Consumable supply item, fluid reservoir and recirculation system for micro-fluid applications
    1.
    发明授权
    Consumable supply item, fluid reservoir and recirculation system for micro-fluid applications 有权
    消耗品供应项目,流体储存器和微流体应用的再循环系统

    公开(公告)号:US08544991B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-01

    申请号:US12980556

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of ink. An interior retains the ink while exit and return ports define openings through a housing to fluidly communicate the interior to the imaging device. The opening of the return port is larger than the opening of the exit port. The design slows the return of fluid to the housing which minimizes air bubbles or frothiness in the fluid. During use, ink depletes toward a bottom surface of the interior beneath which the ink is prevented from occupying. A housing section below the interior retains a portion of the exit port so that a bottom of the opening of the exit port is substantially horizontally aligned with the bottom surface. It prevents stranding ink beneath the exit port. Further embodiments include port configuration, construction, and modular components, to name a few.

    摘要翻译: 用于成像装置的消耗品供应物保持初始或可重新填充的油墨体积。 内部在出口处保持墨水,并且返回端口通过壳体限定开口以将内部流体连通到成像装置。 返回口的开口大于出口的开口。 该设计减慢了流体返回壳体,从而最大限度地减少了气泡或流体中的气泡。 在使用过程中,墨水消耗到内部的底部表面,防止墨水占据内部的底部表面。 在内部下方的壳体部分保持出口的一部分,使得出口的开口的底部基本上与底面水平对准。 它可以防止在出口下方绞合油墨。 其他实施例包括端口配置,结构和模块化组件,仅举几个例子。

    CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM, FLUID RESERVOIR AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS
    2.
    发明申请
    CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM, FLUID RESERVOIR AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS 审中-公开
    用于微流体应用的消耗品项目,流体储存和再循环系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120169813A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-05

    申请号:US12980570

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/18 B41J2/515

    摘要: A housing defines a fluid reservoir for an imaging device. One or more exterior walls define a volume for holding ink to set a fluid backpressure in the imaging device. An opening in the walls is positioned for overflowing excessive ink from the volume to maintain the fluid backpressure within a predetermined operating range. Fluid inlets and outlets connect the reservoir to both a supply item and an ejection head. Ink flows into the reservoir from the supply item. It fills until the fluid rises to a height where it overflows back to the supply item. Less full reservoirs fill as the pump operates, while full reservoirs simultaneously return fluid back to their supply containers. Fluid does not spill from the walls.

    摘要翻译: 壳体限定用于成像装置的流体储存器。 一个或多个外墙限定用于保持墨水以在成像装置中设置流体背压的体积。 墙壁上的一个开口被定位成从体积溢出过多的油墨,以将流体背压保持在预定的操作范围内。 流体入口和出口将储存器连接到供应物品和喷射头。 墨水从供应品流入储存器。 它将填满,直到液体上升到高度,并溢出回到供应物品。 当泵运行时填满较少的储存池,而完整的储存器同时将流体返回到其供应容器。 流体不会从墙壁溢出。

    CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM, FLUID RESERVOIR AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS
    3.
    发明申请
    CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM, FLUID RESERVOIR AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS 有权
    用于微流体应用的消耗品项目,流体储存和再循环系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120169812A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-05

    申请号:US12980556

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of ink. An interior retains the ink while exit and return ports define openings through a housing to fluidly communicate the interior to the imaging device. The opening of the return port is larger than the opening of the exit port. The design slows the return of fluid to the housing which minimizes air bubbles or frothiness in the fluid. During use, ink depletes toward a bottom surface of the interior beneath which the ink is prevented from occupying. A housing section below the interior retains a portion of the exit port so that a bottom of the opening of the exit port is substantially horizontally aligned with the bottom surface. It prevents stranding ink beneath the exit port. Further embodiments include port configuration, construction, and modular components, to name a few.

    摘要翻译: 用于成像装置的消耗品供应物保持初始或可重新填充的油墨体积。 内部在出口处保持墨水,并且返回端口通过壳体限定开口以将内部流体连通到成像装置。 返回口的开口大于出口的开口。 该设计减慢了流体返回壳体,从而最大限度地减少了气泡或流体中的气泡。 在使用过程中,墨水消耗到内部的底部表面,防止墨水占据内部的底部表面。 在内部下方的壳体部分保持出口的一部分,使得出口的开口的底部基本上与底面水平对准。 它可以防止在出口下方绞合油墨。 其他实施例包括端口配置,结构和模块化组件,仅举几个例子。

    Consumable supply item with capacitive fluid level detection for micro-fluid applications
    4.
    发明授权
    Consumable supply item with capacitive fluid level detection for micro-fluid applications 有权
    用于微流体应用的具有电容液位检测的消耗品

    公开(公告)号:US08491111B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-23

    申请号:US13036802

    申请日:2011-02-28

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17566

    摘要: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of fluid. Its housing defines an interior having a pair of opposed electrodes. The electrodes define a capacitance that varies in response to an amount of liquid between them. A volume space filled by the liquid varies along a length of the electrodes. The design facilitates abrupt changes in capacitance values at each change in the volume space. Devices can recalibrate fluid levels at these changes. Electrode interior surfaces face one another. At least one electrode has an open region, such as a hole or a cutout of material. In another design, a support material connects to each electrode to provide mechanical stability and create a region preventing filling by the liquid. Further embodiments contemplate material selection, construction, and modularity, to name a few.

    摘要翻译: 用于成像装置的消耗品供应物保持初始或可再填充体积的流体。 其壳体限定具有一对相对电极的内部。 这些电极限定了一个电容,其响应于它们之间的液体量而变化。 由液体填充的体积空间沿电极的长度变化。 该设计有助于容量空间每次变化时电容值的突然变化。 设备可以在这些更改时重新校准液位。 电极内表面相互面对。 至少一个电极具有开放区域,例如孔或材料切口。 在另一种设计中,支撑材料连接到每个电极以提供机械稳定性并产生防止液体填充的区域。 进一步的实施例考虑材料选择,构造和模块性,仅举几个例子。

    CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM WITH CAPACITIVE FLUID LEVEL DETECTION FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS
    5.
    发明申请
    CONSUMABLE SUPPLY ITEM WITH CAPACITIVE FLUID LEVEL DETECTION FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS 有权
    用于微流体应用的电容式液位检测用消耗品

    公开(公告)号:US20120218356A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-30

    申请号:US13036802

    申请日:2011-02-28

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    CPC分类号: B41J2/17566

    摘要: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of fluid. Its housing defines an interior having a pair of opposed electrodes. The electrodes define a capacitance that varies in response to an amount of liquid between them. A volume space filled by the liquid varies along a length of the electrodes. The design facilitates abrupt changes in capacitance values at each change in the volume space. Devices can recalibrate fluid levels at these changes. Electrode interior surfaces face one another. At least one electrode has an open region, such as a hole or a cutout of material. In another design, a support material connects to each electrode to provide mechanical stability and create a region preventing filling by the liquid. Further embodiments contemplate material selection, construction, and modularity, to name a few.

    摘要翻译: 用于成像装置的消耗品供应物保持初始或可再填充体积的流体。 其壳体限定具有一对相对电极的内部。 这些电极限定了一个电容,其响应于它们之间的液体量而变化。 由液体填充的体积空间沿电极的长度变化。 该设计有助于容量空间每次变化时电容值的突然变化。 设备可以在这些更改时重新校准液位。 电极内表面相互面对。 至少一个电极具有开放区域,例如孔或材料切口。 在另一种设计中,支撑材料连接到每个电极以提供机械稳定性并产生防止液体填充的区域。 进一步的实施例考虑材料选择,构造和模块性,仅举几个例子。