公开(公告)号：US06231167B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-15

申请号：US08889842

申请日：1997-07-08

申请人： Hitoshi Tsuboi ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Masaya Uetuki ,  Hidehiko Kanda ,  Masao Kato ,  Yoshie Asakawa

发明人： Hitoshi Tsuboi ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Masaya Uetuki ,  Hidehiko Kanda ,  Masao Kato ,  Yoshie Asakawa

IPC分类号： B41J205

CPC分类号： B41J2/05 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/04571 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/14048 ,  B41J2/1652 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2002/14362

摘要： There have been desired a liquid discharge method, a liquid discharge head and a liquid discharge apparatus capable of sufficient temperature adjustment for maintaining the viscosity of the discharge liquid within an appropriate range, there by maintaining constantly stable liquid discharge. In this invention, the movable member provided with a heating member simultaneously or individually controls the temperatures of the liquid in the first liquid path and that in the second liquid path.

摘要翻译： 期望能够通过保持不断稳定的液体排出，能够进行足够的温度调节，以将排出液体的粘度保持在适当的范围内的液体排出方法，液体排出头和液体排出装置。 在本发明中，设置有加热构件的可动构件同时或单独地控制第一液体通道中的液体和第二液体通道中的液体的温度。

公开(公告)号：US06318848B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-20

申请号：US08888048

申请日：1997-07-03

申请人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Yasutoshi Saito ,  Masaya Uetuki ,  Hidehiko Kanda ,  Yoshie Asakawa

发明人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Yasutoshi Saito ,  Masaya Uetuki ,  Hidehiko Kanda ,  Yoshie Asakawa

IPC分类号： B41J205

CPC分类号： B41J2/14048 ,  B41J2/14056

摘要： A liquid jet head is provided with discharge ports for discharging liquid, liquid flow paths conductively connected with the discharge ports, air bubble generating areas for creating air bubbles in the liquid, and movable members arranged to face the air bubble generating areas, each having a free end in a position relatively near to the discharge port with respect to a fulcrum thereof. This movable member is inclined to position the free end of the movable member to release the air bubble generating area partly to the discharge port so as to enable the tangential line of the free end of the movable member on the side of the air bubble generating area or the extended line thereof to reach directly the discharge port formation area having the discharge port on the liquid flow path side before the creation of air bubble on the air bubble generating area, and with this position as reference, the movable member is displaced following the creation of air bubble on the air bubble generating area. With this arrangement, the liquid discharging efficiency and speed are significantly enhanced as compared with the conventional liquid jet head, and due to more stabilized discharge of droplets from the discharge ports, the quality of recorded images is improved.

摘要翻译： 液体喷射头设置有用于排放液体的排出口，与排出口导电连接的液体流动通道，用于在液体中产生气泡的气泡生成区域和布置成面对气泡生成区域的可动构件，每个具有 自由端相对于其支点相对靠近排出口的位置。 该可动件倾斜以定位可移动部件的自由端，以将气泡生成区域部分地释放到排出口，以便可动件的自由端在气泡生成区域侧的切线 或其延伸线在气泡生成区域产生气泡之前直接到达具有在液体流路侧上的排出口的排出口形成区域，并且以该位置为基准，可移动部件沿着 在气泡发生区产生气泡。 通过这种布置，与传统的液体喷射头相比，液体排放效率和速度显着提高，并且由于来自排出口的液滴的更稳定的排放，提高了记录图像的质量。

公开(公告)号：US6062671A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-16

申请号：US890764

申请日：1997-07-11

申请人： Hidehiko Kanda ,  Shinya Matsui ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Masaya Uetsuki ,  Yoshie Asakawa

发明人： Hidehiko Kanda ,  Shinya Matsui ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Masaya Uetsuki ,  Yoshie Asakawa

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/05 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/18 ,  B41J2/185

CPC分类号： B41J2/1652 ,  B41J2/14048

摘要： An apparatus uses a liquid ejection head including a first liquid passage communicating with an ejection port, a second liquid passage separated from the first liquid passage by a separation wall, and a movable member formed as a part of the separation wall. In the second liquid passage, a thermal energy generation device is arranged at a position opposing to the movable member. The movable member has a free end portion and a fulcrum. Recovery of the first and second liquid passages is performed by suction and/or pressurization. Upon recovery by discharging the liquid in respective liquid passage having higher flow resistance, the pressurizing force and/or the suction force for the liquid passage having higher resistance is set to be greater that the pressurizing force and/or the suction force for the other liquid passage having lower flow resistance.

摘要翻译： 一种装置使用包括与喷射口连通的第一液体通道的液体喷射头，通过分隔壁与第一液体通道分离的第二液体通道，以及形成为分隔壁的一部分的可动部件。 在第二液体通道中，热能产生装置设置在与可移动部件相对的位置。 可动构件具有自由端部和支点。 通过抽吸和/或加压进行第一和第二液体通道的回收。 在通过排出具有较高流动阻力的各个液体通道中的液体回收时，具有较高阻力的液体通道的加压力和/或吸力被设定为大于其他液体的加压力和/或吸力 通道具有较低的流动阻力。

公开(公告)号：US6095639A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-01

申请号：US890333

申请日：1997-07-09

申请人： Masaya Uetsuki ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Hidehiko Kanda ,  Yoshie Asakawa

发明人： Masaya Uetsuki ,  Toshio Kashino ,  Hiroshi Tajika ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Hidehiko Kanda ,  Yoshie Asakawa

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/05 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/21

CPC分类号： B41J2/14048 ,  B41J2/211 ,  B41J2202/21

摘要： A method for preserving a liquid-ejection head is disclosed. The method uses the liquid-ejection head having a first liquid-flowing passage that receives a supply of a first liquid and communicates with an ejection port; a second liquid-flowing passage that receives a supply of a second liquid that differs from the first liquid; a bubble generation area formed on the second liquid-flowing passage for heating the second liquid to generate a bubble in said second liquid; and a movable member positioned between the bubble generation area, having a free end on an ejection port's side of the first liquid-flowing passage and a supporting end on other side of the first liquid-flowing passage, where the free end of the movable member is displaced toward the first liquid-flowing passage by a pressure caused by a generation of the bubble when said second liquid is heated. The method includes a step of performing a replacement of one of the fist liquid and the second liquid with the other at least at a periphery of the ejection port or a periphery of the movable member. Thus the liquid-ejection head is able to perform an excellent recording whether it has not been used for a long time.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于保持液体喷射头的方法。 该方法使用具有第一液体流动通道的液体喷射头，其接收第一液体的供应并与排出口连通; 第二液体流通通道，其接收与第一液体不同的第二液体的供给; 形成在第二液体流通通道上用于加热第二液体以在所述第二液体中产生气泡的气泡产生区域; 以及位于所述气泡生成区域之间的可动件，所述气泡产生区域具有在所述第一液体流通通道的喷射口侧的自由端和在所述第一液体流道的另一侧的支撑端，所述可移动部件的自由端 当所述第二液体被加热时，通过由气泡的产生引起的压力朝着第一液体流动通道移位。 该方法包括至少在喷射口的周边或可移动部件的周边处更换第一液体和第二液体中的一个的步骤。 因此，液体喷射头能够执行优异的记录，不管它是否长时间使用。

公开(公告)号：US06382768B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-07

申请号：US08884462

申请日：1997-06-27

申请人： Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Ryoji Inoue

发明人： Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Ryoji Inoue

IPC分类号： B41J216

CPC分类号： B41J2/04528 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/04598 ,  B41J2/14056

摘要： An ink-jet recording method for recording on a recording medium, includes the steps of preparing an ink-jet recording head which has a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements that can be independently driven in an ink channel communicating with an ejection orifice, and ejects ink from the ejection orifice by bubbling the ink upon driving the electro-thermal conversion elements and ejecting the ink from the ejection orifice by relatively shifting the bubbling timings defined upon driving of at least two electro-thermal conversion elements within the range in which the ejection characteristics of the ink do not deteriorate as compared to those obtained when the ink is bubbled by simultaneously driving the at least two electro-thermal conversion elements, when the ink is bubbled by driving the at least two electro-thermal conversion elements. Also, an ink-jet recording head using the ink-jet recording method, and an ink-jet recording apparatus using the ink-jet recording head are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在记录介质上记录的喷墨记录方法，包括制备喷墨记录头的步骤，该喷墨记录头具有能够在与喷射孔连通的油墨通道中独立驱动的多个电热转换元件，以及 通过在驱动电热转换元件时鼓泡墨并通过相对移动在至少两个电热转换元件的驱动上限定的鼓泡定时将喷墨口从喷射孔喷出，从而从喷射口喷出墨水， 与通过同时驱动至少两个电热转换元件而喷墨时获得的墨水的喷射特性相比，当通过驱动至少两个电热转换元件而使墨水鼓泡时，喷墨特性不会劣化。 此外，公开了使用喷墨记录方法的喷墨记录头和使用该喷墨记录头的喷墨记录装置。

公开(公告)号：US06312096B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-06

申请号：US09099868

申请日：1998-06-19

申请人： Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki

发明人： Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki

IPC分类号： B41J215

CPC分类号： B41J2/04518 ,  B41J2/04533 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/04593 ,  B41J2/04598 ,  B41J2/2121 ,  B41J2/2128

摘要： Disclosed are an ink-jet printing method and apparatus for jetting ink successively from nozzles of an ink-jet head at a prescribed frequency and forming each of a number of pixels by a plurality of dots conforming to the tone of the pixel. Each nozzle of the ink-jet head has a heater A and a heater B. Printing is performed by changing the number of heaters actuated to jet an ink drop, thereby to control the formation of a large or small dot by each nozzle, and by changing the method of driving the heaters A and B in dependence upon the density of the ink used. In regard to the timings at which the large and small dots are formed by each nozzle, the small dot is formed first. As a result, the large and small dots can be made to overlap so that an image having excellent tone reproducibility can be printed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种喷墨打印方法和装置，其以规定的频率从喷墨头的喷嘴依次喷墨，并通过符合像素色调的多个点形成多个像素。 喷墨头的每个喷嘴具有加热器A和加热器B.通过改变致动以喷射墨滴的加热器的数量来进行打印，从而控制由每个喷嘴形成大点或小点，并且通过 根据所用墨水的密度改变驱动加热器A和B的方法。 关于由各喷嘴形成大小点的时刻，首先形成小点。 结果，可以使大小点重叠，从而可以印刷具有优良色调再现性的图像。

公开(公告)号：US06464329B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-15

申请号：US09925746

申请日：2001-08-10

申请人： Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki

发明人： Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Osamu Iwasaki

IPC分类号： B41J2145

CPC分类号： B41J2/04518 ,  B41J2/04533 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/04593 ,  B41J2/04598 ,  B41J2/2121 ,  B41J2/2128

摘要： Disclosed are an ink-jet printing method and apparatus for jetting ink successively from nozzles of an ink-jet head at a prescribed frequency and forming each of a number of pixels by a plurality of dots conforming to the tone of the pixel. Each nozzle of the ink-jet head has a heater A and a heater B. Printing is performed by changing the number of heaters actuated to jet an ink drop, thereby to control the formation of a large or small dot by each nozzle, and by changing the method of driving the heaters A and B in dependence upon the density of the ink used. In regard to the timings at which the large and small dots are formed by each nozzle, the small dot is formed first. As a result, the large and small dots can be made to overlap so that an image having excellent tone reproducibility can be printed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种喷墨打印方法和装置，其以规定的频率从喷墨头的喷嘴依次喷墨，并通过符合像素色调的多个点形成多个像素。 喷墨头的每个喷嘴具有加热器A和加热器B.通过改变致动以喷射墨滴的加热器的数量来进行打印，从而控制由每个喷嘴形成大点或小点，并且通过 根据所用墨水的密度改变驱动加热器A和B的方法。 关于由各喷嘴形成大小点的时刻，首先形成小点。 结果，可以使大小点重叠，从而可以印刷具有优良色调再现性的图像。

公开(公告)号：US06283569B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-04

申请号：US08882033

申请日：1997-06-25

申请人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Noribumi Koitabashi

发明人： Naoji Otsuka ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Hitoshi Nishikori ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Noribumi Koitabashi

IPC分类号： B41J2205

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/04533 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04593 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/2054 ,  B41J2/2128

摘要： An ink jet recording apparatus and method for recording an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink from each of a plurality of recording elements of a recording head is provided. The apparatus includes an ink ejection amount changing unit for changing an ink ejection amount of each recording element of the recording head, a timing controller for controlling an ink ejection timing of the ink ejection amount changing unit, a modulator for modulating record data, and a controller for controlling to record an image on the recording medium by outputting the record data modulated by the modulator synchronously with an ejection timing determined by the timing controller.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种通过从记录头的多个记录元件中的每一个喷射墨水将图像记录在记录介质上的喷墨记录装置和方法。 该装置包括用于改变记录头的每个记录元件的喷墨量的喷墨量改变单元，用于控制喷墨量改变单元的喷墨定时的定时控制器，用于调制记录数据的调制器和 控制器，用于通过与由定时控制器确定的喷射定时器同步输出由调制器调制的记录数据来控制在记录介质上记录图像。

公开(公告)号：US06257691B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-10

申请号：US09025654

申请日：1998-02-18

申请人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Kaneji Yamada

发明人： Osamu Iwasaki ,  Noribumi Koitabashi ,  Kaneji Yamada

IPC分类号： B41J2938

CPC分类号： B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/04528 ,  B41J2/04533 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04551 ,  B41J2/04565 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/04598

摘要： Small dots and large dots are recorded with a sufficient difference between them by such structure that a plurality of heat generating elements are disposed inside of each nozzle. A single pulse is applied to one heat generating element for recording of a small dot, whereas a single pulse and a divided pulse are applied to two heat generating elements for recording of a large dot. When the divided pulse is applied to the heat generating element, a larger amount of the ink is ejected than upon application of the single pulse. Therefore, the sufficient difference can be generated between the sizes of dots by applying the driving pulses as described above.

摘要翻译： 通过这样的结构，在每个喷嘴内部设置多个发热元件的结构，记录有小的点和大点。 单个脉冲被施加到一个用于记录小点的发热元件，而单个脉冲和分割的脉冲被施加到用于记录大点的两个发热元件。 当将分割的脉冲施加到发热元件时，与施加单个脉冲相比，喷射更多的墨水。 因此，如上所述，通过施加驱动脉冲，可以在点的尺寸之间产生足够的差异。

公开(公告)号：US5980021A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-09

申请号：US647058

申请日：1996-05-09

申请人： Shigeyasu Nagoshi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hiromitsu Hirabayashi ,  Atsushi Arai ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Hitoshi Sugimoto ,  Miyuki Matsubara ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Fumihiro Gotoh ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Masaya Uetuki

发明人： Shigeyasu Nagoshi ,  Naoji Otsuka ,  Hiromitsu Hirabayashi ,  Atsushi Arai ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Hitoshi Sugimoto ,  Miyuki Matsubara ,  Kiichiro Takahashi ,  Fumihiro Gotoh ,  Osamu Iwasaki ,  Masaya Uetuki

IPC分类号： B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/125

CPC分类号： B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/17533

摘要： An information transmitting mechanism is described for transmitting information of an ink tank of an ink jet recording apparatus to a controller thereof. The recording apparatus performs recording by scanning a carriage on which a recording head and the ink tank are mounted; the ink tank is removably mounted to said recording head. The information transmitting mechanism includes the ink tank and the recording head; in particular, the ink tank has an information mark. The recording head is connected to the ink tank and has a signal terminal making a signal connection with the ink tank and with the controller of the apparatus. The content of the information mark is transmitted to the controller through the signal terminal. The information relating to the ink tank is transmitted to the controller through the head terminal and through the carriage terminal. The information relating to the recording head is transmitted to the controller through the carriage terminal.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于将喷墨记录装置的墨盒的信息传送到其控制器的信息传送机构。 记录装置通过扫描安装有记录头和墨盒的托架来进行记录; 墨盒可拆卸地安装到所述记录头。 信息传送机构包括墨盒和记录头; 特别地，墨盒具有信息标记。 记录头连接到墨水盒，并具有与墨水盒和设备的控制器进行信号连接的信号端子。 信息标记的内容通过信号端发送到控制器。 与墨水盒相关的信息通过头端子和滑架终端传送到控制器。 关于记录头的信息通过滑架终端传送到控制器。