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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954932 | Movement apparatus and image recording apparatus There is disclosed a movement apparatus including a movable body, a flexible long member, a support member, and a tubular member. The movable body reciprocates along a straight line. The long member has having two opposite ends a first one of which is fixed to the m... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954931 | Container holder, liquid consuming apparatus, and liquid container A container holder can accommodate liquid containers with high density without deteriorating electrical connection between an apparatus terminal and a circuit board. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950785 | Method of controlling liquid droplet ejection apparatus, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method of manufacturing electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic device A method of controlling a liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes: a pressure detecting step of detecting whether the pressure inside a functional liquid tank is below a lower-limit pressure of a working pressure or not; a step of confirming, when the pressure in... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950787 | Liquid ejection apparatus and method A liquid ejection apparatus including a recording head capable of ejecting liquid, a first liquid storage unit which is replaceable which stores liquid to be ejected from the recording head, a second liquid storage unit which is integrally formed with the apparatus ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950786 | Ink-jet device and method for depositing ink using the same An ink-jet device (20) is provided. The ink-jet device includes an ink reservoir (22), a print head (24), and a carry-in pipe (26) connected between the ink reservoir and the print head. The ink-jet device further includes an air outlet p... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946694 | Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a flow channel unit, having a liquid flow channel for supplying a liquid stored in a liquid cartridge; and a plurality of cartridge holders, including a first cartridge holder and a second cartridge holder adjacent to each other... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938520 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a rubber member in an ink flow passage. The rubber member is pretreated with an organic solvent having a high boiling point, a water-based liquid containing a coloring agent, or a mixture of the two. The pretreatment is effect... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934817 | Print engine controller for a printhead assembly Provided is print engine controller of a printhead assembly having a plurality of printhead modules. The controller includes a memory buffer to receive rasterized page data from a computer system, a page image expander for expanding the page data to retrieve page im... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934816 | Method of filling liquid into liquid containing member, liquid filling apparatus and method of inspecting liquid containing member When ink is filled into an ink pack 13 including a bag part 20 and an outlet part 21, firstly, air in the bag 20 and outlet part 21 is sucked by a suction pump P2 provided for an ink pouring apparatus 30. Further, by ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931357 | Ink jet printer An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, an ink tank, an actuator, and a member. The ink jet head has an ink passage and a nozzle communicating with the ink passage. The ink tank communicates with the ink passage of the ink jet head. The ink tank is elas... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931358 | Pagewidth printhead assembly with top-fed ink ducts A pagewidth printhead assembly comprises an ink conduit structure defining a plurality of longitudinal ink ducts; a pagewidth printhead mounted to said ink conduit structure on a bottom surface thereof, the pagewidth printhead being in fluid communication with the i... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926923 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer that includes a main tank with ink, a sub-tank unit including a sub-tank, an ink supply mechanism including an ink absorber. Wherein the ink supply mechanism supplies ink from the main tank to the sub-tank. Wherein the main tank and the sub-tank ar... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926924 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer including (1) a printhead for ejecting ink onto a sheet, (2) a plurality of main tanks, each holding ink and having a height dimension that is relatively small compared with its other dimensions, (3) a plurality of sub-tanks which supply ink to the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922307 | Liquid supplying and collecting apparatus An ink supplying and collecting apparatus includes a case, ink cartridges detachably attached to the case, and a collecting container detachably attached to the case. The ink cartridges supply ink to a recording head of a printer via ink supply tubes. The collecting... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918546 | Ink supply arrangement for inkjet printhead having large nozzle number An ink supply arrangement for an inkjet printhead is provided having at least one collapsible ink bag containing ink for distribution to nozzles of the printhead via a fluid path between the ink bag and nozzles, a body for housing the ink bag and the printhead, and ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914132 | Inkjet printer with selectively isolatable pump An inkjet printer that has a printhead for printing onto a media substrate, a reservoir for supplying ink to the printhead, a pump for drawing ink from the reservoir and pumping ink into the printhead and, a valve arrangement for selectively opening fluid communicat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914133 | Carrier for an ink distribution assembly of an ink jet printhead A carrier for a page width ink jet printhead having a printhead integrated circuit including sets of ink inlet openings, each set having at least one inlet opening for receiving ink of a particular color. The carrier comprises: feed openings, each in fluid communica... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909442 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus including a housing; a recording head which ejects droplets of ink; a carriage which is provided in the housing and which carries the recording head and reciprocates in opposite directions; an ink supply tube which is connected, at one e... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909443 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an inkjet head that ejects a liquid functional material toward a recording medium based on image signals; a recording medium conveying unit that conveys the recording medium to a position opposing the inkjet head; a supply pat... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909441 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus including a housing; a recording head which ejects droplets of one or more sorts of inks; a carriage which is provided in the housing and which carries the recording head and reciprocates in opposite directions; one or more ink supply tu... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909440 | 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... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905584 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes at least one liquid discharging head and a pressure release member. The at least one liquid discharging head is configured to discharge a liquid to form an image. The pressure release member is configured to adjust an inner air pr... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905585 | Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid and a switching device. The switching device includes a first ON-OFF valve that selectively opens and closes a first supply passage at a position upstream from the joining point, and a ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901060 | Ink-jet recording apparatus A volume of an ink-deliver chamber is efficiently utilized to dampen pressure changes of ink within the chamber, and prevent air bubbles produced in the chamber from flowing into an ink-jet recording head. In addition, an ink-jet recording apparatus having a plurali... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901061 | Liquid discharge device A liquid discharge device is provided with a casing, a carriage, a discharge head, a sub tank, a supply nozzle, and a moving device. The casing has a space for housing a main tank. The carriage is capable of moving. The discharge head is arranged on the carriage. Th... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901062 | Ink compartment refill unit with inlet valve acutator, outlet valve, actuator, and constrictor mechanism actuator A refill unit for refilling an ink storage compartment that supplies ink to a printhead assembly, the ink storage compartment having an ink interface for receiving the refill unit. The refill unit comprises a body containing a quantity of ink; an inlet valve actuato... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896481 | Ink jet printer An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, an ink tank, and a carriage. The ink jet head has a passage unit, an actuator, and a control board. The passage unit has an ink passage and a nozzle communicated with the ink passage. The actuator is capable of ap... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891789 | Ink priming arrangement for printhead having picolitre ink ejection An ink priming arrangement for an inkjet printhead is provided which has an ink bag containing ink for distribution to nozzles of the printhead via a fluid path between the ink bag and nozzles, a force applicator arranged to apply inwardly directed force on at least... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891787 | Liquid feeding device and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid feeding device includes: a flexible tube to be arranged so as to be curved at the midsection thereof for feeding liquid to a liquid ejecting head for ejecting the liquid toward a target; a resilient longitudinally extending member to be arranged so as to ex... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891788 | Printhead de-priming system with float valve isolation of printhead from ink reservoir A printhead depriming system, the system comprising: an ink reservoir; an ink chamber positioned below the ink reservoir, the ink chamber comprising an outlet port connected to an ink inlet of the printhead via an ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891786 | Ink-jet printer and method of controlling ink-jet printer An ink-jet printer, including an ink-jet recording head having an ink inlet into which an ink inflows; an ink tank which stores the ink and which has an ink outlet from which the ink outflows and additionally has an air inlet into which an air inflows; a first conne... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887171 | Printer cradle for receiving an ink cartridge with a gear assembly Provided is a printer cradle for receiving an ink cartridge having a rotor element. The cradle includes a drive roller and an electrical motor having a drive shaft terminating in a worm gear that meshes with a cog affixed to the drive roller for driving said roller.... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887166 | Ink reservoir Embodiments provide an ink reservoir system. The ink reservoir system includes a housing configured to hold ink and comprising a first opening and a second opening. The ink reservoir system further includes a fluid connector that traverses the first opening and comm... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887169 | Ink refill unit with incremental ink ejection accuated by print cartridge cradle An ink refill unit for a print cartridge is provided. The unit includes a housing which defines a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet. The unit also includes an ink reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path in... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887167 | Inkjet printing apparatus with a priming device An inkjet printing apparatus comprises at least one printhead which comprises at least one ink chamber and a plurality of nozzles, at least one ink container remote from the printhead, an ink delivery system comprising a source of gas under pressure operable to supp... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887168 | Liquid droplet jetting apparatus and method of exchanging main tank A main tank has a storage space which stores a liquid. A sub tank has a predetermined interior space and an atmosphere communicating hole which makes the interior space communicate with an atmosphere, formed therein, and has an opening and closing valve which opens ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887170 | Pressure-regulating chamber comprising float valve biased towards closure by inlet ink pressure A pressure-regulating chamber for maintaining ink contained in the chamber at a predetermined first level relative to a printhead. The chamber comprises: an inlet port for connection to an ink reservoir via an ink supply line; an outlet port for connection to an ink... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883190 | Droplet discharge apparatus A droplet discharge apparatus includes: a tank for storing a function liquid; a first supply tube for supplying the function liquid; a plurality of pressure control valves for controlling a pressure of the function liquid supplied from the tank via the first supply ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883189 | Pressure-regulating chamber for gravity control of hydrostatic ink pressure and recycling ink supply system A pressure-regulating chamber for maintaining ink contained in the chamber at a predetermined first level relative to a printhead. The chamber comprises: an inlet port for connection to an ink reservoir via an ink supply line; an outlet port for connection to an ink... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878634 | Waste ink collection system An ink collection system includes at least one target surface and a fluid supply system in communication with the at least one target surface. The fluid supply system is configured to create a film of fluid across at least a portion of the at least one target surfac... | 02/01/2011 |
