COATING FOR PRECISION RAILS AND A SYSTEM FOR CLEANING PRECISION RAILS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING SYSTEMS
    12.
    发明申请
    COATING FOR PRECISION RAILS AND A SYSTEM FOR CLEANING PRECISION RAILS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING SYSTEMS 有权
    精密轨道涂层和三维对象印刷系统清洁精密轨道系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160311169A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-27

    申请号:US14692804

    申请日:2015-04-22

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    IPC分类号: B29C67/00

    摘要: A printing system includes a housing, a track supported by the housing, and a cart which rides along the track. The printing system also includes print heads which eject material onto the cart. To prevent material from inadvertently accumulating on the track and the housing, the cart also includes a wiper configured to wipe the material from at least a portion of the housing. The printing system also includes at least one collection tray configured to direct and/or collect the material wiped from the housing. The printing system further includes a coating applied to outer surfaces of at least some of the elements of the housing, the track, and the cart to further prevent the material from inadvertently accumulating on the track and the housing. The coating can be a siloxyfluorocarbon coating.

    摘要翻译: 打印系统包括壳体,由壳体支撑的轨道以及沿着轨道骑行的推车。 打印系统还包括将材料喷射到推车上的打印头。 为了防止材料无意中积聚在轨道和壳体上,推车还包括构造成从壳体的至少一部分擦拭材料的擦拭器。 打印系统还包括至少一个收集托盘,其被构造成引导和/或收集从外壳擦去的材料。 打印系统还包括涂覆在壳体,轨道和推车的至少一些元件的外表面上的涂层,以进一步防止材料无意中积聚在轨道和壳体上。 涂层可以是甲硅烷氧氟碳涂层。

    System For Detecting Inoperative Inkjets In Three-Dimensional Object Printing Using An Optical Sensor And Movable Test Substrates
    16.
    发明申请
    System For Detecting Inoperative Inkjets In Three-Dimensional Object Printing Using An Optical Sensor And Movable Test Substrates 有权
    用于使用光学传感器和可移动测试基板在三维对象打印中检测不起作用的喷墨系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150273857A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-01

    申请号:US14231195

    申请日:2014-03-31

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    IPC分类号: B41J2/21

    CPC分类号: B41J2/16579

    摘要: An appartus detects inoperative inkjets during printing of three-dimensional objects. The apparatus includes an optical sensor that generates measurements of a height, a diameter, and a position for test dots formed on a substrate with material ejected from a printhead. These measurements are analyzed to detect inoperative inkjets to enable printhead maintenance at appropriate times to maintain the operational status of the inkjets in the printhead.

    摘要翻译: 在打印三维物体时,appartus检测到不工作的喷墨。 该装置包括光学传感器,该光学传感器产生用于从打印头喷射的材料形成在基板上的测试点的高度,直径和位置的测量。 分析这些测量结果以检测不合适的喷墨头,以在适当的时间使打印头维护,以保持喷墨打印头的操作状态。

    Quick disconnect single shutoff fitting for phase changing material

    公开(公告)号:US09989181B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US15069240

    申请日:2016-03-14

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    发明人: Annie Liu

    IPC分类号: F16L37/107 F16L37/407

    摘要: A disconnect fitting adapted for use with a phase changing composition including a fitting base having a first fitting base end, a second fitting base end and a fitting base opening therebetween, a pin capture disposed within the fitting base opening, a displaceable pin secured within the pin capture, a fitting socket having a first fitting socket end, a second fitting socket end, a fitting socket opening therebetween, the second fitting socket end secured to the second fitting base end, and a valve at least partially disposed within the fitting socket opening. When the displaceable pin is in an unloaded condition, the displaceable pin extends in a direction of the second fitting base end, and when the displaceable pin is in a loaded condition, the displaceable pin is compressed in a direction of the first fitting base end. The pin capture permits passage of the phase changing composition through the fitting base opening when the displaceable pin is in the unloaded condition or the loaded condition. The disconnect fitting permits a secure connection of the fitting base and the fitting socket regardless of the state the material when the base and socket are disconnected.

    Scalable printhead array maintenance
    19.
    发明授权
    Scalable printhead array maintenance 有权
    可扩展的打印头阵列维护

    公开(公告)号:US09227412B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-05

    申请号:US14708509

    申请日:2015-05-11

    申请人: Xerox Corporation

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    摘要: A maintenance system for maintaining a scalable printhead array comprises: a pair of tracks disposed in parallel and on opposite sides of a printhead array; a shaft extending between the tracks and configured to engage with each track to move along the tracks; a plurality of maintenance modules mounted in series along the shaft between the tracks and configured to move along the tracks with the shaft to perform maintenance operations on a plurality of printheads of the printhead array, the tracks being configured to guide the shaft and the plurality of maintenance modules along a path from a resting position to an operating position the printhead array and from which at least one of the plurality of maintenance modules performs a maintenance operation on at least one printhead of the printhead array; and an actuator configured to move the shaft along the tracks.

    摘要翻译: 用于维护可伸缩打印头阵列的维护系统包括:平行布置并在打印头阵列的相对侧上布置的一对轨道; 在所述轨道之间延伸并且构造成与每个轨道接合以沿着所述轨道移动的轴; 多个维护模块沿着所述轴在所述轨道之间串联安装,并被配置为沿着所述轨道与所述轴一起移动,以对所述打印头阵列的多个打印头执行维护操作,所述轨道被配置为引导所述轴和所述多个 维护模块沿着从静止位置到打印头阵列的操作位置的路径,多个维护模块中的至少一个维护模块从该维护模块对打印头阵列的至少一个打印头执行维护操作; 以及致动器,其构造成沿着轨道移动所述轴。