EP0106802B1 - Vorrichtung zum Ausstoss von Tröpfchen einer elektrisch leitenden Flüssigkeit - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zum Ausstoss von Tröpfchen einer elektrisch leitenden Flüssigkeit Download PDFInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- the present invention relates to a device for projecting droplets of an electrically conductive liquid.
- This type of device has a frequency of droplet formation limited by the speed with which the meniscus can reform after the expulsion of a drop and which is of the order of 100 X 10-6 s.
- the object of the present invention is to at least partially remedy the aforementioned drawbacks.
- the subject of this invention is a device for projecting drops of an electrically conductive liquid, characterized in that it comprises at least one electrode whose diameter is of the same order of magnitude as that of the drops to be sprayed, flush with the surface of an electrically insulating support, an intermittent current source, one of the poles of which is connected to this electrode, means for forming a layer of said liquid of determined thickness, covering at least the surface of said support where said exposed electrode and a second electrode in contact with said layer and connected to the other pole of the intermittent current source to form an electric field through said liquid, concentrating on the part of the electrode flush with the surface of said support.
- the advantages of the device, object of the invention are numerous.
- the droplets are no longer projected through a hole but are detached from the surface of a layer of liquid. Therefore the rate of reformation of the layer becomes a less critical factor.
- the formation of a matrix for the simultaneous projection of droplets can be carried out for example by a printed circuit technique, the distance between the electrodes generating droplets can be reduced compared to a matrix of tubes. It is possible to carry out the invention in the form of a very flat structure. No transducer is needed anymore to create the force capable of projecting the droplets.
- the manufacturing cost of such a device is significantly reduced. Therefore, the possible applications are extremely numerous insofar as this cost is even lower than that of existing less efficient devices. We can thus consider the use of such a device for table calculator printers, for date and time marking on transport tickets, for date marking on packaging of perishable products, to name but a few possible applications among others.
- the device illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises a support 1 in the form of a cylindrical block made of an insulating material axially traversed by a metal wire 2 made of a metal which is a good conductor of the electric current connected to one of the poles of a source of electric pulses illustrated in FIGS. 2a or 2b.
- This cylindrical block 1 is placed in a reservoir 3, containing ink, made of an electrically insulating material, having an opening 4 in which the ink contained in this reservoir 3 is retained by the cohesive force of its meniscus.
- a counter electrode 5 is placed somewhere in the reservoir 3 at a distance from the electrode 2 and connected to the other pole of the source of electrical pulses.
- This pulse source can have a high voltage source F as illustrated in FIG. 2a between 500 and 1500 volts, for example connected to the electrode 2.
- the counter electrode 5 is connected to the collector of a high voltage transistor T, the base of which is connected to a low voltage pulse source (not shown) with pulses of 5 ⁇ s and 5 volts for example through a resistor R "a resistor R 2 being connected between the transistor base T and its emitter.
- the other circuit illustrated in fig. 2b differs from the circuit of fig. 1 by the fact that the voltage source E is a low voltage source between 5 and 15 volts for example, a step-up transformer TE is then placed between this source and the electrodes 2 and 5. The rest of the circuit is identical to that of FIG. 2a, but uses a low voltage transistor.
- the metal wire 2 serving as an electrode consists of a platinum wire of 20 ⁇ m in diameter placed in an insulating cylindrical block of 0.5 mm, the diameter of the opening 4 of the reservoir 3 being 0.8 mm and the depth of the end face of the insulating block 1 below the level of the opening 4 being approximately 0.2 mm.
- the thickness of the layer of liquid covering the electrode plays a relatively important role insofar as, with a very thin layer of the order of a few tens of ⁇ . Lm, a spraying of the liquid is obtained whereas with a layer of the order of a few tenths of mm, very few parasitic drops are obtained.
- the voltage applied between electrodes 2 and 5 as well as the pulse duration play a role on the size of the drops. It has been found that the necessary voltages can vary between around 500 and 4000 volts, the tests having essentially been carried out with a power supply varying between 500 and 1500 volts. The duration of the applied pulses was chosen at 5 ⁇ s.
- FIG. 7 shows a device in all points similar to that of FIG. 1 before the opening of which is placed a mask 17 having a central opening disposed opposite the electrode 2 but whose diameter is very substantially greater than that of this electrode and therefore also greater than the size of the drops.
- This mask is intended to avoid interaction between the meniscus and the ambient air, especially at high operating frequencies. Indeed, this interaction has the effect of producing parasitic drops and the incorporation of bubbles on the surface of the liquid.
- the dimensions of the diameters of the cylindrical block 1 and of the opening 4 have no direct influence on the drop formation process.
- the size of the opening 4 is of importance only in the case of the use of an ink tank 3 with an opening 4 arranged in a vertical plane, since in this case the diameter of the opening 4 should allow the ink to form a stable meniscus capable of withstanding static pressure exerted by the liquid contained in the reservoir 3.
- an insulating tape 6 in which the electrodes are located 2.
- the edge of the tape 6 has a conductive track 7.
- This tape can be inked with a ink roller (not shown) to form an ink film 8 on its surface, this film covering one face of the insulating tape 6 being in contact with the electrodes 2 and the conductive track 7 so that an electric field can be established at through the ink film 8, under the same conditions as in the case of FIG. 1.
- the insulating support can be formed by a fixed block 9 on one face of which the electrodes 2 are flush.
- the ink is retained in a ribbon 10 which may consist, for example, of a plastic material provided with perforations 11 filled with ink by an ink roller (not shown) applied against the underside of the ribbon 10 and the upper face of which has a metallized layer 12 and is intended to form the counter electrode.
- the metallized layer 12 can be formed from different parallel conductive tracks extending longitudinally on the surface of the strip 10.
- a circuit for addressing the electrodes 2 can for example be produced as illustrated by the diagram in FIG. 6.
- Each electrode of the same series is located at the junction of two conductors 13a, 13 b , 13 c , 13 d on the one hand and A 1 , B i , C 1 D 1 for the first series, A 2 , B 2 , C 2 , D 2 for second series and A n , B n , C n , D n for the nth series.
- the electrodes 2 ia , 2 2a , 2 na are connected to the same switch 14a
- the electrodes 2 1b , 2 2b , 2 nb are connected to the same switch 14 b
- the electrodes 2 1c , 2 2c , 2 nc are connected to the switch 14 c
- the electrodes 2 1d , 2 2d , 2 nd are connected to the switch 14 d .
- the electrodes 2 1 , 2 2 , 2 n of the same series are connected to the same switch 15 1 respectively 15 2 and 5 n by means of the conductive ink contained in n reservoirs 16, respectively 16 2 , 16 n .
- the reservoirs 16, at 16 n could correspond to the conductive tracks 12 formed on the surface of the strip 10.
- each electrode is obtained by first closing the switch 15, and those of the switches 14 a to 14 d corresponding to the electrodes which it is desired to energize. Then the switch 15 i and the switches 14 a to 14 d are opened and the switch 15 2 and those of the switches 14 a to 14 d corresponding to the electrodes which it is desired to energize are closed.
- the distance between the electrodes must be at least 100 ⁇ m to avoid parasitic interactions between electrodes. At this distance between active and non-active electrodes, the potential of the latter is much lower than the activity threshold.
- the time multiplexing of reservoirs or electrodes is easy since the duration of the pulses is of the order of 2 to 5 ⁇ s with a maximum frequency of 10 4 Hz.
- Such an addressing circuit can be used both for an electrode array and for a line of electrodes similar to that illustrated in FIG. 5 for example.
- the device which is the subject of the invention offers very great advantages over most of the existing devices. These advantages essentially arise from the fact that the drop is sprayed from a layer of liquid which no longer requires nozzles and which makes it possible to produce planar structures. For a given liquid, apart from the thickness of the liquid layer, all the parameters influencing the formation of the drops are electrical parameters. In addition, the electric current acts directly on the liquid, without the intermediary of a transducer. No parasitic resistance is put in series in the supply circuit, all the electrical resistance is concentrated in the useful zone with strong field gradient.
- the reformation of the meniscus is independent of the diameter of a nozzle and no longer depends only on the rheological properties of the liquid. It can therefore be estimated that the maximum frequency of formation of the drops can be increased compared to an on-demand inkjet device using a nozzle.
- the energy consumed by the device which is the subject of the invention is very low. If we consider by example a resistance of the electrode 2 and the ink associated with it of 100,000 ohms and a supply voltage of 1000 volts, the instantaneous current is: and the instantaneous power is:
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AT83810452T ATE25506T1 (de) | 1982-10-08 | 1983-10-05 | Vorrichtung zum ausstoss von troepfchen einer elektrisch leitenden fluessigkeit. |
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CH5914/82 | 1982-10-08 | ||
CH5914/82A CH649040A5 (fr) | 1982-10-08 | 1982-10-08 | Dispositif pour projeter des gouttelettes d'un liquide electriquement conducteur. |
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EP0106802A1 EP0106802A1 (de) | 1984-04-25 |
EP0106802B1 true EP0106802B1 (de) | 1987-02-25 |
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US (1) | US4575737A (de) |
EP (1) | EP0106802B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JPS60500010A (de) |
AT (1) | ATE25506T1 (de) |
CH (1) | CH649040A5 (de) |
DE (1) | DE3369837D1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO1984001544A1 (de) |
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CH659012A5 (de) * | 1982-07-20 | 1986-12-31 | Fischer Ag Georg | Verfahren und vorrichtung zum verdichten von koernigen formstoffen. |
JPS59229345A (ja) * | 1983-05-24 | 1984-12-22 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | 画像記録装置 |
US4717926A (en) * | 1985-11-09 | 1988-01-05 | Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha | Electric field curtain force printer |
CH677755A5 (de) * | 1988-10-05 | 1991-06-28 | Battelle Memorial Institute | |
CA2025538C (en) * | 1989-09-18 | 1995-03-14 | Akira Goto | Ink jet recording head, cartridge and apparatus |
DE69029632T2 (de) * | 1989-09-18 | 1997-05-22 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsgerät |
US4999650A (en) * | 1989-12-18 | 1991-03-12 | Eastman Kodak Company | Bubble jet print head having improved multiplex actuation construction |
JPH04307252A (ja) * | 1991-04-05 | 1992-10-29 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | インクジェットヘッド |
DE69425958T2 (de) * | 1993-02-12 | 2001-01-25 | Tonejet Corp. Pty. Ltd., Eastwood | Verfahren und vorrichtung zur herstellung von tropfen |
US6315395B1 (en) | 1994-07-29 | 2001-11-13 | Riso Kagaku Corporation | Ink jet apparatus and conductive ink mixture |
JP2783226B2 (ja) * | 1995-12-06 | 1998-08-06 | 日本電気株式会社 | インクジェット式ヘッド装置 |
JP2907085B2 (ja) * | 1995-12-14 | 1999-06-21 | 日本電気株式会社 | インクジェット式ヘッド装置 |
US6416678B1 (en) * | 1998-12-22 | 2002-07-09 | Xerox Corporation | Solid bi-layer structures for use with high viscosity inks in acoustic ink printing and methods of fabrication |
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EP0106802A1 (de) | 1984-04-25 |
JPH0521744B2 (de) | 1993-03-25 |
ATE25506T1 (de) | 1987-03-15 |
CH649040A5 (fr) | 1985-04-30 |
JPS60500010A (ja) | 1985-01-10 |
DE3369837D1 (en) | 1987-04-02 |
US4575737A (en) | 1986-03-11 |
WO1984001544A1 (en) | 1984-04-26 |
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