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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186808 | Droplet jetting apparatus using electrostatic force and manufacturing method and ink providing method thereof The present invention relates to a droplet jetting apparatus using electrostatic force, a manufacturing method thereof and an ink providing method thereof. The droplet jetting apparatus using electrostatic force includes a lower electrode unit in which a nozzle and ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186784 | Continuous inkjet printing A continuous inkjet method in which liquid passes through a nozzle, the liquid being jetted comprising one or more dispersed or particulate components and where the particle Peclet number, Pe, defined by Pe = | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186807 | Actuator, method for manufacturing actuator, droplet ejection device, droplet ejection head and printer A droplet ejection device includes a pressure chamber that includes a cavity surrounded by a side wall and a bottom wall, a deformable substrate that is provided above the pressure chamber to cover the cavity and that is parallel to the bottom wall, a magnetic body ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186796 | Element substrate and printhead An element substrate capable of obtaining a high-quality printed image for a long period. The element substrate has a plurality of heaters, driving elements each of which is provided in correspondence with each of the plurality of heaters to selectively drive the pl... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186786 | Printer A printer includes: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; a carriage which carries the recording head and is movable in a scanning direction; a guide member which extends in the scanning direction and guides a movement of the carriage in the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186819 | Image forming apparatus and method for controlling ink ejection An image forming apparatus includes an inkjet head, a first tank and a second tank, a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path, and a negative pressure control mechanism that controls negative pressure in the first tank and the second tank. The negativ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186805 | Printer and waste ink collecting device thereof A waste ink collecting device includes a ratchet wheel defining a receiving groove for receiving waste ink, a detent, a reciprocatingly movable transmission pole, and immovable first and second poles. The detent includes a hook, and a main body defining elongated fi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186824 | Image forming apparatus with leading-edge detection sensor An image forming apparatus including a recording head, a transport belt, a pressure roller, an inlet detection sensor, a leading edge detection sensor, and a control unit. The control unit controls the leading edge of the sheet to stop at the nip portion of the pres... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186811 | Inkjet printing apparatus and method of driving inkjet printing apparatus An inkjet printing apparatus according to example embodiments may include a flow channel plate including an ink inlet for introducing ink, a pressure chamber containing the introduced ink, and a nozzle connected to the pressure chamber and configured to eject ink. A... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182067 | Droplet discharge head and droplet discharging unit incorporating the same A droplet discharge head includes: a liquid reservoir which holds a liquid; a channel through which the liquid is guided to the liquid reservoir; and a driving element which changes the pressure in the liquid reservoir so as to discharge droplets of the liquid conta... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182078 | Inks, printing methods and printing devices There is provided a printing device that includes an ink applicator and a shaping fluid outlet adapted to dispense a shaping fluid onto curable ink applied by the applicator. The printing device may further include energy emitting source used to at least partially c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182079 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method includes the steps of: depositing an aggregating treatment liquid containing 10% or more and 90% or less of a water-soluble high-boiling-point organic solvent having an SP value of 30 or lower onto a recording medium; starting drying of the a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182083 | Print module having pivotable support/instrumentation rack for print head assembly A print module for printing mailpieces comprises a print head assembly operative to deposit ink on each mailpiece and a registration plate for registering a first surface of each of the mailpieces during print operations. The print module includes a conveyor belt op... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182061 | Apparatus having head cleaning unit for enhanced capability for cleaning liquid dispensing head A cleaning unit for use in an inkjet recording apparatus, having an inkjet head including a nozzle face, includes a first wiping member and a second wiping member. The first wiping member slides on the nozzle face in a given direction while in contact with the nozzl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177352 | Drum maintenance system for reducing duplex dropout A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir having a supply of release agent, and an applicator configured to receive release agent from the reservoir and to apply the release agent to an intermediate imaging surface of an imaging dev... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177353 | Sheet transport device and image forming apparatus A sheet transport device and an image forming apparatus using the sheet transport device are disclosed. The sheet transport device includes a transport belt rotating around rollers that transports a sheet by attaching the sheet to the transport belt by an electrosta... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177335 | Transducer interconnect with conductive films An electronic device has an electronic signal source electrically connected to a signal routing circuit, an electrically activated transducer to receive electronic signals through the signal routing circuit, and an anisotropic conductive film to provide electrical c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172375 | Valve and actuator employing capillary electrowetting phenomenon A valve includes: a passage having a first passage which communicates an atmosphere-communicating passage and outside of a cartridge body, and a second passage which branches from the first passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface forming the second passage;... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172377 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a transporter for transporting a sheet; an image forming section for forming an image on the sheet being transported by the transporter with an ink; a liquid absorbent member; a cleaning liquid feeding section for feeding a clean... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172364 | Flow through dispenser including improved guide structure A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening, and a liquid return channel. A liquid supply provides liquid under pressure from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liqu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172368 | Fluid ejection device with data signal latch circuitry A fluid ejection device includes a plurality of firing cells and a fire line adapted to conduct an energy signal including energy pulses. Each firing cell in the plurality of firing cells includes a firing resistor, a drive switch, a first data switch, and a second ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172370 | Planar heater stack and method for making planar heater stack A heater stack includes first strata configured to form a fluid heater element responsive to energy from repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to fire repetitive cycles of heating and ejecting fluid from an ejection chamber above the fluid heater element... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172389 | Filter, liquid jetting apparatus, and liquid transporting apparatus A filter includes a filter plate provided with a through holes formation portion in which a plurality of through holes is formed, a ring-shaped piezoelectric layer arrangement portion on an upper surface of which a piezoelectric layer is formed, and a circular-shape... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172362 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes an idle ejection receiving part for receiving idle-ejected waste liquid from a liquid jet head and a waste liquid tank provided below the idle ejection receiving part for collecting the waste liquid dropping from the idle ejecti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172379 | Liquid ejecting head unit and method of manufacturing the same A liquid ejecting head unit is provided with a plurality of liquid ejecting heads which each have a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzle openings are arranged and a liquid passage port to which an inner flow passage opens and an outer flow passage is connected.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172350 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a recording section so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the recording section in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172388 | Liquid container A liquid container mountable in a liquid ejecting apparatus is provided. The liquid container includes a liquid storage section that stores liquid, a liquid supply section through which the liquid stored in the liquid storage section is supplied to the liquid ejecti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167415 | Liquid container A liquid container includes a liquid containing portion, a case, a liquid detection unit, and an impact absorbing portion. The liquid containing portion contains liquid. The case forms a space that accommodates the liquid containing portion. The liquid detection uni... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167417 | Discharge unit and discharge apparatus The backing pressure of an ink tank is controlled. The ink tank is connected to a pressure control apparatus. The pressure control apparatus has first and second check valves. When the internal pressure of the ink tank becomes smaller than that of outside atmosphere... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167401 | Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head which has a nozzle surface including a plurality of nozzles; a cap device which comes in contact with the nozzle surface of the liquid ejection head and enables liquid inside the nozzles to be suctioned ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167402 | Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method In a structure in which a printing medium is subjected to a maintenance ejection in order to maintain a favorable ink ejection performance of a printing head, dots formed on the printing medium by the maintenance ejection have a reduced visibility. Specifically, an ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167418 | Method of feeding solid ink sticks into an ink loader of a phase change ink printer A method of feeding ink sticks into an imaging device enables identification of data useful for device control. The method includes inserting at least one ink stick into an ink loader, the at least one ink stick including a plurality of code element patterns formed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167393 | Printable electronic features on non-uniform substrate and processes for making same A system and process for compensating for non-uniform surfaces of a substrate when direct printing traces is provided. The system and process provided herein measures the surface of a substrate and can determine whether the surface is substantially flat, rises or fa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167420 | Liquid discharging head and method for manufacturing the same A liquid discharging head is provided. The liquid discharging head has a flow path unit in which a common liquid flow path for supplying liquid to a nozzle which discharges liquid is formed by a plurality of plates being stacked together, the plurality of plates inc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162461 | Printer A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the c... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162455 | Discharge device The back pressure of an ink tank is controlled. A porous body is arranged inside the ink tank, the lower end of the porous body contacts an ink, and the ink ascends inside the porous body due to a capillary force. The upper end of the porous body is not immersed in ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162458 | Inkjet printing system with at least one ink cartridge and an associated ink cartridge receptacle Inkjet printing system with at least one ink cartridge and an associated ink cartridge receptacle in which a special ink cartridge exchange device can be omitted, wherein the ink cartridge is modified by a guide pin that is fastened on the convexity of the ink cartr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162448 | Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof A liquid ejection head includes a flow channel-forming substrate having a plurality of pressure-generating chambers communicated with nozzles for ejecting droplets, the pressure-generating chambers being arranged in parallel with each other; a plurality of pressure-... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162452 | Liquid discharge device A liquid discharge device may be provided with a discharge head, a sub tank comprising a first member; and a liquid replenishment device comprising a second member to be connected to a main tank. The second member is capable of being connected to and disconnected fr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162462 | Check valve unit for solid ink reservoir system A check valve unit is provided for a high-speed phase change ink image producing machine between a reservoir for receiving and holding a volume of melted ink from a source and a receiving unit, which may be a printhead system. The check valve unit includes a plurali... | 04/24/2012 |
