12th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200086560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUAL PRODUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS WITHOUT OPERATOR INTERVENTION - An additive manufacturing system enables continual production of three-dimensional objects without operator intervention. The system is configured to form an object on a planar member, rotate the planar member 180° to enable gravity to move the object from the planar member to an object transport, which carries the object to a receptacle for storage and later processing. The opposite side of the planar member is then available for manufacture of another object and the planar member is again rotated following manufacture of the object so it can be removed and carried to the receptacle. The alternating formation of objects on opposite sides of the planar member continues until a predetermined number of objects has been made. The planar member can include one or more heaters to heat the surface on which an object is formed to facilitate release of the object once the planar member has been rotated. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086561 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE - An exemplary additive manufacturing system may include an extruder having an opening dimensioned to receive a material. The extruder also may have a barrel and a screw within the barrel. The screw may have a diameter ranging between about 20 mm and about 150 mm and the barrel extends along a longitudinal axis. The system may include one or more heaters positioned along at least a portion of the barrel. As the material passes through the barrel, the one or more heaters may at least partially melt the material. The system may further include a gear pump in fluid communication with the barrel for receiving the at least partially melted material. Additionally, the system may include a nozzle in fluid communication with the gear pump for depositing the at least partially melted material. The system also may include a vertical worktable. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086562 | OPTIMIZED NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR AN EXTRUDER HEAD USED IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - An extruder head has an arrangement of multiple nozzles in the faceplate that avoids aligning the multiple nozzles at angular orientations from the 0°-180° axis and 90°-270° axis intersection at the center of the faceplate. The extruder head includes a housing having a faceplate with a plurality of nozzles that are equally spaced from one another when the nozzles are projected onto a first axis in a plane of the faceplate and the nozzles are equally spaced from one another when projected onto a second axis in the plane of the faceplate that is orthogonal to the first axis. Movement of the extruder head along any angular path from the intersection of the first axis and the second axis in the plane of the faceplate enables at least one nozzle in the plurality of nozzles to not be aligned with any other nozzle. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086563 | SYSTEM AND HEAD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A print head is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing system. The head may have a matrix reservoir, and a nozzle base disposed downstream of the matrix reservoir. The nozzle base may include an opening configured to receive a plurality of continuous reinforcements coated in a liquid matrix. The print head may also have a cover configured to engage the nozzle base and close off a side of the opening, and a guide removably receivable within at least one of the nozzle base and the cover. The guide may include at least one divider configured to axially divide the opening into a plurality of adjacent channels that each receive at least one of the plurality of continuous reinforcements. The print head may further have a cure enhancer mounted at a trailing side of the nozzle base opposite the cover and configured to expose the matrix coating on the plurality of continuous reinforcements to a cure energy. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086564 | VALVED NOZZLE WITH A COMPENSATOR AND MASSIVELY PARALLEL 3D PRINTING SYSTEM - In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a nozzle for a | 2020-03-19 |
20200086565 | SYSTEM AND HEAD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head connected to and moveable by the support in multiple dimensions. The system may also include a cure enhancer mounted to the print head and configured to expose composite material discharging from the print head to energy, and a curing tool mounted to the print head downstream of the cure enhancer. The curing tool may be configured to expose the composite material to additional energy. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086566 | EXTRUDER HEIGHT TOGGLING - A multi-extruder includes a passive height control mechanism that adjusts the relative height of its extruders without the use of additional, active components. Further, the height control mechanism may employ ramped control surfaces that mitigate noise and vibration by gradually transferring vertical loads while transferring from one active extruder to another. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086567 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING UNDER GENERATED FORCE - The present disclosure provides systems and processes for additive manufacturing under generated force. Briefly described, one embodiment of the system comprises a motor that applies a centrifugal acceleration to an additive manufacturing build platform, thereby generating a force at the build platform. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086568 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PARTS WITH SMOOTH SURFACE FINISHES - Methods of producing an additive manufactured part with a smooth surface finish include providing a spinning device that has a platform. The part is secured to the platform, where the part is at least partially wetted with uncured resin from a resin pool. The platform is rotated, where a first portion of the uncured resin is retained on the part and a second portion of the uncured resin is removed. The part is cured after the rotating. In some embodiments, methods include creating a compensated design for a part by modifying a desired design to compensate for a first portion of an uncured surface finish material to be retained on the part, and forming the part with an additive manufacturing process according to the compensated design. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086569 | REMOVABLE BUILD PLATE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS - A removable and replaceable build plate for a three-dimensional printer supports magnetic coupling to a printer and advantageous adhesion for an initial layer of build material. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086570 | SUPPORT FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT OF AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - Support frame structure ( | 2020-03-19 |
20200086571 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE SYSTEM | 2020-03-19 |
20200086572 | 3D Printer with Extended Scale - A DLP 3D printer, using a DLP projector to generate two images successively, and using a set of mirrors to deflect the irradiation of the two images through two routs respectively to form a complete image on the curing surface of the solidifiable material. In this manner, the printing area is enlarged without increasing the resolution of the DLP projector. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086573 | ASEPTIC PRINTER SYSTEM INCLUDING DUAL-ARM MECHANISM - A system and method are provided for fabricating 3D structures from biomaterial. The system includes a printer assembly having a dual-arm assembly including an upper arm, and a lower arm connected by an elbow joint to the upper arm. A disposable barrier encloses a printing surface from an external environment and from components of the printer assembly. The upper arm and lower arm are inserted into an inlet of the barrier, so as to be isolated from the print surface. The lower arm is provided with an extruding system, and the extruding system includes an actuator-driven syringe configured to deposit biomaterial on the print surface. The biomaterial is deposited on the print surface to carry out 3D fabrication in an aseptic environment. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086574 | SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head connected to and moveable by the support. The system may also include an encoder configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of material passing through the print head, and a controller in communication with the encoder. The controller may be configured to selectively implement a corrective action in response to the signal. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086575 | SUPPLYING BUILD MATERIAL - According to one example there is provided an apparatus for supplying build material to a three-dimensional printing system. The apparatus comprises a rotatable vane. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086576 | 3D PRINTED PRODUCT POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A 3D printed product post-processing device includes a main body, a lifting mechanism and a vacuum pipeline. An operating chamber is defined in the main body. A cavity and at least one primary recovery opening disposed adjacent to a side of the cavity are defined on a bottom surface of the operating chamber. At least one access hole is arranged on one side of the operating chamber and an operating window is arranged on the operating chamber. A floating powder recovery opening is arranged on top of the other side of the operating chamber. The lifting mechanism is accommodated in the cavity. The vacuum pipeline is respectively connected to the primary recovery opening and the floating powder recovery opening. The floating powders are removed through the floating powder recovery opening to maintain the operating window clean. Therefore, a post-processing operation can be facilitated. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086577 | REMOVABLE EXTRUDER CAP - A cap for an extruder of a three-dimensional printer is removeable and replaceable on the hot end of the extruder, e.g., for cleaning or other maintenance of the cap or extruder. The cap may be formed of an polymer having a lower thermal conductivity than the hot end of the extruder such that the cap forms a thermal barrier between the hot end of the extruder and an external environment. Further, the cap may protect the hot end of the extruder from damaging contact with deposited build material (e.g., spatters) as well as other undesirable contact during a three-dimensional printing process. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086578 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing. The present disclosure includes methods for the utilization of mobile and automated processing apparatus. In some examples, the mobile additive manufacturing apparatus may perform surface treatments that alter the topography of an existing surface. Other examples may involve the processing of dimensionally large layers which may be joined together to create large pieces with three dimensional shape. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086579 | SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION USING A PLURALITY OF MODELING MATERIALS - A system and methods for solid freeform fabrication of an object is disclosed. The system comprises a solid freeform fabrication apparatus having a plurality of dispensing heads, a building material supply apparatus configured to supply a plurality of building materials to the fabrication apparatus, and a control unit configured for controlling the fabrication apparatus and the supply apparatus based on an operation mode selected from a plurality of predetermined operation modes. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086580 | Support Structures for Additively-Manufactured Components and Methods of Securing a Component to a Build Platform During Additive Manufacturing - Additively manufactured components include a support structure and a component body integrally formed with the support structure using an additive-manufacturing process. The support structure includes an array of support members and at least some of the support members have a conduction gate such that the array of support members includes conduction gates distributed at a multitude of locations along the vertical axis of the respective support members. Methods of securing a body of a component to a build platform during additive manufacturing include forming a support structure and a component body integrally with the support structure using the additive-manufacturing process, in which the support structure includes an array of support members and at least some of the support members have a conduction gate such that the array of support members includes conduction gates distributed at a multitude of locations along the vertical axis of the respective support members. The support members that include a conduction gate have a first cross-sectional width and the conduction gate has a second cross-sectional width narrower than the first cross-sectional width. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086581 | QUASI-SIMULTANEOUS LASER WELDING PROCESS - A method for the quasi-simultaneous welding of at least two types of welding by means of a laser beam, wherein the laser beam originates from a laser optic which is associated with a platform of a delta robot and is guided by a movement of this platform. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086582 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING PANELS - A composite sandwich panel includes a first composite part and a second composite part. A plurality of stiffeners extend between the first and second composite parts. A fiberglass composite perimeter edge closeout is positioned along one or more edges of the first and second composite parts. The fiberglass composite perimeter edge closeout controls a magnetic flux to bond the first and second composite parts to the plurality of stiffeners. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086583 | Welding And Consolidation Of Thermoplastic Composites Using Vacuum Bagging, Air Cooling And Induction - A method for simple and economical positioning of two work pieces with one another wherein the pieces are welded using induction heating to melt a polymer in a composite wherein air can be blown on the surface to limit the welding to an area close to the mating surface of the work pieces and to prevent melting of the outer surface which would deteriorate the quality of the outer surface. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086584 | COMPOUND SHIMMING - Disclosed herein is a method. The method includes identifying a first location on a first part to place a first shim tab to form a first portion of a compound shim. The method also includes applying the first shim tab to the first location on the first part with an end-effector. The method also includes identifying a second location directly adjacent to the first location on the first part to place a second shim tab. The method also includes applying the second shim tab to the second location on the first part with the end-effector to form a second portion of the compound shim. The method also includes applying a third shim tab to the second shim tab at the second location to increase a thickness of the second portion of the compound shim. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086585 | ASSEMBLY OF SUB-COMPONENTS BY COMPRESSION MOLDING - A thermoplastic composite component assembly and method of manufacturing the thermoplastic composite component assembly is disclosed. The thermoplastic composite component assembly is manufactured by first performing a molding step to form individual assembly features as discrete assembly feature components, and separately forming a thermoplastic composite component using a first compression molding step. Then, a reprocessing step is performed where the discrete assembly feature components are integrated with the thermoplastic composite component using a second compression molding step. The reprocessing step essentially “welds” the discrete assembly feature components to the thermoplastic composite component at each of a plurality of desired assembly feature sites. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086586 | ULTRASONIC PROCESSING SYSTEM, BOOSTER AND METHOD - An ultrasonic processing system ( | 2020-03-19 |
20200086587 | FIBER MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for severing a continuous reinforcement from a print head at conclusion of an event during fabrication of a composite structure. The method may include moving the print head a distance away from the composite structure that provides clearance for a cutting mechanism between an outlet of the print head and the composite structure, and responsively causing the cutting mechanism to make a first cut of the continuous reinforcement at a boundary of the composite structure. The method may also include moving the print head to a waste discard location, and responsively causing the cutting mechanism to make a second cut of the continuous reinforcement at a desired distance offset from the outlet of the print head. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086588 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PRODUCT AND PROCESSED PRODUCT - Provided are a processed product obtained by processing a structure having excellent lightness and mechanical characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the processed product that can process with high precision and high productivity. A method for manufacturing a processed product according the present invention is a method comprising processing a structure, the structure containing reinforced fibers, resin, and voids, the structure having a density in a range of 0.01 to 1 g/cm | 2020-03-19 |
20200086589 | PREFORM SHAPING METHOD AND COMPOSITE FORMING METHOD - In a preform shaping method, a fiber stack that has a plurality of fiber layers by stacking sheet-form fibrous components is manufactured and a preform that has a configuration in which a first surface and a second surface one or both of which are curved surfaces are coupled is manufactured by bending the sheet-form fibrous components after or while stacking the sheet-form fibrous components. A first sheet-form fibrous component and a second sheet-form fibrous component fiber length directions of which are set to such different directions before a bending process as to be target fiber length directions after the bending process and which form the first surface and the second surface, respectively, after the bending process are disposed in order to form at least one fiber layer of the plurality of fiber layers. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086590 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENT AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENT - A composite material component manufacturing method including a first thermoforming step for creating a first three-dimensional prepreg sheet by thermoforming a thermoplastic first prepreg sheet into a three dimensional shape, a laminate body creating step for creating a prepreg sheet laminate body by layering the first three-dimensional prepreg sheet and a second prepreg sheet; and a laminate body molding step for molding the prepreg sheet laminate body by applying heat and a pressing force to the prepreg sheet laminate body with a pressing device. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086591 | Injection box for a pultrusion system for producing fibre-reinforced plastic profiles, in particular plastic rods - An injection box for a pultrusion system, the injection box comprising: a housing which has at least one fibre supply opening for supplying fibres, in particular glass fibres, carbon fibres or aramid fibres; an injection connection provided on the housing for injecting a liquid matrix material; and a delivery opening for delivering the fibres impregnated with the matrix material to a curing tool; wherein the output opening has a substantially circular cross-section. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086592 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING TIRE TREAD - Various method for repairing a tire tread are provided. In one embodiment, a method for repairing a tire tread comprises: providing a tire having a tire tread portion wherein the tire tread portion includes a tread element that is at least one of a tread block and a tread rib, and wherein the tread element includes a void resulting from wear or damage of the tire tread portion; removing a material from at least a portion of the tread element adjacent to the void to create a removed material portion, wherein the removed material portion includes a specific shape corresponding to a replacement element; applying an adhesive to at least one surface of the removed material portion; applying the replacement element to the removed material portion; and curing the adhesive. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086593 | Processes for Repairing Complex Laminating Composites - Complex laminated composites may be repaired by removal of individual damaged plies through peeling in order to exploit the weaker interlaminar properties of these composites. Upon removal of the individual damaged plies through peeling, replacement plies may be added to restore the laminated composite. In addition, when damage extends through the thickness of a laminated composite, a plug may be used to allow plies to be replaced while maintaining contour within the repair region. A caul plate also may be used to stiffen and maintain the contour of a repair region while peeling and removing plies from the repair region. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086594 | TIRE SEALANT AND TIRE REPAIR KIT - An object of the present invention is to provide a tire sealant and a tire repair kit that exhibit excellent injectability. Provided is a tire sealant including a natural rubber latex, a synthetic resin emulsion, an anti-freezing agent, a surfactant, and a chelating agent, wherein the content of the chelating agent is 0.1 mass % or greater. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086595 | IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SEALING AND INFLATION OF DAMAGED INFLATABLE ARTICLES, SUCH AS PUNCTURED TIRES - An apparatus for repairing and/or inflating a damaged and/or deflated inflatable article, such as a punctured and/or flat tire, includes a container for receiving and retaining for dispensing, a sealant composition and a compressor assembly which is releasably connectable to the container. The container has associated therewith a valve assembly which allows for controlled dispensing of the sealant composition from the container to the damaged and/or deflated inflatable article. The container is progressively and selectively movable between respective first and second positions/configurations. In the first position/configuration, the container is disposed substantially parallel to the compressor assembly and in the second position/configuration the container is disposed at substantially right angles to the compressor assembly. The first and second positions/configurations correspond to storage and dispensing positions respectively for the sealant composition from the container. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086596 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING SLIDE FASTENER ASSEMBLY IN THIN SHELL GARMENT - A method of installing a slide fastener assembly in a thin shell garment includes: providing a slide fastener chain comprised of two interlocked rows of teeth, each row of teeth being attached to a cord bundle of a respective slide fastener tape; removing the interlocked rows of teeth from a portion of the slide fastener chain, thereby defining a length of the slide fastener chain without teeth; introducing a reinforcing film to the cord bundles, at a location along the length of the slide fastener chain without teeth, to shape the cord bundles for accommodation of a pin and box assembly; cutting the slide fastener chain at a film-reinforced location along the length of the slide fastener chain without teeth, thereby defining a semi-finished slide fastener assembly terminating in a film-reinforced end; and attaching the semi-finished slide fastener assembly to one or more panels of a thin shell garment. After attachment of the semi-finished slide fastener assembly to the one or more panels of the thin shell garment, the pin and box assembly is installed at the film-reinforced end of the semi-finished slide fastener assembly. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086597 | THREE DIMENSIONAL FOOTWEAR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A 3D foam component for an article of footwear and a method for manufacturing a 3D foam component for an article of footwear is provided. The method includes a sequential deposition of liquid droplets of liquid polymer material onto an object carrier. A blowing agent is introduced to the molten polymer prior to or sequentially with or after the discharge of a liquid droplet. The resulting component includes a plurality of foam pellets formed by the expansion and cooling of droplets of liquid polymer material injected with the blowing agent. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086598 | ROTOR FOR A ROTARY PRESS - A rotor for a rotary press comprises a die plate, upper punch seats, and lower punch seats configured to be rotationally driven by a rotary drive. An annular discharge channel is configured to be in a fixed position with respect to the die plate and further configured to collect product residue from at least one of the die plate and the lower punch seat. The discharge channel additionally comprises a removal region where the product residue is configured to be removed from the annular discharge channel A catch element is configured to rotate in sync with the die plate and is guided within the annular discharge channel to convey the product residue collected in the annular discharge channel to the removal region. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086599 | PACKAGING STATION FOR PRODUCING CUSHIONING MATERIAL - A packaging station comprising a deformation device for converting a web of packaging material drawn from a supply of packaging material web, such as a leporello folded stacked web, into a dunnage material and a conveyor structure for receiving the drawn web of packaging material and for feeding the drawn web of packaging material into the deformation device, wherein the conveyor structure comprises a conveyor track extending from a reception of the conveyor structure to the deformation device and being dimensioned such that, after passing the reception, the web of packaging material is able to bear over its entire surface on the conveyor track in the conveying direction for at least the twofold of the width of the web. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086600 | METHOD AND EMBOSSING STRUCTURE FOR MAXIMIZING PRESSURE BUILDUP AT ROTATIONAL EMBOSSING OF FOILS - An embossing method allowing to emboss a material on both sides comprises feeding the foil material into a roll nip between a pair of a first roll and a second roll, providing the first roll and the second roll each with a plurality of positive projections and a plurality of negative projections of identical shaped polyhedral structures, a first subset of the plurality of positive projections being disposed with a first periodicity on a first grid in axial direction and a second periodicity on the first grid in circumferential direction on the first roll, and a second subset of the plurality of negative projections being disposed with the first periodicity in axial direction and the second periodicity in circumferential direction on the first grid intertwined with the positive projections, in axial and circumferential directions respectively, and projections complementary to the first grid, on the second roll, each of the positive projections and the negative projections on the first roll during operation of the rolls and in the roll nip being surrounded on all sides by positive projections and negative projections on the second roll, the positive projections of the first roll together with alternating corresponding negative projections on the second roll forming during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, a first straight line substantially parallel to the axial direction, and the negative projections of the first roll together with alternating corresponding positive projections on the second roll forming during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, a second straight line substantially parallel to the axial direction. The positive projections and the negative projections are such that in the axial direction on the first roll each positive projection shares a lateral base border with at least one negative projection adjacent to the positive projection, and during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, all lateral oblique surfaces of the positive and negative projections of the first roll are just above the surface in full faced view with the corresponding lateral oblique surfaces of the respective negative and positive projections of the second roll, thereby enabling a homogeneous distribution of pressure to the material. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086601 | FIBER SHEETS AND STRUCTURES COMPRISING FIBER SHEETS - Fiber sheets, structures comprising the fiber sheets and the use of the sheets. The invention further relates to biodegradable and/or recyclable products comprising the fiber sheets, useful in replacing non-biodegradable products. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086602 | LASER-PERFORATED METAL HONEYCOMB MATERIAL - A perforated metal honeycomb structure is described. The perforated metal honeycomb structure may include a metal honeycomb structure having a plurality of laser-drilled holes wherein at least some of the plurality of holes are non-uniform in second, shape, and/or spacing between holes. In another embodiment, the perforated metal honeycomb structure may include an array of intercellular holes between hexagonal cells in the honeycomb structure. The array of intercellular holes may include at least a first hole and a second wherein the first and second holes are different from each other. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086603 | LIGHTWEIGHT INNER DASH - Moulded inner dash trim part for a vehicle comprising a porous fibrous layer comprising fibers and thermoplastic binder, and an air permeable foil laminated together wherein the fibers comprise conjugate frizzy fibers made of at least | 2020-03-19 |
20200086604 | A BARRIER FILM COMPRISING MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE AND MICRO FIBRILLATED DIALDEHYDE CELLULOSE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BARRIER FILM - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing at least one layer of a film wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a first suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose, providing a second suspension comprising microfibrillated dialdehyde cellulose, mixing the first suspension with the second suspension to form a mixture, applying said mixture to a substrate to form a fibrous web and drying said web to form at least one layer of said film. The present invention further relates to a film comprising said at least one layer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086605 | TEXTILE LAMINATE, TEXTILE LAMINATE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TEXTILE LAMINATE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A textile laminate is twisted around a torsion axis extending in a straight line in a longitudinal direction of the textile laminate. Further, the warps of second to fourth fiber layers, which constitute the textile laminate, are oriented to intersect with the torsion axis. The textile laminate is provided with a pair of side edge sections positioned at opposite ends of the torsion axis in the axial direction, and a torsional edge section that connects the side edge sections to each other. The warps of the unidirectional textile intersecting with the torsion axis as viewed from the direction orthogonal to the torsion axis extend in straight lines from the torsion axis toward the torsional edge sections. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086606 | STRETCHABLE CONDUCTIVE FILM FOR TEXTILES - A stretchable conductive film for textiles | 2020-03-19 |
20200086607 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - A composite material is described. The composite material comprises a first cover sheet, a second cover sheet, and a core layer arranged between the first cover sheet and the second cover sheet, said core layer comprising a first adhesive layer in contact with the first cover sheet, a second adhesive layer in contact with the second cover sheet, and fibres which extend from the first adhesive layer to the second adhesive layer. The first cover sheet has a larger extension than the core layer and comprises at least a first edge region which is free from the core layer, wherein the first edge region extends from the outer edge of the first cover sheet to the core layer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086608 | ALUMINUM-BASED PLATED STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE, ALUMINUM-BASED ALLOY PLATED STEEL USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Provided is an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086609 | PROCESS FOR MAKING 7xxx SERIES ALUMINUM/FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE HYBRID PART FOR AUTOMOTIVE CRASH ABSORPTION APPLICATION - A method to prepare a composite laminate object containing an extrusion grade 7xxx Al substrate and a fiber-reinforced polypropylene layer adhesively laminated to the substrate; is provided. The process includes shaping and cutting an extruded 7xxx aluminum to a profile, assembling a layered arrangement of the 7xxx Al profile as substrate, an adhesive film and a fiber reinforced polypropylene preform, heating the layered arrangement to a temperature of 160-175° C. to melt the polypropylene and activate the adhesive film, applying pressure to at least a surface of the fiber reinforced polypropylene preform to mold the preform to the shape of the extruded 7xxxAl substrate and obtain a semi-finished laminate object, cooling the semi-finished laminate object to 90° C., optionally, cooling the semi-finished laminate object to room temperature for inventory storage; heat treating the semi-finished laminate object at 90° C. for 2 to 8 hours; and then heat treating the semi-finished laminate object at 130° C. to 150° C. for 8 to 16 hours; and cooling the heat treated object to obtain the composite laminate object. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086610 | MULTILAYER FILM FOR PACKAGING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Disclosed is a multilayer film for packaging. The multilayer film comprises a layer of ink and an adjacent layer of substrate. The layer of ink includes functionalised graphene and a material selected from cellulose, polylactic acid and a polyhydroxyalkanoate. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086611 | RUBBER LAMINATE - A rubber laminate where an acrylic rubber layer (A) including an acrylic rubber composition including at least a carboxyl group-containing acrylic rubber and an aliphatic polyvalent amine compound or a derivative thereof and a fluororubber layer (B) including a fluororubber composition including at least a polyol-cross-linkable fluororubber and a bismuth oxide are made to adhere to one another through cross-linking. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086612 | MULTI-LAYER FILM - A multi-layer film for seal-peel applications, an article comprising said film and the use of said film a disclosed. The multi-layer film for seal-peel application comprising at least two layers, namely a cover layer and a seal layer, whereby the seal layer comprises between 25 and 80 wt. % of EVA and between 20 and 75 wt. % of LLDPE based on the total weight of the layer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086613 | DECORATIVE FILM - The object of the present invention is to provide a decorative film excellent in moldability and tensile strength; and a method for producing a three-dimensionally molded article with a decorative film. The decorative film of the present invention is used for decorating a three-dimensionally molded article. It is a decorative film comprising at least a substrate film layer and a clear layer, wherein the clear layer is made of a fluorinated polymer comprising units based on a fluoroolefin, units based on a monomer having no crosslinkable group, which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether, a vinyl ester, an allyl ether, an allyl ester and a (meth)acrylic acid ester, and units having a crosslinkable group; and the content of the units based on a fluoroolefin is from 20 to 70 mol % to all units which the fluorinated polymer comprises. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086614 | COMPONENT WITH BONDED THERMOPLASTIC AND THERMOSET LAYERS - A component is provided that includes a multi-layer body configured with a thermoplastic layer, a thermoset layer and a scrim at an interface between the thermoplastic layer and the thermoset layer. The thermoplastic layer includes a plurality of reinforcement particles within a thermoplastic matrix. The thermoset layer is configured from or otherwise includes a thermoset matrix. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086615 | VEHICULAR UNDERCOVER - The present invention discloses an integrally molded vehicular undercover having air permeability includes a base material layer containing inorganic fibers and a first solidified thermoplastic binder, the base material layer having a road side surface and a vehicle body side surface, an outer layer containing synthetic resin fibers and a second solidified thermoplastic binder, the outer layer being integrated with the road side surface of the base material layer, and a synthetic resin layer having air permeability, the synthetic resin layer being integrated with the vehicle body side surface of the base material layer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086616 | MULTI-LAYERED FILM , METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - Described herein is a multilayer film including at least one layer including a polymer composition obtainable by free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition including at least one monomer A) selected from α,β-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids, salts of α,β-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids, anhydrides of α,β-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids and mixtures thereof, where the free-radical polymerization is effected in the presence of at least one polyether component. Also described herein is a process for producing the multilayer film, methods of using the multilayer film and a sheath or coating for a washing composition, cleaning composition or dishwashing composition portion including the multilayer film, and to washing compositions, cleaning compositions or dishwashing compositions including the multilayer film. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086617 | CO-INJECTION MOLDED MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - There is provided a co-injection molded multilayer structure comprising a barrier layer and outer layers laminated to contact with the barrier layer on its both sides, wherein the barrier layer is made of a resin composition (X) comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and an alkali metal salt (B) of a higher fatty acid, having a melting point of 250° C. or lower; the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) has an ethylene unit content of 20 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of 90% or more, and a content of the alkali metal salt (B) in the barrier layer is 50 to 1500 ppm in terms of metal atoms; and the outer layers are made of a resin composition (Y) comprising an unmodified high-density polyethylene (F) and a maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene (G), and a maleic anhydride modification rate relative to the whole resin composition (Y) is 0.005 to 0.1 wt %. This co-injection molded multilayer structure has excellent adhesiveness, so that its oxygen barrier performance can be maintained even after being subjected to an impact due to falling or the like. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086618 | LAMINATED PACKAGING MATERIAL AND OPENING MEMBRANE MATERIAL, PACKAGING CONTAINERS MANUFACTURED THEREFROM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LAMINATED MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a laminated cellulose-based liquid food packaging material, comprising a cellulose-based bulk material layer, having through-going holes, openings or slits, an aluminium metal foil and outer layers of thermoplastic polymers. The invention further relates to the method for manufacturing the laminated packaging material and to a packaging container for liquid food packaging, comprising the laminated packaging material. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086619 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET WITH ADHESIVE INSULATING COATING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STACKED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - Provided is a method of manufacturing an electrical steel sheet with an adhesive insulating coating that has excellent high-temperature adhesive property and high-temperature oil resistance and, even after being stacked and subjected to stress relief annealing, has excellent magnetic properties (iron loss, magnetic flux density). The method comprises: applying a coating material to at least one side of an electrical steel sheet, the coating material containing (a) an aqueous epoxy resin, (b) a high-temperature hardening crosslinking agent in an amount of 30 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous epoxy resin, in terms of solid content, (c) metal oxide particles, and (d) a solvent; and baking the coating material applied to the electrical steel sheet, under a condition of a peak steel sheet temperature of 150° C. or more and less than 230° C. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086620 | METHODS AND FORMULATIONS FOR BONDING DISSIMILAR MATERIALS - The present disclosure is directed to a formulations of cements and methods for bonding dissimilar materials. The formulations and methods can bond a Non-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) containing first polyolefin that is amorphous or has low crystallinity to a second material that is a rigid material or a hard PVC. The methods and formulations can work by co-dissolution at an interface, or activation of a one of the materials prior to bonding. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086621 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COUPLE A DECORATIVE COMPOSITE HAVING A REINFORCING LAYER TO A PANEL - Methods and apparatus to couple a decorative composite having a reinforcing layer to a panel are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a decorative layer to couple to a panel. The decorative layer including a first tile, a second tile, and an adhesive liner positioned between the first tile and the second tile to couple respective edges of first and second tiles. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086622 | ROLL FORMING DEVICE FOR PLASTIC FLOORING - A roll forming device for plastic flooring utilizes a printed layer unwinding mechanism, a wear-resisting unwinding mechanism and a calender to laminate a substrate layer formed by an extruder, a printed layer and a wear-resisting layer into a whole. The calender includes a gauging roller group, a pre-bonding roller group and a laminating roller group disposed on a rack. The gauging roller group, which is disposed at one side of the pre-bonding roller group and linearly opposite to a discharge port of the extruder. The pre-bonding roller group includes a large roller and a plurality of guide rollers disposed around the large roller, and at least one first heating unit is disposed in the large roller or a position corresponding to an outer edge of the roller surface. The laminating roller group, which is disposed at the other side of the pre-bonding roller group. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086623 | DEVICE FOR POSITIONING OF MOLECULES - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for using a device for the positioning of molecules, the devise including a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer and an insulating layer with a plurality of electrodes arranged on the insulating layer forming an electrode layer with a layer of 2-dimensional material arranged on the electrode layer. The method includes applying a first set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position a plurality of molecules in a first molecule arrangement and applying a second set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position the plurality of molecules in a second molecule arrangement, wherein the second set of control signals is different from the first set of control signals and wherein the device provides a first functionality in the first molecule arrangement and a second functionality in the second molecule arrangement. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086624 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING A LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE AND A LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE MANUFACTURED THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a load-bearing structure. The method may include establishing overall dimensions and expected loading conditions of the load-bearing structure; determining a material density distribution within a solid model for the load-bearing structure based on the overall dimensions and the expected loading conditions for a predetermined objective end constraint; generating stress field data for the determined material density distribution based on the expected loading conditions; transforming the solid model into a spatially-graded mesh model having a plurality of three-dimensional cells based on orthogonal isostatic lines populated along principal stress directions of the stress field data; and fabricating the load-bearing structure with truss members aligned according to the spatially-graded mesh model. A system for manufacturing a load-bearing structure and a load-bearing structure manufactured thereof. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086625 | Laser-Produced Porous Surface - The present invention disclosed a method of producing a three-dimensional porous tissue in-growth structure. The method includes the steps of depositing a first layer of metal powder and scanning the first layer of metal powder with a laser beam to form a portion of a plurality of predetermined unit cells. Depositing at least one additional layer of metal powder onto a previous layer and repeating the step of scanning a laser beam for at least one of the additional layers in order to continuing forming the predetermined unit cells. The method further includes continuing the depositing and scanning steps to form a medical implant. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086626 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a liquid tank capable of accommodating a photosensitive liquid. The liquid tank includes a film, a plurality of side walls, a plate and a motor. The film has a workpiece curing area. The plurality of side walls surrounds the film. The plate is capable of supporting the film and having at least one fluid tunnel extending from a first surface of the plate contacting the film to a second surface of the plate. The motor is connected to the liquid tank to incline the liquid tank. A gap is formed between the plat and one of the plurality of side walls of the liquid tank, and the film is communicated with an outside space via the gap. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086627 | VERTICAL DOUBLE-SIDED ROTARY SCREEN TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS - A vertical duplex rotary screen transfer printing device, comprising a vertical frame and at least one pair of rotary screen transfer printing assemblies horizontally opposite to each other. Each rotary screen transfer printing assembly comprises a rotary screen plate roller and a transfer roller arranged parallel to each other; the rotary screen plate roller transfers a pattern onto the transfer roller serving as a temporary transfer carrier; the transfer roller transfers the pattern onto a fabric passing in a vertical direction between the rotary screen transfer printing assemblies opposite to each other. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086628 | INK CUP LINED WITH NON-STICK COATING - An improvement to the present ink cup technology is presented, resulting in reduced clean-up time, by measurement at least three times faster producing a significant reduction in labor cost. Exposure by employees to high-VOC solvents and emulsifiers is eliminated, and low-VOC solvents mixed with water can be used. This is a significant saving in environmental damage and disposal costs. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086629 | VOLTAGE DROP COMPENSATION FOR INKJET PRINTHEAD - A drop ejector array device includes a first plurality and a second plurality of drop ejectors that are alternatingly disposed along an array direction on the substrate surface. A voltage input terminal and a current return terminal are disposed on the substrate surface. A first power bus line connects the first plurality to the voltage input terminal. A second power bus line connects the second plurality to the voltage input terminal. The second power bus line is electrically connected to the first power bus line by a primary power bus connector line. A first current return bus line connects the first plurality to the current return terminal. A second current return bus line connects the second plurality to the current return terminal. The second current return bus line is electrically connected to the first current return bus line by a primary current return bus connector line. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086630 | PRINTING APPARATUS, AND A DEVIATION AMOUNT CALCULATING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium transported includes the following elements. A print head including a plurality of print head modules, a printing controller for controlling printing of a testing chart by selecting a reference print head module to provide a reference for recording positions, causing the reference print head module to print a reference chart, and causing one of the print head modules shifted relative to the reference print head module to print a comparison chart, a scanner for acquiring testing image data, an image processor for creating an extract reference chart, creating an extract comparison chart, and creating a composite testing chart by superimposing these charts, and a deviation amount calculator for calculating a deviation amount based on the composite testing chart. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086631 | INTEGRATION OF A LINE-SCAN CAMERA ON A SINGLE PASS INKJET PRINTER - Disclosed is an industrial single-pass inkjet printer/press incorporating an line-scan camera. The line-scan camera enables system software to inspect every sheet for quality assurance purposes. These inspection results are tied back to a digital printer to take one or more of several possible actions. Actions include ensuring a particular number of acceptable prints are generated and sorted. Actions further include performing nozzle checks without pausing or interrupting production orders. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086632 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A JETTING DEVICE - In a method of controlling a property of liquid droplets, the droplets are ejected from a jetting device having an array of ejection units, each of which comprises a cavity connected to a nozzle and an actuator associated with the cavity for exciting a pressure wave in the liquid in the cavity. The method includes monitoring a sub-threshold pressure wave oscillating in the cavity, but having an amplitude not large enough for jetting-out a droplet, deriving an indicator for the viscosity of the liquid from the behavior of the sub-threshold pressure wave, and adjusting a setting of the jetting device on the basis of the indicator. The method also includes keeping the array of ejection units at a reference temperature, establishing a reference profile, and establishing an operation profile of the indicator. The setting is adjusted on the basis of a difference between the operation profile and the reference profile, thus eliminating non-temperature related differences between the ejection units. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086633 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid discharge apparatus comprises: a plurality of anti-cavitation layers formed to cover heat generating elements at positions where the anti-cavitation layers contact the liquid; a monitoring unit that detects a current flowing through the anti-cavitation layers; a switching unit that switches whether to apply, to the heat generating elements, and a voltage for driving the heat generating elements, wherein the switching unit includes a plurality of switching units, and if the monitoring unit detects that the current larger than the predetermined value has flowed through the anti-cavitation layer while the voltage is applied to the heat generating elements, the control unit sequentially switches the plurality of switching units, and specifies the heat generating element corresponding to the anti-cavitation layer through which the current has flowed, among the heat generating elements. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086634 | PRINT HEAD CONTROL CIRCUIT AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A print head control circuit controls an operation of a print head that includes a nozzle plate and has a self-diagnosis function performed based on signals input from a first coupling point, a second coupling point, a third coupling point, and a fourth coupling point. The print head control circuit includes a first cable that includes a first power voltage signal propagation wiring for propagating a first power voltage signal, and a second cable that includes a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal input to the first coupling point. A shortest distance between the nozzle plate and the first cable is longer than a shortest distance between the nozzle plate and the second cable. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086635 | PRINT HEAD CONTROL CIRCUIT, PRINT HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A print head control circuit controls an operation of a print head including a diagnosis circuit that diagnoses whether or not normal discharge of a liquid is possible. The print head control circuit includes a first cable including a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal and a first driving signal propagation wiring for propagating a driving signal. A shortest distance between the first driving signal propagation wiring and the diagnosis circuit is longer than a shortest distance between the first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the diagnosis circuit. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086636 | PRINT HEAD CONTROL CIRCUIT, PRINT HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A print head control circuit includes a first propagation wiring for propagating a clock signal input to a first terminal, a second propagation wiring for propagating a signal which is input to a second terminal and indicates a diagnosis result of a temperature abnormality detection circuit, and a fourth propagation wiring for propagating a second voltage signal input to a fourth terminal. When the second propagation wiring and the fourth propagation wiring are electrically coupled to a print head, the second propagation wiring and the fourth propagation wiring are electrically coupled to each other via the second terminal and the fourth terminal. The first propagation wiring and the second propagation wiring are located to be aligned. The first propagation wiring and the fourth propagation wiring are located to be adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first propagation wiring and the second propagation wiring are aligned. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086637 | PRINT HEAD CONTROL CIRCUIT AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - In a print head control circuit, a first diagnostic signal wiring group includes first diagnostic signal propagation wiring that propagates a first diagnostic signal, and second diagnostic signal propagation wiring that propagates a second diagnostic signal, the first drive signal wiring group and the second drive signal wiring group propagate a first drive signal and a second drive signal that cause liquid to be discharged, in a first cable, the first diagnostic signal wiring group is provided between the first drive signal wiring group and the second drive signal wiring group. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086638 | ACTUATOR DRIVE CIRCUIT WITH TRIM CONTROL OF PULSE SHAPE - A drive circuit ( | 2020-03-19 |
20200086639 | Image Processing Device and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium - An image processing device configured to: determine whether a specific condition indicating ink supplied from an ink supplier to a printing head may be delayed; generate dot data by using image data, including: generating first dot data when the specific condition is not satisfied; and generating second dot data when the specific condition is satisfied, a ratio of first/second type of dots included in an image based on specific second dot data generated using specific image data being greater/smaller than that included in an image based on specific first dot data generated using the specific image data, and total number of dots included in the image based on the specific second dot data being larger that included in the image based on the specific first dot data; and output printing data based on the dot data. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086640 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE HAVING LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND CELL CULTURE DEVICE HAVING LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A liquid discharge device is used that includes: a nozzle having a first holding part and a second holding part and for discharging a liquid droplet; a base to which the nozzle is attached; a fixing part for fixing the nozzle to the base; and a drive part that creates displacement in the nozzle. The drive part holds at least one of the first holding part and the second holding part. Whichever of the first holding part and the second holding part that is not held by the drive part is held by the fixing part. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086641 | PRINT HEAD CONTROL CIRCUIT, PRINT HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A print head control circuit includes a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal, a fifth diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a fifth diagnosis signal indicating a diagnosis result, and a second voltage signal propagation wiring for propagating a second voltage signal. The fifth diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second voltage signal propagation wiring are electrically coupled to each other via a fifth terminal and a seventh terminal, and the first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second diagnosis signal propagation wiring are located to be aligned. The first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second voltage signal propagation wiring are located to be adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second diagnosis signal propagation wiring are aligned. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086642 | LIQUID FEEDING UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid feeding unit has a first chamber, a second chamber, a wall portion, an opening-closing member, and a filter member. The first chamber has a first feed passage connected to it to receive liquid through the first feed passage. The second chamber receives the liquid from the first chamber, and has a second feed passage for feeding the liquid connected to it. The wall portion has a communication hole through which the first and second chambers communicate with each other. The opening-closing member is arranged in the communication hole to open and close it. The filter member is arranged in the first feed passage or in the first chamber to remove foreign matter in the liquid. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086643 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid to a medium, a heater configured to heat the liquid in the liquid discharge head, and circuitry configured to cause the heater to heat the liquid in the liquid discharge head, cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid heated by the heater to the medium as a discharge operation, cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid heated by the heater to a portion other than the medium as a dummy discharge operation after the discharge operation, and cause the heater to stop heating the liquid in the liquid discharge head after the dummy discharge operation. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086644 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, ACTUATOR, AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - A piezoelectric element includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the lower and upper electrodes. The piezoelectric layer contains (niobium, manganese)-doped lead zirconate titanate. In the (niobium, manganese)-doped lead zirconate titanate, a ratio of the number of moles of niobium to a total of the number of moles of niobium, manganese, zirconium, and titanium is not less than 10% and is not more than 25%. The ratio of the number of moles of manganese to the total of the number of moles of niobium, manganese, zirconium, and titanium is not less than 0.3% and is not more than 1.2%. This piezoelectric element decreases an internal electric field therein. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086645 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus performs image printing by controlling discharge of a color ink from a color ink printing part on the basis of print data and performing flushing in which the color ink printing part is caused to discharge the color ink, separately from the discharge of the color ink on the basis of the print data, wherein a control part controls a flushing print rate indicating the area to which the color ink discharged in the flushing is adhered per unit area of a printing medium in accordance with a result of determining a white region to which only white ink is adhered and a color region to which the color ink is adhered in the printing medium on the basis of the print data, and the flushing print rate for the white region is lower than the flushing print rate for the color region. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086646 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a maintenance apparatus includes a first suction nozzle having a first suction port facing a first nozzle row through which a first liquid can be ejected, the first nozzle row including nozzles aligned in a first direction on a nozzle plate, and a second suction nozzle having a second suction port facing a second nozzle row through which a second liquid can be ejected, the second nozzle row including nozzles aligned in the first direction on the nozzle plate and parallel to the first nozzle row. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086647 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head having: a plurality of kinds of individual channels, a jetting surface formed with a plurality of kinds of nozzles from which a plurality of kinds of liquids are jetted, respectively, a plurality of kinds of inflow channels, a plurality of kinds of outflow channels; valves provided at least on the plurality of kinds of inflow channels; a wiper configured to be movable relative to the liquid jetting head in a direction along the jetting surface; a first motor configured to move the liquid jetting head and the wiper relative to each other; and a controller. The controller executes a wiping by driving the first motor in a state that the valves are closed. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086648 | INK TANK - An ink tank that communicates with an ink ejecting head, includes: an ink chamber configured to house ink; an ink inlet portion that communicates with the ink chamber and that receives ink supplied from an ink supply container; and an ink viewing portion that is a portion of a wall that defines the ink chamber and that enables the ink in the ink chamber to be viewed from an outside, the ink chamber having an ink guide wall for guiding the ink from the ink inlet portion toward the ink viewing portion. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086649 | WASTE LIQUID CONTAINER AND ATTACHMENT - A waste liquid container includes a waste liquid introduction portion being coupled to a discharge portion when the waste liquid container is mounted on a mounting portion, an accommodation portion accommodating waste liquid discharged from the discharge portion, and a restricted portion having a contact portion configured to make contact with a restricting portion and restricting movement of the waste liquid container in a detachment direction opposite to a mounting direction by contact between the contact portion and the restricting portion in a state in which the waste liquid container is mounted on the mounting portion, wherein the contact portion is arranged at a position which does not overlap with a center of an opening of the waste liquid introduction portion in a vertical direction when seen from a side on which the waste liquid introduction portion is opened. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086650 | LIQUID SUPPLY UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid supply unit includes a first chamber communicating with a liquid storage container, a second chamber communicating with a liquid ejection head, a communication opening allowing communication between the both chambers, an opening/closing member configured to open and close the communication opening, a biasing member configured to bias the opening/closing member in a direction toward the closing posture, a pressing member capable of pressing the opening/closing member in a direction toward the opening posture, and a flexible film member configured to be displaced based on a negative pressure. The pressing member includes a pivot portion, a pressure receiving portion configured to receive the displacement force from the flexible film member and a pressing portion configured to press the opening/closing member. The pivot portion is arranged on one end side of the pressing member, and the pressing portion is arranged on the other end side of the pressing member. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086651 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head and a liquid supply unit configured to supply liquid to the liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of liquid discharge holes, individual passages configured to individually supply the liquid to the respective liquid discharge holes, and a common passage configured to supply the liquid to the individual passages. The liquid supply unit includes a pressure chamber capable of storing the liquid, a first supply passage allowing communication between the liquid storage container and the pressure chamber, a second supply passage allowing communication between an upstream side of the common passage and the pressure chamber, a return passage allowing communication between a downstream side of the common passage and the pressure chamber, and a pump mechanism capable of circulating the liquid at least through the second supply passage, the common passage and the return passage. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086652 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, PRINTER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CURED PRODUCT - An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a curable ink and a discharge head. The curable ink comprises a polymer having a polyester structural unit. The discharge head includes an individual liquid chamber including a circulation channel in which the curable ink is circulatable, and a nozzle from which the curable ink is dischargeable. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and an image recording apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of banding and color unevenness without productivity decrease. Different types of nozzle jetting rates are reflected in image data of each of a first color and a second color that are two different plural colors to perform conversion of a gradation value of each pixel, and halftone processing is performed with respect to the converted image data. A first nozzle jetting rate to be reflected in a gradation value of the first color is set so that a nozzle jetting rate of an end part nozzle at each of both end parts of a nozzle row is suppressed to be smaller than a nozzle jetting rate of a central nozzle. A second nozzle jetting rate to be reflected in a gradation value of the second color has a smaller difference between the nozzle jetting rate of the end part nozzle and the nozzle jetting rate of the central nozzle compared with the first nozzle jetting rate. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086654 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device causing a printing execution unit to: in a first case where a specific condition indicating that ink supply from an ink supply unit to a printing head may be delayed in partial printing is not satisfied, print a partial image by single partial printing; in a second case where the specific condition is satisfied, print the partial image by partial printings including a first partial printing and a second partial printing; in the first case, form a dot having a specific size by the single partial printing, as a dot corresponding to a specific pixel in the partial image; and in the second case, form a dot having a size smaller than the specific size by the first partial printing and form a dot having a size smaller than the specific size by the second partial printing, as the dot corresponding to the specific pixel. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086655 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a recording head housed in a carriage, and for discharging a droplet on an obverse surface of a medium to perform recording on the medium, a support section having a support surface for supporting a reverse surface of the medium, and a heater for heating the droplet adhered to the obverse surface of the medium. The carriage is provided with a collection section capable of collecting steam generated when the droplet is heated by the heater. The recording head includes a nozzle cover provided with a plurality of holes for discharging the droplet. The nozzle cover includes a nozzle surface opposed to the support surface The collection section is formed of a material higher in hydrophilic property than the nozzle surface. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086656 | JIG FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND JIG SET FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A jig for an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium with movement in a scanning direction includes a base including an apparatus positioning reference extending in a first direction to be aligned with the scanning direction. The apparatus positioning reference is a reference in positioning the image forming apparatus in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The jig further include a displacement stopper configured to prevent a relative positional displacement between the jig and the recording medium, and a switching device configured to switch the displacement stopper between an operating state and a non-operating state. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086657 | LABEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LABEL - A label that is an example of an embodiment of the present invention is provided with: a label base material with a dyne number of 40 mN/m or less; a water-based ink layer formed directly on the label base material and having a dot reproduction rate of 50-95%; a foundation solvent-based ink layer formed above the label base material while covering the water-based ink layer; and an solvent-based ink layer formed above the label base material while covering the water-based ink layer and the foundation solvent-based ink layer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086658 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, LIQUID DISCHARGE SYSTEM, AND PRINT HEAD - In a liquid discharge apparatus, a print head includes a supply port to which liquid is supplied; a nozzle plate that includes a nozzle for discharging the liquid; a substrate that includes first side, a second side, a first surface, and a second surface which is different from the first surface; a connector that is provided on the first surface; and an integrated circuit that is provided on the first surface, the substrate is provided between the nozzle plate and the supply port, the connector is provided along the first side, the integrated circuit is provided in a place which is not adjacent to the connector, and a shortest distance between the supply port and the first surface is longer than a shortest distance between the supply port and the second surface. | 2020-03-19 |
20200086659 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus for printing on a front surface of a printing medium, and thereafter printing on a back surface of the printing medium. The apparatus includes the following elements: a front surface print head for printing a cue mark, and printing a front surface image based on front surface image data with reference to the cue mark; a back surface image data corrector for creating corrected back surface image data based on elasticity information in a transport direction after printing of the front surface image; a detector for detecting the cue mark; and a back surface print head for printing the corrected back surface image data on the back surface of the printing medium with reference to the cue mark detected by the detector. | 2020-03-19 |