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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 |
| 8142004 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a treatment liquid application device which applies a treatment liquid to a recording medium; a treatment liquid supplying device which abuts against the treatment liquid application device so as to form a liquid holding space, f... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8025384 | Reaction liquid, set of ink and reaction liquid, ink jet recording apparatus and image recording method A reaction liquid destabilizing the dissolved state or dispersed state of a coloring material by being in contact with an ink containing the coloring material on a recording medium, wherein the reaction liquid contains at least calcium ions, glycerin and polyethylen... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016404 | Pretreatment liquids, ink sets, ink-jet recording apparatus, methods of recording, and recording media A pretreatment liquid for ink-jet recording by applying the pretreatment liquid to a predetermined portion of a recording medium to form a pretreatment layer on the pretreatment portion in advance of dispensing at least one ink onto the pretreatment layer by an inkj... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7896483 | Palladium complexes for printing circuits An ink-jettable composition including a palladium aliphatic amine complex solvated in a liquid vehicle can be used in formation of electronic devices. The ink-jettable composition containing a palladium aliphatic amine complex can be jetted onto a substrate in a pre... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7837316 | Correction ink for micro defect of color pattern, color filter, method for correcting micro defect of color pattern, and process for producing ink A correction ink of the present invention is used for correcting a micro defect in a color pattern, which includes a coloring agent, polymer, monomer having reactivity functional group and a solvent, wherein an amount of the solvent is from 25% by weight to 70% by w... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7771036 | Ink-jet recording apparatus The ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a conveyer that conveys a recording medium; a recording head that ejects an ink and a processing solution; an ejection controller that controls ejection of the ink and the processing solution from the recording head; and a d... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762657 | Inkjet ink, processing liquid for inkjet ink, ink set for inkjet ink, ink tank for inkjet ink, inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus An ink set for an inkjet of the present invention comprises an ink and a processing liquid, wherein at least one of the ink and the processing liquid contains a water-soluble non-linear polymer. The non-linear polymer has at least one selected from the group consist... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7717550 | Preservative solution A preservative solution contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a crown ether. Even when the preservative solution is employed in the ink passage of an ink-jet recording apparatus and comes into contact with rubber members employed in the ink passage, th... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7690778 | Printhead auto-alignment detection system that uses a printed printhead alignment pattern cotaining fluorescing material A printhead auto-alignment detection system includes a UV LED configured and positioned to transmit light in ultraviolet wavelengths onto a printed printhead alignment pattern formed using an aqueous ink having a UV fluorescing material. A sensor is configured and p... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7637603 | Pigment ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus, and image forming method A pigment ink is provided which is used in an ink jet recording apparatus in which ejection orifices for a pigment ink and ejection orifices for at least one type of reactive ink that destabilizes a dispersed state of pigment in the pigment ink are capped with the i... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7537329 | Reaction liquid, set of ink composition and reaction liquid, and image recording method A reaction liquid containing a reactive substance that reacts with at least one component in an ink composition containing a coloring material in a dispersed state, in which the reactive substance is a polyvalent metal compound having multiple reactive sites in one ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7530684 | Inkjet recording apparatus The inkjet recording apparatus includes: an ink ejection head which forms a desired image by ejecting an ink toward a recording medium; a treatment liquid ejection head which deposits a treatment liquid on the recording medium by ejecting the treatment liquid toward... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7500742 | Systems and methods for printing onto a substrate using reactive ink Disclosed herein are method and systems for printing a reactive ink and a fixer or second reactive ink onto a substrate from a single orifice plate, wherein orifice plate comprising at least two orifices; wherein at least one orifice prints a first reactive ink, and... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7427130 | Image forming process and image forming apparatus and ink set therefor An image is formed by applying a recording composition having a colorant and a treating composition including a component that reacts with colorant droplets so that the compositions contact and mix with each other on a recording medium; and adjusting the pH of the m... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7397580 | Ejection control of quality-enhancing ink This invention is a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit which is capable of forming dots on a print medium by ejecting at least one type of colored ink containing a color material and a quality-enhancing ink for enhancing ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384138 | Inkjet recording method An inkjet recording method comprising ejecting ink droplets on an image-receiving material according to recording signals to record an image on the image-receiving material, wherein at least one of the ink and the image-receiving material comprises an acid precursor... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370953 | Inkjet recording ink An inkjet recording ink includes at least one yellow-azo dye having specific properties or a specific structure dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium and containing a water-miscible organic solvent having a specific solubility with respect to dye. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357483 | Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method The ink jet printing apparatus forms an image on a print medium with the following two operations. The printing operation makes a print head perform scan motions in a predetermined direction on the print medium, the print head having an array of nozzle rows correspo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354145 | Reaction solution, set of reaction solution and ink, inkjet recording apparatus and image recording method A reaction solution to be used for image recording with an ink containing a coloring material in a dissolved or dispersed state in order to achieve a high level of image density with stability, wherein the reaction solution contains a polyvalent metal ion and an org... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354126 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program An image forming apparatus comprises: a recording head that record dots corresponding to pixels of image data by discharging ink droplets from plural nozzles and discharge, in correspondence to the dots, colorless or light-colored aggregating liquid that causes colo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348368 | Pigment-dispersed aqueous recording liquid and printed material A pigment-dispersed aqueous recording liquid containing at least a pigment and a resin, which comprises from 60 to 200 parts by weight of the resin to 100 parts by weight of the pigment, wherein at least one of the resin is a water-dispersible urethane type resin, a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347890 | Cyan ink, ink set, set of ink and reaction liquid, and image forming method Provided is a cyan ink applicable to an ink set having four kinds of aqueous inks composed of the cyan ink, a magenta ink, a yellow ink, and a black ink each containing water; a water-insoluble coloring material; and plurality of water-soluble organic solvents inclu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344235 | Ink composition for ink jet recording, ink cartridge, nozzle plate for ink jet recording, ink jet head, and recording apparatus An ink composition is produced using a water-soluble substance that undergoes condensation polymerization in the absence of water (e.g., a hydrolyzable silane compound), which includes fluoroalkyl groups. Alternatively, a water-repellent film of a nozzle plate is su... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332532 | Polymeric dispersants for ink-jet applications An ink-jet ink which includes a liquid vehicle and a polymer-dispersed pigment dispersed in the liquid vehicle is disclosed and described. More specifically, the polymer-dispersed pigment can include a pigment encapsulated with a polymer having hydrophilic and hydro... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328978 | Printhead heaters with short pulse time A thermal inkjet printhead with heater elements disposed in respective bubble forming chambers whereby each heater element is configured for receiving an energizing pulse to form a gas bubble in an ejectable liquid that causes the ejection of a drop of the ejectable... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314267 | Ink jet printing apparatus An ink jet printing apparatus can prevent or suppress the generation, by a reaction liquid and ink, of a reaction product on the face surface of a discharge head, and can remove the ink, the reaction liquid or the reaction product adhering to the face surface so as ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314510 | Ink jet liquid composition and ink jet recording method The present invention provides an ink jet liquid composition including chitosan and a non-volatile organic acid. The non-volatile organic acid preferably has two or more carboxyl groups and a cyclic structure other than an aromatic ring. Further, the invention provi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311394 | Ink-jet printing method and ink-jet printing apparatus A width A of the scanning area of the ink ejection orifices and a width B of the scanning area of the reacting liquid ejection orifices are respectively set as A=(n−a)×p and B=n×p, while amount of the feeding of the printing sheet during each scan corresponds to... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309122 | Method for storing cationic polymerizable composition and container for using thereof A method for storing a cationic polymerizable composition including an acid generating agent, a cationic polymerizable compound and water, the method including the step of: placing the cationic polymerizable composition in a water impermeable container maintaining a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300145 | Treatment liquid for ink jet, treatment liquid tank for ink jet, ink set for ink jet, ink tank for ink jet, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus The invention provides a treatment liquid for ink jet, which includes at least an organic acid having a pKa value of 4.5 or less, a nonionic substance, and water, wherein: (I) the treatment liquid has a pH value of 1.5 to 5.5, (II) the nonionic substance has a weigh... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294183 | Activating agents for use with reactive colorants in inkjet printing of textiles An inkjet ink having an increased shelf life. The inkjet ink comprises an ink vehicle and a reactive colorant. The reactive colorant is nonreactive with water,thereby increasing the shelf life of the inkjet ink to greater than approximately twelve months. An inkjet ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294184 | Ink jet ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus Provided is an ink jet ink containing a coloring material having a buffer region in an ink use range, the ink jet ink being capable of suppressing the occurrence of the deterioration (dissolution) of a heating portion surface in contact with liquid; and the disconne... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290851 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus capable of high-quality recording without smudging recording media and the interior of the recording apparatus even when a frameless recording operation using reactive ink that coheres with each other when mixed together is performed. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291361 | Image forming process, image-recorded article, liquid composition and ink-jet recording apparatus Disclosed herein is an image forming process for forming an image-recorded article having a coating layer on at least a part of an image formed, which comprises the steps of providing a liquid composition containing a polymer, providing an image-recorded article for... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291380 | Laser enhanced plating for forming wiring patterns A method of plating a substrate including coating a substrate surface, laser-treating a region of the coated surface, and plating the region. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291214 | Ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge and ink jet recording apparatus An ink to be used in an ink jet recording method of ejecting an ink from a recording head through action of thermal energy can improve the ink ejection stability. An ink to be used in an ink jet recording method of ejecting an ink from a recording head through actio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285310 | Active energy ray curable aqueous ink, and ink-jet recording process, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same An active energy ray curable ink which is quickly polymerized by an active energy ray, high in crosslinking degree of a cured material formed, excellent in adhesive property, low in viscosity, excellent in long-term storability and also excellent in ejection stabili... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285159 | Ink jet ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus Provided is an ink jet ink comprising at least a coloring material comprising a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a compound represented by the general formula (II). Thereby, there can be provided an ink jet ink that provides ima... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278724 | Method for treating inkjet liquid, recording apparatus using the same, liquid storage tank, liquid absorber for liquid storage and liquid treatment apparatus The present invention relates to a method for treating liquids used in inkjet recording including, providing a first printing liquid and a second printing liquid that is capable of reacting with the first printing liquid to cause coagulation and thickening if mixed ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276110 | Cyan ink and ink set A cyan ink applicable to an ink set has plurality of aqueous inks each containing at least: water; a water-insoluble coloring material; and plurality of water-soluble organic solvents including a good medium or good mediums for the water-insoluble coloring material ... | 10/02/2007 |
