摘要:
A surface reforming method capable of efficiently carrying out a sustainable, even reforming treatment on a prescribed surface part of an element, a surface treatment liquid to be employed for the above-described method, and an element having a reformed surface treated by the above-described method. A part of the surface of an element is subjected to the reforming treatment by providing the object surface with a polymer, which is different from a constituent material of the objet surface and comprises a first part having a functional group and a second part having an interfacial energy different from that of the functional group and approximately equal to the surface energy of the object surface and orienting the second part of the polymer toward the object surface and orienting the first part in a direction different from the object surface.
摘要:
A liquid container which is in detachably connectable to a supply tube which is in fluid communication with a liquid ejection recording head, the liquid container including a liquid accommodating portion for accommodating liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection recording head and a supply port for permitting supply of the liquid to the recording head from the liquid accommodating portion by connection of the liquid container to the liquid ejection recording head, the liquid container includes a capillary force generating member for generating a capillary force to absorb the recording liquid deposited on the surface of the supply tube and in the supply port into a space, other than the liquid accommodating portion, in the liquid container; wherein a capillary force A generated in an absorption region for absorbing the recording liquid remaining in the supply port adjacent the supply port of the capillary force generating member and a capillary force B in a storing region for storing the recording liquid absorbed in the absorption region, satisfy A
摘要:
An ink tank comprises a housing and a cover member, providing a hollow containing portion when bonded together, and in this containing portion, ink absorbent formed by laminating fiber material is contained. On the cover member, a rib is provided to extrude into the containing portion. This rib comprises a first directional rib arranged diagonally to the fibrous lamination face of the ink absorbent, and a second directional rib that intersects with the first directional rib orthogonally. On the position surrounded by the first directional rib and the second directional rib, an atmosphere communication port is formed, and around the atmosphere communication, the communication port guide that extrudes into the containing portion is arranged. The height of the rib is larger than that of the communication port guide. The rib presses the ink absorbent without being buried in it. With the rib thus structured, it is possible to enhance the use efficiency of ink in the ink tank, while preventing ink from leaking externally, and the rib from being broken as well.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a process for producing a fibrous material for a member with which an ink-jet ink comes into contact, including the step of melt spinning a thermoplastic resin, the process comprising the step of treating a spun yarn by bringing it into contact with a glycol added with ethylene oxide.
摘要:
A fiber body which exhibits sufficient ink supplying characteristics for keeping up with the trend toward diversification of ink and high printing speed while ensuring an easy and simple ink injection operation and a liquid container having the same. The ink tank has a PP fiber body (crosshatched area of the figures), as a negative pressure generating member for an ink jet head which ejects liquid to perform recording, arranged almost all over the interior thereof, so as to allow the fiber body to hold a liquid to be supplied to an ink jet head. On the top of the tank casing, provided is an atmosphere communication port. And as a PP fiber body, used is an assembly of intertwined PP fibers of which surface has been subjected to surface treatment of giving hydrophilic nature thereto.
摘要:
The invention provides a liquid container containing an absorbent member for temporarily retaining, by a capillary force, liquid to be supplied to a recording head for discharging the liquid and mounted together with the recording head on a linearly reciprocating carriage and adapted for receiving liquid replenishment to the absorbent member when the carriage is moved to a predetermined position, wherein, to the surface of the absorbent member, there is applied a polymer provided with a second portion having a lyophilic radical for rendering the surface lyophilic and a first portion having a radical of an interfacial energy different from the interfacial energy of the lyophilic radical but is approximately equal to the surfacial energy of the surface, and the first portion is oriented toward the surface while the second portion is oriented in a direction different from the surface.
摘要:
A liquid discharge head that records by discharging recording liquid is provided with polymer having a first portion with lyophilic group for lyophilic processing on a partial surface formed at least on a part of the inner face having recording liquid internally filled to be in contact therewith, and a second portion with a group having substantially the same or the same interfacial energy as the surface energy of the partial surface but different from the interfacial energy of the lyophilic group, while the second portion being orientated toward the partial surface, and the first portion being orientated in the direction different from the partial surface. With the structure thus arranged, the surface energy of the inner face of the liquid discharge head is essentially uniformalized, hence preventing air accumulation from being generated in the portion having lower surface energy.
摘要:
A liquid supply system includes a liquid supply container provided with a liquid supply portion for supplying liquid to outside; and a detector which detects presence or absence of the liquid in the liquid supply container, using an electrostatic capacity between the liquid in the liquid supply container and the electrode. The electrode is disposed to be parallel with and spaced from a bottom surface of the liquid supply container, and the bottom surface is inclined relative to a horizontal plane from one end to another end of the liquid supply container, and has a connecting portion at a lower side end.
摘要:
A liquid container for containing recording liquid to the supplied to a ink jet recording mechanism to which the liquid container is detachably mountable, the liquid container includes a main body; a liquid supply opening formed in the main body and connectable with the ink jet recording mechanism to supply the recording liquid out; wherein the liquid supply opening has an elongated circle configuration.