| 52nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20210402670 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A THICKNESS PROFILE OF A FILM WEB - The invention relates to a method for controlling a thickness profile (DP) of a film track (FB) along a transverse direction (QR) by means of a plurality of adjusting means ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402671 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PLASTIC TANK - A method for producing a plastic tank includes preparing a tank wall as a hot extrudate. A reinforcing sheet is then attached to at least one region of the outer layer of the hot extrudate. After introducing the attached reinforcing sheet and the hot extrudate into a shaping tool, the shaping tool performs shaping of the hot extrudate and the attached reinforcing sheet to form the tank wall, while simultaneously enhancing the attachment of the reinforcing sheet to the tank wall. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402672 | Tilting Measurement of a Thermoforming Mould - A thermoforming mould for producing cup-shaped articles from a heated film of plastic is provided. The thermoforming mould comprises a first mould part and a second mould part which are movable in relation to one another, wherein at least one cavity for moulding a cup-shaped article is formed in one of the two mould parts. The thermoforming mould also comprises a measuring device which is designed to determine a tilting of the first mould part and the second mould part with respect to one another. Furthermore, a thermoforming machine comprising the thermoforming mould and also a method for determining a tilting between a first mould part and a second mould part of a thermoforming mould are provided. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BENDING AN OBJECT - An apparatus for bending an object includes a first bending plate having a first rotational axis, and a second bending plate having a second rotational axis. The second bending plate is disposed proximate to the first bending plate. The apparatus further includes a pair of rotation elements. Each rotation element controls a respective bending plate from the first bending plate and the second bending plate. The first bending plate and the second bending plate are configured to rotate independently from each other about the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis, respectively. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402674 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a composite material which when bent and formed, can prevent the occurrence of problems such as the occurrence of wrinkles of the composite material, an increase in the number of forming steps, and difficulty in forming the composite material; and a method of forming the composite material. This composite material ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTIPLE LAYER MATERIAL - A system for producing a multiple layer material ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402676 | MULTI-AXIAL INTEGRAL GEOGRID AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - A monolayer multi-axial integral geogrid suitable for stabilizing aggregate includes a plurality of interconnected oriented strands and partially oriented junctions forming a repeating pattern of outer hexagons having an array of openings therein. Oriented ribs extending inwardly from each of said outer hexagons support and surround a smaller inner hexagon having oriented strands thus forming a plurality of trapezoidal openings and a single hexagonal opening. The oriented strands and partially oriented junctions of the outer hexagons form a plurality of linear strong axis strands that extend continuously throughout the entirety of the geogrid and form additional triangular openings. The geogrid thus includes three different repeating geometric shapes. The inner hexagons preferably also can move up and down, out of the plane of the geogrid. The multi-axial integral geogrid thus provides a geometry that can better engage with, confine and stabilize a greater variety and quality of aggregates. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402677 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Pressure While Shaping a Film - Systems and methods of shaping a patterned or planarized film layer. Which may include contacting formable material on a substrate with a template during a contacting period, Which may also include reducing, during the contacting period, a pressure in an environment beyond an edge of the substrate from a first pressure to a second pressure, while the template is contacting the formable material. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402678 | HIGH-FIDELITY 3D PRINTING USING FLASHING PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION - A method and system for microscale 3D printing achieve high-fidelity fabrication through the control of the light exposure time. A single pulse of light is used to initiate polymerization of a pre-polymer solution to minimize scattering-induced resolution deterioration. The printed object is fabricated in a layer-by-layer construction where each layer is formed through exposure to a single light pulse. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402679 | HIGH PRODUCTIVITY THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A system for manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes a resin vessel, a vertical movement mechanism, and a light engine. The resin vessel includes a lower opening closed by a transparent sheet. The vertical movement mechanism is for positioning a support tray which supports the three-dimensional article. The light engine is disposed below the transparent sheet and is configured to selectively harden layers of resin over a build plane above the transparent sheet. The light engine includes a light bar coupled to a lateral movement mechanism. The light bar includes an array of light emitting devices and a device for impinging upon the transparent sheet. The impingement maintains a proper operating distance H between the transparent sheet and the build plane. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402680 | RESIN POWDER FOR SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION AND DEVICE FOR SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION OBJECT - A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication contains pillar-like form particles having an average circularity of 0.83 or greater in a particle diameter range of from 0.5 to 200 μm. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402681 | ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE AGE OF FUSING AGENTS - In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a dispense element, a memory, and a processor. The dispense element dispense a fusing agent onto a build material. The memory stores an absorption level decay data of the fusing agent and at least one adjustment recipe. The processor is communicatively coupled to the dispense element, and the memory. The processor controls the dispense element to dispense the fusing agent based on an adjustment recipe of the at least one adjustment recipe that is selected. The adjustment recipe is selected based on an absorption level determined from the absorption level decay data and an age of the fusing agent. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402682 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - An example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a build material composition and a fusing agent to be applied to at least a portion of the build material composition during 3D printing. The build material composition includes a polyamide having: an avalanche angle ranging from about 35 degrees to about 55 degrees; a break energy ranging from about 25 kJ/kg to about 57 kJ/kg; and an avalanche energy ranging from about 7 kJ/kg to about 22 kJ/kg. The fusing agent includes an energy absorber to absorb electromagnetic radiation to coalesce the polyamide in the at least the portion. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402683 | Lightweight Structures Having Increased Structural Integrity and an Ultra-low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion - The present invention is directed toward an additive manufacturing method for manufacturing silica-based structures that have a low linear cure shrinkage percentage and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion. The structure may be constructed with a powder mixture that contains at least a first set of silica-based particles that are spherical and that have a first size, and a second set of submicron silica-based particles that are jagged, spherical, or both jagged and spherical. The silica-based powder mixture may be combined with a surfactant in order to create a slurry that can be used to create a 3D printed structure that has a low linear cure shrinkage percentage and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402684 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - Disclosed herein are kits, methods, systems, and compositions for threedimensional printing. In an example, disclosed herein is a multi-fluid kit for threedimensional printing comprising: a marking agent comprising a marking component which is a fluorescent color agent that is activated by ultraviolet radiation to emit light in the visible range of from about 400 nm to about 780 nm; a first fusing agent; a second fusing agent different from the first fusing agent; and a detailing agent. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402685 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD ASSISTED BY A GRANULAR CONSTRAINED MEDIUM - An additive manufacturing process and device implement the deposition of a material to form a three-dimensional object. The process includes depositing the material in suspension within a stressed granular medium that comprises a granular phase and a gaseous interstitial phase. The granular phase consists solely of a material taking the form of discrete, solid elements that interact in regions of contact therebetween. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402686 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING METHOD - A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface, a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a controller. The workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a concave shape between the first surface and the second surface. When an axis along a scanning direction of the liquid discharge head with respect to the workpiece in a first printing operation of performing printing on the first surface is a first scanning axis and a normal vector of the nozzle surface in the first printing operation is a first discharge vector, the controller controls the driving of the moving mechanism such that the first discharge vector has a component in a direction toward the second surface along the first scanning axis. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402687 | Three-Dimensional Shaping Device - A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a plasticizing unit configured to plasticize a material to generate a plasticized material; a stage having a deposition surface on which the plasticized material is deposited; an ejection unit that has a plurality of nozzles arranged side by side along a first axis parallel to the deposition surface of the stage, and that is configured to eject the plasticized material in a continuous linear form from the plurality of nozzles toward the deposition surface; an ejection switching unit configured to individually switch between stopping and resuming ejection of the plasticized material from the plurality of nozzles; a moving unit configured to move the ejection unit with respect to the stage along a second axis that is parallel to the deposition surface of the stage and that intersects the first axis; and a control unit configured to laminate a shaping layer formed of the plasticized material on the deposited surface of the stage by controlling the plasticizing unit, the ejection switching unit, and the moving unit. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402688 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING METHOD - A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface, a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a controller. The workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a convex shape between the first surface and the second surface. When an axis along a scanning direction of the liquid discharge head with respect to the workpiece in a first printing operation of performing printing on the first surface is a first scanning axis and a normal vector of the nozzle surface in the first printing operation is a first discharge vector, the controller controls the driving of the moving mechanism such that the first discharge vector has a component in a direction toward the second surface along the first scanning axis. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402689 | Cable Robot 3D Printer and Method for Detecting the Position and for Changing the Position of the Print Head of a Cable Robot 3D Printer - The task of the invention is to create a 3D printer to produce, for example, bone substitutes or organ substitutes or other objects such as prostheses from organically compatible materials | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402690 | VIBRATION COOLING OF BUILD MATERIAL - There is disclosed a method of cooling a bed of build material | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402691 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE APPARATUS - A process chamber housing for an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising a process chamber with a bottom, a ceiling, and sidewalls jointly enclosing a volume of the process chamber, with a gas inlet in a front wall and a gas outlet in a rear wall of the sidewalls. The gas inlet and outlet are positioned at opposite sides of an opening in the bottom and face each other, which allows for an improved removal of smoke out of the process chamber if the gas inlet has a width w | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402692 | DOCKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATORS AND PRINT HEADS - In part, the disclosure relates to an applicator management system for fabricating 3D parts. The system includes a first applicator; a housing; a mount, wherein the mount is moveable in one or more directions within the housing; a build plate disposed within the housing, wherein position of build plate is adjustable in one or more directions; and an applicator changer coupled to the moveable mount; wherein the applicator changer includes a first interface to operatively engage the first applicator and a second applicator. In part, the disclosure relates to the use of magnetic coupling or docking system. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402693 | HEATING LAMP ASSEMBLY - An additive manufacturing system is provided, comprising a heating lamp assembly to apply heat to a build chamber of the manufacturing system at a higher energy density at a peripheral region of the build chamber relative to a central region of the build chamber, to compensate for heat losses and provide a more uniform temperature across the build chamber. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402694 | REMOVING BUILD MATERIAL - An example method to remove build material from a container is described. In that example a pulsed gas flow may be induced in a conduit to aspirate build material in pulses from the container. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402695 | CLEANING MECHANISMS FOR BUILD MATERIAL LEVEL SENSORS - In example implementations, a powder level sensor is provided. The powder level sensor includes a capacitive sensor, a processor, and a cleaning mechanism. The processor is communicatively coupled to the capacitive sensor. The processor interprets a measurement of the capacitive sensor to detect a layer of residual build material on a surface of the powder level sensor. The cleaning mechanism may be communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor activates the cleaning mechanism to remove the layer of residual build material on the surface of the powder level sensor. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402696 | PRINTHEAD CLEANING SYSTEM - According to an example, an apparatus may include a printhead to deliver a printing liquid from firing chambers through a plurality of bores arranged along a surface of the printhead. The apparatus may also include a cleaning system to apply a pressurized cleaning fluid onto the surface of the printhead while preventing application of the pressurized cleaning fluid into the firing chambers through the plurality of bores. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402697 | COMPUTATIONS OF VALUES FOR BUILD MATERIAL RECYCLABILITY RATIO SELECTIONS - In some examples, a method measures values of a property of a build material aged in a heated environment, and computes, using a predictive model for each of a plurality of recyclability ratios, output values of the property over a plurality of generations of the build material, each recyclability ratio of the plurality of recyclability ratios representing relative amounts of fresh build material and used build material. The method further includes presenting the output values of the property over the plurality of generations to enable selection of a recyclability ratio to use in building a part using the build material. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402698 | PROCESSING CARRIER MODULE AND SPIN DRY DEVICE - The present disclosure is related to a processing carrier module comprising a carrier layer and a container. The carrier layer comprises a carrier surface, a first lateral surface, and a second lateral surface. The first lateral surface is connected to carrier surface and has at least one first protruding structure. The second lateral surface is connected to carrier surface and has at least one second protruding structure. The first lateral surface is opposite to the second lateral surface. The container comprises at least one first fastening structure and at least one second fastening structure. The first fastening structure and the second fastening structure are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the container. The first fastening structure engages with the first protruding structure, and the second fastening structure engages with the second protruding structure. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402699 | MACHINE AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - The machine comprises: manufacturing robots ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402700 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by solidifying, in particular in layers or continuously, a material that is solidifiable by radiation, which apparatus comprises a support device for holding the solidified three-dimensional object, wherein the apparatus comprises a detaching device for automatically detaching a three-dimensional object held on the support device, wherein the apparatus comprises a protective device for protecting the detaching device, in particular in the building position. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF HIERARCHICAL MATERIAL DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE FABRICATION - According to some aspects, a method of designing a three-dimensional object based on a shape of the object, the object to be fabricated via additive fabrication from a plurality of materials, is provided. The method comprises selecting, for a first volume element of the object, one of the plurality of materials based at least in part on a position of the first volume element within the object, at least one spatial decomposition of the object, the at least one spatial decomposition identifying a plurality of volumetric subregions of the object, and a material composition of at least a first volumetric subregion of the plurality of volumetric subregions, wherein the first volumetric subregion comprises the position of the first volume element. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402702 | PATTERNS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - In an example, a method includes operating, by a processor, on object model data. The object model data describes at least part of an object to be generated in additive manufacturing. The method also includes determining, by a processor, pattern data. The pattern data comprising areas of variable reflectance intended to be formed on a portion of the object. The method includes determining, by a processor, object generation instructions to apply a fusing agent to at least part of a layer of build material corresponding to the portion of the object in a density corresponding to the reflectance of the generated pattern data. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402703 | SHAPING APPARATUS, SHAPING METHOD, AND SHAPING PROGRAM - A shaping apparatus, a shaping method, and a shaping program with which a shaped object can be formed to have the interior with excellent color expression are provided. A 3D printer forms a three-dimensional shaped object having an interior colored, with layer bodies of a light reflective material and a coloring material ejected from an ejection head based on color image data layered. The 3D printer determines arrangement positions of a light reflective material and a coloring material so that the light reflective material is arranged at a predetermined position in each unit volume in a region to be colored inside a shaped object and the coloring material is arranged around the light reflective material based on the color image data. A set position of the unit volume is set to make one surface of one unit volume come into contact with a plurality of other unit volumes. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF SPARE PARTS - The specification discloses methods and systems for additive manufacturing or 3D printing an object to be used as a licensed spare part for an assembly. A licensor, typically an original equipment manufacturer or approved part supplier provides to a part purchaser of a 3D printed spare part a license to an enhanced computer aided design data file (CAD) used to produce the part. The enhanced CAD file may be provided with security features programmed therein such that it can be used only on 3D printing equipment, and/or at 3D printing locations that are pre-approved or authorized by the licensor. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402705 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PART PRINTABLILITY AND COST ANALYSIS - A method assigns one or more attributes of a part to be manufactured, based on received part data. A printability score and cost estimate of manufacturing the part is made. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402706 | MATERIAL LEVEL ESTIMATIONS BASED ON OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES - In some examples, a controller is to receive a measurement of an electrical property of an oscillation control system from a sensor, determine, based on the measurement of the electrical property, a frequency of oscillation of a structure vibrated by the oscillation control system in the system, the vibration of the structure to cause passage of a portion of a material through the structure, and estimate a level of a remaining portion of the material at the structure based on the determined frequency of oscillation of the structure. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402707 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT SERVINGS - A system for additive manufacturing of nutritional supplement servings includes a computing device configured to receive nutritional needs of a user, determine a nutritional input to the user, detect at least a nutrition deficiency as a function of the plurality of nutritional needs and the nutritional input, calculate at least a supplement dose from the plurality of nutritional needs and at the least a nutrition deficiency, select an ingredient combination as a function of the at least a supplement dose, wherein selecting further includes receiving a plurality of ingredients stored at an additive manufacturing device, wherein the plurality ingredients includes a plurality of supplement ingredients and at least a substrate ingredient and selecting an ingredient combination including at least a substrate ingredient and at least a supplement ingredient as a function of the nutritional deficiency, and initiating manufacture of a nutritional supplement serving at the additive manufacturing device. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402708 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING PRINT SPEED DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - An additive manufacturing method includes providing a polymeric material and changing a cooling rate of the polymeric material by adding a second material to the polymeric material. The additive manufacturing method also includes providing the polymeric material and the added second material to an additive manufacturing apparatus and depositing the polymeric material, having the changed cooling rate, with the additive manufacturing apparatus at a deposition rate that is based at least in part on the changed cooling rate of the polymeric material. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402709 | BONDING METHOD AND BONDING DEVICE - Provided is a bonding method capable of bonding with an inexpensive structure while avoiding an increase in the overall size of the device. The bonding method comprises: an arrangement step for locating a cylindrical body between two sheet-shaped members; a cylindrical body bonding step for applying an ultrasonic wave from the outer surface of a first sheet-shaped member through a horn part and applying heat from the outer surface of a second sheet-shaped member through an anvil part, in a state in which the cylindrical body is arranged between the two sheet-shaped members; and a shoulder part bonding step for directly bonding, through a pair of heating parts, the two sheet-shaped members to each other while the two sheet-shaped members are interposed between the pair of heating parts. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402710 | DEVICE FOR WELDING ELECTROFUSION FITTINGS WITH EXTENSION CABLE - A method keeps a voltage or a current constant during a welding process of an electrofusion fitting. The method includes: connecting an extension cable between a connection cable of a welding power supply and the electrofusion fitting to be welded; detecting the extension cable by the welding power supply; detecting and recording the electrofusion fitting to be welded and its data by the welding power supply; autonomously supplying the current or the voltage with the welding power supply; and autonomously regulating the current or the voltage based upon the detection of the connected extension cable and a resulting resistance due to the connected extension cable. The current or the voltage is adjusted such that the current or the voltage remains constant during the welding of the electrofusion fitting. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402711 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE TUBE BODIES FOR PACKAGING TUBES, FLEXIBLE TUBE BODY FOR PACKAGING TUBES, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE TUBE BODIES FOR PACKAGING TUBES - The invention relates to a method for producing flexible tube bodies ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402712 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A JOINT CONNECTION BETWEEN A LIGHT-GIVING/OPTICS PLASTIC COMPONENT AND A METAL COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a joining connection between a luminously efficacious part and a metal component of a lighting device of a vehicle. A microstructure is generated in a joining surface of the metal component, the microstructure having undercuts with respect to the joining surface. The plastic material of the plastic part is softened in an area of the complementary joining surface near the surface with the aid of an introduction of heat. The plastic part and the metal component are pressed together with a pressure force in such a way that a portion of the softened plastic material penetrates the undercuts of the microstructure. The plastic material of the plastic part is cooled thereby forming a new strength of the softened plastic material of the plastic part. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402713 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A JOINT CONNECTION BETWEEN A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT MADE OF A PLASTIC AND A METAL COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a joining connection between a structural part and a metal component of a lighting device of a vehicle, the method comprising at least the following steps: Generating a microstructure in a joining surface of the metal component, the microstructure having undercuts with respect to the joining surface; Softening the plastic material of the plastic part in an area of the complementary joining surface near the surface with the aid of an introduction of heat; Pressing the plastic part and the metal component together with a pressure force in such a way that a portion of the softened plastic material penetrates the undercuts of the microstructure; and Cooling the plastic material of the plastic part, forming a new strength of the softened plastic material of the plastic part. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402714 | FORMABLE RESIN SHEET, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FORMABLE RESIN SHEET, SHAPED OBJECT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SHAPED OBJECT - A formable resin sheet includes a base, a thermally expansive layer provided on a first side of the base and containing a thermally expandable material, a thermal conversion layer containing an electromagnetic wave heat conversion material that converts electromagnetic waves to heat and provided on one of the thermally expansive layer and a second side of the base, and an electrically conductive layer that is electrically conductive and is provided on another one of the thermally expansive layer and the second side of the base. At least a portion of the electrically conductive layer is provided so as to be opposite at least a portion of the thermal conversion layer, with the base and the thermally expansive layer interposed therebetween. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402715 | FILAMENT WINDING APPARATUS - A filament winding apparatus includes a rail extending in a first direction, a core material support device that supports a core material, and a winding device that winds a fiber bundle onto an outer peripheral surface of the core material, the winding device including: a guide unit having an opening through which the core material passes, and guiding the fiber bundle; and a main frame on which the guide unit is mounted; wherein the main frame is movable relative to the core material in the first direction, the main frame is movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the main frame is rotatable around a first rotational axis extending in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402716 | Fabrication Apparatuses and Methods - One embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure may use a fixture with one or more boot recesses formed therein. An embedded member may be engaged with a boot and placed in a boot recess. Substrate lay-up may be placed around all or a portion of the embedded member and an outer member may be positioned over the substrate lay-up. A cover may be positioned over the outer member and engaged with the fixture. The pressure within an interior portion of the fixture may be reduced to less than ambient pressure and resin may be introduced to interact with the substrate lay-up and allowed to cure. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402717 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A MEMBER IN A RESIN-INFUSION-BASED CASTING PROCESS AND WIND TURBINE BLADE - A method for fabricating a member in a resin-infusion-based casting process, in which at least one component forming the member is infused with a resin, including the steps:
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| 20210402718 | Structural Reinforcements - A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402719 | VEHICLE COMPONENT BASED ON SELECTIVE COMMINGLED FIBER BUNDLE HAVING INTEGRAL ELECTRICAL HARNESS AND EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS - A form for a vehicle component including a commingled fiber bundle laid out in a two-dimensional base layer that defines a shape of the form, a successive layer formed with the commingled fiber bundle in contact with the two-dimensional layer, and at least one of electrical conductive wiring, sensor, light emitting diode (LED), antenna, radio frequency identification chip, or a printed circuit board stitched to the successive layer. The comingled fiber bundle is composed of a reinforcement fiber being glass fibers, aramid fibers, carbon fibers, or a combination thereof. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402720 | LIGHT-WEIGHT, HIGHLY-CONDUCTIVE REPAIR MATERIAL - A light-weight, highly-conductive material useful for repairing a lightning protection system in an aircraft. The material includes a nonwoven carbon fiber veil and a metal coating covering the veil. The veil includes a plurality of carbon fibers looped randomly throughout the veil and a binder material that binds the plurality of fibers together. The metal coating covers a portion of a surface of the plurality of bound fibers of the veil, and preferably the entire surface of both the plurality of bound fibers and the binder material, forming a highly-conductive network that follows the shape of the plurality of fibers in the veil. The areal weight is in a range from at least 5 grams per square meter (gsm), up to 12 gsm, and the sheet resistance is in a range from at least 0.5 ohms per square (Ω/□), up to 2Ω/□. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402721 | SILICONE FRESNEL LENSES ON GLASS SUBSTRATES FOR SOLAR CONCENTRATORS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A method of manufacture of an optical element for focusing electromagnetic radiation, comprising the steps of:•(a) providing a first light-transmissive glass substrate ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402722 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLARIZING PLATE - Provided is a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate, comprising a step of irradiating an optical laminate with ultraviolet rays having an emission wavelength band of 380 nm to 410 nm. The optical laminate sequentially comprises a first base film, a first adhesive layer, a linear polarizer, a second adhesive layer, a second base film and a reverse dispersion liquid crystal layer. The first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer each comprise a photosensitizer for initiating a curing reaction in a wavelength band of 350 nm to 410 nm, and the ultraviolet rays are irradiated on the first base film side of the optical laminate. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402723 | Tofu Press - A tofu press includes: an open container, a foldable plate, a pressing plate, a spring assembly, and an end cover, where the foldable plate is configured to be placed at a bottom of the open container, the foldable plate includes a bottom plate and lateral plates disposed at two sides of the bottom plate, the lateral plates are perpendicular to and connected to the bottom plate, the pressing plate is configured to cover and press a top of the bottom plate, a bottom end of the spring assembly is configured to press the pressing plate, and the spring assembly is fixedly connected to the end cover; and the pressing plate, the lateral plates, the bottom plate, and two faces of the open container form a compression operating area. The tofu press ensures uniform pressing at the time of pressing a food material to dehydrate. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402724 | GAS-BASED MATERIAL COMPRESSION AND PORTIONING - An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402725 | HOT PRESS CUSHIONING MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HOT PRESS CUSHIONING MATERIAL - A hot press cushioning material includes a cushioning material body in the form of a plate; and surface materials provided on the front and back sides of the cushioning material body. The surface material includes a core layer composed of a heat resistant fiber material for a nonwoven structure, and a front-side resin layer covering the entire front side of the core layer. The core layer has an air permeability of 5 cm | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402726 | HOT PRESS CUSHIONING MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A hot press cushioning material includes a base material layer that is in the form of a plate and that contains fibers; and an end face seal covering an outer end face of the base material layer. The end face seal includes a heat resistant elastic body having penetrated the outer end face of the base material layer and a heat resistant resin attached to an outer surface of the heat resistant elastic body. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402727 | BOX GLUING MACHINE - A device supports first and second flaps on a box traveling on a conveyor, the conveyor traveling at a speed in a direction. The device includes a cam track having a selected profile. The device includes a drive mechanism, wherein at least a portion of the drive mechanism travels proximate the cam track in the direction at substantially the speed of the conveyor. First and second mounting blocks are pivotally attached to the drive mechanism, including first and second cam followers for engaging the cam track; first and second fingers; and first and second hooks attached to the first and second fingers and configured to engage and hold the first and second flaps on the box. Relative positions of the first and second fingers with respect to the box change as the drive mechanism travels along the cam track. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402728 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LENGTHS OF TUBE COMPRISING HELICALLY WOUND STRIPS - A system comprising a mandrel, a winding device for helically winding strips around the mandrel to form a base tube moving away from the mandrel at a tube speed, a strip suppling device for supplying the strips to the winding device, and a cutting device for cutting the base tube at a predetermined length to form the lengths of tube while the base tube is moving in a tube direction at the tube speed, and a method. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402729 | CUSHIONING PACKAGE MATERIAL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A cushioning package material for liquid crystal display includes two cushioning members. The two cushioning members are fixedly connected to form an L-shaped structure and each cushioning member includes a U-shaped tubular portion and a cuboid tubular portion. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402730 | METHODS OF PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES USING FABRIC-BASED THERMOPLASTIC PREPREGS - A thermoplastic product includes a fabric-based reinforcing sheet and a polymerized thermoplastic material. The fabric-based reinforcing sheet is wound about a mandrel to form a plurality of layers having a cross-sectional shape that corresponds to the mandrel. The fabric-based reinforcing sheet includes a plurality of fiber bundles, which may have a bidirectional orientation or configuration. A polymerized thermoplastic material is disposed within each layer of the fabric-based reinforcing sheet. The polymerized thermoplastic material bonds each layer of the fabric-based reinforcing sheet to an adjacent layer. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402731 | ARMOR - The present invention relates to a flexible ballistic armor apparatus for deflecting high velocity firearm, fragmentation, or shrapnel projectiles with a flexible armor unit. The apparatus minimizes the deterioration of the armor when subjected to shock waves or shear forces of a ballistic impact. The present invention also relates to the use of a flexible armor unit with soft body armor, a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or in structural applications. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402732 | WATER-DRAINABLE AIR-BARRIER TAPE FOR BUILDINGS - A laminate comprises a wicking fabric and a polymeric film adhered to both sides of the wicking fabric, wherein the wicking fabric comprises a plurality of holes, the polymeric films on both sides of the wicking fabric are fused together at each hole, and the laminate functions as an air barrier when measured in accordance with ASTM E2178-13, and allows the passage of liquid water as per ASTM E2273-18. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402733 | FILMS AND BAGS HAVING THREE DIMENSIONAL PATTERNS - A thermoplastic film which embodies a three-dimensional pattern. The thermoplastic film comprises a three-dimensional pattern including at least three sub-patterns of deformations. The shape, positioning, and pattern deformation density of the at least three sub-patterns of deformations cause the three-dimensional pattern to give the thermoplastic film a thicker appearance. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402734 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEAT CONDUCTING AND BIOFLUID TRANSPORTING TEXTILE - Example implementations include a textile apparatus for transporting perspiration and heat, the textile apparatus including a substantially planar and heat-conducting substrate including at least one recess, and a textile film including one or more fibers disposed in contact with at least one substantially planar surface of the substrate and at least one surface of the recess. Example implementations also include a method of manufacturing a textile apparatus for transporting perspiration and heat, the method including forming a nanofiber solution, extruding one or more nanofibers from the nanofiber solution, forming one or more recesses in a substantially planar surface of a substrate, and integrating one or more of the nanofibers with the substantially planar surface of the substrate and at least one surface of the recesses. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402735 | FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In various embodiments, an improved flexible-composite material is described that comprises at least one scrim constructed from at least two unidirectional tape layers bonded together and at least one woven fabric, non-woven fabric, or membrane bonded to the scrim. In various embodiments, the unidirectional tape layers comprise a plurality of parallel fiber bundles comprising monofilaments within an adhesive resin. In various embodiments, the fiber bundles are separated by gaps that can be filled in by adhesive or non-adhesive resin. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402736 | COVER PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A cover plate includes a transparent elastomer layer, a spacer layer and a low surface energy layer. The transparent elastomer layer is made of at least one elastomer material. The low surface energy layer is disposed at a side of the transparent elastomer layer. A surface energy of the low surface energy layer is less than a surface energy of the transparent elastomer layer. The spacer layer is disposed between the transparent elastomer layer and the low surface energy layer. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402737 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A GALLEY WORK SURFACE - A protective work surface cover including at least a first layer configured to attach to the work surface, at least a second layer removeably attached to the first layer configured to be removed once used, and at least a third layer removeably attached to the second layer configured to be removed once used. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402738 | SHEET, MOISTURE-PROOF METHOD OF ADHEREND USING THE SHEET AND CORROSION-PROOF METHOD OF METAL PLATE USING THE SHEET - The present invention provides a sheet having an elastomer layer having a Shore A hardness of less than 40, wherein the elastomer layer has an adhesion force to stainless steel of not more than 11 oz/in at 90 degree peel strength. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402739 | FUNCTIONAL FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL FILM - It is an object to provide a functional film which does not require formation of a protective layer by laminating and applying a protective film, and sticking of the protective layer, and also has high moist heat resistance; and a method for producing the same. The object is accomplished by a configuration where the functional film includes a support, an inorganic layer, and a protective layer consisting of a resin film, in which the inorganic layer and the protective layer are directly joined to each other, and in a case where an intensity ratio obtained by dividing an intensity of a maximum peak B in a range of 2,900 to 3,000 cm | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402740 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a steel sheet for hot press forming, which includes: a base steel sheet; and a plating layer disposed on the base steel sheet and including a diffusion layer and a surface layer that are sequentially laminated, wherein the diffusion layer includes an Fe—Al alloy layer and an Fe—Al intermetallic compound layer that are sequentially disposed on the base steel sheet and each include silicon, and an area fraction of the Fe—Al intermetallic compound layer with respect to the diffusion layer is 84.5% to 98.0%. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402741 | WALL STRUCTURE - A wall structure with a first dampening element (A) includes at least one layer ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402742 | Composite Display Cover - Implementations for composite display cover are described and provide improved protection and durability to device displays as compared with conventional display protection technologies. The described composite display cover, for instance, utilizes an ultra-thin glass layer with a polymer film applied directly to the glass layer and a hard coat applied to the polymer film. The polymer film, for instance, is applied to the glass layer without an adhesive. Further, the composite display cover can be attached to a display, such as via an adhesive layer that adheres the glass layer to a surface of the display. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402743 | ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR BONDING SHEETS WITH CARRIERS - Described herein are organosilicon modification layers and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between a sheet and carrier. The modification layers bond the sheet and carrier together such that a permanent bond is prevented at high temperature processing as well as maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402744 | Low Reflectance Optical Web - An optical web comprising includes a substrate with an anterior coating applied to the anterior side of the substrate and a posterior coating applied to the posterior side of the substrate. The refractive index of the anterior coating and the posterior coating is less than that of the substrate. A second coating layer may be applied to the anterior coating layer and/or the posterior coating layer, where the second coating layer has a refractive index less than that of the coating layer it is applied to. Additional coating layers may be applied to produce a stack of layers that decrease monotonically in refractive indexes moving outward from the substrate. The optical webs may be laminated together to form tear-off laminated lens stacks. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402745 | WOOD PARTICLE BOARDS - The present invention relates to a multi layer particle board comprising at least one core layer and two surface layers, the core layer particles being bonded by a resin binder other than a carbohydrate based binder resin, and the surface layer particles being bonded by a carbohydrate based resin, and to a process for making same. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402746 | NOVEL MULTILAYER FILM FOR RESEALABLE PACKAGING WITH IMPROVED RESEALING - 1) Multilayer film comprising 2 thin layers D and E of a thermoplastic material bonded together by a continuous layer A consisting of a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising:
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| 20210402747 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, AND STANDUP POUCH INCLUDING THE MULTILAYER STRUCTURE - A multilayer structure includes a protective layer, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer layer, a heat seal resin layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer layer and the heat seal resin layer and containing a polypropylene resin, wherein the intermediate layer further contains a hydrocarbon resin having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 3,000, and a softening point of not less than 60° C. and less than 170° C. The multilayer structure satisfies requirements for a lower water vapor permeability and a sufficient heat seal strength, and provides a standup pouch having a smaller gas barrier property change rate after retort treatment. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402748 | FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZABLE ADHESION-PROMOTING INTERLAYER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Adhesion-promoting compositions and the use of the adhesion-promoting compositions to provide adhesion-promoting interlayers to enhance adhesion between adjoining layers of sulfur-containing sealants are disclosed. In repair applications, the adhesion-promoting compositions can enhance the adhesion of an overlying radiation-curable sulfur-containing sealant to a damaged or aged sulfur-containing sealant. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402749 | POLYMER SHEETS FOR SEQUENCING APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the present application relate to patterned polymer sheets and processes to prepare the same for sequencing applications. In particular, flexible micro- and nano-patterned polymer sheets are prepared and used as a template surface in sequencing reaction and new polish-free methods of forming isolated hydrogel plugs in nanowells are described. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402750 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing apparatus of a display device includes a first jig configured to hold a first member; a second jig located under the first jig and coupled to or separated from the first jig such that the first member is locatable between the first jig and the second jig; fixing parts located at both ends of the second jig and configured to hold a second member between the first member and the second jig, the second jig including a pad; and a stage located under the pad and provided with a groove formed therethrough and having an area smaller than an area of the pad when viewed in a plan view, wherein one portion of the pad, which faces the stage, is configured to be within the groove. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402751 | TOOLS HAVING ONE OR MORE PLATES FOR USE IN FORMING LAMINATES USING PRESSES AND RELATED METHODS - A system for pressing one or more stacks of one or more laminae ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402752 | MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A module includes a first member with a first surface, a second member with a second surface opposed to the first surface, a first bonding agent, and a second bonding agent. The first bonding agent is provided in a first region on the second surface, and bonds the second member to the first surface with first bonding strength allowing the second member to be retained on the first surface. The second bonding agent is provided in a second region on the second surface, and bonds the second member to the first surface with second bonding strength allowing the second member to be retained on the first surface. Second curing time taken before the second bonding agent exhibits the second bonding strength by curing in a predetermined atmosphere is shorter than first curing time taken before the first bonding agent exhibits the first bonding strength by curing in the predetermined atmosphere. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402753 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a flexible electronic substrate and a substrate structure are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes: providing a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface which are opposite; forming a separation layer on the first surface of the first substrate, the separation layer being in a film form; providing a second substrate on the separation layer, the second substrate being configured as a flexible substrate; and processing the separation layer, such that at least a part of the separation layer is cracked from the film form, thereby separating the second substrate from the first substrate. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402754 | FOUNTAIN SOLUTION THICKNESS MEASUREMENT USING PRINT ENGINE RESPONSE - Examples of the preferred embodiments use printed content (e.g., halftones, difference in grayscale or darkness) to determine thickness of fountain solution applied by a fountain solution applicator on an imaging member surface and/or determine image forming device real-time image forming modifications for subsequent printings. For example, in real-time during the printing of a print job, a sensor may measure halftones or grayscale differences between printed content and non-printed content of a current printing on print substrate. Based on this measurement of printed content output from the image forming device, the image forming device may adjust image forming (e.g., fountain solution deposition flow rate, imaging member rotation speed) to reach or maintain a preferred fountain solution thickness on the imaging member surface for subsequent (e.g., next) printings of the print job. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402755 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A FOUNTAIN SOLUTION LAYER IN AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Examples of the preferred embodiments use an ink quantity metric (e.g., lightness L*, darkness, image density, line width) of printed content to determine thickness of fountain solution applied by a fountain solution applicator on an imaging member surface and/or determine image forming device real-time image forming modifications for subsequent printings. For example, in real-time during the printing of a print job, a sensor (e.g., spectrometer) may measure the ink quantity metric of the current printing on print substrate. Based on this measurement of printed content output from the image forming device, the image forming device may adjust image forming (e.g., fountain solution deposition flow rate) to reach or maintain a preferred fountain solution thickness on the imaging member surface for subsequent (e.g., next) printings of the print job. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO INFER FOUNTAIN SOLUTION THICKNESS FROM DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES PRODUCED AT VARIOUS FOUNTAIN SOLUTION CONTROL PARAMETERS - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method of determining the amount of fountain solution employed in a digital offset lithography printing system. Fountain solution thickness is determined from diagnostic images that are printed and analyzed using the existing Image Based Controls (IBC). An analysis of the density of solids, halftones, and background as a function of the fountain solution control parameter is performed to decide on the appropriate level of fountain solution. A latitude window of control parameters is then derived for which the digital offset lithography printing system in operation minimizes the undesirable effects of too much or too little fountain solution. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402757 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor, an obtaining unit, a comparator, an adjuster and a notifying unit. The hardware processor obtains a read image from a reader that reads a print-through image formed on a back surface opposite an image forming surface of a recording medium. A target image is formed on the image forming surface with a color material, and the print-through image is formed on the back surface by the color material permeating through the recording medium. The obtaining unit obtains a comparison image in which the target image is at least recognizable. The comparator compares the read image with the comparison image. Depending on a result of the comparison by the comparator, the hardware processor causes at least one of (i) the adjuster to adjust a printing process parameter and (ii) the notifying unit to perform notification. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402758 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing head including a first nozzle configured to discharge a first ink and a second nozzle configured to discharge a second ink having a higher brightness than the first ink, and a control unit configured to control the printing head to print, on a printing medium, a test pattern for inspecting a state of ink discharge by the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The test pattern includes a first pattern element formed by a plurality of dots of the first ink and a second pattern element formed by a plurality of dots of the second ink. The control unit causes the printing head to print the test pattern where a number of the dots of the second ink forming the second pattern element is greater than a number of the dots of the first ink forming the first pattern element. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402759 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing head including a nozzle configured to discharge a dot of a first size and a dot of a second size smaller than the first size, the dots being ink dots, and a control unit configured to control the printing head to print, on a printing medium, a test pattern for inspecting a state of ink discharge by the nozzle. The test pattern includes a first pattern element formed by a plurality of the dots of the first size and a second pattern element formed by a plurality of the dots of the second size. The control unit causes the printing head to print the test pattern where a number of the dots of the second size forming the second pattern element is greater than a number of the dots of the first size forming the first pattern element. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402760 | INK DISCHARGE OPERATION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An ink discharge operation adjustment method includes the following, recording a halftone image in which the ink is discharged to form a predetermined halftone pattern and a solid image in which the ink completely covers a surface of the recording medium; obtaining a first reading result by a reader reading a non-recording region in which an image is not recorded on a recording medium; obtaining a second reading result of the halftone image and the solid image so that a difference of an elapsed time from a start of the curing to the reading is within a predetermined reference difference; obtaining coverage rate information based on the reading results; and performing setting regarding adjustment of a droplet amount of the ink based on the coverage rate information. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402761 | ZONAL FIRING SIGNAL ADJUSTMENTS - In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic die is described. The fluidic die includes a number of zones. Each zone includes a number of sets of fluidic devices. Each fluidic device includes a fluid chamber and a fluid actuator disposed in the chamber. Each fluidic device also includes a sensor to sense a characteristic of the zone and an adjustment device. The adjustment device 1) delays a firing signal received from a previous zone as it passes by each set of fluidic devices and 2) adjusts the firing signal as it enters the zone based on a sensed characteristic. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402762 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS, PRINT DEVICE, AND PRINT DATA CREATION METHOD - When a print data creation program is executed by a computer, the computer performs the following processing. The computer acquires image data representing a print image from a storage. The computer divides the print image represented by the acquired image data into a plurality of divided images of a desired resolution. The computer creates print data to be printed by a print device, from at least one of the plurality of divided images. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402763 | PRINT DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS, AND PRINT METHOD - A print device is provided with a background head that discharges a background ink onto a recording medium, a color head that discharges a color ink onto the recording medium, and a CPU that controls the background head and the color head. The CPU of the print device divides the background ink into a plurality of layers including a first background layer and a second background layer, and discharges the background ink from the background head. A first discharge region of the first background layer is further to an inner side than a second discharge region of the second background layer. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402764 | Pulse Waveforms for Ink Jet Printing - A digital printing system ( | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402765 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - In a liquid ejection head in which ejection modules are arrayed on a flow path forming member, each ejection module includes a recording element substrate provided on a support member. The recording element substrate includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid collection channel, and ejection ports. The support member includes supply-side liquid communication ports communicating with the liquid supply channel and collection-side liquid communication ports communicating with the liquid collection channel. The supply-side liquid communication ports and the collection-side liquid communication ports are alternately provided along the direction in which the ejection modules are arrayed. The closest pair of liquid communication ports in the adjacent ends of two adjacent ejection modules are both supply-side or collection-side liquid communication ports. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402766 | Liquid Discharging Head - There is provided a liquid discharging head including: a plurality of supply manifolds configured to receive a liquid to be discharged from a plurality of nozzles and provided side by side with each other; a supply integration channel arranged on a first side in a longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds; a first connecting channel connecting the supply integration channel and a first supply manifold of the supply manifolds; and a second connecting channel connecting the supply integration channel and a second supply manifold, of the supply manifolds, being adjacent to the first supply manifold in a short direction of the first supply manifold. An outlet of the first connecting channel is arranged on the first side in the longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds; and an outlet of the second connecting channel is arranged on a second side in the longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402767 | Liquid Discharge Head - There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a nozzle member; a first common channel member including first common channels; an actuator member including pressure chambers and driving elements; a driver IC; a second common channel member including a second common channel; and a chiller configured to chill the driver IC. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402768 | Liquid Discharge Head - There is provided a liquid discharge head, including: a nozzle member formed having nozzle rows extending in a first direction, the nozzle rows being arranged in a second direction; driving elements; a first channel member disposed at one side of the nozzle member in a third direction; a second channel member disposed at the one side of the first channel member in the third direction; and a third channel member disposed at the one side of the second channel member in the third direction. | 2021-12-30 |
| 20210402769 | Liquid Discharge Head - There is provided a liquid discharge head, including: a first channel member including individual channel rows and first common channels that correspond to the respective individual channel rows; a second channel member including a second common channel provided in common to the first common channels; and a third channel member including at least parts of connection channels connected to the second common channel. One of the connection channels is connected to an end in a longitudinal direction of the second common channel. The liquid discharge head further comprises a communication opening disposed at any other part of the second common channel except the end in the longitudinal direction, the second common channel communicating with the outside through the communication opening. | 2021-12-30 |
