摘要:
A substrate (10; 110; 210; 310) for an ink jet printhead comprising: at least three slots (12a, 12b, 12c) of elongated shape, oriented parallel to one another lengthwise in a vertical direction (13); three corresponding actuating banks (16a, 16b, 16c); a plurality of drive circuits (18); and a plurality of terminals (21, 21a, 21b), lesser in number than the ejection actuators (16), connected to the drive circuits (18) for receiving external signals, wherein at least two (12a, 12b) of the three slots are arranged side by side along the respective long edges in an upper portion (10a) of the substrate, and the third slot (12c) is arranged in a lower portion (10b) of the substrate, and wherein moreover the terminals (21) connected to the drive circuits are arranged in a line along the edges (11a, 11b) of the substrate (10) parallel to the slots and therefore to this given vertical direction (13). This substrate has a robust structure and is less likely to crack in the zone of the slots.
摘要:
The composite printhead (1) is made up of an active module (7), consisting of a thin plate (8) of silicon, on which a plurality of chambers (14) is produced, housing corresponding heating resistors (10), electrically connected through an interconnection network to corresponding external contact pads (37, 42), and of a support element (3) for the active module, in turn consisting of a portion of plate (22) of a rigid, insulating material, provided with an elongated slot shape, ink feeding duct (5), traversing the thickness of the support element (3). The active module (7) is built separately from the support element (3) and later mounted integrally upon the support element (3). Also mounted later to the support (3) is a frame (16) surrounding the active module (7) to provide hydraulic sealing. Finally the module (7) and the frame (16) are covered with a metallic or resin lamina (17), bearing an array of nozzles (18) aligned with and facing the ejection chambers (14).
摘要:
An ink-jet print head (12) for a dot printer, in which the drops of ink are expelled from one or more expulsion chambers (16) through corresponding pluralities of nozzles (30), each plurality communicating with each individual chamber. The nozzles (30) communicating with each chamber may be three to nine in number and are suitably arranged so as to obtain a high print quality in particular for the printing of characters with straight edges free from irregularities.
摘要:
The composite printhead (1) is made up of an active module (7), consisting of a thin plate (8) of silicon, on which a plurality of chambers (14) is produced, housing corresponding heating resistors (10), electrically connected through an interconnection network to corresponding external contact pads (37, 42), and of a support element (3) for the active module, in turn consisting of a portion of plate (22) of a rigid, insulating material, provided with an elongated slot shape, ink feeding duct (5), traversing the thickness of the support element (3). The active module (7) is built separately from the support element (3) and later mounted integrally upon the support element (3). Also mounted later to the support (3) is a frame (16) surrounding the active module (7) to provide hydraulic sealing. Finally the module (7) and the frame (16) are covered with a metallic or resin lamina (17), bearing an array of nozzles (18) aligned with and facing the ejection chambers (14).
摘要:
The head is provided for a conductive ink (16) and comprises a container (14) having a capillary nozzle (18) where the ink is in contact with a pair of electrodes facing each other across the nozzle, in such a way as to be covered by a predetermined depth of ink between the electrodes and the meniscus (52) at the front end of the nozzle. Printing is effected by vaporization of a portion of ink in a section of the nozzle between the electrodes, which expels the said depth of ink. The container is closed by an insulating plate (30) over which extends a metal strip (37) of smaller width than the diameter of the nozzle. The nozzle is formed by means of a single hole through the plate and the strip, whereby the strip is separated into two electrodes. The metal strip may be disposed between the plate and a front dielectric layer 43. The latter may also be covered by a second insulating layer having a front part of the nozzle therethrough, while the first dielectric layer may have a hole which is larger in diameter than the nozzle so as to create a reserve of ink for the frequent dots. For a multi-nozzle head, the nozzles are produced through an insulating plate over which extend the strips for a plurality of pairs of electrodes.
摘要:
The head is provided for a conductive ink in contact with an electrode (34) and comprises a container (14) having a capillary nozzle (18, 53) and a counterelectrode (54) set into the nozzle that predetermined thickness of ink is in the front part (53) of the nozzle between the meniscus (52) and the inner part of the nozzle wherein a vaporizing current flows between the electrode and the counterelectrode, thereby to expel the said thickness of ink. For that purpose, the container is closed by an insulating plate (30, 31) on which the counterelectrode (54) is disposed, the counterelectrode in turn being covered by a dielectric layer (56). The nozzle is formed by means of a single hole through the plate, the counterelectrode may be of the same thickness as the said thickness of ink, so that the front part of the nozzle is all through the counterelectrode. The dielectric layer may be a first layer covered by a second layer with a hole in the first layer which is larger in diameter than the nozzle, thereby to create a reserve of ink for the frequent dots. For a multi-nozzle head, the nozzles are produced by grooving a portion of the container and then closing over the grooves by an insulating plate bearing the electrodes and the counterelectrodes which are spaced along the axes of the nozzles.
摘要:
A droplet of ink 11 is expelled from a nozzle in a wall, so as to strike a printing medium, by suddenly moving the wall towards the ink 11 with which it is in contact. This movement is effected by energizing a piezoelectric sleeve. The ink droplet is expelled by virtue of the inertia of the ink resisting the movement of the wall and creating pressure. Practical embodiments are described in which the wall containing the nozzle is formed by the tapered end of a capillary tube.
摘要:
The printing device is ink jet, parallel or serial-parallel type and comprises a plurality of ejection modules each of which with ejection chambers suitable for containing ink and with associated relative heating elements for ink ejection control. The device includes a support and a nozzle plate common to the modules, and in which the support includes a base plate of rigid material that defines through its thickness a feeding duct for the ink which, in use, is substantially parallel to the line of printing (X axis) and the ejection modules are fixed side by side on the base plate and with the ejection chambers arranged in a line in the same direction (X axis), is a hydraulic, tight connection with the feeding duct. The nozzle plate is fixed on the ejection modules constituting an upper, hydraulically tight, closing surface, for the chambers and comprises a plurality of ejection nozzles in a line, in turn in hydraulic connection with corresponding cells of the modules.
摘要:
The present invention provides a process for manufacturing an ink-jet printhead comprising the steps of providing a print head wafer comprising a plurality of print head dice, each print head die comprising a nozzle plate bonded to a barrier layer formed on a substrate, wherein said plurality of print head dice are arranged on the substrate so as to define at least one first dividing channel comprising at least one first channel portion, said at least one first channel portion having a bottom portion comprised between the lateral sides of said barrier layer of at least two adjacent print head dice and an upper portion comprised between the lateral sides of said nozzle plate of said at least two adjacent print head dice, and applying an adhesive composition in an amount able to substantially fill the whole length of said at least one first channel portion.
摘要:
The ink jet dot printer comprises a head mounted on a carriage movable along a platen supporting the paper and is formed by a plurality of tubes and piezoelectric transducer for ejecting the ink, which are supported by two parallel plates spaced from one another, between which a polymerizable resin is cast to form a single block. The tubes are aligned in a single row F--F' in a direction inclined with respect to the printing line, in such manner that the distance between the extreme tubes measured perpendicularly to the printing line is equal to the maximum height of the characters. On the outside of the front plate supporting the tubes there is fixed a thin plate bearing a row of nozzles, each of which is aligned with the corresponding ejector tube. The expulsion of the drops of ink is obtained by means of the compression exerted on the tubes by the piezoelectric transducers activated in parallel by electric pulses generated by an energizing circuit under the control of a driving logic circuit by means of which it is possible to vary the slope of the printed characters and obtain bidirectional printing at high speed.