Ferroelectric relaxor actuator for an ink-jet print head
    2.
    发明授权
    Ferroelectric relaxor actuator for an ink-jet print head 失效
    用于喷墨打印头的铁电弛豫致动器

    公开(公告)号:US5790156A

    公开(公告)日:1998-08-04

    申请号:US844915

    申请日:1997-04-22

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J2/14 B41J2/16

    摘要: A ferroelectric relaxor ceramic actuator material, such as lead magnesium niobate ("PMN"), has high electromechanical conversion efficiency, exhibits wide operating and manufacturing temperature ranges, does not require permanent polarization, and provides useful mechanical activity with reduced electrical drive voltages. A PMN actuator (66) may be bonded to an actuator diaphragm (64) with a high temperature soldering or brazing process. PMN material also has a diffuse Curie point range in which the dielectric constant (40), "d" coefficient (32), and dielectric loss (42) characteristics all rise to a peak and then fall as the temperature increases. A phase-change ink-jet print head (50) employs a PMN actuator that is compounded with lead titanate ("PT") to increase the temperature (T.sub.M) at which the peak dielectric constant occurs. The print head is operated at a temperature beyond the peak where the PMN:PT actuator "d" coefficient decreases as the temperature increases such that an increase in ink-jet drop ejection velocity caused by reduced ink viscosity is compensated for by a corresponding reduction in mechanical activity. The PMN:PT actuator thereby relaxes the temperature regulation and heat spreading requirements of the phase-change ink-jet print head.

    摘要翻译: 铁电弛豫陶瓷致动器材料,例如铌酸铅镁(“PMN”)具有高机电转换效率,表现出广泛的工作和制造温度范围,不需要永久极化,并且在降低的电驱动电压下提供有用的机械活动。 PMN致动器(66)可以通过高温焊接或钎焊工艺结合到致动器隔膜(64)。 PMN材料也具有扩散居里点范围,其中介电常数(40),“d”系数(32)和介电损耗(42)特性都全部升高到峰值,然后随温度升高而下降。 相变喷墨打印头(50)采用与钛酸铅(“PT”)复合的PMN致动器,以增加出现峰值介电常数的温度(TM)。 打印头的工作温度超过PMN:PT执行器“d”系数随着温度升高而降低的峰值温度,从而降低油墨粘度引起的喷墨滴落速度的增加可以通过相应的减小来补偿 机械活动。 因此,PMN:PT致动器松弛了相变喷墨打印头的温度调节和散热要求。

    Hyperthermogelling aqueous phase change inks and methods for using them
in an ink jet printer
    3.
    发明授权
    Hyperthermogelling aqueous phase change inks and methods for using them in an ink jet printer 失效
    超热凝胶水相变油墨及其在喷墨打印机中的使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US5462591A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-31

    申请号:US239105

    申请日:1994-05-06

    CPC分类号: C09D11/30 B41J2/01

    摘要: An aqueous phase change ink contains a selected concentration of hyperthermogelling component that causes the ink to gel when its temperature is increased to its thermo-inversion point or when the concentration of the hyperthermogelling component is increased by evaporation, or substrate absorption, of water from the ink. The ink may be jetted directly onto a heated and/or absorptive substrate or jetted onto a cooler and/or hydrophobic surface before being transferred to the substrate. The thermo-inversion point is preferably about ambient temperature, and the preferred hyperthermogelling component is a nonionic surfactant, such as an ethylene oxide propylene oxide block copolymer surfactant.

    摘要翻译: 含水相变油墨含有选定浓度的超热凝胶组分,当其温度升高到其热转化点时,或者当通过蒸发或底物吸收来增加超热凝胶组分的浓度时,其使油墨凝胶化 墨水。 油墨可以直接喷射到加热和/或吸收的基底上,或者在转移到基底之前喷射到更冷和/或疏水的表面上。 热转化点优选为环境温度,优选的超热凝胶组分为非离子表面活性剂,例如环氧乙烷环氧丙烷嵌段共聚物表面活性剂。

    Method and apparatus for producing ink intensity modulated ink jet
printing
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for producing ink intensity modulated ink jet printing 失效
    用于生产油墨强度调制喷墨印刷的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US5764252A

    公开(公告)日:1998-06-09

    申请号:US470796

    申请日:1995-06-06

    IPC分类号: B41J2/21 B41J2/01

    CPC分类号: B41J2/2114

    摘要: Gray scale ink jet printing method and apparatus produce a high quality image having varying color intensities. This is achieved by mixing a colored phase change ink with varying amounts of a clear phase change ink base, thereby producing multiple gray scale levels of each color. The mixing either can be performed prior to placement of the phase change ink in the printer, or can be performed within the printer to produce different levels of color intensity during the printing process.

    摘要翻译: 灰度喷墨打印方法和装置产生具有不同颜色强度的高质量图像。 这是通过将有色相变油墨与不同量的透明相变油墨基底混合,从而产生每种颜色的多个灰度级水平来实现的。 混合之前可以在将相变油墨放入打印机之前执行,或者可以在打印机内执行,以在打印过程中产生不同程度的颜色强度。

    Air assisted ink jet head with single compartment ink chamber
    8.
    发明授权
    Air assisted ink jet head with single compartment ink chamber 失效
    空气辅助喷墨头与单室墨水室

    公开(公告)号:US4728969A

    公开(公告)日:1988-03-01

    申请号:US884845

    申请日:1986-07-11

    摘要: An air-assisted drop-on-demand ink jet head 10 has a single compartment ink chamber 14 and is designed for operation over a wide range of ink drop repetition rates, including extremely high repetition rates, such as twenty kilohertz. The components included in the ink jet head have natural resonance frequencies which are greater than the desired maximum drop generation frequency of the ink jet head. In addition, the natural frequency of each of the components of the ink jet head are sufficiently different from one another to prevent intercoupling. Ink is supplied to the ink chamber 14 via a supply inlet passageway 38 which has a cross-sectional area which is sized large enough to allow the supply of ink to the ink chamber. Yet, this area is small enough so that the natural frequencies of ink in the ink inlet do not significantly alter drop generating pressure pulses in the ink chamber 14.

    摘要翻译: 空气辅助按需喷墨头10具有单室墨水室14,并且被设计用于在广泛的墨滴重复率下操作,包括极高的重复率,例如二十千赫兹。 包括在喷墨头中的部件具有大于喷墨头的期望的最大液滴产生频率的天然共振频率。 此外,喷墨头的每个部件的固有频率彼此充分地不同,以防止互耦。 墨水通过供给入口通道38供应到墨室14,供应入口通道38的横截面面积大到足以允许向墨水室供应墨水。 然而,该区域足够小,使得墨水入口中的油墨的固有频率不会显着改变墨水室14中产生的压力脉冲。

    Method and apparatus for purging an ink jet head
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for purging an ink jet head 失效
    用于吹扫喷墨头的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US4727378A

    公开(公告)日:1988-02-23

    申请号:US884846

    申请日:1986-07-11

    CPC分类号: B41J2/1707 B41J2/19

    摘要: An ink jet head 10 has an ink chamber 14 which receives ink from an ink inlet passageway 38. Pressure pulses applied to the ink chamber cause the ejection of ink drops from an ink drop forming orifice 23 and toward printing medium. A purging outlet 41 communicates with the ink chamber through a purging passageway 40. During purging, ink flows in a vortical path through the ink chamber 14 from the ink inlet passageway 38 to the purging outlet passageway 40. This sweeps air bubbles and contaminants from the ink chamber walls and removes them from the ink chamber. Ink pressure within the ink chamber 14 may be elevated to increase the flow of ink during purging. Also, a negative pressure may be applied to the purging outlet during purging. Variable frequency pressure pulses may also be applied to the ink chamber to assist the purging process.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨头10具有从墨入口通道38接收墨水的墨室14.施加到墨室的压力脉冲导致墨滴从墨滴形成孔23喷射到打印介质。 清洗出口41通过清洗通道40与油墨室连通。在清洗过程中,油墨以涡旋路径从油墨入口通道38经过油墨室14流入清洗出口通道40.这样将气泡和污染物从 墨水室壁并将其从墨水室中取出。 油墨室14内的油墨压力可以升高以增加清洗期间油墨的流动。 此外,在净化期间可以将负压施加到清洗出口。 也可以将变频压力脉冲施加到墨室以帮助清洗过程。

    Printing on liquid medium using liquid ink
    10.
    发明申请
    Printing on liquid medium using liquid ink 审中-公开
    使用液体油墨在液体介质上进行印刷

    公开(公告)号:US20160089898A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:US14867005

    申请日:2015-09-28

    IPC分类号: B41J3/407 A23P1/08

    摘要: Ink jet printing on a liquid medium can be performed using liquid inks having a thermo inversion gelling property. The liquid ink can include a hyperthermogelling component having a gelling temperature. When the liquid ink is jetted on the liquid medium, the liquid ink can gel to form gel dots. The gel dots can resist against liquid dispersion, allowing the formation of a high resolution image on the liquid medium.

    摘要翻译: 可以使用具有热倒转胶凝性的液体油墨在液体介质上进行喷墨印刷。 液体油墨可以包括具有胶凝温度的超热凝胶组分。 当液体墨水喷射在液体介质上时,液体墨水可以凝胶化形成凝胶点。 凝胶点可以抵抗液体分散,允许在液体介质上形成高分辨率图像。