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20090013553 | System and method for drying a freshly printed medium - A drying unit includes a frame having an air box mounted thereon, wherein the air box includes an intake port and an exhaust port. A plurality of rollers define a web path within the frame and a heat source is removably attached to the frame, wherein removal of the heat source does not require removal of a web from the web path. | 01-15-2009 |
20090016785 | Use of a sense mark to control a printing system - A method of printing on a substrate includes the steps of instructing a first imaging unit to print a first image and a registration mark on a substrate contemporaneously during a production run and detecting the registration mark. The method further includes the steps of determining a position on the substrate where a second image is to be printed in accordance with the detection of the registration mark and instructing a second imaging unit to print the second image on the substrate in accordance with the determined position. | 01-15-2009 |
20090021542 | System and method for fluid transmission and temperature regulation in an inkjet printing system - A system for fluid transmission and temperature regulation in an inkjet printing system comprises first and second ink supplies connected via respective first and second valves to an inlet end of a fluid supply conduit. A printhead mount includes an inlet port connected to an outlet end of the fluid supply conduit and an outlet port connected via a first fluid transmission conduit and a third valve to a waste reservoir. A printhead cartridge is mounted within the printhead mount and in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet ports of the printhead mount. A temperature control element and a temperature sensor are each disposed downstream of the first and second valves, and a controller is connected to the temperature control element, the temperature sensor, and to each of the first, second, and third valves. | 01-22-2009 |
20090056578 | Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate - Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate involve the use of a gating agent that blocks the substance from or attracts the substance to the substrate. The apparatus and methods may utilize ink jet technology to apply the gating agent directly to the substrate or to an intermediate surface. The substance may be an ink, an electrically conductive material, a magnetic material, a carrier for a therapeutic, diagnostic, or marking substance other than an ink, or a carrier for any other type of substance. | 03-05-2009 |
20110019876 | Systems And Methods For Detecting Alignment Errors - A method of detecting an alignment error includes the steps of controlling a first portion of one or more imaging units to image on a substrate a first plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along a first direction and a second plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along a second direction and controlling a second portion of one or more imaging units to image a third plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along the first direction and a fourth plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along the second direction. One or more distances between adjacent lines of the second plurality of lines are varied and one or more distances between adjacent lines of the fourth plurality of lines are varied. Further, the lines imaged by the first and second portions form an alignment pattern. The method further includes the steps of collecting data relating to the alignment pattern and analyzing the collected data to determine an alignment error between the first and second portions of the one or more imaging units. | 01-27-2011 |
20110132213 | Apparatus and Methods for Controlling Application of a Substance to a Substrate - Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate involve the use of a gating agent that blocks the substance from or attracts the substance to the substrate. The apparatus and methods may utilize ink jet technology to apply the gating agent directly to the substrate or to an intermediate surface. The substance may be an ink, an electrically conductive material, a magnetic material, a carrier for a therapeutic, diagnostic, or marking substance other than an ink, or a carrier for any other type of substance. | 06-09-2011 |
20110249047 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A printing system deposits a principal substance on a surface and further deposits a gating agent on selectable portions of a print medium. A portion of the principal substance is transferred from the surface to the print medium after the gating agent is applied thereto. The gating agent substantially determines where the principal substance is deposited onto the print medium. A production system and method are also disclosed, as is a production apparatus. | 10-13-2011 |
20110249057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A PRINCIPAL SUBSTANCE AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transferring a principal substance applies the principal substance onto a surface and deposits drops of a gating agent onto a first portion of the principal substance applied to the first surface. The depositing of each drop of gating agent is individually controlled. A second portion of the principal substance not covered by the gating agent is transferred from the first surface to a second surface. A printing system adapted to transfer principal substance from a first surface to a second surface is also disclosed. | 10-13-2011 |
20110265672 | METHODS OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING PRINTED PRODUCT - A method of producing and distributing printed product applies aqueous solution to a print medium to define non-image and image areas of the print medium, and contacts the non-image area and the image area with ink. Ink is transferred substantially only to the image area of the print medium to produce the printed product. The printed product is distributed to an end user. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267389 | METHODS FOR PRINTING A PRINT MEDIUM, ON A WEB, OR A PRINTED SHEET OUTPUT - A method for printing a print medium applies ink to a surface and ejects drops of an aqueous solution onto the print medium to define image and non-image areas. The ejection of each drop is individually controlled. Ink from the surface is transferred to the image areas of the print medium. Methods of printing on a web and for printing a printed sheet output of a press are also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267397 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PRINTED SHEET OUTPUT OR A PRINTED WEB OF A PRINTING PRESS - A method of producing a printed sheet output of a printing press uses an aqueous solution, an ink, and an input sheet. The method applies aqueous solution to the input sheet to form a non-image area and an image area thereon, and contacts the non-image and image areas of the input sheet with ink. Ink is transferred substantially only to the image area to produce the printed sheet output of the printing press. A method of producing a printed web of a printing press is also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
20120227603 | METHODS FOR PRINTING A PRINTED OUTPUT OF A PRESS AND VARIABLE PRINTING - A method of printing a printed output of a press comprising ink on a print medium applies ink to a surface, places individually controlled drops of aqueous solution onto the print medium in a drop pattern, and transfers ink from the surface to areas of the print medium that are free of aqueous solution to produce the printed output of the press. A method of variable printing is also disclosed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120270333 | Apparatus and Methods for Controlling Application of a Substance to a Substrate - Apparatus and methods for controlling application of a substance to a substrate involve the use of a functional agent that helps determine the association of a substance with the substrate. The apparatus and methods may utilize jet technology to apply the functional agent directly to the substrate or to an intermediate surface. The substance may be biological substance or a chemical in nature. | 10-25-2012 |
20130265365 | System and Method For Cleaning Inkjet Cartridges - A printing system includes a print unit and a cleaning unit. The print unit comprises a carrier for a plurality of inkjet cartridges. The cleaning unit includes a wiping unit, a cleaning bay, and a wiper washer unit. The wiping unit includes wiper blades and the wiper washer unit includes a plurality of spray nozzles that spray a fluid. A controller is adapted to transport the carrier into the cleaning bay, transport the wiping units such that the wiper blades clean the inkjet cartridges, and actuate the spray nozzles to wash the wiper blades. The carrier may be positioned in the cleaning bay when the inkjet cartridges are not used for printing and the controller controls at least one of humidity and temperature in the cleaning bay when the carrier plate is positioned therein. | 10-10-2013 |
20130286062 | System and Method for Removing Air From and Inkjet Cartridge and Ink Supply Line Therefor - A printing system includes an inkjet cartridge, an ink reservoir, and a reversible pump. A method and system of operating the printing system are providing in which first fluid line couples the ink reservoir and an input port of the inkjet cartridge. A second fluid line couples the reversible pump and an output port of the inkjet cartridge. The reversible pump is operated in a first direction to supply ink from the ink reservoir to the ink jet cartridge via the first fluid line. The reversible pump is a second direction to supply ink from the ink reservoir to the inkjet cartridge via the second fluid line. The reversible pump is operated in the first direction and the second direction repeatedly and sequentially for a predetermined duration. | 10-31-2013 |
20140251167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A PRINCIPAL SUBSTANCE AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transferring a principal substance applies the principal substance onto a surface and deposits drops of a gating agent onto a first portion of the principal substance applied to the first surface. The depositing of each drop of gating agent is individually controlled. A second portion of the principal substance not covered by the gating agent is transferred from the first surface to a second surface. A printing system adapted to transfer principal substance from a first surface to a second surface is also disclosed, wherein the printing system exerts mechanical pressure between the first surface and the second surface. | 09-11-2014 |
20140347418 | Use of a Sense Mark to Control a Printing System - A printing system includes a first imaging unit configured to print a first image and a single registration mark associated with the first image on a substrate contemporaneously during a production run, and a sensor configured to detect the registration mark at a point where the registration mark is within a second imaging unit. The printing system further includes a controller configured to calculate an offset along a width direction of the substrate based on the single registration mark and to instruct the second imaging unit to print the second image on the substrate. The second image is shifted in its entirety in accordance with the calculated offset and is printed on the same side of the substrate as the first image. | 11-27-2014 |
20150158297 | Method of Operating a Printing Device and an Image Generation Kit - A method for operating a printing device and an image generation kit are disclosed. The image generation kit is adapted to controllably eject individual drops of a gating agent, and is operating the image generation kit in synchronism with a principal substance application apparatus to deposit the drops of the gating agent on a substrate and to transfer a principal substance to the substrate. The drops of the gating agent on the substrate define image and non-image areas of the substrate, the image and non-image areas of the substrate are undefined until the drops of the gating agent are deposited thereon, and the substrate with the principal substance transferred to the image areas is an end product of the printing device. | 06-11-2015 |
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20110283778 | MICRO-STRUCTURED SURFACE HAVING TAILORED WETTING PROPERTIES - A micro-structured surface for immersing in a multiphase fluid mixture comprises a substrate having pores and a wetting liquid phase trapped in the pores. The wetting liquid phase is immiscible with all the phases of the multiphase fluid mixture. Alternatively, the wetting liquid phase is miscible with one of the phase of the multiphase fluid mixture. | 11-24-2011 |
20110315375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DOWNHOLE FLUID PARAMETERS - Systems and methods for determining at least one parameter of a fluid in a well are provided. The system has a downhole system deployable into the well, and sensor elements to measure fluid parameter(s) of the fluid in the well. Each of the sensor elements is provided with a base and sensors. The base is positionable on the coiled tubing system about the injection port. The sensors are positionable in the base. Each of the sensors are thermally isolated from each other, and are capable of operating as both a heater to heat the fluid, and as a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the fluid. The sensors are operatively interchangeable such that the sensors may selectively heat and measure the temperature of the fluid whereby fluid parameters of the fluid are determined. | 12-29-2011 |
20140102695 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Fluid Parameters - Example methods and apparatus for determining fluid parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes disposing a sensor in a first fluid flow passageway. The sensor has a heater and a temperature sensor. The example method further includes flowing a first fluid into the first fluid flow passageway via a second fluid flow passageway and determining a first fluid property value of the first fluid via the sensor when the first fluid is in the first fluid flow passageway. Based on the first fluid property value, a state of an operation is determined. | 04-17-2014 |
20140130591 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Downhole Parameters - Apparatus and methods for determining downhole fluid parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes deploying a downhole apparatus into a wellbore. The downhole apparatus includes a sensor having a heater and a temperature sensor. The method also includes traversing the downhole apparatus through the wellbore and obtaining a first response with the sensor in a first position of the wellbore. The method also includes obtaining a second response with the sensor in a second position of wellbore and determining a presence of a boundary between the first and second positions based on the first and second responses. | 05-15-2014 |
20140150546 | Methods and Apparatus for Analyzing Operations - Example methods and apparatus for analyzing operations are disclosed herein. An example method includes disposing a sensor in a fluid flow passageway. The sensor has a heater and a temperature sensor. The example method further includes obtaining a first response of the sensor to a fluid flowing in the fluid flow passageway and transmitting a signal to a tool to operate the tool. Operation of the tool is to affect a fluid parameter of the fluid. The example method also includes obtaining a second response of the sensor to the fluid flowing in the fluid flow passageway and determining if the tool has operated based on the first response and the second response. | 06-05-2014 |
20140151032 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Downhole Fluid Parameters - Apparatus and methods for determining downhole fluid parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes disposing a sensor in a fluid in a wellbore. The sensor includes a heater and a temperature sensor, and the fluid is flowing at a velocity of about zero centimeters per second to about ten centimeters per second. The fluid includes particulates, paraffin or asphaltenes. The example method further includes obtaining a first measurement via the heater and obtaining a second measurement via the temperature sensor. Based on the first measurement and the second measurement, the velocity of the fluid is determined. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157884 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Downhole Parameters - Apparatus and methods for determining downhole fluid parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes disposing a downhole tool in a well. The downhole tool has a sensor including a heater and a temperature sensor. The example method further includes flowing a fluid in the well. The example method also includes determining a first velocity of the fluid at a first depth via the sensor and, based on the first velocity of the fluid, a first parameter of the well at the first depth is determined. | 06-12-2014 |
20140165715 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Downhole Parameters - Example methods and apparatus for determining downhole parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes pumping a fluid in a first direction to substantially fill a first area of a fluid flow passageway with the fluid and determining a fluid parameter via a sensor disposed in a second area adjacent the first area. The sensor includes a heater and a temperature sensor. The example method also includes determining if the first fluid has flowed in a second direction into the second area based on the fluid parameter. | 06-19-2014 |
20140231074 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Downhole Parameters - Apparatus and methods for determining downhole fluid parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes deploying a downhole apparatus into a wellbore. The downhole apparatus includes a sensor including a heater and a temperature sensor. The example method also includes sending a signal to a downhole apparatus by changing a velocity of a fluid traversing the wellbore. The example method also includes detecting a change in the velocity of the fluid with the sensor and operating the downhole apparatus based on the change in velocity. | 08-21-2014 |
20140338439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FLUID FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - A measurement device is configured in a shaped charge package to be utilized in a perforating gun section tool string. The measurement device may include for example thermal conductivity detectors (TCD) configured to measure fluid flow velocity and/or thermal characteristics of the flowing fluid. The measurement device may include for example a pair laterally spaced TCDs each having sensor faces positioned co-planar with a surface across which the fluid flows. The measurement device may include a recessed TCD, having a sensor face recessed below an opening in the exterior surface. | 11-20-2014 |
20150103869 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Fluid Characteristics - Methods and apparatus for determining fluid characteristics are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a housing including an electrically insulating pane thermally insulated from the housing. The pane has an exterior surface to be disposed in a fluid and an interior surface to be isolated from the fluid. The example apparatus further includes a sensor including an electrical resistor coupled directly to the interior surface of the pane. The electrical resistor has an electrical resistance corresponding to a temperature of the electrical resistor. | 04-16-2015 |
20150135817 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Downhole Fluid Parameters - Example methods and apparatus to determine downhole fluid parameters are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining a velocity of a portion of a downhole tool moving in a well and determining a response of a fluid sensor disposed on the portion of the downhole tool. The fluid sensor includes a resistance temperature detector at least partially immersed in a fluid in the well. The example method further includes determining a velocity of the fluid based the velocity of the portion of the downhole tool and the response of the fluid sensor. | 05-21-2015 |
20150233239 | Methods For Interpretation Of Downhole Flow Measurement During Wellbore Treatments - A method for determining a flow distribution in a formation having a wellbore formed therein comprises the steps of positioning a bottomhole assembly in a wellbore, the assembly including an injection port for dispensing a fluid, a first sensor disposed upwell from the injection port, and a second sensor disposed downwell from the injection port, wherein each of the sensors generates a feedback signal representing a flow rate of the fluid in a portion of the wellbore, determining an approximate depth of a portion of the bottomhole assembly in the wellbore, generating a data model based upon an instruction set, the data model representing flow characteristics of the fluid in the wellbore, wherein the data model is derived from the feedback signal and the approximate depth of the injection port, and analyzing the data model based upon an instruction set to extrapolate a characteristic of the formation. | 08-20-2015 |