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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113636 | Inkjet head and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet head includes a nozzle to discharge liquid droplets, a pressure chamber which is configured to communicate with the nozzle and filled with liquid, a supply section which is configured to communicate with the pressure chamber and supplies the liquid to the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113637 | Liquid supply device and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid supply device includes a supply pump in a liquid supply passage, a first unidirectional valve upstream from the supply pump and a second unidirectional valve downstream from the supply pump. Constituent members each include a single passage forming member p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113638 | Fluid coupling A fluid coupling for establishing a sealed connection between a first conduit and a second conduit. The second conduit has a seal seat and a compression member. The compression member is movable relative to the seal seat. A seal is positioned in the seal seat. An en... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104880 | Liquid cartridge and recording system A liquid cartridge mountable in a recording device includes a liquid accommodating chamber that accommodates liquid therein, a float movably disposed in the liquid accommodating chamber, and a detection section to be detected by an external light detector for determ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100516 | Three-component pistonless fluid capacitor A device and method for storing pressure-regulated fluid for a printer is disclosed. The pistonless, pressure-regulated storage device for fluid has three main components: a sealing cap, a mounting base, and a flexible membrane positioned between the sealing cap and... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100517 | Printer with foaming system for cleaning ejecting face An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an ink ejection face, an ink supply system for supplying ink to the printhead and a foaming system for generating a liquid foam on the ejection face. The liquid foam is a matrix of liquid membranes forming randomly-packed ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091994 | Liquid droplet jetting apparatus including liquid tank and two heads connected in series A printer includes a first head in which first nozzles are formed, a second head in which second nozzles located at a higher position than the first nozzle are formed, and an ink cartridge positioned at a lower position than the first and second nozzles. Moreover, t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087762 | Ink storing system and ink delivering system An ink reservoir mechanism includes a ink reservioring portion for directly reservoiring ink to be supplied to an ink jet recording head, the ink reservoiring portion having a reservoiring volume which reduces with consumption of the ink and being provided with an a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087763 | Inkjet printer with printhead cartridge and cradle that interengage via an overcentre mechanism An inkjet printer comprising a printer body and a replaceable printhead cartridge is disclosed. The printhead cartridge has a casing that supports a printhead and a plurality of contacts for receiving print data and power. The printer body has a cradle for holding t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087764 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus to form an image on a recording medium is provided. The printing apparatus includes a first recording head, which is movable in a main scanning direction and ejects a specific-colored ink onto the recording medium, a first ink cartridge to store... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083333 | Ink umbilical interface to a printhead in a printer An ink umbilical interface facilitates removal of the umbilical from a printhead while better preserving the integrity of the interface seal. The ink umbilical interface includes an ink umbilical connector having a plurality of conduits terminating within the connec... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079683 | Inkjet printer cradle with shaped recess for receiving a printer cartridge An inkjet printer system including a plurality of inkjet printer cartridges; and a number of inkjet printer cradles each including a body defining a recess and arranged to receive and operate each of a set of supported inkjet printer cartridges of the plurality of i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079679 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a carriage, a plurality of sub-tanks, a main tank, and a plurality of supply tubes. The carriage includes a plurality of recording heads that jet liquid droplets of a plurality of colored ink. The plurality of sub-tanks supply the... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079680 | Liquid supply apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus Provided is a liquid supply apparatus including a liquid supply path which supplies a liquid from an upstream side, which is a liquid supply source, to a downstream side in which the liquid is consumed; a defoaming chamber which is provided in the liquid supply path... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079681 | Fluid container holder and fluid ejecting apparatus A fluid container holder has an attachment position to which a fluid container can be attached and detached with movement of the fluid container. The fluid container has a cantilevered fluid supply member bringing a holder flow hole into contact with a container flo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079682 | Inkjet recording device An inkjet recording device has an ink tank, a reservoir and an ink head, forms an ink supplying system by connecting with a path between the ink tank and the reservoir and between the reservoir and the ink head respectively, and forms a meniscus by generating a nega... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075112 | Printhead assembly with air cleaning arrangement A printhead assembly is provided for an inkjet printer. The printhead assembly includes an elongate ink distribution molding assembly. The ink distribution molding assembly defines longitudinal ink ducts and an air duct. A laminated ink distribution stack is mounted... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075113 | Connection mechanism and ink supply apparatus equipped with connection mechanism When a second cylindrical unit 38 of a second connection unit 11 is pushed into a first cylindrical unit 16 of a first connection unit 15, a sliding member 23 moves along an axis member. With the timing, the position of a moving ap... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070271 | Liquid transfer device and manufacturing method thereof A liquid transfer device of the present invention includes a passage unit, an energy supplier, and a supporter. In the passage unit, a common liquid chamber and a plurality of individual passages branching off from the common liquid chamber are formed. Such a passag... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070270 | Liquid supply apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus Provided is a liquid supply apparatus including: a liquid supply path which supplies a liquid from an upstream side, which is a liquid supply source, to a downstream side in which the liquid is consumed; a defoaming chamber which is provided in the liquid supply pat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070269 | Liquid storage apparatus and image forming apparatus The liquid storage apparatus includes: a liquid storage chamber which is constituted by a flexible bag member and stores liquid; an exterior container which has walls constituted by a shape memory member and has a hermetically sealed space in which the liquid storag... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066359 | Ink supply system with float valve chamber An ink supply system for supplying ink to an inkjet printhead at a predetermined hydrostatic pressure, the ink supply system comprising: a pressure-regulating chamber having an outlet port connected to an ink inlet of the printhead... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066357 | Ink-jet printer An object of the present invention is to reduce force acting, when an ink-jet head moves, on a distal end portion of an ink supply pipe connected to a brancher, to thereby prevent damage to the ink supply pipe as much as possible. An ink supplier, which supplies ink... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066358 | Over-molded fluid interconnect A fluid interconnect for a fluid enclosure includes an overmolded sealing surface of a thermoplastic elastomeric material, the sealing surface having an opening, the sealing surface overmolded upon a thermoplastic surface of a fluid enclosure; and a wall of the ther... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061822 | Liquid droplet jetting apparatus A printer comprises a fixed line type first head, a serial type second head, an ink cartridge which stores an ink to be supplied to the first and second heads, a first cap which is to be installed to the first head, and a second cap which is to be installed to the s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061823 | Printhead assembly having recessed printhead A printhead assembly of a body and printhead is provided. The body has a first side, a second side opposed to the first side, the second side having a channel connected to a fluid supply, a recess separately defined in the second side, a plurality of passages define... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057024 | Printhead incorporating a static pagewidth printhead and elongate fluid channel A printhead assembly comprises an elongate casing defining a longitudinally extending printhead channel, a static pagewidth printhead received within the printhead channel, the static pagewidth printhead comprising a plurality of printhead tiles each bearing a print... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057025 | Inkjet head An inkjet head may include a main-body block, which may include a reservoir configured to store ink, an ink supply port configured to supply the ink to the reservoir, and a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the reservoir via an ink flow path. The inkj... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057019 | Liquid ejection apparatus and initial filling method of the same A liquid ejection apparatus including an ejection head having a nozzle in which liquid is ejected through the nozzle, a plurality of cartridges that retain the liquid and supplies the liquid to the ejection head, and a switching mechanism that switches liquid to be ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057023 | Ink cartridge unit for an inkjet printer with an ink refill facility Provided is an ink cartridge unit for an inkjet printer. The cartridge unit includes a main body defining a number of ink reservoirs, each reservoir having a layered stack of absorbent material forming a micro-capillary array for suspending ink inside said reservoir... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057020 | Printer having ink supply system with float valve chamber A printer comprising: an inkjet printhead having an ink inlet, an ink outlet and a plurality of nozzles; an ink supply system for supplying ink to the inkjet printhead at a predetermined hydrostatic pressure, the i... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057021 | Bubble-bursting box for an ink supply system A bubble-bursting box for bursting bubbles of a liquid entering the box. The box comprising has one or more bubble-bursting chambers; each chamber has a respective chamber inlet for connection to a liquid conduit. The chamber inlets are defined in a base of each cha... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057022 | Inkjet printers An ink jet printer includes an image forming unit. The image forming unit includes a main tank configured to receive ink via a supply port and to store the ink therein, a subtank configured to receive the ink from the main tank and to store the ink therein, and a re... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052256 | Liquid discharge device A liquid discharge device may be provided with a transferring device, a discharge head, a tank, a liquid replenishment device, and a member. The transferring device transfers a recording medium along a feeding path. The discharge head is capable of moving along a mo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052255 | Inkjet printers and methods for mounting ink cartridges to inkjet printers The present invention relates to an inkjet printer and methods for mounting ink cartridges. The cartridge has a case with an ink chamber and a first and second opening. The inkjet printer has a recording head, a buffer tank, and a mounting portion with an ink supply... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047640 | Inkjet printer system and ink supply apparatus An inkjet printer system includes a print head, a sub tank, a pressure controller, and a check valve. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank is connected to the print head and has a pressure control hole. The pressure controller is connected to the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042924 | Attachment structures, liquid ejection head unit and method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head unit Bondage of an ink supply needle and a holder base is appropriately performed by ultrasonic welding. A filter is housed in a filter storing part from the upper side of the holder base, and a needle-side fitting part is fitted into a base-side fitting part from the up... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042923 | Liquid ejecting head and ink jet printing apparatus When each of an energy acting chamber and a second ejection port portion is partitioned by a first virtual plane into an area positioned on a first side of the first virtual plane and an area positioned on a second side of the first virtual plane, the energy acting ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038272 | Liquid-droplet jetting apparatus An ink storage chamber has a middle wall and a damper wall, which are in parallel to a flow direction of ink and which face each other vertically with a distance therebetween, and a surrounding wall surrounding a circumference of a space between the middle wall and ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038268 | Liquid applying apparatus and ink jet printing apparatus A liquid applying apparatus can prevent an applying roller from being degraded while contacting with an application liquid for a long time. Specifically, once an applying operation has been completely executed on an applying medium, the apparatus stands by for 60 se... | 10/18/2011 |
