23rd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170157864 | BICYCLE WHEEL HUB WITH MOLDED SPOKE HOLES - A hub for a bicycle wheel includes a hub shell that defines one or more spoke holes. The hub shell includes a fiber reinforced material. The fiber reinforced material has one or more reinforcement fibers bending around the spoke holes to remain continuous around the spoke holes. One or more flanges with the spoke holes extend from the hub shell at an outer radial direction. A clutch or freehub adapter is coupled to the hub shell. Depending on the type of clutch mechanism used in the freehub, different clutch adapters can be incorporated into the hub. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157865 | COMPOSITE FIBER MATERIALS - The disclosure provides a method for preparing a composite article of manufacture by obtaining a first fabric made from a composite thread of a first fiber material having a first melting temperature and a second fiber material having a second melting temperature. The fabric is layered in a mold for the composite article of manufacture, pressing while in the mold, and heated while in the mold. Heating is performed at a third temperature that is close to, at or above the first melting temperature of the first fiber material and below the second temperature of the second fiber material. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157866 | Hockey Stick - A blade for a hockey stick which can readily absorb impact from the puck, and can allow the user to feel the puck on the blade in contrast to conventional carbon fiber blades. The blade can include a blade member integrally formed of composite material having discontinuous fibers bonded within thermosetting resin. The blade member can have a blade periphery surrounding a central blade region. The central blade region can have a plurality of openings arranged in a pattern to form series of elongate criss crossing ribs that extend between and connect different sides of the blade periphery to each other. The fibers in the blade periphery can be in a generally jumbled orientation, and the fibers in the central blade region can be positioned within the ribs in a manner wherein each rib contains a plurality of fibers that substantially extend in said each rib's elongate direction. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157867 | RADIUS FILLERS FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, COMPOSITE STRUCTURES THAT INCLUDE RADIUS FILLERS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Radius fillers for composite structures, composite structures that include the radius fillers, and systems and methods of forming the radius fillers. The systems and methods may be configured to create a pre-form that may be utilized to form a radius filler and/or to create a radius filler from the pre-form. The systems may include an apparatus configured to form the pre-form for the radius filler. This apparatus includes a composite tape source, a pre-forming structure, and a drive mechanism. The systems also may include an apparatus configured to form the radius filler. This apparatus includes a pre-form supply, a first radius filler die, a second radius filler die, and a die selection structure. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING A SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SELF-SEALING TYRES - An apparatus, and relative method, for producing a semi-finished product with a strip of sealing compound for building tyres, having at least one unsaturated styrene thermoplastic elastomer, one bonding resin and one cross-linking agent are described. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157869 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN POLARIZER, AND THIN POLARIZER MANUFACTURED USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin polarizer, the method including: a step of preparing an unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 20 μm or less, in which a strength applied to stretch the film by 6 times is 4 N or more; and a single stretching step of forming a stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 10 μm or less by stretching the unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film solely, and a thin polarizer manufactured by using the same. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157870 | Mould Insert Comprising A High-Contrast Texture - Lining element intended to be inserted into a mould for moulding and vulcanizing a tire tread, the lining element comprising a body and inserts inserted into this body, at least some of the inserts comprising a pattern comprising a plurality of recessed or projecting elements, the pattern being formed as an integral part of the inserts. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157871 | TIRE CURING MOLD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TIRE - A tire curing mold has a vent plug installed to an exhaust hole open to a molding surface. The vent plug has a tubular housing having an exhaust passage, a stem inserted to the housing, and an urging member which urges the steal toward the cavity so as to open the exhaust passage. The stem has a head portion which closes the exhaust passage by contacting with an inner surface of an opening portion in the housing. A top surface of the opening portion in the housing and a top surface of the head portion are formed by a flat surface. The top surface of the opening portion in the housing and the top surface of the head portion in a state in which the exhaust passage is closed are both arranged closer to an opposite side to the cavity than the molding surface. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADHERING BELT-SHAPED TIRE MEMBER - There is provided an apparatus configured to adhere a belt-shaped tire member onto a mold drum including: a feeding device including the belt-shaped tire member arranged so as to be capable of being fed and a transferring and adhering device configured to transfer the belt-shaped tire member from the feeding device side to the mold drum side and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum, wherein the transferring and adhering device includes: a transferring device configured to circulate between the feeding device side and the mold drum side and transfer the belt-shaped tire member sucked on the feeding device side to the mold drum side; and a separating unit configured to separate the transferred belt-shaped tire member on the mold drum side from the transferring device and adhere the belt-shaped tire member onto the mold drum. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A TIRE BLANK - A method for manufacturing a tire involves successively performing steps that include: continuously converting a flat reinforcing strip into an undulating reinforcing strip; pressing peaks of waves of the undulating reinforcing strip one by one onto a surface of a tire blank that is driven in rotation by a drum about a drum axis; and winding the undulating reinforcing strip onto the tire blank. In the converting step, the flat reinforcing strip is converted into the undulating reinforcing strip in an immediate vicinity of the drum. The waves of the undulating reinforcing strip and movement of the peaks of the waves of the undulating reinforcing strip towards the surface of the tire blank extend in a plane substantially perpendicular to the drum axis. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157874 | STEEL WIRE DEFORMING APPARATUS FOR BEAD CORES - A deforming apparatus ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157875 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BEAD MEMBER - A bead member manufacturing method for manufacturing a bead member by forming an annular bead filler in an outer peripheral side of an annular bead core includes a step of arranging the bead core on a forming surface of a forming table, a step of forming a first bead filler portion by winding a first rubber in an area closer to an outer side in a width direction than a side surface which does not face toward the forming surface in the outer peripheral surface of the arranged bead core, a step of turning over and rearranging the bead core and the first bead filler portion on the forming surface, and a step of forming a second bead filler portion by winding a second rubber in the outer peripheral sides of the bead core and the first bead filler portion so as to form the bead filler. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157876 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED BONDING OF TREAD EDGES FOR TIRE RETREADING OPERATIONS - Particular embodiments of the invention concerns methods of forming a retreaded tire with improved tread edge area bonding, and re-treaded tires formed thereby. One embodiment of such methods includes forming an unbonded retreaded tire by arranging a pre-cured tread annularly around an annular tire carcass with a bonding layer arranged there between. The pre-cured tread includes a pair of opposing tread edges laterally-spaced to define a width of the pre-cured tread. The method also includes bonding the tread of the unbonded tire to the tire carcass to form a bonded retreaded tire by sufficiently pressurizing and heating the curing chamber to cure the bonding layer of the unbonded tire, which includes at least partially bonding a pair of laterally-spaced tread edge areas of the pre-cured tread to the tire carcass prior to an intermediate portion of the pre-cured tread located between the pair of laterally-spaced tread edge areas. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157877 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A COMBUSTION CHAMBER TUBE FOR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METHOD - A method and device for production of a combustion chamber tube for restraint systems in vehicles. The combustion chamber tube is embossed by several embossing dies arranged stellate around the combustion chamber tube and movable by an annular compression module with several punches movable in synchronized fashion in the radial direction and two inner punches extending into the ends of the combustion chamber tube, each with a support mandrel and a shaping mandrel movable relative to support mandrel. The combustion chamber tube is embossed from the outside by the embossing dies radially movable via punches against the support mandrels and the ends of the combustion chamber tube are shaped by shaping mandrels movable relative to support mandrels when the embossing dies are closed. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157878 | Screw Press and Method for its Maintenance - The invention relates to a screw press ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157879 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTAINING A BALE OF COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL WITHOUT STRAPS - A system for compressing and containing a bale of compressible material includes a bale box and opposing compression plates, one or both of the compression plates moving toward the other of the compression plates in a compression direction. The bale box includes stationary side walls that define a bale box perimeter around the compression plates. At least two of the stationary side walls have ribs formed therein extending inwardly of the bale box. The ribs extend along the at least two side walls in a direction parallel to the compression direction. The ribs form grooves in a compressed bale in about 50 percent to 70 percent of a surface of the compressed bale in which he grooves are formed. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157880 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR FOLDING AND ADHESIVELY BONDING BLANKS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FOLDING BOXES - A machine for folding and adhesively bonding blanks for the production of folding boxes. It includes a transport system which has at least one puller which wraps around deflecting rollers and extends along a processing path, a drive connected to a deflecting roller and drives the deflecting roller. Workpiece carriers are fastened to the puller and are moved along the processing path by the at least one puller. It also includes a magazine for a stack of blanks, a mechanism for removing individual blanks from the stack in the magazine, a feeding mechanism for the removed blanks to the workpiece carriers, active means for retaining blanks on the workpiece carriers, control means, which are connected to the active means to control the retention and release of the blanks, and at least one means arranged on the processing path in a stationary manner for adhesively bonding blanks. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157881 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE PACKAGING PRODUCTS, MORE PARTICULARLY PACKAGING BAGS - The method serves for producing flexible packaging products, more particularly packaging bags, the packaging products being formed by welding together two film layers. In order to avoid imprecisions in the sequence of process steps, film sections ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157882 | UNINTERRUPTED BAG MAKING AND FOLDING MACHINE - An uninterrupted bag making and folding machine includes multiple server power sources electrically connected to a control unit, which instructs a conveyance unit to deliver a film tube through a sealing unit, a perforating unit and a waste breaking device for processing into finished bags, and a folding unit for folding each finished bag to reduce the size for storage. The invention enables the film tube to be continuously delivered at a constant speed and processed through a sealing process, a waste breaking process and a finished bag folding process, accelerating the finished bag fabrication speed and improving the production capacity. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157883 | COMPOSITE STIFFENER - Embodiments of the disclosure are directed towards a composite stiffener that is incorporated into products to create stronger bonded and less warping sandwich panels. In addition, the stronger products can be lightweight. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157884 | POROUS AEROSTATIC CARRIER AND POROUS BODY THEREIN - A porous aerostatic carrier includes a porous body made by additive manufacturing method and a sealing layer, the porous body comprises a first ventilating portion and a second ventilating portion, and a first porosity of the first ventilating portion is higher than a second porosity of the second ventilating portion. Because of additive manufacturing method, pore size and porosity of the first ventilating portion and the second ventilating portion are controllable to make flow pressure passing through the porous aerostatic carrier distributing evenly. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157885 | A SHEET-LIKE COMPOSITE, ESPECIALLY FOR CONTAINERS, WITH AN ADHESION-PROMOTING LAYER CHARACTERISED BY DIFFERENT C=O GROUP ABSORPTION MAXIMA - The invention relates to a sheet-like composite, comprising as layers of a layer sequence: a) an outer polymer layer, b) a carrying layer following the outer polymer layer, c) a barrier layer following the carrying layer, d) an adhesion-promoting layer following the barrier layer, and e) an inner polymer layer following the adhesion-promoting layer; wherein the adhesion-promoting layer comprises an outer surface of the adhesion-promoting layer and an inner surface of the adhesion-promoting layer; wherein the outer surface of the adhesion-promoting layer i) is adjacent to the barrier layer, and ii) is characterised by a first C═O group absorption maximum; wherein the inner surface of the adhesion-promoting layer A) is adjacent to the inner polymer layer, B) is characterised by a second C═O group absorption maximum, and C) has a first distance to the outer surface of the adhesion-promoting layer; wherein the first C═O group absorption maximum is higher than the second C═O group absorption maximum. The invention further relates to a process for manufacturing a sheet-like composite; a sheet-like composite, obtainable by the process; a container precursor; a process for producing a container precursor; a container precursor obtainable by the process; a container; a process for producing a container; a container obtainable by the process; a use of the sheet-like composite; and a use of the container. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157886 | PACKAGING LAMINATE - A packaging laminate includes a core layer having at least one through-hole which on one side is covered by a barrier film and an outer layer of a polymeric material, wherein said outer polymeric layer and said barrier film are laminated to each other in a manner such that said polymeric layer and said barrier film are separated from each other along parallel, visually detectable air-filled channels formed by these two layers within the area of said at least one through-hole. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157887 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE - A laminated structure includes a surface sheet material, and a backing material joined to a back surface of the surface sheet material. The surface sheet material has seams where the surface sheet material is sewn to another piece. The seams are provided in two positions that are adjacent to each other in an in-plane direction of the surface sheet material. The surface sheet material includes a backside uneven portion with a protrusion. The backside uneven portion is provided on a portion of the back surface within a region between the seams. The backing material is joined to the back surface of the surface sheet material such that the backing material is in surface contact with the back surface of the surface sheet material and the backing material conforms to the backside uneven portion. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157888 | STRETCHABLE LAMINATE, AND ARTICLE INCLUDING SAME - Provided is a stretchable laminate including an elastomer layer and a non-woven fabric layer arranged on at least one side of the elastomer layer, in which interlayer delamination does not occur between the elastomer layer and the non-woven fabric layer even when a load is applied onto a surface, on which the elastomer layer and the non-woven fabric layer are bonded onto each other, in a substantially perpendicular direction. Also provided is an article including such stretchable laminate. The stretchable laminate of the present invention includes: an elastomer layer; and a non-woven fabric layer arranged on at least one side of the elastomer layer, the stretchable laminate further including a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive between the elastomer layer and the non-woven fabric layer, the hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive containing an olefin component. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157889 | LAMINATED SUBSTRATE USING FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC PLASTIC, AND MOLDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME - Provided is a laminated substrate wherein a sheet-shaped material with a porosity of 50-99% is laminated onto at least one surface of a prepreg substrate which includes a reinforcing fiber and a thermoplastic resin. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157890 | SUPER INSULATING NANO-SPHERES FOR APPLIANCE INSULATION AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SUPER INSULATING NANO-SPHERE MATERIAL - An insulating structure for an appliance includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein an insulating cavity is defined therebetween. A plurality of hollow nano-spheres are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each of the hollow nano-spheres includes a diameter in the range of from approximately 50 nanometers to approximately 1000 nanometers and has a wall that defines the internal space, and wherein the wall of each hollow nano-sphere has a thickness that is in a range of from approximately 0.5 nanometers to approximately 100 nanometers. A fill material is disposed in the insulating cavity and wherein the fill material is disposed in the space defined between the plurality of hollow nano-spheres, and wherein the fill material includes at least one of powdered silica, granulated silica, other silica material, aerogel and insulating gas. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157891 | LAMINATE - The present invention provides a laminate excellent in abrasion resistance, high in hardness, and excellent in adhesion between a substrate and a primer layer and adhesion between an intermediate layer and a top coat layer. The laminate includes: a substrate; a primer layer disposed on the substrate, the primer layer containing inorganic particles (a) having an average particle size of | 2017-06-08 |
20170157892 | IN-SITU FOAM CORE ARTICLES - A plastic article is recited having a plastic shell including walls defining a cavity. Within the cavity is an in-situ foam core including expanded polymer beads. A layer of the expanded polymer beads includes a layer of distorted beads adjacent to the walls. The in-situ foam core has a thermal bond to the walls. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157893 | JOINED FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL ASSEMBLY WITH TUNABLE ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES - An anisotropic composite material assembly comprising a first layer with a tensile modulus different from its compressive modulus and that exhibits variable modulus behavior. The first layer elastically buckle under compressions. A second layer has a tensile modulus substantially the same as its compressive modulus. The first and second layers are joined together, and the assembly is bendable in a first direction with an outer surface of the first layer being in compression and the assembly has a first bending stiffness during bending in the first direction. The assembly is bendable in a second direction opposite the first direction with the outer surface of the first layer being in tension, and the assembly has a second bending stiffness greater than the first bending stiffness during bending in the second direction. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157894 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SCORED MEDIUMS, AND ARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS RESULTING THEREFROM - Methods and apparatus for making scored mediums, particularly but not exclusively for use in the corrugated board arts, and articles of manufacture and compositions made there with and made there by. When at least one scored medium is used in a layered or laminated article, and particularly when selectively used as a liner member and/or fluted member in a corrugated board, whether as part of a corrugated board article of manufacture or a laminate with at least one other member, the article will possess mechanical qualities superior to those that would otherwise exist if a non-scored medium was/were used. To achieve these desired qualities, a major axis of the scores formed in the scored medium runs askew, and preferably perpendicular, to the direction of beam strength in any article or article intermediate to which the scored medium is to be associated. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157895 | Cooking Utensil Having A Graphite Core - Provided is an article of cookware and a method of making the same. The cookware has a multi-layer bonded composite wall structure having an inner metal layer and an outer metal layer, and a core layer between the inner layer and the outer layer. The core layer has at least two perforated graphite plates, each plate having a plurality of spaced-apart holes formed therethrough, and at least one intermediate metal element disposed between the at least two perforated graphite plates and extending through the plurality of spaced-apart holes of each of the at least two perforated graphite plates. The at least one intermediate metal element is metallurgically bonded to the inner layer and the outer layer at least through the plurality of spaced-apart holes. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157896 | Heat shield and system with heat shield of this type - The invention relates to a heat shield for the shielding of hot areas of components, e.g. of internal combustion engines. The heat shield has an insulating layer ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157897 | VEHICLE GLASS ARTICLE - There is provided a vehicle glass article having a functional film on a glass substrate, in which, in peeling after sticking an adhesive sheet on the functional film and using it, it is possible to peel the adhesive sheet without damaging the functional film A vehicle glass article includes: a glass substrate; a functional film provided on a surface of at least part of the glass substrate; a glass thin sheet stuck on the functional film and for sticking, on a principal surface of an opposite side to the functional film side, an adhesive sheet having an adhesive surface smaller than the principal surface; and an adhesive layer provided between the functional film and the glass thin sheet. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157898 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass capable of exhibiting high deaeration properties even in a nip roll method and hardly forming air bubbles to enable the production of a highly visible laminated glass, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses and a large number of projections on at least one surface, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent to each other in parallel with one another, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom having a ratio (R/Sm×100) of a radius of rotation R of the bottom to an interval Sm between the recesses of 15% or higher. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157899 | TRANSFER FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, LAMINATE, ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE-TYPE INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a transfer film including a temporary support having a thickness of 38 μm or less; and a curable transparent resin layer disposed on the temporary support in a direct-contact manner, in which a thickness of the curable transparent resin layer is 5 μm or more, the curable transparent resin layer includes a binder polymer, a polymerizable compound, and a polymerization initiator, and a melt viscosity ηc of the curable transparent resin layer measured at 100° C. is 1.0×10 | 2017-06-08 |
20170157900 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM, LAMINATE, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a cellulose acylate film, containing: an organic acid satisfying requirements of a to c, in which a film thickness of the cellulose acylate film is greater than or equal to 3 μm, and an average concentration of the organic acid in a region from one surface of the cellulose acylate film to a depth of 0 to 0.2 λm is lower than an average concentration of the organic acid in a residual region other than the region: a: having a structure in which polyhydric alcohol and a polyvalent carboxylic acid are bonded by forming an ester bond; b: the total number of molecules of polyhydric alcohol and a monovalent or more carboxylic acid forming the organic acid being greater than or equal to 3; and c: having at least one non-substituted carboxyl group derived from a polyvalent carboxylic acid. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157901 | ELASTIC LAMINATE AND ARTICLE CONTAINING SAME - Provided is a stretchable laminate which has a sufficient holding ability in the case of being stretched to be bonded onto another material and is excellent in feeling of touch. Also provided is an article including such stretchable laminate. The stretchable laminate of the present invention is a stretchable laminate, including: an elastomer layer; and a non-woven fabric layer arranged on at least one side of the elastomer layer, the stretchable laminate including an elastic lane portion and a rigid lane portion, the rigid lane portion requiring a strength of from 1 N/20 mm to 7 N/20 mm for obtaining a 5% deformation amount. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157902 | FABRIC HAVING A WATERPROOF BARRIER - Provided herein are ecologically friendly waterproof fabrics that include a base fabric having a body-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, and a hydrophobic, waterproof barrier disposed on the outward-facing surface of the base fabric. The base fabric may be a wicking fabric or may be treated with a compound that enhances wicking, and the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier may include a plastic polymer, polyurethane, polyethylene, and/or polytetrafluoroethylene. The waterproof fabrics also may include an abrasion-resistant coating and/or a PFC-free durable water repellant (DWR) agent disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier, and one or both of the abrasion-resistant coating and/or PFC-free DWR agent may be discontinuous. Also provided are methods of making a waterproof fabric. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157903 | BREATHABLE AND WATERPROOF COMPOSITE FABRIC AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A breathable and waterproof composite fabric includes a fabric sheet and a waterproof plastic film. The fabric sheet has a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of micropores extending through the first and second surfaces. The waterproof plastic film is made of a non-porous material and has an outer surface, an inner surface bonded to the first surface, and a plurality of hollow protrusions protruding from the outer surface. Each of the hollow protrusions defines a channel having an inner open end at the inner surface and an outer open end distal from the inner and outer surfaces. A method of making the breathable and waterproof composite fabric is also provided. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157904 | RELEASE OF ClO2 GAS FROM MEDICAL DEVICE PACKAGING FILM - A multilayer medical packaging film includes a first layer and a chlorine dioxide-producing layer. The chlorine dioxide-producing layer includes a polymer composition and a plurality of chlorite ions. The chlorine dioxide-producing layer is substantially free of an energy-activated catalyst and is substantially free of an acid-releasing compound. However, the film is capable of generating chlorine dioxide when exposed to UV light and moisture. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157905 | POLYMER INTERLAYERS HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES - An interlayer comprised of a thermoplastic resin, at least one high refractive index plasticizer and, optionally, a conventional plasticizer. The use of a thermoplastic resin, a high refractive index plasticizer, and, optionally, a conventional plasticizer reduces or minimizes the optical defects caused by different refractive indices without sacrificing other characteristics of the interlayer. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157906 | LAMINATE FILM AND LAMINATE, AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND ELECTROLUMINESCENT LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT - A laminate film including a barrier film and an adhesion-enhancing layer formed on the barrier film and having a thickness in a range of from 0.01 μm to 1 μm. The adhesion-enhancing layer includes polyisocyanate and a polymer including a group having a reactive carbon-carbon double bond and a plurality of hydroxyl groups. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157907 | Water-Vapour Permeable Composite Parts - The invention relates to water-vapour permeable, flat composite parts consisting of at least two layers, at least one layer being made of a polyester and polyether-based thermoplastic polyurethane. The invention also related to the use thereof. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157908 | CONNECTION ELEMENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTION ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT - A connection element includes a composite component with a cured epoxy resin, a first layer including a first thermoplastic polymer and an intermediate layer arranged between the composite component and the first layer, the first layer containing both the cured epoxy resin of the composite component and the first thermoplastic polymer of the first layer. The first thermoplastic polymer has a melting point above a curing temperature of the epoxy resin and is soluble at a temperature of at least 150° C. in the epoxy resin used for producing the composite component. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157909 | PLANAR END EFFECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANAR END EFFECTOR - A planar end effector and method of making a planar end effector. The method may include the steps of applying adhesive to a first side of a first sheet, the first sheet having a second side opposite the first side, and disposing a first side of a second sheet on the adhesive, the second sheet having a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first sides of the first and second sheets confront each other and define an at least partially adhesive-filled bond-gap therebetween and wherein the second sides of the first and second sheets are parallel with one another. The method may further include the steps of curing the adhesive to produce a planar composite workpiece including the first sheet, the second sheet, and an intermediate adhesive layer, and cutting the end effector from the composite workpiece. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157910 | TRANSFER MATERIAL, PRINTED MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PRINTED MATERIAL - A transfer material, a printed material, and a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for the printed material are provided in which water resistance of the printed material can be enhanced. A protective sheet allows moisture in a color material receiving layer to be discharged to the outside through passages through which the moisture can be discharged. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157911 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BONDING AND DE-BONDING A HIGHLY FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE TO A CARRIER - Methods and apparatus for bonding and/or de-bonding a flexible substrate to/from a carrier substrate include: moving a first plate, which supports a carrier substrate, relative to a second plate, which hold and releases a flexible substrate, in order to bond and/or de-bond the flexible substrate to/from the carrier substrate. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN FABRICATING A STRUCTURE - A system for use in fabricating a laminate structure from a plurality of layers of material is provided. The system includes a marker coupled to at least two of the plurality of layers, and a positioning system configured to arrange the plurality of layers in a predetermined layup position based on a position of the markers. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157913 | Method and Apparatus for Preparing a Screen Printing Screen - A system or machine is disclosed which takes pre-stretched emulsion coated screens, digitally prints thereon and exposes them before further processing and use in a screen printing machine. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157914 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING USING DAMPENING FLUID IMAGING MEMBER AND IMAGE TRANSFER MEMBER - An ink-based digital printing system for variable data lithographic printing includes an imaging member having a surface configured to absorb dampening fluid. A dampening fluid patterning system jets dampening fluid onto the imaging member surface according to image data to form a dampening fluid pattern. The system includes a transfer member that receives the jetted dampening fluid pattern from the imaging member at a dampening fluid loading nip for subsequent inking of the dampening fluid pattern to form an ink pattern. The ink pattern is transferred to a substrate from the transfer member at an ink pattern transfer nip. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157915 | Repeat Pattern Surface Marking System, Kit, and Method - A surface marking system, kit, and method enables a user to mark a pattern upon a surface. The components may include a rectangular marking material transfer body, a particularly marked alignment tape, and a series of spacer elements. The marking material transfer body includes a fixed dimension and at least one marking material transfer portion. The outer perimeter includes opposed mark-alignment edges. The alignment tape has a fixed width, a select length, and a marked anterior surface. The marked anterior surface includes a series of width-wise marks and a length-wise mark. The length-wise mark is centered relative to the fixed tape width. A select body dimension is firstly and successively positioned at a select number of sequentially spaced width-wise marks and mark-alignment edges are firstly and successively alignable with parallel length-wise marks. The spacer elements ensure parallel arrangement of the length-wise marks and provide overlap sections adjacent the mark-alignment edges. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157916 | LIQUID EJECTION HOLE ORIENTATION FOR WEB GUIDE - A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web transport path in an in-track direction, including at least one non-contact web guide. The web guide includes a wall having a curved exterior surface, wherein the web of media travels around a bearing portion of the curved exterior surface from a web guide entry position to a web guide exit position, and a hollow interior containing a pressurized liquid. A first row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide entry position having axes that are inclined toward a downstream direction, and a second row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide exit position having axes that are inclined toward an upstream direction. The pressurized liquid flows through the liquid ejection holes to force the web of media away from the bearing surface of the web guide. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157917 | LIQUID EJECTION HOLE CONFIGURATION FOR WEB GUIDE - A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web transport path in an in-track direction, including at least one non-contact web guide. The web guide includes a wall having a curved exterior surface, wherein the web of media travels around a bearing portion of the curved exterior surface from a web guide entry position to a web guide exit position, and a hollow interior containing a pressurized liquid. A first row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide entry position, a second row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide exit position, and an intermediate array of liquid ejection holes is provided between the first and second rows. A total number of liquid ejection holes in the intermediate array is less than a total number of liquid ejection holes in the second row. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157918 | AQUEOUS DISPERSIBLE POLYMER INKS - An ink composition or ink concentrate for variable data lithographic printing or ink jet printing that uses an intermediate substrate, includes nano-particles, wherein each nano-particle is a polymer or a polymer blend of polymers; the polymer or polymers of the polymer blend are water dispersible at temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius; solids content of the ink composition is in an amount of greater than 25 percent by total weight; and the ink composition has a viscosity of about 100 centipoise to about 1,000 centipoise in the temperature range of 20 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157919 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, and an ink jet recording apparatus that can prevent the occurrence of density unevenness, such as banding, regardless of a duty, without causing deterioration of image quality. A jetting rate indicating an ink jetting rate of each of a plurality of nozzles which jet ink in a recording head including the nozzles is determined. A nozzle pattern indicating which of the plurality of nozzles of the recording head is used to record each pixel of an image on a recording medium is determined. The jetting rate of the nozzle which records each pixel is reflected in a gradation value of each pixel of the image on the basis of the determination result of the jetting rate and the determination result of the nozzle pattern to convert the gradation value of each pixel. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157920 | APPARATUS FOR EJECTING LIQUID - An apparatus for ejecting liquid, includes a liquid ejection head with a plurality of individual liquid chambers and a common liquid chamber, and a pressure generator to generate a pressure for pressing liquid in the individual liquid chambers. A pulse interval, which is a time from the end of a push-in waveform element of a preceding driving pulse to the start of a pull-in waveform element of a succeeding driving pulse in the two continuous driving pulses is set to a timing when a pressure difference among the pressure fluctuations in the individual liquid chambers, caused by the pressure fluctuation in the common liquid chamber, becomes smaller. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157921 | LIQUID DISCHARGING UNIT AND LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE - A liquid discharging unit includes a first color nozzle group that includes nozzle arrays each in which nozzle holes for discharging liquids of process colors are arranged in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction; a second color nozzle group that is provided on upstream side in the sub scanning direction with respect to the first color nozzle group and includes nozzle arrays each in which nozzle holes for discharging liquids of process colors are arranged in the sub scanning direction; and at least one auxiliary nozzle group that is provided between the first color nozzle group and the second color nozzle group and includes nozzle arrays each in which holes for discharging liquids of colors different from the process colors are arranged in the sub scanning direction, wherein the nozzle groups are respectively arranged to be shifted from each other in the main scanning direction. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157922 | INK-JET PRINTING HEAD, INK-JET PRINTING METHOD AND INK-JET PRINTING DEVICE - Disclosed are an ink-jet printing head, an ink-jet printing method using the ink-jet printing head and an ink-jet printing device including the ink-jet printing head. The ink-jet printing head includes a chamber for accommodating ink and nozzle sets provided on a sidewall of the chamber where ink is sprayed. The nozzle sets are used for ink-jet printing on pixels at different positions, respectively. Each of nozzle sets includes sub-nozzles and the sub-nozzles in each nozzle set can spray different volumes of ink. In the printing head, by providing sub-nozzles having different ink spraying volumes in each nozzle set, ink droplets having desirable volumes can be sprayed from nozzle sets such that total volumes of ink droplets sprayed at different positions from nozzle sets could be more accurate. Therefore, a thickness of a film layer formed by ink-jet printing can be flexibly controlled and adjusted, while having a significantly improved accuracy. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157923 | LIQUID JET HEAD, LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID JET HEAD - A nozzle plate including nozzle arrays with a plurality of nozzle holes, actuator plates to be filled with ink, and a nozzle guard provided so as to cover the nozzle plate for protecting the nozzle plate are included. The nozzle guard includes a frame body formed to surround a periphery of the nozzle plate, and a cover body that blocks an opening portion of the frame body and in which slits that expose the nozzle arrays is formed. The frame body and the cover body are configured separately from each other, and the frame body and the cover body respectively include joint portions to be joined to each other. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157924 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head includes a channel plate. The channel plate includes a fluid restrictor, a channel, a first plate member, and a second plate member. The channel is disposed on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side of the fluid restrictor in a direction of flow of liquid. The channel has a greater width than a width of the fluid restrictor in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow of liquid in an in-plane direction. The first plate member has a through hole including at least one broad portion and a narrow portion. The narrow portion is the fluid restrictor. The second plate member includes at least one through hole constituting part of the channel with the broad portion. The through hole is disposed opposite an end of the narrow portion at which the narrow portion is connected to the broad portion. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157925 | PRINTHEAD WITH RECESSED SLOT ENDS - A fluid ejection device may include a substrate having front and back opposing surfaces and a slot extending through the substrate between the back and front surfaces and along an axis of the substrate. A recessed end region may be formed in the back surface at each end of the slot. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157926 | MULTI-CHIP PRINT HEAD - A print head includes a plurality of chip-like tiles arranged on a common substrate, each tile having a front face with an array of recording elements disposed in the front face in a predetermined pattern, and a generally rectangular contour with a cut-out formed at at least one of its four corners, each cut-out being delimited by two reference-defining walls extending normal to one another and to the front face and serving as a reference for positioning the tiles on the substrate so as to establish a predetermined positional relationship between the recording elements of the different tiles. The substrate has a plurality of recesses accommodating each at least a part of a tile and having side walls that define engagement surfaces for each of the reference-defining walls of each tile, the substrate is formed of a material that is suitable for photo-lithographic processing, and the engagement surfaces of the substrate are surfaces formed by photo-lithographic techniques. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157927 | INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING MODULAR PRINTHEAD CHIP CARRIERS DEFINING CONVERGENT INK GALLERIES - A printhead is provided having an elongate support having a plurality of internal webs protruding from a base section to define a plurality of parallel fluid supply channels, a shim supported by the support and defining a plurality of rows of openings through which fluid from respective supply channels is supplied, and a plurality of elongate printhead modules supported serially on the shim. Each module defines a plurality of fluid supply passages through which fluid passes to fluid ejection nozzles from respective rows of the openings. Either end of each module defines complementary formations such that adjacent modules nest together. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157928 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head in which, upon heating performed by a heating element, a bubble is formed in a liquid retained in a bubble forming chamber, the liquid is ejected, and the bubble disappears without any atmospheric communication. When a length L is a length of the heating element in a liquid supply direction, when viewing in a liquid ejection direction, a position of a center of gravity of an ejection port is spaced apart from a position of a center of gravity of the heating element by L/3.5 or more in the liquid ejection direction, and when a length of an ejecting portion in the liquid ejection direction is l and a length of the bubble forming chamber in the liquid ejection direction is h, l/h is 2 or smaller. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157929 | FLOW PATH MEMBER, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FLOW PATH MEMBER - A flow path member includes a first flow path-forming member made of a material capable of absorbing a laser light and a second flow path-forming member made of a material that has a lower absorbance with respect to the laser light than the first flow path-forming member and having in a portion of an inner surface that at least partially forms a flow path at least one welded portion that is welded to the first flow path-forming member. An outer surface side of the second flow path-forming member that is an opposite side to the inner surface is provided with at least one light blocking portion capable of blocking the laser light and at least one transmitting portion that is capable of transmitting the laser light and that is positioned on an opposite side to the at least one welded portion and the at least one light blocking portion and the at least one transmitting portion are in contact on at least one boundary with each other. At least one external edge of the at least one welded portion is at a position that is shifted by a shift from the at least one boundary to a side toward which the laser light incident on the at least one boundary at an incident angle less than 90 degrees travels. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157930 | INKJET HEAD AND PRINTER - In a head, a passageway member has a nozzle which is opened in a first major surface, and a pressurizing chamber which is communicated with the nozzle and is positioned on a second major surface side as the back face of the first major surface. A piezoelectric actuator substrate is superimposed on the second major surface and covers over the pressurizing chamber. An FPC | 2017-06-08 |
20170157931 | PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A piezoelectric film of the present invention is a piezoelectric film including a perovskite oxide represented by the following formula (P), in which crystal phases of the perovskite oxide include tetragonal crystals and rhombohedral crystals at a ratio that satisfies the following formula (1). | 2017-06-08 |
20170157932 | MAINTENANCE MEMBER - A maintenance member includes a plate, an absorption member, and a protection plate. The plate includes a first face and is configured to be mounted in a print device. The absorption member is fixed on the first face and has absorbed a liquid. The edge surface of the absorption member is exposed in an extension direction of the first face. The protection plate is fixed in place such that a gap is provided between the protection plate and the absorption member. The protection plate is configured to protect the absorption member from contact. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157933 | CARTRIDGE SERVICING CASES FOR FLUID JET CARTRIDGE - A cartridge servicing case for servicing a fluid jet cartridge carrying a composition includes a case body having a pocket that is sized to receive the fluid jet cartridge. A moveable cartridge servicing member is moveable relative to the case body. The moveable cartridge servicing member includes at least one of a wiping element and a capping element carried by the moveable cartridge servicing member. The pocket is arranged and configured to expose nozzles of the fluid jet cartridge received by the pocket to the moveable cartridge servicing member for a servicing operation using the at least one of the wiping element and capping element. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157934 | WIPE CARTRIDGE CARRIAGE - The present invention is directed at a printhead cleaning assembly, comprising: a frame; a wipe cartridge receptacle mounted on the frame, the receptacle being movable relative to the frame between a first receptacle position and a second receptacle position; a wipe cartridge fixing latch, mounted on the wipe cartridge receptacle, wherein the latch is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the latch is coupled to a lock/unlock mechanism that moves the latch between the closed position and the open position in response to a movement of the receptacle between the first receptacle position and the second receptacle position. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157935 | HEAD WASHING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTER - In order to effectively wash wiping members, a washing station which is a head washing device according to one embodiment of the present invention is characterized by including a wiping unit, a storage tank, and a washing unit. The wiping unit includes wipers which are wiping members for wiping an ejection surface of an inkjet head. In the storage tank, washing solution for washing the wiping unit is stored. The washing unit washes the wipers in the washing solution of the storage tank. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157936 | VARIABLE FORCE WIPER FOR MAINTENANCE STATION OF IMAGING DEVICE - A wiper for a maintenance station of an imaging device, including a foundational body that attaches to the maintenance station and a blade on top of the foundational body for scraping fluid and debris from a printhead of the imaging device, the blade being formed of a flexible material having two terminal sections and a central section defining a longitudinal extent of the blade, wherein each of the two terminal sections connects to the foundational body with a thicker expanse of the flexible material compared to the central section that connects to the body with a thinner expanse of the flexible material. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157937 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOW PASSAGE MEMBER OF LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head for ejecting a liquid, including a flow passage member, which is composed of a first resin and which is provided with a flow passage configured to come into contact with the liquid, and a plurality of resin-coated members having a core-sheath structure composed of a filler constituting an inner core and a second resin constituting an outer core, wherein the plurality of the resin-coated members are contained in the flow passage member. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157938 | Liquid Ejecting Unit and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting unit includes a flow channel portion that includes a flow channel through which a liquid passes, a liquid ejecting head that is stacked on the flow channel portion in a first direction and ejects the liquid, which passes through the flow channel, from a nozzle, and a support body that supports the flow channel portion, and a concave portion that is recessed in the first direction and accommodates at least a portion of the flow channel portion is formed in the support body. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157939 | INK CONTAINER AND INKJET PRINTER - An ink container for an inkjet printer includes an ink containing portion. The ink containing portion contains ink and includes an upper surface including a placing portion, a refill port disposed on the upper surface, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a sealing portion located at the center and an outer peripheral portion located at the outer periphery. An outer diameter of the sealing portion matches with an inner diameter of the refill port. The placing portion further includes a first recess portion and a positioning portion extending in a circumferential direction of the first recess portion. The first recess portion is configured to receive the sealing member and not to contact the sealing portion. The positioning portion includes a restricting portion configured to reduce horizontal movement of the outer peripheral portion and a supporting portion configured to vertically support the outer peripheral portion. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157940 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A printhead assembly is provided, the printhead assembly including a printhead die, a black fluid slot formed in the printhead die to deliver black printing fluid, and a color fluid slot formed in the printhead die to deliver color printing fluid. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157941 | TRANSFORM MAP AT PRINTER CARTRIDGE - A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157942 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157943 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a slot to and from which a memory unit storing permitted usage amount information can be attached and removed, and a processing unit that carries out a process for updating estimated ink amount information that is information for estimating an amount of the ink in an ink holding unit. When the memory unit is attached to the slot, the processing unit carrys out a charging process that updates the estimated ink amount information using the permitted usage amount information in the memory unit, on the basis of a process for determining whether or not consumed ink amount expressed by the estimated ink amount information exceeds a prescribed threshold (WTH). The processing unit executes forced charging process that executes the charging process in the case where there is an instruction from an operator of the printing apparatus before the prescribed threshold WTH is exceeded. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157944 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided is a printing apparatus capable of continuous printing. A printing apparatus ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157945 | SLOT-TO-SLOT CIRCULATION IN A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a die substrate having first and second fluid slots along opposite substrate sides and separated by a substrate central region. First and second internal columns of closed chambers are associated with the first and second slots, respectively, and the internal columns are separated by the central region. Fluidic channels extending across the central region fluidically couple closed chambers from the first internal column with closed chambers from the second internal column. Pump actuators in each closed chamber pump fluid through the channels from slot to slot. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157946 | 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. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157947 | Control Device for Controlling Printer to Print Image by Ejecting Ink in a Plurality of Colors - A controller provided in a control device calculates an index value indicative of an amount of a specific type of ink in a specific type of color to be used in printing at least a part of a target image including a first image and a second image. In response to determining that the index value is not greater than a threshold value, the controller controls a printer to print the first image and the second image using the specific type of ink for reproducing the specific type of color. In response to determining that the index value is greater than the threshold value, the controller controls the printer to print the first image using the specific type of ink and to print the second image using a different type of ink different from the specific type of ink for reproducing the specific type of color. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157948 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A thermal printer with head elements enables accurately determining the state of deterioration of the head elements, and minimizing the amount of stored data. A printing device has a thermal head having multiple head elements; a voltage application circuit configured to apply a printing voltage and an inspection voltage to the head elements; a head controller configured to control the thermal head and the voltage application circuit; and data storage configured to store a conversion table relationally storing a divided voltage and a resistance of the head elements. At a specific timing, the head controller applies the inspection voltage to the head elements by the voltage application circuit, measures the divided voltage of the head elements, converts the measured divided voltage to resistance based on the conversion table, acquires deterioration information based on the converted resistance, and stores the deterioration information in the data storage. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157949 | Techniques for Manufacturing Thin Films with Improved Homogeneity and Print Speed - Improved manufacturing using a printer that deposits a liquid to fabricate a layer having specified thickness includes automated adjustment or print parameters based on ink or substrate characteristics which have been specifically measured or estimated. In one embodiment, ink spreading characteristics are used to select droplet size used to produce a particular layer, and/or to select a specific baseline volume/area or droplet density that is then scaled and/or adjusted to provide for layer homogeneity. In a second embodiment, expected per-droplet particulars are used to interleave droplets in order to carefully control melding of deposited droplets, and so assist with layer homogeneity. The liquid layer is then cured or baked to provide for a permanent structure. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157950 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAN BODY ON WHICH IMAGE IS FORMED - A printing device ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157951 | DRYING APPARATUS AND CONVEYING SYSTEM - A drying apparatus includes: rollers including at least one heating roller and arranged to form a conveying path where a conveyed object is wound to be heated and conveyed; and an exhaust unit above the conveying path. The rollers being arranged such that a vertical tangential line on a winding side of the conveyed object, of a mth roller and a vertical tangential line on a winding side of the conveyed object, of a (m+1) roller does not overlap each other, where a first roller, a second roller, an (n−1)th roller, and an nth roller out of n rollers arranged at a same winding side in a horizontal direction are successively arranged from below in a vertical direction of the conveying path, the heating roller arranged mth from below in the vertical direction of the conveying path is the mth roller. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157952 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a container; a conveying mechanism configured to convey a recording medium contained in the container; a recording head configured to record an image on the recording medium that has been conveyed through a conveying path by the conveying mechanism; a moving mechanism including a carriage and configured to move the carriage reciprocatingly together with the recording head; a first sensor installed in the carriage and configured to detect the recording medium; a second sensor configured to detect a change of a state of the container; a storage unit configured to store width information of the recording medium that is conveyed by the conveying mechanism; and a controller configured to control the conveying mechanism, the moving mechanism, and the recording head. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157953 | RECORDING SYSTEM, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A recording system includes: a recording apparatus; a post-processing apparatus; and a transport apparatus which transports the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and the transport apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading stand which loads the discharged medium without transporting the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157954 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A first feeder contacts a first surface of a first sheet held in a first tray and feeds the first sheet toward a recording unit. A second feeder contacts a first surface of a second sheet held in a second tray and feeds the second sheet toward the recording unit. An inner member is disposed above a standing plate. An outer member comprises an upstream portion opposing the standing plate, and a downstream portion opposing the inner member. The inner member guides the first surface of the first sheet and the first surface of the second sheet. The standing plate guides the first surface of the second sheet. The upstream portion of the outer member guides a second surface of the second sheet, and the downstream portion guides a second surface of the first sheet and the second surface of the second sheet. The standing plate moves relative to the outer member. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157955 | SUCTION BOX, SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING FLAT MEDIA, AND PRINTING MACHINE THUS EQUIPPED - A suction box for a system for transporting flat media ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170157956 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157957 | CUTTER ACCESSORY FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - A cutter accessory is provided for use in combination with a printing device as part of a printing system. The cutter accessory includes a body that is configured to be mounted onto the printing device. An access door is mounted to the body and movable between a closed position and an open position. A slot is defined in the access door and configured to receive printed material from the printing device when the access door is in the closed position. A cutting blade is movably mounted to the body, with at least one cam being associated with the cutting blade. The cam is operable to move the cutting blade with respect to the slot to cut the printed material and is accessible when the access door is in the open position, but not accessible when the access door is in the closed position. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157958 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157959 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND HEAD CARTRIDGE - An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can alleviate an adverse influence by ink mist or airflow turbulence with an inexpensive and small-sized configuration without using power. A printing unit includes a first opening that is parallel to a main scanning direction and is formed at a first surface facing a space defined between an ejection port surface having ejection ports formed thereat and a print medium and a second opening formed at a second surface that is parallel to the main scanning direction and different from the first surface. The first opening and the second opening communicate with each other via a first communication path. The first opening and the second opening are formed in different pressure regions, respectively, in which pressures different from each other are produced when the printing unit is moved in the main scanning direction. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157960 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a print head, a platen roller, a recording paper guide configured to guide recording paper placed between the print head and the platen roller, and a spring configured to press the print head toward a direction of the platen roller, wherein the spring has a first part and a second part, the first part being in contact with the recording paper guide, the second part having a head contact at an end thereof that is in contact with the print head, the spring exerting a restoring force in such a direction as to narrow a space between the first part and the second part. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157961 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND MOVING METHOD OF MEDIUM SUPPORT PORTION - A printing apparatus includes a medium support portion which supports a medium, and can move in a movement direction; a printing unit which can print an image on the medium; a housing portion which accommodates the printing unit, and includes an opening portion to or from which the medium support portion can advance or retreat at one side in the movement direction; and a cover portion which can cover the opening portion, in which the cover portion covers the opening portion when the medium support portion enters inside the opening portion. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157962 | SERVICE STATIONS FOR HANDHELD FLUID JET APPARATUSES - A service station for servicing a handheld jet dispensing apparatus includes a fluid jet cartridge carrying a composition and a camera for capturing an image of a surface includes a body having a docking portion that is sized to receive the jet dispensing apparatus. A servicing portion is located adjacent the docking portion. The servicing portion is configured to receive a servicing cassette and to position the servicing cassette for interaction with nozzles of fluid jet cartridge of the jet dispensing apparatus for a cartridge servicing operation. An actuator is configured to move the servicing cassette during the cartridge servicing operation relative to the fluid jet cartridge of the handheld treatment apparatus with the handheld treatment apparatus in the docking portion. | 2017-06-08 |
20170157963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE STATION ROUTINE - Included are embodiments for providing a service station routine. Some embodiments of a system include a service station for receiving a handheld jet dispensing apparatus and a memory component that stores logic. When the logic is executed by a processor, the logic may cause the system to, in response to the service station receiving the handheld jet dispensing apparatus, identify the handheld jet dispensing apparatus, where identifying the handheld jet dispensing apparatus includes determining a time of a previous maintenance to the handheld jet dispensing apparatus. In some embodiments, the logic causes the system to determine whether the time of the previous maintenance meets a predetermined threshold, in response to determining that the time of the previous maintenance meets a predetermined threshold, determine a desired maintenance routine to execute and execute the desired maintenance routine, and record a current time as the time of the previous maintenance. | 2017-06-08 |