| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7404628 |
Liquid container |
July 29, 2008 |
| The invention provides a liquid container for storing liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid container is constructed such that pressurized fluid is sent to its inside so that the liquid in the inside is delivered to the outside. The liquid container includ |
| 7300142 |
Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus |
November 27, 2007 |
| An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer having a housing having at least one wall. The ink cartridge further has at least two ink chambers for containing different ink accommodated in the housing. Ink supply ports are formed in one wall of the housing within each of the ink chambers. |
| 7195345 |
Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge |
March 27, 2007 |
| An ink cartridge for a printing apparatus providing ink to a print head through a tapered ink supply needle and removably attached to the print head. The ink cartridge comprises an ink chamber for containing ink, an ink supply port, a packing member and a valve device. The ink supply por |
| 7140712 |
Liquid cartridge |
November 28, 2006 |
| In a liquid cartridge including a bottomed-box type container having a liquid supply port connectable to a flowing path communicating with a recording head at its bottom, a lid member for sealing an opening portion of the container body, and a communication unit which communicates data |
| 7104638 |
Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge |
September 12, 2006 |
| An ink cartridge for a printing apparatus providing ink to a print head through a tapered ink supply needle and removably attached to the print head. The ink cartridge comprises an ink chamber for containing ink, an ink supply port, a packing member and a valve device. The ink supply por |
| 7101513 |
Method of starting and stopping methanol reforming apparatus and apparatus for supplying fuel to |
September 5, 2006 |
| A fuel supplying apparatus for maintaining a stable supply of a mixed water-methanol solution while preventing water from freezing in a cold climate, and for immediately supplying a mixed water-methanol gas that has a composition which is outside of the high-rate reaction region duri |
| 7090344 |
Ink cartridge for use in an ink jet recording apparatus |
August 15, 2006 |
| An ink cartridge comprising a container body 3 housing an ink absorbing member 6' so as to absorb ink, a lid member 4, and a spacer 30 pressing the ink absorbing member 6' between the lid member 4 and the ink absorbing member 6'. It is possible to decrease the volume of the ink absor |
| 7033009 |
Ink cartridge, ink-jet type printing apparatus using the same, and ink cartridge change control |
April 25, 2006 |
| An ink cartridge which has an IC memory for holding information about the cartridge. At the time the ink cartridge is to be installed in a printing apparatus, its insertion is inhibited at a position before installation by a lock mechanism. In this state, the information in the IC memory |
| 7028377 |
Method of producing an ink jet recording head |
April 18, 2006 |
| A method of producing an ink jet recording head, which includes (1) fixing a passage unit in which a nozzle pate having a nozzle opening, a spacer forming a common ink chamber, and an elastic plate having a thick portion abutting against an end of a piezoelectric vibrating element are st |
| 7014305 |
Ink cartridge |
March 21, 2006 |
| An ink cartridge for an inkjet type printing apparatus having a print head, the ink cartridge including: a container having an ink chamber for containing ink therein; an ink supply port for ejecting the ink from the ink chamber to the print head; a memory device for storing data related |
| 6991314 |
Ink-jet recording apparatus |
January 31, 2006 |
| The recording medium guide member is placed along the main scanning direction scanned by the carriage mounted with a recording head, and ink-receiver holes for receiving ink discharged from the recording head are formed on the guide member in positions beyond the edges of the recordi |
| 6986568 |
Valve unit in ink supply channel of ink-jet recording apparatus, ink cartridge using the valve u |
January 17, 2006 |
| A valve unit in an ink supply channel of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the ink supply channel having an upstream side and a downstream side, the valve unit comprising a diaphragm valve having a thin elastic diaphragm operating in response to pressure difference between an upstream side |
| 6971732 |
Ink jet recording apparatus |
December 6, 2005 |
| In an ink jet recording apparatus comprising an ink jet recording head 3 for receiving supply of ink from an ink cartridge 4 provided with a storage device 7 storing data for determining compatibility to a recording apparatus, and a print controller 10 for determining compatibility of in |
| 6969136 |
Ink cartridge, ink-jet printing apparatus, and refilling device |
November 29, 2005 |
| An ink cartridge for an ink jet type printing apparatus having a print head, the ink cartridge including: a container having an ink chamber for containing ink therein; an ink supply port for ejecting the ink from the ink chamber to the print head; a memory device for storing data related |
| 6908184 |
Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus |
June 21, 2005 |
| An ink cartridge for an ink jet printing apparatus having a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium and an ink supply needle introducing ink to the printhead, the ink cartridge having a substantially rectangular housing containing ink therein, the housing having a fir |
| 6905998 |
Catalyst performance recovery method for reforming catalyst apparatus |
June 14, 2005 |
| In a reforming catalyst apparatus provided with a reforming catalyst for forming a hydrogen rich reformed gas by a reforming reaction of the fuel with water, the catalyst performance can be recovered by heating the catalyst within a temperature ranging from 500.degree. C. to 800.degree. |
| 6899417 |
Ink cartridge for use in an ink jet recording apparatus |
May 31, 2005 |
| An ink cartridge containing a container body 3 housing an ink absorbing member 6' so as to absorb ink, a lid member 4, and a spacer 30 pressing the ink absorbing member 6' between the lid member 4 and ink absorbing member 6'. It is possible to decrease the volume of the ink absorbing |
| 6886927 |
Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge |
May 3, 2005 |
| An ink cartridge for a printing apparatus providing ink to a print head through a tapered ink supply needle and removably attached to the print head. The ink cartridge includes an ink chamber for containing ink, an ink supply port, a packing member and a valve device. The ink supply port |
| 6793330 |
Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus |
September 21, 2004 |
| An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer having a housing having at least one wall. The ink cartridge further has at least two ink chambers for containing different ink accommodated in the housing. Ink supply ports are formed in one wall of the housing within each of the ink chambers. Eac |
| 6786581 |
Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge |
September 7, 2004 |
| An ink cartridge for a printing apparatus providing ink to a print head through a tapered ink supply needle and removably attached to the print head. The ink cartridge includes an ink chamber for containing ink, an ink supply port, a packing member and a valve device. The ink supply port |
| 6755515 |
Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus |
June 29, 2004 |
| An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer having a housing having at least one wall. The ink cartridge further has at least two ink chambers for containing different ink accommodated in the housing. Ink supply ports are formed in one wall of the housing within each of the ink chambers. Eac |
| 6729002 |
Method of producing an ink jet recording head |
May 4, 2004 |
| A pressurizing chamber 1 is formed as a recess by half etching of a silicon single-crystal substrate 2. A nozzle communicating hole 6 through which the pressurizing chamber 1 is connected to a nozzle opening 5 is formed as a through hole which is smaller in width than the pressurizing ch |
| 6709088 |
Inkjet recording apparatus |
March 23, 2004 |
| The recording medium guide member is placed along the main scanning direction scanned by the carriage mounted with a recording head, and ink-receiver holes for receiving ink discharged from the recording head are formed on the guide member in positions beyond the edges of the recordi |
| 6705712 |
Ink cartridge, ink jet recording device using the same, and method for controlling the cleaning |
March 16, 2004 |
| An ink flow passage 7f is formed from an ink storage chamber of an ink cartridge 7 to an ink supply port. A passage control system 7j is located in the ink flow passage. The passage control system is capable of opening and closing the ink flow passage when receiving a drive force from an |
| 6677068 |
CATALYST FOR SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE PRESENT IN HYDROGEN-CONTAINING GASES, AND EL |
January 13, 2004 |
| A catalyst for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide present in a hydrogen-containing gas is provided in which the catalyst comprises ruthenium supported on an alumina hydrate. This catalyst has a high selective oxidation activity to carbon monoxide. A carbon monoxide elimination me |
| 6672695 |
Ink cartridge management system, printer, and ink cartridge |
January 6, 2004 |
| An ink cartridge placed in an ink jet printer stores cartridge management data containing "ink capacity", "ink total consumption amount", and "cartridge identification information". A host 1 stores host management data containing "ink total consumption amount" and cartridge identific |
| 6649562 |
Methanol-decomposing catalyst and methanol-decomposing apparatus comprising same |
November 18, 2003 |
| A methanol-decomposing catalyst comprises catalytically active components containing copper and zinc, and a carrier composed of zirconia and/or titania and ceria for supporting the catalytically active components. The methanol-decomposing catalyst has excellent catalytic activity, thereb |
| 6648459 |
Valve unit in ink supply channel of ink-jet recording apparatus, ink cartridge using the valve u |
November 18, 2003 |
| A valve unit in an ink supply channel of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the ink supply channel having an upstream side and a downstream side, the valve unit comprising a diaphragm valve having a thin elastic diaphragm operating in response to pressure difference between an upstream side |
| 6634738 |
Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus |
October 21, 2003 |
| An ink cartridge for an ink jet printing apparatus having a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium and an ink supply needle introducing ink to the printhead, the ink cartridge having a substantially rectangular housing containing ink therein, the housing having a fir |
| 6602815 |
Exhaust system comprising a heat-resistant HC adsorbent |
August 5, 2003 |
| An exhaust system comprising a heat-resistant HC adsorbent comprising an MFI metallo-silicate including at least one of gallium (Ga) and indium (In) as a skeleton forming element, and a metal component ME including at least one of an alkali metal and an alkali earth metal in a content of |
| 6576208 |
Catalyst for selective oxidation and elimination of carbon monoxide present in hydrogen-containi |
June 10, 2003 |
| A catalyst for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide present in a hydrogen-containing gas is provided in which the catalyst comprises ruthenium supported on an alumina hydrate. This catalyst has a high selective oxidation activity to carbon monoxide. A carbon monoxide elimination me |
| 6562499 |
Catalyst and method for selectively oxidizing carbon monoxide in hydrogen-containing gas and sol |
May 13, 2003 |
| A catalyst for selectively oxidizing carbon monoxide in a hydrogen-containing gas comprises an alumina hydrate carrier and at least platinum supported thereon. With an aluminum hydrate as a carrier, the catalyst is resistant to deactivation which would be caused by an oxygen-containi |
| 6554412 |
Ink cartridge, ink jet recorder, and method of mounting ink cartridge |
April 29, 2003 |
| An ink supply port is sealed with a seal material made up of two layers of at least a physical protective layer and an airtight hold layer and formed with slits in the physical protective layer. When ink cartridge is mounted, a tip of an ink introduction member breaks the seal material |
| 6547363 |
Ink cartridge, ink jet type printing apparatus using the same, and ink cartridge change control |
April 15, 2003 |
| An ink cartridge which has an IC memory for holding information about the cartridge. At the time the ink cartridge is to be installed in a printing apparatus, its insertion is inhibited at a position before installation by a lock mechanism. In this state, the information in the IC memory |
| 6502916 |
Ink jet printing device and an ink cartridge |
January 7, 2003 |
| An ink jet printing device includes: first storage means, provided on a printhead, for storing data of a type of the printhead, second storage means, provided on an ink cartridge, for storing data of a kind of ink contained in the ink cartridge and types of printheads compatible with the |
| 6460981 |
Ink jet recording head having spacer with etched pressurizing chambers and ink supply ports |
October 8, 2002 |
| A pressurizing chamber 1 is formed as a recess by half etching of a silicon single-crystal substrate 2. A nozzle communicating hole 6 through which the pressurizing chamber 1 is connected to a nozzle opening 5 is formed as a through hole which is smaller in width than the pressurizing ch |
| 6390616 |
Method for manufacturing ink cartridges |
May 21, 2002 |
| The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ink cartridge. The ink cartridge has a container having storage chambers and porous members for holding ink. The porous member is stored in the corresponding storage chambers. The container has ink supply ports for conduc |
| 6390611 |
Ink jet recording apparatus, sub-tank unit adapted thereto, and ink droplet ejection capability |
May 21, 2002 |
| An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, which comprises a sub-tank unit mounted on a carriage for supplying ink to an ink jet record head and an ink replenishment unit connected to a main tank installed on a housing by a duct and being able to be connected to and disconnected from the |
| 6361138 |
Ink jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge |
March 26, 2002 |
| An ink cartridge (1, 2) is provided with a rewritable storage system (32, 42). The storage system stores therein data concerning the operation history of a cleaning system in a rewritable mode. The cleaning operation that has been performed during the actual use of the printing apparatus |
| 6302531 |
Valve unit in ink supply channel of ink-jet recording apparatus, ink cartridge using the valve u |
October 16, 2001 |
| A valve unit in an ink supply channel of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the ink supply channel having an upstream side and a downstream side, the valve unit having a diaphragm valve having a thin elastic diaphragm operating in response to pressure difference between an upstream side and |
| 6290877 |
Method of starting and stopping methanol reforming apparatus and apparatus for supplying fuel to |
September 18, 2001 |
| The present invention presents: (1) a starting method that is capable of quickly switching to the reforming process after warming up a catalyst; (2) a fuel supplying apparatus that is capable of maintaining a stable supply of a mixed water-methanol solution while preventing water from |
| 6286942 |
Ink jet recording head with mechanism for positioning head components |
September 11, 2001 |
| In an ink jet recording head, after a plate-shaped piezoelectric element is positioned and fixed onto a fixing plate, the piezoelectric element is sliced into a large number of vibrators and the leading ends of the vibrators are embracingly held in positioning holes 33 respectively forme |
| 6139132 |
Ink jet recording head with nozzle communicating hole having smaller width than pressurizing cha |
October 31, 2000 |
| A pressurizing chamber 1 is formed as a recess by half etching of a silicon single-crystal substrate 2. A nozzle communicating hole 6 through which the pressurizing chamber 1 is connected to a nozzle opening 5 is formed as a through hole which is smaller in width than the pressurizing ch |
| 6117400 |
HC emission control member for exhaust gas |
September 12, 2000 |
| An HC emission control member includes an HC adsorbing layer on a carrier and an HC oxidizing layer on the HC adsorbing layer. The hydrophobic property of the HC adsorbing layer is enhanced, so that satisfactory adsorption and desorption of HC could be obtained. |
| 6096674 |
Heat-resistant HC adsorbent |
August 1, 2000 |
| An HC adsorbent has an MFI-type metallo-silicate including at least one of gallium and indium as a framework forming element, and aluminum (Al) in the MFI-type metallo-silicate in a content of Al.ltoreq.0.05% by weight. Such an HC adsorbent has an excellent heat-resistance. |
| 6048052 |
Ink jet recording head |
April 11, 2000 |
| In an ink recording head having at least four nozzle opening rows, each row having nozzle openings so as to extend straightly in a sheet forward direction, the nozzle opening rows are staggered by a single dot in the sheet forward direction in an order different from the physically arran |
| 5956058 |
Ink jet print head with improved spacer made from silicon single-crystal substrate |
September 21, 1999 |
| An ink jet printer head includes a spacer including pressure generating chambers continuous to nozzle openings, ink supply paths, and reservoirs, a cover member for covering the pressure generating chambers in a sealing fashion, and pressure generating means for generating pressure in th |
| 5923351 |
Vibrating plate for an ink jet recording head which causes ink to be discharged from a pressure |
July 13, 1999 |
| In an ink jet recording head in which pressure chambers are formed by fastening a vibration plate to a nozzle-opening contained member, and piezoelectric vibrators, which extend and contract in the axial direction, are fastened at the fore ends to the region of the vibration plate, i |
| 5786833 |
Piezoelectric driver for an ink jet recording head, including front end plate having front end f |
July 28, 1998 |
| In a piezo-electric driver for an ink jet recording head, conductive layers are laminated as an active region in a piezo-electric plate except the front and rear end portions thereof to provide front and rear inactive portions, a pressure facilitating front end plate and a vibrator coupl |
| 5764257 |
Ink jet recording head |
June 9, 1998 |
| In an ink jet recording head, after a plate-shaped piezoelectric element is positioned and fixed onto a fixing plate, the piezoelectric element is sliced into a large number of vibrators and the leading ends of the vibrators are embracingly held in positioning holes 33 respectively forme |
