CONTINUOUS PRINTING USING TEMPERATURE LOWERING PULSES
    11.
    发明申请
    CONTINUOUS PRINTING USING TEMPERATURE LOWERING PULSES 有权
    连续打印使用温度降低脉冲

    公开(公告)号:US20110025741A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-03

    申请号:US12903244

    申请日:2010-10-13

    IPC分类号: B41J29/38

    CPC分类号: B41J2/03 B41J2002/022

    摘要: A printer includes a printhead and a source of liquid. The printhead includes a nozzle bore. The liquid is under pressure sufficient to eject a column of the liquid through the nozzle bore. The liquid has a temperature. A thermal modulator is associated with the nozzle bore. The thermal modulator is operable to transiently lower the temperature of the liquid as the liquid is ejected through the nozzle bore. An electrical pulse source is in electrical communication with the thermal modulator. The electrical pulse source is operable to provide a series of pulses to the thermal modulator that control the transient temperature lowering of the liquid. The series of pulses includes a first pulse applied at a first power level for transferring heat to the liquid, a second pulse applied at a second power level for transferring heat to the liquid, and a third pulse applied at a third power level for transferring heat to the liquid. The third power level is in between the first power level and the second power level.

    摘要翻译: 打印机包括打印头和液体源。 打印头包括喷嘴孔。 液体的压力足以通过喷嘴孔喷出液体柱。 液体有一个温度。 热调制器与喷嘴孔相关联。 热调制器可操作以在液体通过喷嘴孔喷出时瞬时降低液体的温度。 电脉冲源与热调制器电连通。 电脉冲源可操作以向控制瞬态温度降低的热调制器提供一系列脉冲。 所述一系列脉冲包括以第一功率电平施加的用于将热量传送到液体的第一脉冲,以第二功率电平施加的用于将热传递到液体的第二脉冲,以及以第三功率电平施加以传递热量的第三脉冲 到液体。 第三功率电平处于第一功率电平和第二功率电平之间。

    Inkjet drop selection a non-uniform airstream
    13.
    发明授权
    Inkjet drop selection a non-uniform airstream 有权
    喷墨滴选择不均匀的气流

    公开(公告)号:US06554389B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-29

    申请号:US10023248

    申请日:2001-12-17

    IPC分类号: B41J29393

    CPC分类号: B41J2/03 B41J2/14 B41J2202/02

    摘要: An apparatus for controlling errant ink drops in an inkjet printer having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink drops along a droplet trajectory and printing the ejected ink drops onto a receiver, including: at least one airflow channel arranged to provide a non-uniform airflow pattern located along a portion of the droplet trajectory, wherein the apparatus is in close proximity to the plurality of nozzles and prior to the receiver, such that the non-uniform airflow pattern provides compensation for errors in the printing of the ejected ink drops on the receiver and means for moving air in the airflow channel.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制喷墨打印机中的错误墨滴的装置,具有多个喷嘴,用于沿着液滴轨迹喷射墨滴,并将喷射的墨滴打印到接收器上,包括:至少一个气流通道,其布置成提供不均匀的气流模式 沿着液滴轨迹的一部分定位,其中该装置紧邻多个喷嘴并且在接收器之前,使得不均匀的气流模式为接收器上喷射的墨滴的打印错误提供补偿 以及用于在气流通道中移动空气的装置。

    Tapered multi-layer thermal actuator and method of operating same

    公开(公告)号:US06817702B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-16

    申请号:US10293982

    申请日:2002-11-13

    IPC分类号: B41J205

    摘要: An apparatus for and method of operating a thermal actuator for a micromechanical device, especially a liquid drop emitter such as an ink jet printhead, is disclosed. The disclosed thermal actuator comprises a base element and a cantilevered element including a thermo-mechanical bender portion extending from the base element to a free end tip. The thermo-mechanical bender portion includes a barrier layer constructed of a dielectric material having low thermal conductivity, a first deflector layer constructed of a first electrically resistive material having a large coefficient of thermal expansion, and a second deflector layer constructed of a second electrically resistive material having a large coefficient of thermal expansion wherein the barrier layer is bonded between the first and second deflector layers. The thermo-mechanical bender portion further has a base end and base end width, wb, adjacent the base element, and a free end and free end width, wf, adjacent the free end tip, wherein the base end width is substantially greater than the free end width. A first heater resistor is formed in the first deflector layer and adapted to apply heat energy having a first spatial thermal pattern which results in a first deflector layer base end temperature increase, &Dgr;T1b, that is greater than a first deflector layer free end temperature increase, &Dgr;T1f. A second heater resistor is formed in the second deflector layer and adapted to apply heat energy having a second spatial thermal pattern which results in a second deflector layer base end temperature increase, &Dgr;T2b that is greater than a second deflector layer free end temperature increase, &Dgr;T2f. Application of an electrical pulse to either the first or second heater resistors causes deflection of the cantilevered element, followed by restoration of the cantilevered element to an initial position as heat diffuses through the barrier layer and the cantilevered element reaches a uniform temperature. For liquid drop emitter embodiments, the thermal actuator resides in a liquid-filled chamber that includes a nozzle for ejecting liquid. Application of electrical pulses to the heater resistors is used to adjust the characteristics of liquid drop emission. The barrier layer exhibits a heat transfer time constant &tgr;B. The thermal actuator is activated by a heat pulses of duration &tgr;P wherein &tgr;P

    Continuous inkjet printer with actuatable valves for controlling the direction of delivered ink
    18.
    发明授权
    Continuous inkjet printer with actuatable valves for controlling the direction of delivered ink 失效
    连续喷墨打印机,具有用于控制输送墨水方向的致动阀

    公开(公告)号:US06578955B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-17

    申请号:US09981281

    申请日:2001-10-17

    IPC分类号: B41J2105

    CPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/105

    摘要: Apparatus for controlling ink in a continuous inkjet printer. A nozzle element defining an ink staging chamber and having a nozzle bore in communication with the ink staging chamber arranged so as to establish a continuous flow of ink in a ink stream; ink delivery means intermediate the reservoir and the ink staging chamber for communicating ink between the reservoir and defining first and second spaced ink delivery channels; a first actuable flow delivery valve positioned in operative relationship with the first ink delivery channel and a second actuable flow delivery valve positioned in operative relationship with the second ink delivery channel; and the valves are controlled to control the path along which ink is delivered through the nozzle.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制连续喷墨打印机中的墨水的设备。 一个喷嘴元件,其限定一个墨水分级室,并具有一个与墨水分级室连通的喷嘴孔,该喷墨孔布置成在油墨流中建立连续的墨水流; 墨水输送装置在储存器和墨水分级室之间中间,用于在储存器之间连通墨水并限定第一和第二间隔的墨水输送通道; 与第一墨水输送通道定位成操作关系的第一致动流量输送阀和与第二墨水输送通道定位成操作关系的第二致动流量输送阀; 并且阀被控制以控制墨通过喷嘴输送的路径。

    Electrostatically actuated drop ejector
    19.
    发明授权
    Electrostatically actuated drop ejector 失效
    静电驱动滴液喷射器

    公开(公告)号:US06874867B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-05

    申请号:US10325205

    申请日:2002-12-18

    CPC分类号: B41J2/14314

    摘要: A drop emission device includes a chamber having a nozzle orifice through which a drop of liquid can be emitted. A deformable electrode is associated with the chamber such that movement of the electrode in a first direction increases the chamber's volume and movement of the electrode in a second direction decreases the chamber's volume to emit a drop through the nozzle orifice. A fixed electrode opposes to the deformable electrode to define a second chamber there between such that control of relative voltage differences between the deformable and the fixed electrodes selectively moves the deformable electrode in the first or second directions. The variable volume is vented to a source of dielectric material through an opening in the fixed electrode. The ratio of the cross-sectional area of the opening to the perimeter of the opening is greater than 0.5 μm, and is preferably about 5 μm.

    摘要翻译: 液滴发射装置包括具有喷嘴孔的腔室,通过该喷嘴孔可以发射一滴液体。 可变形电极与室相关联,使得电极沿第一方向的运动增加了室的体积,并且电极在第二方向上的移动减小了室的体积,以通过喷嘴孔发出液滴。 固定电极与可变形电极相对以在其间限定第二室,使得可变形和固定电极之间的相对电压差的控制选择性地使可变形电极沿第一或第二方向移动。 可变容积通过固定电极中的开口排出到电介质材料源。 开口的横截面积与开口周长的比例大于0.5μm,优选为约5μm。

    Method for fabricating microelectromechanical structures for liquid emission devices
    20.
    发明授权
    Method for fabricating microelectromechanical structures for liquid emission devices 失效
    用于制造液体发射装置的微机电结构的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06830701B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-12-14

    申请号:US10191506

    申请日:2002-07-09

    IPC分类号: B41J204

    摘要: An actuator is made by depositing an electrode layer on an initial layer. A patterned layer of sacrificial material is formed on the first electrode layer such that a region of the first electrode layer is exposed through the subsequent layer. A second electrode layer is deposited and patterned on the subsequent layer. Then, a third patterned layer of sacrificial material is formed on the second electrode layer with an opening there through to the exposed region of the first electrode layer. A structure is deposited, patterned and planarized on the third layer expose a surface of the third layer. A third electrode layer is deposited and patterned on the planarized structure and the exposed surface of the third layer. The sacrificial material is partially removed, whereby the first electrode layer, the structure, and the third electrode layer are free to move together relative to the second electrode layer.

    摘要翻译: 通过在初始层上沉积电极层来制造致动器。 牺牲材料的图案化层形成在第一电极层上,使得第一电极层的区域通过后续层露出。 在随后的层上沉积和图案化第二电极层。 然后,在第二电极层上形成第三图案化牺牲材料层,其中开口通过第一电极层的暴露区域。 在第三层上沉积,图案化和平坦化的结构暴露第三层的表面。 在第三层的平坦化结构和暴露表面上沉积和图案化第三电极层。 牺牲材料被部分去除,由此第一电极层,结构和第三电极层相对于第二电极层自由地一起移动。