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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6644771 | Printing cartridge with radio frequency identification A printing cartridge includes a housing and a print media roller, carrying a roll of print media is positioned and rotated in the house. A radio frequency tag is positioned on the housing. The radio frequency tag carries data relating to at least one of: ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6644767 | Ejection of ink using pulsating pressure and a movable shutter An ink jet printer uses an actuator and an oscillating pressured ink supply. A shutter is located between the ink supply and an ink ejection port, normally blocking the ink ejection port. An actuator is provided for moving the shutter mechanism on demand ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6644545 | Business card with coded marks as electronic mail token The present invention provides a method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641315 | Keyboard A keyboard 10 includes a housing 12. An alphanumeric keypad 14 is carried by the housing 12. A printer 16 is arranged in the housing 12.... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641253 | Printhead support assembly An inkjet printhead assembly includes a hollow elongate member defining ink supply channels. The ink supply channels are in fluid communication with an elongate slot in and extending at least partly along the elongate member. A plurality of printhead segm... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641255 | Ink jet printhead that incorporates through-chip ink flow control An ink jet printhead chip that is the product of an integrated circuit fabrication technique includes a wafer substrate having a front surface and a rear surface. A plurality of ink passages are defined through the wafer substrate, so that each ink passag... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641256 | Printhead chip that incorporates rectilinear ink ejection components A printhead chip for an ink jet printhead includes a substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement has a nozzle chamber structure that is positioned on the substrate to define a nozzle chamber. An in... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637873 | Cartridge for a sticker printing digital camera device A cartridge for a printing device includes a casing defining a first container portion for housing a supply of stickers and a second container portion for storing an ink supply. The second container portion is divided into a number of distinct chambers fo... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634735 | Temperature regulation of fluid ejection printheads A method of operation of a fluid ejection printhead within a predetermined thermal range so as to print an image, wherein the printhead temperature is measured and below a predetermined threshold, the printhead is heated to a desired temperature before pr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6631897 | Page binding support tray having vibratory page alignment A page binding support tray has vibratory page alignment. The tray has a floor having a lower-most corner at which two side walls of the tray converge. Previously edge-glued printed uniformly sized pages are received to form a stack upon the tray floor an... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631986 | Printer transport roller with internal drive motor A transport roller for moving printable media, the transport roller having a sleeve and a rotary driver. The sleeve has a substantially cylindrical outer portion and an internal cavity. The rotary driver is adapted to rotate the sleeve and is at least par... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6629745 | Fault detection in a micro electro-mechanical device A method of detecting a fault within a micro electro-mechanical device in the form of an ink ejection nozzle having an actuating arm that moves an ink displacing paddle when heat inducing electric current is passed through the actuating arm and having a m... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6627870 | Sensing device with interchangeable nibs A sensing device for use with a surface, the sensing device including a motion sensor configured to generate movement data indicative of movement of the sensing device relative to the surface, a nib for marking the surface, the nib having associated nib i... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626529 | Print media cartridge with integral print media transport mechanism A cartridge for insertion into a digital printing device, preferably, a drop-on-demand ink jet printing device, includes a casing having a first portion for housing a supply of print media. A print media exit opening is arranged in the first portion of th... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626515 | Closure mechanism for a printhead A capping mechanism for a print engine includes a capping member mountable in alignment with a printhead of the print engine. The capping member is displaceable into and out of abutment with the printhead for capping and uncapping the printhead respective... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625874 | Method of making a thermal bend actuator A method of forming a thermal bend actuator (6) is provided with upper arms (23, 25, 26) and lower arms (27, 28) which are non planar, so increasing the stiffness of the arms. The arms (23, 25, 26, 27, 28) may be spaced transversely of each other and do n... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628430 | Hand held mobile phone with integral internal printer A hand held mobile phone device with integral internal print apparatus, the device including a mobile telephone unit for transmitting and receiving signals, processing means for processing the received and transmitted signals into a printable form, a prin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6622999 | Printed media binder The invention relates to a binder assembly 605 for binding separate pages into a bound document including a support chassis 686, a sprung, moulded binding platen 687, a moulded angled platen 689 and an exit hatch 690 having a support bracket 691. The moul... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623108 | Ink jet printhead having thermal bend actuator heating element electrically isolated from nozzle chamber ink An ink jet printhead includes a number of nozzle devices formed on a substrate. Each nozzle device has a nozzle chamber, a nozzle opening through which ink from the nozzle chamber is ejected, a movable element in contact with ink in the nozzle chamber to ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623106 | Overlapping printhead module array configuration A modular printhead for a digital ink jet printer where the modules (2) are arranged in an overlapping configuration to preserve continuity between the printing from adjacent modules (2). The printhead chips (3) on each module (2) receive print data from ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623101 | Moving nozzle ink jet The invention concerns an ink jet printhead including: a plurality of nozzles each adapted to eject drops of ink 14 toward a surface to be printed; wherein, each of the nozzles has an external actuator 10 and an apertured roof portion 6; the roof porti... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616271 | Adhesive-based ink jet print head assembly An ink jet print head assembly includes at least one elongate ink jet print head chip that is the product of an integrated circuit fabrication technique. The assembly also includes at least one corresponding ink jet print head chip carrier that defines an... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618117 | Image sensing apparatus including a microcontroller An image sensing and processing apparatus includes an image sensor that is capable of generating signals carrying data relating to an image sensed by the image sensor. The apparatus includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller includes a wafer substrat... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6612110 | Mechanical bend actuator A mechanical actuator for micro mechanical or micro electro mechanical devices, the actuator comprising a supporting substrate, an actuation portion, a first arm attached at a first end thereof to the substrate and at a second end to the actuation portion... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612240 | Drying of an image on print media in a modular commercial printer Drying equipment for a printer for aiding drying of a printed image on a web of print media includes a feed path through which the print media containing the printed image is fed after printing of the image on the print media. A drive arrangement drives t... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612687 | Moving nozzle ink jet printing mechanism An ink jet nozzle assembly includes a nozzle chamber having an inlet to receive ink from a reservoir and a nozzle through which the ink can be ejected. The chamber includes a fixed portion and movable portion configured such that relative movement in an e... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6609787 | Ink supply device for a four color modular printhead An ink supply device for supplying ink to a printhead chip in a printhead assembly. The printchip includes a molding of a settable material, the molding being a two shot molding having a first part of a first material and a second part of a second materia... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609653 | Business card as electronic mail token for use with processing sensor The present invention provides a method of enabling a first user to record in a computer system, using a business card of a second user, an electronic mail address of the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of th... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609786 | Four color modular printhead assembly A printhead assembly includes at least one printhead module including a printhead chip. A carrier supports the, or each, printhead module in an operative position for printing on print media. Mating formations are carried by the, or each, printhead module... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6604810 | Printhead capping arrangement A pagewidth inkjet printer includes a printhead 11 with a plurality of print nozzles 30 for ejecting ink drops towards a print medium. A space is defined between the nozzles and a nozzle guard 43 with a series of apertures 44 aligned with the nozzles. Dur... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6598964 | Printhead and ink distribution system An inkjet printhead having a series of nozzles for the ejection of ink wherein each said nozzle has a rim formed by the deposition of a rim material layer over a sacrificial layer and a subsequent planar removal of at least said rim material layer so as t... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595624 | Actuator element An actuator element forming a portion of a micro electro-mechanical device and which comprises a movable arm that is connected at one end to a substrate and which is formed at least in part from a titanum-aluminium nitride composition. The actuator elemen... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6592207 | Power distribution arrangement for an injet printhead An ink supply unit for supplying separate color inks to a portable ink jet print head, the ink supply unit including: a slot for insertion of the printhead; a series of elongated chambers for the storage of the separate color inks, the chambers being inte... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591884 | Printed media production The invention relates to a digital printer for printing on separate pages of media, the printer including: a support frame; a printhead mounted on the support frame; and, a page binding means for binding the pages of the printed media.... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588886 | Nozzle guard for an ink jet printhead A printhead for an ink jet printer includes at least one printhead chip. The printhead chip includes a substrate and a plurality of nozzle arrangements positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber walls and a roof wall that... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6588885 | Nozzle flood isolation for ink printhead A nozzle guard (80) for an ink jet printer printhead With an array (14) of nozzles (10) and respective ink ejection means for ejecting ink onto a substrate to be printed, wherein the nozzle guard (80) is adapted to be positioned on the printhead to inhibi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6588952 | Ink feed arrangement for a print engine An ink feed arrangement for feeding ink to a printhead of a print engine includes a spine portion. A casing is mounted over the spine portion, the spine portion and the casing defining a plurality of parallel, but isolated, ink supply galleries. A plurali... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6582059 | Discrete air and nozzle chambers in a printhead chip for an inkjet printhead A printhead chip for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber walls and a roof that define a nozzle chamber with the roof defining an ink e... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575561 | Modular printhead alignment system Optically aligning a silicon chip (1, 2) with respect to a frame of reference, the chip (1, 2) having a protective guard (3, 4) covering delicate microscopic structures on its surface, by using fiducials (5, 6) on the surface to optically align the chip (... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6575549 | Ink jet fault tolerance using adjacent nozzles A printing method identifies where parts of an image will not be printed due to device failure and if possible shifts ink dots sideways or lengthways to adjacent rows or columns so as to lessen the visual effect of failure to print at the original locatio... | 06/10/2003 |