公开(公告)号：US07980674B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-19

申请号：US13018360

申请日：2011-01-31

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi Channarayapatna Shankar ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi Channarayapatna Shankar ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2202/03 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： An inkjet printer includes a printhead having a plurality of ink chambers fed be an ink inlet, each ink chamber having a heater element for ejecting drops of ink from a nozzle aperture of each chamber; a plurality of pressure pulse diffusing structure positioned between the plurality of ink chambers fed by the ink inlet, the plurality of pressure pulse diffusing structures for retarding a propagation of pressure waves generated by each ink chamber to adjacent ink chambers; and a controller for receiving print data and generating drive pulses to energize the heater elements in accordance with the print data. The controller increases the drive pulse energy during the printhead lifetime such that the drive pulse energy is never less than that of a preceding drive pulse.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印机，包括具有供墨入口的多个墨室的打印头，每个墨室具有用于从每个腔室的喷嘴孔喷出墨滴的加热器元件; 多个压力脉冲扩散结构，其位于由所述墨水入口供给的所述多个墨水室之间，所述多个压力脉冲扩散结构用于延迟由每个墨水室产生的压力波传播到相邻墨水腔; 以及控制器，用于接收打印数据并产生驱动脉冲以根据打印数据激励加热器元件。 控制器在打印头寿命期间增加驱动脉冲能量，使得驱动脉冲能量永远不会小于先前驱动脉冲的能量。

公开(公告)号：US20110122183A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-26

申请号：US13018360

申请日：2011-01-31

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi C.S. ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi C.S. ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2202/03 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： An inkjet printer includes a printhead having a plurality of ink chambers fed be an ink inlet, each ink chamber having a heater element for ejecting drops of ink from a nozzle aperture of each chamber; a plurality of pressure pulse diffusing structure positioned between the plurality of ink chambers fed by the ink inlet, the plurality of pressure pulse diffusing structures for retarding a propagation of pressure waves generated by each ink chamber to adjacent ink chambers; and a controller for receiving print data and generating drive pulses to energize the heater elements in accordance with the print data. The controller increases the drive pulse energy during the printhead lifetime such that the drive pulse energy is never less than that of a preceding drive pulse.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印机，包括具有供墨入口的多个墨室的打印头，每个墨室具有用于从每个腔室的喷嘴孔喷出墨滴的加热器元件; 多个压力脉冲扩散结构，其位于由所述墨水入口供给的所述多个墨水室之间，所述多个压力脉冲扩散结构用于延迟由每个墨水室产生的压力波传播到相邻的墨水腔; 以及控制器，用于接收打印数据并产生驱动脉冲以根据打印数据激励加热器元件。 控制器在打印头寿命期间增加驱动脉冲能量，使得驱动脉冲能量永远不会小于先前驱动脉冲的能量。

公开(公告)号：US20110228010A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-22

申请号：US13118464

申请日：2011-05-30

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi C.S. ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi C.S. ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2202/03 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： An inkjet printhead includes a plurality of ink chambers fed by a common ink inlet, the plurality of ink chambers sharing a common roof structure; a plurality of heater elements respectively allocated to each of ink chambers; a plurality of nozzle apertures defined through the common roof structure and respectively aligned with the heater element of each ink chamber; and a bubble vent defined in the common roof of the ink chambers and aligned with the common ink inlet, the bubble vent sized to allow ink surface tension to restrict an egress of ink, and permit egress of gas bubbles therefrom.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印头包括由公共墨水入口供给的多个墨室，所述多个墨室共用共同的屋顶结构; 分别分配给每个墨室的多个加热器元件; 多个喷嘴孔，其通过公共屋顶结构限定并且分别与每个墨室的加热器元件对准; 以及气泡通风口，其限定在墨室的共同屋顶中并与公共墨水入口对准，气泡通气口的尺寸设计成允许墨水表面张力限制墨水的出口，并允许从其中排出气泡。

公开(公告)号：US20100128090A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-27

申请号：US12642835

申请日：2009-12-20

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/1601 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1639 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  B41J2002/1437 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： A MEMS vapor bubble generator includes a chamber for holding liquid; and a heater positioned in the chamber, the heater being formed using a sputtering technique. The heater is formed from a superalloy material. The superalloy material of the heater is in direct contact with the liquid, without any intervening protective coating. The superalloy has a crystalline structure with a grain size less than 100 nano-metres. The superalloy is MCrAlX, where M is one or more of Ni, Co, Fe with M contributing at least 50% by weight, Cr contributing between 8% and 35% by weight, Al contributing more than zero but less than 8% by weight, and X contributing less than 25% by weight, with X consisting of zero or more other elements, preferably including but not limited to Mo, Re, Ru, Ti, Ta, V, W, Nb, Zr, B, C, Si, Y, Hf.

摘要翻译： MEMS蒸气发生器包括用于保持液体的腔室; 以及位于所述室中的加热器，所述加热器使用溅射技术形成。 加热器由超级合金材料形成。 加热器的超合金材料与液体直接接触，没有任何中间的保护涂层。 超合金具有晶粒尺寸小于100纳米的晶体结构。 超级合金是MCrAlX，其中M是Ni，Co，Fe中的一种或多种，​​具有至少50重量％的M，Cr占重量的8％至35％，Al的贡献超过零但小于8重量％ ，X占小于25重量％，X由零个或多个其它元素组成，优选包括但不限于Mo，Re，Ru，Ti，Ta，V，W，Nb，Zr，B，C，Si ，Y，Hf。

公开(公告)号：US07784915B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-31

申请号：US11482977

申请日：2006-07-10

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2/1601 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1639 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  B41J2002/1437 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14475

摘要： A MEMS vapor bubble generator with a chamber for holding liquid and a heater positioned in the chamber for heating the liquid above its bubble nucleation point to form a vapor bubble; wherein, the heater has a microstructure with a grain size less than 100 nanometers.

摘要翻译： 具有用于保持液体的腔室和位于腔室中的加热器的MEMS蒸气发生器，用于将液体加热到其气泡成核点以上以形成蒸气泡; 其中，加热器具有粒径小于100纳米的微结构。

公开(公告)号：US07901056B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-08

申请号：US12267615

申请日：2008-11-10

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2202/03 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an array of ejection devices for ejecting drops of liquid onto a media substrate. Each of the ejection devices having a chamber for holding liquid, a nozzle in fluid communication with the chamber and a heater positioned in the chamber for contact with the liquid such that resistive heating of the heater generates a vapor bubble that ejects a drop of the liquid through the nozzle. The printer also has a controller for receiving print data and generating drive pulses to energize the heaters in accordance with the print data. The controller increases the drive pulse energy during the printhead lifetime.

摘要翻译： 一种具有打印头的喷墨打印机，该打印头具有用于将液滴喷射到介质基板上的喷射装置阵列。 每个喷射装置具有用于保持液体的腔室，与腔室流体连通的喷嘴和位于腔室中的与液体接触的加热器，使得加热器的电阻加热器产生喷射液滴的蒸气泡 通过喷嘴。 打印机还具有用于接收打印数据并产生驱动脉冲以用于根据打印数据激励加热器的控制器。 控制器在打印头寿命期间增加驱动脉冲能量。

公开(公告)号：US07654645B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-02

申请号：US11482953

申请日：2006-07-10

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/1601 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1639 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  B41J2002/1437 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： A MEMS vapor bubble generator with a chamber for holding liquid and a heater positioned in the chamber for heating the liquid above its bubble nucleation point to form a vapour bubble; wherein, the heater is formed from a superalloy.

摘要翻译： 具有用于保持液体的腔室和位于腔室中的加热器的MEMS蒸气发生器，用于将液体加热到其气泡成核点以上以形成蒸气泡; 其中，所述加热器由超级合金形成。

公开(公告)号：US07874646B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-25

申请号：US12642835

申请日：2009-12-20

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Clous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Alexandra Artemis Papadakis ,  Channarayapatna Shankar Lakshmi ,  Frederik Jacobus Clous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/1601 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1639 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  B41J2002/1437 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  B41J2002/14475 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： A MEMS vapor bubble generator includes a chamber for holding liquid; and a heater positioned in the chamber, the heater being formed using a sputtering technique. The heater is formed from a superalloy material. The superalloy material of the heater is in direct contact with the liquid, without any intervening protective coating. The superalloy has a crystalline structure with a grain size less than 100 nano-meters. The superalloy is MCrAlX, where M is one or more of Ni, Co, Fe with M contributing at least 50% by weight, Cr contributing between 8% and 35% by weight, Al contributing more than zero but less than 8% by weight, and X contributing less than 25% by weight, with X consisting of zero or more other elements, preferably including but not limited to Mo, Re, Ru, Ti, Ta, V, W, Nb, Zr, B, C, Si, Y, Hf.

摘要翻译： MEMS蒸气发生器包括用于保持液体的腔室; 以及位于所述室中的加热器，所述加热器使用溅射技术形成。 加热器由超级合金材料形成。 加热器的超合金材料与液体直接接触，没有任何中间的保护涂层。 超合金具有晶粒尺寸小于100纳米的晶体结构。 超级合金是MCrAlX，其中M是Ni，Co，Fe中的一种或多种，​​具有至少50重量％的M，Cr占重量的8％至35％，Al的贡献超过零但小于8重量％ ，X占小于25重量％，X由零个或多个其它元素组成，优选包括但不限于Mo，Re，Ru，Ti，Ta，V，W，Nb，Zr，B，C，Si ，Y，Hf。

公开(公告)号：US20090066742A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-12

申请号：US12267615

申请日：2008-11-10

申请人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi C.S. ,  Fredrik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Kia Silverbrook ,  Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote ,  Angus John North ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Paul David Lunsmann ,  Lakshmi C.S. ,  Fredrik Jacobus Crous ,  Matthew Stewart Walker ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/1412 ,  B41J2202/03 ,  B41J2202/11

摘要： An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an array of ejection devices for ejecting drops of liquid onto a media substrate. Each of the ejection devices having a chamber for holding liquid, a nozzle in fluid communication with the chamber and a heater positioned in the chamber for contact with the liquid such that resistive heating of the heater generates a vapour bubble that ejects a drop of the liquid through the nozzle. The printer also has a controller for receiving print data and generating drive pulses to energize the heaters in accordance with the print data. The controller increases the drive pulse energy during the printhead lifetime.

摘要翻译： 一种具有打印头的喷墨打印机，该打印头具有用于将液滴喷射到介质基板上的喷射装置阵列。 每个喷射装置具有用于保持液体的腔室，与腔室流体连通的喷嘴和位于腔室中的与液体接触的加热器，使得加热器的电阻加热器产生喷射液滴的蒸气泡 通过喷嘴。 打印机还具有用于接收打印数据并产生驱动脉冲以用于根据打印数据激励加热器的控制器。 控制器在打印头寿命期间增加驱动脉冲能量。

公开(公告)号：US20090040276A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-12

申请号：US11764808

申请日：2007-08-12

申请人： Angus John North ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Brian Robert Brown ,  Samuel James Myers ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

发明人： Angus John North ,  Kia Silverbrook ,  Brian Robert Brown ,  Samuel James Myers ,  Jennifer Mia Fishburn ,  Samuel George Mallinson ,  Paul Justin Reichl

IPC分类号： B41J2/05

CPC分类号： B41J2/14032 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/14112 ,  B41J2002/14169 ,  B41J2002/14185 ,  B41J2002/14475

摘要： A thermal inkjet printhead of the roof shooter type that slightly offsets the nozzle aperture centroid from the heater element centroid to correct drop trajectory misdirection caused by vapor bubble asymmetries.

摘要翻译： 屋顶射击枪类型的热喷墨打印头稍微偏离喷嘴孔心面与加热元件重心，以纠正由气泡不对称引起的液滴轨迹误差。