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20080231659 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Even in the case where preliminary ejection is performed by a recording head having an array of pigment ink ejection outlets and an array of dye ink ejection outlets in which a length of the pigment ink ejection outlet array is longer than a length of the dye ink ejection outlet array, deposition of preliminarily ejected pigment ink at a preliminary ejection receiving portion is effectively prevented by providing an inclined surface at the preliminary ejection receiving portion so that ink from the dye ink ejection outlets is received at an upstream position of the inclined surface and ink from the pigment ink ejection outlets is received at a downstream position of the inclined surface in a direction of gravity. | 09-25-2008 |
20090289974 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In order to stabilize a performance of a pump employed for processing in an inkjet printing apparatus such as sucking ink from a printing head with a low cost configuration and without the need of using any specific detecting unit, the following configuration is employed. Namely, a tube pump having a member with a curved surface aligned with a flexible tube for supporting the tube and a roller which moves while pressing (squeezing) the flexible tube is driven with a DC motor. To keep revolutions always constant, a current PWM control is employed for changing a power applied to the motor according to load fluctuations, and a phase of the roller is determined based on the current PWM value to manage a pressure generated by the pump and a discharge rate. | 11-26-2009 |
20100085394 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid supply device includes a pressure unit configured to generate a pressure to supply liquid to a printing unit, the printing unit configured to discharge the liquid and perform printing on a printing medium; a pressure detecting unit configured to detect the pressure generated by the pressure unit; and a control unit configured to drive the pressure unit with a power corresponding to a liquid consuming speed of the printing unit if the pressure detecting unit detects a lower pressure than a predetermined pressure while the printing unit discharges the liquid. | 04-08-2010 |
20110063383 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A fail-safe capability is realized that not only forestalls the execution by the user of the head replacement operation in an erroneous sequence while the printing apparatus is in operation but also prevents the splashing of ink even if the user attempts to inadvertently replace the print head. For this purpose, the ink supply and the opening and closing of the print head replacement cover are performed by a predetermined rotation of one drive source. | 03-17-2011 |
20110090271 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In order to stabilize a performance of a pump employed for processing in an inkjet printing apparatus such as sucking ink from a printing head with a low cost configuration and without the need of using any specific detecting unit, the following configuration is employed. Namely, a tube pump having a member with a curved surface aligned with a flexible tube for supporting the tube and a roller which moves while pressing (squeezing) the flexible tube is driven with a DC motor. To keep revolutions always constant, a current PWM control is employed for changing a power applied to the motor according to load fluctuations, and a phase of the roller is determined based on the current PWM value to manage a pressure generated by the pump and a discharge rate. | 04-21-2011 |
20130070032 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - A turning operation of a headset lever is completed, and a printing head can be detached from a carriage part. By the above described turning operation of the head set lever, a supply port insertion and extraction part connected via a link slides, a needle pipe of the supply port insertion and extraction part is brought into a state of being the farthest from the printing head, and a needle insertion and extraction lever is brought into state in which it moves under a case wall. Thereby, an operator cannot turn only the needle insertion and extraction lever when the head set lever is in an opened state. In this manner, when the headset lever is in the opened state, the operation of the needle insertion and extraction lever which is used for connection of the supply port insertion and extraction part to ink supply port is restricted. | 03-21-2013 |
20140043394 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An embodiment of this invention is directed to a printing apparatus capable of providing an output result without a printing density difference between two surfaces in two-sided printing. In the printing apparatus, one subtank is provided for each type of ink. The nozzles of printheads that receive inks supplied from the subtank and are used for printing of the front surface of a printing sheet and printing of the back surface, respectively, are aligned to almost the same level in the vertical direction, thereby making the water head pressures match. | 02-13-2014 |
20140204144 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus, in which a time required for printing is shortened. The printing apparatus includes a first printing unit that performs printing on a first surface of a sheet by an ink jet system; and a second printing unit that performs printing on a second surface of the sheet by the ink jet system, the second printing unit being disposed on a downstream side of the first printing unit. Moreover, the printing apparatus includes a sheet discharge sensor that detects the sheet to be discharged from the second printing unit. The sheet discharge sensor includes an arm having a rotating member supported thereon, the rotating member being brought into contact with the sheet being conveyed while being rotated. | 07-24-2014 |
20150284202 | PRINTING APPARATUS AMD PRINTING METHOD - A sheet is conveyed with no slack between a first conveying path and a second conveying path, thus allowing a high-quality image to be printed on the sheet and suppressing a possible sheet jam. A conveying path with a changeable conveying path length is provided between a first conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a second conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090304646 | Multipotent/Pluripotent Cells and Methods - Described herein are multipotent stem cells, e.g., human and other mammalian pluripotent stem cells, and related methods. | 12-10-2009 |
20100105100 | MULTIPOTENT/PLURIPOTENT CELLS AND METHODS - Described herein are multipotent stem cells, e.g., human and other mammalian pluripotent stem cells, and related methods. | 04-29-2010 |
20100120069 | MULTIPOTENT/PLURIPOTENT CELLS AND METHODS - Described herein are multipotent stem cells, e.g., human and other mammalian pluripotent stem cells, and related methods. | 05-13-2010 |
20100240090 | METHODS AND PLATFORMS FOR DRUG DISCOVERY - The present invention involves methods for identifying an agent that corrects a phenotype associated with a health condition or a predisposition for a health condition. The invention also involves methods for identifying a diagnostic cellular phenotype, determining the risk of a health condition in a subject, methods for reducing the risk of drug toxicity in a human subject, and methods for identifying a candidate gene that contributes to a human disease. The invention also discloses human induced pluripotent stem cell lines. | 09-23-2010 |
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20080258541 | Bearing Device for Wheel - A wheel bearing apparatus includes a roller bearing, an inner shaft having an outer circumferential surface to which an inner ring of the roller bearing is installed, a coupler ring attached to an end portion of the inner shaft, and a caulked portion provided in an end portion of the inner shaft so as to fix the coupler ring and the roller bearing to the inner shaft so as to be immovable in an axial direction of the inner shaft. An outer diameter of the coupler ring is set smaller than a diameter of a shoulder portion of the inner ring. Alternatively, a protruding portion is provided in any one of opposing end surfaces of the coupler ring and the inner ring, whereby the coupler ring is arranged away from a seal member. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid an interference of the coupler ring with the seal member. | 10-23-2008 |
20090092349 | Rolling bearing unit for wheel - A rolling bearing unit for a wheel includes an outer ring member having a flange portion formed on its outer periphery and fitted to a vehicle body-side member, an inner ring member rotatably fitted in the outer ring member, and double-row rolling elements arranged between the outer ring member and the inner ring member. The flange portion includes a first flange portion formed on the upper-side portion of the outer periphery, and a second flange portion and a third flange portion formed on the lower-side portion of the outer periphery. Each of the first, second and third flange portion has a bolt-hole used to fit the outer ring member to the vehicle body-side member. The first flange portion is formed in such a manner that the bolt-hole thereof is positioned on the vertical line that passes through the rotational center of the outer ring member. | 04-09-2009 |
20090324154 | WHEEL BEARING APPARATUS - A bearing apparatus includes an inner ring including a flange a tubular portion which has an end face; an outer ring coupled to the inner ring through a plurality of rolling elements; and a drive force-receiving portion including a plurality of teeth which is radially formed on the end face in a direction intersecting an axial direction. A surface of the each teeth is coated by a coating. | 12-31-2009 |
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20120212018 | CHAIR-TYPE MASSAGE APPARATUS - The chair-type massage apparatus is characterized in that, when placed with its back facing a room wall, it can be located near the wall and, when its seat is made movable back-and-forth, the leg kneading device mounted at the front of the seat can be used without being obstructed by the back-and-forth movement. | 08-23-2012 |
20140206083 | HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS INDUCED FROM UNDIFFERENTIATED STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM A HUMAN POSTNATAL TISSUE - Establishment of human pluripotent stem cells having properties close to human ES cells with the genome of the patient per se that can circumvent immunological rejection of transplanted cells from cells derived from a postnatal human tissue are described. Human pluripotent stem cells can be induced by introducing three genes of Oct3/4, Sox2 and Klf 4, or three genes of Oct3/4, Sox2 and Klf 4 plus the c-Myc gene or a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor of undifferentiated stem cells present in various human postnatal tissues in which each gene of Tert, Nanog, Oct3/4 and Sox2 has not undergone epigenetic inactivation. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090191159 | Multipotent/pluripotent cells and methods - Described herein are multipotent stem cells, e.g., human and other mammalian pluripotent stem cells, and related methods. | 07-30-2009 |
20130023045 | INDUCED HEPATIC STEM CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND APPLICATIONS OF THE CELL - The present invention relates to an induced hepatic stem cell defined as follows, a process for production thereof, and applications of the cell, which are useful in safety tests, toxicity tests, metabolism tests, drug interaction tests, antiviral activity tests, screening tests for pharmaceuticals such as hyperlipidemic therapeutics, hypertension therapeutics, low-molecular weight compound medicaments, and antibody medicaments, screening for targets in drug discovery, preparation of animal models, production of hepatocyte-produced proteins, and in regenerative medicine. The induced hepatic stem cell of the present invention is characterized by at least satisfying the following requirements (1)-(3): (1) it expresses at least 15 genes as selected from the group of the genes which are marker genes for an embryonic stem cell; (2) it has properties of a hepatocyte; and (3) it can be subjected to expansion culture or passage culture for at least 3 days. | 01-24-2013 |
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20130255352 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR ELEMENT FOR USE IN GAS SENSOR, INSPECTING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSOR ELEMENT, AND PRE-TREATING SENSOR ELEMENT - To provide a method for manufacturing a sensor element, by which stabilization of an electrode, which is performed prior to inspecting element characteristics, can be performed for a shorter time period and in a more reliable manner than in the conventional. The sensor element includes: an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer; a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer; and a second electrode that is formed in a space provided inside the oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer, and that is configured to reduce said predetermined gas component. As the pre-treatment, by an external power source. a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, to thereby decompose and remove a gas component attached to the second electrode. | 10-03-2013 |
20150260679 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING PROCESSING ON GAS SENSOR - A sensor element mainly contains an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte. By applying, across a first electrode formed on a surface of an internal space into which a measurement gas is introduced from an outside and a second electrode formed on an external surface of the element, a predetermined voltage determined based on a potential difference between the first electrode and a reference electrode provided inside the element, oxygen in the internal space can be pumped out. In a case where pump reference processing is performed, a DC voltage having a maximum value of 1.4 to 2.0 V inclusive is applied across the reference and second electrodes for 10 to 1200 seconds inclusive in a state in which the reference and second electrodes are respectively electrically connected to negative and positive terminals of an external DC power supply, and an element temperature is set to 700 to 850° C. inclusive. | 09-17-2015 |
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20150316878 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus and image forming system are described, with which banner paper can be processed by appropriately detecting the banner paper in the fixing position when the conveyance of the banner paper is halted. The image forming apparatus comprises a paper conveying unit for conveying banner paper, an image forming unit for transferring an image to the banner paper, a fixing unit for fixing the image to the banner paper in a fixing nip by heating and pressing the banner paper conveyed along a conveying route, and a control unit. This control unit identifies information about the paper position which coincides with the fixing nip when the conveyance of the banner paper is halted and information about the amount of paper deformation of the banner paper in the paper position, and outputs the information which is identified. | 11-05-2015 |
20150355584 | FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat an endless belt stretched around a plurality of rollers, a lower pressure roller pressed into contact with the fixing belt, and a control unit configured to control the temperature of the fixing belt by controlling the heating unit, and fixes an unfixed toner image formed on a continuous paper to the continuous paper by heat from the heated object under a nipping pressure applied at the nip portion which is formed by engagement between the fixing belt and the lower pressure roller. The control unit controls the temperature of the fixing belt to be a stand-by temperature lower than such a first temperature, which is set up in advance, that paper trouble might occur if the continuous paper is continuously heated at a temperature not lower than the first temperature in a stand-by state in which fixing is not performed. | 12-10-2015 |