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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186797 | Inkjet printer having temperature raising preventing device An inkjet printer includes a platen having a placing face, a printing device, and a printing medium feeding device. A guide is provided on a feeding-out side via which a printing medium is to be fed out from the platen. The guide has a guide face. A printing medium ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8136909 | Ink jet printing apparatus and ink processing method for same In an ink jet print head formed with ejection nozzles, which may use a wiping member to wipe ink adhered to the surface of the ink jet print head, it is desired to be able to perform a wiping operation in any environment without requiring a large amount of space to ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8104859 | Head array unit and image forming apparatus A head array unit includes a plurality of liquid discharging heads configured to discharge liquid and a head supporter configured to support the plurality of liquid discharging heads. The head supporter includes a plurality of liquid inlets, a channel system, and at... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8070251 | Inkjet printer maintenance system An inkjet printer maintenance system includes a manifold having an air removal passageway communicating with an ink reservoir, a valve in the manifold actuatable for opening and closing the air removal passageway for periodically drawing out air from the flow of ink... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8038250 | Recording device A recording head where an actuator, a cavity portion and a flexible flat cable are placed one on another is provided in a head holder of a carriage. A drive IC chip is mounted on the flexible flat cable. A bottom plate portion of a first heat sink is in contact with... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7992955 | Liquid discharging device A liquid discharging device is provided. The liquid discharging device includes a sub coolant tank that is held by a carriage and stores a coolant for cooling a discharge head; and a coolant replacement portion that includes a main coolant tank which can communicate... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7963625 | Printer providing temperature equalization for plural color inks An inkjet printer performs printing by circulating cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks in their respective passages. The printer includes a heat exchanger which the passages enter together, and which is configured to promote the temperatures of the inks to be equal... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7891753 | Inkjet recording apparatus The present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus, which performs high resolution image recording by inhibiting propagation of heat from a light-radiation device to a recording medium, is provided with a recording medium conveyance device to convey a reco... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887153 | Liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a liquid discharging head that is provided on a carriage being moved with respect to a recording medium, a recording liquid, which is supplied from a recording liquid supply source, being supplied to the liquid discharging he... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883171 | Liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging apparatus is provided. The liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid discharging head that is provided on a carriage reciprocating in a running direction of the carriage, a cooling liquid flow channel that is provided on the carriage; a coo... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7850274 | Printers and methods to reduce vapor emissions in printers Printers and methods to reduce vapor emissions in printers are disclosed. An example printer is described, including a fan to urge an airflow from a first printer portion, a duct to direct the airflow from the first printer portion and to substantially prevent addin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7533955 | Recording apparatus having radiator joined to common voltage wire A recording apparatus, including: a recording head including an actuator; a head holder holding the head; a circuit board disposed on the holder and configured to be connected to an external signal source; a drive circuit operable to drive the actuator; a flexible w... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7500730 | Inkjet recording apparatus There is disclosed an inkjet recording apparatus which comprises a head having an actuator and at least one nozzle row each of which comprises a plurality of nozzles for ejecting an ink droplet therethrough onto a recording medium by driving of the actuator, a drive... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7438377 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus, including nozzles each of which ejects a droplet of ink toward a recording sheet and which are arranged in one or more arrays in a first direction; pressure changing devices each of which changes a pressure of the ink to be supplied t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7419237 | Recording head unit A recording head comprises: a plurality of recording elements; a driver for driving the recording elements; a circuit board for supplying to the driver a signal for driving the recording elements; a wiring member connecting the recording elements to the driver, and ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7380914 | Fluid ejection assembly A fluid ejection assembly includes a first layer, and a second layer positioned on a side of the first layer. The second layer has a side adjacent the side of the first layer and includes barriers defining a fluid chamber on the side, a drop ejecting element formed ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347522 | Ink-jet head and image recording apparatus An ink-jet head which includes: a flow passage unit having plural nozzles and pressure chambers respectively communicating with the nozzles, the pressure chambers being arranged along a planar surface; an energy transfer unit which is fixed to the planar surface and... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334857 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program product An image processing apparatus includes: a color paper/color ink register registering information on m kinds of color papers and information on n kinds of color inks, both which are usable for multicolor-printing a multicolor original image, in a color paper/color in... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332127 | DNA probe synthesis on chip on demand by MEMS ejector array A DNA probe synthesis system may include a target holder for holding a target chip, an ejector array chip, a wash and dry station, and conveyance means for moving the target holder and the chip between the ejector array chip and the wash and dry station. The ejector... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316470 | Inkjet recording head An inkjet recording head for ejecting ink in ink channels by deformation of the piezoelectric element, comprising: a partition wall, formed by making grooves in an actuator substrate made of a polarized piezoelectric element, for forming longitudinal side surface of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311372 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet recording head which ejects a droplet of an ink toward a recording medium, a driver circuit device which applies an electric voltage to the ink jet recording head so that the ink jet recording head ejects the dropl... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7284825 | Pagewidth printhead assembly having aligned printhead modules A pagewidth printhead assembly is provided comprising an elongate support member and printhead integrated circuits mounted to the support member so as to be substantially aligned with one another along the pagewidth. The support member has an effective coefficient o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277282 | Integrated circuit cooling system including heat pipes and external heat sink An apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC) package and a heat sink having a base and a plurality of fins extending from the base. The apparatus further includes a plurality of heat pipes. Each heat pipe has a first end and a second end. The first ends of the h... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273272 | Liquid supply device and image forming apparatus The liquid supply device supplies ejection liquid to a plurality of ejection heads from a liquid tank, and comprises: a supply pipe which connects the liquid tank to the plurality of ejection heads, an upstream end portion of the supply pipe being connected to the l... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261389 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat into a fluid ejector carriage device A thermally-conductive fluid ejector carriage device is used to dissipate heat from a thermal fluid ejector module in a fluid ejection device. The thermally-conductive fluid ejector carriage device is molded from a polymer, or a polymer material including at least o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262786 | Image aligning method for thermal imaging printer An image aligning method for a thermal imaging device includes picking up a thermal imaging medium that has a first surface and a second surface on which printing operations may be performed respectively from a medium container. An edge of the medium is fed a first ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252358 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus comprising: a printing head which has a plurality of recording elements and performs recording on the recording medium; a head holder which holds the printing head; a flexible wiring board comprising a flexible insulating band and a plurality o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251591 | Consistent back pressure for piezoelectric ink-jet simulation A consistent back pressure formulation is introduced into ink-jet simulation models and algorithms to solve an instability problem that occurs as the head of an ink droplet reaches the end of the solution domain during simulation. The consistent back pressure formul... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237872 | High resolution multicolor ink jet printer A high resolution ink jet printer includes a rotating drum and a pair of ink jet heads scanned along a substrate carried by the drum in a direction parallel to the axis of the drum. The heads are driven by a lead screw coupled to the drum drive shaft and a control u... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222953 | Ink jet recording apparatus using a temperature detector to control the curing of ink An ink jet recording apparatus having a recording head that jets photo-hardening ink which is hardened when it is exposed to ultraviolet rays on a recording medium, a radiation apparatus equipped with a light source that radiates ultraviolet rays to jetted ink, a co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207641 | Inkjet head An inkjet head having: an inkjet head chip having ink jetting openings which are lined up to form a nozzle row on a front surface of the inkjet head chip; a manifold attached securely to a side of the inkjet head chip and leading ink to the inkjet head chip; and an ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192116 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a fluid ejector carriage A system, method and structures for dissipating heat away from a thermal fluid ejector modules through a thermally-conductive carriage molded from a polymer to the ambient air surrounding the structure upon which the thermally-conductive fluid ejector carriage trans... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192123 | Ink jet recording head and manufacturing method thereof To realize an ink jet recording head which is further improved in heat dissipation property, the ink jet recording head provided with a substrate provided with a plurality of discharging energy generating portions for discharging an ink droplet comprises: a pluralit... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188922 | Recording apparatus equipped with heatsink A recording apparatus having: (a) a head unit including an actuator which generates energy required for recording predetermined patterns of image on a recording medium; (b) a circuit board including a driver element which drives the actuator of the head unit; and (c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172261 | Recovering apparatus for recovering a status of an ink jet recording head A printer includes an ink jet head, a recovery unit, a moving unit, a conveying unit and a cover. The ink jet head performs printing on a printing medium and has an ink ejection port on an ejection port forming surface. The recovery unit is used for a recovery proce... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169539 | Monolithic ink-jet printhead having a tapered nozzle and method for manufacturing the same A monolithic ink-jet printhead includes a substrate having an ink chamber, a manifold, and an ink channel in flow communication, a nozzle plate including a plurality of passivation layers stacked on the substrate and a heat dissipating layer stacked on the passivati... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168778 | Printhead cartridge A printhead cartridge for a multi-printhead ink jet printer includes an array of ink jet nozzles and a heat sink for controlling the temperature of the nozzles. The heat sink is made up of a copper block and thinner copper wing regions extending from the block paral... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159315 | Method of producing an elastic plate for an ink jet recording head A method of producing an elastic plate for an ink jet recording head is provided. In one implementation, the method laminates and bonds a deformable metal plate or polymer film and a rolled metal plate. Also, the method etches the rolled metal plate based on a rolli... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134750 | Ink jet printer An ink jet printer having: an ink heating device for heating an ink whose viscosity decreases as temperature increases; a printing head for jetting an ink heated by the heating device onto a recording medium; a carrying device for carrying the recording medium while... | 11/14/2006 |
