EP0116786A2 - Fluid jet print head and stimulator therefor - Google Patents
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- EP0116786A2 EP0116786A2 EP83307925A EP83307925A EP0116786A2 EP 0116786 A2 EP0116786 A2 EP 0116786A2 EP 83307925 A EP83307925 A EP 83307925A EP 83307925 A EP83307925 A EP 83307925A EP 0116786 A2 EP0116786 A2 EP 0116786A2
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- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
- B41J2/02—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating a continuous ink jet
- B41J2/025—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating a continuous ink jet by vibration
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- This invention relates generally to fluid jet printing and, more particularly, to a fluid jet print head and stimulator which are simple in construction and which provide reliable drop breakup.
- Jet drop printers are known in which a plurality of streams of drops are produced by a single fluid jet print head.
- the print head includes' a manifold, defining a fluid receiving reservoir, and an orifice plate, defining a plurality of orifices which communicate with said reservoir.
- ink As ink is applied under pressure to the fluid receiving reservoir, it flows through the orifices in the orifice plate and emerges from the orifices as continuously flowing fluid filaments.
- the filaments tend to break up into drops of irregular and unpredictable size and spacing.
- Such jet drop streams are generally unacceptable for purposes of printing. it is known that to enhance drop formation, mechanical disturbances may be produced in the fluid or the print head structure and coupled to the fluid filaments.
- An orifice plate means is mounted on the manifold means and defines a plurality of orifices which communicate with the fluid receiving reservoir such that fluid from the reservoir flows through the orifices and emerges therefrom as fluid filaments.
- a stimulator means is mounted in contact with the orifice plate means for vibrating the orifice plate means to produce a series of bending waves which travel along the orifice plate means and break up the fluid filaments into drops of substantially uniform size and spacing.
- the stimulator means includes a stimulator member of the length which is substantially equal to nX/2, where n is a positive integer and ⁇ is the wavelength of an acoustic wave traveling along the stimulator member.
- X is equal to ( Y/ p )1/ 2 /f, where Y is Young's modulus, ⁇ is the density of the stimulator member, and f is the frequency of acoustic waves generated in the member.
- the member may contact the orifice plate means at one end of the member.
- the stimulator means further includes piezoelectric crystal means, mounted on the stimulator member, for alternately compressing and extending in a direction parallel to the axis of elongation of the member when driven by an electrical drive signal so as to produce acoustic waves in the member.
- Mounting means support the stimulator member at a nodal plane therealong.
- a driver means applies the electrical drive signal to the piezoelectric crystal means at the frequency f.
- the length of the print head may be such that n is greater than or equal to 2.
- the stimulator means may contact the orifice plate means inside the manifold means, entering the manifold means through an opening including a seal.
- the seal contacts the stimulator member at a nodal plane along the stimulator member.
- the piezoelectrical crystal means may include a pair of piezoelectric crystals mounted on opposite sides of the member, the piezoelectric crystals being of the length which is less than or equal to 1/2 ⁇ .
- the stimulator member may be of a length equal to 1/2 ⁇ .
- the stimulator means may further include a pih, mounted on the end of the member, in direct contact with the orifice plate means.
- the pin has a cross-sectional area, taken in a plane perpendicular to the axis of elongation of the member, which is substantially less than the cross-sectional area of the member taken in a parallel plane.
- the stimulator means may further comprise a feedback transducer means which is mounted at the end of the member, opposite the end which contacts the orifice plate means, and which provides an electrical signal proportional in frequency and amplitude to the frequency and amplitude of the acoustic waves passing through the member.
- the stimulator member may be tapered toward the end thereof which contacts the orifice plate means such that the member contacts the orifice plate means substantially at a point.
- the stimulator includes an elongated member of a length substantially equal to an integer half wavelength of acoustic waves of a specific frequency in the member, a transducer arrangement for producing acoustic waves in the member in response to an A.C. drive signal, and means for applying the A. C.
- the transducer means includes a pair of piezoelectric transducers which are bonded to opposite sides of the stimulator member, with the transducers' extending in opposite directions from a nodal plane parallel to the axis of elongation of the member; to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which the stimulator member is mounted at a nodal plane therealong, which nodal plane may coincide with the plane from which the piezoelectric transducers extend; to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which the stimulator contacts the interior of the print head structure, entering the print head through an opening which is sealed by a seal surrounding the member and contacting the member at a nodal plane; to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which a relatively thin pin, having a cross-sectional area substantially less than the cross-sectional area of the stimulator member, extends into the print head and contacts the print head
- An orifice plate 22 is mounted on the manifold means.
- the plate is formed of a metal material and is relatively thin so as to be somewhat flexible.
- Orifice plate 22 is bonded to the manifold element 12, as for example by solder or by an adhesive, such that it closes and defines one wall of the reservoir 16.
- Orifice plate 22 defines a plurality of orifices 24 which are arranged in at least one row and which communicate with the reservoir 16 such that fluid in the reservoir 16 flows through the orifices 24 and emerges therefrom as fluid filaments.
- a stimulator means 26 mounted in contact with the orifice plate 22 vibrates the orifice plate to produce a series of bending waves which travel along the orifice plate 22 in a direction generally parallel to the row of orifices.
- the stimulator means 26 includes a stimulator member 28, configured as a thin metal rod.
- the type of metal for the stimulator member 28 is selected to be compatible with the fluid supplied to reservoir 16.
- the stimulator member 28 is of a length L which is substantially equal to nX/2, where n is a positive integer and a is the wavelength of an acoustic wave traveling along the stimulator member 28.
- the wavelength of such a wave, traveling along a thin rod is substantially equal to (Y/p ) 1 / 2 /f, where Y is Young's modulus, P is the density of the stimulator member material, and f is the frequency of acoustic waves generated in the member.
- the end 30 of member 28 is tapered so that the member 28 contacts the orifice plate 22 substantially at a point. As is known, such point contact on the center line of the orifice plate 22 insures that bending waves of a first order are generated in the orifice plate 22, and that satisfactory stimulation is obtained.
- the stimulator means 26 further includes piezoelectric crystal means, comprising piezoelectric crystals 32 and 34, which are mounted on the stimulator member 28.
- the crystals 32 and 34 each include a thin, electrically conductive layer on their outer surfaces to which conductors 36 and 38 are electrically connected. The inner surfaces of the crystals are in contact with and are grounded by the member 28. Member 28, in turn, may be grounded through orifice plate 22 or through ground conductor 42.
- the crystals 32 and 34 are configured such that they tend to compress or extend in a direction parallel to the axis of elongation of the member 28 when a fluctuating electrical potential is placed across the crystals. As a consequence, when an A.C.
- the electrical drive signal is applied to lines 36 and 38 by driver circuit means 40, the crystals 32 and 34 produce acoustic waves in the stimulator member 28.
- the circuit 40 supplies an electrical drive signal at a frequency f, as specified above in relation to the length of the member 28.
- the stimulator member is substantially equal in length to one wavelength, that is, n is equal to 2.
- the member 28 extends into the manifold means through an opening 44 defined by element 10.
- the member 28 contacts the orifice plate 22 inside the reservoir 16.
- a seal, such as O-ring 46 surrounds the member 28, contacting the member 28 and element 10.
- the stimulator means is mounted by tapered pins 48 which engage generally conical detents 50 in the sides of member 28.
- the pins 48 and detents 50 provide a pivotal mounting which restricts movement of member 28 vertical.
- the detents 50 are positioned 1/4 X from the upper end of the member 28, as seen in Fig. 2, while the O-ring 46 contacts the member 28 substantially 1/4 X from the lower end of the member 28.
- pins 48 support the stimulator means in a nodal plane. Since the ring 46 contacts the member 28 1/2 ⁇ below the pins 48, O-ring 46 also contacts the member 28 at a nodal plane.
- the end of 30 of the member 28 is 1/4 ⁇ below a nodal plane and therefor at an anti-node, producing maximum amplitude mechanical stimulation for generation of the bending waves in the orifice plate 22. It will be understood that it is desirable to limit the length L c of the crystals 32 and 34 to 1/2X or less. If the length of the crystals is greater than this, their vibratory motion will tend to counteract formation of standing waves in the member 28 and the production of nodal planes.
- member 28 could be substantially longer than illustrated.
- the length of the member can be increased in multiples of 1/2 wavelength with predictable harmonic progressions.
- Fig. 4 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention in which the elements corresponding to the those in the first embodiment have been designated by the same numerals as those used in Figs. 1-3.
- the stimulator member 28 of Fig. 4 rectangular in cross-section, is substantially 1/2 wavelength long, that is, L equals 1/2 X .
- Piezoelectric crystals 32 and 34 are mounted on opposing faces of the member 28.
- a vibration transmission pin 56 is mounted on one end of the member and is preferably pressed into a hole in the end of the member or is machined on the end of the member.
- the pin 56 directly transmits the movement of the lower end of the member 28 to the orifice plate 22.
- the pin 56 has a cross-sectional area, taken in a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of the elongation of member 28, which is substantially less than the cross-sectional area of the member.
- the length of pin 56 is not related to the frequency of operation of the stimulator means, since the pin acts merely as a means of transmitting the vibrations from the anti-node at the end of member 28 to the plate 22.
- the pin 56 passes through opening 44 and is engaged by a small diameter O-ring 58 which prevents leakage of fluid from reservoir 16.
- O-ring 58 Preferably, an automatic gain control in the driver circuit allows the stimulation amplitude to be held constant, regardless of the degree of damping provided by O-ring 58.
- a single piezoelectric transducer 60 is mounted on a side of the member 28 other than the sides upon which the piezoelectric transducers 32 and 34 are mounted.
- Transducer 60 provides a feedback signal on line 54 which may be used by a driver circuit to control operation of the stimulator.
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- This invention relates generally to fluid jet printing and, more particularly, to a fluid jet print head and stimulator which are simple in construction and which provide reliable drop breakup.
- Jet drop printers are known in which a plurality of streams of drops are produced by a single fluid jet print head. The print head includes' a manifold, defining a fluid receiving reservoir, and an orifice plate, defining a plurality of orifices which communicate with said reservoir. As ink is applied under pressure to the fluid receiving reservoir, it flows through the orifices in the orifice plate and emerges from the orifices as continuously flowing fluid filaments. The filaments tend to break up into drops of irregular and unpredictable size and spacing. Such jet drop streams are generally unacceptable for purposes of printing. it is known that to enhance drop formation, mechanical disturbances may be produced in the fluid or the print head structure and coupled to the fluid filaments.
- One exceptionally effective prior art technique for producing uniform drop breakup is shown in U. S. Patent No. 3,701,998, issued October 31, 1972, to Mathis, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention. In the Mathis printer, a probe, coupled to an electromechanical transducer, extending into the fluid receiving cavity of the print head, contacts the interior surface of the orifice plate at one end of the plate. The electromechanical transducer vibrates the probe and the orifice plate is caused to vibrate at the point of probe contact. This, in turn, produces bending waves which travel along the length of the orifice plate. The bending waves produce surface vibrations on the fluid filaments which result in drop breakup in the desired manner.
- The prior art printers which operate on the basis of traveling wave stimulation of this type have included relatively complicated piezoelectric, electromechanical transducers in the stimulator structures. Not only are such transducer devices expensive, but they are also somewhat unreliable. Further, the amplitude of the mechanical vibration produced may vary. Accordingly, it is seen that there is a need for a fluid jet print head, and a stimulator therefor, which are simple in construction, and reliable in operation and which provide for vibrational amplitude monitoring.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, a fluid jet print head for producing a plurality of jet drop streams includes manifold means defining a fluid receiving reservoir to which fluid may be applied under pressure. An orifice plate means is mounted on the manifold means and defines a plurality of orifices which communicate with the fluid receiving reservoir such that fluid from the reservoir flows through the orifices and emerges therefrom as fluid filaments. A stimulator means is mounted in contact with the orifice plate means for vibrating the orifice plate means to produce a series of bending waves which travel along the orifice plate means and break up the fluid filaments into drops of substantially uniform size and spacing.
- The stimulator means includes a stimulator member of the length which is substantially equal to nX/2, where n is a positive integer and λ is the wavelength of an acoustic wave traveling along the stimulator member. X is equal to (Y/p )1/2/f, where Y is Young's modulus, ρ is the density of the stimulator member, and f is the frequency of acoustic waves generated in the member. The member may contact the orifice plate means at one end of the member.
- The stimulator means further includes piezoelectric crystal means, mounted on the stimulator member, for alternately compressing and extending in a direction parallel to the axis of elongation of the member when driven by an electrical drive signal so as to produce acoustic waves in the member. Mounting means support the stimulator member at a nodal plane therealong. A driver means applies the electrical drive signal to the piezoelectric crystal means at the frequency f.
- The length of the print head may be such that n is greater than or equal to 2. The stimulator means may contact the orifice plate means inside the manifold means, entering the manifold means through an opening including a seal. The seal contacts the stimulator member at a nodal plane along the stimulator member.
- The piezoelectrical crystal means may include a pair of piezoelectric crystals mounted on opposite sides of the member, the piezoelectric crystals being of the length which is less than or equal to 1/2 λ.
- The stimulator member may be of a length equal to 1/2λ. The stimulator means may further include a pih, mounted on the end of the member, in direct contact with the orifice plate means. The pin has a cross-sectional area, taken in a plane perpendicular to the axis of elongation of the member, which is substantially less than the cross-sectional area of the member taken in a parallel plane.
- The stimulator means may further comprise a feedback transducer means which is mounted at the end of the member, opposite the end which contacts the orifice plate means, and which provides an electrical signal proportional in frequency and amplitude to the frequency and amplitude of the acoustic waves passing through the member.
- The stimulator member may be tapered toward the end thereof which contacts the orifice plate means such that the member contacts the orifice plate means substantially at a point.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fluid jet print head, and a stimulator therefor, in which the stimulator includes an elongated member of a length substantially equal to an integer half wavelength of acoustic waves of a specific frequency in the member, a transducer arrangement for producing acoustic waves in the member in response to an A.C. drive signal, and means for applying the A. C. drive signal at the predetermined frequency to the transducerp tQ provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which the transducer means includes a pair of piezoelectric transducers which are bonded to opposite sides of the stimulator member, with the transducers' extending in opposite directions from a nodal plane parallel to the axis of elongation of the member; to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which the stimulator member is mounted at a nodal plane therealong, which nodal plane may coincide with the plane from which the piezoelectric transducers extend; to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which the stimulator contacts the interior of the print head structure, entering the print head through an opening which is sealed by a seal surrounding the member and contacting the member at a nodal plane; to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which a relatively thin pin, having a cross-sectional area substantially less than the cross-sectional area of the stimulator member, extends into the print head and contacts the print head structure; and to provide such a print head and stimulator therefor in which a sensor is mounted on the member to provide an electrical feedback signal proportional in amplitude and frequency to the acoustic waves which pass along the member.
- In order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the print head and stimulator of the present invention, with portions broken away to reveal interior structure;
- Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the stimulator of Fig. l, taken through the center of the stimulator in a plane parallel to the axis of elongation thereof;
- Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken generally along line 3-3 in Fig. 2; and
- Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention, with portions broken away and in section.
- Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate a fluid jet print head and stimulator therefor constructed according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The print head includes a manifold means consisting of an
upper manifold element 10, alower manifold element 12, and agasket 14 therebetween. The manifold means defines afluid receiving reservoir 16 to which fluid may be applied under pressure viafluid inlet tube 18. Fluid may be removed fromreservoir 16 throughoutlet tube 20 during cleaning operations or prior to extended periods of print head shutdown. - An
orifice plate 22 is mounted on the manifold means. The plate is formed of a metal material and is relatively thin so as to be somewhat flexible. Orificeplate 22 is bonded to themanifold element 12, as for example by solder or by an adhesive, such that it closes and defines one wall of thereservoir 16. Orificeplate 22 defines a plurality oforifices 24 which are arranged in at least one row and which communicate with thereservoir 16 such that fluid in thereservoir 16 flows through theorifices 24 and emerges therefrom as fluid filaments. - As is known, the fluid filaments, left to naturally occurring random stimulating disturbances,\will tend to break up into drops of non-uniform size and spacing. In order to improve the uniformity of breakup, a stimulator means 26 mounted in contact with the
orifice plate 22 vibrates the orifice plate to produce a series of bending waves which travel along theorifice plate 22 in a direction generally parallel to the row of orifices. - The stimulator means 26 includes a
stimulator member 28, configured as a thin metal rod. The type of metal for thestimulator member 28 is selected to be compatible with the fluid supplied toreservoir 16. Thestimulator member 28 is of a length L which is substantially equal to nX/2, where n is a positive integer and a is the wavelength of an acoustic wave traveling along thestimulator member 28. As is known, the wavelength of such a wave, traveling along a thin rod, is substantially equal to (Y/p )1/2/f, where Y is Young's modulus, P is the density of the stimulator member material, and f is the frequency of acoustic waves generated in the member. - The
end 30 ofmember 28 is tapered so that themember 28 contacts theorifice plate 22 substantially at a point. As is known, such point contact on the center line of theorifice plate 22 insures that bending waves of a first order are generated in theorifice plate 22, and that satisfactory stimulation is obtained. - The stimulator means 26 further includes piezoelectric crystal means, comprising
piezoelectric crystals stimulator member 28. Thecrystals conductors member 28.Member 28, in turn, may be grounded throughorifice plate 22 or throughground conductor 42. Thecrystals member 28 when a fluctuating electrical potential is placed across the crystals. As a consequence, when an A.C. electrical drive signal is applied tolines crystals stimulator member 28. Thecircuit 40 supplies an electrical drive signal at a frequency f, as specified above in relation to the length of themember 28. - In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1-3, the stimulator member is substantially equal in length to one wavelength, that is, n is equal to 2. The
member 28 extends into the manifold means through anopening 44 defined byelement 10. Themember 28 contacts theorifice plate 22 inside thereservoir 16. A seal, such as O-ring 46 surrounds themember 28, contacting themember 28 andelement 10. - The stimulator means is mounted by tapered
pins 48 which engage generallyconical detents 50 in the sides ofmember 28. Thepins 48 anddetents 50 provide a pivotal mounting which restricts movement ofmember 28 vertical. As may be noted, thedetents 50 are positioned 1/4 X from the upper end of themember 28, as seen in Fig. 2, while the O-ring 46 contacts themember 28 substantially 1/4 X from the lower end of themember 28. It will be appreciated that sincecrystals 32 and 34' extend above and below thedetents 50 by substantially equal distances, pins 48 support the stimulator means in a nodal plane. Since thering 46 contacts themember 28 1/2 λ below thepins 48, O-ring 46 also contacts themember 28 at a nodal plane. Thus substantial damping between themember 28 and thering 46 does not occur. Additionally, the end of 30 of themember 28 is 1/4 λ below a nodal plane and therefor at an anti-node, producing maximum amplitude mechanical stimulation for generation of the bending waves in theorifice plate 22. It will be understood that it is desirable to limit the length Lc of the crystals 32 and 34 to 1/2X or less. If the length of the crystals is greater than this, their vibratory motion will tend to counteract formation of standing waves in themember 28 and the production of nodal planes. - It will be appreciated that
member 28 could be substantially longer than illustrated. The length of the member can be increased in multiples of 1/2 wavelength with predictable harmonic progressions. In any event, however, it is desirable that the mounting for themember 28 be at a nodal plane and that sealing also occur at a nodal plane so that vibrational energy is not lost through the sealing or the mounting structures and that themember 28 contacts theorifice plate 22 at an anti-node. - An additional pair of
piezoelectric crystals 52 may also be mounted on themember 28.Crystals 52 act as sensors and provide an electrical feedback signal online 54 which is proportional in frequency and amplitude to the frequency and amplitude of the acoustic waves traveling through themember 28. The feedback signal online 54 may be used by thedriver circuit 40 to control the frequency and amplitude of the drive signal applied onlines 36 and 38: Fig. 4 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention in which the elements corresponding to the those in the first embodiment have been designated by the same numerals as those used in Figs. 1-3. Thestimulator member 28 of Fig. 4, rectangular in cross-section, is substantially 1/2 wavelength long, that is, L equals 1/2 X .Piezoelectric crystals 32 and 34 (not shown) are mounted on opposing faces of themember 28. - A
vibration transmission pin 56 is mounted on one end of the member and is preferably pressed into a hole in the end of the member or is machined on the end of the member. Thepin 56 directly transmits the movement of the lower end of themember 28 to theorifice plate 22. Thepin 56 has a cross-sectional area, taken in a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of the elongation ofmember 28, which is substantially less than the cross-sectional area of the member. Thus, the acoustic waves in themember 28 do not pass throughpin 56, but rather are reflected back toward the nodal plane which passes through pins 48. The length ofpin 56 is not related to the frequency of operation of the stimulator means, since the pin acts merely as a means of transmitting the vibrations from the anti-node at the end ofmember 28 to theplate 22. Thepin 56 passes throughopening 44 and is engaged by a small diameter O-ring 58 which prevents leakage of fluid fromreservoir 16. Preferably, an automatic gain control in the driver circuit allows the stimulation amplitude to be held constant, regardless of the degree of damping provided by O-ring 58. - A single
piezoelectric transducer 60 is mounted on a side of themember 28 other than the sides upon which thepiezoelectric transducers Transducer 60 provides a feedback signal online 54 which may be used by a driver circuit to control operation of the stimulator.
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