公开(公告)号：US20090073224A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US12249951

申请日：2008-10-12

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J23/00

CPC分类号： B41J2/16535

摘要： Provided is a print cradle assembly for a printhead cartridge. The cradle assembly includes a docking bay molding, a media feed drive assembly positioned on the docking bay molding and configured to feed media through the assembly, and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a printer controller for controlling the media feed drive assembly and operation of the cartridge. The cradle assembly also includes a maintenance drive assembly for driving a capping mechanism of a printhead of the cartridge.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于打印头墨盒的打印支架组件。 支架组件包括对接托架模制件，定位在对接托架模制件上并被配置成将介质馈送通过组件的介质馈送驱动组件以及具有用于控制介质馈送驱动组件和操作的打印机控制器的印刷电路板（PCB） 的墨盒。 支架组件还包括用于驱动盒的打印头的封盖机构的维护驱动组件。

公开(公告)号：US20090009554A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US12233590

申请日：2008-09-19

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16523

摘要： Provided is a print cradle assembly for a printhead cartridge. The cradle assembly includes a docking bay molding and a media feed drive assembly positioned on the docking bay molding and configured to feed media through the assembly. The cradle assembly also includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a printer controller for controlling the media feed drive assembly and operation of the cartridge, as well as a heatshield mounted to the PCB for shielding the printer controller from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and user contact with the PCB.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于打印头墨盒的打印支架组件。 托架组件包括对接托架模制件和定位在对接托架模制件上并被配置为将介质馈送通过组件的介质馈送驱动组件。 支架组件还包括印刷电路板（PCB），其具有用于控制介质馈送驱动组件和盒的操作的打印机控制器，以及安装到PCB的遮光器，用于屏蔽打印机控制器免受电磁干扰（EMI）和 用户与PCB接触。

公开(公告)号：US07441864B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-28

申请号：US11293809

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16535

摘要： A method of maintaining a printhead in an operable condition and/or remediating a printhead to an operable condition is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing an endless maintenance belt having a contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face of the printhead; (ii) moving the belt into a first position in which a clean part of the contact surface is sealingly engaged with the face; (iii) moving said belt into a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the face, thereby providing an inked part of the contact surface; (iv) conveying the belt such that the inked part of the contact surface is conveyed away from the printhead and past a cleaning station, the cleaning station cleaning the inked part of the contact surface; and (v) optionally repeating steps (ii) to (iv).

摘要翻译： 提供了一种将打印头保持在可操作状态和/或将打印头修复到可操作状态的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤：（i）提供具有用于与打印头的喷墨面密封接合的接触表面的环形维护带; （ii）将所述带移动到所述接触表面的清洁部分与所述面密封接合的第一位置; （iii）将所述带移动到所述接触表面与所述表面脱离的第二位置，从而提供所述接触表面的着色部分; （iv）输送带，使得接触表面的着墨部分被从打印头移出并经过清洁站，清洁站清洁接触表面的着墨部分; 和（v）任选地重复步骤（ii）至（iv）。

公开(公告)号：US07455383B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-25

申请号：US11293801

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Bruce Gordon Holyoake ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16523

摘要： A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance station comprises: an endless maintenance belt having a contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face of the printhead; a cleaning station for cleaning the belt; and a conveyor mechanism for conveying the belt past the face and past the cleaning station. The belt is reciprocally movable between a first position in which part of the contact surface is sealingly engaged with the face, and a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the face.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将打印头保持在可操作状态的打印头维护站。 维护站包括：无端维护带，其具有用于与打印头的喷墨面密封接合的接触表面; 用于清洁皮带的清洁站; 以及用于将带传送通过面并经过清洁台的输送机构。 所述带可以在所述接触表面的一部分与所述表面密封接合的第一位置和所述接触表面与所述表面脱离的第二位置之间往复移动。

公开(公告)号：US07654640B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-02

申请号：US11688873

申请日：2007-03-21

申请人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Brian Robert Brown ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson ,  Paul Timothy Sharp ,  John Douglas Peter Morgan ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Michael John Hudson ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16

CPC分类号： B41J2/055 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14459 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20

摘要： A printhead for an inkjet printer, that has a printhead IC with an array of nozzles for ejecting ink and a support structure for mounting the printhead IC in the printer adjacent a paper path. The printhead IC is mounted on a face of the support structure that, in use, faces the paper path. A flexible printed circuit board (flex PCB) has drive circuitry for operating the array of nozzles on the printhead IC. The drive circuitry has circuit components connected by traces in the flex PCB, and contacts for receiving print data from the print engine controller. The flex PCB being mounted to the support structure at the contacts onto a face that does not face the paper path such that the flex PCB extends through a bent section between the printhead IC and the contacts. The printhead IC and the circuit components are adjacent each other and separated from the contacts by the bent section of the flex PCB. The bent section reduces the likelihood of trace cracking by holding the flex PCB at a set radius rather than allowing the flex to follow an irregular curve and thereby risking localized points of high stress on the traces.

摘要翻译： 一种用于喷墨打印机的打印头，其具有用于喷射墨水的喷嘴阵列的打印头IC和用于将打印头IC安装在邻近纸路径的打印机中的支撑结构。 打印头IC安装在支撑结构的使用中面向纸路的面上。 柔性印刷电路板（柔性PCB）具有用于操作打印头IC上的喷嘴阵列的驱动电路。 驱动电路具有通过柔性PCB中的迹线连接的电路部件和用于从打印引擎控制器接收打印数据的触点。 柔性印刷电路板在触点处被安装到支撑结构到不面向纸路径的表面上，使得柔性PCB延伸穿过打印头IC和触点之间的弯曲部分。 打印头IC和电路部件彼此相邻并且通过柔性PCB的弯曲部分与触点分离。 弯曲部分通过将柔性PCB保持在设定的半径而不是允许挠曲跟随不规则曲线，从而冒着高应力的局部点对迹线的风险来降低迹线开裂的可能性。

公开(公告)号：US07699448B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-20

申请号：US12177868

申请日：2008-07-22

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

IPC分类号： B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J25/34 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04585 ,  B41J2/04591 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/14427 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1637 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2/1648 ,  B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/16535 ,  B41J2/16585 ,  B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/1714 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17536 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/19 ,  B41J2/515 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/14362 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14435 ,  B41J2002/14459 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2002/1742 ,  B41J2002/17516 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20 ,  B41J2202/21

摘要： An ink refill unit for a print cartridge is provided. The unit includes a housing which defines a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet. The unit also includes an ink reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path inside the housing, and an ejector assembly configured to incrementally eject ink from the reservoir when the assembly is actuated by the print cartridge. The ejector assembly includes a plunger having a toothed thread which engages with a screw thread provided in an internal wall of the housing. The ejector has a drive gear so that actuation of the drive gear imparts rotation to the toothed thread so as to rotate the plunger within the screw thread of the housing to eject ink from a bellows-like reservoir.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于打印墨盒的墨水补充单元。 该单元包括限定与出口流体连通的流体路径的壳体。 该单元还包括具有与壳体内的流体路径流体连通的喷射口的墨水储存器，以及当该组件被打印墨盒驱动时，该喷射器组件被构造成递增地从储存器喷出墨水。 喷射器组件包括具有齿形螺纹的柱塞，所述齿形螺纹与设置在壳体的内壁中的螺纹接合。 喷射器具有驱动齿轮，使得驱动齿轮的致动向齿形螺纹施加旋转，以便使柱塞在壳体的螺纹内旋转以从波纹管状储存器喷射墨水。

公开(公告)号：US07695121B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US12276404

申请日：2008-11-23

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

IPC分类号： B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J25/34 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04585 ,  B41J2/04591 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/14427 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1637 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2/1648 ,  B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/16535 ,  B41J2/16585 ,  B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/1714 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17536 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/19 ,  B41J2/515 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/14362 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14435 ,  B41J2002/14459 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2002/1742 ,  B41J2002/17516 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20 ,  B41J2202/21

摘要： A method of refilling a supply of printing fluid in a printing unit. The method comprises the steps of removably mounting a dispenser unit of printing fluid to the printing unit so as to align and engage a plurality of outlets of the dispenser unit with a plurality of inlets of a plurality of printing fluid storage chambers of the printing unit, the dispenser unit being configured so that only one outlet of the plurality of outlets connects to printing fluid stored within an enclosure of the dispenser unit; determining an amount of printing fluid needed to refill the printing fluid storage chamber via the inlet engaged with said one outlet; disengaging a ratchet mechanism of the dispenser unit so as to facilitate a reduction of volume in the enclosure by a plunger; and engaging the plunger so as to effect the reduction of volume in the enclosure until the ratchet mechanism is reengaged, thereby dispensing fluid from the enclosure into the printing fluid storage chamber. The steps of disengaging the ratchet mechanism and engaging the plunger are repeated until the determined amount of printing fluid is dispensed into the printing fluid storage chamber.

摘要翻译： 一种在印刷单元中重新填充印刷液体的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤：将打印流体的分配器单元可移除地安装到打印单元，以便与分配器单元的多个出口与打印单元的多个打印流体存储室的多个入口对准和接合， 所述分配器单元被配置为使得所述多个出口中仅一个出口连接到存储在所述分配器单元的外壳内的打印流体; 确定经由与所述一个出口接合的入口重新填充打印流体存储室所需的打印流体的量; 使分配器单元的棘轮机构脱开，以便于通过柱塞减小外壳中的体积; 并且使所述柱塞接合从而减小所述外壳中的体积，直到所述棘轮机构被重新接合为止，从而将来自所述外壳的流体分配到所述打印流体存储室中。 重复分离棘轮机构并接合柱塞的步骤，直到将确定量的印刷流体分配到打印流体存储室中。

公开(公告)号：US07549738B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-23

申请号：US11872038

申请日：2007-10-15

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Christopher Hibbard ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

IPC分类号： B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J25/34 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04585 ,  B41J2/04591 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/14427 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/1637 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2/1648 ,  B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/16535 ,  B41J2/16585 ,  B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/1714 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17536 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/19 ,  B41J2/515 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/14362 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14419 ,  B41J2002/14435 ,  B41J2002/14459 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2002/14491 ,  B41J2002/1742 ,  B41J2002/17516 ,  B41J2202/19 ,  B41J2202/20 ,  B41J2202/21

摘要： A refill unit is provided for a printer cartridge with an operatively, negatively pressurized ink reservoir. The unit has a docking assembly for docking with the printer cartridge. An ink bag stores ink and is housed in the docking assembly. A valve actuator is shaped and configured to actuate an outlet valve of the ink reservoir into a closed position and thereafter to actuate an inlet valve of the ink reservoir into an open position when the docking assembly docks with the cartridge. An ink delivery outlet assembly is arranged on the docking assembly in fluid communication with the ink bag and has a seal configured to allow ink to flow from the ink bag to the ink reservoir only when the refill unit engages the cartridge. Constrictor actuators are engageable with the cartridge and are configured to increase pressure in the ink bag during ink flow from the ink bag to the ink reservoir, and to permit a re-establishment of negative pressure in the ink reservoir upon disengagement from the cartridge.

摘要翻译： 为具有可操作的，负压的墨水储存器的打印机墨盒提供一个再填充单元。 本机具有对接组件，用于与打印机墨盒对接。 墨水袋存储墨水并容纳在对接组件中。 阀致动器成形并构造成将储墨器的出口阀致动到关闭位置，然后当对接组件与墨盒对接时将墨水储存器的入口阀致动到打开位置。 墨水输送出口组件布置在对接组件上，与墨水袋流体连通，并且具有密封件，该密封件构造成仅当再填充单元接合墨盒时才允许墨水从墨水袋流到墨水储存器。 收缩器致动器可与卡盘接合，并且构造成在墨水从油墨袋流到墨水储存器期间增加墨水袋中的压力，并且允许在从墨盒脱离时重新建立墨水储存器中的负压。

公开(公告)号：US07513603B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-07

申请号：US11293806

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J29/13 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17553

摘要： A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer configured for use with at least one replaceable ink cartridge, the printhead assembly comprising: an ink inlet valve for sealed connection to an outlet on the ink cartridge, the inlet valve having an inlet opening and a movable valve member biased into sealing engagement with the inlet opening, the outlet having a complementary member for depressing the movable valve member out of engagement with the inlet opening to open the valve; wherein, the inlet opening has an external formation about its periphery for sealing against the outlet before the complementary member depresses the movable valve member.

摘要翻译： 一种用于喷墨打印机的打印头组件，其被配置为与至少一个可更换的墨盒一起使用，所述打印头组件包括：用于与所述墨盒上的出口密封连接的墨入口阀，所述入口阀具有入口开口和可移动阀构件 所述出口具有用于将所述可移动阀构件与所述入口开口接合以便打开所述阀的互补构件; 其中，所述入口开口具有围绕其周边的外部形状，用于在所述互补构件压下所述可移动阀构件之前与所述出口密封。

公开(公告)号：US07431443B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-07

申请号：US11293842

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Norman Michael Berry ,  Akira Nakazawa ,  Paul Ian Mackey ,  Garry Raymond Jackson

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17596

摘要： A printer with an inkjet printhead, the printer comprising: an ink reservoir; and, a pressure regulating valve for establishing fluid communication between the printhead and the ink reservoir; wherein, the pressure regulating valve is biased closed and opens in response to a predetermined ink pressure difference across the valve.

摘要翻译： 一种具有喷墨打印头的打印机，所述打印机包括：墨水储存器; 以及用于在所述打印头和所述墨水容器之间建立流体连通的压力调节阀; 其中，所述压力调节阀被偏压关闭并且响应于所述阀两端的预定墨压差而打开。