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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7617734 | Pressure sensor with dual chamber cover A pressure sensor assembly is provided for fitting within the valve stem of a vehicle tire. The assembly comprises a substrate assembly defining a plurality of holes. A pressure sensor and a temperature compensation sensor are mounted to the substrate assembly. Each... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617976 | Shopping receptacle for receiving interactive product items A shopping receptacle for receiving a product item. The product item comprises an interface surface a position-coding pattern containing coded data is printed on the interface surface. The coded data identifies a plurality of position coordinates on the interface su... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619756 | Printer incorporating a binding assembly A printer is disclosed. The printer includes a print media supply station for storing print media. The printer further includes a print engine station arranged to receive print media from the print media supply and to print on the print media. A binding assembly sta... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618126 | Printer having self-reference mounted printing cartridge A printer is provided with a body having a slot for removably receiving a printing cartridge and protrusions arranged in the slot to cooperate with a flat surface of a plurality of corners of the printing cartridge upon mounting of the printing cartridge to the prin... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618121 | Compact printhead assembly A printhead assembly is provided comprising at least one printhead module comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and c... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618122 | Modular printhead assembly with releasable printhead modules A modular printhead assembly includes a chassis. An elongate ink reservoir assembly is mounted on the chassis and defines a plurality of respective ink supplies. A plurality of printhead modules is serially arranged along and releasably engaged with the ink reservoi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618125 | Printhead integrated circuit with vapor bubbles offset from nozzle axis A printhead integrated circuit for an inkjet printer that has a plurality of nozzle apertures 5, each with a nozzle axis normal to, extending through the center of the nozzle aperture. A chamber 7 corresponds to each of the nozzles respectively. An inl... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618104 | Computer monitor having flat panel display and printhead A computer monitor is provided having a flat panel display for displaying images and a printhead disposed adjacent a lower portion of the computer monitor. The monitor is configured such that print media to be printed is fed manually into a feed path that directs th... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618107 | Printer with rotated ejection nozzle correction A printer is provided having a printhead and controller. The printhead has a plurality of printhead modules each having a plurality of ejection nozzles. The nozzles of at least one of the printhead modules is rotationally displaced relative to the other printhead mo... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618109 | Method of operating a thermal bend actuator Provided is a method of operating a thermal bend actuator of a printhead nozzle arrangement of a printhead using an open actuator test circuit. The test circuit includes an open actuator test input, a column enable input and a row enable input; a drive transistor op... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618575 | Method for wafer scale molding of protective caps A method of molding provides two molds (102, 104) formed of semiconductor material. The molds (102, 104) have substantially planar working faces (108, 110) into which recesses (106, 112) are formed. In use the molds (102, 104) are ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618127 | Printer system having planar bubble nucleating heater elements A printer system is provided having a printhead including nozzles with bubble forming chambers, a heater element(s) disposed in each chamber configured for thermal contact with a bubble forming liquid, and drive circuitry corresponding to the nozzles for controlling... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618110 | Inkjet printhead with overlapping segments and temperature sensors An inkjet printhead has a pair of adjacent printhead segments having overlapping ink ejection nozzles, with degrees of overlap of said printhead segments corresponding with predetermined temperatures. A pair of temperature sensors is on respective printhead segments... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618842 | Method of applying encapsulant to wire bonds A method of applying encapsulant to wire bonds between a die and conductors on a supporting substrate, by forming a bead of the encapsulant on a profiling surface, positioning the profiling surface such that the bead contacts the die and, moving the profiling surfac... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618124 | Thermal bend actuator comprising porous material A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elements, is provided. The actuator comprises a first active element for connection to drive circuitry and a second passive element mechanically cooperating with the first element. When a current is passed through the f... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614724 | Printhead assembly with dual power input A printhead assembly is provided comprising at least one printhead module comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and c... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611227 | Nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit A nozzle arrangement for a printhead integrated circuit is disclosed. The arrangement includes an ink chamber having an ink ejection port, an ink ejecting member angularly displaceable within the ink chamber, a thermal bend actuator reciprocally displaceable upon re... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613533 | Interactive system A system including a sensing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system has (a) an article comprising: (i) a surface having a plurality of positions and a plurality of different print elements respectively at the plurality of positions, and (ii) a plurality ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611237 | Cabinet for a web printing system A cabinet for a printing system for producing wallpaper printed on a media web, the cabinet comprising: a support adapted to hold at least one media cartridge, containing the media web, and to hold a printhead; at least one guide to direct the media web past the pri... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612825 | Cylindrical camera module with pivot assembly A camera is provided having a first image capture portion connected to a base by means of a pivot assembly. An electronic imaging sensor is located in the image capture portion and signals from the camera are conveyed by electrical contacts disposed about the base. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611223 | Cradle unit having printhead maintenance and wiping arrangements for a print engine The invention relates to a cradle unit for a print engine having an inkjet printhead and a PCB controller, the cradle unit configured to receive a cartridge unit having a printhead assembly of the print engine with a controller on a flex PCB. The cradle unit include... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611234 | Ink refill cartridge with an internal spring assembly for a printer An ink refill cartridge for a printer including an outer portion containing an internal spring assembly. A base portion contains a deformable ink membrane for containing ink, at least part of the base portion able to be slidingly received within the outer portion, t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611220 | Printhead and method for controlling print quality using printhead temperature A printhead and method of operation for controlling the print quality using temperature. A sensor senses the printhead temperature before printing begins. The controller compares it to a threshold temperature that represents desired ink drop characteristics. If the ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611225 | Inkjet nozzle assembly having thermal bend actuator with an active beam defining part of an exterior surface of a nozzle chamber roof An inkjet nozzle assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a nozzle opening defined therein, and a moving portion moveable towards the floor. The assembly further comprises a thermal bend actuator, havi... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611218 | Inkjet printhead that prints keep-wet dots to avoid clogging An inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzles, a heater element adjacent each of the nozzles respectively for heating an ejectable liquid to form a gas bubble that causes the ejection of a drop of the ejectable liquid from the nozzle, and, a print engine controlle... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612923 | Scanning device for scanning interface surface of product item A scanning device is provided which has a beam emitter for emitting a beam, a deflector for deflecting the beam to generate a raster scan pattern over a scanning patch on a product item, a sensor for receiving a reflected beam from the scanning patch and sensing fro... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612905 | Method of delivering facsimile A method of communicating through facsimiles is disclosed. The method starts by receiving a message and a destination facsimile number from a first user. A unique reply number is allocated and recorded in a pending reply list. The message and the reply number is the... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611226 | Thermal printhead with heater element and nozzle sharing common plane of symmetry An ink jet printhead that has a nozzle aperture 3 that defines a planar opening having two planes of symmetry, both of which extend perpendicular to the plane of the opening. The printhead also having a chamber configured to receive a supply of printing fluid... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611239 | Printer having coded capping mechanism An inkjet printer comprising: a body; a first gear assembly mounted to the body so as to cooperate with a motor gear for driving rotation of the first gear assembly, the first gear assembly having a code feature; and a second gear assembly mounted to the body so as ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7607755 | Method of maintaining a printhead using a maintenance roller A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a maintenance roller having an elastically deformable contact surface (ii) moving the roller into a first position in which a clean part of sai... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607757 | Printer controller for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module having faulty nozzle A printer controller for supplying dot data to at least one printhead module, the at least one printhead module comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, wherein the printhead module includes at least first ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607756 | Printhead assembly for a wallpaper printer The invention provides a printhead assembly for a printer which prints onto a moving web that follows a path. A full width printhead located across the path of the printer. The printhead is a color printhead which is at least as wide as the web. The printhead is sup... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607826 | Thermoelastic device with preselected resistivity, inertness and deposition characteristics A thermoelastic device comprising an expansive element is disclosed. The expansive element is formed from a material, which is preselected on the basis that it has one or more of the following properties: a resistivity between 0.1 μΩm and 10.0 μΩm; chemically in... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607774 | Mobile telecommunication device with a printhead and single media feed roller A mobile telecommunications device comprising: an inkjet printhead for printing to a media substrate; a drive shaft for feeding the media past the printhead; and, a print engine controller for operatively controlling the printhead; wherein during use, the print engi... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609405 | Central processor integrated circuitry for a print controller of a pagewidth printhead A central processor integrated circuit for a printer controller of a pagewidth inkjet printer includes a bus. Host interface circuitry is connected to the bus and is configured to receive compressed page data having a bi-level black layer and a contone color layer a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609410 | Mobile telecommunication device with integral printer mechanism and sensing means A mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The mobile telecommunications device includes an image sensor for sensing coded data from a printed interface whilst the mobile telecommunications device is used to physically interact with the printed interface. The ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609411 | Digital duplication of images using encoded data A reader and printer system is provided that is capable of reading data from a substrate, decoding the data and printing information derived from the data. The data is carried on the substrate as an array of dots. The substrate carries an image and the data is a dig... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7610203 | System for recording and playing audio signals provided on a photograph A system for recoding and playing an audio signal provided on a photograph. The system includes a camera having a sensing system for sensing an image and recording an audio signal and a processor for generating coded data at least partially indicative of the audio s... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604321 | Thermal inkjet printhead with de-clog firing mode A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles, each with a corresponding heater to form a vapor bubble in printing fluid that causes a drop of the printing fluid to eject through the nozzle; and, drive circuitry for generating drive pulses that energize the heaters... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604322 | Photofinishing system with drier A photofinishing system is provided which has a processor, a printer, means for feeding print media to the printer from a roll of the print media, and drier means coupled to the printer; the processor being arranged to generate a drive signal that is representative ... | 10/20/2009 |