公开(公告)号：US07401887B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-22

申请号：US11246693

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  David William Jensen

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  David William Jensen

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16523

摘要： A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) flooding an ink ejection face of the printhead with ink; and (b) removing the ink by blasting air across the face.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种将打印头维持在可操作状态的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤：（a）用墨浸渍打印头的喷墨面; 和（b）通过喷射空气穿过面部去除油墨。

公开(公告)号：US07370936B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-13

申请号：US11246706

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16523

摘要： A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a printhead assembly comprising a printhead having an ink ejection face and a film guide sealingly bonded to the face, the film guide being positioned to guide a film through a transfer zone defined by a plane spaced apart from the face; (ii) positioning at least part of a film in the transfer zone and in sealing contact with the film guide, thereby forming a cavity defined at least partially by the film, the film guide and the face; and (iii) feeding the film through the transfer zone and away from the printhead, thereby removing ink from the cavity.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种将打印头维持在可操作状态的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤：（i）提供一种打印头组件，该打印头组件包括具有墨水喷射面和密封地粘合到该面上的薄膜导向件的打印头，薄膜引导件被定位成将薄膜引导通过间隔开的平面限定的转移区域 除了脸; （ii）将胶片的至少一部分定位在转印区域中并与胶片导向件密封接触，由此形成至少部分由胶片，胶片导向件和面部限定的空腔; 和（iii）通过转印区域并且远离打印头进给胶片，从而从空腔中除去油墨。

公开(公告)号：US07367648B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-06

申请号：US11246707

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16535 ,  B41J2/16552

摘要： A printhead maintenance assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance assembly comprises (i) a printhead assembly comprising a printhead having an ink ejection face and a film guide sealingly bonded to the face, the film guide being positioned to guide a film through a transfer zone defined by a plane spaced apart from the face; and (ii) an ink transport assembly comprising a film and a transport mechanism for feeding the film through the transfer zone and away from the printhead. In use, the film sealingly contacts with the film guide thereby forming a cavity defined at least partially by the film, the film guide and the face.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将打印头保持在可操作状态的打印头维护组件。 维护组件包括（i）打印头组件，其包括具有墨水喷射面的打印头和密封地粘合到所述面部的薄膜导向件，所述薄膜导向器被定位成将薄膜引导通过由与所述面部间隔开的平面限定的转移区域 ; 和（ii）墨水输送组件，其包括膜和用于将胶片通过转印区域并远离打印头进给的输送机构。 在使用中，薄膜与薄膜导向件密封接触，从而形成至少部分地由薄膜，薄膜导向件和面部限定的空腔。

公开(公告)号：US20070081026A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-12

申请号：US11246692

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16511

摘要： A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance station comprises a capper sealingly engageable around the printhead. The capper comprises a constriction member for defining a blast channel adjacent an ink ejection face of the printhead. The maintenance station further comprises a vacuum system in fluid communication with the capper and an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism moves the capper between a first position in which the capper is sealingly engaged around the printhead and a second position in which the capper is disengaged from around the printhead.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将打印头保持在可操作状态的打印头维护站。 维护站包括可围绕打印头密封地接合的封盖。 封盖器包括用于限定与打印头的喷墨面相邻的鼓风道的收缩构件。 维护站还包括与封盖器和接合机构流体连通的真空系统。 接合机构将封盖移动到第一位置，在该第一位置，封盖器围绕打印头密封地接合，并且第二位置，封盖器从打印头周围脱离。

公开(公告)号：US20070080993A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-12

申请号：US11482963

申请日：2006-07-10

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16585 ,  B41J2/16526

摘要： An ink supply system for an inkjet printhead is provided. The system comprises: (a) an ink reservoir for storing ink; (b) an ink conduit providing fluid communication between the ink reservoir and the printhead; (c) a pressure device for positively pressurizing the ink reservoir; and (d) a valve in the ink conduit for controlling a supply of ink to the printhead.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于喷墨打印头的供墨系统。 该系统包括：（a）用于存储墨水的墨水储存器; （b）墨水导管，其在墨水储存器和打印头之间提供流体连通; （c）用于对油墨储存器进行正增压的压力装置; 和（d）墨水管道中的用于控制向打印头供应墨水的阀。

公开(公告)号：US20070080986A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-12

申请号：US11246694

申请日：2005-10-11

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/16532

摘要： A capper for a printhead maintenance station is provided. The capper comprises a capping chamber sealingly engageable around a printhead; a constriction member positioned in the capper chamber; an air inlet defined in a wall of the capping chamber; and a vacuum aperture defined in a wall of the capping chamber. The constriction member divides the capper chamber into an air inlet channel and a vacuum channel into which the respective air inlet and vacuum aperture open. The constriction member also defines a blast channel adjacent an ink ejection face of the printhead when the capping chamber is sealingly engaged around the printhead.

摘要翻译： 提供打印头维护站的封盖机。 封盖器包括可围绕打印头密封地接合的封盖室; 位于所述封隔室中的收缩构件; 限定在所述封盖室的壁中的空气入口; 以及限定在封盖室的壁中的真空孔。 收缩构件将封隔室分成空气入口通道和真空通道，相应的空气入口和真空孔打开。 收缩构件还限定了当打盖室围绕打印头密封地接合时与打印头的喷墨面相邻的鼓风通道。

公开(公告)号：US08419161B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-16

申请号：US12751625

申请日：2010-03-31

申请人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/17596 ,  B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/16535 ,  B41J2/16552

摘要： A method of removing flooded ink from an ink ejection face of a printhead. The method comprises moving a surface past the ink ejection face and transferring the flooded ink onto the moving surface, where no part of the surface contacts the face. The surface can be a surface of a disposable sheet. The disposable sheet can be absorbent. The disposable sheet can be different from print media used for printing.

摘要翻译： 从打印头的喷墨面去除淹墨的方法。 该方法包括使表面移动通过喷墨面并将溢出的墨水传送到移动表面上，其中没有表面的一部分接触面。 表面可以是一次性片材的表面。 一次性片材可以是吸收剂。 一次性纸张可以不同于用于印刷的打印介质。

公开(公告)号：US08240810B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-14

申请号：US12649203

申请日：2009-12-29

申请人： John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Vesa Karppinen ,  Patrick John McAuliffe ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Vesa Karppinen ,  Patrick John McAuliffe ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16535 ,  B41J2/16511 ,  B41J2/16541 ,  B41J2/16585 ,  B41J2002/14435

摘要： An inkjet printer has an inkjet printhead and a printhead maintenance station. The maintenance station includes a maintenance roller which is rotatable and moveable between a first position in which a capping portion is sealingly engaged with the printhead and a second position in which the capping portion is disengaged from the printhead. The maintenance roller is mounted on a chassis which is reciprocally moveable between the first and second positions. The printer includes an engagement mechanism for moving the chassis between the first and second positions by complementary engagement with engagement formations on the chassis.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印机具有喷墨打印头和打印头维护站。 维护站包括维护辊，其可在第一位置和第二位置之间旋转并且可在第一位置和第二位置之间移动，在第一位置，封盖部分与打印头密封接合;第二位置，封盖部分与打印头脱离接合。 维护辊安装在可在第一和第二位置之间往复运动的底盘上。 打印机包括一个接合机构，用于通过与机架上的接合结构的互补接合在第一和第二位置之间移动底架。

公开(公告)号：US08075079B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-13

申请号：US13046768

申请日：2011-03-13

申请人： John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Miao Wang ,  Patrick John McAuliffe ,  David John Worboys ,  Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

发明人： John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Miao Wang ,  Patrick John McAuliffe ,  David John Worboys ,  Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook

IPC分类号： B41J29/38 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/19

摘要： An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer having a laminated wall. The laminated wall defines: an air inlet; a regulator channel having a first end communicating with the air inlet and a second end defining a bubble outlet; and a wetting system for maintaining liquid in the regulator channel so as to ensure that air entering a headspace of the cartridge first passes through said liquid. The regulator channel is dimensioned to control a Laplace pressure of air bubbles drawn from the bubble outlet as result of supplying ink to a printhead, and thereby regulates a hydrostatic pressure of the ink.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有层叠壁的喷墨打印机的墨盒。 层压壁限定：进气口; 调节器通道，其具有与空气入口连通的第一端和限定气泡出口的第二端; 以及用于在调节器通道中保持液体的润湿系统，以便确保进入盒的顶部空间的空气首先通过所述液体。 调节器通道的尺寸被设计为控制从喷墨口抽出的气泡的拉普拉斯压力，这是由于向打印头供墨，从而调节墨水的静水压力。

公开(公告)号：US07922285B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-12

申请号：US12535677

申请日：2009-08-04

申请人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  David John Worboys ,  Patrick John McAuliffe

发明人： Vesa Karppinen ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  David John Worboys ,  Patrick John McAuliffe

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16538 ,  B41J2/16552

摘要： A method of cleaning an inkjet printhead, by generating a liquid foam on the ink ejection face such that particulate contaminants on the ejection surface disperse into the foam, then transferring the foam, together with the particulate contaminants dispersed within, onto a rotatable transfer surface moving relative said ejection face and, rotating the rotatable transfer surface into contact with a removal surface to remove the foam and the particulate contaminants dispersed within. Ink consumption is minimized by use of a foam and damage to the face is avoided since the rotatable transfer surface does not contact the face.

摘要翻译： 一种通过在喷墨面上产生液态泡沫来清洁喷墨打印头的方法，使得喷射表面上的颗粒污染物分散在泡沫中，然后将泡沫与分散在其中的颗粒污染物一起转移到可移动的转移表面上 相对的所述喷射面，并使可旋转的转印表面与去除表面接触以除去分散在其中的泡沫和颗粒污染物。 通过使用泡沫使油墨消耗量最小化，避免了由于可转动的转印表面不接触表面而损坏表面。