Print head maintenance method and apparatus with retractable wiper
    1.
    发明授权
    Print head maintenance method and apparatus with retractable wiper 失效
    带可伸缩刮水器的打印头维护方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US5570117A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-29

    申请号:US369613

    申请日:1995-01-06

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    CPC分类号: B41J2/16547 B41J2/1652

    摘要: A method and an apparatus (10) for cleaning an ink jet print head (12) draws contaminates from orifices (20) in the print head onto an orifice plate (14) and then wipes the orifice plate. The maintenance apparatus includes a purge cap (24) that has a recessed region (40) with an open end (36). The top side margins (42) of the open end define a periphery (44) around which a seal (60) is positioned. A positioning system (30) urges the orifice plate against the seal. A heating system (128) and a vacuum system (74) cooperate to create a differential pressure across the orifices to draw contaminates carried by liquid ink out of them and onto the orifice plate. A resilient wiper assembly (26) including a spring-mounted wiper blade (78) is positioned in and nominally extends outwardly of the recessed region of the purge cap. The positioning system moves the purge cap downwardly against the orifice plate so that the wiper blade engages and wipes the contamination from the orifice plate.

    摘要翻译: 用于清洁喷墨打印头(12)的方法和设备(10)将污染物从打印头中的孔(20)中抽出到孔板(14)上,然后擦拭孔板。 维护装置包括具有开口端(36)的凹陷区域(40)的净化帽(24)。 开口端的顶侧边缘(42)限定周边(44),密封件(60)围绕该周边定位。 定位系统(30)将孔板推向密封件。 加热系统(128)和真空系统(74)协作以产生穿过孔口的压差,以将液体墨水携带的污染物从它们中抽出并流到孔板上。 包括弹簧安装的刮水片(78)的弹性擦拭器组件(26)定位并且标称地延伸到清除盖的凹陷区域的外侧。 定位系统将吹扫帽向下移动抵靠孔板,使得刮水片与孔板接合并擦拭污染物。

    Method and apparatus for controlling phase-change ink-jet print quality
factors
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling phase-change ink-jet print quality factors 失效
    用于控制相变喷墨打印质量因子的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5614933A

    公开(公告)日:1997-03-25

    申请号:US255585

    申请日:1994-06-08

    IPC分类号: B41J2/005 B41J27/16

    摘要: A phase change ink transfer printing apparatus (10) applies a liquid intermediate transfer surface (12) to a heated drum (14, 28). Because the intermediate transfer surface is a thin liquid layer, molten ink drops (122) striking it flatten and spread out (110, 112, 114, 130) prior to cooling and solidifying as an ink image (26, 130) at the drum temperature. After the ink image is deposited, a print medium (21, 132), such as a transparency film, is fed into a nip (22) formed between the heated drum and an elastomeric transfer roller (23). As the drum turns, the print medium is pulled through the nip to transfer the ink image to the print medium. When in the nip, heat from the drum and print medium combine to heat the ink in accordance with a process window (90), making the ink sufficiently soft and tacky to adhere to the print medium but not to the drum. The ink drops comprising the ink image have a desired diameter to height ratio of from about 1.5:1 to greater than about 4:1 using the apparatus and method of printing disclosed. When the print medium leaves the nip, stripper fingers (24) peel it from the drum and direct it into a media exit path. No image post processing or fusing is necessary to achieve a high-quality print suitable for transparency projection.

    摘要翻译: 相变油墨转印打印设备(10)将液体中间转印表面(12)施加到加热的滚筒(14,28)上。 由于中间转印表面是薄的液体层,所以在冷却和凝固之前熔融的油墨滴(122)打开并展开(110,112,114,130),作为油墨图像(26,130)在滚筒温度 。 在油墨图像沉积之后,诸如透明膜的打印介质(21,132)被供给到形成在加热滚筒和弹性体转印辊(23)之间的辊隙(22)中。 当滚筒转动时,打印介质被拉动通过辊隙,以将油墨图像转印到打印介质上。 当在辊隙中时,来自滚筒和打印介质的热量结合以根据处理窗口(90)加热墨水,使得墨水足够柔软和粘性以粘附到打印介质而不是与滚筒粘合。 使用所公开的印刷装置和印刷方法,包括油墨图像的墨滴具有从约1.5:1至大于约4:1的期望的直径与高度比。 当打印介质离开辊隙时,剥离器手指(24)将其从鼓上剥离并将其引导到介质出口路径中。 不需要图像后处理或熔合来实现适合于透明度投影的高质量打印。

    Vehicle drive clutch control
    3.
    发明授权
    Vehicle drive clutch control 失效
    车辆驱动离合器控制

    公开(公告)号:US06460671B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-08

    申请号:US09727829

    申请日:2000-11-30

    IPC分类号: B60K2308

    摘要: A clutch control for shifting a vehicle drive system as between automatic four-wheel drive, locked four-wheel drive and two-wheel drive. An engagement system for engaging drive and driven components of the drive system may include roller clutch engagement or pawl clutch engagement. The clutch system is provided with a coupling mechanism for coupling the engagement member to ground or to the driven member to thereby achieve automatic four-wheel drive and locked four-wheel drive, respectively. The engagement member is decoupled from both ground and the driven member to achieve two-wheel drive.

    摘要翻译: 一种离合器控制,用于在自动四轮驱动,锁定四轮驱动和两轮驱动之间移动车辆驱动系统。 用于接合驱动系统的驱动和驱动部件的接合系统可以包括滚子离合器接合或棘爪离合器接合。 离合器系统设置有用于将接合构件联接到接地或从动构件的联接机构,从而分别实现自动四轮驱动和锁定四轮驱动。 接合构件与地面和从动构件分离以实现两轮驱动。

    Light Weight Winch
    5.
    发明申请
    Light Weight Winch 审中-公开
    轻型绞车

    公开(公告)号:US20110180770A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-28

    申请号:US13013190

    申请日:2011-01-25

    摘要: A winch includes a rotatable drum. A cable is wound onto the drum in one rotative direction and off the drum in a second rotative direction. A sealed axial flux permanent magnet drive motor includes a drive shaft selectively rotated by the motor in either direction of rotation. A gear train interconnects the drive shaft and the drum for rotatably driving the drum at a reduced rotative speed relative to the motor shaft. The motor can apply regenerative braking. A spring-applied electric release brake is connected to the drive shaft to apply a braking force to prevent rotation of the drum. A connecting shaft connects the gear train to the rotatable drum. The connecting shaft includes axially spaced splines that reduce the disparity in the gear train and drum centerlines to thereby reduce gyration therebetween. The drum can be made partially from carbon fiber to reduce the weight thereof.

    摘要翻译: 绞盘包括一个可旋转的滚筒。 电缆沿一个旋转方向卷绕到滚筒上,并沿第二旋转方向从滚筒上卷绕。 密封的轴向通量永久磁铁驱动电动机包括由电动机在任一方向上选择性地旋转的驱动轴。 齿轮系将驱动轴和滚筒相互连接,以相对于马达轴的减小的转速可旋转地驱动滚筒。 电机可以再生制动。 弹簧施加的电动释放制动器连接到驱动轴以施加制动力以防止转鼓旋转。 连接轴将齿轮系连接到可旋转滚筒。 连接轴包括轴向间隔开的花键,其减小齿轮系和鼓中心线中的视差,从而减少它们之间的回转。 滚筒可以部分地由碳纤维制成,以减轻其重量。

    Solid ink stick supply apparatus and method
    8.
    发明授权
    Solid ink stick supply apparatus and method 失效
    固体墨棒供应装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5917528A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-29

    申请号:US708766

    申请日:1996-09-05

    IPC分类号: B41J2/015 B41J2/175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: A solid ink stick supply system and related method for delivering solid ink sticks to an ink jet print head reservoir is disclosed. The supply system includes a housing with a keyed plate that guides the ink sticks into the proper loading position in a supply channel. A pusher rod in the supply channel transfers an ink stick onto an endless belt for delivery to the print head reservoir. A push device on the endless belt engages and delivers the ink stick to the print head reservoir. A second ink stick is transferred from the supply channel to the endless belt and is retained on the belt by a stop device. A method for efficiently loading ink sticks into the supply system is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于将固体油墨棒输送到喷墨打印头储存器的固体墨水棒供应系统和相关方法。 供应系统包括具有键盘的壳体,其将墨棒引导到供应通道中的适当装载位置。 供应通道中的推杆将墨水棒转移到环形带上以便输送到打印头储存器。 环形带上的推动装置接合并将墨水棒传送到打印头存储器。 第二墨棒从供应通道传送到环形带,并通过停止装置保持在带上。 还提供了一种用于将墨棒有效地装载到供应系统中的方法。

    Printer print head positioning apparatus and method
    9.
    发明授权
    Printer print head positioning apparatus and method 失效
    打印机打印头定位装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5488396A

    公开(公告)日:1996-01-30

    申请号:US206998

    申请日:1994-03-07

    CPC分类号: B41J25/304 B41J19/202

    摘要: A print head (216) positioner (260) includes a stepper motor (264) that is coupled by a substantially friction- and backlash-free taut metal band (266) to a lever arm (268) that imparts precise lateral motion to a positioning shaft (220) that is rigidly attached to the print head assembly. Each step of the stepper motor is translated by the lever arm into one pixel (0.085 millimeter) of lateral movement of the shaft. The exact amount of translation per step of the stepper motor is adjustable by an eccentrically mounted ball (272) that is minutely positionable (274) on the lever arm. The ball couples angular motion of the lever arm to lateral motion of the shaft such that adjusting the ball position on the lever arm provides a-variable scale factor adjustment that compensates for tolerance buildups and exact inter-nozzle spacing on the print head. The shaft is biased toward the ball by a spring (284). The shaft further allows the print head to swing away from a print media support, such as a drum (202), for maintenance.

    摘要翻译: 打印头(216)定位器(260)包括步进马达(264),其通过基本上摩擦和无间隙的拉紧金属带(266)联接到杠杆臂(268),所述杠杆臂(268)将精确的横向运动赋予定位 刚性地附接到打印头组件的轴(220)。 步进电机的每个步骤由杠杆臂转换成轴的横向运动的一个像素(0.085毫米)。 步进电机每步的精确翻译量可以通过杠杆臂上精确定位(274)的偏心安装球(272)进行调节。 球将杠杆臂的角运动耦合到轴的横向运动,使得调节杠杆臂上的球位置提供可变比例因子调节,其补偿打印头上的公差积分和精确的喷嘴间距。 轴通过弹簧(284)偏向球。 轴还允许打印头从打印介质支撑件(例如滚筒(202))摆动以进行维护。

    Replaceable RF connector
    10.
    发明授权
    Replaceable RF connector 失效
    可更换RF连接器

    公开(公告)号:US4721481A

    公开(公告)日:1988-01-26

    申请号:US872343

    申请日:1986-06-09

    IPC分类号: H01R24/52 H01R17/18

    CPC分类号: H01R24/52 H01R2103/00

    摘要: A replaceable RF connector with replaceable fuse has a receptacle mounted on a housing, the receptacle having a cavity and a throughole to the interior of the housing. An RF connector has a connector end for connecting cables and/or adaptors, a receptacle end having a fuse cavity in electrical connection with the connector end, and a flange integral between the connector end and the receptacle end. The receptacle end is configured to slide into the receptacle cavity such that a fuse electrically mounted in the fuse cavity has a lead extending through the receptacle throughole for connection to a circuit internal to the housing. A retainer ring slips over the RF connector such that the connector end protrudes, and is attached to the receptacle such that the RF connector is secured in the receptacle by the flange.

    摘要翻译: 具有可替换保险丝的可更换RF连接器具有安装在壳体上的插座,该插座具有腔体和到壳体内部的通孔。 RF连接器具有用于连接电缆和/或适配器的连接器端,具有与连接器端电连接的保险丝腔的插座端,以及在连接器端和插座端之间一体的凸缘。 插座端被配置成滑入插座腔,使得电气安装在保险丝腔中的保险丝具有延伸穿过插座通孔的引线,用于连接到壳体内部的电路。 保持环滑过RF连接器,使得连接器端突出并且附接到插座,使得RF连接器通过凸缘固定在插座中。