摘要:
An inkjet print cartridge is described which has a first fill port, for initially filling the print cartridge with ink, and a refill port for recharging the print cartridge. The refill port includes a slideable valve which is engageable with a valve on an external ink reservoir to create an airtight fluid communication path between the print cartridge reservoir and the external ink reservoir.
摘要:
A closed ink replenishment system for replenishing the supply of ink in negative pressure spring-bag reservoirs in a printer/plotter. A tube runs between each cartridge reservoir and an auxiliary reservoir mounted to the printer/plotter frame to form the closed ink system. As ink is depleted from the spring-bag reservoir during printing operation, the negative pressure in the cartridge increases, drawing ink through the tube from the auxiliary reservoir into the cartridge until the negative pressure decreases to an equilibrium point. As a result, the volume of ink within the spring-bag reservoir remains substantially constant so long as there is ink remaining within the auxiliary reservoir. This maintains the print quality. The auxiliary reservoir is a flat bag mounted on a spring-biased platform, which acts as a height regulating system. As ink is depleted from the auxiliary bag, the height of the platform and bag increases to maintain a constant pressure and elevation head at the spring-bag reservoir.
摘要:
Apparatus for regulating the flow of replenishment ink from an ink reservoir to a print cartridge. The apparatus includes two valves which enter into a mating relationship and together open with respect their valve seats and thereby permit the transfer of replenishment ink from a reservoir to a print cartridge.
摘要:
A cylinder and piston containing refill ink for refilling print cartridges having a spherical stopper. A stopper remover engages the spherical stopper and dislocates it with respect to the print cartridge. Refill ink is thereafter transferred from the cylinder into the reservoir of the print cartridge. The spherical stopper is withdrawn and a replacement spherical stopper seated.
摘要:
A piezoelectric printhead trace layout includes an actuator die, bond pads along two side edges of the actuator die, rows of piezoceramic actuators between the two side edges, drive traces emanating from the bond pads toward the center of the actuator die, a ground bus extended along the center of the actuator die between two end edges of the actuator die, and ground traces emanating from the ground bus outward toward the two side edges.
摘要:
A fluid ejection head of a fluid ejection device is provided, the fluid ejection head having a substrate, a fluid ejection die coupled with the substrate, an electromagnetic radiation-curable adhesive disposed on the substrate, and a cover coupled with the substrate via the electromagnetic radiation-curable adhesive, wherein the cover includes an opening configured to pass fluids ejected from the fluid ejection die, and wherein the cover is made at least partially of a material transparent to electromagnetic radiation.
摘要:
A fluid ejection assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of fluid ejection devices each mounted on the substrate. The substrate includes a frame formed of a first material and a body formed of a second material such that the body substantially surrounds the frame and forms a first side and a second side of the substrate with each of the fluid ejection devices being mounted on the first side of the substrate.
摘要:
A method of forming a fluid ejection assembly includes providing a substrate including a plurality of layers and having a plurality of fluid passages extending through the plurality of layers, extending a support between opposite sides of each of the fluid passages, and mounting a plurality of fluid ejection devices on the substrate, including communicating each of the fluid ejection devices with one of the fluid passages.
摘要:
A printhead assembly includes a carrier having a first side and a second side contiguous with the first side, a plurality of printhead dies each mounted on the first side of the carrier, an electrical circuit including a first portion disposed on the first side of the carrier and a second portion disposed on the second side of the carrier, and a plurality of electrical connectors each electrically coupled to the first portion of the electrical circuit and one of the printhead dies. The electrical circuit has a plurality of openings defined in the first portion thereof such that each of the openings are sized to accommodate one of the printhead dies, and has a first side facing the carrier and a second side opposite the first side thereof such that each of the electrical connectors are electrically coupled to the second side of the electrical circuit and one of the printhead dies.
摘要:
This present invention is embodied in a printing system with thermally efficient heat transfer capabilities for reducing dimpling of a nozzle member during fabrication of the printhead portion of an inkjet printer. The printing system of the present invention includes a printhead assembly and an ink supply for printing ink on print media. The printhead assembly includes a printhead body having a heat transfer device, ink channels and a nozzle member having plural nozzles coupled to respective ink channels. The nozzle member is secured to the printhead body with a suitable adhesive layer. The heat transfer device can be defined by a portion of or the entire printhead body for reducing thermal expansion of the printhead body during exposure to heat. Namely, the heat transfer device of the printing system of the present invention is capable of efficiently reducing thermal expansion of the printhead body during the process of adhering (which includes heating and curing the adhesive) the nozzle member to the printhead body. As a result, trajectory errors of ejected ink droplets from the nozzles are reduced.