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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6354684 | Printing apparatus and method for suppressing emission of excess dilution liquid A printing apparatus having a stop unit 22 which, if the amount of ink emission in a first print head A is set to a value at or below a preset threshold value, such as 002 in terms of a picture printing data signal, and if the amount of ink emission in a ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6142611 | Oxide island structure for flexible inkjet printhead and method of manufacture thereof A component for a printhead of an inkjet printer includes a flexible substrate and oxide island heat barriers. The oxide islands allow the flexible substrate to be bent without cracking the oxide islands, a problem which otherwise occurs when the heat bar... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6113215 | Recording apparatus with an ink tank useful for having said recording apparatus, and an information processing equipment having said recording apparatus A recording apparatus capable of making the image formation without reduction in recording quality is embodied. The recording apparatus comprises holding means for detachably holding a recording head for forming image on the recording medium, and position... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6076923 | Recording apparatus To assure that the space efficiency of a recording apparatus can be improved, the length of each of cables to be electrically connected to a mechanism section can be optimized, and the recording apparatus having excellent handling properties can be produc... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6012809 | Ink jet printing method and apparatus for practicing said method using a processing liquid with one or both surface printing mode An ink jet printing apparatus enables a printing operation to be performed for both surfaces of a printing medium with the use of an ink jet head for ejecting ink. The apparatus comprises components for designating either a both surface printing mode or a... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6010675 | Method of and apparatus for removing carbon monoxide from gaseous media The concentration of carbon monoxide in a gaseous medium is reduced by selective catalytic oxidation in the presence of gaseous oxygen by passing the gaseous medium through a catalyst capable of oxidizing carbon monoxide in an exothermic reaction at tempe... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6007174 | Ink jet recording apparatus and method An ink jet recording apparatus comprises a recording head adapted for ejecting at least two colors of ink, a discriminater for discriminating between character data and bit map data, and a controller for selecting a character data recording mode or a bit ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003985 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink tank containing ink; a recording head for performing recording by selectively ejecting ink; a mounting portion for mounting the ink tank and the recording head; a liquid passage coupling portion provided on ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6003987 | Ink set recording apparatus and method using ink set having a dye that becomes insoluble when mixed with another dye An ink set having (i) a black ink having a surface tension of not less than 40 dyne/cm, the black ink including a first dye; and (ii) at least one color ink having a surface tension of not more than 40 dyne/cm, the at least one color ink including a secon... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6003965 | Ink and solvent container for ink jet printers An ink and solvent supply consists of a dual-chambered container. The lower chamber is provided with make-up solvent, while the upper chamber is provided with ink concentrate. When solvent is required, it is removed directly from the lower chamber. When f... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5998040 | Multilayer which shows magnetoresistive effect and magnetoresistive element using the same A magnetoresistive element uses a multilayer film where ferromagnetic layers and nonferromagnetic layers are layered on each other, wherein a permanent magnet layer is formed on the aforementioned multilayer film through one of the nonferromagnetic layers... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5988782 | Ink-jet printing apparatus In an ink-jet printing apparatus, upon turning on the power source of the printing apparatus, a stirring operation of ink in the main tank is performed for a given period of time, and during sequent printing operation, the stirring operation in the main t... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5984467 | Ink-jet media Media are disclosed having a substrate, water-absorbing layer, and adhesive ink-receiving layer. After being printed with an aqueous pigmented ink, the ink-receiving layer may be laminated to a permanent substrate. Exposure to an energy source may render ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984458 | Piezoelectric thin-film element and ink-jet recording head using the same A substrate; a silicon dioxide film formed on the substrate; a platinum lower electrode formed on the silicon dioxide film; a piezoelectric film formed on the platinum lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric film, wherein the r... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984466 | Ink jet recording method for producing printed images having water-fastness An ink jet recording method in which a water-based ink containing a recording agent is attached to a recording surface of a recording medium by an ink jet system, and liquid water is applied to the recording medium at a suitable time proximate to the time... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5984468 | Recording sheets for ink jet printing processes Disclosed is a printing process which comprises (a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus containing an aqueous ink a recording sheet which comprises (1) a substrate; (2) a first coating layer which comprises a binder and microspheres; (3) a se... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5980021 | Ink jet recording means and packaging therefor An information transmitting mechanism is described for transmitting information of an ink tank of an ink jet recording apparatus to a controller thereof. The recording apparatus performs recording by scanning a carriage on which a recording head and the i... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5971535 | Ink jet fluid composition and ink jet printing using same Provided is an ink jet fluid composition which comprises a liquid carrier medium and a diketene. Upon ink jet printing on a printing medium and subsequent exposure to an energy source, a durable and water-insoluble layer is formed. Such an ink jet fluid c... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971521 | Retractable capping device for a franking module A device for capping at least one ejection nozzle of a removable ink jet print head of a postage meter, the device including protection means for protecting the ink contained in the nozzle against drying out, the device protection means being mounted on s... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971530 | Refillable, evaporation-suppressing liquid container An ink container, such as that used in an ink jet recording apparatus, is improved to effectively suppress permeation of ambient air into ink compartments through the container walls and to permit easy refilling with ink. The ink container includes a cont... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5972522 | Corrosion resistant Zn or part-Zn plated steel sheet with MgO coating free of Mg A Zn or part-Zn plated steel sheet has an MgO coating free of metallic Mg thereon which increases corrosion resistance and plating adherence. The MgO coating is formed by coating according to the sol-gel method or by dipping or treating by cathodic electr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5969740 | Ink-jet recording process, and ink-jet recording apparatus Provided is an ink-jet recording process comprising, using an ink containing a coloring matter, a liquid medium and at least one thermoreversible thickening polymer, ejecting the ink from orifices of a recording head onto a recording medium in accordance ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5963233 | Jet recording method In a jet recording method, a normally solid recording material is placed in a heat-melted state within a nozzle and heated to generate a bubble therewithin by applying a bubble-generating heat energy, thereby ejecting droplets of the recording material ou... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5963225 | Recording apparatus and method of detecting malfunction of ink detection means A recording apparatus capable of determining malfunction of an ink detection device such that a light emitting device of an ink detection sensor provided for the recording apparatus to detect ink depending upon whether ink traversing a detection optical a... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5953023 | Ink jet head and ink jet apparatus provided with said ink jet head An ink jet head, characterized by having a sealing member formed of a composition comprising a solvent-free one-component silicone-modified epoxy resin in the liquid state at room temperature as a principal component, said composition containing, other th... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949448 | Fiber cleaning system for inkjet printhead wipers A fiber wiper cleaning system is provided for removing ink residue from a wiper after wiping an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism. A service station supports the wiper while removing ink residue from the printhead through relative motion of... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946006 | Method for correcting density unevenness for a recording head and an image formation apparatus provided with such a method An image formation apparatus provided according to the present invention does not generate any printing density streaks in low density areas of an image and is therefore capable of outputting stabilized images without any density unevennesses and density ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5946014 | Ink tank cartridge and ink-filling device therefor An ink tank cartridge having ink-storing part for storing ink to be supplied to a recording head which ejects ink in droplets and being mountable to and demountable from a recording apparatus, the ink tank cartridge comprises a main body of a container co... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943067 | Reusable media inkjet printing system A reusable media printing system is provided for temporarily printing an image to a reusable print media having a changeable property that changes the optical appearance of the reusable print media when exposed to a physical effect. A reusable media print... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5943078 | Ink-jet printing apparatus Upon adjustment of an ink level of an air buffer in an ink supply system supplying an ink to a printing head via the air buffer from a sub-tank, by driving a pressuring motor of the sub-tank, the ink is fed under pressure. When the ink is reached at the p... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940102 | Ink jet cartridge, ink jet apparatus and ink container An ink container connectable with an ink inlet portion of an ink jet head having a plurality of ink ejection outlets, comprising an improvement in which a surface of the ink container to be connected with the ink jet head is inclined from a plane perpendi... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5920329 | Optical information medium and method for printing on the surface of the medium An optical information medium comprises an optically transparent substrate and a protective layer formed on the substrate for protecting a record portion so that information which is optically readable by means of a laser beam can be recorded. A hydrophil... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5917519 | Ink jet recording method and apparatus for recording with multiple thinned images A plurality of thin image data are generated based on desired image data. A single region on a recording medium is scanned a plurality of number of times on the basis of the plurality of thin image data, thereby recording the thin images a plurality of nu... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5917527 | Ink-jet pen with near net size porous member Disclosed is a novel inkjet print cartridge (pen) in which a body of polyurethane foam is inserted into an ink chamber of the pen for ink containment and backpressure. The ink chamber has a tall narrow aspect ratio. The body of polyurethane foam is felted... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5914740 | Ink-jet pen with porous member cover slip Disclosed is a novel ink jet print cartridge (pen) in which polyurethane foam is used for ink containment and backpressure. The disclosed pen uses a flexible film of low friction material wrapped around the foam before insertion into the ink chamber. Once... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5910810 | Ink jet printing system In the ink jet printing system described in the specification, a hot melt ink jet printhead having two ink reservoirs is coupled through an ink supply line to a remote hot melt ink supply and a temperature controller is arranged to control the temperature... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5907342 | Recording method using recording medium A recording method employing a medium that includes a substrate, and an ink-receiving layer provided thereon wherein the ink receiving layer contains water-insoluble and amorphous basic aluminum salt. In the recording medium, the basic aluminum salt is re... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5892527 | Ink cartridge with an unfelted foam and method of printing using the same The invention is directed to an ink cartridge for use in printing an ink on a print medium with an electronic printer. The ink cartridge includes an ink disposed therein having a viscosity of between approximately 1.5 and 10 centipoise. An ink cartridge h... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5892528 | Water-soluble ink for ink jet type recording and ink jet type recording apparatus using same A water-soluble ink for ink jet type recording is disclosed, which comprises water, a water-soluble dye, a wetting agent and a surfactant, wherein said surfactant is a mixture comprising a compound represented by the following formula (A): ##STR1## ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5889542 | Printhead structure for direct electrostatic printing A printhead structure for direct electrostatic printing having a back electrode and a particle supplying unit. The particle supplying unit conveys charged particles to a particle source positioned adjacent to the back electrode. A flexible control unit in... | 03/30/1999 |
