Printing processes with microwave drying
    1.
    发明授权
    Printing processes with microwave drying 失效
    微波干燥印刷工艺

    公开(公告)号:US5220346A

    公开(公告)日:1993-06-15

    申请号:US830163

    申请日:1992-02-03

    摘要: Disclosed is a printing process which comprises applying in imagewise fashion to a substrate an ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and an ionic compound at least partially ionizable in the liquid vehicle, said ink composition having a conductivity of at least about 10 milliSiemens per centimeter, and subsequently exposing the substrate to microwave radiation, thereby drying the images on the substrate. A specific embodiment of the invention is directed to a thermal ink jet printing process which comprises (1) incorporating into a thermal ink jet printing apparatus an ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and an ionic compound at least partially ionizable in the liquid vehicle, said ink composition having a conductivity of at least about 10 milliSiemens per centimeter; (2) heating the ink in an imagewise pattern to cause bubbles to form therein, thereby causing droplets of the ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto a substrate, thereby generating images on the substrate; and (3) exposing the substrate to microwave radiation, thereby drying the images on the substrate.

    Ink jet printing processes with microwave drying
    2.
    发明授权
    Ink jet printing processes with microwave drying 失效
    喷墨印刷工艺用微波干燥

    公开(公告)号:US5563644A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-08

    申请号:US829863

    申请日:1992-02-03

    CPC分类号: C09D11/30 B41J2/01 B41M7/009

    摘要: Disclosed is a printing process which comprises applying in imagewise fashion to a substrate an ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and a drying component selected from the group consisting of zwitterionic compounds, and subsequently exposing the substrate to microwave radiation, thereby drying the images on the substrate. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is directed to a thermal ink jet printing process which comprises (1) incorporating into a thermal ink jet printing apparatus an ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and a drying component selected from the group consisting of zwitterionic compounds; (2) heating the ink in an imagewise pattern to cause bubbles to form therein, thereby causing droplets of the ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto a substrate, thereby generating images on the substrate; and (3) exposing the substrate to microwave radiation, thereby drying the images on the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种印刷方法,其包括以成像方式向基材施加包含水性液体载体,着色剂和选自两性离子化合物的干燥组分的油墨组合物,随后将所述底物暴露于微波辐射,由此 干燥基板上的图像。 在优选的实施方案中,本发明涉及一种热喷墨印刷方法,其包括(1)将热喷墨印刷装置并入包含水性液体载体,着色剂和选自组中的干燥组分的油墨组合物 由两性离子化合物组成; (2)以成像图案加热油墨以在其中形成气泡,从而使油墨的液滴以成像图案喷射到基板上,从而在基板上产生图像; 和(3)将基板暴露于微波辐射,从而干燥基板上的图像。

    Curl control of printed sheets
    3.
    发明授权
    Curl control of printed sheets 失效
    打印纸的卷曲控制

    公开(公告)号:US5579693A

    公开(公告)日:1996-12-03

    申请号:US353870

    申请日:1994-12-12

    摘要: A method and apparatus for controlling curl in a liquid ink printer. The liquid ink printer deposits an anticurl material on the side of a printed sheet opposite the one having printing deposited thereon. The anticurl material is a fluid which counteracts the steady state curl in the direction of the printed image resulting from active drying of the printed sheet. The back side of a printed sheet has deposited thereon an anticurl fluid which can contain water, a penetrant, and a humectant like material such as diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, sulfolane and glycerin. The anticurl material is deposited with a roller made of a foam material for absorbing the anticurl fluid or a roller having dimples disposed on the surface thereof. In addition, the anticurl fluid can be deposited by a spray device or a thermal ink jet printhead ejecting anticurl fluid.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制液体墨水打印机中的卷曲的方法和装置。 液体墨水打印机将印刷材料的一面上的防锈材料沉积在与其上印刷的印刷品相反的一侧上。 抗虹纹材料是一种流体,其抵抗由打印片材的主动干燥导致的印刷图像的方向上的稳态卷曲。 印刷纸的背面在其上沉积有可以含有水,渗透剂和诸如二甘醇,乙二醇,环丁砜和甘油的湿润剂的防腐油。 防皱材料用由泡沫材料制成的辊子沉积,用于吸收抗虹膜流体或具有设置在其表面上的凹坑的辊。 此外,抗虹膜流体可以通过喷射装置或热喷墨打印头喷射抗虹膜液来沉积。

    Tailored ink for piston driven electrostatic liquid drop modulator
    4.
    发明授权
    Tailored ink for piston driven electrostatic liquid drop modulator 有权
    用于活塞驱动静电液滴调制器的定制油墨

    公开(公告)号:US06881250B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-19

    申请号:US10345426

    申请日:2003-01-15

    IPC分类号: C09D11/00

    CPC分类号: C09D11/30 C09D11/38

    摘要: The present invention relates to an ink composition including water, a solvent, a solvent-soluble dye, and a surfactant, where the ink exhibits a stable liquid microemulsion phase at a first temperature and a second temperature higher than the first temperature and has a conductivity of at most about 200 μS/cm and a dielectric constant of at least about 60, and methods of making such ink compositions. The present invention also relates to a method of making an ink composition for use in a microelectromechanical system-based fluid ejector. The method involves providing a solution or dispersion including a dye or a pigment and adding to the solution or dispersion an additive which includes a material that enhances dielectric permittivity and/or reduces conductivity under conditions effective to produce an ink composition having a conductivity of at most about 200 μS/cm and a dielectric constant of at least about 60.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及包含水,溶剂,溶剂可溶性染料和表面活性剂的油墨组合物,其中油墨在第一温度和高于第一温度的第二温度下显示出稳定的液体微乳液相,并具有导电性 至多约200μS/ cm,介电常数至少约为60,以及制备这种油墨组合物的方法。 本发明还涉及一种制造用于基于微机电系统的流体喷射器的油墨组合物的方法。 该方法包括提供包括染料或颜料的溶液或分散体,并向溶液或分散体中加入添加剂,该添加剂包括在有效制备导电率最多的油墨组合物的条件下增强介电常数和/或降低导电性的材料 约200μS/ cm,介电常数为至少约60。

    Fluid ejection systems and methods with secondary dielectric fluid
    6.
    发明授权
    Fluid ejection systems and methods with secondary dielectric fluid 有权
    流体喷射系统和方法与二次介质流体

    公开(公告)号:US06406130B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-18

    申请号:US09785160

    申请日:2001-02-20

    IPC分类号: B41J204

    CPC分类号: B41J2/14314 B41J2002/041

    摘要: A fluid ejection system according to this invention operates on the principle of electrostatic or magnetic attraction. In various exemplary embodiments, the fluid ejection system includes a sealed diaphragm arrangement having at least one diaphragm portion and a diaphragm chamber defined at least partially by the at least one diaphragm portion, a nozzle hole located over the at least one diaphragm portion, an ejection chamber defined between the nozzle hole and the least one diaphragm portion and a secondary dielectric fluid reservoir containing a secondary dielectric fluid. The ejection chamber receives a primary fluid to be ejected. The secondary dielectric fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the diaphragm chamber to supply the secondary dielectric fluid to the diaphragm chamber. In various exemplary embodiments, the secondary dielectric fluid is a liquid, a substantially incompressible fluid, and/or a high performance dielectric fluid having a dielectric constant greater than 1.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的流体喷射系统基于静电或磁吸引的原理进行操作。 在各种示例性实施例中,流体喷射系统包括密封隔膜装置,其具有至少一个隔膜部分和至少部分地由至少一个隔膜部分限定的隔膜室,位于至少一个隔膜部分上方的喷嘴孔, 限定在喷嘴孔和至少一个隔膜部分之间的腔室以及包含第二介电流体的次级介质流体储存器。 喷射室接收要喷射的主要流体。 次级介质流体储存器与隔膜室流体连通,以将次级介质流体供应到隔膜室。 在各种示例性实施例中,次级介电流体是具有大于1的介电常数的液体,基本上不可压缩的流体和/或高性能介电流体。

    Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing
    7.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing 失效
    用于通过喷墨印刷干燥油墨的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5631685A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-20

    申请号:US159908

    申请日:1993-11-30

    摘要: An apparatus for drying ink deposited upon cut sheet of paper. The apparatus includes a microwave generating member to generate microwave energy for the ink and an applying member connected to said microwave generating member to apply resonating traveling microwaves to the paper. The applicator member includes a serpentine applicator for drying the ink and includes input slots and output slots for moving cut sheet of paper through the serpentine applicator. A transport member transports ink printed cut sheet paper stock from the input slot to the output slot by a belt running through the center of the applicator.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于干燥沉积在切纸上的油墨的设备。 该装置包括微波产生部件以产生用于墨水的微波能量,以及连接到所述微波产生部件的施加部件,以将共振的行进微波施加于纸张。 涂抹器构件包括用于干燥墨水的蛇形施加器,并且包括用于通过蛇形施加器移动切割的纸张的输入槽和输出槽。 输送构件通过穿过施加器中心的带将墨水印刷的切纸纸料从输入槽输送到输出槽。

    Phase shifter for fine tuning a microwave applicator
    8.
    发明授权
    Phase shifter for fine tuning a microwave applicator 失效
    移相器,用于微调微波施加器

    公开(公告)号:US5410283A

    公开(公告)日:1995-04-25

    申请号:US160002

    申请日:1993-11-30

    IPC分类号: H01P1/18 H05B6/70

    摘要: A phase shifter for shifting the phase angle of microwaves traveling in a waveguide of a microwave circuit. The phase shifter includes a dielectric plate which has first and second parallel surfaces, a distal edge, a proximate edge, a leading edge, and a trailing edge where each of the edges defines the outer bounds of the first and second parallel surfaces. The dielectric plate is shaped like a parallelogram lacking any right angles and is made of a microwave low loss dielectric material such as polystyrene or polytetrafluoroethylene. The height of the dielectric plate is less than one half the height of the waveguide side wall and the length is less than one guide wavelength long. The phase shifter fine tunes a resonating microwave circuit and provides approximately three-quarters of an inch adjustment of microwave circuit length.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于移动在微波电路的波导中行进的微波的相位角的移相器。 移相器包括具有第一和第二平行表面的电介质板,远端边缘,近边缘,前缘和后缘,其中每个边缘限定第一和第二平行表面的外边界。 电介质板的形状类似于没有任何直角的平行四边形,并且由诸如聚苯乙烯或聚四氟乙烯的微波低损耗介电材料制成。 电介质板的高度小于波导侧壁高度的一半,长度小于一个导波长。 移相器微调谐振微波电路,并提供大约四分之三英寸的微波电路调整长度。

    Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying
    9.
    发明授权
    Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying 失效
    湿纸处理喷墨图像以允许被动干燥

    公开(公告)号:US5396270A

    公开(公告)日:1995-03-07

    申请号:US974015

    申请日:1992-11-10

    摘要: An ink jet printer has a sheet conveying and drying device having a plurality of flexible, resilient yet stiff fingers connected in a cantilevered manner to a drive chain which moves the fingers from a printed sheet receiving tray to a sheet stacking tray. After sheets are printed by a conventional ink jet printing head, the sheets are picked off of the printed sheet receiving tray and fed to a sheet stacking tray. The printed sheets are dried while being fed from the printed sheet receiving tray to the sheet stacking tray. After the printed sheets are picked off of the fingers at the sheet stacking tray, the chain drive continues to move the fingers in a counterclockwise direction along the chain path. The resilient, flexible fingers are deformed by upper and lower guide rollers, a stacking tray and a rear separating wall and are flicked back into a sheet receiving position at the printed sheet receiving tray. The speed at which the chain drive moves the fingers can be varied to ensure that the images are dried by the time they reach the sheet stacking tray.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨打印机具有片材输送和干燥装置,该片材输送和干燥装置具有以悬臂方式连接的多个柔性的弹性但刚性的指状物,其将手指从打印的片材接收托盘移动到片材堆叠托盘。 在通过常规喷墨打印头打印片材之后,将片材从打印的片材接收托盘上取出并送入片材堆垛盘。 打印的纸张在从打印的纸张接收托盘供给到纸张堆垛盘的同时被干燥。 在纸张堆放托盘上从手指拾取打印的纸张之后,链条驱动器沿着链条路沿逆时针方向继续移动手指。 弹性柔性指状物由上下引导辊,堆垛盘和后分隔壁变形,并被弹回到打印的纸张接收托盘的纸张接收位置。 链条驱动器移动手指的速度可以改变,以确保图像在到达纸张堆垛盘的时候被干燥。

    Recording sheet transport and effluents removal system
    10.
    发明授权
    Recording sheet transport and effluents removal system 失效
    记录纸张运输和废水清除系统

    公开(公告)号:US5712672A

    公开(公告)日:1998-01-27

    申请号:US415284

    申请日:1995-04-03

    摘要: A transport system for transporting a recording sheet having liquid ink deposited thereon through a dryer for drying the liquid ink having an input portion and an output portion. The transport system includes a transport belt disposed between the input portion and the output portion for transporting the recording sheet through the dryer. A negative pressure member is located beneath the belt and defines a negative pressure chamber. The pressure member decreases the pressure within the pressure member so that a non-uniform negative pressure is applied to the recording sheet during transport through the dryer. A directing member located within a plenum directs differing negative pressures within the plenum such that negative pressures decrease in amplitude along the transport direction. The application of a negative pressure within the plenum also tends to reduce or remove evaporated liquid driven from the inks during drying. This removal of evaporated liquid prevents or reduces the occurrence of a phenomenon known as "dryer rain". Dryer rain results from the accumulation of evaporated liquids within the dryer which eventually condenses sufficiently to fall within the dryer back onto the recorded sheet.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于输送其上沉积有液体油墨的记录纸的输送系统,该烘干机用于干燥具有输入部分和输出部分的液体油墨。 输送系统包括设置在输入部分和输出部分之间的输送带,用于将记录纸传送通过干燥器。 负压构件位于带的下方并限定负压室。 压力构件降低压力构件内的压力,使得在通过干燥器运输期间将不均匀的负压施加到记录片材。 位于集气室内的引导构件指示气室内的不同负压,使负压沿输送方向的幅度减小。 在气室内施加负压也倾向于在干燥期间减少或去除从油墨驱动的蒸发液体。 这种去除蒸发的液体可以防止或减少称为“干燥机雨”的现象。 干燥器的雨由干燥器内蒸发的液体的积聚产生,其最终会充分地冷凝以落入干燥机内回到记录的片材上。