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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182073 | Flow through dispenser including diverter cooling channel A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening, a liquid return channel, and a liquid cooling channel positioned relative to the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply provides liquid under pressure f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8141988 | Liquid ejection head, recording apparatus having the same, and recording method A liquid ejection head includes at least one liquid ejecting substrate for ejecting liquid, a supporting member for supporting the at least one liquid ejecting substrate, the at least one liquid ejecting substrate being fixed to a main surface of the supporting memb... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8047634 | Injet jet stack external manifold An inkjet external ink manifold is provided that allows for use of a jet stack that does not internally contain ink manifolds. The external ink manifold has a manifold body that includes one or more ink manifold chambers and includes ports arranged to connect the ch... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7914124 | Liquid supplying device and liquid ejection apparatus A valve unit supplies ink supplied from a plurality of ink cartridges to a recording head. The recording head includes a plurality of nozzle rows respectively corresponding to the plurality of ink cartridges. The valve unit includes a plurality of liquid supply pass... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7537318 | Ink jet print head, ink jet printing apparatus, and method for manufacturing ink jet print head Ink is smoothly supplied so as to increase ink ejection speed to achieve high-speed printing. Thus, a filter is used to partition an ink storing chamber into a first and second storing chambers. Ink stored in the first storing chamber is supplied to a common liquid ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7419251 | Overmolded tube header A tube interconnect includes a tube and a header overmolded about the tube. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7360873 | Color inkjet recording apparatus and copier with increased reliability A color inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads ejecting inks of respective colors, supplied from an ink container provided below the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads, a separation part separating the color inkjet re... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7325918 | Print media transport assembly A printer of a type having a page width printhead includes opposed first and second platens. Spanning the space between the platens is a drive roller that is arranged to urge portions of print media supported by the first and second platens in opposite directions in... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7285226 | Method for fabricating a fluid ejection device A method of fabricating a fluid ejection device comprises providing a barrier layer which defines fluidic spaces. The fluidic spaces defined by the barrier layer are filled with filler. A throughway is etched through the substrate. The filler is removed from the flu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7237874 | Inkjet printhead with grouped nozzles and a nozzle guard A printhead for inkjet printing includes a substrate. A plurality of nozzles is arranged on the substrate in groups. The substrate defines groups of ink supply passages to supply an ink of a particular color to respective nozzles of each group. A nozzle guard is arr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7213909 | Color inkjet recording apparatus and copier with increased reliability A color inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads ejecting inks of respective colors, an electrical system unit controlling the operation of the color inkjet recording apparatus, an ink container connected to the multi-no... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201102 | Method and printer device for transferring printing fluid onto a carrier material as well as appertaining printing drum The invention relates to a method according to which print data determine the image elements of a printing format to be printed on a substrate. According to the inventive method, the surface tension of a printing liquid (30, 34) is influenced depending on the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196455 | Cell driving type piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator and method of manufacturing the same A cell driving type piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator comprises: one or a plurality of cells defined by a wall portion including side walls, a ceiling wall and a bottom wall: side walls, the ceiling wall and the bottom wall being connected to form a space as c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188942 | Filter for printhead assembly A filter for a printhead assembly includes a frame having an opening and a fluid passage communicated with the opening formed therein, filter material enclosing the opening and the fluid passage of the frame, a first fluid port communicated with the fluid passage of... | 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 |
| 7137697 | Method of printing and corresponding print machine A printing process for the transfer of printing substance (8) from an ink carrier (2) onto an imprinting material, in which the printing substance (8) undergoes a change in volume and/or position by means of an induced procedure of an energy-rel... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133799 | Printhead assembly with composite support beam for a pagewidth printhead A pagewidth printhead assembly that includes a support beam assembly having a composite shell of metals selected so that the shell has a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially the same as that of silicon and a core located within the shell and defining a num... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7090339 | Liquid discharge head and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head, comprising the steps of forming a film of an inorganic material in the form of a liquid flow path pattern on a substrate having liquid discharge elements formed thereon, forming a liquid flow path member on the film... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7008035 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus performs printing by scanning a carriage unit over a print medium based on information transmitted from an external apparatus. The body of the carriage unit includes a removable printhead having a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink; a heat... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010456 | Printhead assembly with support shell for pagewidth printhead A pagewidth printhead assembly (1) includes at least one pagewidth printhead received in a printhead supporting shell (4). The shell comprises a longitudinal laminated structure defining an interior space and formed from continuous layers of at least t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6967385 | Ink jet recording head and method for manufacturing the same In order to that stress generated within a resin can be suppressed and cracking in the resin can be prevented, an ink jet recording head comprising a substrate; a resin body, which defines an ink discharge section, formed on the substrate; and a heating resistor pro... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6949742 | Method and a system for producing electrospray ions A system for producing electrospray ions includes a thermal inkjet material dispenser configured to selectively emit a plurality of sample material particles, and an electrically conducting grid disposed in proximity with the thermal inkjet material dispenser, the g... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942316 | Fluid delivery for printhead assembly A printhead assembly includes a carrier having a fluid manifold defined therein, a plurality of printhead dies each mounted on the carrier and communicating with the fluid manifold, and a fluid delivery assembly coupled with the carrier and communicating with the fl... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942310 | Ink-jet printing method and apparatus Printing is performed on a printing medium by using an ink-jet printhead for discharging ink, multilevel printing is performed by multipass printing operation of executing main scanning operation of moving the printhead relative to the printing medium with respect t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938974 | Image recording apparatus, image recording method, storage medium which stores computer-readable program and the same program To provide an image recording apparatus and an image recording method which can restrain occurrence of an ink stain and achieve reduction of time for printing in the case of both-side recording. The apparatus includes a setting unit for variably setting a length of ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6913337 | Image formation system, recording apparatus, and recording control method To reduce the data processing load on a recording apparatus, an information processing apparatus and the recording apparatus cooperate to correct registration errors. The information processing apparatus divides a recording area of the recording apparatus into a plu... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911079 | Method for reducing the resistivity of p-type II-VI and III-V semiconductors The resistivity of a p-doped III-V or a p-doped II-VI semiconductor material is reduced. The reduction of resistivity of the p-type III-V or a II-VI semiconductor material is achieved by applying an electric field to the semiconductor material. III-V nitride-based l... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908175 | Printing apparatus and print control method This invention provides a low-cost printing apparatus and print control method capable of high-quality printing even in the use of a data buffer smaller in capacity than print data necessary for printing by one scanning of a printhead. According to this method, in p... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6460977 | Ink jet recording head unit and image recording device having the same An ink jet recording head unit includes: at least one nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzle openings are arrayed; a plurality of common ink chambers, each adapted to store ink to be ejected; compliance parts provided to wall surfaces defining the co... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6409309 | Recording apparatus having high resolution recording function A recording apparatus having recording head units constituted by such that recording materials are heated and are selectively transported to a printing medium in recording material transporting units, and a recording head formed by arraying the recording ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6241344 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method and an image forming apparatus which are capable of jetting ink having high viscosity stably without incremental energy consumption, at a small quantity, and at high speed, and capable of forming high quality and highly precise ima... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6145976 | Ink transfer printer An additive is dispersed in a matrix having a larger thermal expansion coefficient, which forms a film that prevents the permeation of the ink at the room temperature while allowing the permeation of the ink at high temperature. An ink roller is formed by... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5917508 | Piezoelectric ink jet printing system A piezoelectric ink jet printing system including a primary ink supply and a plurality of piezoelectric ink jet printhead assemblies. Each assembly comprises a housing, a piezoelectric ink jet printhead in the housing, a secondary ink supply attached to t... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5760808 | Thermoelectric printing unit for transferring an ink onto a recording medium A printing drum (10) contains printing elements (30). These printing elements (30) are each designed as a depression in the surface of the printing drum (10). The printing elements (30) are arranged in the manner of matrix rows. A printing drum (10) has m... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5546108 | Ink-jet type recorder having an ink carrier and letting ink by combined heat and eletrostatic force The present invention discloses an ink-jet type recorder that forms an ink image on a recording medium comprising a porous ink carrier withholding ink in the pores, an ink tank at a soaking position a transferring device for transferring ink carrier from ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5170187 | Ink supply mechanism for a thermal ink-jet recording apparatus A thermal ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink film (21) having a plurality of apertures (22) for retaining ink and movable along a path in the form of a loop, the ink film having an electrical resistance material (35) extending in a direction perp... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5166883 | Franking machine A franking machine is disclosed which has a microprocessor for carrying out accounting and control functions and in which printing of a franking impression is effected by ejecting droplets of ink from ink filled nozzles by means of selectively heatable el... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5155504 | Thermal ink jet printing apparatus A thermal ink jet printing apparatus has a film having a number of small apertures formed in the front thereof and retaining liquid ink in the apertures. The film is located to face a thermal head having heating elements. As the heating elements are selec... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5119115 | Thermal ink jet print head with removable ink cartridge In a thermal ink jet print head the ink is expelled in the form of small drops through a plurality of nozzles communicating with corresponding expulsion chambers for expulsion of the ink through the effect of rapid heating of heater elements contained in ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5021808 | Laser actuated recording apparatus A laser actuated image recording apparatus having an ink retaining layer. Concentrated light is projected towards a flexible film ink retaining layer so as to heat ink contained thereon and cause bubbles to form in the ink. The bubbles burst and propel in... | 06/04/1991 |
