公开(公告)号：US07798609B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-21

申请号：US12202382

申请日：2008-09-01

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： A printer includes a printhead cartridge, in turn, having a printhead and ink supply for supplying ink to the printhead. The printhead includes a series of ink ejection integrated circuits (ICs) that are complementarily engaged together. Each IC includes spaced apart groups of nozzles configured to eject respective types of ink. The nozzles in each group are arranged to form staggered rows. A cradle unit complementarily engages with the printhead cartridge and has a media transport mechanism for transporting print media past the printhead. A media supply cartridge is configured to supply the media to the cradle unit.

摘要翻译： 打印机包括打印头墨盒，其又具有用于向打印头供应墨水的打印头和墨水供应。 打印头包括一系列互补接合在一起的喷墨集成电路（IC）。 每个IC包括间隔开的喷嘴组，用于喷射各种类型的墨。 每个组中的喷嘴布置成形成交错排。 托架单元与打印头墨盒互补地接合，并具有用于将打印介质传送通过打印头的介质传送机构。 介质供应盒被配置为将介质供应到托架单元。

公开(公告)号：US07780262B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-24

申请号：US12146413

申请日：2008-06-25

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/15 ,  B41J2/14

CPC分类号： B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/17513

摘要： A printing cartridge for an inkjet printer is provided having an ink supply and a printhead assembly which has at least one printhead integrated circuit having ink ejection nozzles and an ink distribution support mounting the printhead integrated circuit(s). The ink distribution support distributes ink from the ink supply to the nozzles. The printing cartridge is mounted to the printer at the ink distribution support which is provided with at least one reference feature. The reference feature(s) serves to provide information on the location of the nozzles upon mounting of the printing cartridge to the printer. The printhead integrated circuit(s) has at least 6400 nozzles.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于喷墨打印机的打印盒，其具有供墨装置和打印头组件，该打印头组件具有至少一个具有喷墨嘴的打印头集成电路和安装打印头集成电路的墨水分配支架。 油墨分配支持体将油墨从油墨供应部分分配到喷嘴。 在配备有至少一个参考特征的墨水分配支撑件处将打印墨盒安装到打印机上。 参考特征用于提供关于将打印盒安装到打印机上时喷嘴位置的信息。 打印头集成电路至少有6400个喷嘴。

公开(公告)号：US07775643B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-17

申请号：US12146415

申请日：2008-06-25

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/14

CPC分类号： B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/17513

摘要： A printing cartridge for an inkjet printer is provided having an ink supply and a printhead assembly which has at least one printhead integrated circuit having ink ejection nozzles and an ink distribution support mounting the printhead integrated circuit(s). The ink distribution support distributes ink from the ink supply to the nozzles. The printing cartridge is mounted to the printer at the ink distribution support which is provided with at least one reference feature. The reference feature(s) serves to provide information on the location of the nozzles upon mounting of the printing cartridge to the printer. The ink distribution support is a molding formed from liquid crystal polymer. The liquid crystal polymer of the ink distribution support having thermal expansion characteristics similar to those of a silicon wafer of which the printhead integrated circuit is formed.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于喷墨打印机的打印盒，其具有供墨装置和打印头组件，所述打印头组件具有至少一个具有喷墨嘴的打印头集成电路和安装打印头集成电路的墨水分配支架。 油墨分配支持体将油墨从油墨供应部分分配到喷嘴。 在配备有至少一个参考特征的墨水分配支撑件处将打印墨盒安装到打印机上。 参考特征用于提供关于将打印盒安装到打印机上时喷嘴位置的信息。 油墨分配支持体是由液晶聚合物形成的成型体。 油墨分配支撑体的液晶聚合物具有类似于其形成打印头集成电路的硅晶片的热膨胀特性。

公开(公告)号：US20100149294A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-17

申请号：US12709505

申请日：2010-02-21

申请人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Micheal Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Micheal Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/17596 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20

摘要： An inkjet printer that has an elongate array of nozzles for ejecting ink, a plurality of ejection actuators, each configured to eject ink through one of the nozzles respectively, a plurality of ink conduits aligned with a longitudinal extent of the elongate array of nozzles, the ink conduits extending adjacent the elongate array for supplying the array of nozzles with ink and, a plurality of pulse dampers positioned along each of the ink conduits, each pulse damper being individually in fluid communication with one of the ink conduits and each containing a volume of gas for compression by pressure pulses in the ink conduits. A pressure pulse moving through an elongate printheads, such as a pagewidth printhead, can be damped at any point in the ink flow line. However, the pulse will cause nozzle flooding as it passes the nozzles in the printhead integrated circuit, regardless of whether it is subsequently dissipated at the damper. By incorporating a number of pulse dampers into the ink supply conduits immediately next to the nozzle array, any pressure spikes are damped at the site where they would otherwise cause detrimental flooding.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印机，其具有用于喷射墨水的喷嘴的细长阵列，多个喷射致动器，每个喷射致动器被配置为分别通过其中一个喷嘴喷射墨;多个墨水导管，其与细长的喷嘴阵列对准， 墨水导管在细长阵列附近延伸，用于向喷嘴阵列供应墨水，以及沿着每个墨水管道定位的多个脉冲阻尼器，每个脉冲阻尼器单独地与一个墨水导管流体连通， 用于通过墨水管道中的压力脉冲压缩的气体。 通过诸如页宽打印头的细长打印头移动的压力脉冲可以在油墨流动线中的任何点被阻尼。 然而，当脉冲通过打印头集成电路中的喷嘴时，脉冲将引起喷嘴溢流，而不管其是否随后在阻尼器处消散。 通过将几个脉冲阻尼器并入紧邻喷嘴阵列的墨水供应管道中，任何压力尖峰在其他地方会被阻尼，否则会导致有害的淹水。

公开(公告)号：US20100118087A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-13

申请号：US12689981

申请日：2010-01-19

申请人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Micheal Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Micheal Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/14

CPC分类号： B41J2/055 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14459 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20

摘要： A printhead is provided for an inkjet printer that has a print engine controller for receiving print data and sending it to the printhead. The printhead has a printhead IC for ejecting ink and a support structure for mounting the printhead IC in the printer adjacent a paper path. The printhead IC is mounted on a face of the support structure that, in use, faces the paper path. A flexible printed circuit board (flex PCB) that has contacts for receiving print data mounted to the support structure on a face that does not face the paper path. The bent section reduces the likelihood of trace cracking by holding the flex PCB at a set radius rather than allowing the flex to follow an irregular curve and thereby risking localized points of high stress on the traces.

摘要翻译： 为具有用于接收打印数据并将其发送到打印头的打印引擎控制器的喷墨打印机提供打印头。 打印头具有用于喷射墨水的打印头IC和用于将打印头IC安装在邻近纸路径的打印机中的支撑结构。 打印头IC安装在支撑结构的使用中面向纸路的面上。 一种柔性印刷电路板（flex PCB），其具有用于接收安装在不面向纸路径的面上的支撑结构上的打印数据的触点。 弯曲部分通过将柔性PCB保持在设定的半径而不是允许挠曲跟随不规则曲线，从而冒着高应力的局部点对迹线的风险来降低迹线开裂的可能性。

公开(公告)号：US07665832B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US12206693

申请日：2008-09-08

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17553

摘要： An inkjet printer having a body configured to receive a printhead assembly of at least one printhead integrated circuit having ink ejection nozzles and an ink distribution support mounting the integrated circuit(s) to distribute ink to the nozzles, and a plurality of mounting features on the body configured to cooperate with corresponding complementary reference features of the ink distribution support upon mounting of the printhead assembly to the printer, where the cooperation provides information on the location of the nozzles. The printhead assembly is incorporated in a printing cartridge and the body of the printer has a cartridge receiving slot. The mounting features include a mesa feature and protrusions arranged in the slot The reference features include a slot in the ink distribution support which cooperates with the mesa feature and a flat surface of a plurality of corners of the ink distribution support which cooperates with the protrusions.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印机，其具有被配置为接收具有墨喷射嘴的至少一个打印头集成电路的打印头组件的主体和安装所述集成电路以将墨水分配到喷嘴的墨水分配支撑件，以及多个安装特征 主体被配置为在将打印头组件安装到打印机上时配合墨水分配支撑件的相应补充参考特征，其中协作提供关于喷嘴位置的信息。 打印头组件结合在打印盒中，并且打印机的主体具有盒接收槽。 安装特征包括台面特征和布置在槽中的凸起。参考特征包括在墨水分配支撑件中的与槽台特征配合的槽和与突起配合的油墨分配支撑件的多个拐角的平坦表面。

公开(公告)号：US07475976B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-13

申请号：US11688865

申请日：2007-03-21

申请人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichi

发明人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichi

IPC分类号： B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J2/055 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17596 ,  B41J2002/14362 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2202/11 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20

摘要： A printhead for an inkjet printer that has an elongate array of nozzles (68) for ejecting ink and ink conduits for supplying the array of nozzles with ink. The ink conduits extend adjacent the elongate array and have a plurality of pulse dampers individually in fluid communication with the ink conduits, each containing a volume of gas for compression by pressure pulses in the ink conduits, distributed along the length of the elongate array. A pressure pulse moving through an elongate printheads, such as a pagewidth printhead, can be damped at any point in the ink flow line. However, the pulse will cause nozzle flooding as it passes the nozzles in the printhead integrated circuit, regardless of whether it is subsequently dissipated at the damper. By incorporating a number of pulse dampers into the ink supply conduits immediately next to the nozzle array, any pressure spikes are damped at the site where they would otherwise cause detrimental flooding.

摘要翻译： 一种用于喷墨打印机的打印头，其具有用于喷射墨水的喷嘴的细长阵列（68）和用于向喷嘴阵列供应墨水的墨水导管。 墨水导管在细长阵列附近延伸并且具有单独与墨水导管流体连通的多个脉冲阻尼器，每个脉冲阻尼器包含一定体积的气体，用于沿着细长阵列的长度分布在墨水管道中的压力脉冲进行压缩。 通过诸如页宽打印头的细长打印头移动的压力脉冲可以在油墨流动线中的任何点被阻尼。 然而，当脉冲通过打印头集成电路中的喷嘴时，脉冲将引起喷嘴溢流，而不管其是否随后在阻尼器处消散。 通过将几个脉冲阻尼器并入紧邻喷嘴阵列的墨水供应管道中，任何压力尖峰在其他地方会被阻尼，否则会导致有害的淹水。

公开(公告)号：US20090002418A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-01

申请号：US12202382

申请日：2008-09-01

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： A printer includes a printhead cartridge, in turn, having a printhead and ink supply for supplying ink to the printhead. The printhead includes a series of ink ejection integrated circuits (ICs) that are complementarily engaged together. Each IC includes spaced apart groups of nozzles configured to eject respective types of ink. The nozzles in each group are arranged to form staggered rows. A cradle unit complementarily engages with the printhead cartridge and has a media transport mechanism for transporting print media past the printhead. A media supply cartridge is configured to supply the media to the cradle unit.

摘要翻译： 打印机包括打印头墨盒，其又具有用于向打印头供应墨水的打印头和墨水供应。 打印头包括一系列互补接合在一起的喷墨集成电路（IC）。 每个IC包括间隔开的喷嘴组，用于喷射各种类型的墨。 每个组中的喷嘴布置成形成交错排。 托架单元与打印头墨盒互补地接合，并具有用于将打印介质传送通过打印头的介质传送机构。 介质供应盒被配置为将介质供应到托架单元。

公开(公告)号：US20080316286A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-25

申请号：US12202322

申请日：2008-09-01

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： Provided is an ink supply bag for a printhead cartridge. The supply bag includes two profiled panels arranged generally coplanar and co-terminally attached to form an ink holding chamber, along with a folded leaf spring biasing said chamber into an expanded position. The supply bag further includes a connector assembly operatively arranging said chamber in fluid communication with ink supply channels of the printhead cartridge.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于打印头墨盒的供墨袋。 供应袋包括两个成型面板，其通常共面并且共同连接以形成墨水容纳室，以及将所述室偏压到扩展位置的折叠板簧。 供应袋还包括连接器组件，其可操作地布置所述室与打印头墨盒的供墨通道流体连通。

公开(公告)号：US07448735B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-11

申请号：US11293835

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Christopher Hibbard ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/15

CPC分类号： B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： An ink priming arrangement for an inkjet printhead, the inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles, the priming arrangement comprising: an ink bag containing ink for distribution to the nozzles via a fluid path between the ink bag and the nozzles; a force applicator arranged to apply inwardly directed force on at least one exterior wall of the ink bag so as to reduce an available fluid volume of the ink bag, thereby causing ink to flow from the ink bag to the nozzles along the fluid path; and a biasing member arranged in the ink bag to apply outwardly directed force on at least one interior wall of the ink bag so as to restrain the reduction of available fluid volume of the ink bag, wherein the biasing member is configured so as to apply the outwardly directed force only once the available fluid volume of the ink bag has been reduced to a predetermined volume.

摘要翻译： 一种用于喷墨打印头的喷墨装置，所述喷墨打印头具有多个喷墨喷嘴，所述喷射装置包括：墨水容纳墨水，用于经由墨水袋和喷嘴之间的流体路径分配到喷嘴; 力施加器，其布置成向墨袋的至少一个外壁施加向内的力，以便减少墨袋的可用流体体积，从而使墨沿着流体路径从墨袋流到喷嘴; 以及设置在所述墨水袋中的偏置构件，以向所述墨水袋的至少一个内壁施加向外的力，以便抑制所述墨水袋的可用流体体积的减小，其中所述偏置构件被构造成将 仅当墨水袋的可用流体体积已经减小到预定体积时才产生向外的力。