Feed guidance and identification for ink stick
    1.
    发明授权
    Feed guidance and identification for ink stick 失效
    墨棒的进纸指导和识别

    公开(公告)号:US06986570B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-17

    申请号:US10811197

    申请日:2004-03-26

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 G01D11/00

    CPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/17593

    摘要: An ink stick for a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink printer includes an ink stick body having an insertion perimeter, and a guide surface with a shaped guide element shaped to interact with an elongate shaped guide rail of the solid ink feed system. The ink stick insertion perimeter is in a plane substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, and the insertion direction and the feed direction are different. The insertion perimeter has at least one perimeter section forming a nonlinear key element that matches in size and shape a nonlinear key element in the perimeter of the key plate insertion opening. In particular implementations, the insertion perimeter forms a visually recognizable symbol, such as an alphanumeric character. In particular implementations, a plurality of ink sticks form a set in which the visually recognizable symbols differ from one another, and may form a pattern of symbols, such as a sequence of alphanumeric characters.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变式墨水打印机的固体墨水供给系统的墨水棒包括具有插入周边的墨水棒本体和具有成形导向元件的引导表面,所述引导元件成形为与固体墨水供给系统的细长形状的导轨相互作用。 墨棒插入周边在大致垂直于插入方向的平面中,插入方向和进给方向不同。 插入周边具有形成非线性键元件的至少一个周边部分,该非线性键元件的大小和形状在键盘插入开口的周边中的非线性键元件相匹配。 在特定实施方式中,插入周界形成视觉上可识别的符号,例如字母数字字符。 在具体实现中,多个墨棒形成一组,其中视觉上可识别的符号彼此不同,并且可以形成诸如字母数字字符序列的符号图案。

    Alignment feature for solid ink stick
    2.
    发明授权
    Alignment feature for solid ink stick 有权
    固体墨水棒对准功能

    公开(公告)号:US06755517B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-29

    申请号:US10135089

    申请日:2002-04-29

    IPC分类号: G01D1100

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: An ink stick for use in a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink jet printer includes an ink stick body. Nesting elements are formed in the ink stick body for nesting the ink stick body with an adjacent ink stick body. One end surface of the ink stick body has a projecting nesting element, and the opposite end surface has a recessed nesting element having a complementary shape and position. When two ink sticks with such nesting elements abut one another in a feed channel of a solid ink feed system, the projecting nesting element of one ink stick fits into the recessed nesting element of the adjacent ink stick to reduce movement of the ink sticks relative to each other, and to reduce skewing of the ink sticks in the feed channel.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变式喷墨打印机的固体墨水供给系统的墨水棒包括墨水棒体。 在油墨棒体中形成嵌套元件,用于将油墨粘贴体与相邻的墨粘体体嵌套。 墨水棒体的一个端面具有突出的嵌套元件,并且相对的端面具有具有互补形状和位置的凹入嵌套元件。 当具有这种嵌套元件的两个墨棒在固体墨水供给系统的进料通道中彼此邻接时,一个墨水棒的突出嵌套元件装配到相邻墨水棒的凹入嵌套元件中,以减少墨水棒相对于 并且减少墨条在进料通道中的偏斜。

    Feed guidance and identification for ink stick
    3.
    发明授权
    Feed guidance and identification for ink stick 有权
    墨棒的进纸指导和识别

    公开(公告)号:US06722764B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-20

    申请号:US10135156

    申请日:2002-04-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/17593

    摘要: An ink stick for use in a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink jet printer includes a three dimensional ink stick body that has a lateral center of gravity, a substantially horizontal perimeter, and opposed end surfaces. An ink stick guide element is formed in the bottom of the ink stick body, and the ink stick is adapted to travel through the feed channel along a feed channel guide rail. A portion of the ink stick perimeter forms a visually recognizable symbol, and a portion of the ink stick perimeter that is transverse to the feed direction of the channel has an insertion key element. Nesting elements are formed in the leading and trailing end surfaces of the ink stick body to nest with one another when ink sticks abut in the feed channel.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变式喷墨打印机的固体油墨供给系统的墨棒包括具有横向重心,大致水平的周边和相对的端面的三维墨水棒体。 油墨棒导向元件形成在墨棒体的底部,并且墨棒适于沿着进给通道导轨行进通过进给通道。 墨水棒周边的一部分形成视觉上可识别的符号,并且与胶片的进给方向横切的墨棒周边的一部分具有插入键元件。 当墨棒抵靠进料通道时,嵌套元件形成在墨棒体的前端和后端表面中彼此嵌套。

    Load and feed apparatus for solid ink
    4.
    发明授权
    Load and feed apparatus for solid ink 有权
    固体油墨的装载和进料装置

    公开(公告)号:US06705710B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-16

    申请号:US10159929

    申请日:2002-05-30

    IPC分类号: B41J217

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: An ink stick push block for use in a system for feeding solid ink sticks in a phase change printer, wherein each solid ink stick has an ink stick face surface having an ink stick face surface contour and an ink stick rear surface having a nonplanar ink stick rear surface contour, the ink stick push block. The push block includes an ink stick push block face having a nonplanar ink stick push block face contour, wherein at least a portion of the nonplanar ink stick push block face contour is the complement of at least a portion of the nonplanar ink stick rear surface contour.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在相变式打印机中供给固体墨棒的系统中的墨棒推动块,其中每个固体墨棒具有具有墨粘面表面轮廓的墨棒表面和具有非平面墨棒的墨棒后表面 后表面轮廓,墨棒推动块。 推块包括具有非平面墨棒推块表面轮廓的墨块推块面,其中非平面墨棒推块面轮廓的至少一部分是非平面墨棒后表面轮廓的至少一部分的补体 。

    Channel keying for solid ink stick insertion
    5.
    发明授权
    Channel keying for solid ink stick insertion 有权
    固定墨盒插入的通道键

    公开(公告)号:US06761444B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-07-13

    申请号:US10135065

    申请日:2002-04-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: A solid ink feed system for a phase change printer includes a solid ink feed channel that has formed in it a feed channel key that either blocks a solid ink stick from complete insertion into the feed channel, or blocks passage of an ink stick along the length of the feed channel, unless the ink stick has a key element corresponding to the feed channel key. A solid ink stick is formed of a three dimensional ink stick body with a key element that extends along a surface of the ink stick body through the rear of the ink stick body.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变打印机的固体供墨系统包括固体供墨通道,其中形成有将固体墨水棒完全插入进料通道中的进料通道键,或阻止墨棒沿着长度的通道 ,除非墨棒具有与进给通道键对应的键元件。 固体墨水棒由具有通过墨水棒体的后部沿着墨水棒体的表面延伸的键元件的三维墨水棒体形成。

    Printer multi-function drive train apparatus and method
    6.
    发明授权
    Printer multi-function drive train apparatus and method 失效
    打印机多功能传动装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5820275A

    公开(公告)日:1998-10-13

    申请号:US375332

    申请日:1995-01-17

    IPC分类号: B41J23/02 B41J23/34

    CPC分类号: B41J23/025

    摘要: A process motor (82) provides bidirectional motive force to a printer (50) drive train (80) that selectively engages with multiple self-homing printing functions. A print head (52) is tiltable to a maintenance position and a transfer roller (64) is loadable against a transfer drum (54) by respective missing tooth gear (96, 160) latching mechanisms. A print media pick roller (122) and transfer drum maintaining devices (70, 72) are actuated by spring-wrap clutches (114, 236) that are protected from reverse rotation by a one-way clutch (106). Print media transport rollers (140, 142) are selectively engaged with the one-way clutch by an electro-mechanical clutch (128). A picked and transported print medium (56) receives an ink image from the transfer drum and is stripped therefrom by stripper fingers (66) and directed into media exit rollers (212, 220) for delivery to a media output tray (68). The stripper fingers and exit rollers are actuated sequentially by cams (180, 182) that are slaved to the transfer roller loading function.

    摘要翻译: 过程电动机(82)向选择性地与多个自归位打印功能接合的打印机(50)传动系(80)提供双向动力。 打印头(52)可倾斜到维护位置,并且转印辊(64)可通过相应的缺齿齿轮(96,160)的锁定机构装载到转印鼓(54)上。 打印介质拾取辊(122)和转印鼓保持装置(70,72)由弹簧卷绕离合器(114,236)致动,该离合器通过单向离合器(106)防止反向旋转。 打印介质传送辊(140,142)通过机电离合器(128)选择性地与单向离合器接合。 拾取和运送的打印介质(56)从转印鼓接收油墨图像,并通过剥离指(64)从其中剥离并被引导到介质出口辊(212,220)中,以输送到介质输出托盘(68)。 剥离器指状物和出口辊通过被转移到转印辊装载功能的凸轮(180,182)顺序地致动。

    Feed channel keying for solid ink stick feed
    7.
    发明授权
    Feed channel keying for solid ink stick feed 有权
    进料通道键入固体油墨进料

    公开(公告)号:US06719419B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-13

    申请号:US10135038

    申请日:2002-04-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: A solid ink feed system for a phase change printer includes a solid ink feed channel that has formed in it a feed channel key that either blocks a solid ink stick from complete insertion into the feed channel, or blocks passage of an ink stick along the length of the feed channel, unless the ink stick has a key element corresponding to the feed channel key. A solid ink stick is formed of a three dimensional ink stick body with a key element that extends along a surface of the ink stick body through the rear of the ink stick body.

    摘要翻译: 用于相变打印机的固体供墨系统包括固体供墨通道,其中形成有将固体墨水棒完全插入进料通道中的进料通道键,或阻止墨棒沿着长度的通道 ,除非墨棒具有与进给通道键对应的键元件。 固体墨水棒由具有通过墨水棒体的后部沿着墨水棒体的表面延伸的键元件的三维墨水棒体形成。