Ticket and method of metering the use of a facility
    43.
    发明授权
    Ticket and method of metering the use of a facility 失效
    计量使用设施的票证和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06402040B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-11

    申请号:US09745602

    申请日:2000-12-22

    IPC分类号: G06K1906

    CPC分类号: A61L9/035 B41J2/32 G07B11/11

    摘要: A ticket including a base member, a discolorable member carried by the base member, and a discoloration system carried by the base member. The discoloration system is initially configured such that the discoloration system selectively discolors a first predetermined portion of the discolorable member in response to the application of a first energy pulse without discoloring a second predetermined portion of the discolorable member. The discoloration system is also adapted to be reconfigured by the first energy pulse such that the second predetermined portion of the discolorable member will be discolored in response to the application of a second energy pulse.

    摘要翻译: 包括基座构件,由基座构件承载的可变色构件和由基座构件承载的变色系统的票。 最初配置变色系统,使得变色系统响应于施加第一能量脉冲而选择性地变色可变色构件的第一预定部分,而不会使可变色构件的第二预定部分变色。 变色系统还适于由第一能量脉冲重新配置,使得可变色构件的第二预定部分响应于施加第二能量脉冲而变色。

    Ink delivery system for an inkjet printhead
    44.
    发明授权
    Ink delivery system for an inkjet printhead 有权
    用于喷墨打印头的墨水输送系统

    公开(公告)号:US06179414B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-30

    申请号:US09370471

    申请日:1999-08-09

    IPC分类号: B41J205

    摘要: This invention provides an improved ink flow path between an ink reservoir and vaporization chambers in an inkjet printhead. In the preferred embodiment, a barrier layer containing ink channels and vaporization chambers is located between a rectangular substrate and a nozzle member containing an array of orifices. The substrate contains two linear arrays of heater elements, and each orifice in the nozzle member is associated with a vaporization chamber and heater element. The ink channels in the barrier layer have ink entrances generally running along two opposite edges of the substrate so that ink flowing around the edge of the substrate gain access to the ink channels and to the vaporization chambers.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种在墨水储存器和喷墨打印头中的蒸发室之间改进的油墨流动路径。 在优选实施例中,包含油墨通道和蒸发室的阻挡层位于矩形基板和包含孔阵列的喷嘴构件之间。 衬底包含两个线性阵列的加热器元件,并且喷嘴构件中的每个孔与蒸发室和加热器元件相关联。 阻挡层中的油墨通道具有通常沿着基板的两个相对边缘延伸的墨水入口,使得在基板的边缘周围流动的墨水可以进入墨水通道和蒸发室。

    Self aligning orifice construction for thermal ink-jet printheads
    48.
    发明授权
    Self aligning orifice construction for thermal ink-jet printheads 失效
    用于热喷墨打印头的自对准孔结构

    公开(公告)号:US5388326A

    公开(公告)日:1995-02-14

    申请号:US118277

    申请日:1993-09-07

    摘要: A method is provided for assembling thermal ink-jet printheads. The method comprises: (a) providing a circuit layout comprising a first substrate, a plurality of conductive traces thereon in a pre-selected pattern, and a plurality of openings through the substrate defining ink-jet nozzles; (b) providing a die layout comprising (1) a plurality of resistors, each resistor formed on a second substrate and matched to an opening and (2) a plurality of channels formed in a barrier material and matched to a portion of the plurality of conductive traces; (c) interlocking plurality of conductive traces with the plurality of channels to align each resistor with a respective one of the openings; and (d) laminating those portions of the first substrate that contact the barrier to the barrier so as to bond the two layouts together. In one embodiment, the resistors are each formed in a well defined in a layer of the barrier material already on the substrate, which is extended to encompass the resistors. In a second embodiment, the barrier material is omitted, and the resistors are simply formed on the substrate. In either case, the barrier material comprises a photopolymerizable material and each resistor matched to a nozzle forms a firing chamber. The advantage of the invention over what has been done before is the ability to utilize photodefinable features on the two primary components so as to provide both performance and cost advantages.

    摘要翻译: 提供了组装热喷墨打印头的方法。 该方法包括:(a)提供电路布局,其包括第一衬底,预先选择的图案中的多个导电迹线和穿过衬底的多个开口限定喷墨嘴; (b)提供芯片布局,其包括(1)多个电阻器,每个电阻器形成在第二基板上并与开口匹配,以及(2)形成在阻挡材料中并与多个 导电痕迹; (c)将多个导电迹线与所述多个通道互锁以将每个电阻器与相应的一个所述开口对准; 和(d)将与屏障接触的第一基板的那些部分层压到屏障上,以将两个布局结合在一起。 在一个实施例中,电阻器各自形成在已经在衬底上的阻挡材料的层中良好限定,其被延伸以包围电阻器。 在第二实施例中,省略了阻挡材料,并且电阻器简单地形成在基板上。 在任一种情况下,阻挡材料包括可光聚合材料,并且与喷嘴相匹配的每个电阻器形成烧制室。 本发明的优点在于以前所做的是在两个主要部件上利用光可定义特征的能力,以便提供性能和成本优势。

    Valve for ink-jet pen
    49.
    发明授权
    Valve for ink-jet pen 失效
    喷墨笔阀

    公开(公告)号:US5341160A

    公开(公告)日:1994-08-23

    申请号:US687549

    申请日:1991-04-17

    IPC分类号: B41J2/05 B41J2/175 B41J2/055

    摘要: An ink-jet pen for storing at below-ambient pressure has an orifice formed therein for providing air bubbles to prevent the back pressure from rising above a level that would cause malfunction of the pen. The amount of air drawn into the reservoir is restricted by the reservoir ink that covers the orifice whenever the pen is in an upright position. The valve operates to occlude the orifice whenever the pen is moved into a position, such as inverted, where the reservoir ink no longer covers the orifice. The occlusion of the orifice prevents the unrestricted flow of ambient air into the reservoir that would otherwise eliminate the required back pressure in the reservoir. The valve includes a sealing liquid selected so that the liquid occludes a passage between the orifice and ambient air without flowing through that passage.

    摘要翻译: 用于在低于环境压力下存储的喷墨笔具有形成在其中的孔口,用于提供气泡以防止背压升高到将导致笔误动作的水平。 当笔处于直立位置时,吸入储存器的空气量受到覆盖孔口的贮存器油墨的限制。 只要笔移动到诸如倒置的位置,其中储存器墨水不再覆盖孔口,阀就操作以闭塞孔口。 孔口的阻塞防止环境空气进入储存器的不受限制的流动,否则将消除储存器中所需的背压。 阀包括选择的密封液体,使得液体封闭孔和环境空气之间的通道,而不流过该通道。