A processing device includes a support table to support a sheet medium, a sheet cutter to cut the medium supported on the support table, a cutter holder to move the sheet cutter in a toward-away direction in which the sheet cutter moves toward and away from the support table, and a cutter transporter to move the cutter holder in a cutting direction that is orthogonal to a transport direction of the medium. The cutter holder includes a holder movable in the toward-away direction and that holds the sheet cutter, an actuator including a rod that extends or retracts, a link connected to the rod and the holder, and a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the link so that the holder moves in the toward-away direction in response to extension or retraction of the rod.
B65H 35/06 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with blade, e.g. shear-blade, cutters or perforators
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J 15/02 - Web rolls or spindles; Attaching webs to cores or spindles
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A three-dimensional shaping apparatus 10 comprises a rotatable laminating roller 31, a drive device 33 that rotates the laminating roller 31, a detection device 34 that detects a rotation position of the laminating roller 31, and the moving device 20 that moves the laminating roller 31 at least from above a supply table 42 to above a shaping tank 50. The three-dimensional shaping apparatus 10 is configured to control the drive device 33 on the basis of the rotation position of the laminating roller 31 detected by the detection device 34 to match the position of the laminating roller 31 moving above the shaping tank 50 in the moving direction X and the rotation position of the laminating roller 31 each other.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
A three-dimensional fabrication device 10 comprises: a lamination roller 31 that is configured as rotatable and provided at a predetermined height above a supply table 42 and a fabrication table 52; a drive device 33 that rotates the lamination roller 31; and a movement device 20 that moves the lamination roller 31 at least between over the supply table 42 and over the fabrication table 52. The three-dimensional fabrication device 10 moves the lamination roller 31 at least from over the supply table 42 to over the fabrication table 52, and forms a layer 210 of a powder material 200 upon the fabrication table 52. After forming the layer 210 of the powder material 200, the three-dimensional fabrication device 10 moves the lamination roller 31 at least to over the supply table 42, while rotating the lamination roller 31 in the direction of travel of the lamination roller 31 as the lamination roller 31 is moved.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
B29C 64/188 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control
The present invention reduces the burden and increases the efficiency of work of recovering a powder material from a shaping tank and returning same to a supply tank. A three-dimensional shaping apparatus 100 includes: a shaping tank 20 in which a three-dimensional shaped object 92 is shaped; a shaping table 24; a supply tank 30 that supplies a powder material 90; and a first screen 80 that is disposed in the shaping tank 20 and extends more upward than an upper position of the shaping table 24. When the shaping table 24 rises after the end of shaping of the three-dimensional shaped object 92, the powder material 90 rises to a comparatively high position while a spill thereof is prevented by the first screen 80. A worker can easily return the powder material 90 to the supply tank 30 by pushing the powder material 90 in one direction of the horizontal direction. The foregoing eliminates the need of work of lifting a scoop or the like from inside the shaping tank 20.
B22F 12/55 - Two or more means for feeding material
B28B 1/30 - Producing shaped articles from the material by applying the material on to a core, or other moulding surface to form a layer thereon
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
The purpose of the present invention is to suppress the falling of powdered material from a laying member into a shaping tank. A three-dimensional shaping apparatus 100 includes: a case 10; a shaping tank 20 provided in the case 10 and including a shaping space 20A in which a powdered material 90 is accommodated and a three-dimensional shaped body 92 is shaped; a spreading member 50 that carries the powdered material 90 from the upstream side of a scanning direction X toward the downstream side and spreads the powdered material 90 in the shaping space 20A; and a cleaning member 110 that is provided in the case 10 so as to be positioned more in the front than the shaping tank 20 and that cleans the spreading member 50 by coming into contact with the spreading member 50.
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
The present invention easily recovers a powder material that has flowed out when spreading the powder material in a shaping space. This three-dimensional shaping device 100 comprises: a housing 10; a shaping tank 20 that is provided to the housing 10 and has a shaping space 20A in which a powder material 90 is accommodated and a three-dimensional object 92 is shaped; a supply tank 30 that is provided to the housing 10 so as to be positioned in front of the shaping tank 20, and that has a storage space 30A for storing the powder material 90 supplied to the shaping space 20A; a spreading member 50 that conveys the powder material 90 to the shaping tank 20 from the supply tank 30 and spreads the powder material 90 in the shaping space 20A; and a first receiving member 121 that is detachably provided to the housing 10 so as to be positioned to the left and right of the supply tank 30, is positioned below an upper end 30T of the supply tank 30, and receives the powder material 90 that has flowed to the outside from the supply tank 30 when the spreading member 50 conveys the powder material 90.
B29C 64/20 - Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
A printer includes a dryer to send an airflow toward a recording medium. The dryer includes a first fan, a second fan, a heater, a first intake port, a first exhaust port with an opening facing toward a platen, a second intake port with an opening facing toward a guide, and a second exhaust port with an opening facing toward the guide. The first fan is operable to draw air through the first intake port, and discharge air toward the platen through the first exhaust port. The second fan is operable to draw air through the second intake port, and discharge air that has been heated by the heater through the second exhaust port.
A printer includes a print carriage including an ink head, a sub-carriage movable relative to the print carriage, a mount surface where a medium is to be mounted, a dryer to dry an ink ejected from the ink head onto the medium. The sub-carriage includes a temperature sensor and is movable relative to the print carriage to measure a temperature on or above the mount surface using the temperature sensor. The dryer is adjusted such that the temperature to be measured approaches a predetermined temperature.
A printer includes a first head including a first nozzle array including first nozzles arranged in a first direction and capable of ejecting a first liquid, a second head including a second nozzle array including second nozzles arranged in the first direction and capable of ejecting a second liquid on the first liquid, a first mover to relatively move the first head, the second head, and a medium in the first direction, and a second mover to move the first head and the second head in a second direction intersecting the first direction. An interval in the first direction between a range of use of the first nozzle array and a range of use of the second nozzle array is changed, while lengths of the range of use of the first nozzle array and the range of use of the second nozzle array in the first direction are respectively maintained.
A damper apparatus includes a damper casing that is movable together with an ink head capable of discharging an ink from a nozzle and includes at least one reservoir chamber capable of reserving therein the ink to be supplied to the ink head and an opening in communication with the reservoir chamber, a damper film to close the opening and being elastically deformable in accordance with a reserved amount of the ink in the reservoir chamber, and at least one pressure detector detachably attached to an external surface of the damper casing to directly detect internal pressure of the reservoir chamber and generate a detection signal.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A printer device (10) includes a carriage (20) provided to be linearly movable and having ink ejection portions (21, 22) carried thereon, cap portions (18, 19) that are brought into close contact with the ink ejection portions (21, 22) to prevent ink from drying, and a shutter mechanism (30) that can cover the cap portions (18, 19) when the ink ejection portions (21, 22) are separated from the cap portions (18, 19). The shutter mechanism (30) includes shutter bodies (60, 90) capable of opening or closing the upper side of the cap portion (18, 19), and a lever member (70) that is connected to the shutter bodies (60, 90) and provided so as to be in contact with the carriage (20).
An image formation device (10) comprises: a recording head (14) capable of discharging liquid drops from a nozzle (15); a cap member (41) that goes up and down to be able to seal a nozzle face (16) of the nozzle (15); a cam shaft (71); a first cam (73) provided on the cam shaft (71); and a motor (80) that drives the cam shaft (71). The cam shaft (71) is rotatable in a first rotation angle range (θ1) from a reference point (P0) to a first direction (CW) and to a second direction (CCW) that is opposite to the first direction (CW), the reference point (P0) being the position of the cam shaft (71) in a rotational direction when the cap member (41) is in the lowermost position (Hcl). The first cam (73) raises the cap member (41) through rotation of the cam shaft (71) from the reference point (P0) within the first rotation angle range (θ1).
The present invention relates to a cap device (30) that is provided to a printer device (10) and is able to seal an ink discharge port (21a). The cap device (30) has: a case main body (40) that has a case bottom part (41) and a case wall part (43) and an open top surface; a cap unit (60) that is integrally supported by the case main body (40) and includes a cap support body (61) and a cap body (62) that can cover the ink discharge port (21a); and an engagement part that enables the attachment and detachment of the case main body (40) and the cap unit (60) to and from a cap device attachment part (90).
An ink cartridge 1 comprises: a case body 2 in the form of a rectangular box, having side wall sections and an open top section; and a cover 3 in the form of a rectangular plate, which has cover side wall sections on long sides inserted into body-side wall sections 2A on the long sides of the case body 2 in an attached state and which detachably covers an opening 2a in the case body 2. The cover 3 has six engaging claws 5 protruding toward the body-side wall sections 2A facing the cover-side wall sections on the two long sides in the attached state. The body-side wall sections 2A of the case body 2 include six engaging holes 6 with which the six engaging claws 5 of the cover-side wall section can be engaged, respectively, and a sliding section 8 which includes an inclined surface 8b extending in the long-side direction and inclined upward in the vicinity of each engaging hole 6 and on which each engaging claw 5 can slide and be guided at the time of attaching/detaching the case 3. Due to this configuration, this ink cartridge enables secure attachment and easy removal of the cover 3. Moreover, the ink cartridge is configured to accommodate a replaceable ink bag 4 within a space formed by the case body 2 and the cover 3.
[Problem] To provide: an ink cartridge that allows easy replacement of ink and that has a securing plate to which an ink pouch can be secured even if the rigidity of a plate material is somewhat poor; and an inkjet printer provided with this ink cartridge. [Solution] An ink cartridge includes: a box body having a bottomed box main body with an opening section in a top surface thereof and a lid for covering the opening section; and a bag body that is secured to the box main body and is filled with ink. The ink cartridge includes a plate member provided with: at least one bent section; and a first flat plate section and another flat plate section that are formed by bending of the bending section. The bag body is affixed to an upper surface of the first flat plate section. When the box body is closed, an end section of the other flat plate section abuts a corner section formed by the box main body and the lid. The first flat plate section is disposed so as to abut the bottom surface of the box main body.
An inkjet printer 10 comprises: a first recording head 50 which ejects, onto a recording medium 5, processing liquid that reacts with ink to fix the ink to the recording medium 5; and a second recording head 60 which ejects the ink onto the recording medium 5. A media selecting unit 102 of a control device 100 is configured to be capable of selecting one rank from among predetermined ranks relating to ink wettability of the recording medium 5. A storage unit 104 stores a table T1 associating the ink wettability rank of the recording medium 5 and a discharge density of the processing liquid ejected by the first recording head 50. A calculating unit 105 calculates the discharge density of the processing liquid on the basis of the ink wettability rank of the recording medium 5 selected by the media selecting unit 102 and the table T1. A processing liquid discharge unit 106 controls the first recording head 50 to discharge the processing liquid onto the recording medium 5 with the discharge density calculated by the calculating unit 105.
[Purpose] To provide a table mover capable of causing a table unit smoothly along slide rail.
[Purpose] To provide a table mover capable of causing a table unit smoothly along slide rail.
[Solution] A table mover 38 includes a table unit 40 including a table carriage 49 to support a table 48, and the table unit40 is movable in sub-scanning directions X along a first slide rail 51 fixed to a left side frame 64 and a second slide rail 52 fixed to a right side frame 65. The table carriage 49 includes: a first left fixer 49DA to which a left fixing bracket 56 coupled to the left slide member 81X to be engaged with the first slide rail 51 is fixed and a first right fixer 49EA to which a right fixing bracket 57 coupled to a right slide member 82X to be engaged with a second slide rail 52 is fixed. The first left fixer 49DA is elastically deformable in main scanning directions Y relative to the left side frame 64.
A test image printer of an inkjet printer causes a test image, including a mark with a predefined shape and usable to correct an image captured by an image capturing device, and a test pattern usable to inspect a plurality of nozzles, to be printed on a recording medium. An image capture controller controls the image capturing device to capture an image of the test image printed on the recording medium. A corrector compares the image of the mark captured by the image capturing device, to the predefined shape of the mark, to calculate a correction value, and corrects the image of the test pattern, captured by the image capturing device, based on the calculated correction value. An inspector inspects the plurality of nozzles based on the image of the test pattern corrected by the corrector.
[Problem] To provide an inkjet printer capable of minimizing wear of an absorber or a wiper due to removal of wiper ink, and preventing harmful effects caused by resultant wear debris. [Solution] As a wiper 8 in a standby position is lifted by a lifting/lowering mechanism 6, an upper surface of the wiper 8 is brought into contact with an absorber 32 disposed over the standby position, and wiper ink attached to the upper surface of the wiper 8 is absorbed by the absorber 32. As a result, the wiper ink is removed. During this time, the wiper 8 and the absorber 32 do not rub against each other, thus minimizing wear of the wiper 8 and the absorber 32. [Selected drawing] FIG. 2
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Computers and their peripherals; computer programs; computer
software, recorded; computer software for processing and
designing data; computer software for operating machines. Computer software design, computer programming, or
maintenance of computer software; providing computer
programs on data networks; providing on-line
non-downloadable computer software; providing on-line
non-downloadable computer software for processing and
designing data; providing on-line non-downloadable computer
software for operating machines; cloud computing;
maintenance of computer software; providing computer
software platforms; software as a service [SaaS].
This printer device (10) includes: a base part (23); an ink discharge part (30) that is provided on the base part (23) and discharges ink; and a lid (40) that covers the ink discharge part (30). The ink discharge part (30) includes an ink absorption member (32) capable of absorbing discharged ink. The lid (40) has an opening (41a) formed such that at least a portion of the ink absorption member (32) can be exposed, and the lid is provided so as to be capable of swinging relative to the ink absorption member (32). The base part (23) is preferably provided with a magnet (27) that can closely adhere to the lid (40) so as to keep the lid (40) in a closed state.
A printer device (10, 10A) comprises: a base unit (23); an ink discharged unit (30) which is provided on the base unit (23) and to which ink is discharged; and a lid body (40, 40A) which is put on the ink discharged unit (30). The ink discharged unit (30) includes an ink absorbing member (32) capable of absorbing discharged ink. The lid body (40, 40A) has an opening (41a) formed to make it possible to expose at least a part of the ink absorbing member (32), and is provided to be swingable with respect to the ink absorbing member (32). The base unit (23) preferably has a magnet (27) capable of closely adhering to the lid body (40, 40A) so that the lid body (40, 40A) is maintained in a closed state.
An inkjet printer includes an ink head, a carriage, and a first discharge controller. The ink head discharges photo-curable ink onto a recording medium. The ink head includes a colored ink nozzle group to discharge colored photo-curable ink, and a transparent ink nozzle group to discharge transparent photo-curable ink. The carriage is equipped with the ink head. The first discharge controller is configured or programmed to, when either one of the carriage and the recording medium makes a single movement, cause the colored ink nozzle group and the transparent ink nozzle group to discharge the colored photo-curable ink and the transparent photo-curable ink, respectively, onto a predetermined region so as to form a colored image and a texture image. The texture image includes the colored photo-curable ink and the transparent photo-curable ink that overlap with each other.
A printer includes a platen to support a medium, a conveyor to convey the medium supported by the platen from an upstream side toward a downstream side in conveyance directions, a tension bar, and a floating bar. The tension bar is downstream of the platen in the conveyance directions and positioned such that a lower surface of the medium conveyed from the platen to the downstream side in the conveyance directions contacts the tension bar. The floating bar is downstream of the platen in the conveyance directions and upstream of the tension bar in the conveyance directions and positioned such that an upper surface of the medium located between the platen and the tension bar contacts the floating bar, and has a center axis freely movable by a predetermined degree.
A three-dimensional printing device includes a printing tank to accommodate a powder material and including an opening in at least a portion thereof, and an ejector facing the opening of the printing tank to eject a curing liquid to cure the powder material toward the opening. The ejector includes nozzle strings each including nozzles side by side in a first direction. The nozzles each eject the curing liquid and are located in each of the nozzle strings at a density of about 1200 dpi or lower in the first direction. The nozzle strings are spaced away from each other by a distance of about 5 mm or longer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/255 - Enclosures for the building material, e.g. powder containers
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B29C 64/393 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
27.
Medical instrument displays and medical instrument display programs
A medical instrument display includes an image storage that stores a plurality of image data of a medical instrument, a data analyzer that searches a plurality of image data stored in the image storage on a certain condition, and a display controller that causes a display to display a first medical instrument image that has been selected from thumbnail images, the thumbnail images being based on a plurality of the image data obtained by the search, and a second medical instrument image in good order, the second medical instrument image being different from the first medical instrument image.
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of a whole image or part thereof
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A printer includes a controller to exercise control so as to print a print layer on or over a medium. The print layer includes a first print region including first protrusions, and a second print region including second protrusions. Any one or more of a size, a height, a planar shape, an arrangement interval, and an arrangement direction of the first protrusions is/are different from a corresponding one or more of a size, a height, a planar shape, an arrangement interval, and an arrangement direction of the second protrusions. An extracted area of about 3 cm by about 3 cm is extracted from any location in the print layer. The first and second print regions are in the extracted area. At least either a number of first print regions or a number of second print regions in the extracted area is more than one.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41M 5/50 - Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Computers and computer peripherals; downloadable and recorded computer programs for controlling the operation of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; computer software, recorded, for monitoring the functioning of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; downloadable and recorded computer software for processing data in the field of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; downloadable and recorded computer software for operating printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers Computer software design, computer programming, and maintenance of computer software; providing computer programs on data networks, namely, providing online, non-downloadable software for controlling the operation of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners metal impact printers, and 3D printers; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software for monitoring the functioning of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software for processing data in the field of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; providing on-line non-downloadable computer software for operating printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; cloud computing featuring software for monitoring the functioning of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; maintenance of computer software; providing online, non-downloadable computer software platforms for controlling the operation of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers; software as a service (SaaS) featuring software for controlling the operation of printing, cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, laser engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters, three dimensional scanners, metal impact printers, and 3D printers
30.
MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DISPLAY PROGRAMS
A medical instrument display includes an image storage that stores a plurality of image data of a medical instrument, a data analyzer that searches a plurality of image data stored in the image storage on a certain condition, and a display controller that causes a display to display a first medical instrument image that has been selected from thumbnail images, the thumbnail images being based on a plurality of the image data obtained by the search, and a second medical instrument image in good order, the second medical instrument image being different from the first medical instrument image.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of a whole image or part thereof
A printer includes an ink head including a nozzle, a damper connected with the ink head, a pressure sensor to detect a damper pressure in the damper, a cap attachable to the ink head so as to cover the nozzle, an upward/downward moving mechanism to move the cap upward and downward with respect to the ink head, a suction pump connected with the cap, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to include a suction controller to execute a suction process to drive the suction pump in a state where the cap is attached to the ink head, a pressure acquisition controller to acquire the damper pressure from the pressure sensor during the suction process, and an upward/downward movement controller to control the cap to move upward toward the ink head when a change amount of the damper pressure is no larger than a reference change amount.
This invention addresses the problem of suitably removing thickened ink adhering to a nozzle surface. A printer 10 comprises an ink head 22 having a nozzle surface 23, a wiper 71 that wipes the nozzle surface 23 at a first position P1, a removing member 72 that comes into contact with the wiper 71 at a second position P2 to remove deposits, a coating mechanism 73 that coats the wiper 71 with a cleaning liquid 85 at a third position P3, a movement mechanism 74 that moves the wiper 71 to the first through third positions P1–P3, and a control device 110. The control device 110 has a first pre-removal control unit 121 that brings the wiper 71 into contact with the removal member 72 at the second position P2, a coating control unit 123 that causes the coating mechanism 73 to coat the wiper 71 with the cleaning liquid 85 at the third position P1 after the control performed by the first pre-removal control unit 121, and a first wiping control unit 125 that uses the wiper 71 to wipe the nozzle surface 23 at the first position P1 after the control performed by the coating control unit 123.
A cap includes a holder and a body fitted into the holder. The body covers a nozzle surface such that an enclosed space is defined between the body and the nozzle surface. The holder includes a first side wall extending upward from a first bottom wall and having a frame shape in a plan view, and a protrusion on an inner surface of the first side wall and extending in an up-down direction. The body includes a second side wall extending upward from a second bottom wall and having a frame shape in the plan view, a lip on an upper end of the second side wall and contactable with the nozzle surface, and a recessed groove in an outer surface of the second side wall, extending in the up-down direction, and in engagement with the protrusion.
A printing apparatus includes a carriage, a carriage mover including a motor to move the carriage, a motor controller configured to control the motor, a power supply configured to selectively apply a first voltage or a second voltage to the motor controller, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage, and a transmitter to transmit a control signal for movement of the carriage when a predetermined control condition is satisfied. The first voltage is a voltage enabling the motor controller to move the carriage at a first speed by the motor. The second voltage is a voltage enabling the motor controller to move the carriage at a second speed by the motor, the second speed being higher than the first speed. The power supply applies the first voltage to the motor controller in a state where the transmitter transmits the control signal.
[Solution] A processing device 10 comprises: a support base 12 that supports a sheet-like medium 5; a sheet cutter 100A that cuts the medium 5 supported by the support base 12; a cutter holding device 100B that moves the sheet cutter 100A in an approaching/distancing direction Z in which to approach or move away from the support base 12; and a cutter moving device 40 that moves the cutter holding device 100B in a cutting direction Y which is orthogonal to a conveyance direction X of the medium 5. The cutter holding device 100B includes a holder 120 that is capable of moving in the approaching/distancing direction Z and that holds the sheet cutter 100A, an actuator 140 that includes a rod 141 which extends and retracts, a link member 150 that is connected to the rod 141 and to the holder 120, and a rotation axis 171b that rotatably supports the link member 150 such that the holder 120 moves in the approaching/distancing direction Z in response to the extension and retraction of the rod 141.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B41J 23/14 - Mechanism driven through an oscillating or reciprocating member
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
A printer includes a first guide disposed downstream of a platen in a sub-scanning direction to guide movement of a recording medium, a second guide disposed below the first guide and downstream of the first guide in the sub-scanning direction to guide movement of the recording medium, and a dryer facing the first guide and the second guide to send air toward the recording medium. The dryer includes a body case including an outlet port that is open toward the second guide, a fan to send air toward the recording medium through the outlet port, and a heater to heat air sent by the fan. The first guide has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the second guide.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an inkjet printer equipped with a drying device capable of accelerating the drying of water-based ink ejected to a recording medium. A printer (10) comprises a drying device (50) that blows air toward a recording medium (5). The drying device (50) includes a first fan (56), a second fan (66), a heater (67), a first intake port (54), a first discharge port (55) that opens toward a platen (16), a second intake port (64) that opens toward a guide member (14), and a second discharge port (65) that opens toward a guide member (14). The first fan (56) sucks air from the first intake port (54) and discharges air from the first discharge port (55) toward the platen (16). The second fan (66) sucks air from the second intake port (64) and discharges the air heated by the heater (67) from the second discharge port (65).
A medium transportation device includes a support table to support a medium, and a conveyor to transport the medium supported by the support table in a transportation direction. The conveyor includes a driving roller, a rail, and a pinch roller assembly. The driving roller is provided on the support table, extends in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the transportation direction, and is rotatable in the transportation direction. The rail faces the support table and extends in the perpendicular direction. The pinch roller assembly is in engagement with the rail so as to be movable in the perpendicular direction along the rail. The rail includes shorter rails arranged along a line extending in the perpendicular direction.
A printer includes a driving roller to move a medium supported on a support table in a predetermined transportation direction, and pinch roller assemblies each including a pinch roller, a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller, and an actuator provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller. The actuator includes a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller.
An inkjet printer includes a support table supporting a waste liquid tank and being displaceable in accordance with a weight of the waste liquid tank, a first sensor to detect that the support table has reached a first position, a second sensor to detect that the support table has reached a second position, a first determinator to determine that the waste liquid tank is in a near-end state when the support table is detected by the first sensor to have reached the first position, and a notifier to notify a user of the near-end state when the first determinator determines that the waste liquid tank is in the near-end state.
In a light radiation device including an upstream radiation portion, a middle radiation portion and a downstream radiation portion, the upstream radiation portion overlaps a nozzle array in a transportation direction. A controller includes a path controller to control a path operation of ejecting ink from the nozzle array onto a medium while moving a recording head and the light radiation device in a scanning direction, a transportation controller to control a transportation operation of, after the path operation, transporting the medium downstream in the transportation direction by a distance shorter than a length in the transportation direction of the nozzle array, and a first light radiation controller to control the light radiation device, during the path operation by the path controller, to turn on the upstream radiation portion and the downstream radiation portion and to turn off the middle radiation portion.
A printer includes a supporting table to support a recording medium, a recording head located above the supporting table to eject ink toward the supporting table, a first contact detector located above the supporting table and lower than the recording head, an oscillator to vibrate the first contact detector, and a vibration detector to detect vibration of the first contact detector and transmit a signal corresponding to the detected vibration. The printer stores a threshold related to the vibration of the first contact detector and determines that an object has come into contact with the first contact detector when an amount of the vibration detected by the vibration detector is equal to the threshold or less.
A printing jig includes bases to be fitted to a printing apparatus, a first holder fittable to each of the bases, and a second holder fittable to each of the bases. The first holder is able to hold one or more first substrates. The second holder is able to hold one or more second substrates different in size from the first substrate or substrates. The first holder includes a first fitting portion to be fitted to each of the bases. The second holder includes a second fitting portion to be fitted to each of the bases. Each of the bases is structured such that the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are both fittable thereto.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
Provided is a novel inkjet printer that can provide printed matter in which a reduction in printing throughput is suppressed and an apparent sense of discomfort is reduced. The inkjet printer according to the present invention is provided with: a colored nozzle group that ejects colored photocuring ink; a transparent nozzle group that ejects transparent photocuring ink; an ink head that ejects photocuring ink toward a recording medium; a carriage on which the ink head is mounted; and a first ejection control unit that is configured to, when one of the carriage and the recording medium moves once, eject photocuring ink into a prescribed region from the colored nozzle group and the transparent nozzle group and form a colored image and a texture image in which the colored photocuring ink and the transparent photocuring ink overlap each other.
An inkjet printer includes a first light applicator disposed in a second scanning direction relative to a recording head. The first light applicator includes a first upstream light source group at a location corresponding to a location of the recording head in a movement direction of a recording medium, and a first downstream light source group on a downstream side in the movement direction of the recording medium relative to the recording head. The inkjet printer turns off the first upstream light source group and turns on the first downstream light source group during movement of a carriage in a first scanning direction and discharge of first ink from the recording head, and turns on the first upstream light source group and the first downstream light source group during movement of the carriage in the second scanning direction after discharge of the first ink.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is provided, a wiper extending upward to wipe the nozzle surface, a wiper mover to move the wiper in a sub-scanning direction, a wiper cleaner disposed downstream of a carriage and extending downward to remove ink adhering to the wiper, and a controller configured or programmed to control the wiper mover. The controller is configured or programmed to control the wiper mover such that the nozzle surface is wiped by the wiper after bringing the wiper into contact with the wiper cleaner or to bring the wiper into contact with the wiper cleaner after wiping the nozzle surface by the wiper.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Ink jet printers for printing documents and images; Downloadable and recorded computer software for controlling ink jet printers; Computer printers for printing documents and images, equipped with cutting plotters; Downloadable and recorded computer software for controlling computer printers equipped with cutting plotters; Cutting plotters for use with printers; Downloadable and recorded computer software for controlling cutting plotters; Computer printers for printing documents and images; Downloadable and recorded computer software for controlling computer printers
A printer includes: a platen configured to allow a rolled first recording medium and a sheet-like second recording medium to be placed thereon; and a guide table detachably provided on a base member and configured to guide movement of the second recording medium. The platen includes a first platen on which the first recording medium and the second recording medium are placed, and a second platen disposed ahead of the first platen, including an upper surface tilted obliquely downward from the rear toward the front, and configured to guide movement of the first recording medium. The guide table includes a placement portion including a flat upper surface which is located below the first platen and above a portion of the second platen and on which the second recording medium is placed.
Provided is aqueous inkjet ink that can form a printed layer for a transfer film, the aqueous inkjet ink excelling in printing quality, transfer quality, and bending resistance, and being capable of adhering directly to leather. The aqueous inkjet ink contains at least water (A), a pigment (B), a water-soluble organic solvent component (C), a silicone-based surfactant (D), and resin microparticles (E). The ink contains, as the water-soluble organic solvent component (C), 9-27 mass% of at least one substituted butanol selected from the group consisting of 3-methoxy-1-butanol and 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol. The resin microparticles (E) are microparticles of a urethane resin having a glass transition temperature of 0℃ or less. The content of the resin microparticles (E) in the ink is 2.5 mass% or more. The aqueous inkjet ink is used for forming a printed layer for a transfer film.
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
B41M 5/50 - Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
A remote production method according to the present invention includes: a step S01 in which a component group 34 and an assembly work procedure for an assembled article 100 are stored in a host computer 10 on the basis of a production plan; a step S03 in which the component group 34 stored in the host computer 10 is transported to a production site 3A; a step S04 in which the host computer 10 and a terminal 21, provided at the production site 3A, are caused to communicate, and the assembly work procedure is displayed on the terminal 21; a step S06 in which assembly work progress and results are inputted into the terminal 21; a step S07 in which assembly work progress and results are reported to the host computer 10; and a step S11 in which the assembled article 100 is retrieved from the production site 3A after assembly has been completed.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
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(1) Software as a service [SaaS]; providing computer software; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for creating data pertaining to the manufacture and processing of products; Providing online non-downloadable software for printers, cutting machines, die-cutting machines, engraving machines, foils heat transfer machines, metal impact printers, laser engraving machines, 3D printers, medical apparatus, grinding machines for dental and dental technical purposes; Providing online non-downloadable software for maintenance of printers, cutting machines, die-cutting machines, engraving machines, foils heat transfer machines, metal impact printers, laser engraving machines, 3D printers, medical apparatus, grinding machines for dental and dental technical purposes; providing computer programs on data networks, namely, providing on-line non-downloadable software for managing printers, cutting machines, die-cutting machines, engraving machines, foils heat transfer machines, metal impact printers, laser engraving machines, 3D printers, medical apparatus, and managing production data for printers, cutting machines, die-cutting machines, engraving machines, foils heat transfer machines, metal impact printers, laser engraving machines, 3D printers, medical apparatus; providing computer programs on data networks, namely, providing on-line non-downloadable software for managing dental milling machines and managing production data in dental laboratories; Providing online non-downloadable software for ordering printed matter, personal accessories, jewelry, arts, crafts and hand made goods; Providing online non-downloadable software for processing data used to produce printed matter, personal accessories, jewelry, arts, crafts and hand made goods; maintenance of computer software; computer programming; cloud computing; rental of computers; Creation and maintenance of website; Creating and providing a website for sales order management systems; Creating and providing a website for enabling vendors to share orders; Creating and hosting a website featuring information about shops that allows users to create their own printed matter, personal accessories, jewelry, arts, crafts and handmade goods; all aforesaid services NOT being provided in connection with industrial gravure printing, letterpress printing or offset printing machines or in connection with parts of consumables for industrial gravure printing, letterpress printing or offset printing machines
An inkjet printer cleaning system includes an inkjet printer and a cleaning unit. The inkjet printer includes an ink head and a table that faces the ink head and on which a substrate is to be placed. The cleaning unit includes an attachment attachable to and removable from the table, and a cleaner that faces the ink head upon attaching of the attachment to the table.
A liquid detection system 80 is provided with: a liquid accommodating bottle 81 provided with a main body case 82 having a liquid accommodating space 82A; and a detection device 95 that detects the presence or absence of a liquid in the liquid accommodating bottle 81. The liquid accommodating bottle 81 has a first inclined face 83A and a second inclined face 83B that are translucent and arranged plane-symmetrically. The detection device 95 is provided with: a light emitting unit 96 that is arranged in a position facing the first inclined face 83A and emits predetermined light; and a light receiving unit 97 that is arranged in a position facing the second inclined face 83B and receives the light emitted from the light emitting unit 96. The detection device 95 detects the presence or absence of a liquid in the liquid accommodating bottle 81 on the basis of whether the light receiving unit 97 receives the light.
An inkjet printer 10 according to the present invention includes: an ink tank 40 including an ink containing section 50 that can contain ink; an installation mechanism 60 configured such that a refilling container 200 containing ink is enabled to be installed in and removed from the installation mechanism 60, the installation mechanism 60 being connected to the ink containing section 50; an ink head 21 connected to the ink containing section 50 and ejecting ink contained in the ink containing section 50; a carriage 20 on which the ink head 21 is provided; a guide rail 23A with which the carriage 20 is slidably engaged; an actuator 23D moving the carriage 20 along the guide rail 23A; and a printer main body 11 in which the guide rail 23A is provided. The ink tank 40 is provided in the printer main body 11.
Ink is hardly supplied to an ink head in a state of being precipitated inside an ink tank. In a printer 100, an ink tank 71 and an ink head 41 are connected to each other by a first forward flow path 81a, a second forward flow path 81b, and a third forward flow path 81c. Further, the ink tank 71 and the second forward flow path 81b are connected to each other by a return flow path 83. A liquid feed pump 73 is connected to the first forward flow path 81a and the second forward flow path 81b. A negative-pressure open valve mechanism 171 is connected to the third forward flow path 81c and the ink head 41. The negative-pressure open valve mechanism 171 has a second negative-pressure open ink chamber 174. The negative-pressure open valve mechanism 171 is configured to be open when the pressure inside the second negative-pressure open ink chamber 174 is a prescribed open pressure or less.
A printer 10 is provided with: an ink head 40 having a nozzle surface 44 on which a plurality of nozzles 41 are formed; a cap 93 formed to be attachable to and detachable from the ink head 40; a movement mechanism 100 that moves the cap 93 between a cap position CP and a distant position DP; and a shielding unit 130 having a shielding member 132 partially movable to a position overlapping the whole cap 93 in a plan view. The shielding member 132 includes a shielding part 134 movable to a position overlapping the whole cap 93 in a plan view and an opening part 136 at which the cap 93 is exposed in a plan view. The shielding member 132 is configured to be movable to a first position at which the shielding part 132 is positioned above the cap 93 and a second position at which the opening part 136 is positioned below an upper end 93T of the cap 93.
This inkjet printer 10 comprises: an ink head; a cover body 19 which extends in the right/left direction and covers the ink head; an ink refill opening 313 used for refilling ink; an ink tank 151 that stores the ink to be supplied to the ink head. At least a part of the ink tank 151 is disposed below the cover body 19 in the vertical direction thereof, and at least a portion of the ink refill opening 313 is provided so as not to overlap with the cover body 19 in plan view.
An ink supply system 30 according to the present invention comprises: an ink container 40 having a storage space 50a capable of storing ink; an ink amount sensor 100 capable of detecting whether the amount of ink in the storage space 50a is at least a predetermined first amount Q1; a mounting mechanism 60 configured such that a replenishing container 200 storing ink therein is detachable; and a control device 150. The control device 150 transmits a signal if a prescribed condition is satisfied, the prescribed condition including that the ink amount sensor 100 has detected that the ink amount in the storage space 50a is at least the first amount Q1. The ink supply system 30 further comprises at least one of: a warning device 110 that issue a warning upon receiving a signal from the control device 150; and a mechanism 120 for preventing the mounting of the replenishing container 200 onto the mounting mechanism 60 upon receiving a signal from the control device 150.
An inkjet printer according to the present invention is provided with: an ink supply device 170 provided with a hollow case 151; an ink supply flow path; and an ink reflux flow path. The case 151 is provided with: a first member 152 having an ink outlet 152O to which one end of the ink supply flow path is connected; and a second member 153 that is disposed above the first member 152 and that has an ink inlet 153I to which another end of the ink reflux flow path is connected.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Computer controlled printers for commercial or industrial use for printing on two-dimensional and three-dimensional substrates, namely, printing machines in the nature of printing machines for use on sheet metal, silk screen printing machines, printing machines for textiles, printing machines for use on clothing and foot wear, printing machines for wall paper, printing machines for wrapping paper, printing machines for greeting cards, printing machines for signage, printing machines for banners, printing machines for posters, printing machines for use on vehicle bodies, printing machines for use on tools, printing machines for use on utensils, printing machines for use on furniture, printing machines for use on household appliances and decorations, printing machines for use on packaging, printing machines for labels, printing machines for use on three-dimensional product cases, printing machines for use on three-dimensional product trays, printing machines for use on cases to house cosmetic products, printing machines for use on product containers, printing machines for use on medication containers, printing machines for use on food and beverage containers and packaging, and UV printing machines for commercial or industrial use Apparatus controlled by computers, namely, computer monitor displays, printers and x-y plotters; Plotter printers; Cutting plotters for use as sign makers; Combination ink jet printer and cutter; Combination thermal printer and cutter; Printers in the nature of document printers for computers; X-y plotters; Three dimensional scanners; Downloadable and recorded computer programs for controlling cutting machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, and x-y plotters; Replacement parts for all aforesaid goods
Machines, namely, heat transfer presses; Machines, namely, laser heat transfer presses; Cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines for the treatment of metal, wood, ceramics, stones and plastics for home and business use; Power operated computerized machines for the treatment of metal, wood, ceramics, stones and plastics, namely, cutters, drillers and grinders; Engraving machines; Laser engraving machines; Three dimensional modeling machines being 3D printers; 3D printers; Replacement parts for all aforesaid goods
Machines, namely, heat transfer presses; machines, namely, laser heart transfer presses; cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines for the treatment of metal, wood, ceramics, stones and plastics for home and business use; power operated computerized machines for the treatment of metal, wood, ceramics, stones and plastics, namely, cutters, drillers and grinders; engraving machines; laser engraving machines; three dimensional modeling machines being 3d printers; 3d printers; replacement parts for all aforesaid goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Apparatus controlled by computers, namely, displays, printers and x-y plotters; plotter printers; cutting plotters for use as sign makers; combination ink jet printer and cutter; combination thermal printer and cutter; computer printers; x-y plotters; three dimensional scanners; computer programs for controlling cutting machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters; and replacement parts for the above-mentioned goods.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Synthetic resins for 3D printers; light curing resins; unprocessed synthetic resins; unprocessed plastics in all forms; Zirconia. Zirconia for teeth, crowns and bridges for dental use; zirconia-based restorations for dental prostheses; dental resins for teeth, crowns and bridges; Dental resin for temporary bridges, crowns and veneers; dental waxes; ceramics, zirconia and silica mixed dental resins; hybrid resins for dental use; glass ceramics for dental use; dental ceramics; artificial dental materials; Synthetic materials for dental use for filling; materials for crowns and bridges for dental use and for oral prophylaxis; composite materials for dental and dental technical purposes; dental materials. 3D printers and their fittings and accessories; metal cutting machines and tools; glass cutting machines and machine tools; ceramics cutting machines and machine tools; resin cutting machines and machine tools; synthetic resin cutting machines and machine tools; leather cutting machines and machine tools; stone cutting machines and machine tools; wood cutting machines and machine tools; metal engraving machines and machine tools; glass engraving machines and machine tools; ceramics engraving machines and machine tools; resin engraving machines and machine tools; synthetic resin engraving machines and machine tools; leather engraving machines and machine tools; stone engraving machines and machine tools; wood engraving machines and machine tools; metalworking machines and tools; glass working machines; ceramics working machines; resin working machines; synthetic resin working machines and machine tools; leather working machines and machine tools; stone working machines and machine tools; wood working machines and machine tools. Computer software for supporting cleaning operation of surgical instruments by reading barcodes marked on used surgical instruments and showing process and procedure of cleaning surgical instruments, and the computer storing the aforementioned software; computer software for management of surgical instruments to confirm whether or not surgical instruments are prepared and use history, cleaning history and sterilization history of the used surgical instruments, and the computer storing the aforementioned software; computer software used for medical examination and diagnosis; software for dental CAD; software for dental CAM [computer-aided manufacturing]; software for dental laboratory machines; software for medical machines and apparatus; software for 3D printers; bar code readers for reading bar code attached to medical equipments; software for bar code reader; computer software for metalworking machines and tools; computer software for glass working machines; computer software for ceramics working machines; computer software for resin working machines; computer software for synthetic resin working machines and tools; computer software for leather working machines and tools; computer software for stone working machines and tools; computer software for wood working machines and tools; computer software; telecommunication machines and apparatus. CAD/CAM [computer-aided manufacturing] apparatus for dental purposes; dental laboratory machines; cutting machines for dental and dental technical purposes; polishing machines for dental and dental technical purposes; sharpening machines for dental and dental technical purposes; Dental apparatus and instruments; medical machines and instruments.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Apparatus controlled by computers, namely, displays, printers and x-y plotters; plotter printers; cutting plotters for use as sign makers; combination ink jet printer and cutter; combination thermal printer and cutter; computer printers; x-y plotters; three dimensional scanners; computer programs for controlling cutting, drilling, grinding and engraving machines, power operated computerized machine cutters, drillers and grinders, engraving machines, three dimensional modeling machines, plotter printers, cutting plotters for use as sign makers, printing and cutting machines, computer printers, x-y plotters and three dimensional scanners; and replacement parts for the above-mentioned goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Downloadable software for operating, using, controlling and managing printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Downloadable software to access and provide operational status, operational error status, expected and actual operational and performance statistics, profit and loss information from the operating of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and to generate and purchase reports on the forgoing information for e-commerce sites that sell such consumables; Downloadable software for accessing information, statistics, costs, usage rates and levels of consumables, status of consumables and purchase of consumables used by printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and providing information and web links for e-commerce sites that sell such consumables; Downloadable software for accessing and providing maintenance status, required and recommended maintenance, maintenance information and procedures, equipment specification and settings, inspections procedures and repair procedures and information and expected or predicted problems or breakdown of printing plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and for requesting repair and maintenance services and warranty extensions for printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Downloadable software notifying of firmware updates for printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and providing a portal for downloading and installing firmware updates; Downloadable software for accessing purchase and sales agreements, and operational and repair manuals for printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Downloadable software to generate billing documents from the incurred costs and profit rate from operating printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Downloadable software to access a chat bot or a chat room for consultations and for providing social networking site with other users regarding the operation, use, set up, performance, maintenance, repair, inspection and purchase of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, as well as consumables of such machines; Downloadable software to enable users of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines to share and subcontract customer orders with other users; Downloadable software with consulting feature which automatically provides guidance on requests from the users of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines regarding the operation, setup, use, control, management, profitability, inspection, maintenance, repair, purchase and sale of such machines; all aforesaid goods not being or not for use with or as parts or consumables for industrial gravure printing, letterpress printing or offset printing machines Providing online non-downloadable software for operating, using, controlling and managing printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Providing online non-downloadable software to access and provide operational status, operational error status, expected and actual operational and performance statistics, profit and loss information from the operating of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and to generate and purchase reports on the forgoing information; Providing online non-downloadable software for accessing information, statistics, costs, usage rates and levels of consumables, status of consumables and purchase of consumables used by printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and providing information and web links for e-commerce sites that sell such consumables; Providing online non-downloadable software for accessing and providing maintenance status, required and recommended maintenance, maintenance information and procedures, equipment specification and settings, inspections procedures and repair procedures and information and expected or predicted problems or breakdown of printing plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and for requesting repair and maintenance services and warranty extensions for printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Providing online non-downloadable software notifying of firmware updates for printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, and providing a portal for downloading and installing firmware updates; Providing online non-downloadable software for accessing purchase and sales agreements, and operational and repair manuals for printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Providing online non-downloadable software to generate billing documents from the incurred costs and profit rate from operating printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines; Providing online non-downloadable software to access a chat bot or a chat room for consultations and for providing social networking site with other users regarding the operation, use, set up, performance, maintenance, repair, inspection and purchase of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines, as well as consumables of such machines; Providing online non-downloadable software to enable users of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines to share and subcontract customer orders with other users; Providing online non-downloadable software with consulting feature which automatically provides guidance on requests from the users of printing, plotting, cutting, engraving, drilling, grinding, milling and three-dimensional modeling machines regarding the operation, setup, use, control, management, profitability, inspection, maintenance, repair, purchase and sale of such machines; all aforesaid goods not being or not for use with or as parts or consumables for industrial gravure printing, letterpress printing or offset printing machines
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Computer software; downloadable computer-software and non-downloadable software provided online; Software for the management of machineries for users; all aforesaid goods NOT being or NOT for use with or as parts or consumables for industrial gravure printing, letterpress printing or offset printing machines. Software as a service [SaaS]; providing software for managing machinery for users; providing software providing a web link to e-commerce sites selling consumables; software repair and maintenance; providing software providing a navigational guide for maintenance of machines; providing software calculating profits and losses by inputting usage of consumables, fixed expense as well as the planned sales price; providing software making billing documents from incurred costs and profit rate; providing software allowing users to request repair services from system engineers online; providing software generating reports of machinery health, costs, profits, etc; Computer software advisory services; providing software providing a chat bot for consultation services; providing software providing order sharing platforms, in which users can share orders from their customers with each other; providing software providing online social networking services for users; providing software providing online chat room in which users can consult with a call center in real time; providing software foreseeing emerging problems with machines and suggesting the measures of maintenance to be taken; providing software allowing users to buy consumables online, such as inks, printing papers, materials, parts; providing software allowing to buy output data; providing software allowing users to acquire know-how to use, repair and maintain machines and their parts, and consult with engineers; all aforesaid services not being or not for use for industrial gravure printing, letterpress printing or offset printing machines.
In a light irradiation device 50 having an upstream side irradiation unit 52, an intermediate irradiation unit 53, and a downstream side irradiation unit 54, the upstream side irradiation unit 52 overlaps a nozzle array 44 in a conveyance direction X. A control device 60 is provided with: a pass control unit 63 that performs a pass operation to eject ink from the nozzle array 44 onto a medium M, while causing a recording head 41 and the light irradiation device 50 to move in a scanning direction Y; a conveyance control unit 64 that controls a conveyance operation to convey the medium M to a downstream side in the conveyance direction X at a distance shorter than the length of the nozzle array 44 in the conveyance direction X after the pass operation; and a first light irradiation control unit 65 that controls the light irradiation device 50 to light the upstream side irradiation unit 52 and the downstream side irradiation unit 54 and extinguish the intermediate irradiation unit 53 during the pass operation of the pass control unit 63.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inkjet printer with which it is possible to accurately grasp that a waste liquid tank has become full, and that the waste liquid tank is near full, without performing a complex calculation. The inkjet printer 10 comprises: a support base 43 that supports the waste liquid tank 41 and deforms in accordance with the weight of the waste liquid tank 41; a first sensor 46 that detects that the support base 43 has reached a first position P1; a second sensor 47 that detects that the support base 43 has reached a second position; a first determination unit 53 that determines that the waste liquid tank 41 is in a near-end state when the first sensor 46 detects that the support base 43 has reached the first position P1; and a notification unit 55 that notifies a user about the near-end state when the first determination unit 53 has determined the near-end state.
A printer can comprise a supporting wall that extends in a primary scanning direction, a table that is positioned lower than the supporting wall and that is structured so as to be able to move in a secondary scanning direction, a guide rail equipped on the supporting wall that extends in the primary scanning direction, a head carriage that is provided slidably on the guide rail and that can move in the primary scanning direction, an ink head mounted on the head carriage, and a partitioning wall that is positioned lower than the supporting wall and to a side of the table in the primary scanning direction and that extends in the secondary scanning direction and the vertical direction. When the table is positioned at the maximally downstream position along the secondary scanning direction, the upstream end portion of the table is positioned further downstream of the supporting wall and further upstream than the downstream end portion of the partitioning wall.
A printer can comprise an ink head for discharging ink toward a printing medium, and a blowing device for blowing air against the printing medium. The blowing device can comprise a first case that is disposed further rearward, in a direction of movement, than the ink head. The first case can have a first air intake opening for taking in air of the vicinity of the printing medium, a first fan for drawing in air from the first air intake opening and expelling air from a first outlet opening. A second case can be positioned further rearward, in the movement direction Y1, than the first air intake opening, and can have a second air intake opening that opens facing upward and a second fan for drawing in air from the second air intake opening and expelling air toward the printing medium from a second outlet opening. The magnitude of the airflow of the first fan can be less than the magnitude of the airflow of the second fan.
A waste fluid quantity measuring device can comprise a waste fluid tank for recovering a waste fluid, a placement platform on which the total mass of the waste fluid tank acts, a motive force portion for moving at least a portion of the placement platform from a first position to a second position, with a constant force. A sensor can measure a position of the placement platform and a measuring portion can move the placement platform and measure a movement time of the placement platform to the second position, based on a measurement result by the sensor. An evaluating portion can evaluate a state of storage of waste fluid of the waste fluid tank based on the movement time measured by the measuring portion and a correspondence of the movement time and the quantity of waste fluid within the waste fluid tank.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Computer software; computer software applications for use in creating and designing websites and online web shops, in particular for sign craft industries, print service providers and sign makers; computer software platforms.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Ink for inkjet printers; Filled ink cartridges for inkjet printers; Printing inks Computer document printers; Computer printers, namely, plotter printers; Computer printers with cutters, namely, combination plotters with cutters, in particular cutting machines for use as sign makers sold as a unit; Computer printers with cutters, namely, combination ink jet document printers with cutters, in particular cutting machines for use as sign makers sold as a unit; Computer printers with cutters, namely, combination thermal computer printers with cutters, in particular, cutting machines for use as sign makers sold as a unit; Computer document printers; and replacement parts therefor for the aforementioned goods
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Ink for inkjet printers; inkjet cartridges for inkjet printers; toner cartridges for laser printers; printing inks. Printers and x-y plotters; plotter printers; cutting plotters for use as sign makers; combination ink jet printer and cutter; combination thermal printer and cutter; computer printers; replacement parts for the above-mentioned goods.
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Ink jet printer and non-transitory recording medium storing computer program for cleaning
A printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface including nozzles, a cap including an end portion contactable with the nozzle surface, a suction device, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores a suction position, a free suction position, and a minute open position located between the suction position and the free suction position. The controller performs a suction process in which the cap is located at the suction position and ink is sucked from the nozzles, and a minute open position process in which the cap is moved toward a minute open position and movement of the cap is stopped with the cap located at a minute open position, after the suction process.
A drive signal W for a liquid dispensing device according to the present invention has a dispensing waveform section We, a flat section Wf, and a contraction waveform section Wc. The dispensing waveform part We is provided with an expansion section We1 for causing a pressure chamber 23 to expand by causing the potential of an actuator 26 to change, and a contraction section We2 for causing the pressure chamber 23 to contract by causing the potential of the actuator 26 to change. The flat section Wf is generated after the dispensing waveform part We, and the potential of the actuator 26 is constant for the flat section Wf. The contraction waveform section Wc is generated after the flat section Wf and causes the pressure chamber 23 to contract by causing the potential of the actuator 26 to change.
A cutting machine can be configured to set a cutting line with respect to a cutting material that is placed on a supporting platform, cut the cutting material along one cutting line that intersect with and changes direction at a second cutting line at a corner portion, leaving a part of the cutting material connected along a predetermined distance from a point of intersection of the corner portion, and cutting along the other cutting line so as to not leave a connected part, up to a predetermined distance from the point of intersection of the corner portion.
A nozzle surface is wiped by a wiper in a state in which ink attached to the wiper is reduced. A printer 10 comprises: an ink head 50 that has a nozzle surface 50a in which a nozzle 51 is formed; a wiper 92 that extends upward and wipes the nozzle surface 50a; a wiper movement mechanism 95 that causes the wiper 92 to move in a sub-scanning direction X; a wiper cleaner 98 that is arranged downstream of a carriage 30, extends downward, and removes ink attached to the wiper 92; and a control device 80 that controls the wiper movement mechanism 95. The control device 80 controls the wiper movement mechanism 95 to wipe the nozzle surface 50a by the wiper 92 after bringing the wiper 92 into contact with the wiper cleaner 98 or bring the wiper 92 into contact with the wiper cleaner 98 after wiping the nozzle surface 50a by the wiper 92.
PRINTING TEMPLATE GENERATING DEVICE, PRINTING ORDER DEVICE AND PRINTING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PREPARING PRINTING TEMPLATE
Provided is a printing template generating device which generates a printing template including image data which is to be printed on the item to be printed. This printing template generating device comprises: a display unit; an object input unit to which is input object data including information about objects 90, 91 which are constituent elements of the image data, setting information to indicate whether to apply special surface processing using transparent ink to the object; and a display data generating unit that generates display data for superimposing, on the object 91 to which special surface processing is applied, a visible mark 92 indicating that special surface processing is to be performed, and for displaying on the display unit.
Provided is a method for collecting ideas pertaining to a target product and using the ideas to create a new product. The method is executed using a computer in order to create the new product. The method comprises a reception step for receiving, from users, ideas pertaining to a product, a transmission step for transmitting, to specific users belonging to a preset community, the received ideas pertaining to the product, a reaction collection step for collecting, from the specific users, reactions to the transmitted ideas pertaining to the product, and a use step for using the collected reactions.
Provided is a method for collecting ideas pertaining to a target product and using the ideas to create a new product. The idea use method is executed using a computer in order to create the new product. The method comprises a theme setting step for setting a prescribed theme for a product, a reception step for receiving, from users, ideas for the product following the theme, and a use step for using the received ideas pertaining to the product. The method may also comprise a transmission step for transmitting to specific users belonging to a preset community, and a reaction collection step for collecting, from the specific users, reactions to the ideas pertaining to the product that were transmitted to said users.
Provided is a method for collecting ideas pertaining to a target product and using the ideas to create a new product. The method is executed using a computer in order to create the new product. The method comprises a reception step for receiving, from users, ideas pertaining to a product, a transmission step for transmitting, to users, the received ideas pertaining to the product, a reaction collection step for collecting, from users, reactions to the transmitted ideas pertaining to the product, and a use step for using the collected reactions.
An inkjet printer includes a first ink head, an ink collector, and an intermittent flushing controller. The first ink head includes a first sub-head that includes a first nozzle to discharge first ink, a second sub-head that includes a second nozzle to discharge second ink different from the first ink, and a nozzle surface provided with the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The ink collector collects the ink discharged from the first ink head. The intermittent flushing controller performs an intermittent flushing operation for at least the first sub-head. The intermittent flushing operation involves repeating a first operation and a second operation for a predetermined number of iterations. The first operation involves discharging the first ink into the ink collector from the first nozzle a predetermined number of times. The second operation involves being on standby for a predetermined time without discharging the first ink from the first nozzle.
A printer includes a platen on which a recording medium is placed, an ink head including a nozzle that discharges ink onto the recording medium placed on the platen and that moves in a main scanning direction, an upstream guide located on an upstream side of the platen in a secondary scanning direction and that guides the recording medium, the upstream guide including an upper surface tilted obliquely downward from a downstream side to the upstream side in the secondary scanning direction, and grit rollers provided in the platen and that move the recording medium in the secondary scanning direction. The upstream guide is recessed from the upper surface of the upstream guide, and includes a concave recess that indicates a position of each of the grit rollers in the main scanning direction so that a position of the grit roller is easily acknowledged when the recording medium is placed on the platen.
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B65H 35/04 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators
B65H 29/20 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders
A printer includes a medium supplier including a shaft support, to which a supply shaft of a roll medium is detachably attached, a medium temporary placement support located below the shaft support of the medium supplier and that receives and supports the roll medium prior to being attached to the medium supplier, and a conveyor that conveys a medium in a conveyance direction that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the supply shaft, the medium being unwound from the supply shaft. The medium temporary placement support includes a support bar that extends in the axial direction, and a placement seat supported by the support bar. The placement seat includes a placement surface on which the roll medium is placed and that extends in the conveyance direction, and a curved portion that includes a convex curve in an upstream end portion of the placement surface in the conveyance direction.
A printer includes a main power supply switch to drive a controller, and a sub-power supply switch to enable printing on a recording medium. The controller includes a memory that stores a turn-on frequency of turning on of the sub-power supply per a unit time in a predetermined period of a predetermined first duration, a calculator that calculates a sum of the turn-on frequency in a predetermined second duration for each of predetermined second durations starting at different start times, in the predetermined period, a specifier that specifies, as a specified start time, a start time of the predetermined second duration for which the sum calculated by the calculator is at a maximum, and a cleaner that performs a cleaning operation of discharging ink from at least the nozzles at the specified start time.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
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Wiping assembly for liquid ejection head and ink jet printer
A wiping assembly for a liquid ejection head includes a wiper including a first wiper surface facing in a first direction and a second wiper surface facing in a second direction, a wiper cleaner, a mover, and a controller. A protruding portion of the wiper cleaner includes a first cleaning surface facing in the second direction and a second cleaning surface facing in the first direction. The controller controls the mover to move at least one of the wiper and the wiper cleaner in at least one of the first and second directions from a state in which the wiper is located farther in the second direction than the protruding portion to bring the first wiper surface into contact with the first cleaning surface, and to move the at least one of the wiper and the wiper cleaner in at least one of the first and second directions from a state in which the wiper is located farther in the first direction than the protruding portion to bring the second wiper surface into contact with the second cleaning surface.
A pointer includes a case housing an LED device and including a light emission hole through which light from the device is emitted to an external space, a first plate between the device and the light emission hole and including a first light passage hole that allows passage of the light from the device, and a second plate between the first plate and the light emission hole and including a second light passage hole that allows passage of the light having passed through the first light passage hole. The light passage holes and the light emission hole are located on a central axis of the device. The device and the first and second plates are disposed such that H/2
G02B 27/20 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for optical projection, e.g. combination of mirror and condenser and objective for imaging minute objects, e.g. light-pointer
F21K 9/62 - Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction using mixing chambers, e.g. housings with reflective walls
F21V 11/08 - Screens not covered by groups , , or using diaphragms containing one or more apertures
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
F21V 11/12 - Screens not covered by groups , , or using diaphragms containing one or more apertures of slot type
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 2/45 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using arrays of radiation sources using light-emitting diode arrays
F21V 11/10 - Screens not covered by groups , , or using diaphragms containing one or more apertures of iris type
F21K 9/68 - Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction - Details of reflectors forming part of the light source
F21V 11/14 - Screens not covered by groups , , or using diaphragms containing one or more apertures with many small apertures
A photo-curing inkjet printer includes a bed, a discharger, a light applicator, and a conveyor. The bed includes a printable region defined in advance. A substrate is placed on the bed. The discharger discharges photo-curable ink. The light applicator applies light. The conveyor conveys one of the bed and the discharger relative to the other one of the bed and the discharger in a conveyance direction. The discharger includes a row of nozzles aligned in the conveyance direction. The nozzles discharge the photo-curable ink. A length of the bed measured from a start end of the bed to a start end of the printable region is longer in the conveyance direction than a length calculated by subtracting a maximum pass width from a length of the row of nozzles of the discharger.
Provided is an inkjet printer including an ink supply device that can be used for a long time. The inkjet printer according to the present invention includes an ink supply device 170. The ink supply device 170 comprises: a hollow case 151; an ink storage chamber 154 that stores ink and has a gas-liquid interface at which air and the ink are in contact with each other; a pressure-sensitive part 161 that constitutes a portion of the ink storage chamber 154 and is displaced by the head pressure of the ink 59 stored in the ink storage chamber 154; and a sensor 164 that directly or indirectly detects the position of the pressure-sensitive part 161.
[Problem] To process a corner portion in a tidy manner. [Solution] (a) A cutting line is set on an object to be cut, which has been placed on a supporting platform; (b) on a cutting line Sc11 among a first cutting line Sc11 and a second cutting line Sc12 creating a corner portion where the cutting line changes direction, a part Sc13 where the object to be cut is not cut, but remains joined, is left a predetermined distance from the point of intersection of the corner portion, and the object to be cut is cut along said one cutting line Sc11, excluding the joined part Sc13; and (c) on the other cutting line Sc12, the object to be cut is cut to a predetermined distance from the point of intersection of the corner portion, without leaving a joined part.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/26 - Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting member; Means for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
A cutting head-including printer includes at least one driving roller, a pair of side pinch rollers, a center pinch roller provided between the pair of side pinch rollers, and a roller moving mechanism that causes the center pinch roller to approach, or to be separated from, the at least one driving roller. The cutting head-including printer sets whether to perform cutting after printing or to perform the printing after the cutting. During the cutting performed after the printing, the cutting head-including printer separates the center pinch roller from the at least one driving roller. During the cutting performed before the printing, the cutting head-including printer locates the center pinch roller at a position where the center pinch roller holds a recording medium together with the at least one driving roller.
A printing apparatus includes a feeder that feeds a medium in a feeding direction, a head including a row of nozzles arranged side by side in the feeding direction and movable in a scanning direction, an irradiator that radiates light onto a region longer in the feeding direction than the nozzle row and that is movable in the scanning direction together with the head, and a controller that alternatingly causes the head to move in the scanning direction and concurrently the nozzles to discharge ink while causing the irradiator to radiate the light, and the feeder to feed the medium in the feeding direction. The controller is capable of dividing the nozzle row into an upstream-side nozzle row and a downstream-side nozzle row located on a downstream side in the feeding direction from the upstream-side nozzle row, and individually controlling discharge of ink from the nozzles of each of the upstream-side nozzle row and the downstream-side nozzle row. The controller is capable of dividing the irradiator into an upstream-side irradiator, an intermediate irradiator adjacent to the upstream-side irradiator on a downstream side in the feeding direction, and a printless region irradiator adjacent to the intermediate irradiator on a downstream side in the feeding direction, and individually controlling lighting and extinguishing of each of the irradiators defined by the division.
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
B41J 2/04 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
B41J 11/44 - Controlling by devices, e.g. programme tape or contact wheel, moved in correspondence with movement of paper-feeding devices, e.g. platen rotation
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MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DISPLAY PROGRAMS
A medical instrument display includes an image storage that stores a plurality of image data of a medical instrument, a data analyzer that searches a plurality of image data stored in the image storage on a certain condition, and a display controller that causes a display to display a first medical instrument image that has been selected from thumbnail images, the thumbnail images being based on a plurality of the image data obtained by the search, and a second medical instrument image in good order, the second medical instrument image being different from the first medical instrument image.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
A cleaning system 1 for inkjet printers according to the present invention comprises an inkjet printer 10 and a cleaning unit 100. The inkjet printer 10 is provided with: ink heads 40A-40D; and a table 30 which is arranged so as to face the ink heads 40A-40D, and on which a print-receiving material 5 is placed. The cleaning unit 100 is provided with: a fitting part 140 which is configured to be capable of being attached to and detached from the table 30; and cleaning members 120A-120H which are arranged so as to face the ink heads 40A-40D when the fitting part 140 is attached to the table 30.
A cleaning unit 100 for inkjet heads according to the present invention is provided with: a base 110; and cleaning members 120A-120H which are provided on the base 110. Each one of the cleaning members 120A-120H has a convex surface S1. The convex surfaces S1 of the cleaning members 120A-120H are configured from a material that absorbs inks, while being flexible.
