Printhead-carriage alignment and electrical interconnect lock-in mechanism
    2.
    再颁专利
    Printhead-carriage alignment and electrical interconnect lock-in mechanism 有权
    打印头 - 支架对准和电气互连锁定机构

    公开(公告)号:USRE37671E1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-30

    申请号:US09217468

    申请日:1998-12-21

    IPC分类号: B41J214

    摘要: A printhead cartridge and carriage assembly (10) is provided comprising: a carriage (12); a snap-spring (62) for securing a printing cartridge (14) in postion on the carriage; and an interconnect strip (16) for supplying electrical signals to the cartridge, including a force loading spring pad (24) for urging a portion of the interconnect strip against a portion of the cartridge. The cartridge has top (32), bottom (34), sides (36, 38), front (40) and rear (42) surfaces and includes a printhead (44) on the bottom surface, an electrical contact strip (46) on the back surface connected to the printhead, referencing pads (56) on the side surface, and a lip (64) on the back surface for accepting the snap-spring. Referencing surface (60) are provided for receiving the referencing pads on the cartridge. The spring pad urges the interconnect strip against the electrical contact of the cartridge. The printhead cartridge/carriage assembly of the invention requires only one hand of the operator to both insert and lock the cartridge in position. Further, the cartridge/carriage assembly provides simultaneous alignment of the printhead in the X, Y, and Z directions. Finally, contact between the printhead and the interconnect strip is reliably made each time the cartridge is inserted and locked in position, thereby ensuring proper nozzle firing each time.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种打印头墨盒和托架组件(10),包括:托架(12); 用于将打印盒(14)固定在托架上的卡扣弹簧(62) 以及用于向所述盒提供电信号的互连条(16),包括用于将所述互连条的一部分推压抵靠所述盒的一部分的力加载弹簧垫(24)。 盒具有顶部(32),底部(34),侧面(36,38),前部(40)和后部(42)表面,并且在底部表面上包括打印头(44),电接触条 连接到打印头的后表面,侧表面上的参考垫(56)和用于接受卡扣弹簧的后表面上的唇缘(64)。 提供表面(60)用于接收盒上的参考垫。 弹簧垫将互连条推动抵靠盒的电接触。 本发明的打印头墨盒/托架组件仅需要操作者的一只手就能将墨盒插入并锁定在适当位置。 此外,盒/托架组件提供打印头在X,Y和Z方向上的同时对准。 最后,每次将墨盒插入并锁定在适当位置时,打印头和互连条之间的接触就可靠地进行,从而确保每次喷嘴正确的喷射。

    Ink-jet printer with printhead carriage alignment mechanism
    3.
    发明授权
    Ink-jet printer with printhead carriage alignment mechanism 失效
    具有打印头支架对准机构的喷墨打印机

    公开(公告)号:US4872026A

    公开(公告)日:1989-10-03

    申请号:US149454

    申请日:1988-01-28

    摘要: A novel ink-jet printer (10) is provided. The print provides both paper supply tray (12) and paper collection tray (18) in the front (14) of the printer for ease of paper handling and reduced footprint. The paper collection tray is provided with a pair of opposed output rails (22) which support a sheet of paper (16c) during printing to permit ink on a sheet of paper (16b) previously printed to dry. A paper handling mechanism is provided which eliminates a sheet pickup motor and associated elements. The paper handling mechanism is configured to pick off a sheet of paper from a stack of input paper, bring it around paper drive rollers (24) onto a platen (26), where the printing operation, employing a printhead cartridge (32), occurs. The printer further includes a service station (230) for clearing clogged nozzles in the printhead (33) and removing bubbles therefrom, for covering the nozzles with a protective cap (266), and for wiping contaminants off the nozzles. Reference pads (200) are provided for aligning and securing the printing cartridge in a carriage (35). The carriage is associated with a carriage guide (27), to which the carriage and print medium are referenced. The resulting printer is easy to manufacture, has reduced complexity by eliminating components in the paper drive mechanism and is lower in cost.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种新颖的喷墨打印机(10)。 该打印机在打印机的前面(14)内提供供纸托盘(12)和纸张收集盘(18),以方便纸张处理和减少占地面积。 纸张收集盘设置有一对相对的输出轨道(22),其在打印期间支撑一张纸(16c),以允许预先打印干燥的纸张(16b)上的油墨。 提供了纸张处理机构,其消除了纸张拾取电动机和相关元件。 纸张处理机构被配置为从一叠输入纸张拾取一张纸,将纸张驱动辊(24)周围带到压板(26)上,其中使用打印头墨盒(32)的打印操作发生 。 打印机还包括用于清除打印头(33)中堵塞的喷嘴并从其中除去气泡的维修站(230),用于用保护盖(266)覆盖喷嘴,并且用于从喷嘴擦拭污染物。 提供参考焊盘(200)用于将打印盒对准和固定在托架(35)中。 托架与托架引导件(27)相关联,托架和打印介质被引用到托架引导件(27)上。 所得到的打印机易于制造,通过消除纸张驱动机构中的部件并降低了成本,降低了复杂性。

    Ink-set printhead-to-paper referencing system
    4.
    发明授权
    Ink-set printhead-to-paper referencing system 失效
    墨水打印头到纸张参考系统

    公开(公告)号:US4843338A

    公开(公告)日:1989-06-27

    申请号:US113035

    申请日:1987-10-23

    摘要: Several problems of alignment associated with ink-jet printers are alleviated by four aspects. In the first, a reverse bow (B) in the paper (12) is created for printing on single sheets of paper. The reverse bow, which in the transverse axis of the paper, forces the paper flat against the platen (14) by using the paper's own stiffness.In the second aspect, the paper and the carriage (30) are referenced to the same part (the carriage guide (10)). In this configuration, the paper is urged against the underside of the carriage guide off of drive rollers (18), through the reverse bow, and onto the platen, where it is printed. The carriage is referenced to the carriage guide through a slider bump by means of a carriage shaft and gravity.The carraige guide comprises stiff thin sheet metal, which is closely-toleranced and has well-controlled dimensions. Thus, this part is good to reference to, rather than molded-in parts, which are not stiff enough at the required thickness. Straightness is also difficult to achieve at the required thickness with plastic parts.In the third aspect, the platen is allowed to move substantially perpendicular to the plane of the paper to accommodate thicker print media.In the fourth aspect, the platen is maintained a minimum fixed distance from the carriage guide by bumps (38) to ensure that the paper is not pinched between the carriage guide and the platen.

    Printhead-carriage alignment and electrical interconnect lock-in
mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US4907018A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-06

    申请号:US275159

    申请日:1988-11-21

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J25/34

    摘要: A printhead cartridge and carriage assembly (10) is provided comprising: a carriage (12); a snap-spring (62) for securing a printing cartridge (14) in postion on the carriage; and an interconnect strip (16) for supplying electrical signals to the cartridge, including a force loading spring pad (24) for urging a portion of the interconnect strip against a portion of the cartridge. The cartridge has top (32), bottom (34), sides (36, 38), front (40) and rear (42) surfaces and includes a printhead (44) on the bottom surface, an electrical contact strip (46) on the back surface connected to the printhead, referencing pads (56) on the side surface, and a lip (64) on the back surface for accepting the snap-spring. Referencing surface (60) are provided for receiving the referencing pads on the cartridge. The spring pad urges the interconnect strip against the electrical contact of the cartridge. The printhead cartridge/carriage assembly of the invention requires only one hand of the operator to both insert and lock the cartridge in position. Further, the cartridge/carriage assembly provides simultaneous alignment of the printhead in the X, Y, and Z directions. Finally, contact between the printhead and the interconnect strip is reliably made each time the cartridge is inserted and locked in position, thereby ensuring proper nozzle firing each time.

    Active paper drop for printers
    6.
    发明授权
    Active paper drop for printers 失效
    适用于打印机的有效纸张

    公开(公告)号:US4794859A

    公开(公告)日:1989-01-03

    申请号:US113041

    申请日:1987-10-23

    摘要: An active paper drop mechanism (20) for ink-jet printers is provided. The mechanism comprises a pair of opposed, movable rail members (22) associated with opposed walls (14) of a horizontal-disposed output collection tray (12) for receiving sheets (10) of printed media.In particular, each rail member is provided with return spring (26) that act to maintain the rails in a closed position. In that position, the rails support a sheet of the print medium during the printing operation, thus giving the ink on the previously printed-on sheet (10') time to dry.The rails are provided with a wing member (32) and are pivotally secured (38) in the floor of the output tray, with the pivot point spaced inwardly from the wing member. Downward pressure against the wing member thus causes the rail to rotate outward from its closed position, into a recess (24) provided in the side of the output tray. This provides sufficient clearance for the sheet to drop into the output stack. Upon release of the downward pressure, the spring causes the rail member to return to its original closed position.

    Media handling in an ink-jet printer
    7.
    发明授权
    Media handling in an ink-jet printer 失效
    在喷墨打印机中的介质处理

    公开(公告)号:US5527123A

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-18

    申请号:US396801

    申请日:1995-02-28

    CPC分类号: B41J11/005 B41J13/14

    摘要: Described herein is a printer having a printhead which traverses laterally across a sheetlike print medium and which thereby defines a laterally-extending print zone across the print medium. A paper transport mechanism in the printer has drive rollers and associated pinch wheels to drive the print medium through the printer's print zone. The paper transport mechanism further includes an upper print media guide and a lower print medium guide. The two print medium guides are shaped at their transverse ends to bow the transverse edges of the print medium downwardly to reduce its tendency to buckle upwardly into the printhead. In order to fit the upper print medium guide into the limited available space above the drive rollers, it is made of a lower molded portion for paper contact and an upper backing portion for rigidity. A pinch finger extends toward the printer's print zone beyond the pinch wheels to establish a pinch point against the drive roller in near proximity to the print zone.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述的是具有打印头的打印机,该打印头横向穿过片状的打印介质,从而限定横穿打印介质的横向延伸的打印区域。 打印机中的纸张传送机构具有驱动辊和相关的夹送轮,以通过打印机的打印区驱动打印介质。 纸张传送机构还包括上打印介质引导件和下打印介质引导件。 两个打印介质引导件在其横向端部成形,以向下弯曲打印介质的横向边缘,以减少其向上压入打印头的趋势。 为了将上部打印介质引导件装配到驱动辊上方的有限可用空间中,其由用于纸张接触的下部模制部分和用于刚性的上部背衬部分制成。 夹紧手指朝向打印机的打印区域延伸超过夹紧轮,以在靠近打印区域的位置建立靠近驱动辊的夹点。

    Paper feed arrangement
    9.
    发明授权
    Paper feed arrangement 失效
    送纸布置

    公开(公告)号:US5114134A

    公开(公告)日:1992-05-19

    申请号:US735210

    申请日:1991-07-24

    IPC分类号: B65H3/04 B65H3/52

    CPC分类号: B65H3/047 B65H3/5223

    摘要: An improved paper feed arrangement wherein a low vertical profile is attained through utilizing trained driven belts for picking paper from a hopper, and wherein picking reliability is enhanced both by the broad-expanse area contact offered by such belts, and by a unique coefficient to friction differential area downstream from a hopper wherein inadvertently plural picked paper sheets are easily separated.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的进纸布置,其中通过利用经过训练的从动带从料斗拾取纸而获得低垂直轮廓,并且其中拾取可靠性通过由这种带提供的广泛的区域接触以及独特的摩擦系数增强 漏斗下游的差分区域,其中无意中多个拾取的纸张容易分离。

    Method and apparatus for paper control and skew correction in a printer
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for paper control and skew correction in a printer 失效
    打印机纸张控制和歪斜校正的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5427462A

    公开(公告)日:1995-06-27

    申请号:US169472

    申请日:1993-12-17

    摘要: A method for correcting the skew between the leading edge of a sheet of paper and the nip of a roller assembly in a printing mechanism includes the steps of advancing a sheet of paper into the nip and slightly therebeyond. The rollers are then rotated in reverse, causing the paper to retract from the roller assembly, with the angle and weight of the paper maintaining the leading edge within the nip. As the rollers continue to rotate backwards, the paper jiggles or dances allowing the leading edge to settle parallel with the nip under its own weight. The paper is then readvanced through the roller assembly with its leading edge parallel to the nip. A mechanism applies a drag force to the paper when the paper is being retracted from the roller assembly to keep the leading edge of the paper in the nip.A single motor control apparatus includes a processor-controlled drive motor, a drive roller assembly, a pick roller assembly and a gearing arrangement coupling the drive motor to the roller assemblies, for selective control of the timing, speed and rotational direction thereof to achieve the above described method.

    摘要翻译: 用于校正纸张的前缘和打印机构中的辊组件的辊隙之间的偏斜的方法包括以下步骤:将一张纸推进到辊隙中并稍微移动。 然后将辊子反向旋转,使得纸张从辊组件中缩回,纸张的角度和重量保持辊隙内的前缘。 当滚筒继续向后旋转时,纸张跳动或跳舞,允许前缘在其自身重量下与辊隙平行地平齐。 然后纸张通过辊组件进行阅读,其前缘平行于辊隙。 当纸张从辊组件收回时,机构将纸张拖曳到纸张上,以将纸张的前缘保持在辊隙中。 单个电动机控制装置包括处理器控制的驱动电动机,驱动辊组件,拾取辊组件和将驱动电动机联接到辊组件的传动装置,用于选择性地控制其正时,速度和旋转方向,以实现 上述方法。