1. An edible substrate comprising:
a surface, at least a portion of which is coated with an effective amount of a plurality of edible substrate enhancer granules comprising at least one of cellulose derivatives, silicas, dextrins, and combinations thereof; and
an image printed on at least a portion of the surface coated with the edible substrate enhancer surface,
the effective amount of the edible substrate enhancer being an amount that reduces moisture at the surface and improves the quality of the image printed on the portion of the surface.
2. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the edible substrate enhancer comprises at least one of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, maltodextrin, and a combination thereof.
3. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the edible substrate enhancer covers from about 0.05% to about 5% of the surface.
4. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the edible substrate enhancer covers from about 0.05% to about 5% of the surface corresponding to where the image is printed.
5. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the edible substrate comprises a marshmallow-based treat.
6. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the edible substrate comprises at least one of chewing gum, a toaster pastry, a waffle, a pet treat and a combination thereof.
7. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the effective amount reduces bleeding of the image printed on the substrate by at least about 5 microns.
8. The edible substrate of claim 1, wherein the image comprises at least one of glycerine, shellac and a combination thereof.
9. The edible substrate of claim 1, further comprising a carrier for the edible substrate enhancer, the carrier comprising at least one of sugar, starch, flour, salt, dextran and a combination thereof.
10. The edible substrate of claim 9, wherein the carrier comprises at least one of sucrose, glucose, sodium chloride and a combination thereof.
11. A method of printing an image onto an edible substrate having a surface, comprising:
(a) treating at least a portion of the surface of the edible substrate with an effective amount of a composition comprising an edible substrate enhancer and less than about 10% water by weight; and
(b) printing the image on the treated surface,
the effective amount being an amount that improves the quality of the image printed on the surface.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the composition of step (a) comprises less than about 5% by weight water.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the composition of step (a) comprises less than about 1% by weight water.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the edible substrate enhancer comprises at least one of a cellulose derivative, a silica, a dextrin, a gum, a modified food starch, and a combination thereof.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the cellulose derivative is HPMC, the dextrin is maltodextrin, and the gum comprises at least one of gum arabic, xanthan gum and a combination thereof.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the edible substrate comprises at least one of chewing gum, a toaster pastry, a waffle, a pet treat and a combination thereof.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the edible substrate has an average temperature of at least about 30\xb0 C. in step (b).
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the edible substrate has an average temperature of at least about 40\xb0 C. in step (b).
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the edible substrate has a temperature higher than a second temperature surrounding the edible substrate in step (b).
20. The method of claim 11, wherein after step (a) the edible substrate enhancer covers from about 0.05% to about 5% of the surface.
21. The method of claim 11, wherein printing the image in step (b) comprises inkjet printing a colored fluid onto the surface.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the inkjet printing is carried out using a piezo inkjet printer.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein the colored fluid comprises one or more food grade substances.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the colored fluid comprises a component selected from at least about 1% glycerine, at least about 10% propylene glycol, at least about 5% alcohol, less than about 15% water, at least about 1% shellac or combinations thereof.
25. The method of claim 11, wherein the composition further comprises a carrier comprising at least one of sugar, starch, flour, salt, dextran and a combination.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the ratio of carrier to edible substrate enhancer is at least about 0.2:1 and less than about 99:1.
27. The method of claim 11, wherein the effective amount reduces bleeding of the image printed on the substrate by at least about 5 microns.
28. A method for ink jet printing an image onto an edible substrate having a surface, the method comprising:
(a) treating at least a portion of the surface of the edible substrate with an effective amount of a composition comprising an edible substrate enhancer comprising at least one of a cellulose derivative, a silica, a dextrin, and a combination thereof and less than about 5% water by weight; and
(b) ink jet printing the image on the treated surface,
the effective amount being an amount that improves the quality of the image printed on the surface.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the edible substrate enhancer comprises a cellulose derivative and the cellulose derivative comprises hydroxypropylmethylcellulose.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein the edible substrate comprises at least one of a marshmallow, chewing gum, a waffle, pet food and a combination thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A slide door device for a vehicle, comprising:
a body side lower rail which is disposed below a door opening formed on a side of a vehicle body and extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a body side rail which is disposed above the body side lower rail and behind the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction;
a door side lower guide roller unit which is connected to a slide door, which opens and closes the door opening, and configured to slide on the body side lower rail;
a door side guide roller unit which is connected to the slide door and configured to slide on the body side rail;
a door side lower rail which is disposed in a lower portion of the slide door positioned below the floor surface in the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction; and
a body side lower guide roller unit which is connected to the lower portion of the door opening and configured to slide on the door side lower rail.
2. The slide door device for a vehicle according to claim 1,
wherein the body side lower guide roller unit is disposed behind the door side lower guide roller unit regardless of the opening and closing position of the slide door.
3. The slide door device for a vehicle according to claim 2,
wherein the door side lower rail is disposed below the body side lower rail.