27th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200207038 | MULTI-MATERIAL COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a method for producing a multi-material composite and to a multi-material composite. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207039 | Identifiable Composite Rework System and Method - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a doped composite rework material including a fiber-containing material, a resin-containing material, and a dopant, with the dopant configured to impart an identifying characteristic to the doped composite rework material; and methods for precluding rework of a previously reworked composite material. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207040 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLE - A manufacturing method is for repairing a damaged three-dimensional (3D) article having a fracture zone which is a site of a broken-off portion of the 3D article. The method includes using a forming tool to form an attachment feature into material at the fracture zone, imaging the 3D article including the fracture zone to provide image data, defining a repair portion 3D body based upon a comparison between the image data and data defining an intact 3D body, printing the repair portion 3D body including a complementary attachment features, and attaching the repair portion to the damaged 3D article through the interengagement of the complementary attachment feature and the attachment feature. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207041 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONICAL BELLOWS - The invention relates to a device for producing conical bellows ( | 2020-07-02 |
20200207042 | NONPNEUMATIC TIRE ASSEMBLY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for forming a nonpneumatic tire is described. The method includes the steps of: mounting a rim on a spindle; providing a spoke structure having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, expanding the inner diameter and mounting the spoke structure over the rim; compressing the outer diameter of the spoke structure and then mounting a tread and shearband assembly over the outer diameter to form a nonpneumatic tire. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207043 | BEAD RING DESIGN IMPROVEMENT - A bead ring for a tire mold includes a plurality of concentric rings, wherein at least two adjacent concentric rings form an interface having a circumferential seam. The circumferential seam is configured to receive airflow from an interior of the tire mold, and the circumferential seam is in fluid communication with an air chamber located radially exterior of the circumferential seam. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207044 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TIRE COMPONENT MEMBER - An apparatus for manufacturing a tire component member includes a first conveyor configured to convey a sheet-shaped rubber member; a second conveyor configured to receive the sheet-shaped rubber member from the first conveyor and to convey the same to a molding drum; sensors configured to detect a position of an end portion in a width direction of the sheet-shaped rubber member to move from the first conveyor to the second conveyor; a moving part configured to move the molding drum in the width direction of the sheet-shaped rubber member, and a control unit configured to move the molding drum in the width direction of the sheet-shaped rubber member and to bond the sheet-shaped rubber member to a predetermined position on the molding drum, in correspondence to the position of the end portion in the width direction of the sheet-shaped rubber member detected by the sensors. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TIRES - A method and an apparatus for manufacturing uncured green tires. The apparatus includes a tire building drum with a device for creating a ply turn-up, the device including a plurality of turn-up fingers. The turn-up fingers are coupled, via sliding rings, to a drive unit located outside the tire building drum. The drive unit and the turn-up fingers are coupled to each other in such a way that they can be coupled both when the tire building drum is at a standstill and when same rotates. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207046 | BEAD CORE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - A bead core of the present disclosure is a bead core comprising an annular body in which a strip member comprising one or more bead wires coated with a coating resin is wound and stacked, and in an axial cross section of the annular body, an interface between stacks adjacent to each other is non-linear. A manufacturing method of a bead core of the present disclosure comprises an annular body forming step of winding and stacking a strip member comprising one or more bead wires coated with a coating resin to form an annular body, and the strip member has a side that comes in contact with an adjacent stack in the annular body forming step and that is non-linear in a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the strip member. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207047 | TIRE REGROOVING TOOL AND RELATED METHODS - This device, designed for cutting the grooves of pneumatic tire treads, includes a re-grooving tool having two distal cutting points that creates grooves in the tire treads having two subgrooves. The grooves improve the fuel efficiency of vehicle and the subgrooves improve channeling and clearance of rain, snow, mud, and other hazardous materials on the road. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207048 | Method and Apparatus for Making Bags with Hem Seals - A method and apparatus for making bags with hem seals is disclosed. The machine includes an infeed section and a draw tape section. Bags are made from a film and a film path extends through the infeed section and through the draw tape section. The draw tape section includes a hem sealer that includes a stationary sealing plate on one side of the film path such that film path passes across the stationary plate. A sealing head is on the second side of the film path, opposite the first side, such that the film following the film path passes between the sealing head and the stationary plate. A sealing section may be included. The draw tape section may include driven infeed an outfeed nips. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SPOUTED POUCH CONTAINERS - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for manufacturing spouted pouch containers. The method includes arranging an upper and lower strip with their inner sides on top of each other, folding at least one longitudinal edge of the upper strip away from the lower strip to expose both an inner side portion of the folded longitudinal edge of the upper strip and an inner side portion of the lower strip, arranging a spouted cover strip on top of the exposed inner side portions, sealing pairs of side walls of the upper and lower strip to each other and sealing the spouted cover strip to the exposed inner side portion of the lower and upper strips, and cutting the upper strip and lower strip into individual pouch containers. The apparatus is provided for carrying out the manufacturing method. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207050 | DEVICE OF PROVIDING CUSHIONING MATERIAL FOR PACKAGING PURPOSES - The invention relates to a device which is used to provide cushioning material for packaging purposes. The device comprises a container for storing the cushioning material and a dispensing device for dispensing the cushioning material out of the container. The dispensing device comprises a driven conveyor for conveying the cushioning material along a conveyor path, the conveyor being supported on a movable base which can be moved out of an operating position into a release position and back, said conveyor being moved out of the conveyor path in the release position. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207051 | CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHEET MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - The corrugated cardboard sheet manufacturing system including a production state information acquisition device; a control value information acquisition device for acquiring control value information of a control element of a corrugated cardboard sheet manufacturing apparatus exerting an influence on the warp of a corrugated cardboard sheet; a warp information acquisition device for acquiring information of a warp amount of the corrugated cardboard sheet; a storage device for storing a performance data set including at least production state information, the control value information, and the warp information; a pre-control table storing a standard control value of the control element set in accordance with a production state; a correction table for correcting the standard control value to set an initial control value; an update device for updating the correction table by reflecting the performance data set; and control device for performing feedforward control of the control element using the initial control value. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207052 | MULTILAYER ARTICLE SUITABLE FOR USE AS A FUEL CONTAINER - A multilayer article is provided which is suitable for use in making (or as) a fuel container by rotational molding, wherein the multilayer article has at least one layer of a thermally cured polymer composition and another layer of a barrier polymer composition, wherein the barrier polymer composition comprises a specified modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a barrier polymer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207053 | METHODS OF PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES USING FABRIC-BASED THERMOPLASTIC PREPREGS - A thermoplastic product includes a fabric-based reinforcing sheet and a polymerized thermoplastic material. The fabric-based reinforcing sheet is wound about a mandrel to form a plurality of layers having a cross-sectional shape that corresponds to the mandrel. The fabric-based reinforcing sheet includes a plurality of fiber bundles, which may have a bidirectional orientation or configuration. A polymerized thermoplastic material is disposed within each layer of the fabric-based reinforcing sheet. The polymerized thermoplastic material bonds each layer of the fabric-based reinforcing sheet to an adjacent layer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207054 | Apertured Polymeric Film Webs And Absorbent Articles Using Such Webs - Methods for making an apertured composite web are disclosed. These webs may be utilized as a topsheet in an absorbent article and can provide fluid handling and softness benefits. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207055 | Sheetlike Composite, Especially for Production of Dimensionally Stable Food and Drink Product Containers, Having a Roof Area Formed by a Multitude of Groove Lines Having Partly Convex Curvature - The present invention relates to a sheetlike composite comprising, as mutually superposed layers,
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20200207056 | HUMIDITY AND SAG RESISTANT BUILDING PANEL - Described herein is an stain and sag resistant acoustic building panel comprising a porous body formed from building material and latex binder, wherein the building material may include fibers and filler and at one of the building materials has been pre-treated with a charge-modifying component, thereby enhancing the sag-resistance of the building panel. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207057 | INTEGRATED ACTUATOR FOR EXTENDED FUNCTIONAL FABRIC - Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for producing and using a knitted fabric including one or more integrated sensors. According to one embodiment, a soft touch sensor can comprise a first knitted conductive layer of metallic-coated, plaited yarn and a second knitted conductive layer of metallic-coated, plaited yarn disposed parallel to the first knitted conductive layer. A knitted dielectric layer disposed between the first knitted conductive layer and the second knitted conductive layer. The knitted dielectric layer can be plaited into the first knitted conductive layer and the second knitted conductive layer and can form a spacer between the first knitted conductive layer and the second knitted conductive layer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207058 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE-LAYER-ATTACHED POLARIZING FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is disclosed making it possible that even when a polarizing film and a transparent conductive layer are laminated over each other to interpose a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer there between, this pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer capable of restraining the transparent conductive layer from being corroded, and further restraining a rise in the surface resistance of the transparent conductive layer, and a deterioration in the external appearance of this layer. Also disclosed are a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer made from the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film, and an image display device using the pressure-sensitive-adhesive-layer-attached polarizing film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A) and a conductive agent (B) having a molecular weight of 380 or more. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207059 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBER-ATTACHED MOLDED ARTICLE - An electromagnetic wave absorber ( | 2020-07-02 |
20200207060 | Cementitious Panels with Polymeric-Film Facing Material - Provided are cementitious panels that include a cementitious core material and a plurality of sheets of facing material surrounding the cementitious core material, in which at least one of the plurality of sheets of facing material includes a polymeric-film. The polymeric film may include a thermoplastic composition that has a polymeric matrix including one or more polymeric materials. Additionally, the thermoplastic composition may optionally include a filler material. Additionally, provided are methods of manufacturing such cementitious panels. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207061 | Atomic Oxygen-Resistant, Low Drag Coatings and Materials - Coatings and materials that are atomic oxygen resistant and have an atomically smooth surface that can reduce drag are disclosed. The coatings and materials can be used on at least a portion of a spacecraft intended to operate in harsh environments, such as stable Earth orbits at about 100 km to about 350 km. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207062 | INSULATOR - According to the present invention, a panel-shaped first metal body ( | 2020-07-02 |
20200207063 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LAMINATING CAN END STOCK - Improved aluminum can end stock (CES) is disclosed. The CES includes an adhered polymer coating exhibiting low feathering and high performance in various acid tests. The low feathering and resistance to acid tests is accomplished by incorporating a copolymer adhesion promoter film to an aluminum alloy before lamination. In some cases, the metal strip is pretreated with a conversion layer, which can include compounds of trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) and phosphates or titanium and zirconium. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207064 | MULTI-PANE GLAZING FOR IMPROVED SOUND ATTENUATION - A process for making a multi-transparency glazing that has similar nominal weight as a standard two-transparency laminate glazing that has been determined to increase acoustic attenuation over coincidence frequencies of monolithic and two-transparency design using multi-stage damping to further convert vibrational energy to heat. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207065 | DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a double-sided tape, a method for producing the same, and an electronic device including the same. Specifically, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a double-sided tape may be provided, which may include: a first group layer and a second group layer stacked sequentially in one direction, in which the first group layer includes a first outer adhesive layer and a first film layer, which are sequentially stacked in the one direction, and the second group layer includes a foam carrier layer, a second film layer, and a second outer adhesive layer, which are sequentially stacked in the one direction, in which one of the first film layer and the second film layer is a polyethylene layer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207066 | FLEXIBLE BARRIER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE FLEXIBLE BARRIER MEMBRANE - The invention relates to a flexible barrier membrane ( | 2020-07-02 |
20200207067 | CARD-USE RESIN COMPOSITION HAVING LASER-MARKING COLORING PROPERTIES AND CARD MADE THEREWITH - The present invention realizes a card-use resin composition that exhibits beautiful colors and that has high laser-marking coloring properties, a card-use resin sheet formed with the card-use resin composition, and a card. The above problem has been solved by a card-use resin composition containing a laser coloring agent and a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin contains a polycarbonate resin, and the laser coloring agent contains at least one type of black pigment, the primary particle diameter of the black pigment being 40 to 80 nm, and the amount of the black pigment with respect to the entire mass of the card-use resin composition being 20 to 40 mass ppm. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASS ASSEMBLY OF THIN FILM MATERIALS - Sheets of a thin film material are attached to a carrier wafer. The carrier wafer and the attached sheets of thin film material are separated to form chiplet carriers. Each chiplet carrier includes a portion of the sheets of thin film material attached to a portion of the carrier wafer. The chiplet carriers are placed on an assembly surface in a random pattern. The chiplet carriers are arranged from the random pattern to a predetermined pattern, and the portions of the thin film material are transferred from the chiplet carriers in parallel to a target substrate. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207069 | COMPONENT PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - The present invention relates generally to components prepared by additive manufacturing (AM) methods, along with methods of preparing such components by AM. More especially, there is provided a process for the production of a component of an ignition device using an AM method by forming a layer of metal or alloy on a surface of a metal or alloy substrate; fusing the layer to the substrate; and repeating the addition of such layers upon one another to form a deposited metal or alloy attachment on the substrate. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207070 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INKJET PRINTING USING RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION - Methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects by 3D-inkjet printing technology are provided. The methods utilize curable materials that polymerize via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) for fabricating the object. Systems suitable for performing these methods and kits containing modeling material formulations usable in the methods are also provided. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207071 | POWDER DELIVERY FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a dispensing system positionable over a platen to deliver a powder, an actuator to move the dispensing system along a scan axis, and an energy source to fuse a portion of the powder. The dispensing system has a hopper to hold the powder and a dispenser. The dispenser includes a channel extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end. The proximal end of the channel of the dispenser is configured to receive the powder from the powder source. A powder conveyor is positioned within the channel to move the powder from the proximal end along a length of the channel, and a plurality of apertures are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the channel. The dispenser is configured such that flow of powder through each aperture is independently controllable. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207072 | SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE - A screen printing machine for appropriately contact between a mask and a board, comprising: a mask-holding device configured to hold a mask; a board-positioning device configured to hold a board and to position the held board with respect to a mask held by the mask-holding device from below; a squeegee device configured to spread a cream solder with respect to the mask; a height-measuring device configured to measure the height of the mask and the board; a control device configured to control each device, and to calculate the thickness of a mask lower layer, integrally formed with the mask, based on the measurement values obtained from the height-measuring device; and an operation display device configured to input operation and to display calculation values from the control device, and the like. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207073 | ASSEMBLY FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE WEB - An assembly of a first and a second printing or converting apparatus is each at least provided with a number of printing or converting modules disposed one after the other in a main direction, through which in use a substrate web can be guided. The first and the second printing or converting apparatuses are respectively provided with a first and a second rail assembly each extending in a main direction next to or above the associated printing or converting modules and over which at least one processing station is movable. The assembly further includes a transfer assembly which is provided with rail assemblies which are configured to move the at least one processing station from the first rail assembly to the second rail assembly and vice versa and to buffer processing stations. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207074 | NON-EVAPORATIVE INK DRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus for non-evaporative drying comprises a solvent permeable transfer substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An ejector is configured to eject a droplet comprising at least one solvent onto the first surface of the transfer substrate. A reservoir comprising a draw solution is configured to place the draw solution in contact with the second surface of the transfer substrate, and a print substrate is configured to contact a portion of the first surface of the transfer substrate. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207075 | CONTROL DEVICE CONTROLLING PRINTER PROVIDED WITH HEAD AND CAPABLE OF PRINTING IN A PLURALITY OF MODES - In a control device, a controller is configured to perform: executing a first print printing a first partial image in a first printing area and a second print printing a second partial image in a second printing area; setting a first ink pressure value for the first print; obtaining a recovery value to be recovered in a time period from completion of the first print to start of the second print; calculating a residual pressure value based on the first ink pressure value and the recovery value; setting a second ink pressure value for the second print using the residual pressure value; and determining whether the second ink pressure value reaches a threshold value. A first mode of print is performed when the second ink pressure value does not reach the threshold value. A second mode of print is performed when the second ink pressure value reaches the threshold value. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207076 | CONTROL DEVICE CONTROLLING PRINTER PROVIDED WITH HEAD AND CARRIAGE CAPABLE OF MOVING AT A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT SPEEDS - A control device includes: a memory; and a controller. A printer includes: a head; and a carriage mounting the head thereon. The controller is configured to perform: selecting first speed information from among a plurality of pieces of speed information stored in the memory, the first speed information indicating a first speed; estimating an ink pressure related value using the first speed information, the ink pressure related value indicating an ink pressure for a first type of print printing an image by ejecting ink from the head while moving the carriage at the first speed; determining whether the ink pressure related value reaches a threshold value; executing the first type of print in response to determining that the ink pressure related value does not reach the threshold value; and executing a second type of print in response to determining that the ink pressure related value reaches the threshold value. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207077 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - There is provided a liquid ejecting head including a plurality of drive elements for ejecting liquids from nozzles, respectively, a base portion, and a wiring formed on the base portion to drive the plurality of drive elements, in which the wiring includes a first wiring portion formed along an array of the plurality of drive elements, and a second wiring portion forming an annular path with respect to the first wiring portion. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207078 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID FEEDING APPARATUS - A driving method is provided which enables a liquid feeding apparatus using a driving element in a membrane shape to feed a liquid at high liquid feeding accuracy. To this end, a voltage applied to the driving element is controlled in such a way as to repeat a first period in which the voltage is changed from a first voltage to a second voltage and a second period which is a longer period than the first period and in which the voltage is changed from the second voltage to the first voltage, and such that an inflection point is provided to each predetermined interval during the first period based on a Helmholtz vibration period unique to the liquid feeding apparatus. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207079 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting device includes a housing, an ejecting unit located in the housing that ejects liquid onto a medium, and a display unit that displays a recommended condition of an installation environment where a device is installed. The display unit displays, as the recommended condition, any of (a) a recommended temperature condition indicating a recommended temperature range, (b) a recommended relative humidity condition indicating a recommended relative humidity range, (c) a recommended absolute humidity condition indicating a recommended absolute humidity range, and (d) a recommended temperature condition and a recommended absolute humidity condition. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207080 | PRINTER - A printer is provided to includes an ink head; a placement unit; a positional reference arranged near the placement unit as a reference for performing position adjustment in the up-down direction; and a first reflection member configured to be disposed at a lateral position separated from the placement unit toward a lateral side so that a position of the first reflection member in the up-down direction overlaps the positional reference and the printing target in a lateral view, wherein the first reflection member reflects light arriving from a lateral surface of the printing target and the positional reference, and an upper end of a reflective surface which reflects light is positioned above the positional reference and a lower end is positioned below the positional reference. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207081 | LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid-discharging-head includes a nozzle having a first-nozzle-portion having a first-sectional-area and a second-nozzle-portion having a second-sectional-area larger than the first-sectional-area, a liquid chamber which communicates with the nozzle, and a piezoelectric-element which changes a pressure inside the liquid chamber, in which the piezoelectric-element is driven from the control section, and the liquid-discharging-head executes a first control in which an apex of a liquid surface is drawn into the second-nozzle-portion in a state in which an inner wall surface of the first-nozzle-portion is covered by a liquid film by decreasing the pressure inside the liquid chamber, and a second control in which a shape of the apex of the liquid surface is inverted to a protruding shape towed the opening and the droplet is discharged from the nozzle by increasing the pressure inside the liquid chamber in a state in which the inner wall surface is covered by the liquid film. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207082 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID FEEDING APPARATUS - A driving method is provided which enables a liquid feeding apparatus using a driving element in a membrane shape to feed a liquid at high liquid feeding accuracy. To this end, a voltage applied to the driving element is controlled in such a way as to repeat a first period in which a first voltage is applied and a second period which is a longer period than the first period and used to effect a change between the first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and in such a way as to switch between application and non-application of the first voltage during the first period. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207083 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle; a flow-path-section having a first pressure-chamber, a communication-path enabling the nozzle to communicate with the first pressure-chamber, and a second pressure-chamber communicating with the first pressure-chamber through the communication-path; a first signal-generator that generates a first driving signal to drive a first piezoelectric-element; a second signal-generator that generates a second driving signal to drive a second piezoelectric-element; and an inspector that inspects ejection from the nozzle based on electromotive force generated by the first piezoelectric-element due to residual vibration that has occurred in the flow-path-section due to the driving of the first piezoelectric-element. The first driving signal includes a first inspection waveform. The second driving signal includes a second inspection waveform having a polarity opposite to the first inspection waveform for a time period overlapping a first formation time period for the first inspection waveform. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207084 | FILLING APPARATUS AND FILLING METHOD - A filling apparatus that fills a container provided with an interior space, an opening through which the interior space and the outside communicate with each other, and a bottom surface, with a liquid absorber having a water absorbent resin absorbing a liquid, the apparatus includes a stage on which the container is placed, and a vibration applying portion that applies a vibration to the container placed on the stage, in which the vibration is applied as a vibration plane formed in an angle range in which an angle to a horizontal plane is within 0°±30°. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207085 | INK JET PRINT HEAD WITH WATER PROTECTION - A method for operating a printhead of a continuous inkjet printer comprising: producing at least one ink jet in a cavity of the print head; electrostatically separating drops or sections of one or more of the jet intended for printing from drops or sections that do not serve for printing; exiting from the cavity drops or sections of ink intended for printing, through a slot open on the outside of the cavity; and circulating at least one flow of air along the outlet slot of the cavity in a direction essentially perpendicular to at least one jet of ink emitted by the printhead and intended for printing. The air having a water vapor pressure lower than the water vapor pressure defined by 100% relative humidity at the coldest temperature of the printer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207086 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, AND LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD - An object of the present disclosure is to densely arrange ejection orifices while suppressing decrease in liquid flow speed. A channel extending through a pressure chamber extends in a direction crossing an ejection orifice array L such that a liquid flows between the two ends of the channel located on the sides of the ejection orifice array L. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207087 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND DYEING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles lined in a row and configured to discharge a liquid, a conveyor configured to convey the liquid application target, and a liquid receptacle configured to receive the liquid discharged from the head. The conveyor defines a conveyance passage of a liquid application target to which the head applies the liquid. The liquid receptacle has an opening through which the liquid discharged from the head passes. A longitudinal direction of the opening is along a movement direction of the liquid application target. A width of the opening is greater than a width of the liquid application target in a direction orthogonal to the movement direction. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207088 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a first-nozzle-row set in which a pair of first-nozzle-rows is disposed in a second direction intersecting a first direction so that the first-nozzle-rows are symmetrical about a reference line extending in the first direction and a second-nozzle-row set in which a pair of second-nozzle-rows is disposed in the second direction so that the second-nozzle-rows are symmetrical about the reference line. In the second direction, the distance between the second-nozzle-rows is longer than the distance between the first-nozzle-rows. First nozzles constituting the first-nozzle-row set communicate with a first liquid supply source via a first supply flow path. Second nozzles constituting the second-nozzle-row set communicate with a second liquid supply source via a second supply flow path. Compliance capacity of the second supply flow path is larger than compliance capacity of the first supply flow path. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207089 | RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording element substrate for a liquid ejection head is provided with a storage section including an antifuse element and a first resistor connected in parallel with the antifuse element, and a second resistor that is connected in parallel with the storage section and serves as a reference in rating information of the antifuse element, and a second switch connected to the second resistor. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207090 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The first flow path includes a portion having a first cross-sectional area on a side that is closer to the second flow path than the nozzle, and a portion having a second cross-sectional area, which is smaller than the first cross-sectional area, on a side that is opposite to the second flow path across the nozzle. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207091 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of discharge holes, a plurality of pressure applying chambers, a flow path member including a plurality of common flow paths, and a plurality of pressure applying modules. Adjacent discharge hole groups have a part in which, when a discharge hole A is positioned in an n column in one of the discharge hole groups, a discharge hole B in the discharge hole group located adjacent with the common flow path interposed therebetween is positioned in an n±1 column. A discharge hole C in the discharge hole group located at a center in a second direction is positioned in an n column, while a non-carry discharge hole is positioned in an n±1 column. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207092 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head includes a diaphragm that constitutes a part of a wall surface of a pressure chamber in which a liquid is filled, and a piezoelectric element that vibrates the diaphragm, in which the piezoelectric element includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer including a first portion located between the first electrode and the second electrode and a second portion not overlapping at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode in plan view, a first surface at an opposite side of the first portion from the diaphragm and a second surface at an opposite side of the second portion from the diaphragm are different in position in a laminate direction of the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the second electrode, and a second film thickness of the second portion is larger than a first film thickness of the first portion. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207093 | LIQUID EJECTION MODULE - A liquid ejection module includes a pressure chamber, a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to the pressure chamber, a collection flow channel that collects the liquid from the pressure chamber, a liquid feeding chamber connected to one of the supply flow channel and the collection flow channel, and a connection flow channel connecting the liquid feeding chamber to the other of the supply flow channel and the collection flow channel. The liquid feeding chamber includes a liquid feeding mechanism that circulates the liquid in the supply flow channel, the pressure chamber, the collection flow channel, the liquid feeding chamber, and the connection flow channel. A ratio of a sum of flow channel resistance of the supply flow channel, the pressure chamber, and the collection flow channel relative to flow channel resistance of the connection flow channel is equal to or above 0.5. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207094 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a fixation member that can be located at a fixation position where a liquid supply coupling portion is coupled to a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage and is fixed to the carriage and at a release position where the fixation is released, and a carriage cover provided to the carriage such that the carriage cover is located at a closed position and covers an upper part of the carriage when the liquid ejecting head ejects the liquid. The carriage cover includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the fixation member when the carriage cover is located at a position different from the closed position in a case in which the fixation member is located at the release position. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207095 | ROTATABLE SERVICE ASSEMBLY FOR FLUID EJECTION DIE - A fluid ejection device includes a fluid ejection assembly including a fluid ejection die, and a service assembly to be rotated to different positions relative to the fluid ejection assembly for different service operations of the fluid ejection die. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207096 | PRINTER - A printer is provided. The printer includes a discharger and a wiper. The discharger has a nozzle surface and contains an ink comprising an organic solvent in an amount of more than 60% by mass of the ink. The discharger is configured to discharge the ink from the nozzle. The wiper is configured to wipe the nozzle surface. The wiper comprises a laminated body including a plurality of layers including a first layer that contacts the nozzle surface. A thickness t1 of the first layer and a total thickness t2 of one or more of the layers other than the first layer satisfy the following relation t12020-07-02 | |
20200207097 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit having nozzles able to eject a liquid to a medium, a wiping unit able to wipe the liquid ejecting unit, a waste liquid receiving unit which receives a waste liquid which is discharged by a maintenance operation for maintaining the liquid ejecting unit, at a position facing the liquid ejecting unit, and a collection unit which comes in contact with the waste liquid receiving unit to collect the waste liquid which is received by the waste receiving unit, in which the wiping unit comes in contact with the collection unit to wipe the waste liquid which is collected by the collection unit. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207098 | WIPING ASSEMBLY FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND INK JET PRINTER - A wiping assembly for a liquid ejection head includes a wiper including a first wiper surface facing in a first direction and a second wiper surface facing in a second direction, a wiper cleaner, a mover, and a controller. A protruding portion of the wiper cleaner includes a first cleaning surface facing in the second direction and a second cleaning surface facing in the first direction. The controller controls the mover to move at least one of the wiper and the wiper cleaner in at least one of the first and second directions from a state in which the wiper is located farther in the second direction than the protruding portion to bring the first wiper surface into contact with the first cleaning surface, and to move the at least one of the wiper and the wiper cleaner in at least one of the first and second directions from a state in which the wiper is located farther in the first direction than the protruding portion to bring the second wiper surface into contact with the second cleaning surface. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207099 | WIPING DEVICE, WIPING MEMBER, LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE, AND WIPING METHOD - A wiping device includes a wiping member configured to wipe a nozzle forming surface of a liquid discharging head that discharges a liquid from a nozzle, the wiping member containing fabric; and a pressing member configured to press the wiping member to the liquid discharging head, wherein the wiping member satisfies the following relationship 1: 0.8<(Sb/Ss)<1.2, relationship 1, where, at 60 seconds after a coloring liquid containing a coloring material and distilled water is dripped onto a surface of the wiping member in contact with the nozzle forming surface and Ss represents a spreading area of the coloring material on the surface of the wiping member in contact with the nozzle forming surface and Sb represents a spreading area of the coloring material on a surface of the wiping member not in contact with the nozzle forming surface. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207100 | Liquid Discharge Head - A liquid discharge head includes an individual channel, a supply channel in communication with an inlet of the individual channel, and a return channel in communication with an outlet of the individual channel. The supply channel extends in a channel longitudinal direction, and communicates with a retaining chamber for retaining liquid via a supply port provided at one side with respect to the individual channel in the channel longitudinal direction. The return channel extends in the channel longitudinal direction, and communicates with the retaining chamber via a return port provided at the one side with respect to the individual channel in the channel longitudinal direction. The inlet and the outlet are located at the same position in the channel longitudinal direction. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207101 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes: a print element substrate including multiple ejection openings, pressure chambers, a common flow path, and pumps, the pump being configured to circulate liquid between the common flow path and the pressure chamber; and a flow path member laminated to the print element substrate. The flow path member includes a supply flow path and a collection flow path, the supply flow path being configured to supply liquid to the print element substrate, the collection flow path being configured to collect liquid that is not ejected. The supply flow path and the collection flow path have liquid connection with the same common flow path. A circulating pump generates a flow of liquid flowing in an order of the supply flow path, the common flow path, and the collection flow path, the circulating pump being provided at a position different from the print element substrate. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207102 | INKJET PRINTER AND INK SUPPLY UNIT - An inkjet printer includes a housing, a first ink tank provided outside the housing, the first ink tank configured to store ink, a carriage having a second ink tank provided inside the housing, the second ink tank configured to store the ink, and a tube bundle obtained by bundling a plurality of tubes by which the second ink tank and the first ink tank are coupled. The housing is provided with a paper exit through which a sheet in the housing passes, the tube bundle passes through the paper exit, and a tube alignment direction of the tube bundle at the paper exit intersects with a sheet surface normal direction of the sheet at the paper exit. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207103 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection unit; a liquid storage container including a replenishment port through which to replenish the liquid storage container with a liquid and an opening-closing member which closes and opens the replenishment port; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of information to be recognized by the user; and a control unit configured to control the notification unit. In a case where the time elapsed since the previous liquid ejection by the liquid ejection unit is a predetermined time or longer, the control unit causes the notification unit to notify the user of information on replenishment of the liquid storage container with a liquid. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A FILL STATUS OF AN INKJET CARTRIDGE - Embodiments provide an integrated scale and method for determining a fill status of an inkjet cartridge. In some embodiments, the system can display the fill status on a user interface. The fill status can be generalized based on the type of inkjet cartridge and range of measured weights and/or percentages of pre-set weight. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207105 | CHANNEL STRUCTURE, LIQUID EJECTING UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A channel structure includes a base body having a first surface, a second surface that is opposite from the first surface, and a side surface that extends in a direction intersecting the first surface. The base body includes a first channel having a supply port into which a liquid is supplied, a liquid storing chamber formed in the first surface and storing the liquid, a second channel having a discharge port through which the liquid in the liquid storing chamber is discharged, and a pressure adjusting unit that supplies the liquid from the first channel to the liquid storing chamber according to pressure in the liquid storing chamber and that located between the first surface and the second surface. The supply port is formed in the second surface of the base body or formed in the side surface of the base body. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207106 | PRINTER AND CARTRIDGE - A printer includes a cartridge is mounted in a cartridge holder, an needle-tube having an ink flow path, an protrusion disposed around the needle-tube as viewed from an axial direction of the needle-tube, and an elastic-member configured to be deformed in a direction from a tip end to a base end of the needle-tube, in which the elastic-member changes a relative positional relationship between a tip end position of the needle-tube and a tip end position of the protrusion from a first state in which the tip end position of the protrusion is located further away from the base end of the needle-tube than is the tip end position of the needle-tube, to a second state in which the tip end position of the protrusion is closer to the base end of the needle-tube than is the tip end position of the needle-tube upon being deformed by an external force. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207107 | CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is a cartridge installed in a tape printing device, the cartridge including: a cartridge case; a tape path through which a printing tape introduced from a device-side tape introduction port is fed toward a device-side tape ejection port; and a slide plate movable with respect to the cartridge case, wherein the tape path has a set opening part used to set the printing tape in the tape path from a first width end surface that is one end surface in a width direction of the printing tape before the cartridge is installed in a cartridge installation part, the slide plate has an opening open/close part that opens/closes an opening/closing region included in the set opening part, and the slide plate is movable to an opening position and a closing position with respect to the cartridge case. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207108 | LIQUID-CONSUMING APPARATUS - A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid storage chamber which stores a liquid, an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, and an outlet through which the liquid from the liquid storage chamber flows; a cap which is movable between a first position and a second position; a cover which is movable relative to the tank between a closed position and an open position; and a holding member which is connected to the cap and which holds the cap at the second position. The cap at the second position or the holding member is configured to obstruct a movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207109 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head including a first-liquid ejecting portion, a second-liquid ejecting portion, a common supply flow path being supplied a liquid from a liquid reservoir, a first-individual supply flow path communicating the common supply flow path and the first-liquid ejecting portion to each other, a second-individual supply flow path communicating the common supply flow path and the second-liquid ejecting portion to each other, a first-filter provided in the first-individual supply flow path, and a second-filter provided in the second-individual supply flow path. In the liquid ejecting head, regarding flow path resistance in the first-individual supply flow path, flow path resistance in the first-filter is the largest, regarding flow path resistance in the second-individual supply flow path, flow path resistance in the second-filter is the largest, and the flow path resistance in the first-filter and the flow path resistance in the second-filter are the same. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207110 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid, a liquid supply flow path configured to supply the liquid from a liquid container containing the liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a pressurizing portion pressurizing an inside of the liquid supply flow path, and an solenoid valve which is provided in the liquid supply flow path and which opens the liquid supply flow path during energization and closes the liquid supply flow path during de-energization, in which open and closed states of the solenoid valve are forcibly switched in accordance with a pressure change by the pressurizing portion. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207111 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An inkjet printing apparatus includes a tank in which ink is contained; a print head for ejecting ink supplied from the tank to perform print operation; a supply flow path for supplying ink from the tank to the print head; a collection flow path for collecting ink from the print head to the tank; and a pump provided in the supply flow path or the collection flow path. The pump is driven, during print operation, at a first speed to circulate ink within a circulation path including the tank, the supply flow path, the print head, and the collection flow path, and the pump is driven, from a start of the ink circulation until a lapse of predetermined time period, at a second speed which is faster than the first speed. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207112 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, DISPENSING DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD - Liquid discharge head comprising: liquid discharge unit, which includes discharge port, liquid retaining section configured to retain liquid to be discharged from the discharge port, and displacement section configured to discharge the liquid retained within the liquid retaining section from the discharge port; a pair of liquid storage sections, which are configured to store the liquid and are each connected to the liquid retaining section in the liquid discharge unit so that the liquid can flow; a pair of liquid feeding sections that are connected to the pair of liquid storage sections and are configured to feed the liquid between the liquid storage section and the liquid retaining section; and a pair of open and close sections that are each disposed at flow path between the liquid feeding section and the liquid storage section and are configured to open and close the flow path. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207113 | APPEARANCE ATTRIBUTES - An example appearance calibration system includes a profile engine that identifies a printer setting corresponding to a non-color appearance attribute of an image source and a setting engine that sets a printer setting corresponding to the non-color appearance attribute. An example set of instructions may cause a processor resource to identify a setting corresponding to a printer component that affects an appearance attribute and provide layer appearance information representing a degree of the appearance attribute identified using a look-up table. An example method of appearance matching among a plurality of printers is described. In the example method, a plurality of appearance attributes controllable between a first printer and a second printer is identified, a degree of each attribute compatible with the first and second printer is determined, and instructions are prepared for the first and second printer using the degree of each attribute compatible with the first and second printer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207114 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium includes a low temperature marker that, depending on a change in temperature, changes a color state to a low-temperature first color state or to a low-temperature second color state different from the low-temperature first color state, and a surface on which the low temperature marker is disposed. The low temperature marker has a characteristic of indicating the low-temperature second color state when a temperature of the low temperature marker is higher than at least the low-temperature first threshold temperature after reached a temperature lower than or equal to a low-temperature first threshold temperature from an initial state indicating the low temperature first color state. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207115 | TAPE SUPPLYING DEVICE AND TAPE PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a tape supplying device that supplies a printing tape fed out from a tape roll having the printing tape wound therein to a tape printing device, the tape supplying device including: a roll supporting part that supports the tape roll in a posture in which a rotation axis of the tape roll crosses a mounting surface on which the tape printing device and the tape supplying device are mounted, wherein the tape supplying device supplies the printing tape to the tape printing device in a state in which the tape supplying device is not installed on the tape printing device. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207116 | AGNOSTIC IN-LINE VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR FINISHING RFID-ENBLED TAGS - An agnostic in-line verification system and method produce finished RFID-enabled tags including labels, tags, tickets, stickers and the like. Includes is an RFID-verification base unit with an RFID-verifier that checks for verification of programmed data of the RFID-enabled tags. A feed module is positioned upstream of the RFID-verification base to receive a flow of RFID-enabled tags to be finished through RFID verification, and a collector module is downstream of the RFID-verification base unit and that receives RFID-verified tags from the RFID-verification base unit. In systems that feed a continuous stream of uncut tags, a cutter module is positioned between the verification base unit and the collector module. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207117 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, DYEING APPARATUS, AND HEAD DRIVE METHOD - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a row of a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid. The liquid discharge apparatus further includes circuitry configured to generate a discharge timing in accordance with movement of a linear object to which the head applies the liquid, apply a drive waveform to the head based on the discharge timing, and apply a micro vibrating pulse to the head after application of a discharge pulse for discharging the liquid and before a subsequent discharge timing. The micro vibrating pulse is for vibrating a meniscus of the nozzle. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207118 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK SETS AND INKJET PRINTING METHODS - A pigmented aqueous inkjet ink set for manufacturing decorative panels includes a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a copper phthalocyanine pigment; a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a red pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Red 254, C.I. Pigment Red 122, C.I. Pigment Red 176 and mixed crystals thereof; a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Yellow 150 or a mixed crystal thereof; and a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment, wherein the aqueous inkjet inks contain a surfactant. An inkjet printing method for manufacturing decorative panels is also disclosed. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207119 | DRYER AND PRINTER - A dryer includes a heater in a conveyance area in which an object is conveyed, the heater configured to heat the object on which a liquid is applied, a heated portion in an outer area outside the conveyance area, the heated portion connected to the heater, a partition wall partitioning the conveyance area and the outer area, an air supply unit in the conveyance area, the air supply unit configured to feed air to the object conveyed in the conveyance area, and a duct in the outer area, the duct connected to the air supply unit and configured to take in air around the heated portion. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207120 | DRYER AND PRINTER - A dryer includes a heater configured to heat an object to dry the object, a plurality of collection devices configured to collect a liquid generated by liquefication of condensed vapor in the dryer, a drainage tube configured to drain the liquid from each of the plurality of collection devices, a pump configured to feed the liquid through the drainage tube, a switch configured to switch a connection between the plurality of collection devices and the switch, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure between the switch and the pump. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207121 | DRYING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A drying device includes a support portion that supports a printed medium, a heating unit provided in a drying chamber for drying the medium supported by the support portion, a flow path member that forms an air flow path connecting an inflow port that opens downward in the vertical direction and the drying chamber, an air blowing unit that supplies, to the drying chamber, air flowing from the inflow port into the air flow path and causes the air to flow out of an outflow portion of the drying chamber, and a control unit that controls driving of the air blowing unit. The outflow portion is positioned lower than the inflow port in the vertical direction, and the control unit controls the driving of the air blowing unit to change an air flow rate of the air supplied to the drying chamber. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207122 | LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE - The liquid discharging device includes a transporting unit disposed in a housing and configured to transport a medium placed outside the housing, a discharging unit configured to discharge liquid to the medium, a pre-heater configured to heat the medium and located upstream from a position where liquid is discharged by a discharging unit in a transport direction in which the medium is transported, an after-heater configured to heat the medium and located downstream, in the transport direction, from the position where the liquid is discharged, a detector configured to detect humidity outside the housing, and a control unit configured to control the pre-heater, wherein the medium is applied by a tension between a portion that contacts the transporting unit upstream from a position where the liquid is discharged in the transport direction, and a portion located downstream from the after-heater, and the control unit controls the pre-heater based on the humidity. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207123 | Image Forming Method and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - An image forming method uses an apparatus for forming an image on both recording media of fabric and recording paper. The image forming method includes: applying a treatment agent to the fabric, the treatment agent coagulating a water-based ink or increasing viscosity of the water-based ink; and discharging the water-based ink onto the fabric by an ink-jet system, the water-based ink being identical to a water-based ink used for forming the image on the recording paper. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207124 | THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal printer includes a frame including sidewalls; a platen roller supported by the frame, through bearings, the platen roller being configured to rotate with a rotational shaft; a thermal head disposed opposite the platen roller; a support member for supporting the thermal head, the support member being configured to be pivoted with respect to the frame; and an adjustment mechanism disposed between the rotational shaft of the platen roller and the thermal head, the adjustment mechanism allowing a distance between the rotational shaft of the platen roller and the thermal head to be adjusted, while contacting at least one from among components of the platen roller and components of the thermal head, so that a gap between the thermal head and the platen roller is adjusted. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207125 | PRINTER ASSEMBLY LOW FRICTION ROLLER LINER - The present disclosure relates to a low friction roller liner for a printer assembly that may include a core layer, a first outer layer overlying a first surface of the core layer, a second outer layer overlying the first outer layer, a first inner layer overlying a second surface of the core layer that is opposite of the first surface of the core layer, and a second inner layer overlying the first inner layer. The first outer layer and the first inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material and may have a melt flow rate of at least about 2 g/10 min at 372° C. The second outer layer and the second inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material distinct from the fluoropolymer material of the first outer layer and may have a surface coefficient of friction of not greater than about 0.2. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207126 | PRINTING UNIT AND THERMAL PRINTER - A printing unit includes a head unit; a platen unit separately combined with the head unit; a fixed blade provided to the platen unit; a movable blade, which is provided to the head unit and is relatively movable with respect to the fixed blade; a drive mechanism, which includes a drive rack coupled to the movable blade, and moves the movable blade between a standby position being separated from the fixed blade and a cutting position at which the movable blade rides on the fixed blade; an operation lever being movable between a lock position and a releasing position; and a return mechanism configured to move the movable blade from the cutting position toward the standby position side through intermediation of the drive rack in association with the operation lever. The return mechanism includes a lever returning mechanism, under the state in which movable blade is stopped at the cutting position, transmits motive power generated along with an operation of the operation lever from the lock position toward the releasing position to the drive mechanism to move the movable blade toward the standby position and returns the operated operation lever from the releasing position side to the lock position. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207127 | PHOTO-CURING INKJET PRINTER - A photo-curing inkjet printer includes a bed, a discharger, a light applicator, and a conveyor. The bed includes a printable region defined in advance. A substrate is placed on the bed. The discharger discharges photo-curable ink. The light applicator applies light. The conveyor conveys one of the bed and the discharger relative to the other one of the bed and the discharger in a conveyance direction. The discharger includes a row of nozzles aligned in the conveyance direction. The nozzles discharge the photo-curable ink. A length of the bed measured from a start end of the bed to a start end of the printable region is longer in the conveyance direction than a length calculated by subtracting a maximum pass width from a length of the row of nozzles of the discharger. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207128 | CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is a cartridge installed in a tape printing device, the cartridge including: a tape path through which a printing tape introduced from a device-side tape introduction port is fed toward a device-side tape ejection port in a state in which the cartridge is installed in a cartridge installation part; and a tape retention part that retains the printing tape introduced into a tape path in a state in which the cartridge is not installed in the cartridge installation part, wherein, when the cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation part, the tape retention part engages an insertion convex part that protrudes from a bottom surface of the cartridge installation part to cancel retention of the printing tape. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207129 | GUIDE DEVICE AND PRINTER - A guide device includes a guide configured to movably hold and guide a moving-object, and a stay to which the guide is attached. The stay includes an attachment portion including an attachment surface to which the guide is attached, a facing portion facing the attachment portion, and an adjuster configured to change a distance between the attachment portion and the facing portion to partially displace the attachment surface. The adjuster includes an adjustment plate arranged between the attachment portion and the facing portion, and a push member configured to push the adjustment plate to move the attachment portion of the stay. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207130 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes: a head having a discharge surface in which a discharge port is opened, a pressure chamber which communicates with the discharge port, and an actuator which is configured to change a volume of the pressure chamber; a carriage configured to move the head in a scanning direction; a conveyor configured to move an object in a conveyance direction crossing the scanning direction; a posture changing mechanism configured to change a facing posture of the head with respect to the object; and a controller configured to control the actuator, the carriage, the conveyor and the posture changing mechanism, based on image data, to execute alternately and repeatedly a scanning operation and a conveying operation. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207131 | TAPE PRINTING DEVICE AND CARTRIDGE SET - Disclosed is a tape printing device including a cartridge installation part in which a first cartridge and a second cartridge different in shape when seen from an installation direction are alternatively installable, wherein the cartridge installation part has, when seen from the installation direction, an overlap region in which a first installation region that is an installation region for the first cartridge and a second installation region that is an installation region for the second cartridge overlap each other, and a non-overlap region composed of one of the first installation region and the second installation region. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207132 | SILVER INK FOR 3D PRINTING AND 3D PRINTING METHOD USING SAME - The present invention relates to silver ink for printing a three dimensional microstructure and a 3D printing method using the same. The present invention provides a method for printing a 3-dimensional silver structure pattern, the method including: a step of providing a nozzle with liquid ink including capped silver nanoparticles and exhibiting Newtonian fluid behavior; a step of forming, at a predetermined point on a substrate, a meniscus of the liquid ink with ink extruded from the nozzle; a step of allowing the ink of the nozzle to be extruded by means of the surface tension of the meniscus while moving the nozzle along a path in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, in a direction parallel to the substrate, or according to a combination of said directions; and a step of forming a silver structure pattern corresponding to the movement path of the nozzle by evaporating a solvent from the extruded ink from the region closer to the substrate. The present invention can provide a 3D printing method based on direct ink printing that is suitable for application to 3D printing electronic technology. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207133 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKING AT OPTICAL FILM - Disclosed is a system and method for marking at a partial area of an optical film material. The system for marking at an optical film includes a feed roll configured to feed an optical film material in a first direction, a marking unit configured to mark a nulling mark or material information in a marking area of the optical film material fed in the first direction, other than a valid area which is attached to a display panel, a light source unit having a light source member configured to supply a marking laser light to the marking unit, and a receiving roll configured to collect the optical film material. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207134 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF SHEET MEMBER AND SHEET MEMBER - Provided is a production method of a sheet member, including a process of forming, by printing, a phosphorescent layer containing a phosphorescent material on a surface of a sheet-shaped substrate with a transmissive property, and a process of forming a reflection layer, by printing, including a reflective material to reflect light on a surface of at least either one of the substrate or the phosphorescent layer in such a manner that the reflection layer overlaps at least a part of the phosphorescent layer in a thickness direction of the substrate. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207135 | Method for Securing Flexible Hinges Binding Laminate Sheets into Security Documents and Secured Security Documents - A security document (e.g. passport) comprising a protective feature for authenticating a laminate data sheet thereof and method for making the same. A metalized flexible hinge attached to the laminate data sheet is used to bind the laminate data sheet into the passport with one or more other sheets at a binding of the passport such that at least a portion of the metalized surface of the flexible hinge is visible proximate to the laminate data sheet. Personalization data is etched on the visible portion of the metalized surface of the flexible hinge and matches personalization data of the laminate data sheet. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207136 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND PIGMENT TEXTILE PRINTING INK COMPOSITION - A liquid discharge apparatus of the present disclosure includes an ink composition and a liquid discharge section including a nozzle for discharging the ink composition. The ink composition is a pigment textile printing ink composition containing resin particles, water, and an organic solvent. The resin particles have a glass transition temperature of 5° C. or less and are contained in an amount of 6.5 mass % or more based on the total amount of the ink composition. The ink composition contains a polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more as the organic solvent in an amount of 15.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the ink composition. The liquid discharge section includes a pressure chamber and a circulation passage for circulating the ink composition in the pressure chamber. | 2020-07-02 |
20200207137 | SETTING APPARATUS, SHAPING SYSTEM, SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In a setting apparatus including a control unit, the control unit is configured to: set, by a user operation, an irradiation condition of a laser beam for a thermally expandable sheet, a surface of the thermally expandable sheet being heated and expanded by being irradiated with the laser beam; and control an output and a scanning speed of the laser beam in accordance with the set irradiation condition, and in the setting, (i) a surface state of the thermally expandable sheet after expansion is selectable from a plurality of mutually different surface states, and (ii) the irradiation condition is set by the user operation according to the surface state selected from among the plurality of surface states. | 2020-07-02 |