Reliable high performance drop generator for an inkjet printhead
    16.
    发明授权
    Reliable high performance drop generator for an inkjet printhead 失效
    用于喷墨打印头的可靠的高性能液滴发生器

    公开(公告)号:US5874974A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-23

    申请号:US608376

    申请日:1996-02-28

    摘要: An inkjet drop ejection system comprises a combination of printhead components and ink, mutually tuned to maximize operating characteristics of the printhead and print quality and dry time of the ink. Use of a short shelf (distance from ink source to ink firing element), on the order of 55 microns, provides a very high speed refill. However, it is a characteristic of high speed refill that it has a tendency for being overdamped. To provide the requisite damping, the ink should have a viscosity greater than about 2 cp. In this way, the ink and architecture work together to provide a tuned system that enables stable operation at high frequencies. One advantage of the combination of a pigment and a dispersant in the ink is the resultant higher viscosity provided. The high speed would be of little value if the ink did not have a fast enough rate of drying. This is accomplished by the addition of alcohols or alcohol(s) and surfactant(s) to the ink. Fast dry times are achieved with a combination of alcohols, such as isopropyl alcohol with a 4 or 5 carbon alcohol or with iso-propyl alcohol plus surfactant(s). One preferred embodiment of a short shelf (90 to 130 microns), ink viscosity of about 3 cp, and surface tension of about 54 provides a high speed drop generator capable of operating at about 12 KHz. Reducing the shelf length to about 55 microns, in combination with rotating the substrate at an angle to the scan direction, permits maximum drop generator operation as high as about 20 KHz. As a consequence of employing pigment-based inks, high optical densities are realized, along with excellent permanence (no fade and better waterfastness), and good stability. The combination of preferred ink and pen architecture provides good drop generator stability.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨墨滴喷射系统包括打印头部件和油墨的组合,其相互调节以最大化打印头的操作特性以及油墨的打印质量和干燥时间。 使用大约55微米的短搁架(墨水源到墨水喷射元件的距离)提供了非常高的速度补充。 然而,它具有高速补充的特点,它具有过度阻尼的倾向。 为了提供必要的阻尼,油墨的粘度应大于约2cp。 以这种方式,墨水和结构共同工作,提供了一个可在高频下稳定运行的调谐系统。 油墨中颜料和分散剂的组合的一个优点是得到较高的粘度。 如果墨水没有足够的干燥速度,高速度就没有什么价值。 这通过向油墨中加入醇或醇和表面活性剂来实现。 快速干燥时间通过醇,例如异丙醇与4或5个碳醇或与异丙醇加表面活性剂的组合来实现。 短架(90-130微米),油墨粘度约为3cp,表面张力约为54的一个优选实施例提供了能够在约12KHz下操作的高速液滴发生器。 将搁板长度减小至约55微米,与基板以扫描方向成一定角度的旋转结合使得最大的液滴发生器运转高达约20KHz。 作为使用颜料基油墨的结果,实现了高的光密度,以及优异的耐久性(不褪色和更好的耐水性)和良好的稳定性。 优选的墨水和笔结构的组合提供了良好的液滴发生器稳定性。

    Inkjet printhead with improved seal arrangement
    18.
    发明授权
    Inkjet printhead with improved seal arrangement 失效
    具有改进的密封布置的喷墨打印头

    公开(公告)号:US5450113A

    公开(公告)日:1995-09-12

    申请号:US864896

    申请日:1992-04-02

    摘要: This invention provides an improved ink seal between a print cartridge body and an inkjet printhead. In a preferred embodiment, a nozzle member containing an array of orifices has a substrate, having heater elements formed thereon, affixed to a back surface of the nozzle member. Each orifice in the nozzle member is associated with a single heating element formed on the substrate. The back surface of the nozzle member extends beyond the outer edges of the substrate. Ink is supplied from an ink reservoir to the orifices by a fluid channel within a barrier layer between the nozzle member and the substrate. The fluid channel in the barrier layer may receive ink flowing around two or more outer edges of the substrate or, in another embodiment, may receive ink which flows through a hole in the center of the substrate. In either embodiment, the nozzle member is adhesively sealed with respect to the ink reservoir body by forming an ink seal circumscribing the substrate, between the back surface of the nozzle member and the body.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种在打印盒体和喷墨打印头之间改进的墨水密封。 在优选实施例中,包含孔阵列的喷嘴构件具有固定到喷嘴构件的后表面上的在其上形成有加热元件的基板。 喷嘴构件中的每个孔与形成在基底上的单个加热元件相关联。 喷嘴构件的后表面延伸超过衬底的外边缘。 油墨通过喷嘴构件和基底之间的阻挡层内的流体通道从油墨储存器供应到孔口。 阻挡层中的流体通道可以接收在衬底的两个或多个外边缘周围流动的油墨,或者在另一个实施例中,可以接收流过衬底中心的孔的油墨。 在任一实施例中,喷嘴构件通过在喷嘴构件的后表面和主体之间形成限定衬底的墨密封而相对于储墨体粘合地密封。

    Reliable high performance drop generator for an inkjet printhead
    19.
    发明授权
    Reliable high performance drop generator for an inkjet printhead 失效
    用于喷墨打印头的可靠的高性能液滴发生器

    公开(公告)号:US5946012A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-31

    申请号:US90968

    申请日:1998-06-04

    IPC分类号: B41J2/05 B41J2/14 B41J2/16

    摘要: An inkjet drop ejection system comprises a combination of printhead components and ink, mutually tuned to maximize operating characteristics of the printhead and print quality and dry time of the ink. Use of a short shelf (distance from ink source to ink firing element), on the order of 55 microns, provides a very high speed refill. However, it is a characteristic of high speed refill that it has a tendency for being over-damped. To provide the requisite damping, the ink should have a viscosity greater than about 2 cp. In this way, the ink and architecture work together to provide a tuned system that enables stable operation at high frequencies. One advantage of the combination of a pigment and a dispersant in the ink is the resultant higher viscosity provided. The high speed would be of little value if the ink did not have a fast enough rate of drying. This is accomplished by the addition of alcohols or alcohol(s) and surfactant(s) to the ink. Fast dry times are achieved with a combination of alcohols, such as iso-propyl alcohol with a 4 or 5 carbon alcohol or with iso-propyl alcohol plus surfactant(s). One preferred embodiment of a short shelf (90 to 130 microns), ink viscosity of about 3 cp, and surface tension of about 54 provides a high speed drop generator capable of operating at about 12 KHz. Reducing the shelf length to about 55 microns, in combination with rotating the substrate at an angle to the scan direction, permits maximum drop generator operation as high as about 20 KHz. As a consequence of employing pigment-based inks, high optical densities are realized, along with excellent permanence (no fade and better waterfastness), and good stability. The combination of preferred ink and pen architecture provides good drop generator stability.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨墨滴喷射系统包括打印头部件和油墨的组合,其相互调节以最大化打印头的操作特性以及油墨的打印质量和干燥时间。 使用大约55微米的短搁架(墨水源到墨水喷射元件的距离)提供了非常高的速度补充。 然而,高速补充的特征是它具有过度阻尼的倾向。 为了提供必要的阻尼,油墨的粘度应大于约2cp。 以这种方式,墨水和结构共同工作,提供了一个可在高频下稳定运行的调谐系统。 油墨中颜料和分散剂的组合的一个优点是得到较高的粘度。 如果墨水没有足够的干燥速度,高速度就没有什么价值。 这通过向油墨中加入醇或醇和表面活性剂来实现。 快速干燥时间是通过醇,如异丙醇与4或5碳醇或与异丙醇加表面活性剂的组合来实现的。 短架(90-130微米),油墨粘度约为3cp,表面张力约为54的一个优选实施例提供了能够在约12KHz下操作的高速液滴发生器。 将搁板长度减小至约55微米,与基板以扫描方向成一定角度的旋转结合使得最大的液滴发生器运转高达约20KHz。 作为使用颜料基油墨的结果,实现了高的光密度,以及优异的耐久性(不褪色和更好的耐水性)和良好的稳定性。 优选的墨水和笔结构的组合提供了良好的液滴发生器稳定性。