Ink jet recording head with head frame and piezoelectric vibration
elements having configuration for suppressing stress in flow path unit
    2.
    发明授权
    Ink jet recording head with head frame and piezoelectric vibration elements having configuration for suppressing stress in flow path unit 失效
    具有头框架的喷墨记录头和具有用于抑制流路单元中的应力的构造的压电振动元件

    公开(公告)号:US5880763A

    公开(公告)日:1999-03-09

    申请号:US413473

    申请日:1995-03-28

    摘要: A bonding width L between a head frame 5 and a flow path unit 12 in a direction orthogonal to an array of pressure producing chambers 7 is set to 0.5b.ltoreq.L.ltoreq.5a if it is assumed that a distance from the bonding end to the piezoelectric vibration element 2 closest to the head frame 5 is a and that the bonding ends of the head frame 5 interposing the piezoelectric vibration element 2 is b. Cracking of a spacer 6 or separation of the spacer 6 from a resilient plate 4 is prevented by ensuring a rigidity of the head frame 5 necessary for suppressing deformation of the flow path unit 12 and by causing the head frame 5 to absorb internal stresses of the flow path unit 12 caused by ambient temperature change.

    摘要翻译: 如果假设距离接合的距离为止,则将头框架5和流路单元12在与压力产生室7的阵列正交的方向上的接合宽度L设定为0.5b≤L< 最靠近头架5的压电振动元件2的端部是b,并且插入压电振动元件2的头架5的接合端是b。 通过确保为了抑制流路单元12的变形所必需的头框架5的刚性,并且通过使头框架5吸收内部应力来防止间隔件6的破裂或间隔件6与弹性板4的分离 流路单元12由环境温度变化引起。

    Ink-jet recording head
    3.
    发明授权
    Ink-jet recording head 有权
    喷墨记录头

    公开(公告)号:US06190006B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-20

    申请号:US09187091

    申请日:1998-11-05

    IPC分类号: B41J2045

    摘要: Segment terminal electrodes for connecting to the segment terminals of TCP and common terminal electrodes at both ends in a direction in which these segment terminal electrodes are arranged are formed on the surface of an actuator unit and the common terminal electrodes at both ends of each row are connected via conductive members. Each grounding conductor on TCP is mutually connected via each common terminal electrode component on the actuator unit. Therefore, the common terminal electrodes on plural actuator units can conduct to grounding conductors.

    摘要翻译: 在致动器单元的表面上形成用于连接到这些段端子电极布置的方向上的两端的TCP和公共端子电极的端子的段端子电极,并且每行的两端的公共端子电极是 通过导电构件连接。 TCP上的每个接地导体通过致动器单元上的每个公共端子电极部件相互连接。 因此,多个致动器单元上的公共端子电极可以导通到接地导体。

    Liquid jetting apparatus
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20060209119A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-21

    申请号:US11436529

    申请日:2006-05-19

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    摘要: The liquid jetting apparatus includes a head member having a nozzle, a supporting member that that can support a medium, a scanning mechanism that can cause the head member to relatively move with respect to the medium, and a liquid jetting unit that can jet liquid from the nozzle. An area storing unit stores a relative area to which liquid can be jetted from the nozzle while the head member is caused to relatively move by the scanning mechanism. An out-of-jetting micro-vibrating-area setting unit can set out-of-jetting micro-vibrating areas before and after the relative area. A micro-vibrating unit causes liquid in the nozzle to minutely vibrate. An out-of-jetting micro-vibrating controlling unit causes the micro-vibrating unit to operate when the head member is located in the out-of-jetting micro-vibrating areas, while the head member is caused to relatively move by the scanning mechanism, based on the out-of-jetting micro-vibrating areas and head-position information.

    Printer, method of monitoring residual quantity of ink, and recording medium
    5.
    发明授权
    Printer, method of monitoring residual quantity of ink, and recording medium 失效
    打印机,监视墨水剩余量的方法和记录介质

    公开(公告)号:US06517175B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-11

    申请号:US09305745

    申请日:1999-05-06

    IPC分类号: B41J2195

    摘要: The technique of the present invention improves the accuracy of calculating an amount of ink consumption in an ink reservoir used in a printer, which ejects ink stored in the ink reservoir and prints an image. In the printer of the present invention, a weight of a single ink droplet is measured in advance under a preset reference condition. In the course of printing an image, the printer detects an ink supply condition, which affects the weight of a single ink droplet, and counts a number of ink droplets ejected. The amount of ink consumption is determined by correcting a product of the measured weight of a single ink droplet and the counted number of ink droplets based on a difference between the detected ink supply condition and the preset reference condition. This arrangement calculates the amount of ink consumption by taking into account the ink supply condition, thereby improving the accuracy of calculation for the amount of ink consumption.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的技术提高了计算在打印机中使用的墨水储存器中的墨水消耗量的精度,该打印机喷射存储在储墨器中的墨水并打印图像。 在本发明的打印机中,预先在预设的基准条件下测量单个墨滴的重量。 在打印图像的过程中,打印机检测墨水供应状况,影响单个墨滴的重量,并对喷出的墨滴数进行计数。 通过基于检测到的供墨条件和预设的参考条件之间的差来校正单个墨滴的测量重量和计数的墨滴的数量的乘积来确定墨水消耗量。 这种布置通过考虑供墨条件来计算墨水消耗量,从而提高了墨水消耗量的计算精度。

    Printer system, method of generating image, and recording medium for realizing the method
    6.
    发明授权
    Printer system, method of generating image, and recording medium for realizing the method 有权
    打印机系统,产生图像的方法以及用于实现该方法的记录介质

    公开(公告)号:US06328400B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-11

    申请号:US09147035

    申请日:1998-09-15

    IPC分类号: B41J221

    CPC分类号: G06K15/105 H04N1/4057

    摘要: The present invention prevents deterioration of the quality in interlace printing. The printing system of the present invention uses a head that regulates the amount of ink spouting from nozzles and forms dots of different diameters. While the diameter of dots formed in one primary scan is restricted to a fixed value, the system of the present invention enables dots of different diameters to coexist at an appropriate ratio, thereby improving the printing quality. The printing system of the present invention shifts a nozzle array, in which nozzles are arranged at intervals of a predetermined dot pitch, by a predetermined amount in the secondary scanning direction and varies the dot diameter on every primary scan, while controlling the nozzles in an overlapping state. This enables the dots of different diameters to coexist in a specified area. One preferable application carries out halftone processing under the conditions for dots of a certain diameter at the position where a dot of the certain diameter is formed. This application controls the ratio of dot formation to a desired level. For example, the probability of formation of small-diametral dots is increased in a low-density area. Another preferable application divides the nozzle array on a print head into two groups of nozzles, wherein each group of nozzles forms dots of a specified size. Appropriate selection of the nozzle pitch and the quantity of secondary scanning feed enables printing in which large-diametral dots and small-diametral dots coexist according to a predetermined rule.

    摘要翻译: 本发明防止隔行打印中的质量下降。 本发明的打印系统使用调节从喷嘴喷出的墨水量的头部,并形成不同直径的点。 虽然在一次主扫描中形成的点的直径被限制为固定值,但是本发明的系统使得不同直径的点以适当的比例共存,从而提高了打印质量。 本发明的打印系统使喷嘴阵列以预定点间距的间隔排列在副​​扫描方向上预定量,并且在每次主扫描时改变点直径,同时将喷嘴控制在 重叠状态。 这使得不同直径的点在特定区域中共存。 一个优选的应用是在形成一定直径的点的某一直径的点的条件下进行半色调处理。 该应用程序控制点形成与期望水平的比率。 例如,在低密度区域中形成小直径点的概率增加。 另一个优选的应用将打印头上的喷嘴阵列分成两组喷嘴,其中每组喷嘴形成指定大小的点。 喷嘴间距和二次扫描进给量的适当选择使得可以根据预定规则共存大直径点和小直径点的打印。

    Method and apparatus for driving ink jet recording head
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for driving ink jet recording head 失效
    用于驱动喷墨记录头的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5510816A

    公开(公告)日:1996-04-23

    申请号:US972558

    申请日:1992-11-06

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045

    摘要: A method of driving an ink jet recording head comprising the steps of: retreating a vibrating plate to a predetermined position from a nozzle opening at such a speed as to allow a meniscus at the nozzle opening to be jetted from the nozzle opening while applying a drive voltage to a piezoelectric vibrating element; holding the vibrating plate at the position; and advancing the vibrating plate toward the nozzle opening when the meniscus has returned to a position 1/3 or more of the farthest retreat position thereof. As a result, a pressure chamber contracted to thereby apply pressure to ink when inertial stream of the ink become stable and heads toward the nozzle opening, producing an ink droplet to be jetted at a predetermined speed irrespective of the position of the meniscus.

    摘要翻译: 一种驱动喷墨记录头的方法,包括以下步骤:将振动板从喷嘴开口退回到预定位置,以允许喷嘴开口处的弯液面从喷嘴开口喷射,同时施加驱动 电压到压电振动元件; 将振动板固定在该位置; 并且当弯液面已经返回其最远的退避位置的1/3或更多的位置时,使振动板朝向喷嘴开口前进。 结果,压缩室收缩,从而当油墨的惯性流变得稳定并且朝向喷嘴开口时朝向油墨施加压力,产生以预定速度喷射的墨滴,而不管弯液面的位置如何。

    Liquid ejecting apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Liquid ejecting apparatus 有权
    液体喷射装置

    公开(公告)号:US07988249B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-02

    申请号:US12366505

    申请日:2009-02-05

    IPC分类号: B41J29/38

    摘要: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first level data, based on an ejecting data for a first kind of liquid; a second level-data setting unit for setting a selected second level data from a plurality of second level data, based on an ejecting data for a second kind of liquid; a driving-signal generator for generating a driving signal; and a driving-pulse generator for generating a driving pulse based on the selected first or second level data and the driving signal. The plurality of first level data and the plurality of second level data are different from each other.

    摘要翻译: 液体喷射装置包括:具有喷嘴的头部; 压力改变单元,用于以使得液体从喷嘴喷射的方式改变喷嘴中的液体的压力; 第一电平数据设定单元,用于基于第一类液体的喷射数据,从多个第一电平数据中设定所选择的第一电平数据; 第二电平数据设定单元,用于基于第二类液体的喷射数据,从多个第二电平数据中设定所选择的第二电平数据; 用于产生驱动信号的驱动信号发生器; 以及驱动脉冲发生器,用于基于所选择的第一或第二电平数据和驱动信号产生驱动脉冲。 多个第一级数据和多个第二级数据彼此不同。

    Liquid ejecting apparatus
    9.
    发明申请
    Liquid ejecting apparatus 有权
    液体喷射装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060232616A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-19

    申请号:US11393711

    申请日:2006-03-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2/01

    摘要: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first level data, based on an ejecting data for a first kind of liquid; a second level-data setting unit for setting a selected second level data from a plurality of second level data, based on an ejecting data for a second kind of liquid; a driving-signal generator for generating a driving signal; and a driving-pulse generator for generating a driving pulse based on the selected first or second level data and the driving signal. The plurality of first level data and the plurality of second level data are different from each other.

    摘要翻译: 液体喷射装置包括:具有喷嘴的头部; 压力改变单元,用于以使得液体从喷嘴喷射的方式改变喷嘴中的液体的压力; 第一电平数据设定单元,用于基于第一类液体的喷射数据,从多个第一电平数据中设定所选择的第一电平数据; 第二电平数据设定单元,用于基于第二类液体的喷射数据,从多个第二电平数据中设定所选择的第二电平数据; 用于产生驱动信号的驱动信号发生器; 以及驱动脉冲发生器,用于基于所选择的第一或第二电平数据和驱动信号产生驱动脉冲。 多个第一级数据和多个第二级数据彼此不同。