Printer solid ink transport and method
    21.
    发明授权
    Printer solid ink transport and method 失效
    打印机固墨输送及方法

    公开(公告)号:US07726798B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-01

    申请号:US11640067

    申请日:2006-12-15

    IPC分类号: B41J2/01

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593 B41J29/02

    摘要: A solid ink delivery system for use with a ink stick for use in printers is provided. The stick has an external periphery including opposed surfaces of the stick. The solid ink delivery system delivers the stick to a melting unit for melting the stick so that the ink may be transferred to media to form an image on the media. The delivery system includes a guide for guiding the stick in a prescribed path. The guide defines a loading position to permit the stick to be placed in the guide and a delivery position adjacent the melting unit. The guide at the loading position defines constraints for positioning the stick. A portion of the constraints, including a shaped insertion opening, is adapted for cooperation with the opposed surfaces of the external periphery of the stick. At least one of the constraints defining a grasping recess in the constraint for providing access to a portion of at least one of the opposed surfaces of the external periphery of the stick.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于打印机中的用于墨棒的固体墨水输送系统。 棒具有包括棒的相对表面的外围。 固体油墨传送系统将棒传送到用于熔化棒的熔化单元,使得油墨可以转移到介质上以在介质上形成图像。 输送系统包括用于在规定路径中引导棒的引导件。 引导件限定了装载位置,以允许将杆放置在引导件中以及与熔化单元相邻的传送位置。 装载位置处的导向器定义了用于定位杆的限制。 约束的一部分,包括成形的插入口,适于与棒的外围的相对表面配合。 约束中的至少一个限定了用于提供对杆的外周的至少一个的相对表面的一部分的接合的约束中的抓握凹部。

    USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
    22.
    发明申请
    USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM 有权
    用户适应墨水状态输送系统

    公开(公告)号:US20100026741A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-04

    申请号:US12183101

    申请日:2008-07-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2/195

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17566 B41J2/0057

    摘要: An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.

    摘要翻译: 油墨状态传送系统包括最大监视墨水量传感器,其相对于墨源可操作以保持墨水供应并将墨水输送到打印头。 墨水量传感器被配置为检测墨源中的可用墨量是否对应于足够的墨水量。 通知控制器被配置为在充足的墨水量和墨水量之间跟踪墨水源中的墨水的可用量。 用户界面被配置为使得用户能够在足够的墨水水平和墨水输出水平之间的任何墨水水平处指定墨水源的低墨水通知设定点。 通知控制器被配置为当可用墨水量值对应于用户指定的低墨水通知设定点时,将用户指定的低墨水通知设定点与可用墨水量值进行比较,以产生低墨水通知。

    Solid ink stick with anti jam edge bevel
    23.
    发明申请
    Solid ink stick with anti jam edge bevel 有权
    坚固的油墨棒,带防咬边缘

    公开(公告)号:US20090066770A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-12

    申请号:US11900419

    申请日:2007-09-11

    IPC分类号: G01D11/00

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device comprises a leading end; a trailing end; and a plurality of longitudinal surfaces extending between the leading end and the trailing end. Each longitudinal surface of the plurality has a leading edge adjacent the leading end and a trailing edge adjacent the trailing end. At least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge is configured as a clearance edge that enables the at least one longitudinal surface to clear a wall of a feed chute as the at least one longitudinal surface progresses through the feed chute.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变油墨成像装置的墨棒包括前端; 尾端 以及在前端和后端之间延伸的多个纵向表面。 多个的每个纵向表面具有邻近前端的前缘和与后端相邻的后缘。 前缘和后缘中的至少一个构造为间隙边缘,使得至少一个纵向表面能够在至少一个纵向表面进入进料槽时清除进料槽的壁。

    Feed guidance and identification for ink stick
    24.
    发明授权
    Feed guidance and identification for ink stick 失效
    墨棒的进纸指导和识别

    公开(公告)号:US06986570B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-17

    申请号:US10811197

    申请日:2004-03-26

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 G01D11/00

    CPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/17593

    摘要: An ink stick for a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink printer includes an ink stick body having an insertion perimeter, and a guide surface with a shaped guide element shaped to interact with an elongate shaped guide rail of the solid ink feed system. The ink stick insertion perimeter is in a plane substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, and the insertion direction and the feed direction are different. The insertion perimeter has at least one perimeter section forming a nonlinear key element that matches in size and shape a nonlinear key element in the perimeter of the key plate insertion opening. In particular implementations, the insertion perimeter forms a visually recognizable symbol, such as an alphanumeric character. In particular implementations, a plurality of ink sticks form a set in which the visually recognizable symbols differ from one another, and may form a pattern of symbols, such as a sequence of alphanumeric characters.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变式墨水打印机的固体墨水供给系统的墨水棒包括具有插入周边的墨水棒本体和具有成形导向元件的引导表面,所述引导元件成形为与固体墨水供给系统的细长形状的导轨相互作用。 墨棒插入周边在大致垂直于插入方向的平面中,插入方向和进给方向不同。 插入周边具有形成非线性键元件的至少一个周边部分,该非线性键元件的大小和形状在键盘插入开口的周边中的非线性键元件相匹配。 在特定实施方式中,插入周界形成视觉上可识别的符号,例如字母数字字符。 在具体实现中,多个墨棒形成一组,其中视觉上可识别的符号彼此不同,并且可以形成诸如字母数字字符序列的符号图案。

    Guide for solid ink stick feed
    25.
    发明授权
    Guide for solid ink stick feed 有权
    固色墨棒进料指南

    公开(公告)号:US06966644B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-22

    申请号:US10816237

    申请日:2004-04-01

    IPC分类号: B41J2/015 B41J2/175

    摘要: An ink stick for use in a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink printer includes a three dimensional ink stick body that has formed in it guide means. The guide means is formed in a first portion of the ink stick body, for guiding the ink stick along a defined path in the ink stick feed system. An ink stick feed system includes a longitudinal guide rail in a first portion of a feed channel. The width of the longitudinal guide rail is substantially less than the width of the feed channel. The guide means in the ink stick is a longitudinal guide element having a shape that is substantially complementary of the shape of the longitudinal guide rail of the feed channel.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变式墨水打印机的固体墨水供给系统的墨水棒包括在其中形成引导装置的三维墨水棒体。 引导装置形成在墨棒体的第一部分中,用于沿着墨棒进给系统中的限定路径引导墨棒。 一种墨水棒进料系统包括在进料通道的第一部分中的纵向导轨。 纵向导轨的宽度大致小于进给通道的宽度。 墨棒中的引导装置是具有与进给通道的纵向导轨的形状基本上互补的形状的纵向引导元件。

    Channel keying for solid ink stick insertion
    28.
    发明授权
    Channel keying for solid ink stick insertion 有权
    固定墨盒插入的通道键

    公开(公告)号:US06761444B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-07-13

    申请号:US10135065

    申请日:2002-04-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: A solid ink feed system for a phase change printer includes a solid ink feed channel that has formed in it a feed channel key that either blocks a solid ink stick from complete insertion into the feed channel, or blocks passage of an ink stick along the length of the feed channel, unless the ink stick has a key element corresponding to the feed channel key. A solid ink stick is formed of a three dimensional ink stick body with a key element that extends along a surface of the ink stick body through the rear of the ink stick body.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变打印机的固体供墨系统包括固体供墨通道,其中形成有将固体墨水棒完全插入进料通道中的进料通道键,或阻止墨棒沿着长度的通道 ,除非墨棒具有与进给通道键对应的键元件。 固体墨水棒由具有通过墨水棒体的后部沿着墨水棒体的表面延伸的键元件的三维墨水棒体形成。