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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177345 | Liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method for manufacturing liquid ejecting head A liquid ejecting head including a plurality of nozzle orifices for liquid ejection, a reservoir plate made of rolled metal rolled in a first direction which includes a liquid reservoir communicating with the plurality of nozzle orifices, and a compliance plate made... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167420 | Liquid discharging head and method for manufacturing the same A liquid discharging head is provided. The liquid discharging head has a flow path unit in which a common liquid flow path for supplying liquid to a nozzle which discharges liquid is formed by a plurality of plates being stacked together, the plurality of plates inc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162466 | Printhead having impedance features Ink jet printheads and printhead components having a body that include a flow path, a piezoelectric actuator having a piezoelectric layer fixed to the body and an impedance feature in the flow path are described. The impedance feature includes a plurality of posts a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157366 | Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus incorporating the same A liquid ejecting head includes: a reservoir provided along a direction, the reservoir including a first area and a second area of a width smaller than that of the first area in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the pressure generating chambers are... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8104883 | Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus There is provided a liquid ejecting head including a plurality of pressure generating chambers, a first substrate having a reservoir unit, and a second substrate having a compliance unit, the second substrate being combined with one surface of the first substrate vi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092002 | Liquid droplet ejection head and method for manufacturing the same An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid droplet ejection head capable of securing sealing of a common liquid chamber and realizing a high damper effect while suppressing a driving energy of the liquid droplet ejection head. A passage unit includes ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8025383 | Fluidically damped printhead A printhead for an inkjet printer that has a printhead integrated circuit with nozzles for ejecting ink, and a support structure for supporting the printhead IC. The support structure has ink conduits for supplying the nozzles with ink and a fluidic damper containin... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8011773 | Printer with minimal distance between pressure-dampening structures and nozzles An inkjet printer is provided. The printer comprises an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzles; at least one ink reservoir; and an ink supply system for supplying ink from the reservoir to the plurality of nozzles, the ink supply system comprising at least o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7984982 | Liquid jet head A liquid jet apparatus is provided. The liquid jet apparatus includes a nozzle plate which has a nozzle opening communicating with a pressure generation chamber; a flow channel substrate which has a liquid reservoir supplying a liquid to a plurality of pressure gene... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7931361 | Ink-jet head An ink-jet head according to the present invention includes a passage component, a filter, and a sealing member. The passage component defines an ink passage which includes a middle hole having an opening. The filter partitions the middle hole of the passage compone... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922313 | Printhead with pressure-dampening structures An inkjet printhead is provided. The printhead comprises a plurality of nozzle assemblies; a nozzle plate covering the plurality of nozzle assemblies; an ink supply system for supplying ink to the plurality of nozzle assemblies, the ink supply system comprising at l... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7798628 | Liquid droplet ejection head, apparatus for ejecting liquid droplet, and method of producing liquid droplet ejection head A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid droplet; a flow path member that includes: pressure generating chambers that communicate with the nozzles; and liquid supply paths through which liquid is suppl... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7744204 | Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge device group capable of changing fluid resistance A liquid discharge apparatus includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber, a liquid supply chamber, a liquid supply passage, and a fluid resistance changing mechanism. A liquid pressure in the pressure chamber is configured to be changed to discharge liquid from the nozzle... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7712885 | Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus A liquid-droplet jetting apparatus includes a first common liquid chamber which supplies a liquid to first pressure chambers communicating with first nozzles and extending in a predetermined direction; and a second common liquid chamber which supplies a liquid to se... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7669996 | Inkjet printer with elongate array of nozzles and distributed pulse dampers An inkjet printer that has an elongate array of nozzles for ejecting ink and ink conduits for supplying the array of nozzles with ink. The ink conduits are aligned with the longitudinal extent of the elongate array and have a plurality of pulse dampers individually ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7645034 | Pulse damped fluidic architecture An inkjet printer with a printhead integrated circuit (IC) (28), an ink supply reservoir (6) for storing ink, an ink supply line (3) defining a flow path from the ink supply reservoir to the printhead IC (28). A pulse damper (16) p... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7631964 | Liquid jet head A liquid jet head and apparatus prevent an increase in the viscosity of liquid in the liquid path during long term storage. The recording head has a liquid path unit 1 with nozzle openings 8, pressure generation chambers 7, liquid reservoirs ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7475976 | Printhead with elongate array of nozzles and distributed pulse dampers A printhead for an inkjet printer that has an elongate array of nozzles (68) for ejecting ink and ink conduits for supplying the array of nozzles with ink. The ink conduits extend adjacent the elongate array and have a plurality of pulse dampers individually ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7438403 | Inkjet printhead with compensating member An inkjet printhead includes: a cavity unit having aligned nozzles, pressure chambers correspondingly aligned, and a common-chamber member having a common chamber connected, at an introduction place, to an ink source to receive and distribute ink to the pressure cha... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7410250 | Inkjet nozzle with supply duct dimensioned for viscous damping An inkjet nozzle with an elongate ink inlet channel that defines a straight flow path of a length sufficient to provide enough viscous damping to prevent significant reverse flow of ink in the channel when an ink drop is ejected from the nozzle. This removes ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399050 | Drop emitting apparatus A drop emitting apparatus including a manifold, a viscoelastic structure acoustically coupled to the manifold, and a plurality of drop generators fluidically coupled to the manifold. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7377624 | Ink jet head having channel damper and method of fabricating the same An ink jet head having a channel damper, and a method of fabricating the same. The ink jet head includes a heat-generating resistor disposed on a substrate to generate pressure for ink ejection, a chamber layer disposed on the substrate to enclose the heat-generatin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364285 | Pressure damping ink filter Embodiments of the present invention relate to a pressure damping ink filter for use with an ink jet printer. The pressure damping ink filter includes at least one flow control member and a filter. The flow control member, in combination with any pressure damping pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364261 | Directionally dependent carrier isolator for an imaging apparatus An interface device for attaching a printhead carrier to a carrier drive belt includes a belt holder attached to the carrier drive belt, and an isolator coupled between the belt holder and the printhead carrier. The isolator is configured to provide directionally de... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357499 | Inkjet print head with multi-functional structure An inkjet print head including a chamber layer provided with an ink via, at least one ink chamber having a heater, and at least one ink channel connecting the ink via and the ink chamber; and a nozzle layer provided with at least one nozzle at a position correspondi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7303271 | Ink jet printer An ink jet printer including a housing; a carriage which is movable in the housing relative thereto; an ink jet recording head which is mounted on the carriage and which has a plurality of ink supply channels; a damping device which is mounted on the carriage and wh... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290866 | Liquid discharging apparatus An ink discharging apparatus includes a channel unit and actuators. The channel unit has a manifold and separate ink channels, and includes an actuator plate. The ink channels extend from the manifold, each via a pressure chamber to a nozzle. The actuators are fixed... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285226 | Method for fabricating a fluid ejection device A method of fabricating a fluid ejection device comprises providing a barrier layer which defines fluidic spaces. The fluidic spaces defined by the barrier layer are filled with filler. A throughway is etched through the substrate. The filler is removed from the flu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282430 | Melt-based patterning for electronic devices The present invention provides methods and apparatus for melt-based patterning for electronic devices. It employs and provides processes and apparatus for fabricating an electronic device having a pattern formed on a surface by a deposition material. Further, the in... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278722 | Ink cartridge An ink cartridge includes an ink chamber, an air introduction opening that introduces air inside the ink chamber, a first sealing member that is capable of blocking and allowing communication between the air introduction opening and an area outside of the ink cartri... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278710 | Inkjet head A reservoir unit of an inkjet head has a plurality of laminated reservoir plates that forms an ink supply channel, and a flexible film that absorbs a fluctuation of pressure of ink in an ink reservoir. The flexible film is provided between adjacent two reservoir pla... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280247 | Printer assembly having flexible ink channel extrusion An elastomeric ink delivery extrusion transports ink and air to printhead modules in an ink jet printhead assembly. A series of patterned holes are laser ablated onto an upper surface of the extrusion. These interface with inlets on the underside of a series of prin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258253 | Method and system for precise dispensation of a liquid Devices, systems, and methods for the precise dispensation of small volumes of liquids are presented. A fluid microdispenser comprises a liquid-filled tube, an actuator coupled to the tube, and a tip at one end of the tube. When the actuator applies an actuation pre... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7240992 | Ink jet printhead incorporating a plurality of nozzle arrangement having backflow prevention mechanisms An ink jet printhead includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink inlets. A drive circuitry layer is positioned on the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is arranged on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chamber structure pos... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241000 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer has a reservoir unit including an ink supply port to which ink is supplied from the outside and an ink reservoir for storing the ink supplied from the ink supply port. Further, the inkjet printer has an air purging passage branched off from an area... | 07/10/2007 |
| D544912 | Housing of damper mechanism for ink jet printer | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229162 | Liquid jet head A liquid jet head and apparatus prevent an increase in the viscosity of liquid in the liquid path during long term storage. The recording head has a liquid path unit 1 with nozzle openings 8, pressure generation chambers 7, liquid reservoirs ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213989 | Ink distribution structure for a printhead A laminated ink distribution structure for an inkjet printhead, the printhead having an ink supply molding for supplying a plurality of different colored inks to the laminated ink distribution structure, and printhead integrated circuit (IC) with an array of ink eje... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210771 | Ink delivery system with print cartridge, container and reservoir apparatus and method An ink delivery system delivers ink from a stationary ink supply to a print cartridge on a movable carriage. The system comprises an ink container, a reservoir, and a flexible tubing connecting the reservoir to the print cartridge. The ink container has an internal ... | 05/01/2007 |
