公开(公告)号：US20250066647A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18812260

申请日：2024-08-22

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Harunobu KOMATSU ,  Nikako TSUKIJI ,  Soichi YAMAZAKI

IPC: C09J133/10 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J29/17 ,  B41M5/00

Abstract: An aqueous adhesive composition forms an adhesive layer on a surface of a cloth transport member of an ink jet printing apparatus, the aqueous adhesive composition including a (meth)acrylic-based resin and water, the (meth)acrylic-based resin containing a first (meth)acrylic-based resin having a glass transition temperature Tg1 and a second (meth)acrylic-based resin having a glass transition temperature Tg2 which is lower than the glass transition temperature Tg1, the first (meth)acrylic-based resin including a methyl methacrylate or ethyl methacrylate as one of constituent units. In the aqueous adhesive composition described above, a total content of the methyl methacrylate and the ethyl methacrylate with respect to all the constituent units of the first (meth)acrylic-based resin is 10 to 41 percent by mass.

公开(公告)号：US20250065648A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18783376

申请日：2024-07-24

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Mitsuhiro GODA ,  Masaki MURASHIMA ,  Hiroyuki UEDA ,  Minoru TOKONAMI

IPC: B41J11/00

Abstract: A drying apparatus dries a recording medium on which an image is formed, while conveying the recording medium. The drying apparatus includes a conveying member, a heating device, and a drying chamber, and a path. The conveying member supports and conveys the recording medium in a predetermined conveyance direction. The heating device heats the recording medium conveyed by the conveying member under a high-temperature environment. The drying chamber is arranged on an upstream side of the heating device in the conveyance direction of the recording medium and pre-dries the recording medium conveyed by the conveying member. The path communicates the heating device with the drying chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20250065646A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18236981

申请日：2023-08-23

Applicant: ALEXANDER FRANCIS BETZ

Inventor： ALEXANDER FRANCIS BETZ

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  A01G13/02 ,  B41J11/00 ,  D06P1/44 ,  D06P5/24

Abstract: A method which includes printing indicia on landscape fabric using a roll-to-roll printer; and wherein the landscape fabric is configured to have a plurality of characteristics based on the printing requirements of the roll-to-roll printer. The roll-to-roll printer may be a hybrid printer, which suctions the landscape fabric; and wherein the hybrid printer is configured to print on flexible media and rigid media. The plurality of characteristics of the landscape fabric may include a weight per square foot of the landscape fabric; and wherein the weight per square foot of the landscape fabric is great enough to hold the landscape fabric in place by the roll-to-roll printer. The plurality of characteristics of the landscape fabric may include that the landscape fabric has been cut from a sheet which is larger than the landscape fabric in a manner so that at least one edge of the landscape fabric is uniform.

公开(公告)号：US20250058571A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18933675

申请日：2024-10-31

Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： In Seng OOI

IPC: B41J11/42 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04

Abstract: A printer device includes a hopper configured to receive a roll of paper, a printing head, a conveyor, a flapper, and a remaining paper sensor. The printing head prints on the paper. The conveyor draws out an end of the paper from the roll and conveys the paper to the printing head. The flapper contacts an outer peripheral surface of the roll and presses the roll against an inner wall of the hopper at a drawing-out point where the paper is drawn out from the roll. The remaining paper sensor provides an indication that an amount paper remaining in the roll has reached a predetermined amount of paper.

公开(公告)号：US20250058570A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18934748

申请日：2024-11-01

Applicant: Procolored Technology Inc

Inventor： Jiangyu WU

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J25/00

Abstract: A roll-to-roll printer includes a storage portion for storing a substrate in a rolled form, a transport portion, a printing platform, a printing mechanism including a drive unit and a print head provided on the drive unit, and a detection sensor. The transport portion is configured for continuously transporting the substrate forward. The printing platform is configured for holding the substrate transported by the transport portion. The printing mechanism is provided above the printing platform. The drive unit can drive the print head to move in a direction orthogonal to the substrate feed direction. The detection sensor is provided on the drive unit, and is electrically connected to the drive unit. The drive unit can drive the detection sensor to move in the direction orthogonal to the substrate feed direction to detect the substrate height.

公开(公告)号：US20250050660A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18929511

申请日：2024-10-28

Applicant: Raymond E. Maynard ,  Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Michael F. St. Germain

Inventor： Raymond E. Maynard ,  Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Michael F. St. Germain

IPC: B41J11/04 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A printer includes: a body with a set of interior walls defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media cartridge, and a latch recess in one of the interior walls, including a retaining surface, and a ramp surface; a lid rotatably coupled to the body and movable between open and closed positions; and a latch movably supported by the lid between a locked position and an unlocked position, the latch including: a bias member biasing the latch towards the locked position, a hook surface configured to engage the retaining surface when the lid is closed and the latch is in the locked position, and a cam surface configured via the bias member, when the lid is closed and the latch is released to the unlocked position, to slide against the ramp surface and lift the lid to an intermediate position between the open and closed positions.

公开(公告)号：US12220905B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18069350

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Kazuhisa Kato

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J2/01 ,  B41J29/393

Abstract: An air blowing unit can blow air to a medium after printing. The air blowing unit includes an air blowing flow path configured to blow air and an air blowing port configured to blow the air from the air blowing flow path to the medium after printing. The air blowing unit extends along a scanning direction of a carriage and is immovably provided. The air blowing unit is provided such that a part or all of the air blowing port is located between the carriage and the medium after printing at a position where the air blowing port overlaps with a part of a movement region of the carriage in plan view.

公开(公告)号：US20250042183A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18788230

申请日：2024-07-30

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuta ASAKAWA

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J29/377 ,  B41M7/00 ,  C09D11/107

Abstract: A recording method which uses a water-based ink composition and a treatment liquid containing an aggregating agent, includes: a main scanning to eject the ink composition and the treatment liquid from an ink jet head so as to be adhered to a recording medium while the ink jet head is transferred with respect to the recording medium; a sub-scanning to transport the recording medium in a sub-scanning direction which intersects a direction of the main scanning; and a ventilation step of sending a wind to the recording medium in the main scanning. In the main scanning, by a portion of the ink jet ink head to eject the ink composition and the treatment liquid located upstream in the sub-scanning direction, the ink composition and the treatment liquid are overlapped and adhered to the same main scanning region of the recording medium by the same main scanning, and by a portion of the ink jet ink head to eject the ink composition and the treatment liquid located downstream in the sub-scanning direction, the ink composition is adhered to the recording medium, and when the ink composition is adhered thereto, the treatment liquid is not overlapped and adhered to the same main scanning region of the recording medium by the same main scanning. In addition, when the main scanning is performed, the recording medium to which the ink composition and the treatment liquid are adhered has a surface temperature of 33° C. or less.

公开(公告)号：US12214584B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18067306

申请日：2022-12-16

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Naoto Hayakawa

IPC: B41J11/42 ,  B41F13/02 ,  B41F17/00 ,  B41J2/01 ,  B41J3/44 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/66 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J23/02 ,  B41J29/393 ,  B65H5/06 ,  B65H15/00 ,  B65H18/10 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B65H20/02

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a transport roller configured to transport a medium through a transport path; a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium transported by the transport roller through the transport path; an intermediate roller configured to transport again, to the transport path, the medium transported through an inversion path in a reverse direction to a transport direction of the medium to invert a front surface and a back surface of the medium, the inversion path including a branching point where the inversion path branches from the transport path at an upstream side of the transport roller in the transport direction, the inversion path merging with the transport path again at an upstream side of the branching point in the transport direction; a device disposed in the transport path and between the transport roller and the intermediate roller; a first driving device configured to drive the transport roller; and a second driving device configured to drive the intermediate roller, in which the intermediate roller includes an electromagnetic clutch mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US20250033398A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18786083

申请日：2024-07-26

Applicant: Colorado School of Mines

Inventor： Owen James Hildreth ,  Steven John DiGregorio

IPC: B41M5/00 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J29/13 ,  C09D5/38

Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling a morphology of a printed reactive ink are provided. A substrate may be heated and a volume including at least a portion of the substrate may be saturated with at least one of an active ingredient or an inactive ingredient to a humidity level. Such heating and saturation of the volume forms a controlled printing environment. The reactive ink may then be printed onto the portion of the substrate within the controlled printing environment, wherein the morphology of the printed reactive ink is controlled based on the humidity level of the saturated volume and a temperature of the heated portion of the substrate.