Printhead-carriage alignment and electrical interconnect lock-in mechanism
    2.
    再颁专利
    Printhead-carriage alignment and electrical interconnect lock-in mechanism 有权
    打印头 - 支架对准和电气互连锁定机构

    公开(公告)号:USRE37671E1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-30

    申请号:US09217468

    申请日:1998-12-21

    IPC分类号: B41J214

    摘要: A printhead cartridge and carriage assembly (10) is provided comprising: a carriage (12); a snap-spring (62) for securing a printing cartridge (14) in postion on the carriage; and an interconnect strip (16) for supplying electrical signals to the cartridge, including a force loading spring pad (24) for urging a portion of the interconnect strip against a portion of the cartridge. The cartridge has top (32), bottom (34), sides (36, 38), front (40) and rear (42) surfaces and includes a printhead (44) on the bottom surface, an electrical contact strip (46) on the back surface connected to the printhead, referencing pads (56) on the side surface, and a lip (64) on the back surface for accepting the snap-spring. Referencing surface (60) are provided for receiving the referencing pads on the cartridge. The spring pad urges the interconnect strip against the electrical contact of the cartridge. The printhead cartridge/carriage assembly of the invention requires only one hand of the operator to both insert and lock the cartridge in position. Further, the cartridge/carriage assembly provides simultaneous alignment of the printhead in the X, Y, and Z directions. Finally, contact between the printhead and the interconnect strip is reliably made each time the cartridge is inserted and locked in position, thereby ensuring proper nozzle firing each time.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种打印头墨盒和托架组件(10),包括:托架(12); 用于将打印盒(14)固定在托架上的卡扣弹簧(62) 以及用于向所述盒提供电信号的互连条(16),包括用于将所述互连条的一部分推压抵靠所述盒的一部分的力加载弹簧垫(24)。 盒具有顶部(32),底部(34),侧面(36,38),前部(40)和后部(42)表面,并且在底部表面上包括打印头(44),电接触条 连接到打印头的后表面,侧表面上的参考垫(56)和用于接受卡扣弹簧的后表面上的唇缘(64)。 提供表面(60)用于接收盒上的参考垫。 弹簧垫将互连条推动抵靠盒的电接触。 本发明的打印头墨盒/托架组件仅需要操作者的一只手就能将墨盒插入并锁定在适当位置。 此外,盒/托架组件提供打印头在X,Y和Z方向上的同时对准。 最后,每次将墨盒插入并锁定在适当位置时,打印头和互连条之间的接触就可靠地进行,从而确保每次喷嘴正确的喷射。

    Ink-jet printer with printhead carriage alignment mechanism
    3.
    发明授权
    Ink-jet printer with printhead carriage alignment mechanism 失效
    具有打印头支架对准机构的喷墨打印机

    公开(公告)号:US4872026A

    公开(公告)日:1989-10-03

    申请号:US149454

    申请日:1988-01-28

    摘要: A novel ink-jet printer (10) is provided. The print provides both paper supply tray (12) and paper collection tray (18) in the front (14) of the printer for ease of paper handling and reduced footprint. The paper collection tray is provided with a pair of opposed output rails (22) which support a sheet of paper (16c) during printing to permit ink on a sheet of paper (16b) previously printed to dry. A paper handling mechanism is provided which eliminates a sheet pickup motor and associated elements. The paper handling mechanism is configured to pick off a sheet of paper from a stack of input paper, bring it around paper drive rollers (24) onto a platen (26), where the printing operation, employing a printhead cartridge (32), occurs. The printer further includes a service station (230) for clearing clogged nozzles in the printhead (33) and removing bubbles therefrom, for covering the nozzles with a protective cap (266), and for wiping contaminants off the nozzles. Reference pads (200) are provided for aligning and securing the printing cartridge in a carriage (35). The carriage is associated with a carriage guide (27), to which the carriage and print medium are referenced. The resulting printer is easy to manufacture, has reduced complexity by eliminating components in the paper drive mechanism and is lower in cost.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种新颖的喷墨打印机(10)。 该打印机在打印机的前面(14)内提供供纸托盘(12)和纸张收集盘(18),以方便纸张处理和减少占地面积。 纸张收集盘设置有一对相对的输出轨道(22),其在打印期间支撑一张纸(16c),以允许预先打印干燥的纸张(16b)上的油墨。 提供了纸张处理机构,其消除了纸张拾取电动机和相关元件。 纸张处理机构被配置为从一叠输入纸张拾取一张纸,将纸张驱动辊(24)周围带到压板(26)上,其中使用打印头墨盒(32)的打印操作发生 。 打印机还包括用于清除打印头(33)中堵塞的喷嘴并从其中除去气泡的维修站(230),用于用保护盖(266)覆盖喷嘴,并且用于从喷嘴擦拭污染物。 提供参考焊盘(200)用于将打印盒对准和固定在托架(35)中。 托架与托架引导件(27)相关联,托架和打印介质被引用到托架引导件(27)上。 所得到的打印机易于制造,通过消除纸张驱动机构中的部件并降低了成本,降低了复杂性。

    Ink-set printhead-to-paper referencing system
    4.
    发明授权
    Ink-set printhead-to-paper referencing system 失效
    墨水打印头到纸张参考系统

    公开(公告)号:US4843338A

    公开(公告)日:1989-06-27

    申请号:US113035

    申请日:1987-10-23

    摘要: Several problems of alignment associated with ink-jet printers are alleviated by four aspects. In the first, a reverse bow (B) in the paper (12) is created for printing on single sheets of paper. The reverse bow, which in the transverse axis of the paper, forces the paper flat against the platen (14) by using the paper's own stiffness.In the second aspect, the paper and the carriage (30) are referenced to the same part (the carriage guide (10)). In this configuration, the paper is urged against the underside of the carriage guide off of drive rollers (18), through the reverse bow, and onto the platen, where it is printed. The carriage is referenced to the carriage guide through a slider bump by means of a carriage shaft and gravity.The carraige guide comprises stiff thin sheet metal, which is closely-toleranced and has well-controlled dimensions. Thus, this part is good to reference to, rather than molded-in parts, which are not stiff enough at the required thickness. Straightness is also difficult to achieve at the required thickness with plastic parts.In the third aspect, the platen is allowed to move substantially perpendicular to the plane of the paper to accommodate thicker print media.In the fourth aspect, the platen is maintained a minimum fixed distance from the carriage guide by bumps (38) to ensure that the paper is not pinched between the carriage guide and the platen.

    Printing mechanism
    5.
    发明授权
    Printing mechanism 失效
    打印机制

    公开(公告)号:US06733110B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-11

    申请号:US10384960

    申请日:2003-03-10

    IPC分类号: B41J215

    CPC分类号: B41J3/60 B41J11/0015

    摘要: A printing mechanism comprises a print engine that prints an image on a first side of a photographic print media, a laminator that laminates the first side of said photographic print media having said image printed thereon, and a duplexer that returns said photographic print media to said print engine for printing on a second side of said photographic print media.

    摘要翻译: 打印机构包括在照相打印介质的第一面上打印图像的打印引擎,将印刷有所述图像的所述照相打印介质的第一面层压的层压机,以及将所述照相打印介质返回到所述打印机的双工器 用于在所述照相打印介质的第二面上打印的打印引擎。

    Method and apparatus for multiplexed wet-dye printing
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for multiplexed wet-dye printing 失效
    多色湿染印花的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06460969B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-08

    申请号:US09819594

    申请日:2001-03-28

    IPC分类号: B41J221

    摘要: A wet-dye hard copy apparatus includes a scanning carriage selectively movable along a scan axis and a plurality of ink-jet writing instruments on the carriage for printing on adjacent print media transported along an orthogonal axis. The writing instruments are offset a predetermined distance in the direction of medial travel to increase throughput and to allow simultaneous multiple page printing.

    摘要翻译: 湿染色硬拷贝装置包括可沿着扫描轴选择性地移动的扫描托架和在滑架上的多个喷墨书写工具,用于在沿正交轴传送的相邻打印介质上打印。 书写工具在内侧行进方向偏移预定距离以提高生产量并允许同时进行多页打印。

    Method and apparatus for multiplexed wet-dye printing
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for multiplexed wet-dye printing 失效
    多色湿染印花的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06260947B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-17

    申请号:US09311919

    申请日:1999-05-14

    IPC分类号: B41J221

    摘要: A wet-dye hard copy apparatus includes a scanning carriage selectively movable along a scan axis and a plurality of ink-jet writing instruments on the carriage for printing on adjacent print media transported along an orthogonal axis. The writing instruments are offset a predetermined distance in the direction of media travel to increase throughput and to allow simultaneous multiple page printing.

    摘要翻译: 湿染色硬拷贝装置包括可沿着扫描轴选择性地移动的扫描托架和在滑架上的多个喷墨书写工具,用于在沿正交轴传送的相邻打印介质上打印。 书写工具在介质行进方向偏移预定距离以提高生产量并允许同时进行多页打印。