cradle for receiving a pagewidth printhead cartridge An inkjet printer cradle including a body complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and an ink supply, a data connection point fast with the body for receiving data signals defining images for printing from an external data... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372145 | Bonded assembly having improved adhesive bond strength A bonded assembly is provided. The bonded assembly comprises: (a) a first substrate having a plurality of etched trenches defined in a first bonding surface; and (b) a second substrate having a second bonding surface. The second bonding surface is bonded to the firs... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370949 | Liquid supplying member, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid ejection apparatus incorporating the same In a liquid supplying member, for supplying liquid from a liquid container to a liquid ejection head which are provided in a liquid ejection apparatus, a plurality of elastic members, each of which is elongated in a first direction so as to have a first face and a s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370945 | Inkjet head An ink jet head in which a head chip on which a nozzle for jetting ink and an ink supply port that is communicated with the nozzle are formed and a manifold on which an ink channel connecting port and a groove communicating with the ink channel connecting port are f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370946 | Pump, liquid transporting apparatus provided with the same, and liquid moving apparatus A pump includes an ink pressurizing chamber, an inlet port and an outlet port communicating with the chamber, a first valve member provided near the inlet port, a second valve member provided near the outlet port, a pressure adjustment channel communicating with the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370950 | Electronic device, replacement part thereof, package of replacement part, and method for arranging identifying section An ink cartridge used in a color printer, comprises at the surface, a convexity or convexities (identifying section) that correspond to a color of an ink, and that can be identified by tactile sense. A cartridge setting section of the color printer comprises at the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370923 | Inkjet printer Installed are intermediate tank 12 with damping function against pressure fluctuation for temporarily storing ink in a position within ink supplying pipe 9a which supplies ink from main tank 11 to recording head 7, liquid supplying... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370930 | Non-contact communication between device and cartridge containing consumable component The ink unit of a printer has a memory circuit (memory element) for non-contact communication. The memory circuit has a hold mode M2 in which memory access commands from the transmitter/receiver are not received, and an active mode M4 in which memory a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367660 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided which can be composed of fewer number of parts and easily controlled. In the ink-jet recording apparatus, one pressurized unit such as a pressurized pump for ink supply is used. An open/close state switching member which op... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367647 | Pagewidth inkjet printer cartridge with ink delivery member An inkjet printer cartridge including one or more printing fluid reservoirs; a printing fluid delivery member defining one or more printing fluid delivery channels; and a pagewidth printhead in fluid communication with the one or more printing fluid reservoirs by me... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367650 | Printhead chip having low aspect ratio ink supply channels A pagewidth inkjet printhead is provided. The printhead comprises (a) a plurality of nozzles formed on a frontside of a substrate, each nozzle having a respective nozzle inlet; and (b) a plurality of ink supply channels. Each ink supply channel is configured for sup... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367662 | Liquid container A liquid container contains a liquid therein and is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection device. The liquid container has a liquid lead-out port for supplying said liquid to the outside, the liquid lead-out port being disposed in a connection surface, and an ab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367659 | Ink jet printer alternately utilizing a pair of in cartridges An ink jet printer is provided with a carriage, a pair of ink cartridges, an ink jet head, an ink tank, and an ink replenishment device. The pair of ink cartridges stores ink of same color. The carriage alternately supports each the ink cartridge. The ink jet head i... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367663 | Liquid container having a stirring chamber A liquid container includes a liquid pack having a flexible pouch holding the liquid, a container body containing the liquid pack, an expandable-and-contractile stirring chamber formed in the container body, and a pressurized fluid supply passage for supplying a pre... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367661 | Low-cost liquid droplet spray device and nozzle body The invention concerns a nozzle body for a liquid droplet spray device for atomising a high viscous liquid substance such as perfume. A first and second substrate enclose a space for containing the liquid substance. Outlet means are arranged in the second substrate ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364377 | Print engine assembly with an elongate converging ink distribution assembly A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis. A platen is mounted on the chassis. A feed mechanism feeds print media over the platen and along a print feed path. An elongate printhead assembly is mounted on the chassis for carrying out a printing operation o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364257 | Capper assembly for a pagewidth printhead cartridge A capping assembly caps a pagewidth printhead of an inkjet printer by moving into and out of a body that has a surface opposite the printhead, The surface has a slot in it open to the interior of the body, The body is configured to... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364281 | Tiny air-pressure balance device between an ink cartridge and an ink bottle A tiny air-pressure balance device between an ink cartridge and an ink bottle, in which the ink cartridge is connected with an ink tube extended to one side of the printer; every ink tube is connected with the outlet of the ink bottle; the upper part of the ink bott... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364252 | Printing apparatus Printing apparatus 20 comprises a contact detection terminal 101, a cartridge detection circuit M10a, a for-senor terminal 104 and a sensor driving circuit M20, wherein the terminal 101 contacts to detection terminal ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364269 | Inkjet printhead with non-uniform width ink supply passage to nozzle An inkjet printhead with nozzles 4 and liquid passages 31, 32 leading to each nozzle. The nozzles, ejection actuators 14, associated drive circuitry 22 and liquid passage 31, 32 being formed on and through a wafer 21 using l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364264 | Inkjet printer cradle with single drive motor performing multiple functions An inkjet printer cradle complementary to an inkjet printer cartridge of a type including a pagewidth printhead, said cradle including an air compressor for producing air to be directed over the pagewidth printhead, a print media transport assembly arranged to conve... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364280 | Image recording apparatus and bottle holder A bottle holder of an image recording apparatus, which holds removably an ink bottle including an ink outlet, has an ink outlet connecting part for connecting the ink outlet, a guide having a guide surface that contacts the ink bottle to guide the ink bottle along a... | 04/29/2008 |
