Ink consumption determination
    1.
    发明授权
    Ink consumption determination 有权
    墨水消耗测定

    公开(公告)号:US07425061B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-16

    申请号:US11149342

    申请日:2005-06-09

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 G01D11/00

    摘要: An ink jet printer includes an ink supply system and a printhead with nozzles for ejecting ink drops. The printer determines the average size of the ejected ink drops by comparing the number of ink drops ejected in a predetermined time with the quantity of ink delivered through the printers ink supply system during that time. If the determined average ink drop size does not match predetermined ink drop size criteria, the printer adjusts the activation signals for the ink jet nozzles to alter the ink drop size. A solid ink printer determines the quantity of ink delivered through the ink supply system by counting the number of whole or partial ink sticks that pass a predetermined point in the ink supply system. The counter detects a sensing element formed on an external surface of the ink stick. Exemplary detectors include a mechanical arm, or a thermistor to detect a change in the printer melt plate temperature due to a change in the cross sectional area of an ink stick being melted.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨打印机包括供墨系统和具有用于喷射墨滴的喷嘴的打印头。 打印机通过将在预定时间内喷射的墨滴的数量与在该时间期间通过打印机墨水供应系统输送的墨水的量进行比较来确定喷射墨滴的平均尺寸。 如果确定的平均墨滴大小与预定的墨滴尺寸标准不匹配,则打印机调节喷墨嘴的激活信号以改变墨滴尺寸。 固体墨水打印机通过计算通过供墨系统中的预定点的全部或部分墨水棒的数量来确定通过墨水供应系统输送的墨水的量。 计数器检测形成在墨棒的外表面上的感测元件。 示例性检测器包括机械臂或热敏电阻,用于检测由于熔化的墨棒的横截面积的变化而导致的打印机熔体温度的变化。

    Ink Consumption Determination
    2.
    发明申请
    Ink Consumption Determination 有权
    墨水消耗测定

    公开(公告)号:US20100007691A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-14

    申请号:US12564257

    申请日:2009-09-22

    IPC分类号: B41J29/393 B41J2/175

    摘要: An ink jet printer includes an ink feed apparatus. The ink feed apparatus includes an ink feed channel for conducting discrete substantially solid ink sticks along a feed channel path, a plurality of ink sticks in the ink feed channel, each of the ink sticks comprising an ink stick body having an ink stick sensing feature on an external surface of the ink stick body that is located between a first end and a second end of the ink stick body, and each of the ink stick bodies has substantially the same mass as the other ink stick bodies in the plurality, a detector positioned at a fixed position proximate the ink feed channel and configured to be triggered by an ink stick sensing feature on an ink stick in the ink feed channel as the ink stick moves along the ink feed path past the detector, and a counter configured to accumulate the number of times the detector is triggered.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨打印机包括供墨装置。 供墨装置包括用于沿着进料通道路径传送离散的基本上固体的油墨棒的油墨供给通道,在供墨通道中的多个墨水棒,每个墨水棒包括具有墨水棒感测特征的墨水棒体 位于油墨棒体的第一端和第二端之间的墨棒体的外表面,并且每个墨块体具有与多个中的其它墨棒体大致相同的质量,检测器定位 在靠近所述供墨通道的固定位置处,并且被配置为当所述墨水棒沿着所述供墨路径移动通过所述检测器时由所述供墨通道中的墨水棒上的墨水棒感测特征触发,以及配置成累积 触发检测器的次数。

    Ink consumption determination
    3.
    发明授权
    Ink consumption determination 失效
    墨水消耗测定

    公开(公告)号:US07591550B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-22

    申请号:US11149336

    申请日:2005-06-09

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 G01D11/00 B41J2/17

    摘要: An ink jet printer includes an ink supply system and a printhead with nozzles for ejecting ink drops. The printer determines the average size of the ejected ink drops by comparing the number of ink drops ejected in a predetermined time with the quantity of ink delivered through the printers ink supply system during that time. If the determined average ink drop size does not match predetermined ink drop size criteria, the printer adjusts the activation signals for the ink jet nozzles to alter the ink drop size. A solid ink printer determines the quantity of ink delivered through the ink supply system by counting the number of whole or partial ink sticks that pass a predetermined point in the ink supply system. The counter detects a sensing element formed on an external surface of the ink stick. Exemplary detectors include a mechanical arm, or a thermistor to detect a change in the printer melt plate temperature due to a change in the cross sectional area of an ink stick being melted.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨打印机包括供墨系统和具有用于喷射墨滴的喷嘴的打印头。 打印机通过将在预定时间内喷射的墨滴的数量与在该时间期间通过打印机墨水供应系统输送的墨水的量进行比较来确定喷射墨滴的平均尺寸。 如果确定的平均墨滴大小与预定的墨滴尺寸标准不匹配,则打印机调节喷墨嘴的激活信号以改变墨滴尺寸。 固体墨水打印机通过计算通过供墨系统中的预定点的全部或部分墨水棒的数量来确定通过墨水供应系统输送的墨水的量。 计数器检测形成在墨棒的外表面上的感测元件。 示例性检测器包括机械臂或热敏电阻,用于检测由于熔化的墨棒的横截面积的变化而导致的打印机熔体温度的变化。

    Ink consumption determination
    4.
    发明授权
    Ink consumption determination 有权
    墨水消耗测定

    公开(公告)号:US07988274B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-02

    申请号:US12564257

    申请日:2009-09-22

    摘要: An ink jet printer includes an ink feed apparatus. The ink feed apparatus includes an ink feed channel for conducting discrete substantially solid ink sticks along a feed channel path, a plurality of ink sticks in the ink feed channel, each of the ink sticks comprising an ink stick body having an ink stick sensing feature on an external surface of the ink stick body that is located between a first end and a second end of the ink stick body, and each of the ink stick bodies has substantially the same mass as the other ink stick bodies in the plurality, a detector positioned at a fixed position proximate the ink feed channel and configured to be triggered by an ink stick sensing feature on an ink stick in the ink feed channel as the ink stick moves along the ink feed path past the detector, and a counter configured to accumulate the number of times the detector is triggered.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨打印机包括供墨装置。 供墨装置包括用于沿着进料通道路径传送离散的基本上固体的油墨棒的油墨供给通道,在供墨通道中的多个墨水棒,每个墨水棒包括具有墨水棒感测特征的墨水棒体 位于油墨棒体的第一端和第二端之间的墨棒体的外表面,并且每个墨块体具有与多个中的其它墨棒体大致相同的质量,检测器定位 在靠近所述供墨通道的固定位置处,并且被配置为当所述墨水棒沿着所述墨水供给路径移动经过所述检测器时由所述墨水供给通道中的墨水棒上的墨水棒感测特征触发,以及配置成累积 触发检测器的次数。

    Ink jet printer performance adjustment
    5.
    发明授权
    Ink jet printer performance adjustment 有权
    喷墨打印机性能调整

    公开(公告)号:US07296882B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-20

    申请号:US11149337

    申请日:2005-06-09

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: An ink jet printer includes an ink supply system and a printhead with nozzles for ejecting ink drops. The printer determines the average size of the ejected ink drops by comparing the number of ink drops ejected in a predetermined time with the quantity of ink delivered through the printers ink supply system during that time. If the determined average ink drop size does not match predetermined ink drop size criteria, the printer adjusts the activation signals for the ink jet nozzles to alter the ink drop size. A solid ink printer determines the quantity of ink delivered through the ink supply system by counting the number of whole or partial ink sticks that pass a predetermined point in the ink supply system. The counter detects a sensing element formed on an external surface of the ink stick. Exemplary detectors include a mechanical arm, or a thermistor to detect a change in the printer melt plate temperature due to a change in the cross sectional area of an ink stick being melted.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨打印机包括供墨系统和具有用于喷射墨滴的喷嘴的打印头。 打印机通过将在预定时间内喷射的墨滴的数量与在该时间期间通过打印机墨水供应系统输送的墨水的量进行比较来确定喷射墨滴的平均尺寸。 如果确定的平均墨滴大小与预定的墨滴尺寸标准不匹配,则打印机调节喷墨嘴的激活信号以改变墨滴尺寸。 固体墨水打印机通过计算通过供墨系统中的预定点的全部或部分墨水棒的数量来确定通过墨水供应系统输送的墨水的量。 计数器检测形成在墨棒的外表面上的感测元件。 示例性检测器包括机械臂或热敏电阻,用于检测由于熔化的墨棒的横截面积的变化而导致的打印机熔体温度的变化。

    Ink loader with adjustable insertion openings
    6.
    发明授权
    Ink loader with adjustable insertion openings 有权
    带可调节插入口的墨水装载机

    公开(公告)号:US07871159B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-18

    申请号:US12181347

    申请日:2008-07-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17593

    摘要: A system for use with a solid ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device comprises an insertion opening configured to enable insertion of ink sticks therethrough and into the ink delivery system. An insertion key is movably supported adjacent the insertion opening such that a portion of the insertion key protrudes into the insertion opening. The portion of the insertion key has a shape that is complementary to a key contour on a first ink stick and a second ink stick. A key positioner is operably coupled to the insertion key to move the insertion key between at least two different predetermined positions on the perimeter of the insertion opening. The predetermined positions include a first position that is complementary to a position of the key contour of the first ink stick and a second position that is complementary to a position of the key contour of the second ink stick.

    摘要翻译: 一种与相变油墨成像装置的固体油墨输送系统一起使用的系统包括一个插入开口,其构造成能够将油墨棒插入其中并进入油墨输送系统。 插入键能够相对于插入口移动地支撑,使得插入键的一部分突出到插入开口中。 插入键的部分具有与第一墨水棒上的键轮廓和第二墨水棒互补的形状。 钥匙定位器可操作地联接到插入键,以将插入钥匙移动到插入开口的周边上的至少两个不同的预定位置之间。 预定位置包括与第一墨水棒的键轮廓的位置互补的第一位置和与第二墨水棒的键轮廓的位置互补的第二位置。

    Solid ink stick fabrication by extrusion, roll forming and swaging
    7.
    发明申请
    Solid ink stick fabrication by extrusion, roll forming and swaging 有权
    通过挤出,辊压成型和模锻制造固体油墨棒

    公开(公告)号:US20080088054A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-17

    申请号:US11545874

    申请日:2006-10-11

    IPC分类号: B29C47/00

    摘要: A method of manufacturing an ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet imaging device comprises heating phase change ink material to an extrusion temperature at which the phase change ink material is in a malleable state. The ink material is then extruded through an extrusion orifice to form an extruded rail of ink. The extruded rail of ink is then roll formed to partially form a portion of a shape transverse to the extrusion direction as the rail of ink moves in the extrusion direction. A swaging process is then carried out to further form and divide the extruded rail of ink into ink sticks.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于相变式喷墨成像装置的油墨棒的制造方法包括将相变油墨材料加热至相变油墨材料处于可延展状态的挤出温度。 然后将油墨材料通过挤出孔挤出以形成挤出的油墨轨道。 随着油墨轨道沿挤出方向移动,挤出的油墨轨道然后被辊压成形以部分地形成横向于挤出方向的形状的一部分。 然后进行模锻工艺以进一步形成并将挤出的油墨轨道划分成油墨棒。

    Solid ink stick fabrication by extrusion, roll forming and swaging
    9.
    发明授权
    Solid ink stick fabrication by extrusion, roll forming and swaging 有权
    通过挤出,辊压成型和模锻制造固体油墨棒

    公开(公告)号:US07874826B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-25

    申请号:US11545874

    申请日:2006-10-11

    IPC分类号: B29C47/90

    摘要: A method of manufacturing an ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet imaging device comprises heating phase change ink material to an extrusion temperature at which the phase change ink material is in a malleable state. The ink material is then extruded through an extrusion orifice to form an extruded rail of ink. The extruded rail of ink is then roll formed to partially form a portion of a shape transverse to the extrusion direction as the rail of ink moves in the extrusion direction. A swaging process is then carried out to further form and divide the extruded rail of ink into ink sticks.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于相变式喷墨成像装置的油墨棒的制造方法包括将相变油墨材料加热至相变油墨材料处于可延展状态的挤出温度。 然后将油墨材料通过挤出孔挤出以形成挤出的油墨轨道。 随着油墨轨沿挤出方向移动,挤出的油墨轨道然后被辊压成形以部分地形成横向于挤出方向的形状的一部分。 然后进行模锻工艺以进一步形成并将挤出的油墨轨道划分成油墨棒。