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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7461933 | Sheet heater assembly having air bearing platelets An air bearing sheet heater assembly is provided for heating a sheet in an ink imaging printer. It includes a heater plate that has a heating element and defines a first side of a sheet path through the heater assembly. It also includes at least one movable platelet... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458320 | Polymer for heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A polymer for a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed wherein the polymer comprises a phenolic monomeric unit wherein the H atom of the hydroxy group of the phenyl group of the phenolic monomeric unit is replaced by a group comprising a N... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455396 | Ink container Provided is an ink container suitable for forming a stable high-quality print image and obtaining stable operation of a printing device by enabling precipitates of coarse-grained ink etc. standing in an ink container body to be left in the ink container body and by ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7448727 | Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus The invention provides an ink jet recording head in which an element substrate provided in a head unit and constituted of plural drive elements is driven to discharge ink droplets from plural nozzles. In the ink jet recording head, the head unit has a substantially ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7431438 | Ink cartridge, recording apparatus employing ink cartridge, and manufacturing method for ink cartridge An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection type recording device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid onto a recording material while scanning the recording material in a direction crossing with a feeding direction of the rec... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427132 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a head portion, a platen roller a plurality of elastically deformable support rods, a U-shaped rotary member and a drive mechanism. The head portion is pivotally supported on the chassis. The platen roller is rotatably suppo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425059 | Ink container, inkjet printing head, and inkjet printing apparatus The present invention solves problems attributable to color mixing occurring at a region where an ink container containing three or more different inks and an inkjet printing head are connected as a result of repetition of connection and disconnection of the compone... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419257 | Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording method and an ink jet recording apparatus permitting image formation with a high degree of color reproducibility while alleviating the influences of the ink-absorbency of the recording medium and the base color is to be provided. A transfer drum... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419230 | Test chart geometrical characteristic analysis system geometrical characteristic analysis method printer and ink-jet printer A format storage unit stores a predetermined geometric property format. A chart data creating unit creates chart data based upon the geometric property format, and a printing unit creates a test chart by printing mark groups on a recording medium such as a paper she... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417658 | Thermal printing mechanism, in particularly applicable to payment terminals A thermal printing mechanism comprises a frame accommodating a motor for driving a print tape, a thermal printing head, a carrying roller and electronic control means. The frame is provided with a metal stiffening plate substantially extending along the length there... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401913 | Recording apparatus A conveying roller and a paper expelling roller provided upstream and downstream, respectively, of a recording portion in a conveyance direction are connected via an idler gear so as to be able to perform drive transmission, a rotation drive amount of the idler gear... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390084 | Ink jet printer having multiple transfixing modes An ink jet printer has an intermediate transfer drum that rotates past a print head and a downstream transfixing station. The surface of the drum is coated with a release agent. The print head ejects ink droplets onto the coated drum surface to form images thereon. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370957 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus which includes a recording head, and forms an image by ejecting printing liquid including a volatile organic compound (VOC) from the recording head onto a recording medium, wherein the ink jet recording apparatus includes a volatile or... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365762 | Thermal printing head comprising a printable tape guiding member, in the form of a protection cover for a flexible control printed circuit A thermal printing head comprises a guide member made in a single-piece and designed as a jumper comprising two superimposed walls, covering, at least partly, respectively and jointly both surfaces of a flexible printed circuit board and providing between them a spa... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360886 | Position deviation detecting method and image forming device In a position deviation detecting method for an image forming device, first and second patterns formed in different colors on image supporting mediums are transferred to an intermediate transfer medium in an overlapping manner, the first patterns formed in a color w... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7290868 | Inkjet head with formed external circuit connecting electrodes There are provided driving electrodes (25) on walls (24) separating both sides of individual ink chambers (22) formed in the form of an array of multiple grooves. External circuit connecting electrodes (11) for connecting these driving el... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7265771 | Printer capable of detecting status of unutilized ribbon A printer includes a ribbon supply end, a ribbon retrieving end, and a ribbon. The two ends of the ribbon are installed on the ribbon supply end and the ribbon retrieving end respectively. The printer further includes a print head, a print medium fixture, a driving ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 4717630 | Substrate for manufacturing single crystal thin films The invention is directed to a substrate for manufacturing single crystal thin films wherein the substrate is a replica pattern of a monocrystalline or single crystal cleavage plane. Such replica pattern may be formed by pressing a material in a softened ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4710062 | Metal strip for use in stabilized earth structures A rolled metal strip for use in stabilized earth structures has at periodic intervals along its length thickened reinforcement regions formed during the rolling operation. The strip is cut into required lengths such that each strip length has an end reinf... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4707975 | Steel cords for the reinforcement of rubber articles A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber articles is disclosed, which comprises a central base structure composed of 1 to 4 steel filaments, and at least one coaxial layer composed of plural steel filaments arranged around the central base structure s... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4708913 | Pyrophoric process and product Metals like iron and nickel are pyrophorically activated by continuous or batch treatment. Activated metal can be coated with material that increases, or tempers by partial blocking, pyrophoric action. Pyrophoric powder can be compacted with ignitable pow... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4704337 | Rubber adherable steel reinforcing elements with composite surface coating A steel element for reinforcing a rubber article comprises a brass layer and at least one additional outer film of metal or metal alloy selected from the group containing Fe, Ni, Mn, Cr, Mb, Va, Ti, Zi, Nb, Ta, Hf and W.... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4702969 | Laminate bonding methods for nonferrous metallic fluidic devices A laminated aluminum fluidic device is constructed by sequentially coating the facing side surfaces of the aluminum laminae with layers of zinc, nickel and solder, positioning the facing pairs of solder layers in intimate contact, and heating the coated l... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4702967 | Multiple-layer, multiple-phase titanium/nitrogen adhesion/diffusion barrier layer structure for gold-base microcircuit interconnection To securely attach a narrow line width electrodeposited layer of gold to an underlying semiconductor structure a thin multiphase adhesion film of nitrogen-modified titanium is formed between a titanium nitride diffusion barrier layer and an overlying gold... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4698021 | Metal foil for forming a dental coping and crown A metal dental coping foil for dental restoration, having a high fusing temperature layer composed of a precious metal palladium-gold alloy and at least two precious metal gold layers symmetrically disposed about the palladium-gold layer.... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4698273 | Multi-layered ferromagnetic film and method of manufacturing the same The film is composed of an alternate lamination of unit iron layers and unit layers of ferromagnetic iron compound such as Fe3 Al, Fe3 Si, Fe3 Ge and Fe3 Ga. The thickness of the both unit layers is less than 70... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4693942 | Apex seal for rotary piston engines A method for manufacturing an apex seal for rotary piston engines, comprising steps of providing a substrate made of an iron based material and having a portion wherein a sliding surface is provided, spraying the portion of the substrate with a molten-sta... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4690875 | High vacuum cast ingots Method and apparatus for producing a fine-grain ingot are disclosed. A feedstock stick is melted to produce a series of fully molten drops or a stream, which falls on the upper surface of an ingot being formed, to cover a portion thereof which is substant... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4687712 | Vertical magnetic recording medium A vertical magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic substrate, a permalloy film consisting of plural permalloy layers separated by at least one non-magnetic layer placed therein, each of said plurality of permalloy layers being 2000 Å or less t... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4686153 | Electrode wire for use in electric discharge machining and process for preparing same An electrode wire for wire electric discharge machining a workpiece at high speed and high accuracy and a process for preparing the same are provided. The electrode wire comprises a core wire made of a copper clad steel wire, 10 to 70% of the sectional ar... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4686152 | Packaging material comprising iron foil, and container and container lid composed thereof Disclosed is a packaging material which comprises a laminate having an iron foil having a tensile strength (ςB) in the range represented by the following formula: and a thickness (T) in the range represented by the following formula: and being prov... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4684975 | Molded semiconductor package having improved heat dissipation An improved metal tape for tape automated bonding provides for enhanced heat dissipation from the packaged semiconductor device. The invention includes two aspects. In the first aspect, individual metal tape leads are extended inward beyond the peripheral... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4683174 | Raw casting blank for fluid actuated ram assembly A raw casting for a metallic article such as a hydraulically actuated ram assembly, which has a rear portion having a bifurcated end as well as front portion having a bifurcated end. The raw casting may also include a barrel portion having an internal bor... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4681787 | Ingot produced by a continuous casting method A method is described for continuously casting an ingot of a metal alloy of a type having a substantial liquidus-solidus temperature range to produce internal microstructure of a desired fineness. Molten alloy is flowed along an electron beam heated skull... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680238 | Thermostatic metal A thermostatic metal comprises a layer of a low expansion metal bonded to a layer of a high expansion metal, the outer surface of one of the layers comprising a layer of similar composition but containing, in addition, a grain growth limiting additive.... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4678722 | Record member with metallic antifriction overcoat A magnetic recording member with a thin metallic antifriction protection overcoat formed over a magnetic layer. The overcoat is soft ductile and low stress and includes a metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, silver, gold, cadmi... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4677034 | Coated superalloy gas turbine components Low temperature regime hot corrosion of superalloy components in gas turbines is reduced by the application thereover of cobalt-chromium alloys, the chromium content of such coatings (final composition) being in the 37.5-50 weight percent range. To the ex... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4677033 | Ternary brass alloy coated steel elements for reinforcing rubber A steel reinforcing element for vulcanized rubber articles having a thermodiffused alloy coating consisting of from about 59.3% to about 70.7% copper, from about 0.2% to 10.4% manganese and with the balance being zinc.... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4677031 | Conductive plate In construction of a conductive plate made of dispersion strengthened copper alloy, the concentration of the dispersed substance is decreased in the surface sections in order to raise the bending endurance.... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4676751 | A Metal composite foil, coping, and grown for a ceramo-metal dental restoration A dental crown restoration which comprises a metal coping and a relatively thick outer coating of a ceramic dental veneer. The metal coping is composed of a lamination of a low fusing temperature precious metal component substantially or entirely of gold ... | 06/30/1987 |
