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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7455399 | Inkjet printhead primer for a printing device An inkjet printhead for a printing device includes a fluid reservoir operatively disposed within the printhead and a pressure regulation system in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The inkjet printhead also includes a nozzle plate having at least one noz... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7448740 | Inkjet cartridge An inkjet cartridge having a plurality of ink reservoirs and a plurality of nozzle rows without variations in lengths of ink flow paths communicating the ink reservoirs with the nozzle rows. An inkjet cartridge includes a tank part having a plurality of ink reservoi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448739 | Constant negative pressure head ink supply arrangement for inkjet printhead An ink supply arrangement for an inkjet printhead, the inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles, the ink supply arrangement comprising: at least one ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and th... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441882 | Inkjet printer with printhead cartridge levered into operative position An inkjet printer comprising: a printer body and a replaceable printhead cartridge, the printhead cartridge having a casing that supports a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of contacts for receiving print data from corresponding contacts on the printer body; the ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438399 | Printhead cartridge having constant negative pressure head ink supply An inkjet printhead cartridge, comprising: an inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles; at least one ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and the nozzles, the ink being primed in the fluid pat... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434921 | Liquid container, ink jet recording apparatus and liquid filling method A liquid container includes a liquid containing portion for containing ink; a liquid introduction portion for introducing the ink into the liquid containing portion; a liquid discharge portion for discharging the ink to an outside from an inside of the liquid contai... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431443 | Ink reservoir with pressure regulating valve A printer with an inkjet printhead, the printer comprising: an ink reservoir; and, a pressure regulating valve for establishing fluid communication between the printhead and the ink reservoir; wherein, the pressure regulating valve is biased closed and opens in resp... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431442 | Sealing for inkjet orifices An inkjet ink cartridge (20) having nozzle holes (24) to eject ink is sealed against escape of the ink from the orifices by tape (1) is hard at any temperature the container might reach during shipment and handling. This hardness resists any cre... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431438 | Ink cartridge, recording apparatus employing ink cartridge, and manufacturing method for ink cartridge An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection type recording device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid onto a recording material while scanning the recording material in a direction crossing with a feeding direction of the rec... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427128 | Liquid container, liquid supply system and printing device using liquid container, and circuit board for liquid container An ink tank detachably mounted on a printer includes a non-volatile memory and a LED for executing a process in response to a condition of the tank such as ink residual quantity by transmitting information stored in the memory to a printer, and informing the conditi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425055 | Identifiable inkjet cartridge and method of preventing misplacing inkjet cartridge in an inkjet apparatus An identifiable TAB for an inkjet cartridge. The identifiable tab contains a flexible substrate, a plurality of conductive traces formed on the flexible substrate, and a plurality of contacts formed on the flexible substrate and connected to the conductive traces. T... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425059 | Ink container, inkjet printing head, and inkjet printing apparatus The present invention solves problems attributable to color mixing occurring at a region where an ink container containing three or more different inks and an inkjet printing head are connected as a result of repetition of connection and disconnection of the compone... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416287 | Cradle unit having a refill actuator for operating a refill unit A cradle unit for an inkjet printer comprising: a body complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and a refillable ink supply; and a controller for controlling the operatio... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416289 | Ink cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus equipped with the ink cartridge An ink cartridge is disclosed. The ink cartridge comprises an ink refill bag, and an ink refill bag housing in which the ink refill bag is accommodated. The ink refill bag includes a cap having an ink passage through which ink is supplied to an inkjet recording appa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407275 | Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container, carriage for the holder and ink jet printer An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407274 | Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container carriage for the holder and ink jet printer An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404630 | Buffer tank for inkjet printer, and inkjet printer A buffer tank for use in an inkjet printer wherein the buffer tank is located between one or more ink storage tanks which store one or more sorts of ink, and one or more inkjet recording heads which eject the one or more inks toward a recording medium and thereby pe... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404616 | Printhead cartridge having an integrated circuit storing an identifier for use in mobile device A replaceable cartridge for installation in a mobile device, the cartridge comprising: a printhead; one or more ink reservoirs for supplying ink to the printhead; and an integrated circuit for enabling validation of the cartridge upon installation of the cartridge i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404613 | Inkjet print cartridge having an adhesive with improved dimensional control A method for manufacturing an inkjet print cartridge and an inkjet cartridge produced thereby are disclosed. An inkjet print cartridge in accordance with one aspect includes a component of the inkjet print cartridge and an applied adhesive on at least a portion of t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399073 | Ink supply In one embodiment, a foam ink supply includes: a chamber defined by a ceiling, a floor, and a wall between the ceiling and the floor; an outlet from the chamber; and a block of foam only partially filling the chamber, the block of foam positioned adjacent to the out... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399052 | Renovated ink jet cartridge and method of renovating An ink jet cartridge comprising a housing having a print head portion including a nozzle plate having opposed pairs of side edges, rows of nozzles and at least one row of slots between said rows of nozzles and which plate is initially attached to the head portion by... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399072 | Ink refill unit having a linearly actuated plunger assembly A dispensing assembly for a printing fluid refill cartridge, that has a body for storing printing fluid having an outlet through which the printing fluid is dispensed, and a plunger arranged to selectively change the storage capacity of the body and expel the printi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396115 | Ink jet apparatus, recording head apparatus, and semiconductor device with data relating to usage of recording head apparatus An ink cartridge supported on a housing portion includes a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory communicates with a control portion mounted to a recording apparatus main body through a memory access controlling portion as an interface. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396117 | Liquid container and liquid ejecting cartridge A side rib provided on an inner wall of a housing creates space, which extends to reach an air hole, between a second ink retainer and the inner wall of the housing. A contact area where a first ink retainer and the second ink retainer are in contact with each other... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396109 | Inkjet printing system with high drop-weight yellow Disclosed are printing systems and printhead assemblies in which yellow print nozzles are paired on a die with black print nozzles, with cyan and magenta print nozzles on a separate die. The pairing of yellow and black nozzles reduces constraints imposed by the prin... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396118 | Cartridge for ink jet recording and method for producing the same The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7387353 | Fluid ejecting methods and related circuits An energizing circuit and methods and systems for same are described. One exemplary energizing circuit incorporated into a fluid ejecting device includes a piezoelectric actuator configured to selectively eject fluid from the fluid ejecting device. The circuit also ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7370934 | Inkjet head having arrangement for preventing clogging of filter with adhesive An inkjet head including: (a) a passage defining unit having (a-1) pressure chambers and (a-2) inlets opening in its an inlet defining surface and held in communication with the pressure chambers; (b) a filter plate disposed on the inlet defining surface of the pass... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7364770 | Coated fine particles and method for producing coated fine particles by reverse Diels-Alder reaction An object of the present invention is to provide coated fine particles with a uniform particle size, having stable crystals on the surface, and to provide colored fine particles which exhibit good color development. A recorded image formed by a dispersion and an ink... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364246 | Liquid supplying method A liquid-supplying method includes the steps of controlling a magnitude of negative pressure generated by a negative-pressure generating member provided in each of first liquid-tank components included in a first liquid tank such that the magnitude of the negative p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364265 | Printhead with enhanced ink supply to elongate printhead IC ends A printhead that has a printhead integrated circuit (IC) (68) which is elongate and has an array of nozzles for ejecting ink. The printhead also has a support structure 176 for supporting the printhead IC and having ink outlets 186 for supplying... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364279 | Ink-jet printer with air-discharge-flow assuring means An ink-jet printer, including: a printing head for performing printing on a print medium by ejecting ink from nozzles; an ink tank for storing the ink to be supplied to the printing head; an ink passage through which the ink is supplied from the ink tank to the prin... | 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 |
| 7364271 | Nozzle arrangement with inlet covering cantilevered actuator A nozzle arrangement is provided for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet channel. A nozzle extends from the substrate assembly. The nozzle defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet ... | 04/29/2008 |
