公开(公告)号：US6076920A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-20

申请号：US805859

申请日：1997-03-03

申请人： Elizabeth Zapata ,  Mark E Young ,  Robert R Giles ,  Felix Ruiz ,  Rosa Calatayud ,  Ronald D. Stephens, Jr. ,  Max Stephen Gunther ,  Erich Coiner

发明人： Elizabeth Zapata ,  Mark E Young ,  Robert R Giles ,  Felix Ruiz ,  Rosa Calatayud ,  Ronald D. Stephens, Jr. ,  Max Stephen Gunther ,  Erich Coiner

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17566

摘要： A replaceable ink supply module which provides replenishment of an inkjet printhead includes a collapsible bag, an enclosure box, a connective tube, and an on/off valve. These four components are incorporated into a composite sealed system which remains intact during shipment, storage, installation and operation. The collapsible bag is placed inside of the protective enclosure box and has an end-connect outlet permanently attached to one end of the connective tube. The other end of the connective tube carries a permanently attached on/off valve designed for periodic engagement with an inlet valve of an inkjet printhead.

摘要翻译： 提供喷墨打印头补充的可更换墨水供应模块包括可折叠袋，外壳盒，连接管和开/关阀。 这四个组件被并入复合密封系统，在运输，储存，安装和操作期间保持完整。 可折叠袋放置在保护外壳的内部，并且具有永久连接到连接管的一端的端部连接出口。 连接管的另一端承载设计成与喷墨打印头的入口阀周期性接合的永久附接的开关阀。

公开(公告)号：US06736495B2

公开(公告)日：2004-05-18

申请号：US10386806

申请日：2003-03-10

申请人： Paul S. Wu ,  Erich E. Coiner ,  Mark E. Young ,  Max Stephen Gunther ,  David S. Hunt

发明人： Paul S. Wu ,  Erich E. Coiner ,  Mark E. Young ,  Max Stephen Gunther ,  David S. Hunt

IPC分类号： B41J2175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/17536 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17516 ,  B41J2002/17573 ,  B41J2002/17586

摘要： Techniques for liquid replenishment in a printer/plotter. An ink delivery system (IDS) is employed wherein the on-carriage spring reservoir of the print cartridge is manually and securely connected to the off-carriage reservoir. A pen cartridge that uses an internal spring to provide vacuum pressure is connected from an inlet port through a unitary coupler to an ink reservoir located off the scanning carriage axis. The coupler serves to align as well as to secure two mating valves to securely hold them together in an open latched position which is not intended to be modified or disconnected until the entire ink supply has been depleted. A replaceable ink supply module for providing replenishment of an inkjet printhead includes a collapsible bag, an enclosure box, a connective tube, and an on/off valve. These four components are incorporated into a composite sealed system which remains intact during shipment, storage, installation and operation. The collapsible bag is placed inside the protective enclosure box and has an end-connect outlet permanently attached to one end of the connective tube. The other end of the connective tube carries a permanently attached on/off valve designed for engagement with an inlet valve of an inkjet printhead.

摘要翻译： 打印机/绘图仪中液体补充技术。 使用墨水输送系统（IDS），其中打印墨盒的托架上的弹簧储存器手动且牢固地连接到非托架储存器。 使用内部弹簧提供真空压力的笔筒从入口端口通过单一联接器连接到位于扫描托架轴线上的墨水储存器。 联接器用于对准以及固定两个配合阀，以将其牢固地保持在一起打开的锁定位置，该位置在整个供墨已经耗尽之前不打算被修改或断开。 用于提供喷墨打印头补充的可更换墨水供应模块包括可折叠袋，封闭盒，连接管和开/关阀。 这四个组件被并入复合密封系统，在运输，储存，安装和操作期间保持完整。 可折叠袋放置在保护外壳内，并具有永久连接到连接管一端的端连接出口。 连接管的另一端承载设计用于与喷墨打印头的入口阀接合的永久附接的开关阀。

公开(公告)号：US6113229A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-05

申请号：US34721

申请日：1998-03-04

申请人： Max Stephen Gunther ,  Ignacio De Olazabal

发明人： Max Stephen Gunther ,  Ignacio De Olazabal

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553

摘要： An inkjet printing system provides an on/off valve adapted for periodic engagement with an inlet port on a print cartridge mounted in a carriage. The valve is connected to an ink supply which is located off the carriage. A manually actuated set of individual locking gates allows each valve to be separately mounted on a holder capable of carrying multiple valves. As the ink reservoir in the print cartridge is slowly depleted during operation of the printing system, a mechanism periodically moves the valves from a first passive position separated from the print cartridges to a second active position engaged with the inlet port of the print cartridges in order to allow replenishment without removing the print cartridges from the carriage.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印系统提供适于与安装在托架中的打印墨盒上的入口周期性接合的开/关阀。 阀门连接到位于托架上的墨水供应器。 手动致动的单个锁定门组允许每个阀单独地安装在能够承载多个阀的保持器上。 由于在打印系统的操作期间打印墨盒中的墨水储存器被缓慢地耗尽，所以机构周期性地将阀从与打印墨盒分离的第一被动位置顺序地移动到与打印墨盒的入口接合的第二活动位置 以允许补充而不从托架移除打印墨盒。

公开(公告)号：US5736998A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-07

申请号：US398849

申请日：1995-03-06

申请人： Michael P. Caren ,  Max Stephen Gunther ,  John C. Nadworny

发明人： Michael P. Caren ,  Max Stephen Gunther ,  John C. Nadworny

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B41J2/135

CPC分类号： B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1625 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2002/14362

摘要： This disclosure describes an improved ink seal between a print cartridge body and an inkjet printhead. In a preferred embodiment, a nozzle member containing an array of orifices has a substrate, having heater elements formed thereon, affixed to a back surface of the nozzle member. Each orifice in the nozzle member is associated with a single heating element formed on the substrate. The back surface of the nozzle member extends beyond the outer edges of the substrate. Ink is supplied from an ink reservoir to the orifices by a fluid channel within a barrier layer between the nozzle member and the substrate. The fluid channel in the barrier layer may receive ink fl owing around two or more outer edges of the substrate or may receive ink which flows through a hole in the center of the substrate. The nozzle member is adhesively sealed with respect to the ink reservoir body by forming an ink seal circumscribing the substrate, between the back surface of the nozzle member and the headland area of the print cartridge. This method and structure for a print cartridge headland for providing a seal directly between a nozzle member and an ink reservoir body has many advantages over other methods of providing a seal between a printhead and the ink reservoir body. One advantage is that such a structure reduces the occurrence of clogged nozzles during the adhesive sealing process. Another advantage is that there is a reduced occurrence of adhesive voids where the adhesive seal acts to encapsulate and protect the traces near the substrate which may come in contact with ink. A further advantage is that it is easier to control adhesive flow and bulges due to varying amounts and placement of adhesive. The above advantages provide reduced yield losses, and thus lower manufacturing costs, when manufacturing thermal inkjet print cartridges.

摘要翻译： 本公开描述了在打印盒本体和喷墨打印头之间改进的墨水密封。 在优选实施例中，包含孔阵列的喷嘴构件具有固定到喷嘴构件的后表面上的在其上形成有加热元件的基板。 喷嘴构件中的每个孔与形成在基底上的单个加热元件相关联。 喷嘴构件的后表面延伸超过衬底的外边缘。 油墨通过喷嘴构件和基底之间的阻挡层内的流体通道从油墨储存器供应到孔口。 阻挡层中的流体通道可以在基底的两个或更多个外边缘处接收墨水，或者可以接收流经基板中心的孔的墨。 喷嘴构件通过在喷嘴构件的后表面和打印碳粉盒的岬角区域之间形成限定衬底的油墨密封而相对于储墨体粘合地密封。 用于在喷嘴构件和墨水储存器本体之间直接提供密封的打印墨盒头岬的这种方法和结构具有优于在打印头和墨水储存器本体之间提供密封的其它方法的优点。 一个优点是这种结构减少了在粘合剂密封过程中喷嘴堵塞的发生。 另一个优点是粘合剂空隙的发生减少，其中粘合剂密封件用于封装和保护靠近基底的迹线，该迹线可能与墨接触。 另一个优点是，由于粘合剂的量的变化和放置，控制粘合剂流动和膨胀更容易。 上述优点在制造热喷墨打印墨盒时提供降低的产量损失，并因此降低制造成本。