Ink supply system for an ink jet head
    1.
    发明授权
    Ink supply system for an ink jet head 失效
    用于喷墨头的供墨系统

    公开(公告)号:US4937598A

    公开(公告)日:1990-06-26

    申请号:US319630

    申请日:1989-03-06

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/19 G01D15/18

    摘要: In the representative ink supply system described in the specification, continuous circulation of ink in an ink jet head is accomplished by providing two reservoirs connected to each ink jet orifice through corresponding passages so that ink flows continuously from a high-level reservoir past the orifice to a low-level reservoir. The difference between the levels of ink in the reservoirs is maintained relatively constant by inertial pumping during reciprocal motion of the ink jet head or by pressure transfer of ink from one reservoir to the other reservoir. Cross-flow purging of air or debris from the ink jet head is effected by covering the ink jet orifices and applying air pressure to one reservoir to cause ink and any trapped air or debris to flow from the head to the other reservoir. A pump responsive to reciprocal motion of the ink jet head generates a positive air pressure which is applied during purging and a negative air pressure which is applied to a deaerator for removing dissolved air from the ink.

    摘要翻译: 在本说明书中描述的代表性供墨系统中,油墨在喷墨头中的连续循环通过提供通过相应通道连接到每个喷墨孔的两个储存器来实现,使得墨水从高级储存器连续流过孔, 一个低层次的水库。 通过在喷墨头的往复运动期间的惯性泵送或通过将油墨从一个储存器压力转移到另一储存器,储存器中的墨水量之间的差异保持相对恒定。 通过覆盖喷墨孔并将空气压力施加到一个储存器以使油墨和任何被捕获的空气或碎屑从头部流到另一个储存器来实现来自喷墨头的空气或碎屑的交叉流吹扫。 响应于喷墨头的往复运动的泵产生在吹扫期间施加的正空气压力和施加到脱气器的负空气压力,以从油墨中除去溶解的空气。

    High resolution multicolor ink jet printer
    2.
    发明授权
    High resolution multicolor ink jet printer 失效
    高分辨率多色喷墨打印机

    公开(公告)号:US07690779B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-06

    申请号:US11765890

    申请日:2007-06-20

    IPC分类号: G01D11/00

    摘要: A high-resolution ink jet printer includes a drum supported for rotation about an axis, substrate positioning means for positioning a substrate sheet on the surface of the drum to receive a printed image, carriage means movable parallel to the drum axis, printhead means supported on the carriage means and having at least one array of orifices disposed in spaced relation to the surface of the drum for projecting ink drops onto a substrate sheet carried by the drum, drive means for driving the carriage parallel to the axis of the drum, encoder means providing a train of signals at a rate dependent upon the rate of rotation of the drum, and control means for controlling the projection of the ink drops from the printhead means at a rate that depends on the rate of signals received by the control means.

    摘要翻译: 一种高分辨率喷墨打印机,包括一个可绕轴旋转的滚筒,用于将一个基片定位在滚筒表面上以接收一印刷图像的基板定位装置,一个平行于滚筒轴线移动的托架装置, 托架装置并且具有至少一个与滚筒表面隔开设置的孔口阵列,用于将墨滴投影到由滚筒承载的基片上;驱动装置,用于平行于滚筒的轴线驱动支架;编码器装置 以取决于滚筒的旋转速率的速率提供一串信号;以及控制装置,用于以取决于由控制装置接收的信号的速率的速度控制来自打印头装置的墨滴的投影。

    Bidirectional hot melt ink jet printing
    3.
    发明授权
    Bidirectional hot melt ink jet printing 失效
    双向热熔喷墨打印

    公开(公告)号:US5075689A

    公开(公告)日:1991-12-24

    申请号:US441365

    申请日:1989-12-15

    摘要: In the representative embodiments of the invention described in the specification, an ink jet head has a series of aligned arrays of ink jet orifices arranged to project drops of different colored inks in sequence to the same location on a substrate during each scan of the ink jet head adjacent to the substrate. The spacing of the orifices in each aligned array and the speed of the ink jet head during the scanning are arranged so that all the ink drops applied at the same location on the substrate are applied in a time period of no more than about 100 milliseconds and preferably no more than 50 milliseconds. Moreover, to avoid banding the lines produced by successive scans of the head are interlaced so as to produce a periodic frequency of no more than about four lines per millimeter.

    摘要翻译: 在说明书中描述的本发明的代表性实施例中,喷墨头具有一系列对准的喷墨孔阵列,其布置成在喷墨的每次扫描期间将不同颜色的墨水的液滴顺序投影到基板上的相同位置 头部邻近衬底。 每个排列的阵列中的孔口的间距和喷墨头在扫描期间的速度被布置成使得施加在基板上相同位置的所有墨滴在不超过约100毫秒的时间内被施加, 优选不超过50毫秒。 此外,为了避免捆扎,头部的连续扫描产生的线交错,以便产生不超过约四行/毫米的周期频率。

    Orifice plate cleaner for hot melt ink jet
    5.
    发明授权
    Orifice plate cleaner for hot melt ink jet 失效
    孔板清洁剂用于热熔喷墨

    公开(公告)号:US4928120A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-22

    申请号:US275096

    申请日:1988-11-21

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    摘要: In the embodiment of the cleaning device described in the specification, a web of paper is movable past the orifice plate of an ink jet head from a supply roll to a take-up roll. The cleaning device has a movable front end portion with two pressure bars positioned to urge the web of paper against two portions of the orifice plate, one portion being in line with the orifices and the other below the orifices. The pressure bar supports are arranged so that the bar positioned in line with the orifices engages the web after the other bar has urged the web against the orifice plate. The cleaning device also collects ink ejected during purging of air from the system and may be positioned to prevent ejection of ink during an internal purging operation.

    摘要翻译: 在说明书中描述的清洁装置的实施例中,纸幅可以从喷墨头的孔板从供给辊移动到卷取辊。 清洁装置具有可移动的前端部分,其具有两个压力杆,所述压力杆定位成将纸幅推压到孔板的两个部分上,一部分与孔口对齐,而另一部分与孔口对齐。 压力杆支撑件被布置成使得在另一个杆已经将腹板推靠在孔板上之后,与孔口成一直线定位的杆接合腹板。 清洁装置还收集从系统吹扫空气期间喷射的墨水,并且可以定位成在内部清洗操作期间防止墨水喷射。

    Hot melt ink supply system
    6.
    发明授权
    Hot melt ink supply system 失效
    热熔胶供应系统

    公开(公告)号:US4814786A

    公开(公告)日:1989-03-21

    申请号:US43369

    申请日:1987-04-28

    摘要: In the representative hot melt ink supply system described in the specification, a first hot melt ink supply reservoir maintains ink in molten condition during operation of the system and a second reservoir mounted with an ink jet head on a movable carriage communicates with the first reservoir through a flexible supply line. The ink in the supply line is normally kept in solid condition and, when a reduced level of ink is detected in the second reservoir, the supply line is heated to melt the ink in the line and a pump is actuated to transfer ink from the first reservoir to the second reservoir. To permit use of pigmented inks, each of the reservoirs is heated to provide a thermal gradient therein so as to maintain convective circulation of the ink. An ink circulation path is provided to cause convective circulation of pigmented ink in the ink jet head.

    摘要翻译: 在本说明书中描述的代表性热熔油墨供应系统中,第一热熔油墨供应储存器在系统操作期间将油墨保持在熔融状态,并且在可移动托架上安装有喷墨头的第二储存器与第一储存器通过 灵活的供应线。 供应管线中的油墨通常保持在固体状态,并且当在第二储存器中检测到油墨水平降低时,供应管线被加热以熔化管线中的油墨,并且泵致动以从第一储存器 水库到第二水库。 为了允许使用着色油墨,每个储存器被加热以在其中提供热梯度,以便保持油墨的对流循环。 提供油墨循环路径以引起着色油墨在喷墨头中的对流循环。

    High resolution multicolor ink jet printer
    8.
    发明授权
    High resolution multicolor ink jet printer 失效
    高分辨率多色喷墨打印机

    公开(公告)号:US07237872B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-03

    申请号:US08432783

    申请日:1995-05-02

    IPC分类号: B41J2/21 B41J29/38 G01D11/00

    摘要: A high resolution ink jet printer includes a rotating drum and a pair of ink jet heads scanned along a substrate carried by the drum in a direction parallel to the axis of the drum. The heads are driven by a lead screw coupled to the drum drive shaft and a control unit controls the rate of drop ejection from the printheads at a rate corresponding to the rate of encoder signals received from an encoder coupled to the drum drive draft. One printhead receives and ejects drops of black, magenta, cyan and yellow high-density inks and the other printhead ejects drops of black, magenta and cyan low-density inks along with another ink which may be a different color or black ink of a different density. High resolution and high print quality are assured by accurate control of the distance between the drum support shaft and the drum surface and also between the drum support shaft and a carriage support rail on which the printhead is supported as it moves adjacent to the drum surface. For hot melt ink, a heater is provided adjacent to the drum surface to maintain the drum surface temperature at a constant level below the melting point of the ink and a housing surrounding the printer has a controlled temperature zone to maintain the ambient temperature about 10° C. below the drum temperature.

    摘要翻译: 高分辨率喷墨打印机包括旋转滚筒和沿着滚筒承载的基板沿平行于滚筒轴线的方向扫描的一对喷墨头。 磁头由联接到鼓驱动轴的导螺杆驱动,并且控制单元以与从耦合到感光鼓驱动电流的编码器接收的编码器信号的速率相对应的速率控制打印头的液滴喷射速率。 一个打印头接收并喷出黑色,品红色,青色和黄色高密度墨水的液滴,另一个打印头喷出黑色,品红色和青色低密度墨水的液滴以及可能是不同颜色或黑色不同颜色的墨水的另一种墨水 密度。 通过精确控制鼓支撑轴和鼓表面之间的距离,以及滚筒支撑轴和托架支撑轨道之间的距离,可以确保高分辨率和高打印质量,在托架支撑轨和打印头支承轨道之间,打印头在靠近滚筒表面移动时可以被支撑。 对于热熔油墨,在滚筒表面附近设置加热器,以将滚筒表面温度保持在低于墨水熔点的恒定水平,并且围绕打印机的壳体具有受控的温度区域以将环境温度保持在约10° C.低于鼓温度。

    Post-processing of colored hot melt ink images
    9.
    发明授权
    Post-processing of colored hot melt ink images 失效
    彩色热熔油墨图像后处理

    公开(公告)号:US5337079A

    公开(公告)日:1994-08-09

    申请号:US532206

    申请日:1990-06-01

    摘要: In the particular embodiments of the invention described in the specification, the surface of a hot melt ink image in a projection transparency having curved surface portions is reoriented to provide an ink layer of substantially uniform thickness causing rectilinear transmission of light rays passing through the transparency and provide a clear, saturated projection image. Reorienting of the curved surface portion to provide a layer of uniform thickness is accomplished by burnishing, pressing with or without heating, rolling with or without heating, or heating the ink to a temperature above its melting point for a selected time such as 0.5 to 10 seconds. Preferably, the ink is cooled rapidly after remelting to reduce crystallization and frosting and thereby reduce light transmission losses in the ink.

    摘要翻译: 在本说明书中描述的本发明的特定实施例中,具有弯曲表面部分的具有突出透明度的热熔体墨图像的表面被重新定向以提供基本均匀厚度的油墨层,从而引起穿过透明体的光线的直线透射, 提供清晰,饱和的投影图像。 弯曲表面部分的重新定向以提供均匀厚度的层是通过在加热或不加热的情况下进行抛光,压制,加热或不加热来进行的,或者将油墨加热到高于其熔点的温度选择的时间,例如0.5至10 秒。 优选地,在重熔之后,油墨被快速冷却,以减少结晶和结霜,从而降低油墨中的光透射损失。

    Subtractive color hot melt ink reflection images on opaque substrates
    10.
    发明授权
    Subtractive color hot melt ink reflection images on opaque substrates 失效
    在不透明基板上的消色彩热熔墨水反射图像

    公开(公告)号:US5105204A

    公开(公告)日:1992-04-14

    申请号:US560081

    申请日:1990-07-27

    摘要: In the particular embodiments of the invention described in the specification, an opaque subtractive color ink reflection print having improved color purity resulting from reduced frosting and crystallization of the ink layers is prepared by reheating the ink image to a temperature above the melting point of at least one of the inks and then quenching the image by cooling it at a rate of at least 50.degree. C. per second. In one embodiment, the ink image is produced by an ink jet head applied to a substrate supported on a platen maintained at least 20.degree. C. below the melting point of the inks to inhibit spreading of the inks into the substrate, and the image is thereafter heated to a temperature at least 20.degree. C. above the melting point of at least one of the inks for a period of 3 to 5 seconds and then quenched at a rate of 500.degree. C. per second to produce an image having less than 20% light loss resulting from scattering of light by frosting and crystallization of the ink in the layers.

    摘要翻译: 在本说明书中描述的本发明的具体实施方案中,通过将油墨图像再加热至高于至少熔点的温度来制备具有由于油墨层的结霜和结晶减少而导致的改善的色纯度的不透明减色油墨反射印刷 一种油墨,然后通过以至少50℃/秒的速率冷却来使图像淬灭。 在一个实施例中,油墨图像是通过喷墨头产生的,喷墨头被施加到支撑在保持在油墨熔点以上至少20℃的压板上的基板上以抑制油墨扩散到基板中。 然后在至少一种油墨的熔点以上至少20℃的温度加热3至5秒,然后以每秒500℃的速度淬火以产生小于等于 通过层中的油墨的结霜和结晶而散射光造成的20%的光损失。