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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431521 | Printing method, printing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for shortening stoppage period of both motors A printing method includes the steps of: preparing a printing apparatus that is provided with a movement motor for moving an ink ejecting section that ejects ink onto a medium, and a carry motor for carrying the medium; repeating driving and stopping of both motors,... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7255421 | Imaging apparatus having a printhead carrier/belt interface device An imaging apparatus includes a carrier housing having an attachment feature, a carrier belt to transmit a translation to the carrier housing in a bi-directional scanning direction; and an interface device interposed between and coupled to both the carrier housing a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245058 | Vibration wave driving apparatus, and method of setting shape of support member supporting elastic member forming vibration member of vibration wave driving apparatus A vibration wave driving apparatus includes a vibration member in which an electro-mechanical energy conversion element is fixed to an elastic member, and a contact member pressed against a sliding part provided in the vibration member, so as to be kept in contact t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7121747 | Drive controlling method for carriage and computer readable medium including drive controlling program, electronic apparatus, recording apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus A drive controlling method for a carriage which permits absorbing of a vibration caused by cogging, eccentricity of a motor pulley, or the like, without providing a vibration absorbing mechanism; and an electronic apparatus and a liquid ejecting apparatus provided w... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6952073 | Vibration wave driving apparatus, vibration member and driving system for the vibration wave driving apparatus The present invention relates to a vibration wave driving apparatus including: a vibration member which has an electro-mechanical energy conversion element having a plurality of electrode regions that are fixed to an elastic member and polarized in the same directio... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6943481 | Vibration member and vibration wave driving apparatus The present invention has been devised in order to raise driving efficiency of the vibration wave driving apparatus. A vibration member of a vibration wave driving apparatus of the present invention comprises the vibration member constituted of an elastic member and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6832864 | Printing apparatus for printing an image on a selected surface Printing apparatus for printing an image on a selected surface, includes a print head for printing the image, respective supports for the print head that allow the print head to translate left and right along an x-axis and to translate up and down along a y-axis per... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6802660 | Printing device ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A printing device is usable to print a material which is bent around a printing cylinder. The printing device includes a plurality of print heads and a print head holder. The print head holder positions the print heads in a common holder p... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6692169 | Method of propelling an ink jet printer carriage A print carriage assembly for an ink jet printer. The print carriage assembly includes a print carriage slidably supported on a printer slider rod, and a sub-carriage that is separate from the printer carriage and slidably supported on the printer slider ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679638 | Unidirectional mode printers To save time between printing passes of a unidirectional printer, the print medium is advanced in two phases separated in time by the fast return of the carriage. The print medium advance movements coincide, at least partly, with the periods of accelerati... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6471426 | Method of propelling an inkjet printer carriage A print carriage assembly for an ink jet printer. The print carriage assembly includes a print carriage slidably supported on a printer slider rod, and a sub-carriage that is separate from the printer carriage and slidably supported on the printer slider ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6407380 | Scanning apparatus using an indirect-contact transmission arrangement An image reading apparatus utilizing an indirect-contact transmission arrangement. The image reading apparatus includes a securing apparatus for placing a object for scanning; an image receiving apparatus; a guiding shaft; a transmitting component which c... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398438 | Sheet feeding technique for image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus for an image forming apparatus comprises a carriage with which an ink-cartridge is mounted and which is reciprocated to print an image includes: a printing stroke section in which the carriage is reciprocated to print an image; a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6244765 | Vibration isolating attachment system for inkjet carriages An inkjet printing mechanism includes a vibration isolating attachment system for securing a drive belt to an inkjet printhead carriage for increasing print quality by isolating the carriage from multi-directional vibrations generated by a carriage drive ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6123470 | Wireless self-propelling print-head A printer head includes a wireless print head provided with a memory buffer for storing data corresponding to at least one line of data. The print head is also provided with a motor and runs along a guide means in a self-propelled manner, the print head f... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6004050 | Carriage scanning system with carriage isolated from high frequency vibrations in drive belt A carriage drive system includes a carriage driven along a carriage path under a force generated by a drive motor. The driving force is coupled to the carriage by a drive belt. High frequency vibrations occurring in the drive belt are isolated from the ca... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5595448 | Carriage shifting apparatus and serial recording system The present invention provides a carriage shifting apparatus comprising a drive source, a suspension member suspended to transmit a driving force of the drive source, a carriage connected to the suspension member and reciprocally shiftable by the driving ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5484216 | Supporting device for a vibration driven actuator A planar auxiliary supporting member for supporting an elastic member for generating a vibration is arranged. The elastic member contacts a rail-shaped stationary member, and moves along the stationary member. The rigidity of the supporting member is set ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5057930 | Plain paper cartridge for facsimile machine A plain paper cartridge for a facsimile machine, the cartridge having an internal supply of plain paper and thermal transfer ribbon, a wiping surface for cleaning the facsimile machine print head upon the insertion and removal of the cartridge from the ma... | 10/15/1991 |
| 3934228 | Parallel interface with high speed printer Increasing the through-put rate of data processing in an electronic printer by accepting incoming data at a rate which varies inversely with the variable print density of the incoming data being received. The processing of non-printable or non-graphic cha... | 01/20/1976 |
