Printhead and method of forming same
    1.
    发明申请
    Printhead and method of forming same 审中-公开
    打印头及其形成方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070182777A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-09

    申请号:US11349808

    申请日:2006-02-08

    IPC分类号: B41J2/015 G01D15/00

    摘要: A printhead and a method of manufacturing a printhead are provided. The printhead includes a polymeric substrate including a surface. Portions of the polymeric substrate define a liquid chamber. A material layer is disposed on the surface of the polymeric substrate. Portions of the material layer define a nozzle bore. The nozzle bore is in fluid communication with the liquid chamber.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种打印头和制造打印头的方法。 打印头包括包括表面的聚合物基材。 聚合物基材的部分限定液体室。 材料层设置在聚合物基材的表面上。 材料层的一部分限定了喷嘴孔。 喷嘴孔与液体室流体连通。

    Continuous ink jet printing apparatus with integral deflector and gutter structure
    3.
    发明申请
    Continuous ink jet printing apparatus with integral deflector and gutter structure 失效
    连续喷墨打印设备具有整体偏转器和沟槽结构

    公开(公告)号:US20060197810A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-07

    申请号:US11071923

    申请日:2005-03-04

    IPC分类号: B41J2/02

    摘要: A continuous stream ink jet printer is provided having an ink droplet forming mechanism for ejecting a stream of ink droplets having a selected one of at least two different volumes toward a print medium and a droplet deflector and ink conduit which are integrally formed to the printhead for producing a flow of gas that interacts with the ink droplet stream to separate droplets having different volumes and collects all droplets not used for printing. The provision of integrally forming the gutter system with the droplet forming mechanism eliminates the requirement to align an external gutter system upon full print engine assembly

    摘要翻译: 提供连续流式喷墨打印机,其具有墨滴形成机构,用于将具有至少两种不同体积中选择的一种的墨滴流朝着打印介质喷射,液滴偏转器和墨水导管与打印头一体形成, 产生与墨滴流相互作用以分离具有不同体积的液滴的气体流并收集未用于印刷的所有液滴。 使用液滴形成机构整体地形成沟槽系统的设置消除了在全打印发动机组装时对准外部沟槽系统的要求

    Modulating the properties of the gain region at spaced locations in an organic vertical cavity laser array device
    4.
    发明申请
    Modulating the properties of the gain region at spaced locations in an organic vertical cavity laser array device 失效
    在有机垂直腔激光器阵列器件的间隔位置调制增益区的属性

    公开(公告)号:US20050025203A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-03

    申请号:US10633196

    申请日:2003-08-01

    摘要: A vertical cavity laser array device including a substrate, top and bottom dielectric stacks, and an active region for producing laser light. The active region includes one or more periodic gain region(s) and spacer layers disposed on either side of the periodic gain region(s) and arranged so that the periodic gain region(s) is aligned with the antinodes of the device's standing wave electromagnetic field. A structure is provided for modulating the properties of the periodic gain region(s) at spaced locations so as to provide an array of spaced laser pixels which have higher net gain than the interpixel regions; and the spaced laser pixels having the same or different sizes and the spacings between pixels having the same or different lengths to cause the output of the vertical cavity laser array device to produce single or multimode laser output.

    摘要翻译: 一种垂直腔激光器阵列器件,包括衬底,顶部和底部电介质堆叠以及用于产生激光的有源区域。 有源区域包括一个或多个周期性增益区域和间隔层,其设置在周期性增益区域的两侧,并且被布置成使得周期性增益区域与器件驻波电磁波的波腹对准 领域。 提供了一种用于调制间隔位置处的周期性增益区域的特性的结构,以便提供具有比图像间隔区域更高的净增益的间隔开的激光像素阵列; 并且间隔开的激光像素具有相同或不同的尺寸以及具有相同或不同长度的像素之间的间距,以使垂直腔激光器阵列器件的输出产生单模或多模激光输出。

    Snap-through thermal actuator
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20050099462A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-12

    申请号:US11015999

    申请日:2004-12-18

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14 B41J2/04

    CPC分类号: B41J2/14 B41J2002/14346

    摘要: A snap-through thermal actuator for a micro-electromechanical device such as a liquid drop emitter or a fluid control microvalve is disclosed. The snap-through actuator is comprised of a base element formed with a depression having opposing anchor edges which define a central plane. A deformable element, attached to the base element at the opposing anchor edges, is constructed as a planar lamination including a first layer of a first material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer of a second material having a high coefficient of thermal expansion. The deformable element is formed to have a residual shape bowing outward from the central plane in a first direction away from the second layer. The snap-through thermal actuator further comprises apparatus adapted to apply a heat pulse to the deformable element which causes a sudden rise in the temperature of the deformable element. The deformable element initially bows farther outward in the first direction, then, due to thermomechanical torque's acting at the opposing anchor edges, reverses and snaps through the central plane to bow outward in a second direction toward the second layer, and then relaxes to the residual shape as the temperature decreases. The snap-through thermal actuator is configured with a liquid chamber having a nozzle, a fluid flow port to form a liquid drop emitter or a fluid control microvalve, or to activate an electrical microswitch. Heat pulses are applied to the deformable element by resistive heating or by light energy pulses.

    FLUID EJECTOR HAVING AN ANISOTROPIC SURFACE CHAMBER ETCH
    6.
    发明申请
    FLUID EJECTOR HAVING AN ANISOTROPIC SURFACE CHAMBER ETCH 有权
    具有各向异性表面腔体的流体喷射器

    公开(公告)号:US20070153060A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-05

    申请号:US11685259

    申请日:2007-03-13

    IPC分类号: B41J2/04

    摘要: A fluid ejecting device and method of forming same are provided. The fluid ejecting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface located opposite the first surface. A nozzle plate is formed over the first surface of the substrate. The nozzle plate has a nozzle through which fluid is ejected. A drop forming mechanism is situated at the periphery of the nozzle. A fluid chamber is in fluid communication with the nozzle and has a first wall and a second wall with the first wall and the second wall being positioned at an angle relative to each other. A fluid delivery channel is formed in the substrate and extends from the second surface of the substrate to the fluid chamber. The fluid delivery channel is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. A source of fluid impedance comprises a physical structure located between the nozzle and the fluid delivery channel.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种流体喷射装置及其形成方法。 流体喷射装置包括具有第一表面和与第一表面相对的第二表面的基底。 在基板的第一表面上形成喷嘴板。 喷嘴板具有喷嘴,流体被喷射通过喷嘴。 液滴形成机构位于喷嘴的周边。 流体室与喷嘴流体连通,并且具有第一壁和第二壁,其中第一壁和第二壁相对于彼此以一定角度定位。 流体输送通道形成在基底中并从基底的第二表面延伸到流体腔。 流体输送通道与流体室流体连通。 流体阻抗源包括位于喷嘴和流体输送通道之间的物理结构。

    Tapered multi-layer thermal actuator and method of operating same

    公开(公告)号:US20050052496A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-10

    申请号:US10953401

    申请日:2004-09-29

    摘要: An apparatus for and method of operating a thermal actuator for a micromechanical device, especially a liquid drop emitter such as an ink jet printhead, is disclosed. The disclosed thermal actuator comprises a base element and a cantilevered element including a thermo-mechanical bender portion extending from the base element to a free end tip. The thermo-mechanical bender portion includes a barrier layer constructed of a dielectric material having low thermal conductivity, a first deflector layer constructed of a first electrically resistive material having a large coefficient of thermal expansion, and a second deflector layer constructed of a second electrically resistive material having a large coefficient of thermal expansion wherein the barrier layer is bonded between the first and second deflector layers. The thermo-mechanical bender portion further has a base end and base end width, wb, adjacent the base element, and a free end and free end width, wf, adjacent the free end tip, wherein the base end width is substantially greater than the free end width. A first heater resistor is formed in the first deflector layer and adapted to apply heat energy having a first spatial thermal pattern which results in a first deflector layer base end temperature increase, ΔT1b, that is greater than a first deflector layer free end temperature increase, ΔT1f. A second heater resistor is formed in the second deflector layer and adapted to apply heat energy having a second spatial thermal pattern which results in a second deflector layer base end temperature increase, ΔT2b that is greater than a second deflector layer free end temperature increase, ΔT2f. Application of an electrical pulse to either the first or second heater resistors causes deflection of the cantilevered element, followed by restoration of the cantilevered element to an initial position as heat diffuses through the barrier layer and the cantilevered element reaches a uniform temperature. For liquid drop emitter embodiments, the thermal actuator resides in a liquid-filled chamber that includes a nozzle for ejecting liquid. Application of electrical pulses to the heater resistors is used to adjust the characteristics of liquid drop emission. The barrier layer exhibits a heat transfer time constant τB. The thermal actuator is activated by a heat pulses of duration τP wherein τP

    Liquid drop emitter with reduced surface temperature actuator
    8.
    发明申请
    Liquid drop emitter with reduced surface temperature actuator 失效
    具有降低表面温度执行器的液滴发射器

    公开(公告)号:US20050046671A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-03

    申请号:US10650873

    申请日:2003-08-28

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14 B41J2/16 B41J2/04

    摘要: An apparatus for a liquid drop emitter, especially for use in an ink jet printhead, is disclosed. A chamber filled with a liquid, a nozzle and a thermo-mechanical actuator, extending into the chamber from at least one wall of the chamber is disclosed. A movable element of the thermo-mechanical actuator is configured with a bending portion which bends when heated. The bending portion comprises a first layer having first and second sides, constructed of a first material having a high coefficient of thermal expansion, a second layer, attached to the second side of the first layer, and a third layer, attached to the first side of the first layer, constructed of a third material having a low thermal conductivity and a low Young's modulus. Apparatus is adapted to apply heat pulses to the bending portion resulting in rapid deflection of the movable element, ejection of a liquid drop, without degradation or vaporization of the liquid. The third material may be an organic polymer having a Young's modulus less than 10 GPa and thermal conductivity less than 1 W/(m ° K), for example PTFE, teflon.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于液滴发射器的装置,特别用于喷墨打印头。 公开了一种充满液体,喷嘴和热机械致动器的室,其从室的至少一个壁延伸到室中。 热机械致动器的可移动元件构造有弯曲部分,其在加热时弯曲。 弯曲部分包括具有第一和第二侧面的第一层,由具有高热膨胀系数的第一材料构成,附接到第一层的第二侧的第二层和附着到第一层的第三层 的第一层由具有低热导率和低杨氏模量的第三材料构成。 设备适于将热脉冲施加到弯曲部分,导致可移动元件的快速偏转,液滴的喷射,而不会降低或蒸发液体。 第三种材料可以是具有小于10GPa的杨氏模量和小于1W /(m°K)的热导率的有机聚合物,例如PTFE,特氟隆。

    Continuous fluid jet ejector with anisotropically etched fluid chambers
    9.
    发明申请
    Continuous fluid jet ejector with anisotropically etched fluid chambers 有权
    具有各向异性蚀刻流体室的连续流体喷射喷射器

    公开(公告)号:US20070052766A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-08

    申请号:US11220514

    申请日:2005-09-07

    IPC分类号: B41J2/02

    摘要: A fluid ejection device, a method of cleaning the device, and a method of operating the device are provided. The device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface located opposite the first surface. A nozzle plate is formed over the first surface of the substrate and has a nozzle through which fluid is ejected. A drop forming mechanism is situated at the periphery of the nozzle. A fluid chamber is in fluid communication with the nozzle and has a first wall and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall are positioned at an angle other than 90° relative to each other. A fluid delivery channel is formed in the substrate and extends from the second surface of the substrate to the fluid chamber. The fluid delivery channel is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber.

    摘要翻译: 提供流体喷射装置,清洁装置的方法以及操作装置的方法。 该装置包括具有第一表面和与该第一表面相对的第二表面的基底。 喷嘴板形成在基板的第一表面上,并且具有喷嘴,流体被喷射通过该喷嘴。 液滴形成机构位于喷嘴的周边。 流体室与喷嘴流体连通并且具有第一壁和第二壁。 第一壁和第二壁相对于彼此以不同于90°的角度定位。 流体输送通道形成在基底中并从基底的第二表面延伸到流体腔。 流体输送通道与流体室流体连通。