Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
347087000 | With integral ejector | 49 |
20080252705 | INKJET PRINTING HEAD AND INKJET PRINTING CARTRIDGE - An inkjet printing cartridge capable of ejecting miniaturized ink droplets in a stable manner while avoiding the complexity of the structure and control as well as suppressing the cost rise. For this purpose, the inkjet printing cartridge is formed of a material having the permeability to liquid and gas, and the ink supply path for supplying ink to the ejection opening having a relatively small ejection amount is arranged adjacent to other ink supply paths via walls. | 10-16-2008 |
20080266369 | Printhead assembly - A printhead assembly includes a base having a pocket formed therein, a substrate having at least one fluid passage formed therethrough received within the pocket of the base, and a printhead die supported by the substrate and communicated with the at least one fluid passage of the substrate. | 10-30-2008 |
20080284834 | Ink cartridge - An ink cartridge has a container, an air valve, and a floating ball. The container is utilized for storing ink. The container has at least an air channel and a flow path. The air valve is disposed at the air channel for preventing the ink from being outside the container via the air channel. The floating ball has density smaller than that of the ink. As the ink in the container is below a predetermined height, the floating ball blocks the flow path permanently. | 11-20-2008 |
20080291253 | Ink Jet Printhead Cartridge Having An Ink Fill Access Port In Fluid Communication With The Filter Tower - An ink jet printhead cartridge includes a cartridge body including a base and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the base. A filter tower having a tower wall has an interior surface that defines a location of a tower passageway. A printhead chip assembly is attached to the base of the cartridge body in fluid communication with the tower passageway. A filter is attached to the filter tower at a distal end thereof. An ink fill access port is formed through a side wall of the plurality of sidewalls, and through the tower wall of the filter tower, to define a fluid path from the atmosphere external to the cartridge body to the tower passageway of the filter tower to facilitate the injection of ink directly into the filter tower during an ink filling operation for the ink jet printhead cartridge. | 11-27-2008 |
20090058967 | INKJET PRINTER WITH RESILIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE AND INK CARTRIDGE - An inkjet printer that has a printer body, a printhead cartridge for installation in the printer body, the printhead cartridge having a pagewidth inkjet printhead structure with an array of nozzles, a plurality of ink cartridges for supplying ink, each of the ink cartridges having a docking face for engagement with a complementary face partially provided by the printhead cartridge and partially provided by the printer body and, a docking frame with a plurality of resilient connectors form part of fluid paths from the ink cartridges. Longitudinal expansion and contraction of the pagewidth printhead structure relative to the docking frame is accommodated by the resilient connectors. | 03-05-2009 |
20090073245 | AN INK-CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTERS - The present invention relates to an ink-cartridge for printers comprising a body formed having a filling hole on an upper surface thereof; a plurality of filling chambers inside of the body divided by a partition having a connecting hole; a discharging chamber connected to the filling chamber; an air chamber connected to the filling chamber via an air transferring channel so as to supply air to the filling chamber; an air suction valve installed in the air chamber; an air inducing channel inducing external air to the air suction valve; a blocking film attached to one surface of the body; and a cover installed in the other surface of the body; and a pressure regulating part formed in a surface of an outer wall of the body and communicating with the filling chamber. | 03-19-2009 |
20090091608 | INK JET RECORDING CARTRIDGE - A cartridge is constituted by a plurality of absorbing materials for retaining liquid, an interface formed by press-contact between opposing surfaces of the absorbing materials, an introducing portion for supplying the liquid out of the absorbing materials, and a filter provided at an end portion of the introducing portion. The absorbing materials press against the filter so that an end portion of the interface reaches the filter. | 04-09-2009 |
20090195625 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus which can prevent a drop of a recording head upon attachment of the recording head to a carriage is provided. When a head cartridge is attached/removed to/from a carriage, the carriage is moved to an overlapping position with a head supporting base and stopped there. Projection supporting portions to guide and support rough guide projections on both side surfaces of the head cartridge so as to be properly received to guides provided for the carriage are provided for the head supporting base. | 08-06-2009 |
20090201351 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid cartridge is removably moutable to a liquid ejection device of one aspect of the invention. The liquid cartridge includes a sub tank having: a liquid inflow port; a liquid outlet port; a liquid inflow chamber configured to communicate with the outside of a main unit through the liquid inlet port, the liquid inflow chamber allowing the liquid to be supplied from the liquid cartridge through the liquid inflow port; a second liquid storage chamber configured to communicate with the liquid inflow chamber through a second communicating port, the liquid stored in the second liquid storage chamber being allowed to flow out to a liquid ejection head through the liquid outflow port; and an atmosphere opening port. The second communicating port and the liquid outflow port are positioned lower than the liquid supply port. | 08-13-2009 |
20090213195 | Ink jet print cartridge with independent adjacent sealing plugs - A Multi-color ink-jet print cartridge includes an integrally shaped one-piece body with a reservoir portion including at least two ink chambers, and a manifold portion including at least two ink conduits, each ink conduit hydraulically connected to a corresponding one of the ink chambers through a port. An ink-jet printhead, includes at least two nozzle arrays, each of which arrays is hydraulically connected to a corresponding one of the ink conduits. A lid covers the reservoir portion of the body. Each of the ink conduits includes a channel portion in side to side relationship with the corresponding channel portion of the adjacent ink conduit. The channel portions have adjacent openings on one external wall of the body. Separate independent plugs are sealingly inserted into the adjacent openings. | 08-27-2009 |
20090231400 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH MINIMAL LEAKAGE - A laminated film for attachment of printhead integrated circuits to an ink supply manifold. The film has a plurality of ink supply holes defined therein and film comprises: a central polymeric web; a first adhesive layer for bonding a first surface of the film to the ink supply manifold; and a second adhesive layer for bonding a second surface of the film to the printhead integrated circuits. The central polymeric web is sandwiched between the first and second adhesive layers. A first melt temperature of the first adhesive layer is at least 20° C. less than a second melt temperature of the second adhesive layer. | 09-17-2009 |
20090244224 | LIQUID JETTING SYSTEM, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOLDER, AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS HAVING HOLDER - A liquid jetting system includes a liquid container including a front wall, and a side wall having a bias-force receiving part, and a liquid jetting apparatus including a holder that receives installation of the liquid container through insertion of the liquid container in a prescribed insertion direction with the front wall facing forward. The holder further includes a liquid feed needle that receives feed of liquid from the liquid container when the liquid container has been installed, a holder-side electrode situated to a upper side from the liquid feed needle and adapted to electrically connect with the liquid container when the liquid container has been installed, and bias force part situated to a lower side from the liquid feed needle and adapted to exert a bias force on the bias-force receiving part of the liquid container in a prescribed biasing direction when the liquid container has been installed. The liquid container further includes a feed part having a liquid feed port that opens onto the front wall and that receives insertion of the liquid feed needle when the liquid container has been installed in the holder, and a container-side electrode that is to be secured at such a location as to electrically connect with the holder-side electrode when the liquid container has been installed in the holder. The biasing direction is established such that an extended line extending in the biasing direction from the bias-force receiving part is offset from the container-side electrode towards the side wall side. | 10-01-2009 |
20090251519 | Ink-jet head and manufacturing method thereof - Disclosed are an ink-jet head and a manufacturing method thereof. The ink-jet head, which has a reservoir storing ink, a chamber being supplied with the ink from the reservoir, a restrictor connecting the reservoir to the chamber, and a nozzle discharging the ink, includes: a chamber plate, in which the chamber is formed; a vibration plate, which is laminated on an upper surface of the chamber plate to cover the chamber and in which a first coil is placed; a first middle plate, which is laminated on a lower surface of the chamber plate and in which the restrictor is formed, and a second coil is placed; and a lower plate part, which is laminated on a lower surface of the first middle plate and in which the reservoir and the nozzle are formed. | 10-08-2009 |
20090278902 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 11-12-2009 |
20100066790 | Image Display Apparatus - A configuration of an image display apparatus which can reduce a pump exclusive for solvent is provided. | 03-18-2010 |
20100171802 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INK CIRCULATION SYSTEM - An ink cartridge easily attached to and removed from an inkjet printer and an ink circulation system of the inkjet printer. The ink cartridge includes a plurality of print heads ejecting ink, an ink channel unit supplying ink to the plurality of print heads, at least one filter unit filtering ink supplied to the ink channel unit, and at least one septum unit connecting the ink channel unit, at least one filter unit, and the inkjet printer. The ink circulation system includes the ink cartridge, an ink tank storing ink to be supplied to the ink cartridge, at least one 3-way valve interposed between the ink cartridge and the ink tank to selectively control channel circulation and priming circulation, the channel circulation circulating ink in the ink channel unit and the priming circulation circulating ink in the at least one filter unit, and an ink pump interposed between the at least one 3-way valve and the ink tank for providing driving power for circulating ink. | 07-08-2010 |
20100214383 | CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER HAVING FLUID FLOW ARRANGEMENT - A cartridge for a printer is provided having a body defining a number of fluid reservoirs, a lid covering the body to seal fluid inside the reservoirs, and a printhead operatively fed with fluid from the reservoirs. A base of each reservoir is provided with a raised portion which surrounds a fluid outlet through which fluid flows for supply to the printhead. Each raised portion being moulded in the body to separate the outlet from the base of each reservoir to ensure a sufficient flow rate of fluid from the reservoir. | 08-26-2010 |
20100245505 | INK USAGE TRACKING IN A PRINT CARTRIDGE - A print cartridge is disclosed. The print cartridge has at least one ink reservoir, a storage means configured to store information indicative of an amount of printing achievable by the cartridge based on the amount of ink in the at least one ink reservoir, the information being stored in the form of a plurality of bits, the storage means including a plurality of first fusible links, each of the first fusible links storing one of the bits, an information changing mechanism for changing a value of the information by selectively blow one or more of the first fusible links each time a predetermined amount of ink is consumed, and a printhead having a second fusible link which destructs the printhead in response to the value of the information reaching a predetermined threshold. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271447 | LIQUID INJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve. | 10-28-2010 |
20110069126 | Ink Cartridge - An ink cartridge for inkjet printers is disclosed. The inkjet cartridge comprises a case, an ink supply chamber, and an ink storage chamber. The ink supply chamber and the ink storage chamber are inside the case. An ink outlet is provided on a sidewall of the case. The ink supply chamber is connected or linked in a low position with the ink outlet and in a high position with an air vent. The ink storage chamber is connected or linked in a low position with the ink supply chamber through a first passageway and a second passageway; the second passageway is below the ink outlet but above the first passageway. The cartridge has a simple structure. It eliminates the need of air pump and provides constant supply of ink to the print head. It avoids ink overflow caused by the temperature change in the environment. | 03-24-2011 |
20110102523 | COMPATIBLE INK CARTRIDGE FOR LARGE FORMAT INK JET PRINTERS - The present invention relates to a compatible ink cartridge for large format ink jet printers, consisting of an insertable cartridge and an ink container that can be integrated with said cartridge. The front end of said cartridge has a nozzle through which the large format ink jet printer's ink supply needle is inserted. Said ink container has a front end facing said nozzle of said cartridge, said front end having a soft plug through which the large format ink jet printer's ink supply needle can be inserted to access ink from said ink container. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115860 | CARRIAGE WITH IMPROVED PRINT CARTRIDGE MOUNTING RELIABILITY - An inkjet carriage that receives a print cartridge, the inkjet carriage includes a holding receptacle having a wall, wherein the holding receptacle is configured to receive the print cartridge; and a spring disposed on the wall of the holding receptacle to provide a biasing force in a direction that pushes the print cartridge away from the wall of the inkjet carriage and which biasing force must be manually overcome in order to properly install the print cartridge in the holding receptacle of the inkjet carriage. | 05-19-2011 |
20110175973 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD CARTRIDGE - An inkjet recording head cartridge includes a container body configured to accommodate a plural colors of ink. The container body has a first side surface and also has a projecting part. The inkjet recording head cartridge includes a recording head unit configured to have ink supply port arrays. The recording head unit also has discharge port arrays which discharge the plural colors of ink. The container body has a first partitioning wall and second partitioning walls. The first partitioning wall is configured to partition the inside of the container body to intersect with the ink supply port arrays, to form a first ink accommodating unit which has the first side surface, and to form a space which does not have the first side surface. The second partitioning walls are in contact with the first partitioning wall and divide the space into a plurality of ink accommodating units. | 07-21-2011 |
20120056958 | HOLDER, LIQUID ACCOMMODATION CONTAINER THAT IS ATTACHABLE TO AND DETACHABLE FROM HOLDER, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a holder to which a liquid accommodation container can be attached or detached. The holder includes an apparatus side engagement portion, and an opposite wall surface portion. The opposite wall surface portion has a hole portion for inserting a protrusion portion provided in the back surface portion, and a guide groove for guiding the protrusion portion to the hole portion while restricting the movement of the protrusion portion relative to the width direction of the liquid accommodation container when the liquid accommodation container is mounted, the guide groove being extended upward from the hole portion in a usage posture of the holder. | 03-08-2012 |
20120169816 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 07-05-2012 |
20120188315 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER MOUNTED ON LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid storage container which is mounted on a printer ejecting a liquid includes a liquid storage chamber that stores the liquid therein, a liquid supply portion that supplies the liquid to the ejecting head, a device chamber that is provided in a pathway supplying the liquid from liquid storage chamber to the liquid supply portion and includes a device in the inner portion thereof, and an air chamber that is provided in a pathway supplying air from the outside to the liquid storage chamber according to a decrease of the liquid in the liquid storage chamber, is filled with air in the inner portion, and prevents the liquid from being leaked to the outside by trapping the liquid when the liquid flows backward from the liquid storage chamber. In addition, among walls which surround the device chamber, at least one wall is adjacent to the air chamber. | 07-26-2012 |
20120242763 | INK-JET HEAD - The present invention related to an ink-jet head, adaptive for an ink cartridge including two ink tanks, the ink-jet head includes: a nozzle board, having a plurality of nozzles; and an ink-jet chip, being used for controlling the ink-jetting and having a total area region consisting of a length and a width, wherein the total area region includes: a non-wiring region, where two ink flow channels being installed therein; and a wiring region, where an internal circuit being installed therein; wherein the internal circuit includes a plurality of ink-jet unit sets, and every ink-jet units of the plurality of ink-jet unit sets include a heater installed correspondingly to the nozzle; wherein the area of the wiring region of the ink-jet chip is less than 77% of the area of the total area region of the ink-jet chip. | 09-27-2012 |
20130113865 | INK SUPPLY STRUCTURE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - An ink supply structure includes at least one ink cartridge, at least one dye ink chamber, and at least one pigment ink chamber. The at least one dye ink chamber is contained in the at least one ink cartridge for storing a dye ink. The at least one pigment ink chamber is contained in the at least one ink cartridge for storing a pigment ink. One of the dye ink within the dye ink chamber and the pigment ink within the pigment ink chamber is selectively supplied from the at least one ink cartridge. | 05-09-2013 |
20130141500 | FIXER COMPOSITION - A fixer composition is disclosed herein. An example of the fixer composition includes from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of a co-solvent, from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of a calcium salt, from about 0.01 wt % to about 0.6 wt % of a sulfonated chelating agent, and a balance of water. | 06-06-2013 |
20130169722 | EXTRACTING LIQUID FROM A CARTRIDGE - A drive assembly has a moveable drive head, which is able to engage a plunger in a cartridge containing a liquid. The cartridge has a plunger moveable by the drive head to extract the liquid from the cartridge. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169723 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - There is provided an inkjet print head including: an ink discharge unit including nozzles, pressure chambers, restrictors, manifolds, and actuators; an ink supply unit including an ink tank supplying ink to the manifolds and circuit boards delivering control signals to the actuators; and a connection unit electrically connecting the circuit boards and the actuators, wherein the ink supply unit is formed integrally with the ink discharge unit. | 07-04-2013 |
20130194358 | Apparatus and Method for Disposing Inkjet Cartridges in a Carrier - A system and method for applying fluid to a receiver surface are disclosed. A carrier has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a slot, wherein the bottom surface of the carrier faces the receiver surface. A mount is positioned in the slot, an inkjet cartridge is disposed in the mount, and fluid is ejected from the inkjet cartridge toward the receiver surface. The inkjet cartridge is disposed such that at least a portion of the inkjet cartridge extends inwardly from the bottom surface of the carrier. | 08-01-2013 |
20130314481 | INK CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND INK LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM FOR AN INKJET CARTRIDGE - An ink containment system for an inkjet cartridge, for storing ink for printing, comprises a rigid basin member and a rigid moveable plate. A flexible membrane is affixed to a surface of the basin member and to a surface of the plate forming an ink reservoir within the basin member, plate and flexible membrane. A spring-biased mechanism is disposed between the basin member and plate, for biasing the plate apart from the basin member, generating a negative pressure within the ink reservoir and the basin member remaining stationary relative to the movement of the plate. The basin member has a bowl-like configuration and the spring is seated within the reservoir in such a way that when the ink reservoir has collapsed due to depletion of ink, the flexible membrane and moveable plate are substantially flush with surfaces of the basin member. | 11-28-2013 |
20140043411 | LIQUID HOLDING CONTAINER AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A liquid holding container is adapted to supply liquid to a liquid introduction portion of a liquid consuming device. The liquid holding container includes a container and a first porous member. The container includes a liquid holding portion for holding the liquid, and a discharge port in communication with the liquid holding portion for discharging the liquid to the liquid introduction portion. The first porous member is provided on the discharge port for contacting the liquid introduction portion. The first porous member has a projecting part projecting in a direction from the liquid holding portion toward the discharge port. | 02-13-2014 |
20140247312 | INK COMPOSITION - An ink composition includes from about 2 wt % to about 5 wt % of a colorant; from about 10 wt % to about 20 wt % of co-solvent; from about 0.5 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of an alkyl phosphate ester; from about 0.5 wt % to about 9 wt % of any of methyl gluceth-10, methyl gluceth-20, PPG-10 methyl glucose ether, or PPG-20 methyl glucose ether; and a balance of water. | 09-04-2014 |
20140285593 | INK COMPOSITION - An ink composition includes a colorant, a co-solvent, and an acid chosen from oleic acid, linoleic acid, undecanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, tridecanoic acid, and combinations thereof. The ink composition further includes lithium and water. An anti-evaporative layer forms, during uncapped non-use, at an interface between air and the ink composition in an orifice of a nozzle, thereby reducing evaporation of the water from the ink composition. | 09-25-2014 |
20140368587 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion capable of ejecting ink, a liquid container provided with an injection port for ink, and a liquid reception portion disposed on a lower side of the injection port. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375731 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion capable of ejecting liquid, a casing body for accommodating the liquid ejecting portion, a liquid container which has a protruding portion exposed to the outside of the casing body and is mounted to the casing body, and a protecting portion which protects the protruding portion of the liquid container from an external force. | 12-25-2014 |
20150049147 | INK CONTAINER - An ink container, adapted to supply an ink composition to an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head for discharging the ink composition, includes an ink chamber containing the ink composition, the ink chamber including a wall defining the ink chamber and a support connected to an inside of the wall to support the wall; and an ink pouring port through which the ink composition is poured into the ink chamber, in which, in a use state of the ink container, in a case where the ink chamber is filled with the ink up to 50% of the volume thereof, an area of the support in contact with the ink composition is larger than an area of the support in contact with atmosphere. | 02-19-2015 |
20150062266 | Liquid Container - A liquid container capable of containing a liquid has a flow passage that is formed in the liquid container and through which the liquid flows, and a filter | 03-05-2015 |
20150109388 | LIQUID EJECTING SYSTEM - A liquid ejecting system includes a liquid ejecting device, a liquid storing container, a tube, and a rotation section. The liquid ejecting device is configured and arranged to eject liquid. The liquid storing container is configured and arranged to store the liquid that is supplied to the liquid ejecting device. The tube has flexibility, is provided between the liquid storing container and the liquid ejecting device, and is configured and arranged to supply the liquid, which is in the liquid storing container, to a side of the liquid ejecting device. The rotation section rotatably supports the liquid storing container with respect to the liquid ejecting device. The tube extends toward the side of the liquid ejecting device from a side of the liquid storing container through a passage provided in the rotation section. | 04-23-2015 |
20150306882 | Liquid Container, Liquid Consuming Apparatus, Liquid Supply System and Liquid Container Unit - A liquid container includes an ink chamber containing an ink to be supplied via a tube to a liquid ejecting head consuming the ink; an outlet port from which the ink contained in the ink chamber flows to the tube side; an injection port through which the ink can be injected into the ink chamber; and an air intake port taking air into the ink chamber from a further vertically upper position than a liquid level of the ink when the ink is contained in the ink chamber. If the ink equal to 5% of containing capacity containable in the ink chamber flows from the outlet port, the liquid container has an area where a fluctuation range of the liquid level of the ink inside the ink chamber becomes 5% or less of the cubic root of the containing capacity. | 10-29-2015 |
20150343791 | LIQUID EJECTION CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection cartridge having a liquid ejection section for ejecting liquid includes an electrical contact section to be electrically connected to a terminal section of an apparatus main body, the electrical contact section being formed by a plurality of printed substrates arranged on a same surface. | 12-03-2015 |
20160009097 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
20160082739 | PRINT DEVICE - A print device includes mount portions, flow passages and reservoir portions. The mount portion mounts a container containing liquid. The flow passage connects the mount portion to a head portion having a nozzle face. The reservoir portion provided on the flow passage reserves liquid and is located such that a distance from the nozzle face in the up-down direction is within a prescribed range. A first and second reservoir portions are aligned in a first direction in the horizontal direction. The first reservoir portion is inclined such that a part of the first reservoir portion is situated to progress upward towards the first direction. The second reservoir portion is inclined such that a part of the second reservoir portion is situated to progress upward towards the first direction. The first and second reservoir portions are at least partially overlapped each other in the up-down direction. | 03-24-2016 |
20160121616 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve. | 05-05-2016 |
20160167389 | PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE WITH HYDROPHOBIC COATING | 06-16-2016 |
20160185123 | REPLACEABLE PRINTING COMPONENT WITH FACTORY IDENTITY CODE - In one example implementation, a replaceable printing component includes a fluid supply chamber, and a printhead on the fluid supply chamber. The printhead includes a memory storing a factory identification code that comprises a combination of digitized analog performance parameters. The printhead also includes electronic test components from which the analog performance parameters have been measured. | 06-30-2016 |
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