Incremental printing of symbolic information inventions

20090278872 - Ink jet printer cartridge refilling method and apparatus: The present invention provides an automated system for refilling printer ink cartridges. The system includes a computer with memory provided to store information relating to a plurality of ink cartridges, and a user interface that is connected to the computer and can receive a model number of a particular ink... Agent: Allen D. Hertz

20090278874 - Method of inspecting the nozzle discharge state, a discharge state inspection method, and a fluid discharge device: A method of inspecting a discharge state of a nozzle prevents wrongly determining that discharge is normal even though fluid droplets are not discharged normally. In a fluid droplet discharge device such as an inkjet printer, a momentary induced current is produced when a charged ink droplet 17c lands on... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090278873 - Printing control method for a serial inkjet printer, and a serial inkjet printer: A printing control method for a serial inkjet printer prevents paper dust that is dispersed by the air current produced by a vacuum platen from adhering to the ink nozzle area. An inkjet head that prints while moving along the width of the vacuum platen is moved to a position... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090278875 - Jetting apparatus and method of improving the performance of a jetting apparatus: The present invention is generally related to a jetting device for jetting droplets of viscous medium onto a substrate, said jetting device comprising an ejector element for performing the jetting process and a jetting outlet through which said droplets are jetted. In particular, the invention is related to a method,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090278877 - Liquid ejecting appartaus and liquid ejecting method: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes pressure chambers that communicate with nozzles and an element that varies liquid pressure inside the pressure chamber in accordance with variation in a potential. An ejection pulse generating unit generates a first ejection pulse applied to the element upon ejecting first liquid droplets from the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090278876 - Short pulsewidth actuation of thermal bend actuator: A method of actuating a thermal bend actuator having an active beam fused to a passive beam. The method comprises passing an electrical current through the active beam so as to cause thermoelastic expansion of the active beam relative to the passive beam and bending of the actuator. The current... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278879 - Print element substrate, inkjet printhead, and printing apparatus: This invention is directed to an element substrate including a plurality of print element arrays in which print elements are arranged at different arrayed densities. The element substrate can efficiently transfer data to each print element. The element substrate includes the following arrangement. More specifically, the first print element array... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278878 - Print element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus: This invention is directed to a print element substrate including a plurality of print element arrays in which different numbers of print elements are arranged. The print element substrate can efficiently transfer data to each print element and efficiently lay out circuits. The print element substrate includes the following arrangement.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278880 - Ink jet device for producing a biological assay substrate by releasing a plurality of substances onto the substrate, and method for monitoring the ink jet device: The invention provides an ink jet device for producing a biological assay substrate by releasing a plurality of substances onto the substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle, the device comprising at least a transducer provided to eject a droplet out of the nozzle, wherein... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090278881 - Liquid droplet ejection apparatus: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus comprising: a conveyor portion that conveys a recording medium to a liquid droplet ejection region by the rotational force of a drive roll; liquid droplet ejection heads that eject liquid droplets onto the recording medium conveyed to the liquid droplet ejection region by the conveyor... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090278882 - Method of calculating correction value, method of ejecting liquid, and liquid ejecting apparatus: A method of calculating a correction value includes: forming a test pattern by ejecting a liquid by a liquid ejecting apparatus, which has a first nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting the liquid to a medium are arranged in a predetermined direction and a second nozzle row... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090278883 - Printer with debris control apparatus: A printer with debris control apparatus which minimizes printer fouling. The printer includes a print head for printing on media, a platen having a side for feeding the media along a path past the print head, and debris control member in contact with the media.... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090278884 - Fluid ejecting apparatus: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection surface with a nozzle region and a capping device that contacts the ejection surface. The capping device includes first and second contact members held by a cap body. When the first contact member contacts the ejection surface, a surface... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090278885 - Printhead maintenance station having contact pad with sloping profile: A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition. The maintenance station comprises an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing contact with nozzles in an ink ejection face of the printhead. The contact surface has a sloping profile. The maintenance station has a motor... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278886 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes an idle ejection receiving part for receiving idle-ejected waste liquid from a liquid jet head and a waste liquid tank provided below the idle ejection receiving part for collecting the waste liquid dropping from the idle ejection receiving part. The image recording apparatus further includes... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090278887 - Ink-jet printer and maintenance method of ink-jet head thereof: An ink-jet printer of the present invention includes an ink-jet head provided with nozzles for ejecting ink, a downstream tank communicating with the ink-jet head, a pressure pump for producing pressure in the downstream tank to eject ink from the nozzles in a purge operation, a sweep member provided in... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20090278888 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A liquid ejection apparatus including a carriage 8 that moves a head capable of ejecting liquid back and forth in a first direction D1 and a second direction D2 opposite to the first direction D1, a linear scaler 9 that is provided along the first direction D1 and the second... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090278889 - Print controlling method and related printer: A print controlling method is applied to a printer. The printer includes a plurality of nozzles, wherein each nozzle is respectively driven by one of a plurality of address lines. The print controlling method includes dividing the plurality of address lines into M groups, wherein M is a positive integer;... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090278890 - Print element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus: This invention is directed to allow efficiently transferring data to each print element (heater) and efficiently laying out circuits in an element substrate including plural heater arrays in which different numbers of heaters are arranged. This substrate includes: a first array having a relatively large number of heaters; and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278891 - Printhead ic with filter structure at inlet to ink chambers: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. Each of the droplet ejectors has a chamber in which the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278892 - Printhead ic with small ink chambers: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. Each of the droplet ejectors also has a chamber in which... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278893 - Variable-volume nozzle arrangement: A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet; a static ink ejecting member extending from the substrate assembly and bounding the ink inlet; an active ink ejecting member having a roof and sidewalls that depends from the roof towards the substrate, the roof... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278894 - Inkjet printhead employing active and static ink ejection structures: An inkjet printhead includes a wafer having a droplet ejection side and a liquid supply side opposite the droplet ejection side; a plurality of active ink ejection structures formed on the droplet ejection side of the wafer, each active ink ejection structure partially defining a nozzle chamber, and defining an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278895 - Liquid ejecting head, image forming apparatus, device for ejecting a liquid drop, and recording method: A liquid ejecting head comprising a nozzle configured to eject a liquid drop of recording liquid, a liquid chamber communicating to the nozzle, and an energy generating device configured to generate energy for pressurizing recording liquid in the liquid chamber is provided, wherein a flow channel forming member configured to... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090278896 - Liquid jetting head: Disclosed is a liquid jetting head which can contribute to downsizing. A head unit 20 has two case channels and a driving substrate 28 arranged between inflow openings 35 of the case channels provided on a base surface of the head unit, which is on the opposite side of a... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090278897 - Inkjet printhead with nozzle chambers each holding two fluids: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors, each having a chamber with a nozzle and an actuator for ejecting drops of ink through the nozzle. During use, each of the chambers hold ink and a gas, the gas remaining in the chamber during activation and deactivation of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278898 - Method of manufacturing inkjet printhead and inkjet printhead manufactured using the same: A method of manufacturing an inkjet printhead includes forming a heater and an electrode on a substrate, forming a flow path forming layer by coating a first negative photoresist composition on the substrate, forming a sacrifice layer, planarizing the flow path forming layer and the sacrifice layer, forming a nozzle... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090278899 - Printhead integrated circuit comprising polymeric cover layer: A printhead integrated circuit comprises a substrate having drive circuitry and a plurality of nozzle assemblies positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle assembly has a moving portion moveable relative to a stationary portion for ejection of ink. The printhead integrated circuit is covered with a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278900 - Ink jet printing apparatus and ink tank for the same: In an intermittent ink supplying system, an ink supply base 3 forming a supply-path forming member is made capable of moving along with the movement for joining a sub-joint (4) with a sub-tank. In addition, an ink-supply-port forming member 8 of a main tank (2) connected to a main joint... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278901 - Ink reservoir: An ink reservoir includes a first portion defining one or more channels each for providing ink to a respective output port; a second portion bearing one or more ink bladders each containing a respective type of ink, each ink bladder adapted to be in fluid communication with a respective channel;... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090278902 - Printer: A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278903 - Inlet structure and assembly method: In one embodiment, a fluid ejector assembly includes: an inlet structure having an opening therein through which fluid may enter the assembly, the inlet structure having a rim generally defining an outer perimeter of the inlet structure around the opening; a conduit through which fluid may pass from the opening... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090278904 - Inkjet apparatus: An inkjet apparatus is disclosed. The inkjet apparatus for printing a solder resist can include: a first reservoir storing a monomer composition, a second reservoir storing a hardening agent composition, and an inkjet head, which can be connected to the first reservoir and the second reservoir to eject the monomer... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090278905 - Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus: A conveying apparatus is provided, the conveying apparatus comprising a lever swinging in contact with a recording medium conveyed along a conveying path in a conveying direction, a sensor detecting the swinging of the lever, a moving unit for moving the lever from a position where the lever is allowed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278906 - Restraint device and recording device: An ink jet printer includes a restraint device which applies a restraining force, applied to a support surface used for supporting a recording sheet, to the recording sheet transported from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction. The restraint device includes a second support member which... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090278907 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning apparatus effectively blocks undesirable-light generated in opposed scanning units, and forms high-quality image with simple configuration. The apparatus includes two scanning units disposed with a polygon mirror therebetween, each scanning unit including: an incident optical system guiding a beam from a light source to the polygon mirror;... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090278908 - Lightscribe optical disc drive: An optical disc drive for marking a label side of a lightscribe disc is provided. The optical disc drive includes a spoke detecting device, a traverse assembly frame, a spindle motor PCB and an insulating base. The spoke detecting device is used for detecting spoke patterns on the lightscribe disc.... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090278909 - Apparatus and method for side determination of optical disc: A side determination apparatus of an optical disc includes a light source illuminating one side of the optical disc having a data side and a non-data side obliquely; a sensor receiving a reflected light from the optical disc illuminated by the light source; and a determination unit determining that an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090278910 - Pattern forming method, pattern forming apparatus, method for manufacturing a recording medium and method of manufacturing patterned member: In order to realize a pattern forming method for more precisely controlling a reacting area of photosensitive resin during formation of a fine pattern on a substrate and also for simplifying thickness management of the photosensitive resin a fine pattern can be formed through reaction of the photosensitive resin layer... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090278911 - Thermal transfer dyesheet and printer: A thermal transfer dyesheet comprising a substrate bearing a region of a thermally transferable dye, the region including a first printable portion within the region having a first optical density, a second printable portion within the region having a second optical density, the difference in optical density between the first... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090273619 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes at least one liquid ejecting head having a nozzle surface formed with a nozzle array which is operable to eject liquid toward a target medium and extends in a first direction, a reference surface perpendicular to the nozzle surface, and two correctors arranged side by... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090273620 - Drop detector system and method with light collector: One aspect is a drop detection arrangement including a light source for projecting a light beam for scattering light off of an ejected drop. The arrangement includes a light collector configured to collect the scattered light off the ejected drop and a light detector coupled to the light collector and... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090273624 - Head driving device, inkjet printer comprising the same, and data processing method thereof: A head driving device, an inkjet printer comprising the same and data processing method of an ink jet printer are provided, in which a nozzle driving unit turns on/off a plurality of thermal elements that correspond to a plurality of nozzles and heat ink discharged from the nozzles, a data... Agent: John E. Holmes, Esq. Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090273622 - Printhead integrated circuit with low operating power: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing 100% coverage at full print rate, each of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273623 - Printhead with low power actuators: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. When printing, each of the actuators has an average power consumption... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273621 - System and method for maintaining or recovering nozzle function for an inkjet printhead: A transducer capable of generating vibrational energy is positioned relative to an inkjet cartridge to impart a vibrational force to simultaneously vibrate at least a portion of each of a plurality of ink fluidic columns associated with a plurality of nozzles in a printhead of the inkjet cartridge to maintain... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20090273626 - Inkjet recording head and recording apparatus: An inkjet recording head includes a connection-state output circuit provided on the recording element substrate of a recording head, where the connection-state output circuit externally transmits data of the connection state of each of input signal ends. An output from the connection-state output circuit is activated when the same logic... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273625 - Liquid jet apparatus and printing apparatus: A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive circuit adapted to apply a drive signal to an actuator of a liquid jet head, and a power supply voltage control circuit adapted to control a power supply voltage to the drive signal to be a waveform voltage... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090273627 - Liquid applicator and liquid supply method to be used in liquid applicator: A liquid applicator suitable for manufacturing probe arrays comprises a liquid ejection section having a plurality of sets of a liquid ejecting nozzle adapted to eject liquid onto a medium, a liquid containing section communicating with the liquid ejecting nozzle and a supply port for supplying liquid to the liquid... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090273628 - Clock signal extracting during printing: A mobile device for printing onto a print medium, the print medium including a linear-encoded data track extending in an intended direction of printing, the mobile device including: a sensor configured to sense the data track during printing; a printhead for printing onto the print medium in response to a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273629 - Recording element substrate, recording head, and ink jet recording apparatus having the recording head: Measurement accuracy in temperature of a substrate for an ink jet head is improved. A substrate for an ink jet head includes diode sensors and aluminum sensors and as plural kinds of substrate temperature sensing elements, each of which has an output voltage property different from each other. The diode... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090273630 - Cleaning device for ink wiper: A cleaning device for ink wiper is disclosed. The cleaning device is arranged in a position adjacent to the ink wiper. The cleaning device includes a stand and an ink-absorbing unit disposed on the stand. The ink-absorbing unit is constantly in contact with at least one face of the wiper.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090273636 - Electro-thermal inkjet printer with high speed media feed: An inkjet printer that has a printhead mounted adjacent a media feed path, the printhead having an array of droplet ejectors for ejecting ink droplets on to a media substrate. Each of the droplet ejectors having an electro-thermal actuator. The printer also having a media feed drive for moving the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273631 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first head having a first nozzle group in which nozzles from which a first liquid is ejected are aligned in a nozzle-row direction at a predetermined pitch and a second nozzle group in which nozzles from which a second liquid is ejected are aligned... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090273635 - Printhead integrated circuit for low volume droplet ejection: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture and is configured to eject droplets with a volume less than... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273633 - Printhead integrated circuit with high density nozzle array: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has a nozzle aperture density of more than... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273632 - Printhead integrated circuit with large nozzle array: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has more than 2000 droplet ejectors and all... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273634 - Printhead integrated circuit with thin nozzle layer: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array has a nozzle aperture density of more than 100... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273637 - Liquid ejection head: A print head that ejects ink supplied through an ink supply port can prevent the size of satellites from being reduced while inhibiting an increase in resistance to an ink flow. In the print head, ink supply ports are arranged on both sides of a plurality of channels. A predetermined... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090273641 - Printhead ic with ink supply channel for multiple nozzle rows: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The array of droplet ejectors is arranged in a plurality of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273642 - Printhead ic with low velocity droplet ejection: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The droplet ejectors are configured to eject ink droplets at a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273639 - Printhead integrated circuit with actuators proximate exterior surface: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The actuator in each of the droplet ejectors is configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273643 - Printhead integrated circuit with ink supply through wafer thickness: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on one face of a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The printhead IC having a printhead surface layer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273638 - Printhead integrated circuit with more than two metal layer cmos: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a single printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The printhead IC also has drive circuitry for providing the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273640 - Printhead integrated circuit with small nozzle apertures: An inkjet printhead that has an array of droplet ejectors supported on a printhead integrated circuit (IC). Each of the droplet ejectors has a nozzle aperture and an actuator for ejecting a droplet of ink through the nozzle aperture. The nozzle apertures each have an area less than 600 microns... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273644 - Modular printer with printheads proximate feed roller nip: A modular printer which has a pair of opposed printhead assemblies for duplexed printing. Print media is fed along a print media path extending between the printhead assemblies. Each printhead assembly has pinch rollers to feed the print media along the print media path. Each printhead assembly also includes a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273645 - Inkjet printhead having proportional ejection ports and arms: An inkjet printhead is provided having ink chambers, ink ejection ports defined in the chambers, and cantilevered ejection arms positioned in the chambers. Each arm has a displacement area that acts on ink in the respective chamber through cantilevered movement of the arm to eject ink via the respective port.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273646 - Thermal bend actuator comprising bent active beam having resistive heating bars: A thermal bend actuator comprising: (a) a pair of electrical contacts positioned at one end of the actuator; (b) an active beam connected to the electrical contacts and extending longitudinally away from the contacts, the active beam defining a bent current flow path between the contacts; and (c) a passive... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273647 - Inkjet print head and manufacturing method thereof: An inkjet print head includes a substrate formed with a feed hole through which ink is transferred, and a notch prevention layer covering an area on the substrate where the feed hole is to be formed. Plasma electrons flown into the feed hole while the hole is formed on the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090273648 - Inkjet printhead and manufacturing method thereof: An inkjet printhead and a manufacturing method thereof. In the manufacturing method, a chip and a porous material are provided. A heating layer is formed on the chip. A conductive layer is formed on the heating layer, and includes a notch therein to define a heating area. A chamber for... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090273649 - Inkjet printhead with nozzle layer defining etchant holes: The current invention provides for an inkjet printhead for an inkjet printer. The inkjet printhead includes a wafer substrate defining an ink supply channel. Side wall portions extend away from one surface of the wafer substrate, and a nozzle layer supported on the side wall portions and extending parallel to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273650 - Printhead with columns extending across chamber inlet: An inkjet printhead for a printer that prints via an array of ink ejection devices. Each ink ejection device has a chamber for holding a quantity of ink. The chamber is partially defined by at least one sidewall and has an inlet in fluid communication with the chamber. The inlet... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273651 - Liquid jet head and a piezoelectric element: A liquid jet head has a channel-forming substrate composed of a crystal substrate having a pressure-generating chamber linked to a nozzle opening as well as a piezoelectric element composed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode and formed on the channel-forming substrate so that the pressure... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090273652 - Liquid jet head and a piezoelectric element: A liquid jet head includes a passage-forming substrate composed of a crystal substrate provided with pressure-generating chambers communicating with nozzle orifices and piezoelectric elements disposed on the passage-forming substrate and each composed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric material layer, and an upper electrode to cause a change of pressure... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090273653 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow passage forming substrate which is provided with a plurality of liquid passages each having a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening for ejecting a liquid and a communication section communicating with the plurality of liquid passages; an elastic film which is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090273654 - Liquid jet head and an actuator apparatus: A liquid jet head includes a flow passage forming substrate formed of a crystal substrate provided with a pressure generating chamber communicating with nozzle openings, and a piezoelectric element including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode, which are provided on the flow passage forming substrate to... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090273656 - Ink cartridge: An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090273655 - Ink reservoir for inkjet print system: A replaceable ink reservoir adapted to an inkjet print system is provided. Since the inkjet print system of the conventional arts drives an air pump to inject air into the ink reservoir to discharge the ink stored in the ink storage pack to a printer cartridge, serious noise may be... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090273658 - Heated ink delivery system: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first and a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first and the second plurality of conduits having a flat surface between a first end and a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20090273657 - Rapid response one-way valve for high speed solid ink delivery: A valve assembly is provided for a high-speed phase change ink image producing machine between a first storage reservoir for receiving and holding a first volume of melted ink from a source and a second storage reservoir for holding a second volume of melted ink to be delivered under pressure... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20090262149 - Print media cartridge for a camera: A print media cartridge is configured to be received within a camera in fluid communication with a printhead of the camera. The print media cartridge comprises a cartridge shell having an ejection slot, and housing a print media dispenser including a supply of print media, the print media dispenser further... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090262150 - Ink jet printing apparatus: An air pump is driven to supply air via an air supply tube to a sub tank, by which a predetermined quantity of the air is mixed inside the sub tank via a gas-liquid separation membrane. Next, a carriage is swayed to agitate the ink by using the air mixed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090262151 - Inkjet printer system and ink supply apparatus: An inkjet printer system includes a print head, a sub tank, a pressure controller, and a check valve. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank is connected to the print head and has a pressure control hole. The pressure controller is connected to the pressure control... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090262152 - Inkjet printer system and ink supply apparatus: An inkjet printer system includes a print head and a sub tank. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank is provided above the print head and connected to the print head via a head-side supply passage. The sub tank has a first supplying hole and a... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090262153 - Inkjet printer system and ink supply apparatus: An inkjet printer system includes a print head, a sub tank, and a sensor. The print head is configured to eject ink. The sub tank includes an ink supply chamber and an ink detection chamber. The ink supply chamber has an ink inlet hole and an ink outlet hole connected... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090262154 - Printer control circuitry for reading ink information from a refill unit: A refill unit for refilling an ink cartridge that forms part of an inkjet printer. The printer also having a printhead, control circuitry and an interface for releasably engaging the refill unit. The refill unit has a body containing a quantity of ink, an ink outlet, and a memory circuit... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090262155 - Complex system having ink-jet printing function and testing function, and an ink-jet printing apparatus having the same: A complex system having an ink-jet printing function and a testing function, and an ink-jet printing apparatus having the same is disclosed. The complex system includes a plurality of ink-jet heads for feeding ink to form a plurality of patterns on a printing object. A gantry is movable over the... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20090262156 - Liquid droplet ejecting head and image forming apparatus: A liquid droplet ejecting head includes: an ejector having a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a drive element that applies pressure to a liquid inside the pressure chamber; and a controller that applies a drive waveform to the drive element. The controller vibrates a flow velocity of the liquid ejected... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090262157 - Forming method of adjustment pattern and liquid ejection apparatus: A forming method of an adjustment pattern is characterized by forming a first adjustment pattern on a medium by ejecting liquid onto the medium from a part of a plurality of nozzles that are arranged along a direction in which the medium is transported and that eject the liquid onto... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090262158 - Image recording device and image recording method: An image recording device comprises: a recording head that has a plurality of recording elements; non-uniformity information acquiring unit that acquires non-uniformity information of each recording element by using a test pattern; non-uniformity correction coefficient calculating unit that calculates a non-uniformity correction coefficient value for each density as recording characteristics... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090262159 - Selectable gloss coating system: A coating system comprises a high gloss coating ink supply source, and a low gloss coating ink supply source. The system includes a coating module configured to receive the high gloss coating ink and the low gloss coating ink. The coating module includes a first and second group of nozzles... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20090262160 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a recording section so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the recording section in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis according to... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090262161 - Liquid jetting apparatus, liquid delivery system, and circuit board: A liquid jetting apparatus receives delivery of liquid from a liquid delivery system including a delivery system-side terminal. The liquid jetting apparatus includes a apparatus-side terminal, a contact sensing portion and a remaining level sensor portion. The apparatus-side terminal contacts the delivery system-side terminal when receiving delivery of liquid from... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090262162 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and platen unit: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from openings of the nozzle plate to recording material; an absorbing member that is arranged opposite the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is discharged and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262163 - Inkjet nozzle incorporating piston actuator: A nozzle for an inkjet printer comprises a roof layer defining a nozzle port through which ink is ejected; a substrate layer fast with the roof layer and defining a nozzle chamber wall; and an actuator assembly fast with the substrate layer and comprising a support. The actuator assembly comprises... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090262164 - Developer supply device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developer supply device, includes: a developer holder; and a developer reservoir which is disposed inside of the developer holder, holds a liquid developer, and has at least one supply section that supplies the liquid developer from the developer reservoir to the developer holder, the liquid developer including a toner... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090262165 - Supply system and injection-head structure thereof: A supply system capable of providing a working fluid is provided. The supply system includes an access device, a first energizer, a second energizer, a third energizer and an output device. The access device utilized to access the working fluid includes a connecting port. The first energizer provides a first... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090262166 - Printhead having plural fluid ejection heating elements: A printhead is provided which has a plurality of fluid chambers defined in a substrate, a plurality of covers which each cover a respective fluid chamber, each cover having a plurality of radially extending supports supporting a rim thereby defining a fluid ejection nozzle, and a plurality of heating elements... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090262167 - Inkjet recording head substrate and drive control method, inkjet recording head, inkjet recording head cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording head substrate having an electrothermal transducer for generating thermal energy used to discharge ink and a drive element for driving the electrothermal transducer mounted thereon includes a first circuit portion for outputting selection signals for selecting the electrothermal transducer to be driven at a amplitude level of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090262168 - Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow path substrate that has an array of pressure generating chambers communicating with nozzle openings, respectively, piezoelectric elements arranged in a region corresponding to the pressure generating chambers, a driver IC driving the piezoelectric elements, an array of individual lead electrodes extending in the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090262169 - Method of manufacturing liquid jet head, method of manfuacturing piezoelectric element and liquid jet apparatus: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer forming step of sequentially and repeatedly performing a heat treatment step of applying a piezoelectric material containing lead to a lower electrode film at a relative humidity in the range of 30% to 50% Rh and then performing a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090262170 - Liquid container and liquid consuming apparatus: A small-capacity liquid container capable of preventing a trouble due to a pressurized deformation of a large-capacity liquid container even when plural liquid containers having different capacity are densely arranged. A liquid container is an improvement of a small-capacity liquid container of a plurality of liquid containers selected from a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090262171 - Refillable ink cartridge and protection member thereof: In a refillable ink cartridge having an ink supply opening portion that is hermetically sealed with a sealing member, leakage of ink out of the cartridge due to a decrease in the sealing property of the sealing member is prevented. The sealing member, which is elastically deformable, is penetrated by... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090262172 - Double-sided printer having opposed print engines: A double-sided printer having two print engines are arranged on opposite sides of a print media path. Each print engine comprises an image transfer roller configured to operatively transfer an image onto a sheet of paper fed through the media path; an ink cartridge having an integrated printhead for printing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090262174 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a platen configured to support a recording medium at a position facing a recording head, a suction portion arranged at the platen and configured to suck the recording medium, an ink receiving portion arranged at the platen and configured to receive ink discharged on a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090262173 - Transfer apparatus, method for preventing leakage current of the transfer apparatus, and image forming apparatus including the transfer apparatus: A disclosed transfer apparatus includes an endless belt to transfer a recording member by attaching the recording member on a surface thereof by an electrostatic force; a driving device to rotate the endless belt; and a holding device to temporarily hold the recording member to hinder a movement thereof caused... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090262175 - Heat generation sheet and method of fabricating the same: Provided are a heat generation sheet and a method of fabricating the same. The heat generation sheet includes: a base comprising first and second sides; a heat generation layer which is formed in at least one region of the first side of the base and in which a plurality of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090262176 - Heating resistance element component and printer: Provided is a heating resistance element component, including: a supporting substrate; an insulating film laminated on the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors formed on the insulating film, the plurality of heating resistors being arranged in a zigzag shape along a main scanning direction and having a substantially square... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20090262177 - Ribbon guide for thermal printers and method of installation: A ribbon guide used to install a thermal ribbon in a thermal printer, the ribbon guide having a bottle shaped profile and being formed of V-Max® brand synthetic paper. The ribbon guide has three integral portions, a first portion having a cross-shaped slit and a hole, a second portion that... Agent: Perry Hoffman And Associates, P.C.

20090262178 - Disc writer storing data and creating a visible image on a disc: A laser disc writer receives a blank disc on which to store data related to content and label information defining a label. Two heads, one disposed on each side of the disc, are used to store data and the label information on the two sides of the disc.... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20090262179 - Method for reducing the area coverage of a printing plate: Before image data are screened for the subsequent exposure of a printing form, files needed for the screening step are changed in such a way that the values of individual elements in the data fields are changed. The number of elements whose values are changed is determined by evaluating contiguous... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP