F-Term-List

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EA00
PURPOSE

EA01

EA02

EA04

EA05

EA06

EA07

EA08

EA09

. Increase in printing speed

. . Printing by thinning (Viewpoint EC to be also assigned.)

. achieving high-definition printing

. . Prevention of bleeding

. . Prevention of unevenness in density (Viewpoint EC to be also assigned)

. . Prevention of misalignment (Viewpoints EC and EE to be also assigned.)

. . Prevention of stripes

. . Compensation for differences in recording media

EA11

EA12

EA13

EA14

EA15

EA16

EA17

EA18

EA19

EA20

. Colour recording (Viewpoint EE to be also assigned.)

. Prevention of colour mixture

. Improvement of environmental resistance of printing

. Prevention of or recovery from faulty ink discharge (Viewpoint EC to be also assigned.)

. Elimination of bubbles or prevention of generation of bubbles see viewpoints EC and KD

. Removal of smudging or prevention of smudging (Viewpoints HA and JB to be also assigned.)

. Prevention of drying of ink (Viewpoint JA to be also assigned.)

. Drip-proofing dust-proofing vibration-proofing or soundproofing

. Environmental measures e.g. recycling or reuse

. Facilitating of maintenance

EA21

EA22

EA23

EA24

EA25

EA26

EA27

EA28

EA29

EA30

. Improvement of durability

. Facilitating of replacement

. Miniaturization or increasing density

. Cost reduction

. Saving of ink or energy

. Stabilisation of ink supply

. Recovery of waste ink (Viewpoint JC to be also assigned.)

. Stabilization of temperature of heads or ink

. Detection of remaining ink amounts or presence of ink also covered by viewpoint EB

. Combination with other recording methods

EB00
DETECTION

EB01

EB02

EB03

EB04

EB06

EB07

EB08

EB09

. Detection timing

. . detecting when power is turned on or off

. . detecting during printing operation

. . detecting during print standby

. Detected sections *

. . Head parts

. . . Nozzle parts

. . . Common ink chamber parts

EB11

EB12

EB13

EB14

EB15

EB16

EB17

EB18

EB19

EB20

. . Carriage parts

. . Parts for conveying recording media

. . Recording media

. . Fixing parts

. . Ink supply parts

. . . Ink supply tubes

. . . Pumps

. . . Valves

. . . Filters

. . . Ink tanks

EB21

EB23

EB24

EB25

EB26

EB27

EB29

EB30

. . . Sub-tanks e.g. reserve tanks

. . Cap parts

. . Cleaning parts

. . Discharging or sucking recovery parts

. . Original images

. . Results of print output

. Detected objects or detecting means *

. . Detection of temperature

EB31

EB32

EB33

EB34

EB35

EB36

EB37

EB38

EB39

EB40

. . Detection of humidity

. . Detection of ink viscosity

. . Detection of presence of bubbles

. . Detection of pressure *

. . Detection of speed *

. . Detection of positions *

. . Detection of distance or space *

. . Detection of time *

. . Detection of voltage or current

. . Detection of non-discharge of ink or clogging

EB41

EB42

EB44

EB45

EB46

EB47

EB48

EB49

EB50

. . Detection of print density or unevenness in density

. . . Detection of density by optical means

. . Detection of mounting or replacement

. . Detection of types

. . Detection of dimensions

. . Detection of colour

. . Detection of flow rates

. . Detection of the number of print dots

. . Detection of remaining ink amounts

EB51

EB52

EB53

EB54

EB55

EB56

EB58

EB59

. . . by electrical means

. . . by optical means

. . . by magnetic means

. . . by fluid pressure

. . . by visual recognition

. . . by indirect means

. . Detection of image input data

. . Detection of history or stored data

EC00
CONTROL

EC01

EC02

EC03

EC04

EC06

EC07

EC08

EC09

. Control timing

. . Controlling when power is turned on or off

. . Controlling during printing operation

. . controlling during print standby

. Controlled sections *

. . Control of head parts

. . . Control of nozzle parts

. . . Control of common ink chamber parts

EC11

EC12

EC13

EC14

EC15

EC16

EC17

EC18

EC19

EC20

. . Control of carriage parts or scanning parts

. . Control of conveying parts for recording media

. . Control of recording media

. . Control of fixation parts

. . Control of ink supply parts

. . . Control of ink supply tubes

. . . Control of pressurising pumps

. . . Control of valves

. . . Control of ink tanks

. . . Control of sub-tanks e.g. reserve tanks

EC21

EC22

EC23

EC24

EC25

EC26

EC28

EC29

EC30

. . Control of ink

. . Control of cap parts

. . Control of cleaning parts

. . Control of discharging or sucking recovery parts

. . Control of results of print output

. . Control of display or warning parts *

. Controlled objects or control means *

. . Control of temperature

. . Control of humidity

EC31

EC32

EC33

EC34

EC35

EC36

EC37

EC38

EC39

EC40

. . Control of speed

. . Control of pressure

. . Control of space or distance

. . Control of feed amounts

. . Positioning or adjustment

. . Control of time

. . Control of timing

. . Control of voltage or current

. . Control of frequency

. . Control of flow rates

EC41

EC42

EC43

EC44

EC45

EC46

EC47

EC49

EC50

. . Control of ink discharge amounts or sucking amounts

. . Control of ink discharge conditions

. . Adjustment of density or ink viscosity

. . . Diluent

. . . Heating of ink

. . . Agitation of ink

. . . Semi-permeable membranes

. . Control for separation or elimination of bubbles

. . . by heating

EC51

EC53

EC54

EC55

EC56

EC57

EC58

EC59

EC60

. . . by decompression

. . Control for prevention of or recovery from faulty ink discharge

. . . by preliminary discharge or empty discharge

. . . by heating ink

. . . by pressurising ink

. . . by ink suction

. . . before the start of printing

. . . performing regularly

. . . performing irregularly

EC61

EC62

EC63

EC64

EC65

EC66

EC67

EC69

EC70

. . Control of ink levels

. . Control of ink filling

. . Withdrawing of ink inside nozzles

. . Control of ink replenishment

. . Control of ink switching

. . Control of carriage scanning ranges

. . Starting interrupting or stopping of printing

. Control or correction of formation of recorded patterns *

. . Control of dot diameters

EC71

EC72

EC73

EC74

EC75

EC76

EC77

EC78

EC79

EC80

. . Control of printing by thinning

. . Control of discharge amounts

. . Control of discharge frequency

. . Control of scanning frequency

. . Correction of unevenness in density

. . Correction of gradation

. . Correction of misalignment

. . Control of resolution

. . Correction of image input data

. . Modes of recording *

ED00
GRADATION RECORDING

ED01

ED02

ED03

ED05

ED07

ED08

ED09

ED10

. changing ink discharge amounts

. using nozzles with different diameters

. changing the number of ink drops adhered to the same point

. by dot matrix patterns

. using inks of different densities

. changing ink density by using solvent

. changing recording density

. Others *

EE00
COLOUR RECORDING

EE01

EE02

EE03

EE05

EE06

EE08

EE09

EE10

. Signal processing

. . Correction for preventing colour shift

. . Colour correction

. Monocolour recording

. . Differentiation by colours of specific portions of documents

. Full-colour recording

. . performing colour mixture of ink

. . . Discharge order of colour ink

EE11

EE13

EE14

EE15

EE16

EE17

EE18

EE20

. . . Colour mixture before reaching paper

. . Juxtaposition of dots

. . differentiating printing methods for black ink from those for other colours

. . . differentiating dot diameters from those of other colours

. . Processing of parts adjacent to black ink

. . discharging clear ink or transparent ink

. . using special colour ink

. Processing when ink runs out

FA00
HEAD TYPE OR SCANNING METHOD

FA01

FA02

FA03

FA04

FA05

FA06

FA07

FA09

FA10

. Head types *

. . On-demand types

. . . by heating elements

. . . by piezoelectric elements

. . Continuous types

. . Porous sheet types

. . Electrostatic attraction or magnetic attraction types

. Scanning methods *

. . Serial

FA11

FA12

FA13

FA14

FA15

. . . Bidirectional printing

. . Shuttles

. . Lines

. . Rotary drums

. . Printing in X-Y directions

FB00
RECORDED ARTICLE, EXCLUDING PAPER

FB01

FB02

FB03

FB04

FB05

FB07

FB08

FB09

FB10

. Materials *

. . OHP sheets

. . Cloth

. . Metals

. . Printed circuit boards

. Shapes

. . Flat surfaces

. . Curved surfaces

. . Uneven surfaces

FC00
INK OR RECORDING MEDIUM

FC01

FC02

FC04

FC06

. Ink

. . Colour ink

. Manufacturing apparatuses of ink

. Recording media

FD00
OTHER RECORDING METHOD

FD01

FD02

FD03

FD05

FD06

FD07

FD09

FD10

. Phase change ink using heat

. . Solid ink

. . Heat-sublimating ink

. Ink involving colour reaction

. . Chemical change of multiple substances

. . by heat or light

. Magnetic ink

. Conductive ink

FD11

FD13

FD15

FD16

FD17

FD18

FD20

. Electroviscous fluid ink

. by transferring or copying

. by ink mist

. . forming ink mist layers

. . . Devices for controlling ion flows

. . controlling ink mist flows

. Others *

HA00
STRUCTURE OF HEAD, PAPER FEEDER OR CARRIAGE

HA01

HA02

HA03

HA05

HA06

HA07

HA08

HA09

HA10

. relating to head parts

. . Head shapes

. . . having projections on nozzle surfaces

. . Internal structure of heads

. . Protection or storage of heads

. . Mounting or arrangement of heads

. . . having positioning means

. . . involving electrical connection

. . . Spaces or angles of mounting

HA11

HA12

HA13

HA15

HA16

HA17

HA19

HA20

. . Structures for adjusting head positions

. . . Adjustment of spaces with respect to paper

. . . Adjustment of jetting directions

. . Structures for heating or cooling of heads or ink

. . Manufacturing methods of heads

. . Constituting materials of heads

. relating to nozzle parts

. . Nozzle shapes

HA21

HA22

HA23

HA24

HA25

HA27

HA28

HA29

HA30

. . having nozzles of different sizes

. . Arrangement or placement of nozzles

. . Protection of nozzles

. . Water-repellent or hydrophilic treatment of nozzle surfaces

. . Antistatic treatment of nozzle surfaces

. relating to paper conveying parts

. . Paper feed or paper ejection structures

. . Conveying structures

. . Structures for preventing or eliminating curling

HA31

HA32

HA33

HA34

HA36

HA37

HA38

HA40

. . Structures for preventing or eliminating electrifying

. . Structures for preventing or eliminating jamming

. . Structures for preventing or eliminating smudges

. . . using spur rollers

. relating to carriage parts

. . Carriage structures

. . Carriage moving mechanisms

. relating to fixation parts

HA41

HA42

HA44

HA45

HA46

HA47

HA49

. . Pretreatment

. . . by adhering liquid

. . Post-treatment

. . . by pressurising

. . . Drying by heating

. . . Drying by hot air

. . with removable fixation parts

HA51

HA52

HA53

HA55

HA56

HA58

HA60

. relating to wiring or power supply parts

. . Flexible cables

. . . Connection by crimping or pressure welding

. . having common driving sources

. . . Common driving sources for paper feeding mechanisms and discharge recovery mechanisms

. having reading means

. Others *

JA00
CAP STRUCTURE

JA01

JA02

JA03

JA04

JA05

JA06

JA08

JA09

JA10

. having caps

. . Cap materials *

. . Caps provided on heads

. . Cap moving means

. . . Cam driving

. . . butting against heads

. . Positioning of caps relative to heads

. . Means for closely contacting with nozzle surfaces

. . . using soft members

JA11

JA13

JA14

JA16

JA17

JA18

JA20

. . . using sealing tape

. . communicating with suction pumps

. . . Switching valves

. . having communicating holes with atmosphere

. . having ink absorbing members inside caps

. . . Removal of ink from ink absorbing members

. . Having ink holding grooves inside caps

JA21

JA22

JA24

JA25

JA27

JA29

. . introducing liquid into caps

. . having filters inside caps

. Sealing by liquid

. involving damping means

. Cleaning of caps

. having shutters

JB00
CLEANING OF HEAD PART

JB01

JB02

JB03

JB04

JB05

JB07

JB08

JB09

JB10

. Sliding on nozzle surfaces

. . Material of sliding members *

. . Shapes of sliding members

. . . Wipers

. . . Belts

. . Arrangement of sliding members

. . Characteristic movement of sliding members

. . removing smudging of sliding members

. . having means to prevent scattering of ink

JB12

JB14

JB15

JB16

JB18

. using vibrating members

. using fluid

. . Liquid

. . Gas

. Cleaning of parts other than head parts *

JC00
RECOVERING OF UNWANTED INK

JC01

JC02

JC04

JC05

JC06

JC07

JC08

JC10

. Gutters

. . Movable

. Ink purifying devices

. Valve means for recovering ink

. Suction pumps

. . Piston-type suction pumps

. . Tube-type suction pumps

. having absorbing members

JC11

JC13

JC14

JC15

JC17

JC18

JC20

. . characterised by absorbing members

. having waste liquid tanks

. . incorporated with ink tanks

. . recovering inside platens

. Recovery of ink mist

. Recovery of ink around nozzles

. Ink suction inside nozzles

JC21

JC23

JC25

JC27

JC29

. by empty suction

. Recovery of ink by preliminary discharge or empty discharge

. Recovery of ink from cleaning members

. Recovery of ink from ink cartridges

. Recovery of ink inside devices

KA00
INK PRESSURISING DEVICE

KA01

KA02

KA03

KA04

KA05

KA06

KA08

KA09

KA10

. Pressurising pumps *

. . Piston-type pressurising pumps

. . Bellows-type pressurising pumps

. . Tube-type pressurising pumps

. . Pressurising pumps by piezoelectric elements

. . Gear-type pressurising pumps

. Pressurisation by air

. . Manual pressurisation

. Others *

KB00
CONTROL DEVICE OF INK SUPPLY

KB01

KB02

KB03

KB04

KB05

KB08

KB09

KB10

. Valve means for supplying ink

. . Mounting sections of valves

. . . mounting valves in head parts

. . . mounting valves in ink supply tubes

. . . mounting valves in ink tanks

. . Opening and closing valves

. . Check valves

. . Switching valves

KB11

KB13

KB14

KB15

KB16

KB18

KB19

KB20

. . Valves communicating with atmosphere

. Ink supply tubes

. . Material of supply tubes *

. . Special arrangement of conduits

. . . forming circulation paths

. . Treatment of inner surfaces of supply tubes

. . Connection of supply tubes

. . . Prevention of incorrect connection of supply tubes

KB21

KB23

KB24

KB25

KB26

KB27

KB29

. . Washing inside of supply tubes

. Filters

. . Mounting sections of filters

. . . mounting filters inside heads

. . . mounting filters in ink supply tubes

. . . mounting filters in ink tanks

. . Mounting means of filters

KB31

KB33

KB34

KB35

KB37

KB40

. Passage resistors

. Mechanisms for absorbing pressure variation

. . Accumulators

. . Pressure dampers

. Sub-tanks e.g. reserve tanks

. Others *

KC00
INK TANK

KC01

KC02

KC04

KC05

KC06

KC07

KC09

KC10

. Cartridge types

. . Types having separate heads

. . Cartridge mounting structures

. . . Cartridge connecting structures

. . . Prevention of incorrect cartridge connection

. . Storage cases

. Internal structures of ink tanks

. . Material of ink tanks *

KC11

KC12

KC13

KC14

KC15

KC16

KC17

KC18

KC20

. . having absorbing members porous members or the like

. . . characterised by absorbing members or the like

. . having multiple ink chambers

. . having flexible membranes

. . Control means of ink flow

. . Communicating means with atmosphere

. . . Prevention of ink leakage

. . Prevention of mixing of air

. Mechanisms for adjusting liquid levels

KC21

KC22

KC23

KC24

KC25

KC26

KC27

KC30

. incorporated with heads

. . removable

. . having waste ink tanks

. . having valves provided between heads and ink tanks

. . Supplying of ink to heads by capillary action

. . having means for discharge recovery

. . having pressure adjusting means inside ink tanks

. Others *

KD00
ACCESSORY

KD01

KD02

KD03

KD04

KD06

KD08

KD10

. Washing devices inside supply passages

. relating to separation or elimination means of bubbles

. . by heat

. . by vibration

. relating to sensor structures

. Devices for filling ink

. Others *

2C056	INK JET, e.g. INK SUPPLY, OTHERS
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