Nozzle surface cleaning apparatus, maintenance method using same, and droplet ejection apparatus
    3.
    发明授权
    Nozzle surface cleaning apparatus, maintenance method using same, and droplet ejection apparatus 有权
    喷嘴表面清洁装置,使用其的维护方法和液滴喷射装置

    公开(公告)号:US08696088B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-15

    申请号:US13220403

    申请日:2011-08-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    摘要: A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus wipes a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head. The apparatus includes: a wiping member which wipes the nozzle surface in which a nozzle aperture is formed; a head movement device which causes movement of the droplet ejection head in a head movement plane and in a head movement direction; and a fine vibration device which causes vibration of one of the wiping member and the droplet ejection head in a vibration plane and in a vibration direction, the vibration plane being parallel to the head movement plane, the vibration direction being different to the head movement direction.

    摘要翻译: 喷嘴表面清洁装置擦拭液滴喷射头的喷嘴表面。 该装置包括:擦拭形成有喷嘴孔的喷嘴表面的擦拭部件; 头部移动装置,其引起液滴喷射头在头部运动平面和头部移动方向上的移动; 以及微振动装置,其在振动平面和振动方向上产生擦拭构件和液滴喷射头中的一个的振动,所述振动平面与头部移动面平行,振动方向与头部移动方向不同 。

    Inkjet head and inkjet recording method
    4.
    发明申请
    Inkjet head and inkjet recording method 有权
    喷墨头和喷墨记录方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100214334A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-26

    申请号:US12656882

    申请日:2010-02-18

    IPC分类号: B41J29/38

    摘要: An inkjet head includes: a pressure chamber; an actuator which expands and contracts volume of the pressure chamber; an ink supply flow channel; an individual supply flow channel having one end connected to the ink supply flow channel and another end connected to the pressure chamber, for guiding ink from the ink supply flow channel to the pressure chamber; a nozzle which ejects the ink; a nozzle flow channel having one end connected to the pressure chamber and another end connected to the nozzle, for guiding the ink from the pressure chamber to the nozzle; an ink recovery flow channel; an individual recovery flow channel having one end connected to the nozzle flow channel at a prescribed connection position set at an intermediate point of the nozzle flow channel and another end connected to the ink recovery flow channel, for guiding the ink from the nozzle flow channel to the ink recovery flow channel; an ink flow generation device which generates a flow of the ink from the nozzle flow channel toward the individual recovery flow channel; and a control device which controls driving of the actuator so as to drive the actuator in such a manner that, when performing ejection, volume of the pressure chamber contracts and thereby the ink is caused to be ejected from the nozzle, and when not performing the ejection, the volume of the pressure chamber expands and thereby a meniscus position of the ink is caused to be withdrawn to a vicinity of the prescribed connection position.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨头包括:压力室; 致动器,其膨胀和收缩压力室的体积; 墨水供应流路; 单个供应流动通道,其一端连接到供墨流动通道,另一端连接到压力室,用于将油墨从供墨流动通道引导到压力室; 喷出墨水的喷嘴; 喷嘴流动通道,其一端连接到压力室,另一端连接到喷嘴,用于将油墨从压力室引导到喷嘴; 油墨回收流道; 单个回收流动通道,其一端在喷嘴流动通道的中间点处的规定连接位置处连接到喷嘴流动通道,另一端连接到油墨回收流动通道,用于将油墨从喷嘴流动通道引导到 油墨回收流道; 墨水产生装置,其从喷嘴流动通道朝向各个回收流路产生墨水流; 以及控制装置,其控制致动器的驱动以驱动致动器,使得当执行喷射时,压力室的容积收缩,从而使油墨从喷嘴喷射,并且当不执行 压缩室的体积膨胀,从而使墨水的弯液面位置被抽出到规定的连接位置附近。

    Liquid droplet ejection head and image forming apparatus
    5.
    发明授权
    Liquid droplet ejection head and image forming apparatus 失效
    液滴喷射头和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US07651198B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-26

    申请号:US11230580

    申请日:2005-09-21

    申请人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    发明人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045

    摘要: The liquid droplet ejection head comprises: a plurality of pressure chambers which are separated by a partition wall, each of the plurality of pressure chambers being formed with a first member and a second member in opposition to the first member, each of the plurality of pressure chambers having a nozzle and a supply port, the nozzle being formed in the first member for ejecting a droplet of a liquid onto a recording medium, the supply port being formed in the second member for supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber; a piezoelectric element which causes the pressure chamber to deform, the piezoelectric element having an electrode for the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric element being provided on a side of the second member opposite to an inside of the pressure chamber; a common liquid chamber which supplies the liquid to the pressure chamber through the supply port, the common liquid chamber being provided on the side of the second member on which the piezoelectric element is provided; and a wiring member which is formed in the common liquid chamber so as to stand upright from the electrode for the piezoelectric element in a direction substantially perpendicular to the second member, and is disposed in a position corresponding to the partition wall.

    摘要翻译: 液滴喷射头包括:由分隔壁隔开的多个压力室,多个压力室中的每一个形成有与第一构件相对的第一构件和第二构件,多个压力 所述喷嘴形成在所述第一构件中,用于将液滴滴落到记录介质上,所述供给口形成在所述第二构件中,用于将液体供应到所述压力室; 压电元件,其使所述压力室变形,所述压电元件具有用于所述压电元件的电极,所述压电元件设置在所述第二元件的与所述压力室的内部相反的一侧; 公共液体室,其通过供给口将液体供给到压力室,公共液体室设置在其上设置有压电元件的第二构件的一侧; 以及布线部件,其形成在公共液体室中,以从基本上垂直于第二部件的方向从压电元件用电极竖起来,并配置在与分隔壁对应的位置。

    Method of manufacturing nozzle plate, method of manufacturing liquid ejection head, and matrix structure for manufacturing nozzle plate
    6.
    发明授权
    Method of manufacturing nozzle plate, method of manufacturing liquid ejection head, and matrix structure for manufacturing nozzle plate 失效
    制造喷嘴板的方法,液体喷射头的制造方法以及用于制造喷嘴板的基体结构

    公开(公告)号:US07647697B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-19

    申请号:US11510586

    申请日:2006-08-28

    申请人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    发明人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    IPC分类号: B41J2/16

    摘要: The method manufactures a nozzle plate, and comprises: a patterned resist formation step of forming a patterned resist on a flat surface of a matrix substrate, the patterned resist having a shape corresponding to a diameter of nozzle holes in a nozzle plate to be formed, the patterned resist having a thickness corresponding to a length of the nozzle holes; a nozzle length regulating member placement step of placing the nozzle length regulating member having a flat surface onto the patterned resist in such a manner that the flat surface of the nozzle length regulating member faces the flat surface of the matrix substrate across the patterned resist; and a nozzle plate formation step of forming the nozzle plate by plating with the patterned resist between the flat surface of the matrix substrate and the flat surface of the nozzle length regulating member.

    摘要翻译: 该方法制造喷嘴板,并且包括:图案化的抗蚀剂形成步骤,在矩阵基板的平坦表面上形成图案化的抗蚀剂,所述图案化的抗蚀剂具有与待形成的喷嘴板中的喷嘴孔的直径相对应的形状, 所述图案化抗蚀剂具有对应于所述喷嘴孔的长度的厚度; 喷嘴长度调节构件放置步骤,其将具有平坦表面的喷嘴长度调节构件放置到图案化抗蚀剂上,使得喷嘴长度调节构件的平坦表面面对图案化抗蚀剂的矩阵基板的平坦表面; 以及喷嘴板形成步骤,通过在矩阵基板的平坦表面和喷嘴长度调节构件的平坦表面之间通过电镀图案化的抗蚀剂来形成喷嘴板。

    Image display apparatus and image display method
    8.
    发明授权
    Image display apparatus and image display method 有权
    图像显示装置和图像显示方法

    公开(公告)号:US07304620B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-04

    申请号:US10934093

    申请日:2004-09-03

    IPC分类号: G09G3/04

    CPC分类号: G09F13/24

    摘要: The method and apparatus for displaying an image using liquid generate a segment fluid row, in which plural liquid masses each of which includes first liquid having at least one predetermined coloring matter and are separated from each other are arranged in a row shape, by sequentially and intermittently supplying predetermined amounts of the first liquid in accordance with image information of a desired image to be displayed to a flow path provided in accordance with an image display region for image displaying; and display the desired image in the image display region with the first liquid by causing the generated segment fluid row to move to a predetermined position of said flow path.

    摘要翻译: 用于使用液体显示图像的方法和装置产生一个分段流体排,其中多个液体质量分别包括具有至少一个预定着色剂并且彼此分离的第一液体, 根据要显示的期望图像的图像信息间歇地提供预定量的第一液体到根据用于图像显示的图像显示区域提供的流路; 并且通过使所生成的分段流体列移动到所述流路的预定位置,通过第一液体在图像显示区域中显示期望的图像。

    Method of manufacturing nozzle plate, liquid droplet ejection head and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US20060156546A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-20

    申请号:US11330254

    申请日:2006-01-12

    申请人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    发明人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    IPC分类号: B21K21/08

    摘要: The method of manufacturing a nozzle plate formed with nozzles which eject liquid droplets, the method comprises the steps of: forming and patterning an opaque metal film onto a transparent substrate; forming photosensitive resin over the opaque metal film and the transparent substrate; exposing the photosensitive resin to light from a side adjacent to the transparent substrate; developing the photosensitive resin which has been exposed to the light; forming a metal layer on the opaque metal film after the developing step; and separating at least the transparent substrate from the metal layer, wherein the nozzle plate comprises at least the metal layer, and a liquid droplet ejection surface of the nozzle plate is on a side where the transparent substrate has been separated in the separating step.

    Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus and abnormality detection method for liquid ejection head
    10.
    发明授权
    Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus and abnormality detection method for liquid ejection head 有权
    液体喷射头,液体喷射装置和液体喷射头的异常检测方法

    公开(公告)号:US08960848B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-24

    申请号:US13616907

    申请日:2012-09-14

    申请人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    发明人: Tsutomu Yokouchi

    摘要: A liquid ejection head includes: a nozzle plate formed with a nozzle aperture through which liquid is ejected; and a flow channel plate formed with at least a flow channel connected to the nozzle aperture, the flow channel plate being bonded to the nozzle plate with the flow channel aligned to the nozzle aperture in the nozzle plate, wherein the nozzle plate is provided with a detection element configured to detect a mechanical abnormality in the nozzle plate.

    摘要翻译: 液体喷射头包括:形成有喷嘴孔的喷嘴板,通过该喷嘴孔喷射液体; 以及形成有至少连接到所述喷嘴孔的流动通道的流路板,所述流路板被结合到所述喷嘴板,所述流动通道与所述喷嘴板中的喷嘴孔对准,其中所述喷嘴板设置有 检测元件,被配置为检测喷嘴板中的机械异常。