摘要:
The device comprises a printing head (15) constituted by an insulating container (19) with a capillary nozzle (36). The electrically conductive ink is kept under circulation in the container via a feed tube (26, 23) and a return tube (27, 24) leading to a suction pump, in order to allow the formation of a convex meniscus at the exit aperture of the nozzle (36) and eliminate any vapor bubbles. A pulse generator creates a voltage of a predetermined value and duration between an electrode (37) external to the nozzle and an electrode (23) in contact with the ink, in order to create a state of excitation of the meniscus and partial vaporization of a layer of ink, such as to expel a plurality of ink particles. The head is mounted on a carriage movable transversely to the paper, which advances at each stroke reversal of the head.
摘要:
A droplet of ink 11 is expelled from a nozzle in a wall, so as to strike a printing medium, by suddenly moving the wall towards the ink 11 with which it is in contact. This movement is effected by energizing a piezoelectric sleeve. The ink droplet is expelled by virtue of the inertia of the ink resisting the movement of the wall and creating pressure. Practical embodiments are described in which the wall containing the nozzle is formed by the tapered end of a capillary tube.
摘要:
A thermal ink jet printhead (40) for the emission of drops of ink on a print medium (46) comprises a tank (103) containing ink (142), a lamina (67), a groove (45) and a plurality of ejectors (73), each of which comprises in turn a chamber (74) placed laterally with respect to the groove (45), and fluidly connected thereto by means of a plurality of elementary ducts (75) produced on said lamina (67).
摘要:
The ink jet printer comprises a printhead (22) movable in front of a printing medium (30) and provided with an ink cartridge (25) integral with it; the cartridge is filled with ink from a main, high capacity tank (35), which is connected at intervals to the cartridge (25) by means of a capillary element. During each connection, the capillary element (101) is brought into contact with the sponge (41) inside the cartridge, while a peristaltic pump (134) mounted integral upon the main tank provides a pressure suitable for generating a sufficient flow of ink to refill the cartridge (25) in a short time frame. To perform the refilling, the cartridge is brought at the end of its stroke into a service station (5) mounted on the body of the main tank (35), which is moved against the cartridge by means of a motor-driven linkage, controlled by a refilling management programme, in response to the signals of a cartridge ink level sensor.
摘要:
A thermal ink jet printhead (40) for the emission of drops of ink on a print medium (46) comprises a tank (103) containing ink (142), a lamina (67), a groove (45) and a plurality of ejectors (73), each of which comprises in turn a chamber (74) placed laterally with respect to the groove (45), and fluidly connected thereto by means of a plurality of elementary ducts (75) produced on said lamina (67).
摘要:
A thermal ink jet printhead (40) for the emission of droplets of ink on a print medium (46) comprises a reservoir (103) containing ink (142), a die (61), a slot (102) engraved in said die (61) and a plurality of ejectors (73), each of which in turn comprises a chamber (74), a resistor (27) and a nozzle (56), each of said chambers (74) being put in fluid communication with said slot (102) through a plurality of elementary ducts (72) lying on a different plane from the bottom (67) of said chamber (74).
摘要:
The detecting system comprises a detecting circuit (1) made up of a transistor (T1) in current generator configuration, connected in series with a resistance (Rs) and a capacitor (13) of known capacitance (Cx), the resistance Rs representing the resistivity of the liquid existing between two electrodes (5, 6) plunged into the liquid. Thanks to the presence of the capacitor (13), it is possible to detect the liquid level in relation to the integral of the current that charges the capacitor (13), resistance Rs being such as to condition the charge time (Tp) of the capacitor (13). Accordingly, the variations in the voltage drop (Vp) on Rs caused by successive charges of the capacitor (13) with a current of time Tp represent corresponding values of the level of the liquid.
摘要:
A thermal ink jet printhead (40) for the emission of droplets of ink on a print medium (46) comprises a reservoir (103) containing ink (142), a die (61), a slot (102) engraved in said die (61) and a plurality of ejectors (73), each of which in turn comprises a chamber (74), a resistor (27) and a nozzle (56), each of said chambers (74) being put in fluid communication with said slot (102) through a plurality of elementary ducts (72) lying on a different plane from the bottom (67) of said chamber (74).
摘要:
A thermal ink jet printing module, of the type that can be removably mounted on the carriage of a printer, comprises a reservoir for the ink and a thermal ink jet printing head fixed to and communicating with the reservoir, and a housing integral with the reservoir for receiving an ink refill cartridge for supplying the spent module with fresh ink by means of a transfer element integral with the housing of the cartridge. Successive refilling of the printing module exploits the working life of the head to the utmost and reduces the waste of expensive materials. The reservoir can be refilled relatively easily, even when the user is travelling.
摘要:
The control system is applied to an ink jet head in which the individual drops of ink are expelled from a container by way of a nozzle by the effect of contractions of a piezoelectric transducer applied to the container. The transducer is included in an oscillatory circuit which is normally connected to a dc voltage source. A pulse generator acts on a switch to generate a voltage wave in the oscillatory circuit of the transducer and interrupts the pulse when the current in the oscillatory circuit goes to zero, whereby a single voltage wave with a low harmonics content is generated. The oscillatory circuit is so designed that the frequency spectrum created by the voltage wave drops rapidly with frequencies higher than the resonance frequency of the oscillatory circuit and has at least one node close to the resonance frequency at the lowest nodal diameter mode of vibration of the meniscus.