US Patents Published on 29-Dec-2009

A switching valve is disposed between a pressure fluid supply source and an ejector in a vacuum suction apparatus. A supply port of the switching valve is connected to the pressure fluid supply source, and an outlet port of the switching valve is...

A stretcher for transporting patients, comprising a rest plane (2) for supporting a patient in a substantially lying position, and means for raising (3, 35) for raising the rest plane (2) with respect to the surface on which the stretcher (1) is...

A lift and secure latch assembly for a vehicle tailgate includes a pair of cables capable of applying upward force to the tailgate and a tensioning mechanism positioned within the tailgate and connected to the support members to apply tension...

A plastic window for use in a motor vehicle includes a plastic panel having portions defining an edge about a perimeter of the panel and a window flange integral to the plastic panel. The window flange is positioned adjacent to the edge and extends...

The truck security system emits an audible alarm when a cargo door is open and a driver or other person working on the truck goes beyond a defined distance, generally the immediate vicinity, from the truck exposing cargo to possible theft. In a truck...

The present invention concerns a system and method for providing reinforcement in the form of strength and/or moisture protection at discrete locations along the bottom of a wooden cargo-carrying floor, which reduces the cost associated with such...

An under-cover mounting structure for an industrial vehicle includes right and left side-frames, and an under cover. The right and left side-frames face each other with an interval. The under cover is detachably mounted on the side frames by fixing...

The invention relates to a motor vehicle part including a light unit support possessing an initial “operational” position in which the light unit is held at a given height on the vehicle. The light unit support also is configured to take up a second...

A vacuum system for highchairs wherein a wet/dry vacuum is attached to the back of the highchair having conduits running from the vacuum to the bottom of the seat of the highchair and into the sides of the tray of the highchair so that food spillage...

The present invention relates to a vehicle mounted printer station made up of a printer secured to a support surface tray that includes an adaptor capable of attaching the tray and printer to the top of a vehicle seat. The support surface is...

The invention relates generally to an adjustably extendable seat back for a car seat, that optionally folds compactly for easy transportation.

The chair according to the invention has a seat and a seat mechanism, wherein the seat and the seat mechanism are formed so that, during the sideways pivoting movement of the seat, the one side of the seat is movable independently of the other side...

A skywatcher's tripod has a seat mounted on a rider support that swivels 360 degrees on a base having upwardly foldable tripod legs. A post forms a forward end of the rider support. An extension arm configured to secure a tripod head for attachment...

A high impact resistant pick in a holder having a super hard material bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate at a non-planar interface. The cemented metal carbide substrate is bonded to a front end of a cemented metal carbide bolster. A bore is...

A blocking system for file cabinets that including a pull shaft (c) linked to each drawer/guide (c), a support platen (1) fastened to the furniture, which defines a groove-rail (11) with at least two sections (11a and 11b) angled between each other,...

A printing data processing apparatus for performing printing operations on an object to be printed is provided, which includes a plurality of printhead modules arranged in parallel, wherein each of the printhead modules has equal number of parallel...

The invention provides methods, systems, and drivers for controlling an inkjet printing system. The driver may include logic including a processor, memory coupled to the logic, and a fire pulse generator circuit coupled to the logic. The fire pulse...

A photo printer that prints 6″×4″ photos that has a stationary 4″ printhead. The printhead has a plurality of color channels, each color channel comprising at least one nozzle row extending along the length of said printhead, each nozzle in a color...

An image forming apparatus with reduced momentary current consumption is provided. The apparatus includes: a plurality of drive waveform generating circuits; a circuit selection device which selectively switches the drive waveform generating circuits...

An array type inkjet printer and a method of determining the condition of nozzles in the array type inkjet printer are disclosed. The array type inkjet printer includes a plurality of head chips, each comprising a plurality of nozzles, a print part...

A printhead maintenance assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance assembly comprises: (a) a maintenance roller having an elastically deformable contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink...

A printhead, a scanning type inkjet image forming apparatus having the same, and a method of performing a printing operation with a high resolution. Separate N nozzle units are disposed in the printhead such that images can be printed with higher...

A drop ejection device includes three or more orifices disposed in a two-dimensional pattern in a nozzle plate, a fluid conduit coupled to the three or more orifice, and an actuator configured to actuate the fluid in the fluid conduit to eject...

A nozzle arrangement includes a wafer defining a nozzle chamber which can be supplied with ink via an ink supply channel. A cover is provided which covers the nozzle chamber. The cover defines a plurality of radially extending bridging portions which...

In the prior art, ejection openings are formed of different materials having respective wettability levels Thus, ink may disadvantageously be drawn toward a more wettable material and ejected obliquely. Further, if ejection is carried out with a...

A thermal ink jet printhead (40) for the emission of droplets of ink on a print medium (46) comprises a reservoir (103) containing ink (142), a die (61), a slot (102) engraved in said die (61) and a plurality of ejectors (73), each of which in turn...

A liquid ejecting head includes nozzle openings through which a liquid is ejected and a channel-containing substrate having pressure-generating chambers each communicating with the corresponding nozzle openings. Piezoelectric elements are disposed on...

An inkjet printer with a printhead integrated circuit (IC) (28), an ink supply reservoir (6) for storing ink, an ink supply line (3) defining a flow path from the ink supply reservoir to the printhead IC, and a valve (22) in the ink supply line...

The present invention relates to an improved process for wet-on-wet ink-jet printing. This invention provides a progressive dot printing ink-jet process comprising the steps of applying a first ink drop to a substrate and subsequently applying a...

A liquid jet head includes a nozzle element having nozzles from which a recording liquid is ejected to a recording medium, wherein the recording liquid contains fine particles of a pigment, wherein the fine particles of the pigment contained in the...

Glasses, comprising a frame and a lens system for the correction of defective vision, which comprises at least one pair of lenses formed by a first lens and a second lens, which first and second lens, viewed in the path of vision, are disposed one...

Folding eyeglasses with a multifunction carrying case are disclosed. The folding eyeglasses may be any type of glasses such as reading glasses, sun glasses, and/or prescription glasses. Preferably, the glasses fold at the bridge of the nose and on...

The invention provides ophthalmic lenses useful in preventing myopia progression. The lenses of the invention provide substantially constant distance vision power zone in the center of the optic zone surrounded by a zone that provides positive...

A technique is disclosed of tracking a position of a pupil of a viewer's eyeball, by directing light toward the eyeball and using a portion of the light reflected from the eyeball. In the technique, the detection is performed of the intensity of a...

A method for generating retinal images using the stigmatism of the two foci (F, F′) of a substantially elliptical sight (E) with a semi-reflective surface, wherein a so-called object focus consisting of the diaphragm of a pinhole disc forming the...

An object of the invention is to provide a light source driving method for supplying electric power to a light source of a projector, and to provide a projector using this light source driving method. The projector has a lamp (2) as a light source...

A projection optical system for use in an image projection apparatus illuminating an image display panel forming an image in accordance with a modulating signal with illumination light from a light source. The projection optical system includes first...

An example light guide assembly for illuminating a display of an instrument cluster includes a light receiving portion, a light propagating portion and a reflective surface between the light receiving portion and the light propagating portion. The...

A lamp fixing unit capable of simplifying the manufacture of a backlight assembly by eliminating the need for manual procedures is presented. The lamp fixing unit includes a fixing member and a lamp holder. The fixing member includes a fixing body...

An arrangement for the illumination of a field which uses, as a combined light source, three groups of LEDs which emit light bundles in different colors (R, G, B). The light bundles—considered in the direction of light propagation—pass collector...

A xenon short-arc lamp system includes a choice of two anode heatsinks with different mechanisms for thermally interfacing to, and supporting, e.g., a 300W-400W xenon short-arc lamp. One heatsink, allows a conventional mounting in which a split ring...

A dead front actuating assembly actuates a device in standard ambient light conditions. The dead front actuating assembly includes a housing defining a periphery and an interior volume. A cover plate is fixedly secured to the housing at the...

Heat dissipation devices for an LED lamp set has a plate-type heat spreader as the core unit. The plate-type heat spreader is either a flat-plate heat pipe or a metal plate embedded with heat pipes. The high-power LED lamps are thermally connected to...

An LED lamp includes a heat sink and an LED module. The heat sink includes a body, a plurality of radial partition fins extending evenly from an outer periphery of the body and a curved wall surrounding lower portions of the fins. The fins, the outer...

An LED lamp assembly includes a receiving member, a first LED lamp and a second LED lamp. The receiving member has a pair of opposite slope surfaces. The first and second LED lamps are mounted on the opposite slope surfaces of the receiving member....

An optical assembly includes a light emitting diode (LED) and a structured surface. The structured surface has a plurality of prismatic structures arranged radially with respect to a reference point, and is disposed relative to the LED such that the...

In a backlight assembly and a display device having the same, the backlight assembly includes a receiving container, a light source, a reflecting member and an optical member. The receiving container includes a bottom plate and a sidewall protruded...

A housing has an internally-threaded opening that opens through an external surface. A support has external threads that engage the internal threads. Radiation-emitting structure on the support emits a beam of radiation that propagates to a location...

An exemplary prism sheet (20) includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface (201), a second surface (202) opposite to the first surface, a plurality of first micro-depressions (203) defined in the first surface, and a...

A back light module including a back plate, a light source and a bar lens is disclosed. The bar lens includes a top and a bottom center transparent surfaces, a right and a left top total internal reflection surfaces, a right and a left first emitting...