A thermal printer includes: a housing; a platen roller supported on the housing so as to be rotatable; a thermal head housed in the housing and arranged so as to be opposed to the platen roller; and a paper guide that forms a sheet passage for a sheet between the housing and the paper guide, and is pivotally supported on the housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis between a guide position at which the sheet is allowed to be fed between the platen roller and the thermal head, and an open position at which the sheet passage for the sheet is exposed.
B41J 13/10 - Sheet holders, retainers, or stationary guides
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A negative electrode case (40) comprises a top portion (42) and a negative electrode case circumferential wall portion (44), and is inserted into the inside of a positive electrode case (20). An inner cylinder portion (45) of the negative electrode case circumferential wall portion (44) has a first curved portion (51) which extends curving downward from the outer circumferential edge of the top portion (42), a second curved portion (52) which extends curving radially outward from the lower end edge of the first curved portion (51), and a third curved portion (53) which extends curving downward from the outer circumferential edge of the second curved portion (52). The curvature radius of an outer surface (52a) of the second curved portion (52) in a vertical cross-section is greater than the curvature radius of an inner surface (51a) of the first curved portion (51) in the vertical cross-section and the curvature radius of an inner surface (53a) of the third curved portion (53) in the vertical cross-section. In the vertical cross-section, the angle θ formed by the axial direction and the common tangent (L) shared by the inner surface (51a) of the first curved portion (51) and the inner surface (53a) of the third curved portion (53) is not less than 40° and less than 60°.
Damage of a liquid jet head from static electricity is prevented. The liquid jet head according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a base member, a jet module mounted on the base member, and configured to jet a liquid, a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle hole configured to jet the liquid, a nozzle guard made of metal and configured to protect the nozzle plate, and a conductive part which has conductivity, is electrically coupled to the jet module and the nozzle guard via the base member, and is configured to couple the nozzle guard to a frame ground.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a head chip each capable of preventing an occurrence of an unwanted processing residual due to laser processing are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member which includes a recess formed of a first laser irradiation trace, and in which a liquid circulates in the recess, and a bonded member which is bonded to the flow channel member so as to close the recess. The flow channel member is provided with a second laser irradiation trace extending along an opening edge of the recess.
XXXX (0 ≤ X < 2) of the negative electrode active material is in the range 3.8–4.9. The molar ratio (Li/LMO) of the lithium (Li) and the lithium manganese oxide (LMO) is 8.0 or less.
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 4/38 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys
H01M 4/48 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides
H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
H01M 10/0568 - Liquid materials characterised by the solutes
H01M 10/0569 - Liquid materials characterised by the solvents
H01M 50/109 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure of button or coin shape
H01M 50/153 - Lids or covers characterised by their shape for button or coin cells
A metal diaphragm according to the present invention comprises a punched member of a rolled metal sheet made of a metal having rolling anisotropy, and has a partially spherical shell shape. The metal diaphragm is characterized by having an identification part located in at least one of a first direction that is a 45°±6° direction around the circumference of the partially spherical shell shape, a second direction that is a 135°±6° direction around the circumference of the partially spherical shell shape, a third direction that is a -45°±6° direction around the circumference of the partially spherical shell shape, and a fourth direction that is a -135°±6° direction around the circumference of the partially spherical shell shape, all with respect to the rolling direction of the rolled metal sheet.
A flexible board and so on capable of easily improving the reliability are provided. The flexible board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a flexible board configured to output a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head having a plurality of nozzles, including a plurality of wiring layers including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer opposed to each other along a direction perpendicular to a surface of the board, one or a plurality of drive devices which are arranged in a first region of the first wiring layer, and which are configured to generate the drive signal configured to jet a liquid from the nozzle, and a deformation suppression part which is disposed in a second region of the second wiring layer, and which is configured to suppress a deformation of the flexible board.
A liquid jet head and so on capable of improving the reliability are provided. A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a jet section including a plurality of nozzles configured to jet a liquid, a drive board having a first surface on which a single drive device or a plurality of drive devices for outputting a drive signal for jetting the liquid from the nozzles to the jet section is disposed, a heat radiation member which is disposed at the first surface side in the drive board, and which is configured to cool the drive device, a pressing member which is disposed at a second surface side opposed to the first surface in the drive board, and which is configured to press the drive board against the heat radiation member, and a fixation part configured to fix a part of the pressing member to the drive board. An arrangement area of the drive device extends along a first direction in the first surface, and the fixation part is disposed in a region along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the first surface with reference to an arrangement position of the drive device.
A flexible board and so on capable of improving the reliability are provided. The flexible board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a flexible board configured to output a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head having a plurality of nozzles, including at least one drive device which is disposed on a board surface, and which is configured to generate the drive signal configured to jet a liquid from the nozzles, a terminal section as a portion which is disposed in an end-portion region of the board surface, and which is inserted into a connector on another board, a reinforcing plate which is disposed including the terminal section at a first end portion side on the board surface, and which is configured to adjust a thickness of the board surface, and a stress relaxation part which is disposed in a vicinity of a second end portion at an opposite side to the first end portion in the reinforcing plate, and which is configured to relax stress generated when the flexible board bends.
A head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a chip body having a plurality of pressure chambers that are formed in line in a first direction and in which a liquid is accommodated, and drive units that are disposed separately at portions facing the pressure chambers; a first drive electrode that is formed in the drive units; and a sheet-shaped protective film that is formed following the drive unit while covering the first drive electrode. Formed in the chip body is an air vent passage that connects between the pressure chambers and the outside of the chip body, and in which communication between the pressure chamber and the outside of the chip body is blocked by the protective film.
A liquid jet head and so on capable of easily improving ejection stability of a liquid are provided. A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a jet unit including a plurality of nozzles configured to jet a liquid, and a plurality of pressure chambers communicated individually with the nozzles, and each filled with the liquid, and a drive unit configured to drive the jet unit based on a drive signal having a plurality of pulses in a predetermined print period to thereby jet the liquid which fills an inside of the pressure chamber from the nozzle. The plurality of pulses in the drive signal includes one ejection pulse or a plurality of ejection pulses having a pulse width in a range in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle, and one heat generation pulse or a plurality of heat generation pulses which has a pulse width in a range in which the liquid is not ejected from the nozzle, and which is configured to control a heat generation amount generated when the jet unit is driven.
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 head chip according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a flow passage member in which a plurality of pressure chambers for accommodating a liquid are formed side-by-side in a first direction; an actuator plate which is disposed on the flow passage member in a state of facing the pressure chambers in a second direction intersecting the first direction; drive wiring which is formed on each flow-passage facing surface, which are surfaces that face the flow passage member, in drive portions of the actuator plate that overlap the pressure chambers when viewed from the second direction; and a sheet-like protective film which has first covering portions that cover the drive wiring on the flow-passage facing surfaces, and which divides the pressure chambers and the drive portions.
A printing control device includes: an identification information acquisition module configured to acquire page identification information that identifies a web page of a request source among a plurality of web pages; a print request acquisition module configured to acquire a print request that is a request regarding a printing apparatus from the web page identified by the page identification information; a control instruction transmission module configured to transmit a control instruction based on the print request to the printing apparatus; a response reception module configured to receive, from the printing apparatus that transmits a response corresponding to the control instruction, the response; a determination module configured to determine whether the web page that has output the print request is ready to be notified; and a response notification module configured to notify the web page that has output the print request of information regarding the response when the determination module determines that the web page that has output the print request is ready to be notified, and otherwise avoid notifying the web page that has output the print request of the information regarding the response.
A thermal printer control device for controlling a thermal printer which includes a thermal head and which is configured to perform printing on a sheet having a mark arranged thereon. The thermal printer control device includes: a sensor value acquisition module configured to acquire a sensor value detected by a sensor configured to detect an intensity of reflected light obtained when light is irradiated on the sheet; a threshold value calculation module configured to calculate a threshold value for detecting a presence or absence of the mark based on the sensor value acquired by the sensor value acquisition module; and a determination module configured to determine the presence or absence of the mark based on a result of comparing the sensor value acquired by the sensor value acquisition module and the threshold value calculated by the threshold value calculation module. The threshold value calculation module is configured to calculate the threshold value based on a first sensor value which is the sensor value obtained when the mark is detected and a second sensor value which is the sensor value obtained when the mark is not detected.
B41J 29/393 - Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 11/46 - Controlling by marks or formations on the paper being fed
15.
CLEANING DEVICE FOR LIQUID JET HEAD AND LIQUID JET RECORDING APPARATUS
An alignment with a liquid jet head can easily be achieved, and surfaces of a jet plate and a guard member and an inside of an opening part of the guard member can be cleaned without injuring the jet plate even when side surfaces of the liquid jet head are not exposed, and a part of the jet plate is not exposed by the guard member. A cleaning device for an inkjet head includes a holder, and the holder includes a jet section which jets a cleaning liquid toward at least one of a nozzle plate and a nozzle guard, a contact part which makes contact with a surface of the nozzle guard provided with the opening part, and a protruding part which is inserted into the opening part in a non-contact state with the nozzle plate, and which guides the holder along a longitudinal direction of the opening part.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a head chip capable of preventing penetrating holes from being stopped up with an adhesive while increasing the yield ratio are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first plate provided with a first interconnection formed on an obverse surface, and a second plate bonded to the obverse surface. The second plate is provided with a first recessed part opening on a first surface, and a second recessed part opening on a second surface. The second recessed part includes a first inner surface part extending in a thickness direction at an inner side of the inner surface of the first recessed part viewed from the thickness direction, and a second inner surface part extending in the thickness direction at an outer side of the inner surface of the first recessed part. The second plate is provided with a second interconnection which penetrates the second plate through the first inner surface part and the inner surface of the first recessed part, and which couples an external interconnection disposed at the first side in the thickness direction to the second plate and the first interconnection to each other.
There are provided a liquid jet head and so on capable of increasing the ejection reliability. A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a jet unit including a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of pressure chambers which is individually communicated with the plurality of nozzles, and which is filled with the liquid, a liquid supply chamber configured to supply the liquid to insides of the pressure chambers, and a liquid recovery chamber configured to recover the liquid from the insides of the pressure chambers, and a drive unit configured to drive the jet unit based on a drive signal to jet the liquid which fills the inside of the pressure chamber from the nozzle. The drive unit drives the jet unit based on a first drive signal as the drive signal when performing a printing operation on a recording target medium so as to achieve ejection strength lower than meniscus breaking strength of breaking a meniscus in the jet unit, and drives the jet unit based on a second drive signal as the drive signal when performing a flushing operation as a non-printing operation of performing dummy ejection of the liquid from the nozzle so as to achieve the ejection strength higher than the meniscus breaking strength.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
18.
PRINT DATA GENERATION DEVICE, PRINT DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
A print data generation device includes: a print object data acquisition module configured to acquire print object data in which field information that is an object to be printed is expressed in a matrix by a first axis indicating a plurality of records that are objects to be printed and a second axis indicating columns of a plurality of classes of the objects to be printed; a printing position information acquisition module configured to acquire printing position information in which class information indicating classes of field information that correspond to the columns is associated with position information indicating printing positions that correspond to the classes of the columns; a generation module configured to generate, based on the printing position information, print data for printing the field information included in the print object data at the printing positions associated with the classes of the field information; and an output module configured to output the generated print data to a printing apparatus.
To provide a rolling bearing capable of ensuring durability and reducing rotational resistance. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; a rolling body disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a sealing member mounted on the outer ring and covering a space between the inner ring and the outer ring from an outer side in an axial direction; and grease disposed between the rolling body and the sealing member. The outer ring has an inner circumferential surface facing the inner ring. The inner circumferential surface is formed with an outer ring raceway surface that supports the rolling body in a rollable manner, and a recessed portion that is provided at a location extending in the axial direction from an end edge of the outer ring raceway surface in the axial direction and is recessed in a radial direction. The grease is in contact with the recessed portion. Unworked penetration of the grease is greater than 178 and less than 287.
F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
To provide a rolling bearing capable of ensuring durability and reducing rotational resistance. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; a rolling body disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a sealing member mounted on the outer ring and covering a space between the inner ring and the outer ring from an outer side in an axial direction; and grease disposed between the rolling body and the sealing member. The outer ring has an inner circumferential surface facing the inner ring. The inner circumferential surface is formed with an outer ring raceway surface that supports the rolling body in a rollable manner, and a recessed portion that is provided at a location extending in the axial direction from an end edge of the outer ring raceway surface in the axial direction and is recessed in a radial direction. The grease is in contact with the recessed portion.
A printer is configured to perform printing on a linerless label including a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface formed on a back surface of the linerless label. The printer includes: a casing including: a receiving portion configured to receive the linerless label before printing; and a delivery slot through which the printed linerless label is delivered; a printing unit including: a thermal head, which is arranged inside the casing, and is configured to perform printing on the linerless label; and a platen roller, which extends in a width direction of the linerless label, and is configured to convey the linerless label toward the delivery slot while sandwiching the linerless label between the platen roller and the thermal head; and a sensor configured to detect the linerless label located between the printing unit and the delivery slot. The casing includes a guide surface to be opposed to the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the linerless label that has passed through the printing unit. The guide surface includes: an upstream portion, which includes a plurality of upstream ribs formed upright at intervals in the width direction to extend along a conveying direction of the linerless label; a downstream portion, which is provided at a distance from the upstream portion on a downstream side in the conveying direction, and includes a plurality of downstream ribs formed upright at intervals in the width direction to extend along the conveying direction; and a midstream portion, which is provided at the same position as that of the sensor in the conveying direction, is located between the upstream portion and the downstream portion, and includes at least one midstream rib formed upright only on a center portion of the midstream portion in the width direction to extend along the conveying direction.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B65H 3/66 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
B65H 18/26 - Mechanisms for controlling contact pressure on winding-web package, e.g. for regulating the quantity of air between web layers
A thermal printer includes: a housing; a printing unit, which includes a head unit and a platen unit including a platen roller, and is received in the housing; a cover configured to be capable of opening and closing the housing; an open button of the cover; and a guide shaped portion, which is provided below a gap between the open button and the housing and at a position corresponding to the gap, and extends along an up-and-down direction in a horizontal posture that is a state of the thermal printer placed such that a sheet delivery port defined between the cover and the housing is facing upward.
A control device includes: a print data acquisition unit configured to acquire print data, which is formed of a plurality of lines and indicates a coloration state of each pixel included in the plurality of lines; a head drive unit configured to supply, to a thermal head formed of a plurality of heating elements each corresponding to the pixel, an electric current for heating the thermal head for each pixel; a motor drive unit configured to supply, to a motor configured to move heat-sensitive paper relative to the thermal head, a drive current for step driving the motor for each line; a speed control unit configured to control, based on the number of colored pixels of a determination subject line among yet-to-be-printed lines of the print data, a relative moving speed of the heat-sensitive paper moved by the motor; and a preheating control unit configured to cause the head drive unit to output, when the determination subject line is a specific line being a line in which the number of colored pixels of the determination subject line exceeds a predetermined value, a preheating current being an electric current for heating the thermal head to such a degree as to prevent coloring of the heat-sensitive paper by a time the specific line is printed.
To provide a rolling bearing in which a resin cover for preventing electrolytic corrosion is accurately attached to a bearing ring. The rolling bearing includes: an inner ring and an outer ring that are disposed coaxially with each other; a rolling body that is disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; and a resin cover that is mounted on the outer ring. The outer ring has an outer circumferential surface that faces an opposite side of the inner ring, and an end surface that faces an axial direction. The resin cover has a circumferential wall portion that covers the outer circumferential surface, and a flange portion that is connected to the circumferential wall portion and covers the end surface. The flange portion has an opening portion formation region that has a constant width in a radial direction, extends over an entire circumference, and is formed with opening portions that expose the end surface.
F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
25.
INKJET HEAD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME, AND PRINTING DEVICE
The present disclosure provides an inkjet head capable of continuously ejecting droplets at a high frequency even when an ink having high viscosity is used. The present is directed to an inkjet head characterized in that the inkjet head comprises a nozzle plate portion on which a nozzle for ejecting droplets is formed, a vibration plate disposed opposite to an inlet of the nozzle, a weight disposed in contact with the vibration plate, and an actuator in contact with the weight, wherein the actuator is driven by a drive signal to fly the weight to eject ink in the ink chamber formed between the nozzle plate portion and the vibration plate from the nozzle, and wherein a storage space in which the actuator is disposed is configured to be separated from the ink chamber by the vibration plate.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of increasing the pressure to be generated while achieving an increase in manufacturing efficiency and yield ratio are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member provided with a pressure chamber containing a liquid, an actuator plate which is arranged on the flow channel member in a state of being opposed in a first direction to the pressure chamber, and a drive electrode configured to deform the actuator plate in the first direction to change a volume of the pressure chamber. A recessed part with respect to a first surface facing to the flow channel member in the first direction is formed in a portion of the actuator plate, the portion overlapping the pressure chamber when viewed from the first direction. The drive electrode includes a first electrode formed on an inner surface of the recessed part, and a first opposed electrode which is formed on an upper surface of the actuator plate so as to be opposed to the first electrode, and which is configured to generate a potential difference from the first electrode.
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 2/095 - Ink jet characterised by jet control for many-valued deflection electric field-control type
27.
HEAD CHIP, LIQUID JET HEAD, AND LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device which effectively transfer elastic energy to ink in a pressure chamber to increase pressure to be generated in the pressure chamber are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate provided with a pressure chamber in which a liquid is contained, a jet hole plate which has a jet hole communicated with the pressure chamber, and which is overlapped on the actuator plate in a thickness direction of the actuator plate, and a drive electrode which is configured to generate an electric field in the actuator plate to thereby deform the actuator plate in the thickness direction and a crossing direction crossing the thickness direction to expand or contract a volume of the pressure chamber.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of effectively transferring elastic energy to ink in a pressure chamber to increase pressure to be generated in the pressure chamber are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member in which a plurality of pressure chambers penetrating in a first direction is arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first member which includes an actuator plate deformable in the first direction, and which is bonded on the flow channel member in a state of closing the pressure chambers from a first side in the first direction, and a second member which includes a jet hole plate provided with jet holes communicated with the pressure chambers, and which is bonded on the flow channel member in a state of closing the pressure chambers from a second side as an opposite side to the first side in the first direction. The flow channel member includes a partition wall configured to partition the pressure chambers adjacent to each other. The bonding area between the partition wall and the second member is larger than the bonding area between the partition wall and the first member.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of effectively transferring the elastic energy to the ink in the ejection channel to obtain a desired ejection performance are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate in which jet channels and non-jet channels are alternately arranged, a side-surface common electrode formed on inner side surfaces opposed to each other in a second direction out of inner surfaces of the jet channel, a bottom-surface common electrode formed on a bottom surface facing to a first side in a thickness direction out of the inner surfaces of the jet channel, a first individual electrode which is formed on inner side surfaces opposed to each other in the second direction out of inner surfaces of the non-jet channel, and which is configured to generate a potential difference from the side-surface common electrode, and a second individual electrode which is disposed on an opposite surface facing to a second side in the thickness direction out of the actuator plate, and which is configured to generate a potential difference from the bottom-surface common electrode.
There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording device, and a method of manufacturing the head chip each capable of achieving a reduction in size in a direction perpendicular to the ejection direction while ensuring the desired ejection performance. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first ejection section, a jet hole plate arranged at a first side in a first direction of the first ejection section, a return plate which has a plurality of first communication channels configured to individually communicate a plurality of first jet channels and a plurality of first jet holes with each other, and which is arranged between the first ejection section and the jet hole plate in the first direction, and a flow channel plate which has a plurality of first connecting channels individually communicated with the plurality of first communication channels to constitute first return channels together with the corresponding first communication channels, and a manifold communicated in a lump with the plurality of first connecting channels, and which is arranged at a second side in the third direction of the first ejection section.
A portable terminal has a thermal head. The portable terminal includes a first sensor unit configured to detect presence or absence of a sheet, a second sensor unit configured to detect information related to a mark provided on the sheet, and a sheet determination unit configured to determine a kind of the sheet. The sheet determination unit is configured to determine a kind of the sheet based on a result of detecting information related to the mark with use of the second sensor unit after the sheet is conveyed in a reverse direction with respect to a direction of discharging the sheet.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
A printing system includes a portable terminal including a thermal head; and a host device configured to control label printing performed by the portable terminal. The host device includes a label generation module configured to generate the new label by adjusting, based on information relating to an object included in existing label data and a size of a new label, one or both of a position and a size of the object in the new label.
There are provided a drive device and so on capable of improving the reliability. A drive device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a drive device configured to generate a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head having a plurality of nozzles, the drive device including a plurality of drive terminals which is arranged along a longitudinal direction of the drive device, and which is configured to individually output the drive signal for jetting liquid from the nozzles, and at least one dummy terminal configured to electrically be coupled to a predetermined constant potential. The plurality of drive terminals is divided into a plurality of drive terminal groups arranged along the longitudinal direction, and the dummy terminal is arranged at at least one of intervals between the plurality of drive terminal groups.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
34.
FLEXIBLE BOARD, LIQUID JET HEAD, AND LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE
The flexible board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer opposed to each other along a direction perpendicular to a board surface of the flexible board, at least one drive device which is arranged on the first wiring layer, and which is configured to generate a drive signal, an individual wiring region which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and which includes a plurality of individual wiring lines, a common wiring region which is arranged in the second wiring layer, and which includes at least one common wiring line, a pressure-bonding electrode part which is arranged closed to the jet section side than the individual wiring region and the common wiring region in the board surface, and which includes a plurality of pressure-bonding electrodes electrically coupled individually to the plurality of individual wiring lines and the at least one common wiring line, and an overlap region in which at least a part of the individual wiring region and at least a part of the common wiring region overlap each other in the board surface.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
35.
DRIVE BOARD, LIQUID JET HEAD, AND LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE
The drive board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a board configured to output a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head having a plurality of nozzles, including at least one drive device which is mounted on a board surface of the drive board, which is configured to generate the drive signal for jetting liquid from the nozzles, and which has a plurality of digital ground terminals located at a plurality of places different from each other, and a digital ground wiring line which is arranged in a mounting region of the drive device, and which is electrically coupled commonly to the digital ground terminals at two or more places out of the digital ground terminals at the plurality of places.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
36.
DRIVE BOARD, LIQUID JET HEAD, AND LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE
A drive board and so on capable of improving a printing quality are provided. The drive board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a board configured to output a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head having a plurality of nozzles, including at least one drive device which is mounted on a board surface, and which is configured to generate the drive signal configured to jet a liquid from the nozzles, and at least one constant-potential wiring line which extends along a longitudinal direction of the drive device in a mounting area of the drive device, and to which a predetermined constant potential is applied. The drive device includes a plurality of output terminals which is arranged at respective positions different from each other along the longitudinal direction, and which is configured to individually output the drive signal, and constant-potential terminals at three or more places which are arranged along the longitudinal direction, and which are electrically coupled to the constant-potential wiring line to which the same constant potential is applied.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
37.
ALKALINE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALKALINE BATTERY
Provided is an alkaline battery (1) in which a positive electrode (5), a negative electrode (7), a separator (6), and an electrolytic solution are accommodated in a container (8). The electrolytic solution is a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution having a concentration of 40-50%. The negative electrode is composed of a gel-like negative electrode mixture containing a negative electrode active material and an alkaline aqueous solution. The alkaline aqueous solution contains potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide in a molar ratio of 89:11 to 96:4. The positive electrode is composed of a positive electrode mixture comprising a positive electrode active material that contains silver oxide and manganese dioxide, and the blending ratio of the manganese dioxide in the positive electrode mixture is 25-50 mass%.
H01M 50/489 - Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties
A thermal printer includes: a housing including a roll sheet receiving portion; a cover which is pivotably attached to the housing, and is configured to open and close the roll sheet receiving portion; a platen roller which is rotatably supported on the cover via a bearing portion; and a thermal head which is to be brought into press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller. The cover includes a cover main body and a base member which is fixed to the cover main body. Directions orthogonal to an axial direction of the platen roller and also orthogonal to each other are defined as a first direction and a second direction, respectively. The cover main body includes a first holding portion which supports the bearing portion from one side in the first direction. The base member includes a second holding portion which supports the bearing portion from the other side in the first direction. The first holding portion is located on one side in a second direction with respect to the bearing portion, and includes a first claw portion protruding to the other side in the first direction along an outer peripheral surface of the bearing portion. The second holding portion is located on the one side in the second direction with respect to the bearing portion, and includes a second claw portion protruding to the one side in the first direction along the outer peripheral surface of the bearing portion. The first claw portion and the second claw portion face each other in the first direction.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
A head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording device, and a method of manufacturing a head chip each capable of suppressing the variation in ejection performance between the ejection channels without changing the shape of a channel (a drive wall) are provided. In the head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure, when a region in which the first common electrode part and a second common electrode part are opposed in an X direction to each other across the drive wall, and which is configured to generate an electrical field in the drive wall is defined as an opposed region, a dimension in a Z direction in a first upside common part is formed so as to decrease in a direction from the drive wall located at the first side in the X direction toward the drive wall located at the second side in the X direction among the plurality of drive walls, a dimension in the Z direction in a second upside common part is formed so as to decrease in a direction from the drive wall located at the second side in the X direction toward the drive wall located at the first side in the X direction among the plurality of drive walls, and a dimension in a Y direction in the opposed region decreases in directions from the drive walls located at both end sides in the X direction toward the drive wall located in a central portion in the X direction.
An occurrence of leakage is prevented. An inkjet head jets ink. The inkjet head is provided with a head main body, a cooling pipe, a jet-side coupling member, and a cooling-side coupling member, wherein the head main body has a jet flow path through which the ink passes, the cooling pipe has a cooling flow path through which the ink passes as a cooling medium for cooling a drive circuit, the jet-side coupling member is coupled to the head main body, a jet-side branch path branches from an ink flow path into which the ink inflows from an outside of the inkjet head, or from which the ink outflows, the jet-side branch path is communicated with the jet flow path, the jet-side branch path is provided to the jet-side coupling member, and the cooling-side coupling member is coupled to the jet-side coupling member, and is provided with a cooling-side branch path which branches from the ink flow path, and which is communicated with the cooling flow path. The cooling-side coupling member has a coupling surface along one surface of the jet-side coupling member, and along a direction perpendicular to the cooling pipe.
A flow rate distribution of flow paths is controlled. An inkjet head jets ink. The inkjet head is provided with a head main body having a jet flow path through which the ink passes, a cooling pipe having a cooling flow path through which the ink passes as a cooling medium for cooling a drive circuit, and a throttle member for controlling a flow path resistance of the cooling flow path.
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, an electrolyte solution, and a storage container in which the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte solution are arranged in an internal storage space, in which at least one of the positive electrode or the negative electrode is in the form of a pellet containing an active material, a conductive agent, and a binder, the separator is formed of a glass fiber non-woven fabric, and the electrolyte solution contains, as the organic solvent, a mixed solution consisting of propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, and dimethoxyethane at a volume ratio in a range of {PC:EC:DME}={0.5 to 1.5:0.5 to 1.5:1 to 3}, and contains, as the supporting salt, 2 to 7 (mol/L) of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.
There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording device, and a method of manufacturing a head chip each capable of ensuring an inter-electrode distance of each of channels while achieving narrowing of a pitch of the channels. In the head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure, an electrical conducting material removal area in which laser irradiation scars are formed throughout an entire area in an X direction of a portion located between a lower end opening of an ejection channel and a lower end opening of a non-ejection channel is disposed in a portion located between the lower end opening of the ejection channel and the lower end opening of the non-ejection channel in a lower surface of an actuator plate.
A printing unit includes: a platen roller configured to convey a recording sheet; a thermal head configured to perform printing on the recording sheet through press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller; a motor configured to serve as a drive source of the platen roller; and a frame configured to support the platen roller in a rotatable manner, wherein the frame includes: a motor support portion configured to support the motor; a base portion which is connected to the motor support portion, and extends in an axial direction of the platen roller; mounting portions which are attached to a member on which the printing unit is to be mounted; a protruding portion which protrudes from the base portion; and a rib which is provided between the motor support portion and the mounting portions, and extends so as to connect the protruding portion and the base portion to each other, wherein the base portion includes a guide surface configured to guide the recording sheet toward the thermal head, and wherein the guide surface is inclined with respect to a normal direction of a head surface of the thermal head.
B41J 3/36 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for portability
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A cooling efficiency is increased. An inkjet head is provided with a head main body for jetting ink, a cooling pipe which has corrosion resistance to the ink, and through which the ink for cooling a drive circuit passes, and a cooling member which has higher thermal conductivity than that of the cooling pipe, in which at least a part of the cooling pipe is embedded, and which has recessed parts in at least a part of a portion surrounding the cooling pipe.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
To provide a rolling bearing excellent in long-term durability. A rolling bearing includes: an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a seal member mounted on the outer ring and configured to cover a space between the inner ring and the outer ring from an outside in an axial direction; and grease disposed between the rolling element and the seal member. The grease is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring and the seal member. Unworked penetration of the grease is more than 178 and less than 287.
A terminal-equipped button cell of the present invention includes: a cathode can and an anode can having flat cylindrical shapes; a gasket configured to insulate and seal the cathode can and the anode can; and a cathode terminal and an anode terminal fixed to a bottom surface of the cathode can and a bottom surface of the anode can, wherein the bottom surface of the cathode can is curved convexly and outwardly in a thickness direction by 100 μm or less while being integrated with the anode can, and the cathode terminal has a flat cathode connecting part, and the cathode terminal is disposed along a radial direction of the bottom surface of the cathode can, and the cathode connecting part is fixed to the bottom surface by being inclined so as to form a tangent line to the bottom surface at a position other than a center of the bottom surface when viewed in a sectional view following the radial direction and perpendicular to the bottom surface.
A terminal which is included in a printing system including the terminal device and a printer separately or integrally, the terminal device includes an image generation determination unit configured to determine, when the printer used for printing has a page mode function, an approach for generating a print image for the printing such that use of the page mode function of the printer is given priority; and a command conversion unit configured to convert, when the image generation determination unit determines that the approach for generating the print image uses the page mode function of the printer, print target data to be printed into a command corresponding to the page mode function of the printer.
A printing unit includes: a platen roller, which extends in an axial direction, and is configured to convey a recording sheet; a thermal head configured to perform printing on the recording sheet through press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller; a support plate, which is arranged on a side opposite to the platen roller across the thermal head, and is configured to support the thermal head; a frame, which includes a rear plate portion arranged on a side opposite to the platen roller across the support plate, and is configured to support both ends of the support plate in the axial direction; at least one urging member, which is arranged between the rear plate portion and the support plate, and is configured to press the support plate to the platen roller side; and a protruding portion, which is formed on the support plate to protrude from the support plate to the rear plate portion side, and is configured to regulate displacement of a predetermined urging member of the at least one urging member, wherein a recessed portion is formed in a portion of the rear plate portion opposed to the protruding portion in a thickness direction of the support plate.
B41J 3/36 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for portability
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
To provide a rolling bearing and a rotating device which can reduce problems due to creep or the like, and a method for manufacturing a rolling bearing. A rolling bearing includes: an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; and a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. A coating film is formed on at least one of an inner circumferential surface of the inner ring and an outer circumferential surface of the outer ring, and the coating film contains a mixture of calcium sulfonate and calcium carbonate or a compound obtained from calcium sulfonate and calcium carbonate.
F16C 33/66 - Special parts or details in view of lubrication
F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
53.
Printing apparatus, control method, program, information processing apparatus, and printing system
A printing apparatus includes: a user-setting-value acquiring unit configured to acquire a user setting value indicating a remaining amount of paper on a paper roll, the user setting value being set by a user; a first detection unit configured to detect that a physical quantity correlated with a remaining amount of paper on the paper roll has become equal to a first threshold value; a second detection unit configured to detect that the remaining amount of paper on the paper roll has become equal to a second threshold value; a post-detection length acquiring unit configured to acquire a post-detection length being a length of paper used from the paper roll from a time when it is detected that the physical quantity has become equal to the first threshold value until the remaining amount of paper on the paper roll becomes equal to the second threshold value; and a notification unit configured to notify that, when a new paper roll is used and a length of paper used from the new paper roll from a time when it is detected that the physical quantity has become equal to the first threshold value exceeds a reference value obtained by subtracting the user setting value from the post-detection length, a remaining amount of paper on the new paper roll has become equal to the user setting value.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A printer includes: a board including a connector unit that includes at least a power supply connector into which a power cable is to be removably inserted; and a housing including: a housing main body that accommodates the board and includes a cable connection groove through which the power cable is inserted in an inserting and removing direction of the power cable; and a connector cover configured to cover the cable connection groove, wherein the connector cover includes: a cover main body including a power supply opening portion passing through the cover main body in the inserting and removing direction, and a first interface opening portion passing through the cover main body in the inserting and removing direction; and a first opening cover portion configured to cover at least a part of the first interface opening portion, wherein the first opening cover portion includes a first coupling portion configured to couple the first opening cover portion and the cover main body to each other.
There are provided a drive board and so on capable of achieving reduction in size. A drive board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a board configured to output a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head having a plurality of nozzles, including a plurality of drive devices configured to generate the drive signal for jetting liquid from the nozzles. The plurality of nozzles is separated into a plurality of nozzle groups, and the plurality of drive devices is each configured to generate the drive signal to be applied to corresponding one or more of the nozzle groups. The plurality of drive devices and the plurality of nozzle groups are electrically coupled to each other, and the plurality of drive devices are arranged side by side along a predetermined direction.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
56.
DRIVE CIRCUIT, LIQUID JET HEAD, AND LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE
There are provided a drive circuit and so on capable of controlling costs. A drive circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a circuit configured to output a drive signal to be applied to a liquid jet head, including a waveform storage section configured to store a plurality of pieces of waveform configuration information, a waveform selection section which is configured to select one of the plurality of pieces of waveform configuration information stored in the waveform storage section and which is configured to output the waveform configuration information selected as selected waveform configuration information, and a signal generation section configured to generate the drive signal configured to jet liquid based on the selected waveform configuration information output from the waveform selection section and an image datum input from an outside of the liquid jet head. The waveform selection section selects the selected waveform configuration information from the plurality of pieces of waveform configuration information using one of a first configuration signal set in advance, and a second configuration signal defined by an additional data signal included in the image datum.
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 thermal printer configured to perform printing on a linerless label including an adhesive surface formed on a back surface of the linerless label, the thermal printer comprising a cutter unit that includes: a fixed blade provided on the back surface side of the linerless label; and a movable blade configured to reciprocate between a first position at which the movable blade is opposed to the fixed blade through intermediation of the linerless label, and a second position at which at least a part of the movable blade overlaps the fixed blade and the movable blade forms a cut in the linerless label, wherein the movable blade includes: a first blade edge configured to form the cut in the linerless label; and a groove, which has an edge, and is formed in a sliding surface configured to slide on the fixed blade when the movable blade is at the second position, and wherein the edge includes: an adhesive blocking edge portion formed on the sliding surface along an advancing direction; and an adhesive scraping edge portion formed on the sliding surface so as to cross the advancing direction.
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
There are provided a liquid jet head and so on capable of enhancing the reliability. A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a jet section configured to jet liquid, at least one drive circuit configured to output a drive signal used to jet the liquid to the jet section, a differential input line configured to transmit data from an outside of the liquid jet head toward the drive circuit, a differential output line configured to transmit data from the drive circuit toward the outside of the liquid jet head, a coupling part which is arranged between the outside of the liquid jet head and the drive circuit, and to which the differential input line and the differential output line are individually coupled, and a detection circuit configured to perform detection of a coupling state in the coupling part using a transmission signal in at least one of the differential output line and the differential input line.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
59.
Head chip, liquid jet head, and liquid jet recording device
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of inhibiting mechanical crosstalk, and exerting a desired jet performance are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member having a plurality of pressure chambers containing liquid, an actuator plate which is stacked on the flow channel member in a state of being opposed in a first direction to the pressure chambers, and a drive electrode which is formed on a surface of the actuator plate, the surface facing to the first direction, and which is configured to deform the actuator plate in the first direction to change a volume of at least one of the pressure chambers. A dividing groove which is configured to zone the actuator plate between the pressure chambers adjacent to each other is formed in a portion of the actuator plate, the portion being located between the pressure chambers adjacent to each other when viewed from the first direction.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of increasing pressure generated while achieving power saving are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member, an actuator plate, and drive electrodes. The drive electrodes include a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the actuator plate so as to overlap one of a pressure chamber and a partition wall when viewed from a first direction, a second electrode which is disposed on the first surface of the actuator plate so as to be adjacent to the first electrode, and which generates a potential difference from the first electrode, and a first opposed electrode which is individually disposed on a second surface of the actuator plate at a position opposed to the first electrode, and which generates a potential difference from the first electrode.
There are provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording device each capable of obtaining a stable ejection performance. An inkjet head includes a head chip provided with a plurality of ejection channels sequentially arranged from a +X direction toward a −X direction in an X direction, and configured to jet ink located inside the ejection channels, a flow channel member which is provided with a guide flow channel for guiding the ink from the +X direction toward the −X direction in the X direction, and in which the guide flow channel is coupled to each of the ejection channels, and a board unit on which a plurality of drive ICs arranged along the X direction is mounted, and which is thermally coupled to the flow channel member, wherein the flow channel member is provided with a cooling flow channel which guides the ink from the −X direction toward the +X direction in the X direction so as to cool the plurality of drive ICs.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of achieving a reduction in size and an increase in nozzle density are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member having a flow channel formation area including a flow channel through which liquid flows, and a pressure chamber which is communicated with the flow channel, and in which the liquid is contained, an actuator plate which is stacked on the flow channel member in a state of being opposed to the pressure chamber in a first direction, a drive electrode which is formed on a surface facing to the first direction in the actuator plate, and which is configured to deform the actuator plate in the first direction so as to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a pad which is formed on a pad formation surface, and which is coupled to the drive electrode, and on which external wiring is mounted, wherein the pad formation surface is an area overlapping the flow channel formation area when viewed from the first direction, and the pad formation surface is disposed so as to face to an opposite side in the first direction to the flow channel member.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of increasing pressure generated while achieving power saving are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member having a pressure chamber containing liquid, an actuator plate which is stacked on the flow channel member in a state of being opposed to the pressure chamber in a first direction, a drive electrode which is formed on a surface facing to the first direction in the actuator plate, and which is configured to deform the actuator plate in the first direction to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a non-drive member which is stacked at an opposite side to the flow channel member across the actuator plate in the first direction, and which is configured to limit a displacement of the actuator plate toward an opposite side to the flow channel member in the first direction.
Provided is a rolling bearing that can both ensure durability and reduce rotational resistance. The rolling bearing includes a seal member that is mounted on an outer ring and that covers a space between an inner ring and the outer ring from an outer side in an axial direction, and grease disposed between a rolling element and the seal member. The seal member includes an annular pedestal portion in contact with the outer ring from an outer side in the axial direction, an extending portion that extends outward in the axial direction from an inner peripheral edge of the pedestal portion, and a flat surface portion that extends along a radial direction from an end edge of the extending portion on an outer side in the axial direction toward the inner ring. The grease includes an outer ring contact portion in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring, and a seal member contact portion in contact with the flat surface portion on an outer side in the axial direction and an inner ring side with respect to the outer ring contact portion. An area of the seal member contact portion is larger than a contact area between the grease and the extending portion as well as the pedestal portion of the seal member.
F16C 33/66 - Special parts or details in view of lubrication
F16C 19/16 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for both radial and axial load with a single row of balls
F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
A cutter unit configured to cut a recording sheet to be advanced toward a forward side in an advancing direction, includes: a fixed blade, which includes a fixed blade edge, and is provided on a first surface side of the recording sheet; a movable blade including: a movable blade edge opposed to the fixed blade edge in a cutting direction crossing the advancing direction; and a sliding surface, which is provided on a backward side in the advancing direction, and is configured to be slid on the fixed blade; and a rack holder capable of reciprocating along the cutting direction, the rack holder including: a movable blade holder configured to support the movable blade; and an urging member configured to urge the movable blade to the backward side in the advancing direction.
B26D 1/38 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis parallel to the line of cut and coacting with a fixed blade or other fixed member
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
66.
Jet parameter generation system, method of generating jet parameter, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program of generating jet parameter
A jet parameter generation system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data acquisition section, and a parameter generation section for generating a predetermined jet parameter, using a predetermined analytical method of taking a predetermined input parameter as an explanatory variable and taking a predetermined jet parameter as an objective variable. The parameter generation section determines which one of a first standard for setting a voltage value with which a drop volume of the liquid to be a reference is obtained and a second standard for setting a voltage value with which an ejection speed of the liquid to be a reference is obtained is to be selected, selects a first explanatory variable group when determining to select the first standard, while selecting a second explanatory variable group when determined to select the second standard, and uses the predetermined analytical method using just selected one of the first explanatory variable group and the second explanatory variable group to thereby generate the predetermined jet parameter.
The area necessary to install the liquid jet head to be positioned by a positioning mechanism is reduced. An inkjet head is provided with a head main body for jetting ink, a base member which supports the head main body, and is installed on an installation surface of a carriage, and a positioning mechanism which adjusts a position of the base member in a direction along the installation surface with respect to a positioning pin disposed on the installation surface, wherein the positioning mechanism is supported by the base member, and at least a part of the positioning mechanism is arranged inside an outer shape of the base member in a plan view of the installation surface viewed from a vertical direction thereof.
A liquid jet head is accurately positioned to a head installation part of a liquid jet recording device. A positioning structure includes a positioning pin provided to a carriage, and a positioning mechanism provided to an inkjet head, wherein the positioning mechanism includes a contact member having contact with the positioning pin, and a displacement mechanism for displacing the contact member along a displacement axis extending in an oblique direction crossing a direction perpendicular to an installation surface of head installation part, and a contact part of the positioning pin is formed to have a curved surface shape taking a first intersecting axis crossing the installation surface as a central axis, and a contact part of the contact member is formed to have a curved surface shape taking a second intersecting axis as a central axis, the second intersecting axis crossing an imaginary plane including a displacement axis and a vertical axis (the first intersecting axis) extending in a direction perpendicular to the installation surface, and the second intersecting axis being nonparallel to the first intersecting axis.
A head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording device, and a method of manufacturing a head chip each capable of ensuring the tolerance of the displacement between nozzle holes and communication holes while ensuring the bonding area between an actuator plate and an intermediate plate are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate, a nozzle plate disposed so as to be opposed to the actuator plate, and an intermediate plate disposed between the actuator plate and the nozzle plate. The communication holes each include a groove part having a lower-side opening part opening toward the nozzle hole, and a penetrating part having an upper-side opening part opening toward an ejection channel. A dimension in the X direction in the upper-side opening part is larger than a dimension in the X direction in the upper-side opening part, and a dimension in the X direction in the upper-side opening part is no larger than a dimension in the X direction of the channel opening part opening on a channel opening surface of the ejection channel.
A head chip prevented from deteriorating in printing quality is provided. The head chip is provided with an intermediate plate which has a plurality of columns of communication hole groups for each channel column, the communication hole group having communication holes individually communicated with ejection channels of an actuator plate and arranged in a line in an X direction. The communication holes adjacent to each other in the X direction are arranged so as to be shifted in a Y direction from each other. The intermediate plate is provided with a non-penetrating groove closed by a nozzle plate, and a penetrating hole communicated with the non-penetrating groove, and communicated with an outside of the head chip through a non-ejection channel. A part of the non-penetrating groove is located in an inter-communication hole region. A minimum gap in the X direction between an opening edge of the communication hole and the non-penetrating groove in the inter-communication hole region is larger than a minimum gap in the X direction between the opening edge of the communication hole and the non-ejection channel.
There is provided a cleaning device for a liquid jet head which can efficiently clean a jet plate attached with a guard member while preventing cleaning liquid from being leaked along an opening of the guard member. The cleaning device for the inkjet head includes a holder moving relatively to the inkjet head, wherein the holder includes a jet section for jetting the cleaning liquid toward a nozzle guard of the inkjet head, a wipe part which has a width in a width direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the holder smaller than a width of an opening of the nozzle guard, and which wipes a nozzle plate due to a movement of the holder, a first suction section disposed ahead of the jet section and the wipe part in the moving direction of the holder, and a second suction section disposed posterior to the jet section and the wipe part in the moving direction of the holder.
There is provided a drive board a manufacturing cost of which can be reduced while enhancing a liquid ejection performance. The drive board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a drive board which is applied to a liquid jet head, and outputs a drive signal to a jet section, and includes a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer opposed to each other along a direction perpendicular to a board surface, at least one drive device which is mounted on the first wiring layer, and is configured to generate the drive signal, a first power supply wiring line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and is a wiring line configured to supply drive power toward the drive device, a differential line which is arranged in the first wiring layer, and is a line configured to transmit a differential signal toward the drive device, and a second power supply wiring line which is arranged in the second wiring layer, which is electrically coupled to the first power supply wiring line via a first through hole, and is opposed to a first area in the differential line. A wiring width in the second power supply wiring line is larger than a line width of the first area in the differential line.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
73.
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
An electrochemical cell according to the present invention is characterized by comprising an outer package which is provided with: a case that has a lateral part and bottom parts, one of the bottom parts being an opening, while the other one of the bottom parts being provided with a through hole; a cover plate that is welded to the opening so as to seal the opening; and an electrode plate which closes the through hole by the intermediary of a resin film that is fusion bonded to a peripheral part of the through hole.
H01M 50/545 - Terminals formed by the casing of the cells
H01M 50/588 - Means for preventing undesired use or discharge for preventing incorrect connections inside or outside the batteries outside the batteries, e.g. incorrect connections of terminals or busbars
A printer includes: a mechanism frame configured to receive a recording medium including a liner having a large length, and a plurality of labels temporarily bonded on the liner; a support member supported on the mechanism frame through intermediation of a support shaft; a head which is mounted to the support member, and is configured to perform printing on at least one of the plurality of labels; and a transmissive sensor which is arranged between the head and the support shaft, and is configured to detect the at least one of the plurality of labels, wherein the mechanism frame includes: a frame portion provided between the head and the support shaft at a distance from the support shaft; and a recessed portion which is formed in the frame portion, and is configured to increase the distance so as to allow the sensor to pass through a space having the distance.
B41J 3/36 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for portability
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A thermal printer includes: a roll sheet receiving portion; and a delivery slot through which a portion of the recording sheet drawn from the roll sheet is delivered to an outside of the thermal printer; a printing unit including: a thermal head; and a platen roller configured to convey the recording sheet toward the delivery slot while sandwiching the recording sheet between the thermal head and the platen roller; a flap provided on a portion of the casing between the printing unit and the roll sheet receiving portion so as to be pivotable about a first axis, and configured to press the roll sheet in a direction of separating away from the delivery slot through abutment against an outer peripheral surface of the roll sheet; and an urging member configured to urge the flap about the first axis in the direction of separating away from the delivery slot.
This terminal-equipped button cell has a cathode can and an anode can that are flat cylinders, a gasket that insulates and seals the cathode can and the anode can, and a positive terminal and a negative terminal that are fixed to the bottom surfaces of the cathode can and the anode can, respectively, and is characterized in that: when integrated with the anode can, the bottom surface of the cathode can is curved in a convex shape no more than 100 µm outward in the thickness direction; the positive terminal has a flat positive connecting part; the positive terminal is disposed along the radial direction of the bottom surface of the cathode can; and the positive connecting part is inclined such that, in a cross-sectional view following the radial direction and perpendicular to the bottom surface, the positive connecting part forms a tangent line to the bottom surface at a position other than the center of the bottom surface and is fixed to the bottom surface.
An electrochemical cell according to the present invention is characterized by comprising an exterior body that has at least one flat surface, that has a through-hole formed inward of a peripheral edge part of the flat surface, and that has an electrode plate for closing the through-hole via a first resin film fused to a peripheral edge part of the through-hole, and is characterized in that: the first resin film has an extending part extending outward of the peripheral edge of the electrode plate; the first resin film is fused to the electrode plate; and a second resin film is fixed to the peripheral edge part of the electrode plate and the extending part.
This electrochemical cell (1) according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with: an electrode body (30); a lateral part (2); a first bottom part (21) and a second bottom part (11) facing each other in a battery axis (O) direction; and an exterior body (2) that accommodates the electrode body in an accommodation space (5) formed thereinside. The exterior body is provided with: a first member (20) including the first bottom part; a second member (10) that includes the second bottom part and that is weld-joined to the first member; and a support column part (4) that supports the first bottom part and the second bottom part. The electrode body is formed such that a positive electrode (32) and a negative electrode (33), which are laminated with a separator (31) therebetween, are axially wound around the center line of the support column part.
H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
H01M 10/0587 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
H01M 50/109 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure of button or coin shape
H01M 50/153 - Lids or covers characterised by their shape for button or coin cells
H01M 50/181 - Arrangements of electric connectors penetrating the casing adapted for the shape of the cells for button or coin cells
H01M 50/463 - Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by their shape
H01M 50/538 - Connection of several leads or tabs of wound or folded electrode stacks
H01M 50/548 - Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells on opposite sides of the cell
H01M 50/586 - Means for preventing undesired use or discharge for preventing incorrect connections inside or outside the batteries inside the batteries, e.g. incorrect connections of electrodes
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a positive electrode (10), a negative electrode (20), a separator (30), an electrolyte solution (50), and a storage container (2) in which the positive electrode (10), the negative electrode (20), the separator (30), and the electrolyte solution (50) are arranged in an internal storage space, wherein: at least one among the positive electrode (10) and the negative electrode (20) is in the form of a pellet containing an active material, a conductive aid, and a binder; the separator (30) is formed of a glass fiber nonwoven fabric; and the electrolyte solution (50) contains, as an organic solvent, a mixed solution including propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, and dimethoxyethane at a volume ratio of {PC:EC:DME}＝{0.5-1.5:0.5-1.5:1-3}, and contains 2-7 (mol/L) of a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide as a support salt.
H01M 4/13 - Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulatorsProcesses of manufacture thereof
H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 4/48 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides
H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
Printing system, detection method, and recording medium having computer program stored therein for detecting a portion between an adjacent pair of labels
A printing system includes: a conveyance controller configured to control a conveyor, the conveyor being configured to convey paper having a printing surface in which label portions are formed at predetermined intervals; a sensor configured to irradiate light on the paper conveyed by the conveyor to detect reflected light of the irradiated light; a detector configured to detect an output of the sensor; a moving average calculator configured to calculate moving averages of voltage values based on the output of the sensor detected by the detector; and a determiner configured to determine that a portion between an adjacent pair of the label portions has been detected based on the moving averages of the voltage values calculated by the moving average calculator, and the output of the sensor.
There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of ensuring sufficient ejection pressure. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure is provided with an actuator plate provided with first ejection channels and second ejection channels, and a feedback plate disposed on a lower end surface of the actuator plate. The first ejection channels are each surrounded by a pair of upstream drive walls opposed to each other in an X direction. The second ejection channels are each surrounded by a pair of downstream drive walls opposed to each other in the X direction.
There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device each capable of ensuring an electrical reliability, and enhancing the durability. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate having ejection channels and non-ejection channels extending in a Z direction and arranged alternately in an X direction, and a nozzle plate which has nozzle holes respectively communicated with the ejection channels, and faces the actuator plate. The non-ejection channels are terminated at positions separated from a lower end surface of the actuator plate. The ejection channels open on a lower end surface of the actuator plate.
There are provided a characteristic table generation system and so on capable of enhancing the convenience of the user. The characteristic table generation system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a system for generating a predictive voltage characteristic table for defining a predictive characteristic curve, the system including a data acquisition section configured to obtain a measured viscosity characteristic table defining a measured characteristic curve between viscosity and temperature of the liquid, and a predetermined parameter separately, as input data, a conversion coefficient generation section configured to generate a conversion coefficient used when performing a conversion process from the measured characteristic curve into the predictive characteristic curve based on the predetermined parameter using a first analytical method as a predetermined analytical method which takes the predetermined parameter as an explanatory variable, and which takes the conversion coefficient as an objective variable, and a table generation section configured to perform the conversion process using the measured viscosity characteristic table and the conversion coefficient generated by the conversion coefficient generation section to thereby generate the predictive voltage characteristic table.
The head chip includes an actuator plate having ejection channels and non-ejection channels extending in a Y direction and arranged alternately in an X direction, an intermediate plate overlapped with the actuator plate in a Z direction, and provided with communication holes communicated with the ejection channels and through holes communicated with the non-ejection channels, and a nozzle plate overlapped with the intermediate plate in the Z direction in a state of closing the through holes, and provided with nozzle holes which are communicated with the communication holes, jet liquid contained in the ejection channels, and are formed at positions corresponding to the ejection channels. The non-ejection channels are communicated with an outside of the head chip. The through holes are each disposed at an inner side in the X direction of the inner surfaces extending in the Y direction of the non-ejection channel viewed from the Z direction.
The trouble of removing a protective film such as a poly-paraxylene film from the part not requiring the protective film is reduced. A method of manufacturing a head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate preparation step of preparing an actuator plate substrate having a jet channel communicated with a nozzle hole configured to jet ink, and a non-jet channel which does not jet the ink, and a protective film formation step of forming a protective film configured to protect a common electrode formed on an inner surface of the jet channel from the ink in a state in which the jet channel is exposed and the non-jet channel is covered after the substrate preparation step.
There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording device, and a method of manufacturing the head chip each capable of preventing the short circuit of electrodes by ink to maintain an excellent ejection performance over a long period of time. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate, a cover plate, and an intermediate plate. In the actuator plate, open apertures which communicate an inside and an outside of a non-ejection channel with each other are formed in both end portions of the non-ejection channel in a Y direction. In the actuator plate, open apertures which communicate an inside and an outside of a non-ejection channel with each other are formed in both end portions of the non-ejection channel in the Y direction.
A liquid jet head and so on capable of enhancing the convenience while improving the performance are provided. The liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a jet section configured to jet liquid, at least one drive device which applies a drive signal having a predetermined drive waveform to the jet section to thereby cause the jet section to jet the liquid, and a waveform setting section configured to generate regular waveform configuration information for setting the drive waveform based on simplified waveform configuration information supplied from an outside of the liquid jet head. The waveform setting section converts the simplified waveform configuration information including at least one type of reference potential value set along a time axis into the regular waveform configuration information including a plurality of types of power supply potential values set for each of the reference potential values to thereby generate the regular waveform configuration information based on the simplified waveform configuration information.
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
There are provided a liquid jet head and so on capable of enhancing the convenience. The liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a jet section, a plurality of drive boards, at least one drive device, a waveform setting section, a control switch section, an external control line in which first control communication is performed, an internal control line in which second control communication is performed, and a plurality of drive control lines in which third control communication is individually performed. The waveform setting section generates second waveform configuration information for setting the drive waveform based on first waveform configuration information transmitted from the outside of the liquid jet head using the first control communication. The control switch section performs control switch between a transmission control action and a blocking control action when transmitting the second waveform configuration information, which is transmitted from the waveform setting section using the second control communication, to the drive device using the third control communication.
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 battery includes a negative electrode can that is formed into a topped cylindrical shape. A negative electrode can circumferential wall portion includes a double cylinder portion that extends from an opening edge of the negative electrode can toward a top portion, and a step portion that connects the top portion to the double cylinder portion. The step portion includes a first curved portion that extends to a lower side from an outer circumferential edge of the top portion, a second curved portion that extends to an outer side of a radial direction from the first curved portion, and a third curved portion that extends to the lower side from the second curved portion. The double cylinder portion includes an inner cylinder portion that extends to the lower side from the third curved portion, and an outer cylinder portion that surrounds the inner cylinder portion from the outer side of the radial direction. A gasket is arranged on an outer side of the outer cylinder portion in the radial direction and on an upper side. An upper end edge of the outer cylinder portion is positioned further on the upper side than a center between both ends of the negative electrode can in an axial direction and is positioned further on the lower side than an upper end edge of the third curved portion.
A terminal device control method includes: a window mode information acquisition step of acquiring window mode information indicating any one of a single-window mode, which is a mode in which one application runs, and a multi-window mode, which is a mode in which a plurality of applications run in parallel, for a screen of a terminal device configured to cause an external device to perform operation by communicating to/from the external device; a switching step of making a switch, in a case in which the window mode information acquired in the window mode information acquisition step indicates the multi-window mode, to enable or disable a first operation, which is an operation to be performed at least in a time period in which a first application for causing the external device to perform operation runs, and is an operation regarding information to be transmitted from the external device to the terminal device; and a first operation execution step of executing the first operation in a case in which the switch has been made to enable the first operation in the switching step.
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
A gasket includes a base portion that extends across an entire circumference in a circumferential direction and is arranged between a bottom portion of a positive electrode can and an opening edge of a negative electrode can, an outer wall portion that protrudes to an upper side from an outer circumferential portion of the base portion and extends across the entire circumference in the circumferential direction, and is in close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the positive electrode can and an outer circumferential surface of the negative electrode can, and an inner wall portion that protrudes to the upper side from the base portion on an inner side of the outer wall portion and extends across the entire circumference in the circumferential direction. An inner circumferential surface of the outer wall portion includes a guide portion that extends in an axial direction with a constant inner diameter, and a sealant holding portion that is positioned between the guide portion and the base portion and holds a sealant having fluidity. An outer circumferential surface of the outer wall portion includes a tapered portion that extends across the entire circumference in the circumferential direction. A diameter of the tapered portion is gradually increased in a direction from a lower side to the upper side.
b curved with a curvature radius R gradually toward an inner wall portion side as it extends from a bottom wall portion side toward an opening end edge of the outer wall portion. A diameter D of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is set to 4.6 mm to 5.0 mm. A height H2 of the positive electrode can is set to be in a range of 74% to 79% of a height H1 of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The curvature radius R of the crimping portion is set to be in a range of 0.7 mm to 1.1 mm.
H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/583 - Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
A liquid jet head and so on capable of reducing both of a manufacturing cost and power consumption are provided. The liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a jet section and at least one drive board. The drive board is provided with a first input terminal and a second input terminal, a plurality of drive devices, a plurality of transmission lines, and a plurality of terminal resistors. The drive devices each have a first input/output section and a second input/output section. The plurality of drive devices include a first drive device and a second drive device. The plurality of transmission lines include a first transmission line, a second transmission line, and at least one third transmission line. The plurality of termination resistors include a first termination resistor, a second termination resistor, and a third termination resistor.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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Liquid jet head having high and low rigidity support parts
A stress caused in an actuator member with respect to input or output of heat is reduced. There is provided a liquid jet head including an actuator member having a pressure chamber, a low rigidity support part which is disposed at one side with respect to the actuator member, and is coupled to the actuator member, and a high rigidity support part which is disposed at the other side opposite to the one side with respect to the actuator member, and is coupled to the actuator member. The high rigidity support part has a high rigidity part which includes a head constituent member of the liquid jet head higher in linear expansion coefficient and Young's modulus than the actuator member, and which reduces a thermal deformation of the high rigidity support part in a direction of extension or contraction of the actuator member with respect to input or output of heat to or from the liquid jet head to be smaller than a thermal deformation exhibited in the direction of the extension or the contraction by the head constituent member with respect to the input or the output of the heat. The low rigidity support part is lower in rigidity in the direction of the extension or the contraction than the actuator member.
A printer includes: a first connector to be used to input electric power supplied from an outside; a second connector to which a communication terminal is to be connected, and which is to be used to output at least a part of the electric power to the connected communication terminal; a printing control unit configured to control operation of a printing unit configured to perform printing on recording paper; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a maximum amount of the electric power to be output from the second connector, of the electric power supplied from the outside, to a first amount of power when the printing unit is not under a printing operation, and adjust the maximum amount of the electric power to be output from the second connector to a second amount of power when the printing unit is under the printing operation, the second amount of power being smaller than the first amount of power.
A rolling bearing capable of achieving reduction in torque is provided. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other, a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, a seal member configured to cover an area between the inner ring and the outer ring from an outside in an axial direction, and filled grease disposed between the rolling element and the seal member. The filled grease includes a first ring-like part which extends to form a circumferential shape centering on a common axis of the inner ring and the outer ring, and which has contact with one of the inner ring and the outer ring, and a second ring-like part which extends to form a circumferential shape centering on the common axis, which is connected to the first ring-like part at an outer side in the axial direction, and which has contact with the seal member.
F16C 19/06 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with a single row of balls
F16C 33/66 - Special parts or details in view of lubrication
F16C 33/78 - Sealings of ball or roller bearings with a diaphragm, disc, or ring, with or without resilient members
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Thermal head control device, thermal printer, and thermal head control method
A thermal head control device includes: a printing rate calculation range determination unit configured to determine, as a printing rate calculation range, a range from a left-end energization dot to a right-end energization dot among energization dots present in printing data corresponding to heating elements to be controlled among a plurality of heating elements included in a thermal head; a printing rate calculation unit configured to calculate a printing rate of the printing rate calculation range determined by the printing rate calculation range determination unit; an energizing time calculation unit configured to calculate an energizing time for which a current is caused to flow through the heating elements based on the printing rate calculated by the printing rate calculation unit; and an output unit configured to output a control signal for driving the heating elements to be controlled of the thermal head, based on the calculated energizing time.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A transmission device (1) provided with: an input shaft that rotates about an axis (O1); an inner gear (4) that is disposed so as to be centered around an eccentric axis (O2) eccentric with respect to the axis, that is operated along with the rotation of the input shaft, and that has a plurality of inner teeth (3) which are disposed so as to be spaced in the circumferential direction that circles the eccentric axis; an outer gear (6) that is disposed so as to be rotatable about the axis and that has a plurality of outer teeth (5) which are engageable with the plurality of inner teeth; an output shaft that rotates about the axis along with the rotation of the outer gear; and a guide member (70) that restrains the rotation of the inner gear to guide the inner gear so that the inner gear eccentrically oscillates about the axis. The number of outer teeth differs from the number of inner teeth.
F16H 1/32 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with gears having orbital motion in which the central axis of the gearing lies inside the periphery of an orbital gear
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QUANTITATIVE AMOUNT FEED MECHANISM AND DISCHARGE DEVICE
The present invention relates to a quantitative amount feed mechanism including a functional unit disposed to be movable along an axis, a drive unit that presses the functional unit with a predetermined driving force to move the functional unit in a first direction along the axis, and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a movement of the functional unit so that the functional unit moves with the driving force. The adjustment mechanism applies an auxiliary force to the functional unit in a direction the same as the first direction, or applies a reaction force to the functional unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction, in accordance with a difference between a resistance force generated by the movement of the functional unit and the driving force.
