33rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150224690 | METHOD FOR MOLDING A DECORATIVE ZIPPER PULL AND MOLD FOR A ZIPPER PULL - A molding process for creating a decorative pull has two separate molding steps. In the first molding step, a first top mold portion, and a bottom mold portion are used. The bottom mold portion has a mold compartment with an indentation in the bottom. An end of a soft string is placed in this compartment with the end disposed over the indentation. The first top mold portion is closed over the bottom mold portion and molding material is injected. The molding material enters the mold cavity and flows into the indentation to cover the ends of the string entirely, to create a first molded component. A second top mold portion is then placed over the bottom mold potion and molding material is then injected into the second mold cavity formed by the second top mold portion to cover the first molded component and create a molded pull for use on zippers or other items. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224691 | FIXED PLATEN OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - A fixed platen of an injection molding machine is constituted by a mold mounting portion, a tie bar support portion disposed to be spaced apart from the mold mounting portion, and a load transmitting portion that connects the mold mounting portion with the tie bar support portion. Furthermore, the load transmitting portion is constituted by a cross-shaped connecting portion, and an extension connecting portion that extends along the outer circumferential portion of the mold mounting portion. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224692 | Hot Runner Nozzle for Injecting Thermoplastic Material into a Moulding Tool - The hot runner nozzle ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224693 | INJECTION MOLD CORE FOR MAKING A PART OUT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL, THE PART HAVING A CLOSED BOX - The invention provides an injection mold core ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COSMETICS BY IMPREGNATING CONTENTS INTO IMPREGNATING MATERIAL - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for preparing cosmetics by impregnating contents into an impregnating material. The apparatus includes a transfer table ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224695 | Injection Molding Apparatus and Method Comprising a Mold Cavity Surface Comprising a Thermally Controllable Array - Apparatus and methods for injection molding, in which at least one portion of at least one cavity surface that defines a mold cavity, includes a thermally controllable array. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224696 | Injection Molding Machines and Methods for Accounting for Changes in Material Properties During Injection Molding Runs - A method and a machine that account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. If viscosity of the molten plastic material changes during an injection run, a controller alters an injection pressure to ensure that molten plastic material fills a mold cavity within a correct amount of time to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224697 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE THREAD - The present invention relates to a composition and a method for manufacturing a thermoplastic polyurethane thread of particularly 250 denier or less with enhanced physical properties by collecting virgin type thermoplastic polyurethane resin or polyurethane scraps remaining after using the thermoplastic polyurethane resin for airbag patterns or after processing the thermoplastic polyurethane resin, mixing various additives and the different types of thermoplastic polyurethane together, compounding the resulting mixture and then coextruding the resulting thermoplastic polyurethane compound with an extruder into a thermoplastic polyurethane thread. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224698 | DEVICE FOR SUCTIONING OFF WASTE PRODUCTS FROM A PRODUCTION MACHINE - The invention relates to a device ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224699 | EXTRUSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - One aspect of the disclosure relates to an apparatus including an extrusion nozzle. The nozzle includes an inlet end, an outlet end opposite the inlet end and an axis extending between the inlet end and the outlet end. The extrusion nozzle is configured to rotate about the axis. The extrusion nozzle also includes a rotary drive engagement portion between the inlet end and the outlet end. The extrusion nozzle further includes a cavity including an inlet opening at the inlet end and an outlet opening at the outlet end. The inlet opening has a different configuration than the outlet opening. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224700 | SLOT DIE POSITION ADJUSTMENT AND RETURN TO BASELINE - A method of controlling a slot die comprises, while continuing to pass the extrudate through the fluid flow path and out the applicator slot, changing the position of the actuators with the controller to either increase the cross-directional thickness of the fluid flow path adjacent each of the actuators or substantially close the fluid flow path adjacent the actuators, and after changing the cross-directional thickness of the fluid flow path adjacent each of the actuators, while continuing to pass the extrudate through the fluid flow path and out the applicator slot, repositioning each of the actuators with the controller according to the set of discrete settings to resume operating the slot die with the actuators positioned according to the set of discrete settings. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224701 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH CENTERING OF THE BASE OF THE BLOW MOULD - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-form into plastics material containers, comprises a blow mould device which forms a cavity inside. The plastics material pre-forms are expanded to form the plastics material containers. The blow mould device has a first blow mould part, a second blow mould part, and a base part. A blow mould carrier device holds the blow mould device. The blow mould carrier device has a first carrier part for holding the first blow mould part and a second carrier part for holding the second blow mould part. A third carrier part holds the base part. A centering mechanism centers the base part. The centering mechanism has a first engagement element which is which is movable with respect to a second engagement element. One of the first and second engagement elements is arranged on the third carrier part. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224702 | PATTERN INSPECTION MEMBER, PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, AND PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a pattern inspection member is a pattern inspection member to which a pattern provided in an inspection object is transferred. The pattern inspection member includes a component pertaining to photosensitivity or thermosensitivity, a component pertaining to stretching and a component pertaining to feature retention of the pattern. The component pertaining to photosensitivity or thermosensitivity includes a photosensitive resin or a thermosensitive resin. The component pertaining to stretching includes a thermoplastic resin including no cyclic structure. The component pertaining to feature retention of the pattern includes a thermoplastic resin including a cyclic structure. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224703 | IMPRINTING METHOD AND IMPRINTING APPARATUS - Provided are: an imprinting method which suppresses volatilization of a photocurable resin applied on a transfer-receiving substrate by an inkjet method, satisfactorily maintains the wet-spreading property of the resin at the time of transfer, maintains cleanness of the environment for transfer, and can fill the environment for transfer with a particular gas appropriate for transfer; and an imprinting apparatus. Disclosed is an imprinting method of using a template having a concavo-convex pattern formed thereon, and transferring the pattern of the template by imprinting to a photocurable resin on a transfer-receiving substrate, characterized in that, in a space where the template and the photocurable resin are brought into contact, clean air is sent to the space through an air blowing port during a standby mode of not performing imprinting, and the flow rate of clean air in the space is reduced or clean air is not sent during an imprinting mode. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224704 | MASTER MOLD, IMPRINT MOLD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE USING IMPRINT MOLD - A master mold for manufacturing an imprint mold includes a base part and a plurality of protrusions extending from the base part. At least one first recess is defined in a side portion of each of the protrusions. Additionally, an imprint mold used or utilized to manufacture a display device includes a base part and a plurality of protrusions extending from the base part. Each of the protrusions includes at least one first convex portion protruding from a side portion of each of the protrusions. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224705 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EMBOSSING - A process for embossing a structure in an embossing material that is applied on a substrate comprising the steps of embossing the embossing material by an embossing die and hardening the embossing material, wherein at least the substrate and/or the embossing die and/or at least one heating layer arranged between the substrate and the embossing material and/or between the embossing die and the embossing material are irradiated by means of microwaves for hardening the embossing material. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224706 | TAPE APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY AND TAPE ASSEMBLY - A tape applicator assembly for securing tape to a surface includes a body and may include a centering and locking assembly configured to automatically center and lock a tape assembly within the body for dispensing. The tape applicator assembly may further be configured for securing tape to at least one cable and a surface, wherein the body includes a tape-receiving cavity defined for receiving a tape assembly having tape with a tape center longitudinal axis. A tape applying assembly may be defined within the body that is configured to adhere the tape to both the at least one cable and the surface. A cable alignment assembly may also be defined within the body that is configured to receive at least one cable positioned against the surface and substantially align the at least one cable with the tape center longitudinal axis. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224707 | METHOD OF INCREASING STENT RETENTION OF BIOABSORBABLE SCAFFOLDING WITH A SHEATH - A medical device includes a polymer stent crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The stent is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes heating the stent to a temperature below the polymer's glass transition temperature to improve stent retention without adversely affecting the mechanical characteristics of the stent when later deployed to support a body lumen. A variable diameter sheath with a central portion that prevents expansion of the stent when the balloon is pressurized and larger diameter ends is disposed over the crimped stent-balloon assembly. The balloon is pressurized and the larger diameter ends of the sheath allow the balloon beyond the ends of the stent to expand. The balloon is then depressurized. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224708 | Apparatus and Method for Cutting Tubular Members - A method of cutting a continuous hollow tubular member having a fully expanded configuration with an outer diameter D, includes the steps of feeding the continuous hollow tubular member in the fully expanded configuration to a cutting station, cutting the continuous hollow tubular member into a plurality of hollow tubular members, each of which has a first flattened end and expanding the first flattened end of the plurality of hollow tubular members to the fully expanded configuration such that the first end of the plurality of hollow tubular members has an outer diameter D. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224709 | METHOD FOR PRINTING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - A method for forming three-dimensional objects is disclosed. The method includes printing building material, layer by layer, to form a three dimensional object by depositing building material in layers onto a printing tray to form a three dimensional object and maintaining the uppermost layers being deposited in a flowable state by a temperature control after layers below the uppermost layers are solidified. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224710 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS FROM SOLIDIFIABLE PASTE - An apparatus and method for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable paste is shown and described. The apparatus includes a pastes spreader, at least a portion of which extends into the solidifiable paste. The container holding the solidifiable paste and the spreader are movable relative to one another. In one system, the spreader vibrates as the container and the spreader move relative to one another. In another system, the spreader is part of a spreader assembly in which a first spreader and second spreader are angled with respect to one another, and the assembly is rotatable and lockable into multiple rotational positions. The apparatus and method allow three-dimensional objects to be progressively built upside down by ensuring that the previously solidified object section has a substantially homogeneous layer of solidifiable material available for forming a new layer of the solidified object prior to exposure to solidification energy. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224711 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - When manufacturing three-dimensional electronic device by layering multiple layer cross sections sliced at a predetermined thickness of three-dimensional electronic device which is the target for forming, first, each layer cross section using multiple types of materials is formed by being layered on top of the layer cross section underneath, and each time a layer cross section is formed, the cross section is cured or sintered by being exposed to ultraviolet light, a laser beam, visible light, and so on. The forming method for each cross section may be forming cross section by discharging a binder via a droplet discharge method such as inkjet printing or dispensing, or by spreading a layer of powdered material and bonding the powdered material by discharging a binder or sintering it by exposing it to a laser beam. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224712 | POWER FEED MECHANISM FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A powder feed mechanism for a three-dimensional printer in which a heap of powder is drawn up from a powder container to be spread across a material bed rather than dropped or deposited on it. The mechanism comprises a carrier arm that moves through a powder chamber, and a support platform for carrying a heap of powdered build material. The support platform moves with the carrier arm. The carrier arm moves to a powder delivery position in which the support platform is in a transverse orientation for lying flush with the material bed. This arrangement can reduce the path travelled by the powder from the powder chamber to the material bed and give greater control over the shape of the heap of powder that is to be spread over the material bed. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224713 | LIQUEFIER ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS - A liquefier assembly for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, the liquefier assembly comprising a downstream portion having a first average inner cross-sectional area, and an upstream having a second average inner cross-sectional area that is less than the first inner cross-sectional area, the upstream portion defining a shoulder configured to restrict movement of a melt meniscus of a consumable material. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224714 | MULTIPLE-ZONE LIQUEFIER ASSEMBLY FOR EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS - A liquefier assembly for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, and a method for building a three-dimensional model with the extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, where the liquefier assembly includes a liquefier tube having multiple, independently heatable zones along a longitudinal length of the liquefier tube. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PRINTABILITY OF A 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A computer implemented method and apparatus for controlling printability of a 3D model. The method comprises modifying a 3D model according to a plurality of transformation details, wherein the transformation details modify the 3D model so as to break one or more printability rules, and wherein modifying does not alter an appearance of the 3D model. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING A 2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A computer implemented method and apparatus for embedding a 2D image in a 3D model. The method comprises generating a 3-dimensional (3D) print matrix representing a 2-dimensional (2D) image, wherein the print matrix comprises a plurality of sub-regions, the base plane of each sub-region angled with respect to a top surface of the print matrix so as to produce a plurality of shades, each shade representing a shade of the 2D image; and embedding the print matrix in a (3D) model. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224717 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING PAINTED THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - A method for printing a three-dimensional objet, layer by layer is provided. The method involves printing an inner region of a layer of the three-dimensional object and an outer circumference region. The inner region includes a white outline area and the outer circumference region surrounds the white outline area. The outer circumference region that forms an apparent colored surface includes colored voxels formed by depositing a transparent building material and at least one color additive material and is printed such that the resolution of the color additive is higher than the building material resolution. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224718 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS WITH SPECIAL BUILDING PLATFORMS AND DRIVE SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a device for producing three-dimensional models in a continuous process, comprising a build surface which has a first end in the direction of movement and a second end in the direction of movement, at least one dosing device and at least one solidification unit, characterized in that the build surface is designed to transport heavy components, and the components are transportable over the build surface essentially without distortion, and also comprising a method therefor. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224719 | Method for Producing a Rotor Blade and Rotor Blade of a Wind Turbine - The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor blade by arranging foam ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224720 | FIBER HOLDING DEVICE, HIGH PRESSURE GAS TANK MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TANK - There is provided a fiber holding device, comprising: a bobbin supported to be rotatable about an axis and configured to hold a fiber wound thereon; a release member configured to apply a force to the fiber drawn from the bobbin in a direction from the axis of the bobbin toward outer periphery; a tension applying member configured to apply tension to the fiber drawn from the bobbin; and an extended section extended from the bobbin and arranged to integrally hold the release member and the tension applying member in a sequence of the release member and the tension applying member toward downstream in a drawing direction of the fiber. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR BLADE SPAR CAP - An apparatus and method for producing a rotor blade spar cap for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The apparatus includes a mold, which has a cavity-like depression in cross section, in which material for a rotor blade spar cap can be placed, and a sheet-like mold covering for sealing off the depression. The depression has side walls, an opening bounded by the side walls and a base area between the side walls. In accordance with the method, fiber material and/or fiber-reinforced material is placed in the depression of the mold such that the material finishes flush with the side walls with respect to the height of the rotor blade spar cap, the depression is sealed off by the sheet-like mold covering, the material is fused together to form the rotor blade spar cap and the rotor blade spar cap is removed from the mold. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224722 | ANNEALING METHOD, ANNEALING JIG AND ANNEALING APPARATUS - An annealing method according to the present invention is an annealing method of annealing a molded body ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224723 | Method for Manufacturing a Headlight Lens for a Vehicle Headlight - The invention relates to a method for producing an optical lens element, more particularly for illumination purposes, more particularly for producing a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, more particularly for a motor vehicle headlamp, according to which method liquid, transparent, more particularly amorphous, synthetic material is placed into a lower mould. The synthetic material is then pressed between the lower mould and an upper mould by putting the lower mould and the upper mould together. The lower mould and the upper mould are then separated. Further liquid, transparent, more particularly amorphous, synthetic material is then added to the pressed synthetic material and the synthetic material is then pressed, more particularly precision pressed, to form the lens element. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224724 | OPHTHALMIC LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THAT INCLUDE FLASH REMOVAL FROM LENS MOLD MEMBERS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for removing flash from contact lens mold members are described. Flash is removed from contact lens mold members by cutting the flash from the mold member. The flash is removed by rotating a deflashing element or rotating a mold member, or both. After the flash is removed, the unfinished contact lens attached to the mold member can be further processed, which may include cutting an optical surface onto the contact lens. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224725 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A HEADLIGHT LENS - The invention relates to a method for producing an optical lens element, in particular for illuminating purposes, in particular for producing a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, in particular for a motor vehicle headlight. A preform made of a transparent plastic, which is amorphous in particular, is molded in an injection mold using an injection molding method. The preform is removed from the injection mold, in particular before the average temperature of the preform falls below the melting temperature of the plastic and/or the flow temperature of the plastic, and the preform is subsequently pressed into the lens element, in particular the blank, using a final contour mold. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224726 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, MAKING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - There is provided a method of making an optical polymer waveguide having an arbitrary refractive index profile, the method including: a) providing a first input optical beam having a first beam intensity profile and a second input optical beam having a second beam intensity profile; b) combining the first and second input optical beams to form an output optical beam having an output beam intensity profile; and c) forming the optical waveguide on a substrate by: exposing the optical materials of the waveguide to the output optical beam; and curing the optical materials using said output optical beam. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224727 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RETARDATION FILM - A method for producing a retardation film comprising the steps of: (a) uniaxially stretching an original film for producing retardation film in one direction at either a temperature T1 or T2; and then (b) uniaxially stretching the film stretched in the step (a) in a direction perpendicular to the above-mentioned direction of stretching at a temperature T2 or T1 different from the above-mentioned temperature, in which the original film for producing retardation film has a characteristic that a phase of linearly polarized light entering vertically into the film plane and having an oscillating surface of an electric vector in an X-Z plane against linearly polarized light entering vertically into the film plane and having an oscillating surface of an electric vector in a Y-Z plane lags by uniaxially stretching in the direction of the X axis at a temperature T1, and leads by uniaxially stretching in the direction of the X axis at a temperature T2 different from the above-mentioned temperature T1, in which the X axis is an uniaxially stretching direction, the Y axis is a direction perpendicular to the uniaxially stretching direction in the film plane, and the Z axis is a direction of a thickness of the film. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224728 | Expandable Belt and Tread Drum With Varied Curvature Segments - An improved belt and tread drum incorporating an improved segment is disclosed. Segments are mounted in side-by-side relationship about a central axis for radial movement inwardly and outwardly with respect to the central axis and include arcuate outer surfaces that collectively define an outer circumferential working surface of the drum. The segments each define an arcuate outer surface defining a circumferential dimension, the outer surface having varied curvature along the circumferential dimension. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224729 | Expandable Belt and Tread Drum Having Irregular Segment Profiles - An improved belt and tread drum incorporating an improved segment is disclosed. Segments are mounted in side-by-side relationship about a central axis for radial movement inwardly and outwardly with respect to the central axis and include arcuate outer surfaces that collectively define an outer circumferential working surface of the drum. The segments each define opposite first and second longitudinal side margins, at least one of the first and second longitudinal side margins defining an irregular longitudinal profile. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224730 | SCREW PRESS - The invention relates to a screw press ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224731 | METHOD FOR REALISING CARTONS FOR PACKING AND AN APPARATUS ACTUATING THE METHOD - A method and an apparatus for realizing cartons for packing includes feeding a cardboard band ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224732 | METHODS AND A MACHINE FOR FORMING A CONTAINER FROM A BLANK - A machine a mandrel assembly includes a mandrel having an external shape complimentary to an internal shape of at least a portion of a container, a first lift mechanism operatively coupled to a first servomechanism to wrap a first portion of a blank about the mandrel, a second lift mechanism operatively coupled to a second servomechanism to wrap a second portion of the blank about the mandrel, and a folding arm coupled to the first lift mechanism and operatively coupled to a third servomechanism. A control system is in communication with the first servomechanism, the second servomechanism, and the third servomechanism and is configured to transmit a signal to each of the servomechanisms to independently control movement of the first lift mechanism, the second lift mechanism, and the folding arm to wrap at least the first and second portions of the blank about the mandrel to form the container. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224733 | CORRUGATED CARDBOARD INSTALLATION - The invention relates to a corrugated cardboard installation. The corrugated cardboard installation comprises a first material supply device for dispensing a first material web, a second material supply device for dispensing a second material web, a first corrugated cardboard production assembly for producing a first corrugated cardboard web from the first material web and the second material web, a cross-cutting assembly for producing corrugated cardboard sheets from the first corrugated cardboard web, a warp detection assembly for detecting the warp of corrugated cardboard sheets or partial corrugated cardboard webs, an information processing device receiving warp information from the warp detection assembly relating to the corrugated cardboard sheets or the partial corrugated cardboard webs, and at least one corrugated cardboard sheet warp influencing assembly (actuable depending on signals received from the information processing device for influencing the warp of the corrugated cardboard sheets. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224734 | HIGH STRENGTH LOW DENSITY MULTI-PURPOSE PANEL - A high strength low density panel. The panel is formed of sections. Each section will preferably have the shape of a cuboid or a prism. At least one face of each section is provided with a buttress. The sections are preferably inverted relative to each other. The sections are configured so that they share sidewalls with each adjacent section, which creates a series of braces extending across the panel. The prismatic sections are paired to form cuboids. These cuboids have a diagonal internal wall. The internal walls of the cuboids align in the panel to create braces that extend across the panel at an angle to the other braces. Finally, all of the buttresses are configured so that the buttress of adjacent and eater-corner sections meet their respective common section corners at substantially the same point. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224735 | THERMAL RESISTOR MATERIAL - An insulating material having structures and a design that maximizes vacuum area relative to material volume and minimizes the area of contact to a region to be insulated in order to provide maximum thermal resistance between the contacted area and an external environment is provided. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224736 | COMPOSITES COMPRISING ADHERED COMPONENTS - A composite comprising adhered components and method of refurbishing such composites are described herein. The composite includes a first component, a second component, and the first component being adhered to the second component using an adhesive stack. The adhesive stack comprises a first adhesive-impregnated scrim layer disposed between the first component and the second component and a bulk adhesive layer disposed between the first component and the second component. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224737 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A three-dimensional fiber-reinforced composite includes a laminate having fiber bundle layers that are laminated in the laminating direction and include first and second outermost layers, primary and secondary retention yarns, and a binding yarn. The binding yarn includes a fold-back section, primary and secondary traverse yarn sections, a surface yarn section that extends along the surface of the second outermost layer in the direction substantially perpendicular to the secondary retention yarn, and a bifurcated section that is formed on the surface of the second outermost layer and connected to the primary and secondary traverse yarn sections. The bifurcated section is formed by crossing the surface yarn section that extends in opposite directions in the outside in the laminating direction of the secondary retention yarn. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224738 | WATERPROOF GARMENT WITH INVISIBLE BARRIER SEAM - A waterproof invisible barrier seam is formed between two fabric laminates, an outer shell fabric laminate and an inner lining fabric laminate. The seam includes an invisible seam tape that forms a hydrostatic barrier within the seam. The design of the seam allows the formation of an effective hydrostatic barrier along the seams of a soft shell garment, while retaining flexibility, stretch, aesthetic appearance, and reversibility. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224739 | HIGH PERFORMANCE NANOFIBERS AND MATS - Provided herein are nanofibers, nanofiber mats, and processes for preparing the same. In particular, provided herein are improved nanofibers and nanofiber mats, as well as processes for preparing nanofibers and nanofiber mats, having high performance characteristics. In some instances, such processes involve depositing nanofibers in a distinctly layered structure, which allows nanofibers to retain structural integrity upon post-electrospinning processing, which in turn provides resultant nanofibers with high performance characteristics. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224740 | PROTECTIVE GLASS FILM - A glass protective film includes a base film formed by melting a weak adhesive polymer to be adhered to a glass plate by weak adhesion; a first surface of the base film prepared into a weak adhesive surface, which is a mirror surface; and a second surface thereof prepared into a non-adhesive surface which is a rough bead surface. Beads for preparing the rough bead surface are hexagonal, rectangular or triangular beads or ball beads prepared by cutting a film; and the ceiling reach rate of the beads of the rough bead surface is 30% or more. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224741 | FABRIC STRUCTURE FOR MANUFACTURING WATER SPORTS GARMENTS - The present disclosure provides a fabric structure for manufacturing water sports garments. The foamed rubber sheet has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The inner fabric layer includes a draining fabric layer attached to the first surface of the foamed rubber sheet, an elastic fabric layer attached to the draining fabric layer, and a water repellent fabric layer attached to the elastic fabric layer. The outer fabric layer is attached to the second surface of the foamed rubber sheet. Water may directly pass into the draining fabric layer, through the water repellent fabric layer and the elastic fabric layer, and be drained out of the fabric structure. Therefore, the user wearing the water sports garment made of the fabric structure may feel comfortable and warm while water is drained out. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224742 | METAL-RESIN COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND METAL MEMBER - A metal-resin composite structure ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224743 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ARTICLE - An article includes at least one first portion, wherein the at least one first portion is additively manufactured by depositing successive layers of one or more materials upon a surface such that a three dimensional structure is obtained; at least one second portion affixed the at least one first portion, the at least one second portion including a substantially planar member, and further including at least one bottom surface and at least one top surface; and at least one third portion, wherein the at least one third portion is additively manufactured by depositing successive layers of one or more materials upon the at least one top surface such that a three dimensional structure is obtained. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224744 | GLASS SUBSTRATE STRIP - A glass substrate strip is provided includes a large number of thin-glass segments, which have been positioned and fixed on an adherent foil. The thin-glass segments have been fixed on the adherent foil by one of their entire area, their entire edge region, or their edge regions. The glass substrate strip can include lateral transport bands or coding fields. For storage, glass substrate strip is plated in undulating fashion or is rolled up, and it serves not only for transport and storage but also as carrier strip in processing steps for the thin-glass segments. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224745 | POLYETHYLENE-BASED RESIN FOAM SHEET - A polyethylene-based resin foam sheet with density of 15 to 150 kg/m | 2015-08-13 |
20150224746 | STRETCHED LAMINATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN POLARIZER, THIN POLARIZER MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD, AND POLARIZING PLATE INCLUDING THE THIN POLARIZER - Provided is a stretched laminate for manufacturing a thin polarizer while increasing the degree of orientation of a polyvinyl alcohol-iodine complex without problems such as breakage. In addition, there are provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizer having superior optical characteristics by using the stretched laminate, a thin polarizer manufactured by the method, and a polarizing plate including the thin polarizer. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224747 | Film Barrier to Isocyanate Monomer Migration - The invention provides a multilayer film comprising at least two layers A1 and B: A1. a first film layer A1 formed from a composition A1 comprising at least one of the following: an hydroxyl (OH) functionalized ethylene-based polymer and/or a amine-functionalized ethylene-based polymer; and B. a second film layer B formed from a composition B comprising at least one isocyanate. The invention also provides a multilayer film comprising at least two layers A2 and B: A2. A first film layer A2 formed from a composition A2 comprising an anhydride functionalized ethylene-based polymer; and B. A second film layer B formed from a composition B comprising at least one isocyanate. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224748 | SYNTHETIC RESIN LAMINATE - The present invention has an object of providing a synthetic resin laminate that is usable for a transparent substrate material or protective material, has high thermoformability (pressure formability, thermal-bending formability), high insert moldability, and high surface hardness and/or impact resistance, and also providing a molded body formed by molding such a synthetic resin laminate. The synthetic resin laminate includes a polycarbonate-based substrate layer; and a resin laminated on one of, or both of, two surfaces of the polycarbonate-based substrate layer, the resin containing a specific (meth)acrylate copolymer resin and a specific polycarbonate resin. The polycarbonate-based substrate layer includes a polymer alloy and thus has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 110 to 130° C. Thus, the resultant synthetic resin laminate has high thermoformability and high surface hardness. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224749 | COVER MATERIAL - A cover material used for a container has a seal part covered with a polyethylene resin. The cover material includes a base material and a sealant layer. The sealant layer has a laminated structure obtained through lamination of a first thermoplastic resin layer, adhesive to the base material, and a second thermoplastic resin layer, adhesive to the seal part covered with the polyethylene resin. Thicknesses of the first thermoplastic resin layer and the second thermoplastic resin layer satisfy: thickness of first thermoplastic resin layer≦thickness of second thermoplastic resin layer. The layer of the second thermoplastic resin has a dispersion structure obtained by dispersing, in the first thermoplastic resin, the second thermoplastic resin that is non- compatible or partially compatible to the first thermoplastic resin such that a ratio Us of a domain longer diameter 1 and a domain shorter diameter s of the second thermoplastic resin is within 1.5≦l/s≦10. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224750 | SOUND-DEADENING MULTILAYER POLYMERIC STRUCTURES - Disclosed is a multilayer polymeric structure comprising a plurality of layers comprising at least one layer comprising a stiff polymeric material having a flexural modulus of about 140 kpsi to about 500 kpsi; and at least one layer comprising a soft polymeric material having a flexural modulus of less than 75 kpsi; wherein layers of the stiff polymeric material alternate with layers of the soft polymeric material; and the total thickness of the multilayer polymeric structure is from about 1 mm to about 14 mm. The structure provides improved sound-deadening properties. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224751 | FUNCTIONAL FILM FOR IMPROVING IMPREGNATION PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIAL USING SAME - Disclosed are a film for forming a composite material, which is capable of improving impregnation properties by using a carrier film on which a low viscosity resin layer is formed, and a method for manufacturing a composite material using the same. The film for forming a composite material, according to the present invention, comprises: a continuous fibrous layer; and a carrier film which is adhered to any one side of the continuous fibrous layer and has a low viscosity resin layer formed on the adhered side of the continuous fibrous layer. Thus, the present invention provides the advantage of having a composite material with excellent impregnation properties and excellent mechanical performance. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224752 | LAMINATE AND SURFACE PROTECTION PLATE - A laminated plate according to the present invention includes two or more resin films laminated via an adhesive layer, and at least one layer of the adhesive layer contains a resin component containing a polyol resin and an isocyanate curing agent, and a hydroxyl group-containing benzophenone compound, and the hydroxyl group-containing benzophenone compound is 55 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of the resin component. The laminated plate has an ultraviolet absorption property, while it does not have a layer containing an ultraviolet absorbing agent on a surface. Therefore, it can be provided with a desired functional layer as needed. The laminate plate is suitably used as a protection plate for a display device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224753 | BOND STANDOFFS FOR SLIDING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS IN AN ASSEMBLY - Adhesive bonds may be formed between components (e.g., automotive) by sliding components into position without wiping or removing the uncured adhesive. Here, a first bonding region has an uncured adhesive and a plurality of bond standoffs that is positioned adjacent to a second bonding region. Bond standoffs promote sliding between the first and second components, while substantially retaining the uncured adhesive during the sliding. Bond standoffs can be formed on the surface, for example, by molding or stamping. The first and second bonding regions slide into engagement, followed by applying pressure, heat, and/or energy as needed, to form a solid adhesive bond. Methods of repairing manufactured components (e.g., automotive) are also provided with such techniques, including the ability to slide parts into place without removing the uncured adhesive, using bond standoffs formed as strips of adhesive cured on the substrate component or tacks pinned into a composite substrate component. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224754 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DARTBOARD BY GRASS STEM - A method of manufacturing a dartboard by grass stem includes the steps of rolling grass stems and removing insect eggs, binding the grass stems into a bundle and then cutting the bundle into grass stem cakes, compressing the grass stem cakes into a target body of the dartboard, fixing a backplane of the target body coated with an adhesive, an insect repellent, and a preservative, and flattening a target surface before performing a printing process and a baking process, so as to prevent the dartboard from being damaged by insects and mildews. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224755 | METHOD FOR COATING AND BONDING SUBSTRATES - A method for coating of a first substrate with a first diffusion bond layer by deposition of a first material which forms the first diffusion bond layer on a first surface of the first substrate such that the first diffusion bond layer forms a grain surface with an average grain diameter H parallel to the first surface smaller than 1 μm. The invention further relates to a method for bonding of a first substrate which has been coated as described above to a second substrate which has a second diffusion bond layer, the method of the bonding comprising the following steps: bring a first diffusion bond layer of a first substrate into contact with a second diffusion bond layer of a second substrate, pressing the substrates together to form a permanent metal diffusion bond between the first and second substrates. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224756 | Method For Producing Optical Member And Use Of Ultraviolet Ray Cured Resin Composition For Same - The present invention relates to a method for producing an optical member, in which at least two optical substrates, of which at least either has a light shielding portion, are bonded to each other using an ultraviolet ray cured resin composition containing (A) a (meth)acrylate and (B) a photopolymerization initiator, the method having specific Process 1 to Process 3, an optical member obtained by the producing method, the use of an ultraviolet ray cured resin composition containing (A) a (meth)acrylate and (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and the ultraviolet ray cured resin composition. A bonded optical member causing little damage to an optical substrate, and exhibiting favorable productivity and excellent cure extent and adherence, for example, a touch panel or a display body unit having an optical substrate having a light shielding portion can be produced by the producing method of the present invention, and an optical member exhibiting high cure extent of resin at a light shielding portion and high reliability can be obtained by the producing method of the present invention. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224757 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RAISED SEAM - A method is provided for producing a double-flanged seam between an inner component having a free edge section and an outer component having a fold flange arranged on an edge section, comprising at least the following steps:
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20150224758 | LAMINATE MATERIAL HAVING A DECORATIVE APPEARANCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A laminate material having a decorative appearance has a plurality of layers that are bonded together with at least one of the layers having a first orientation. A portion of at least one of the layers adjacent to an exterior surface of the material is deviated into a second orientation differing from the first orientation. The exterior surface of the material is substantially flat, thereby revealing multiple layers at the exterior surface. Each layer may comprise a sheet that is pre-impregnated with a thermosetting resin. A form having a surface feature may be pressed into the exterior surface of the material while the layers are bonded together to deviate a portion of at least one of the layers adjacent to an exterior surface of the material into the second orientation. The invention also includes a method of generating a laminate material having a decorative appearance. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224759 | WIND TURBINE BLADES - A method of making a wind turbine blade having at least one pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material integrated with a shell of the blade is described. The method comprises the steps of: providing at a first location a feed apparatus for dispensing a pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material; supporting a coiled pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material for rotation in the feed apparatus; causing the coiled strip to rotate in the feed apparatus at the first location; and feeding a free end of the strip from the feed apparatus in a feed direction towards a second location remote from the first location. An associated feed apparatus for use in the method is also described. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR BLADE SPAR CAP - The invention relates to a system and to a method for producing a rotor-blade spar cap with pultruded rods made of a fiber-reinforced material. According to the invention, the system includes at least one retaining apparatus for rotatably mounting at least one rod-layer roll with a rolled-up layer of pultruded rods arranged one beside the other, and a laminating mold for receiving layers of pultruded rods. The system further includes at least one guiding apparatus and additionally at least one trimming apparatus. The guiding apparatus is designed to guide onto the laminating mold a layer of pultruded rods which has been unrolled from a rod-layer roll. And, the trimming apparatus, for trimming the layers of pultruded rods, has a sawing apparatus and/or a milling apparatus. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224761 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND DOT PATTERN DETERMINING METHOD - An image forming device comprising a pattern determining unit, when dots are formed continuously in a scan direction on a dot omission pixels within a designated range in the scan direction when according to recording data before supplementation of dots by a defective nozzle, and dots are formed continuously in the scan direction on adjacent pixels within the designated range, configured to determine a dot pattern after supplementation formed on a plurality of pixels based on the recording data so as to perform at least one of enlarging at least a portion of dots formed on the adjacent pixels within the designated range, and arranging dots in secondary adjacent pixels within the designated range, and a pattern forming unit configured to form the dot pattern after supplementation. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224762 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE - A printing method and a printing device, in which printing quality can be maintained without increasing time necessary for printing even if resolution is enhanced. In the printing method, a reference signal is sent at intervals shorter than a minimum time interval at which an ink head provided with plural nozzles can eject ink, at least two reference signals set longer than the minimum time interval are counted as one count, the ink is ejected every one count, and a print pattern is formed by collectivity of the ejected ink. At least a final one count used to form the print pattern is adjusted so as to be lengthened by one or plural reference signals, and the ink is ejected every one count. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224763 | PRINTHEAD CALIBRATION AND PRINTING - A method of calibrating a printhead, for printing two-dimensional bit-mapped images having a number of pixels per row, is disclosed for printheads ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150224764 | INK JET HEAD - An ink jet head includes a head body having a plurality of ejection ports disposed in a nozzle disposition direction and a fluid chamber for ink, a base portion having an ink supply channel and an ink discharge channel communicating with the fluid chamber, a drive circuit configured to drive the head body for ejection, a heat sink configured to radiate heat generated by the drive circuit, a reference plate having both end portions thereof in a plate length direction configured to be fixed to a structure member on a printer body, and a plate holder that has a thermal conductivity lower than a thermal conductivity of the reference plate, positions the head body to cause the nozzle disposition direction thereof to be parallel to a main scanning direction with respect to the reference plate, and couples the heat sink and the base portion to each other. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224765 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - It aims to provide an inkjet printer and a printing method that appropriately performs printing with high accuracy on print objects having various shapes. As a solution therefor, an inkjet printer is configured to perform printing using an inkjet scheme on a print object and includes an inkjet head that discharges ink droplets, a guide rail that retains the inkjet head by making the inkjet head face the print object and that is a Y direction extending member extending in a predeterminedly set Y direction, and an X direction driving section that moves the guide rail in an X direction and upon printing, the inkjet head moves along the guide rail and discharges ink droplets toward the print object, and the X direction driving section includes a ball screw and moves the guide rail in the X direction in accordance with a rotation amount of the ball screw. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224766 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND RECORDING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a liquid discharge head that causes less deviation in a discharge direction of a liquid from a direction orthogonal to a discharge hole surface, and a recording device using the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge head of the present invention includes a discharge hole, a discharge hole surface having an opening of the discharge hole, a pressurizing chamber, and a flow channel connecting the discharge hole and the pressurizing chamber. The flow channel includes a nozzle part and a partial flow channel. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224767 | NOZZLE ARRAYS - Disclosed are devices and methods where a distance between nozzle arrays is equal to a substrate advance distance corresponding to at least one complete turn of a rotating drive body. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224768 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A print control apparatus which controls ejection of fluid from a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged in lines, and movement of the nozzle array in a direction intersecting a direction in which the nozzles are arranged in lines, in which the ejection of the fluid to the continued regions is performed by a plurality of movements of the nozzle array when an ejection amount of the fluid to continued regions in one movement of the nozzle array exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224769 | CHANNEL STRUCTURE, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a first casing, a second casing, a seal member and a valve assembly. The first casing is fixed to the second casing with the seal member therebetween. A storage space is created in the first casing and the second casing. The valve assembly is accommodated in the storage space and forms a channel along which liquid flows. The valve assembly is fixed to the first casing and separated from the second casing. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224770 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Two members among a plurality of members are bonded to each other with a hard adhesive. The plurality of members constitute a liquid ejecting head and the members are a member formed of a material other than a resin material and a member with a film shape formed of the resin material. Two members among the plurality of members are bonded to each other with a soft adhesive and the members constitute the flow passage between two members of which at least one is molded with the resin material. Two members among the plurality of members are bonded to each other with a hard adhesive and the members do not constitute the flow passage between two members of which at least one is molded with the resin material. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224771 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - At an area corresponding to a pressure chamber, the width of a lower electrode film in a nozzle row direction is narrower than the width of the pressure chamber in the same direction. A vibrating plate at the area corresponding to a pressure chamber includes an area P | 2015-08-13 |
20150224772 | CONDUCTION STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONDUCTION STRUCTURE, DROPLET EJECTING HEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A conduction structure includes a device substrate (third substrate) including a conductive portion, an IC (second substrate) including an upper surface, an end surface inclined toward the upper surface, and a conductive portion (second conductive portion), a sealing plate (first substrate) including an upper surface, an end surface (first side wall portion) inclined toward the upper surface, and a conductive portion (first conductive portion), and plating layers that respectively form electrical connections between a conductive portion and a conductive portion and between a conductive portion and the conductive portion. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224773 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - There is provided a method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head comprising a base plate that is provided with supply slits, and an element substrate that is jointed to the base plate and is provided with supply openings. In a case where a shift amount between a position of the supply opening and a position of the supply slit is a predetermined value or more, the element substrate is corrected in position such that the shift amount is less than the predetermined value, and a position of the element substrate is corrected by an integral multiple of an image formation minimum pixel pitch in a sheet conveying direction, of an image formed on a sheet, as a unit of a travel distance at the correcting of the element substrate. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224774 | Liquid Ejection Apparatus - A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a liquid ejection head, a nozzle cap, and a suction pump. The liquid ejection head includes first nozzles, second nozzles, and an ejection surface in which the first nozzles and the second nozzles are formed. The nozzle cap includes a first cap section for covering the first nozzles, a second cap section for covering the second nozzles, a communication section connected with the first cap section and the second cap section, a suction port for being connected with the suction pump, and an atmosphere communication port for communication with atmosphere. At least one of the suction port and the atmosphere communication port is provided at non-connection end portions which are end portions in the one direction of the first cap section and the second cap section and are not connected with the communication section. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224775 | LIQUID-SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING LIQUID-SUPPLY APPARATUS - A liquid-supply apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus supplies liquid to be applied onto a recording medium to a liquid-supply pan. The liquid-supply apparatus comprises a temporary-storage room arranged lower than a liquid surface of the liquid-supply pan, the temporary-storage room storing the liquid inside the liquid-supply pan by temporal evacuation, an evacuation line connecting the liquid-supply pan and the temporary-storage room, the evacuation line being a flow channel for the liquid during evacuation, an evacuation-line opening and closing member opening and closing the evacuation line, and a controller controlling an opening and closing operation of the evacuation-line opening and closing member. The liquid surface in the temporary-storage room is in a position lower than that of the liquid-supply pan. The controller controls the operation of the evacuation-line opening and closing member so as to fill the evacuation line with the liquid as an auxiliary operation just before the evacuation. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224776 | LIQUID FLOW-PATH MEMBER, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A plurality of pressure chamber space sections are formed at an interval therebetween on a pressure chamber substrate. The shortest distance between an opening edge of one pressure chamber space section and an opening edge of the other pressure chamber space section of adjacent pressure chamber space sections in a joining surface of a pressure chamber substrate to a communication substrate is 50 μm or more. A recess section is formed to be separated from an ink flow path in a region interposed between these opening edges. At least one of the shortest distance between the opening edge of one pressure chamber space section and the recess section and the shortest distance between the opening edge of the other pressure chamber space section and the recess section is 30 μm or less. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224777 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a case, disposed outside a housing, holding a liquid holding member that holds a liquid to be supplied to a recording unit and having a discharge opening that discharges the liquid in the liquid holding member to the exterior, and a connection portion to which the discharge opening is connected. The case has a cover member capable of opening and closing the case by pivoting central to an axis line extending in a direction that intersects with a vertical direction, and a guide portion, provided on an inner surface of the cover member, that guides the liquid holding member when the liquid holding member is set in the case with the cover member in an open state so that the discharge opening of the liquid holding member is connected to the connection portion. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224778 | LIQUID-ACCOMMODATING-BODY ACCOMMODATING RECEPTACLE, LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A case includes a main receptacle body that accommodates an ink accommodating body which accommodates ink. A first tube support portion and second to fourth tube support portions that guide connection tubes that are connected to the ink accommodating bodies, respectively, are provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224779 | Liquid Supplying Device and Liquid Cartridge Mountable Therein - A liquid supplying device includes a liquid cartridge and a cartridge mounting unit having a liquid extraction tube. The liquid cartridge includes a liquid chamber, a valve chamber extending in a first direction away from the liquid chamber, first and second air channels, a seal member having a through-hole, a valve element having a closing part, first and second sealing parts and a liquid channel. A third sealing part is provided on the closing part or the liquid extraction tube. The liquid extraction tube entering into the valve chamber through the through-hole contacts the closing part, moving the valve element in a second direction opposite to the first direction from a first state where the closing part closes the through-hole, to a second state where the third sealing part closes the through-hole, and to a third state where the valve chamber is communicated with inside of the liquid extraction tube. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224780 | Liquid Cartridge Having Valve Chamber In Which Movable Body Is Disposed - A liquid cartridge includes a liquid chamber, a valve chamber extending in a first direction away from the liquid chamber, first and second air channels, a movable body, and first and second sealing parts. The valve chamber is defined by a side wall surface and a proximal wall surface, the side wall surface extending in the first direction and having an annular-shaped cross-section and being formed with a first opening and a second opening separated from each other in a circumferential direction. The movable body is disposed within the valve chamber and movable in a in a second direction opposite to the first direction from a first state to a second state. In the first state, the first sealing part interrupts communication between the first and second openings. In the second state, the first opening and the second opening are in communication with each other. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224781 | CARTRIDGE EJECTOR FOR PAGE-WIDE, MICRO-FLUID EJECTION HEADS - A printer including an ink supply, a printhead cartridge, at least one fluid connection between the printhead cartridge and the ink supply, the printhead cartridge having a first configuration in which the fluid connection is coupled and the printhead cartridge is in electrical contact with other components of the printer and a second configuration in which the fluid connection is decoupled and the printhead cartridge is out of electrical contact with the other components of the printer, a cover latch having an open configuration and a closed configuration, and at least one moveable ejector arm that is mechanically linked to the cover latch so that the at least one ejector arm engages the printhead cartridge and forces the printhead cartridge towards the second configuration as the cover latch is moved towards the open configuration. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224782 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A liquid storage container is provided with a liquid storage part capable of storing a liquid, and a liquid supply part for supplying the liquid to the outside. The liquid supply part has a porous member containing holes for circulating the liquid, and a biasing member which is disposed between the porous member and the liquid storage part and which biases the porous member from the liquid storage part towards the outside. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224783 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An object is to improve a user's convenience. There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including a head ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a containing unit containing the liquid; and a mounting unit on which a storage material storing a liquid amount of the containing unit is mounted. If the storage material is removed from the mounting unit when the liquid ejecting apparatus performs an operation, the liquid ejecting apparatus selects any one state between a first state of stopping the operation and a second state without stopping the operation. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224784 | Maintenance Valves for Micro-Fluid Ejection Heads - An ejection chip is disclosed, and comprises a substrate, a flow feature layer, a nozzle plate, and one or more valves. The substrate includes one or more fluid channels and one or more fluid ports each in communication with at least one of the one or more fluid channels. The flow feature layer is disposed over the substrate, and the flow feature layer include one or more flow features each in communication with at least one of the one or more fluid ports. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224785 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE CAPABLE OF REDUCING FORCE REQUIRED TO OPEN AIR CHANNEL AND LIQUID CHANNEL - A liquid cartridge includes: a valve chamber; a moving member; first and second sealing parts; and a second liquid channel. The valve chamber is defined by a side wall surface including central, first-end side, and second-end side regions. The central region defines a first space having a first cross-sectional area. The first-end side region defines a second space having a second cross-sectional area. The second-end side region defines a third space having a third cross-sectional area. The second and third cross-sectional areas are greater than the first cross-sectional area. The moving member moves from a first position where the first and second sealing parts are positioned within the first and third spaces, respectively, and the valve closes the second liquid channel, to a second position where the first and second sealing parts are positioned within the second and first spaces, respectively, and the valve opens the second liquid channel. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224786 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid; a common liquid chamber which supplies liquid to the plurality of nozzles; a liquid flow path for supplying liquid which is accommodated in a liquid accommodation unit to the common liquid chamber; a deaeration unit which deaerates liquid in the liquid flow path; a liquid flow unit which causes liquid in the liquid flow path to flow; a return flow path which connects the common liquid chamber and the liquid accommodation unit; and an on-off valve which closes the return flow path by being in a closed state. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224787 | PRINTING METHOD - A printing method includes a step of supplying a first aggregating agent that induces an aggregation reaction of the white particles contained in the white particle ink, to the colored printing medium; a step of supplying, by the inkjet method, the white particle ink onto the colored printing medium having been supplied with the first aggregating agent such that aggregation of the white particles brings about increase in optical reflectance in a printing area; a step of supplying a second aggregating agent that is charged with same charge as that for the first aggregating agent and that induces an aggregation reaction of dye contained in dye ink, to the white particles aggregated; and a step of supplying, by the inkjet method, the dye ink to the white particles aggregated. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224788 | CHEMICALLY REACTIVE TEST STRIP FOR DETECTING MIS-FIRING PRINT HEADS WITH CLEAR FLUIDS - A jetting-fault analysis system can include a print head with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a print medium, a testing substrate that can include a carrier and at least one color-changing material that changes color and forms a color pattern upon exposure to at least one color-change inducer, an applicator for deliver a color-change inducer to the testing substrate, and a color-pattern imaging system for analyzing the color pattern. | 2015-08-13 |
20150224789 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus controls ejection of a pigment ink, supplied from a cartridge, from a nozzle row having a plurality of nozzles. Time information regarding an elapsed time of the cartridge is obtained, and used nozzles, in the nozzle row, that eject the pigment ink are reduced based on the time information of the cartridge. | 2015-08-13 |