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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137640 | Acoustically mediated fluid transfer methods and uses thereof Invention methods employ the use of acoustic waves to transfer small amounts of fluid in a non-contact manner. In invention methods, acoustic waves are propagated through a separated pool of a source fluid in such a manner that causes the ejection of a single micro-... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7914117 | Inkjet printer and inkjet head The invention provides an inkjet printer that gives an excellent print quality by accelerating the traveling speed of an ink droplet ejected from a nozzle of the inkjet head. The inkjet printer includes the inkjet head having a surface forming a nozzle and adapted t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7901039 | Peptide arrays and methods of preparation The present invention relates to arrays of peptidic molecules and the preparation of peptide arrays using focused acoustic energy. The arrays are prepared by acoustically ejecting peptide-containing fluid droplets from individual reservoirs towards designated sites ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7758159 | Mist spraying apparatus and image forming apparatus The mist spraying apparatus includes: a liquid chamber filled with liquid; a mesh member which is disposed on a liquid ejection side of the liquid chamber, has a net shape, and retains a free surface of the liquid filled in the liquid chamber, the mesh member includ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7364996 | Methods of fabricating patterned layers on a substrate A method of fabricating a pattern on a substrate, comprises the steps of: depositing; such as by ink-jet printing, multiple drops of a first liquid material as a first deposit (15) on the substrate: depositing, such as by ink-jet printing, multiple drops of a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361285 | Method for fabricating cliche and method for forming pattern using the same A method for fabricating a cliché including: providing a transparent glass substrate; depositing a metal layer on the substrate; patterning the metal layer and thereby forming a first metal pattern; etching the glass substrate by using the first metal pattern as a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354141 | Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejection Methods are provided for analyzing characteristics of fluids in the context of an acoustic ejection system. Such a system has a controller, an acoustic radiation generator, and a coupling medium coupling the radiation to a reservoir holding fluid. The methods can us... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347102 | Contact-type electric capacitive displacement sensor A contact-type electric capacitive displacement sensor includes a stationary element having a stationary plate, a stationary conductive pattern formed on the stationary plate and an insulation film coated on the stationary plate and a displaceable element having a d... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338148 | Droplet ejecting apparatuses and methods for cleaning droplet ejecting face and wiping member A droplet ejecting apparatus comprising a droplet ejecting unit having a droplet ejecting face, wherein the droplet ejecting face is provided with nozzles which eject droplets containing an organic compound, the droplet ejecting apparatus ejects the droplets by an i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334871 | Fluid-ejection device and methods of forming same The described embodiments relate to fluid-ejection devices and methods of forming same. One exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of fluid drop generators and associated electrically conductive paths, and at least one electron beam generation assembly configured... | 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 |
| 7331650 | Printhead having a removable nozzle plate A printhead and method of printing are provided. The printhead has a body with portions of the body defining a fluid chamber and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle orifice is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. A drop forming mechanism is operatively associated... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328967 | Nozzle guard for a printhead An ink jet printhead has a number of printhead chips (10). Each printhead chip (10) has a wafer substrate (16). A plurality of nozzle arrangements (10) is positioned on the wafer substrate. Each nozzle arrangement (22) has nozzle c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7293852 | Deposition of soluble materials using an inkjet print head and CCD microscope A method and apparatus for depositing a soluble material, such as an organic polymer, onto a substrate uses an inkjet print head. The substrate is viewed from the underside by a CCD microscope during the deposition of an organic polymer droplet onto a well provided ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275807 | Wave guide with isolated coupling interface A wave-guide having an isolated coupling interface. In one variation, a constant negative pressure is maintained around the area surrounding the wave-guide. Coupling liquid may be directed to the tip of the wave-guide to provide the coupling interface between the wa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270986 | Ejection of localized volumes from fluids A method is provided for acoustically ejecting from a channel or other container a plurality of fluid droplets, each of which contains one or more particles or other localized volumes. The localized volumes, which can be living cells, are ejected towards sites on a ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270883 | Film-forming composition, anti-reflection film, polarizing plate, image display apparatus, anti-pollution coating composition and anti-pollution article A film-forming composition comprising (a) a block copolymer that comprises: at least a polymer block [A] containing a specific fluorine-containing alicyclic structure; at least a polymer block [B] containing a specific siloxane structure; and a repeating unit (H) ha... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7234789 | Apparatus for ejecting droplets, actuator controller used in the apparatus, and method for controlling the actuator In an apparatus for ejecting droplets having nozzles that eject droplets, liquid containing chambers each connected at one longitudinal end thereof with a corresponding nozzle, and an actuator that changes a volume of each of the liquid containing chamber, an ejecti... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232549 | Apparatus for controlling the free surface of a liquid in a well plate Devices useful in liquid transfer applications and in particular, devices for controlling the free surface of a source liquid in acoustic liquid ejection systems are disclosed. The devices advantageously maintain a source liquid to be transferred at a constant heigh... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222942 | Wiring board for inkjet head, method of polarizing piezoelectric elements, and inkjet recording apparatus The wiring board for an inkjet head electrically connected to a piezoelectric element for discharging ink from the inkjet head and installed with a drive element for applying a drive voltage between an individual electrode of said piezoelectric element and a common ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219971 | Ink jet head substrate having heat generating resistor and ink jet head and recording method using same An ink jet recording method for ejecting ink using an ink jet head substrate provided with a heat generating resistor, which is coated with a protection film, wherein the ink is ejected by a pressure produced by generation of a bubble, the bubble being created by fi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207655 | Latency stirring in fluid ejection mechanisms A liquid drop emitter, a method of mixing a liquid, and a method of printing are provided. The liquid emitter includes a structure defining a chamber adapted to provide a liquid having an orifice through which a drop of the liquid can be emitted. A drop forming mech... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207651 | Inkjet printing apparatus An acoustic inkjet printing apparatus focusing acoustic waves generated by transducers and ejecting droplets of a printing liquid from a surface thereof by means of a sound pressure of the acoustic wave, the acoustic inkjet printing apparatus comprising: a printing ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204579 | Droplet discharging head and inkjet recording apparatus The droplet discharging head comprises: nozzles which discharge droplets; pressure chambers which are connected to the nozzles and are filled with a liquid to be discharged from the nozzles; devices which generate pressure for causing pressure change in liquid insid... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200352 | Developing apparatus, developing method, image forming apparatus, image forming method and cartridge thereof A developing device including a latent image supporter. Powder is adhered on the latent image supporter to develop a latent image on the latent image supporter and a transporting member is arranged opposite to the latent image supporter. A plurality of electrodes ar... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198359 | Inkjet head and inkjet printer An inkjet head in which cross-talk between adjacent pressure chambers is suppressed. The inkjet head has a channel unit having pressure chambers and nozzles communication with the pressure chambers, and an actuator unit fixed to one surface of the channel unit for c... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192122 | Liquid ejecting head and a process for producing the head A liquid ejecting head of the invention has ink ejected with the electrostatic force, with a structure having a partition wall separating the flow channel into an inflow region and an outflow region. The wall passing by the positions of the ejecting orifices runs in... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185969 | Droplet dispensation from a reservoir with reduction in uncontrolled electrostatic charge Devices and methods are provided for reducing the uncontrolled electrostatic charges that can alter the volume and/or trajectory of a droplet, which is typically ejected through the application of focused acoustic radiation. Also provided are reservoirs and substrat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182432 | Inkjet printhead An inkjet printhead having a plurality of pressure chambers each of which is fluidly connected on the one hand, via an ink supply path, to a common ink reservoir and on the other hand to a nozzle, wherein an actuator is provided for each pressure chamber for pressur... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7147314 | Single piece filtration for an ink jet print head A multi-chamber inkjet print head includes a plurality of individual print head ink chambers that share a common ink filter and are in fluid communication with an ink flow regulator. An associated method of assembling a print head base having at least two separate f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145725 | Micro lens and fabrication method of micro lens, optical device, optical transmitter, laser printer head, and laser printer A micro lens is provided with proper optical characteristics, such as a condensing function. Furthermore, a fabrication method of a micro lens is provided as well as, an optical device, an optical transmitter, a laser printer head, and a laser printer. The micro len... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121275 | Method of using focused acoustic waves to deliver a pharmaceutical product An improved method and apparatus for delivering medication to the lungs is described. Acoustic ink printing technology is modified to operate as an inhaler that generates tiny droplets near a patient's nose or mouth. The tiny droplets are easily carried by air curre... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118207 | Ink-jet color recording ink, color ink feeding device using the ink, and ink-jet color recroding apparatus and method using the ink Ink for use in an ink-jet color recording apparatus and a plurality of kinds of small microcapsules dispersed in the solvent, each small microcapsule having an outer shell destroyable with ultrasonic waves of a predetermined resonant frequency, each small microcapsu... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118189 | Autopurge printing system A system, including an ink supply system configured to supply ink to a printhead; and an autopurge unit configured to automatically clean the printhead. The autopurge unit includes a solvent supply in fluid communication with a solvent line, a solenoid housing, and ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108365 | Ink-jet recording device and copier A multi-nozzle recording head has heating elements in a density in a range between 400 and 2400 dpi arranged on a substrate. Ink is fired out through a nozzle by a function of growth of air bubble generated in a recording liquid in each heating element. The multi-no... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108197 | Droplet ejector with oscillating tapered aperture A fluid injection device for ejecting fluid droplets in response to electrical signals comprises an oscillating surface that has one or more tapered apertures, each aperture having a first and second opening. The first opening of each aperture is larger than the sec... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090333 | Focused acoustic energy in the preparation of peptide arrays The present invention relates to arrays of peptidic molecules and the preparation of peptide arrays using focused acoustic energy. The arrays are prepared by acoustically ejecting peptide-containing fluid droplets from individual reservoirs towards designated sites ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083260 | Printer head using a radio frequency micro-electromechanical system (RF MEMS) sprayer A printer head using a radio frequency micro-electromechanical system (RF MEMS) sprayer includes an inner pressure chamber having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet; a cavity resonator surrounding the inner pressure chamber, wherein the cavity resonator inputs a pre... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083117 | Apparatus and method for droplet steering An apparatus and method for droplet steering is disclosed herein. A throated structure having a nozzle defines a converging throat with an inlet and an outlet and a vectored fluid stream directed therethrough. The fluid stream is driven through the system via a vacu... | 08/01/2006 |
