Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167425 | Method of printing an indication of defective printing, an inkjet printer, a printer driver, and a defective printing notification method A method of printing an indication of defective printing can print a defective printing mark indicating that printing was not completed normally on a printout containing unprinted or missing dots. When printing one page of print data on recording paper is completed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8113648 | Method for high resolution ink-jet print using pre-patterned substrate and conductive substrate manufactured using the same A method for high resolution ink-jet print using a pre-patterned substrate employs an ink-jet printing device including an ink-jet head for discharging conductive ink droplets and a driving stage for supporting a substrate to which the conductive ink droplets are hi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113649 | Transfer apparatus, method for preventing leakage current of the transfer apparatus, and image forming apparatus including the transfer apparatus A disclosed transfer apparatus includes an endless belt to transfer a recording member by attaching the recording member on a surface thereof by an electrostatic force; a driving device to rotate the endless belt; and a holding device to temporarily hold the recordi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8038290 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a recording head that records an image on a recording medium. A conveyor supports the recording medium on an outer surface thereof so as to convey the recording medium in a conveying direction, and has an attachment region and a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8025394 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a recording head that records an image on a recording medium, and a conveyor having an adhesive area and a charged area, that is charged by a charging unit. The adhesive area and the charged area are formed on the outer circumfe... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7992994 | Process of producing breathable sheet and process of producing absorbent article A hot melt adhesive is applied to a side of a fibrous sheet 1 (e.g., nonwoven fabric) with an applicator 2 to form an adhesive layer 3. Ink drops are ejected from an inkjet head 5 onto either (1) the adhesive layer 3 on that side o... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7780287 | Printing method and printer A printing method for printing a barcode forms a plurality of dots on a print medium from one end of the bars to the other end by discharging ink droplets from print nozzles assigned to print the bars from among a plurality of nozzles aligned in a direction intersec... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7735993 | Print medium having coded data and an orientation indicator A print medium for use in a mobile device having a printer, the print medium comprising: a laminar substrate defining first and second opposite faces; first coded data in a first data format disposed in a first data region on the laminar substrate, the first coded d... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7645038 | Spitting device for inkjet head of image forming apparatus A spitting device for an inkjet head includes an array type inkjet head on which nozzle units are formed, and a platen which is disposed opposite to the nozzle units of the inkjet head. The platen includes ink outlets and printing medium guide ribs formed thereon, a... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7537334 | Media linefeed error compensation method In a method for compensating for media linefeed errors in a media feed apparatus, a first correction parameter is applied during a first length of a media feed operation and a second correction parameter, which differs from the first correction parameter, is applied... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7441887 | Ink-jet print system An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet print system in which quality troubles (e.g. banding and ink overflow) caused by an unsuitable combination of ink and an ink jet recording medium in an ink jet recording apparatus in the case where the ink ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438407 | Method and apparatus for creating an image on an article, and article resulting therefrom The present invention is directed to a method of printing an image on an object, such as a door facing or a door. An object having an exterior surface is provided. A first image component is printed on the exterior surface. A first transparent coat is applied on the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7410905 | Method for fabricating thin film pattern, device and fabricating method therefor, method for fabricating liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display, method for fabricating active matrix substrate, electro-optical apparatus, and electrical apparatus A method for fabricating a thin film pattern on a substrate, includes the steps of: forming a concave part on the substrate that conforms to the thin film pattern; and applying a function liquid into the concave part. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399560 | Method for manufacturing mask, method for manufacturing wiring pattern, and method for manufacturing plasma display A method for manufacturing a mask includes performing a lyophobic treatment on at least one surface of a translucent substrate; disposing a light-shielding material on the surface subjected to the lyophobic treatment of the translucent substrate in a desired shape b... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399561 | Color filter substrate and method of fabricating the same A color filter substrate comprising a substrate, a light blocking layer on the substrate having a plurality of wells with bottoms that contact the substrate, and a plurality of channels between the wells, and a color layer material which fills the wells and channels... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399065 | Inkjet printer having ink ejection printhead tiles An inkjet printer is provided having a printhead which has a plurality of printhead tiles arranged along the width of a media web, an ink distribution member adjacent the printhead, a media transporter for transporting the media web past the printhead, and a process... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396618 | Color filter substrate for liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having first, second and third sub-pixel regions and first, second and third border regions between adjacent sub-pixel regions, first red, first green and first blue color filter patte... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396619 | Color filter and manufacturing method therefor A color filter includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix formed on the transparent substrate, a plurality of banks superposed on the black matrix, and a color layer formed of R, G and B color portions. The black matrix defines a plurality of sub-pixels of the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384507 | Watermarked paper Watermarked paper, preferably shadow-watermarked paper is produced in conventional manner and then size-press dyed using a pigment dyestuff composition. This results in unusual and attractive decorative effects as a result of preferential dye take-up in parts of the... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374634 | Process for the manufacture of electrophoretic displays This invention relates to processes for the manufacture of electrophoretic displays. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371486 | Color filter The main objection of the present invention is to provide a high quality color filter having a colored layer formed by ink jet method and without color irregularity, a void, or the like. To achieve the object, the present invention provides a color filter com... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341340 | Printed item having an image with a high durability and/or resolution A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability and/or resolution. A printer and method are also provided to produce a high durability image by treating an item to be printed with plasma. In particular, a printer is pr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338560 | Apparatus for forming alignment layer and auto-calibration method thereof An apparatus for forming alignment layer includes a printing stage for supporting a substrate thereon, at least one inkjet head having at least one spray hole above the printing stage, the spray hole spraying an alignment material onto the substrate, a head support ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328995 | Method and apparatus for embedding information in an image A method and apparatus for embedding information in an image during relative movement between a print medium and an ink jet print head is provided. A plurality of first lines are printed and a plurality of second lines are printed. Each of the first lines includes a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322662 | Liquid-jet writing instrument A writing instrument comprising a liquid spray head serving to spray liquid onto a medium from a distance, and a processor unit serving to activate the spray head. The instrument further comprises measurement means for measuring the distance between the spray head a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316640 | Craft-making tool A tool for forming articles from sheets of conformable material comprises a base and a handle. The base includes a circular-shaped groove formed in a face thereof whereby the circular-shaped groove defines a circular-shaped protrusion encompassed thereby. The handle... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311396 | Barcode marking method and apparatus for electro-luminescence display device The invention relates to a barcode marking method and apparatus for an electro-luminescence display device. According to the barcode marking method and apparatus for an electro-luminescence display device of the present invention includes, an information barcode is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311395 | Optimized ink jet printing of barcodes Inkjet printing of barcodes is enhanced by several methods. In a printhead having two staggered columns of nozzles, using only the even (or odd) column enhances resolution of a vertical barcode element. Filling interior portions of the barcode element with the odd (... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300861 | Method for interconnecting electronic components using a blend solution to form a conducting layer and an insulating layer An improved method of interconnecting electronic devices is described. In the method a blended material for forming a conducting layer and an insulating layer are deposited between a contact of a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The blended ma... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299990 | RFID tag, printing paper, printer, and RFID system A radio frequency identification tag to be attached to printing paper includes an upper face that is opposite to a face to be attached to the printing paper, the upper face being made of a paper material substantially equal to the printing paper. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285033 | Color filter, display device and electronic equipment, manufacturing method thereof, and apparatus for manufacturing display device In a manufacturing method of a color filter for display devices having a plurality of pixels on a substrate, each pixel comprises a reflective layer and a color layer, the method of manufacture comprises a step of forming partitions which separate each pixel area fr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284921 | Mobile device with first and second optical pathways A mobile device including: a printhead for printing onto a print medium, the print medium including coded data; a media path for directing the print medium past the printhead for printing; an optical sensor; a first optical pathway for directing optical image inform... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281792 | Durable printed item A printed device is provided with an image printed thereon, having a relatively high durability. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270846 | Color filter manufacturing method and apparatus, ink-jet device, color filter, display device, and apparatus having display device A method of manufacturing a color filter having a plurality of colored pixels on a substrate by discharging an ink from an ink-jet head having a plurality of ink discharging nozzles while performing relative movement of the ink-jet head and the substrate, includes t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261407 | Process and printing apparatus for ink jet printing on cloth using ultraviolet ray curable ink The present invention aims to provide a process for ink jet printing on cloth, in which the pre-treatment step can be omitted and by which printed matter having excellent design, wherein the image is unblurred and has high optical density, can be obtained. Specifica... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258424 | Printer with a MEMS printhead A printer provided with a micro-electro-mechanical printhead for producing wallpaper, the printer comprising: a micro-electro-mechanical printhead extending at least the width of a media web; drive means to drive the media web past the printhead; at least one proces... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247339 | Deposition of soluble materials using ink jet print head and alignment marks The invention provides a method and apparatus for depositing a soluble material, such as an organic polymer, onto a substrate using an inkjet print head. The substrate is provided with an array of alignment marks and the material in solution is deposited when substa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7226642 | System and methods for manufacturing a liquid crystal device The invention provides a thin-film forming device, a thin-film forming method, a device for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, a device for manufacturing a thin-film structure, a method for a thin-film struct... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222956 | Image display apparatus The image display apparatus includes an image display unit having an image display surface, an image forming unit for forming an image on the image display surface by ejecting ink droplets toward the image display surface and an image erasing unit for erasing the fo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219970 | Method and a system for single ligament fluid dispensing A method of dispensing a single ligament of fluid includes ejecting a first quantity of fluid from an inkjet dispenser toward a substrate, and ejecting a second quantity of fluid from the inkjet dispenser toward the substrate, wherein the second quantity of fluid is... | 05/22/2007 |
