摘要:
Selected portions of the orifice plate surfaces are formed to have wetting and non-wetting surface characteristics for minimizing the accumulation of residual ink on the outer surface of the plate and for enhancing the flow of supply ink to the orifices of the plate.
摘要:
Selected portions of the orifice plate surfaces are formed to have wetting and non-wetting surface characteristics for minimizing the accumulation of residual ink on the outer surface of the plate and for enhancing the flow of supply ink to the orifices of the plate.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a thermal ink jet printhead wherein a reusable mandrel consisting of either a metal pattern on an insulating or semiconductive substrate or an insulating pattern on a metal substrate or metal layer is used in the process of electroforming a plurality of metal substrates used for starting a batch fabrication process. Next, thin film layers of insulating, resistive, and conductive materials are formed on the surfaces of the metal substrates to thereby define heater resistors and lead-in conductors for the plurality of thermal ink jet printheads being formed. Then, a barrier layer such as Vacrel is photodefined on the surface of the thin film insulating, resistive, and conductive layers to thereby define a plurality of ink drop ejection chambers surrounding each of the previously formed heater resistors. Next, a plurality of orifice plates are secured, respectively, to the barrier layers in each of the printheads being formed. Finally, the plurality of metal substrates may be removed from the mandrel, such as by stripping away, without the requirement for substrate dicing, and an appropriate mask on the mandrel may be used to create an ink feed hole in each of the metal substrates. The metal substrates are further provided with a break tab line during the electroforming process which is aligned with break patterns in both the above thin film layers and orifice plates. In this manner, the individual thin film printheads may be easily broken away and separated one from another.
摘要:
In one of the preferred embodiments, an inkjet printhead includes a nozzle member formed of a polymer material that has been laser-ablated to form tapered inkjet orifices. The nozzle member is then mounted to a substrate containing heating elements, each heating element being associated with a single orifice. In a preferred method, the orifices are formed by Excimer laser ablation.In other aspects of the invention, vaporization chambers as well as ink channels, providing fluid communication between an ink reservoir and the orifices, are also formed by Excimer laser ablation.
摘要:
In one of the preferred embodiments, an inkjet printhead includes a nozzle member formed of a polymer material that has been laser-ablated to form inkjet orifices, ink channels, and vaporization chambers in the unitary nozzle member. The nozzle member is then mounted to a substrate containing heating elements associated with each orifice. In a preferred method, the orifices, ink channels, and vaporization chambers are formed using an Excimer laser.
摘要:
A novel, wide inkjet printhead and method of forming said inkjet printhead is disclosed, wherein a pattern of orifices are formed, using a step-and-repeat process, in a flexible tape using laser ablation or other suitable etching devices. The location of the orifices corresponds to where ink will be ejected from the inkjet printhead. The pattern of orifices may extend to any length without difficulty in aligning the orifices, since the tape may be continuous along the entire length of the printhead.
摘要:
In one of the preferred embodiments, an inkjet printhead includes a nozzle member formed of a polymer material that has been laser-ablated to form inkjet orifices, ink channels, and vaporization chambers in the unitary nozzle member. The nozzle member is then mounted to a substrate containing heating elements associated with each orifice. In a preferred method, the orifices, ink channels, and vaporization chambers are formed using an Excimer laser.
摘要:
A method for continuously manufacturing parts requiring precision micro-fabrication. According to the method, a surface of a mandrel having a reusable pattern thereon is moved through an electroforming bath. While the mandrel surface moves through the bath, a metal layer is deposited on the mandrel surface to define a pattern. After the metal layer has been deposited to the selected thickness, the metal layer is separated from the mandrel surface.
摘要:
Disclosed is an integral ink jet print head having an improved design. An ink reservoir wall at the base of print head guides a flow of ink from a remote reservoir. Ink is drawn by capillary action past flow restrictors and an ink channel into an ink heating zone. The ink heating zone is a chamber residing below an integrated ink heating structure which has been fabricated, using processes including photolithography, directly on the underside of an orifice plate. An orifice is located to one side of the ink heating zone. The ink heating structure housing the ink heating zone is a combination of thin layers deposited directly on the orifice plate. The multilayered structure includes an insulating layer of silicon dioxide, a resistive layer of tantalum aluminum alloy, and a top conductive layer formed of gold. The invention provides a single integrated print head that combines the separate elements of the previous designs into one unit having many ink jets on one ink jet print head.
摘要:
An electron emitter that includes a metal film having a set of layers that are selected and arranged to adhere the metal film to a remainder of a structure of the electron emitter while avoiding electron loss in the metal film. A multiple layer metal film according to the present techniques enables a balance among adhesion properties, metal diffusion, and oxide properties that might otherwise hinder the performance of an electron emitter.