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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177323 | Variable data imaging According to some embodiments, a method for printing an image on a substrate includes applying a clear liftoff material to a surface of the substrate to form a sacrificial pattern, the clear liftoff material being substantially optically clear, and applying a first ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8104865 | Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet head An apparatus includes an ink jet head and a suction mechanism. The head includes liquid chambers connected with ink tanks by flow passages. The flow passages include a non-branching flow passage and a branching flow passage. The suction mechanism sucks the liquid ch... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104864 | Image recording device There is provided an image recording device, comprising: a platen that supports a recording medium; a carriage that is located to face the platen and is configured to move in a first direction along the recoding medium; a recordation head that is mounted on the carr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8066349 | Printhead with ink and air ejection nozzles A printhead is provided for a printer. The printhead includes a support member defining a plurality of ink supply channels. A fluid distribution arrangement is mounted in fluid communication with the support member. A plurality of micro-electro-mechanical system (ME... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8020961 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head formed with an ejection face, and an ejection control board fixed to the ink-jet head. A head cover forms a container space that contains therein the ejection control board. The container space has an air inflo... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007069 | Ink jet recording head An ink jet recording head comprises a discharge port forming member that forms a discharge port used to discharge ink and a channel forming member that forms an ink channel communicating with the discharge port, at least either one of the channel forming member and ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7934789 | Drive mechanism of printhead cradle A drive mechanism of a printhead cradle is provided which has a motor, a rotor element drive assembly coupled with the motor for operating a rotor element of a printhead received by the printhead cradle, a print media transport assembly coupled with the motor for tr... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918529 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for adjusting positions of nozzle rows A liquid ejecting apparatus comprises a moving unit that moves by receiving a moving force, and a plurality of nozzle rows for ejecting liquid onto a medium, wherein each of the nozzle rows is adjusted in its position on the moving unit, taking a nozzle row that is ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7909428 | Fluid ejection devices and methods of fabrication A fluid ejection device includes a fluidic layer assembly mounted to a substrate, the fluidic layer assembly having a raised portion formed on a side that faces away from the substrate. A first nozzle is formed through a portion of the fluidic layer assembly other t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905570 | Inkjet heads An inkjet head includes a flow passage unit having an ink flow passage formed therein, in which ink flows, and an actuator unit secured to the flow passage unit. The actuator unit is configured to apply a discharge energy to the ink within the ink flow passage. The ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905569 | Planarization layer for micro-fluid ejection head substrates A substantially inorganic planarization layer for a micro-fluid ejection head substrate and method therefor. The planarization layer includes a plurality of layers composed of one or more dielectric compounds and at least one spin on glass (SOG) layer having a total... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891758 | Printhead tile having thermal bend ink ejection actuator A printhead tile is provided having a printhead integrated circuit and adjacent channel, upper, middle and lower layers. Each integrated circuit incorporates ink ejection nozzles which each have an ink chamber and a thermal bend actuator beam which thermally expands... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887156 | Integral printhead assembly The present invention relates to an integral printhead assembly for use in association with an industrial printing apparatus. The integral printhead assembly is a self-contained unit which can be quickly removed and replaced with another assembly with minimum downti... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7862143 | Compact printer with static page width printhead A compact printer is provided with a static page width printhead. An elongate support case defines a docking bay and has a personal computer (PC) interface connector protruding from one end thereof. A print media cartridge is configured to dock in the docking bay in... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862142 | Ink jet head Pressure fluctuations that occur inside an ink jet head will be controlled. The ink jet head has a body. A common ink storage chamber is formed inside the body. A plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure chambers are formed in the surface of the body. One no... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857416 | Nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer is disclosed. The nozzle arrangement is formed on a substrate defining an ink supply conduit. A nozzle chamber is formed over the ink supply conduit. The nozzle chamber is defined by a floor portion, a roof portion having a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845755 | Printhead integrated circuit attachment film having differentiated adhesive layers A laminated film for attachment of printhead integrated circuits to an ink supply manifold. The film has a plurality of ink supply holes defined therein and film comprises: a central polymeric film; a first adhesive layer for bonding a first surface of the film to t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845754 | Apparatus and method for ejecting liquid for recording higher resolution image A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a recording head, a vibrator, and a controller. The recording head further includes a nozzle and is configured to eject a liquid onto a recording medium through the nozzle. The vibrator is disposed on the recording head and is co... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832827 | Inkjet head An inkjet head has a flow path unit having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The flow path unit ejects ink in an ink ejection direction. The flow path unit has wall plates positioned on the second surface, extending away from the flow ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7798597 | Inkjet recording device An inkjet recording device of the present invention includes an inkjet head and a cap. The inkjet head includes a passage unit formed by a lamination of at least one plate and a nozzle plate. Amongst the plate and the nozzle plate, a plate positioned farther from th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789479 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus has a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium, an ink supply source for supplying an ink to the recording head through an ink tube, a carriage for mounting the recording head thereon reciprocating in a primary scannin... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775620 | Substrate for ink jet recording head, driving control method, ink jet recording head, and ink jet recording apparatus A substrate for an ink jet recording head, the substrate provided with an electrothermal transducer for generating thermal energy used for discharging ink and a driving circuit for driving the electrothermal transducer, the substrate having a logical circuit for out... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766448 | Ink-jet head An ink-jet head includes a head main body having a metal portion, an actuator, a power supply member, and a heat sink that makes an outer surface of the ink-jet head. The power supply member includes a base, and a driver IC chip that is mounted on the base and drive... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7753469 | Inkjet nozzle chamber with single inlet and plurality of nozzles An inkjet drop ejection apparatus that has a chamber with a plurality of nozzles, and an actuator with associated drive circuitry for selectively ejecting drops of ink through any one of the nozzles. By using a single actuator for ejecting ink from multiple nozzles,... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7735952 | Method of bonding a micro-fluid ejection head to a support substrate A substantially planar micro-fluid ejection device, where the micro-fluid ejection head is covalently bound to a substantially planar support material, and a method of making the same. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7708372 | Inkjet nozzle with ink feed channels etched from back of wafer An inkjet printhead with a wafer substrate and an array of ink ejection nozzles formed on the front side by lithographic etching and deposition techniques; and, a plurality elongate ink feed channels etched from the back side for supplying ink to the nozzles.... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708373 | Ink-jet head and ink-jet printer An ink-jet head has a plurality of nozzle groups which respectively jet inks of a plurality of colors. Each nozzle group has a high density portion of small nozzle interval and two low density portions of larger nozzle interval than the high density portion. The hig... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690754 | Inkjet printer head and inkjet printer An inkjet printer head including: (a) a front head unit having (a-i) an outside surface which is to be opposed to a print media, (a-ii) an inside surface opposite to the outside surface, (a-iii) a plurality of nozzles opening in the outside surface and arranged in r... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686415 | Liquid droplet jetting apparatus An ink-jet printer includes an ink-jet head which includes a nozzle, a main liquid droplet trapping section 30 which traps only a main liquid droplet, and a cover member which surrounds a space in which a satellite liquid droplet which is jetted from a nozzle... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686416 | Print engine assembly having a rotatable platen providing different functional operations A print engine assembly comprising an elongate chassis and a pair of bearing moldings operatively mounted to either end of the chassis. A rotatable platen extends between the pair of bearing moldings, the rotatable platen having more than one longitudinally extendin... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7645018 | Method of adjusting a liquid droplet, method of discharging the liquid droplet and apparatus therefor A method and an apparatus of adjusting a discharge quantity of a liquid droplet with accuracy. When a plunger moves forward and stops sliding while closely contacting with an inner wall face of a tube, a discharge quantity of the liquid droplet discharged from a dis... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641303 | 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. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7635176 | Connection structure between resin component and metal component and ink-jet head comprising the same The first passage component and the second passage component are fixed with each other as the male screw part is screw-engaged with the female screw hole while the cylinder part is inserted into the through-hole. The second passage component has a convex contacting ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7625061 | Printhead integrated circuit having an ink ejection member with a laminated structure A printhead integrated circuit (IC) for an inkjet printer. The printhead IC has a wafer substrate with drive circuitry and a plurality of nozzle arrangements located thereon. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber structures defining a nozzle chamber and an... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7600850 | Internal vent channel in ejection head assemblies and methods relating thereto Fluid ejection head assemblies, fluid ejection devices, and methods for improving fluid sealing of fluid ejection head assemblies. One such fluid ejection head assembly includes a substrate cavity and a substantially planar surface surrounding the substrate cavity. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7600851 | Printing head and ink jet printing apparatus In spite of relative deformation between a printing element substrate and a supporting member due to a change in temperature of a printing head, the printing quality is stabilized, and the printing head is not damaged. In detail, as the temperature of the supporting... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7591527 | Ink jet printing head An ink jet printing head is attachable to/detachable from an ink jet printing apparatus and includes an electric wiring member formed of a TAB tape to which terminals are provided, and has a wiring exposed through an end section of the electric wiring member, the te... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591526 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for adjusting positions of nozzle rows A liquid ejecting apparatus comprises a moving unit that moves by receiving a moving force, and a plurality of nozzle rows for ejecting liquid onto a medium, wherein each of the nozzle rows is adjusted in its position on the moving unit, taking a nozzle row that is ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585047 | Nozzle arrangement with control logic architecture for an ink jet printhead A nozzle arrangement for a pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly includes a substrate that defines an ink supply channel. Walls define an ink chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the fluid cham... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585046 | Liquid-jet head unit and liquid-jet apparatus Disclosed are a liquid-jet apparatus, and the liquid-jet head unit including: a liquid-jet head in which nozzle orifices for ejecting ink droplets are arranged in parallel lines; and a head case fixed to the liquid-jet head. A linear expansion coefficient in a refer... | 09/08/2009 |
