EP0202370A1 - Tête d'impression - Google Patents

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EP0202370A1
EP0202370A1 EP85303545A EP85303545A EP0202370A1 EP 0202370 A1 EP0202370 A1 EP 0202370A1 EP 85303545 A EP85303545 A EP 85303545A EP 85303545 A EP85303545 A EP 85303545A EP 0202370 A1 EP0202370 A1 EP 0202370A1
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film
printing head
casing
film member
ink
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Keiichi Hori
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Toshiba Corp
Fujitsu Ltd
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Elm Co Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • 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
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14016—Structure of bubble jet print heads
    • B41J2/14161—Structure having belt or drum with holes filled with ink

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  • the present invention relates to a printing head.
  • a conventional ink jet printer a plurality of ink jet nozzles are used, and ink is jetted onto a printing paper by a piezo-electric drive means.
  • nozzle stoppage which, in effect, causes a white point to be printed on the printing paper.
  • a printing head comprising a casing member having at least one ink reservoir therein characterised by a thermal head mounted within or adjacent to the casing member: a film member having a plurality of holes or recesses therein; and at least one rotatable drive member which drivingly engages the film member-and which is rotatable so as to move a portion of the film member from a position in which it is immersed in ink in the or an ink reservoir to a position in which it engages a heating surface of the thermal head.
  • the thermal head may be mounted in or extend into an open recess in the casing member, film guiding means being provided for guiding the film member to and from the heating surface, the film guiding means being disposed adjacent the open recess and being carried by the casing member.
  • the thermal head may be mounted in or extend into an open recess in the casing member, film guiding means being provided for guiding the film member to and from the heating surface, the film guiding means being disposed adjacent the open recess and being carried by the casing member.
  • the film member may be provided with a plurality of holes or recesses whose diameter does not exceed 250 ⁇ m.
  • a printing head block comprising a plurality of the said casing members arranged side by side to form an integral unit, each casing member being provided with a respective thermal head and film member, the ink reservoirs of the various casing members being adapted to be filled respectively with differently coloured inks.
  • the film member is an endless film member.
  • the thermal head is spaced from the casing member, a portion of the film member passing externally of the casing member through sealing means.
  • FIGs 1-3 there is shown a first embodiment of a printing head according to the present invention.
  • the printing head is of the cassette type and comprises a casing 1, such as a box, which is adapted to be detachably mounted on a main body of a printing machine (not shown).
  • An open recess 2 is provided at the top portion of the casing member 1.
  • a thermal head 3, as shown by a dotted line, is introduced into the open recess 2 when the casing 1 is mounted on the said main body (not shown).
  • the greater part (or, if desired, the whole) of the thermal head 1 is disposed within the recess 2 and thus within the casing 1.
  • the casing 1 has an ink reservoir 9a therein within which are rotatably mounted first and second pulleys 4, 5.
  • a plurality of apertured portions or small hole groups 6a are provided in the film member 7 so as to extend over a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the film member 7.
  • an unapertured portion 6b i.e. the small hole groups 6a and unapertured portions 6b are arranged alternately.
  • An unapertured portion 6b may be brought into contact with the heating surface 3a of the thermal head 3 by moving the film member 7 by means of the pulleys 4, 5.
  • One or more small hole groups 6a will then be immersed in the liquid ink 9 in the ink reservoir 9a within the casing member 1 so that drying out of the ink 9 in the small holes 6 is prevented.
  • the small holes are provided throughout the length of the film member 7, it being possible to use this type of film member 7 by always rotating it by means of the pulleys 4, 5.
  • Shafts 4a, 5a which respectively carry the pulleys 4, 5, as shown in Figure 3, protrude into bearing portions lb of mounting portions la which are integrally mounted on one face of the casing member 1.
  • Drive gears 4b, 5b which are drivingly connected to a driving means (not shown) are respectively mounted at the outer ends of the shafts 4a, 5a.
  • Two adjacent O-ring members 10 are positioned between each mounting portion la and the respective shafts 4a, 5a to prevent leakage of the ink 9 and to produce a braking effect so as to prevent over running of the shafts 4a, 5a.
  • FIG 4 shows a colour printing head block 11 which is composed of four cassette casing members 1, of the kind shown in Figures 1-3, for printing a Y colour (Yellow), an M colour (Magenta), a C Colour (Cyan) and a BLK colour (Black), the four casing members 1 being arranged side by side to form an integral unit.
  • Each casing member 1 is thus provided with a respective thermal head 3 and film member 7, the ink reservoir 9a of the various casing members 1 being filled respectively with the said inks.
  • the casing members 1 are arranged to form one integral structure which extends longitudinally of the direction in which the film member 7 is moved.
  • a pair of guide bars 13 are slidably mounted in a pair of guide holes 12 which are provided in the bearing portions lb of the casing members 1.
  • the colour printing head block 11 is arranged to be reciprocated on the guide bars 13, whereby to provide a cassette type serial colour printing head for a serial colour printing system.
  • a lock mechanism not shown.
  • Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which only one pulley 4 is rotatably mounted in the ink reservoir 9a in the casing member 1.
  • the pulley 4 has a shaft 4a which is rotatably driven by a driving means (not shown).
  • An endless type film member 7a is arranged to slide over the heating surface 3a (which may be provided with thermal dot elements) of the thermal head 3.
  • a part of the film member 7a is engaged and deflected by a tension roller 15.
  • the latter is pivotally mounted on an inner wall of the casing member 1 and is urged towards the film member 7a by a spring member 14.
  • the small holes (not shown) in the film member 7a are repeatedly used for printing.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show another embodiment of the present invention constituted by a cassette printing head for a line printing system.
  • a casing member 1 has mounted therein a pair of hollow cylinder members lc, ld each of which has a length which is almost the same as the width of the paper (not shown) which is to be printed.
  • Each cylinder member lc , ld is provided at its opposite end with plate members le, lf which substantially seal the cylinder members lc, ld.
  • Liquid ink 9 is housed in an ink reservoir in each of the cylinder members lc, ld. Pulleys 4c, 5c are rotatably mounted within these ink reservoirs.
  • a film member 7 which has a plurality of small holes (not shown) therein is mounted on the pulleys 4, 5 so as to be driven thereby, the film member 7 being guided by gaps in guide members 8c, so as to pass into and out of the cylinder members lc, ld.
  • One surface of the film member 7 is in contact with the heating surface 3a of the thermal head 3 which is mounted in an open recess in the casing member 1 2 between the cylinder members lc, ld.
  • the pulleys 4c and 5c have shafts 4a, 5a respectively and driving gears 4b, 5b are formed integrally therewith, as shown in Figure 7.
  • the embodiment of Figures 6 and 7 constitutes a one colour line printing cassette head.
  • the construction shown in Figure 8 is a line colour printing head comprising a line cassette head block 16 having four cassette printing heads for printing Y, M, C and BLK colours, each said printing head having the construction shown in Figures 6 and 7.
  • the cassette printing heads are arranged side by side so as to extend in the same direction as a recording paper 17.
  • the recording paper 17 is slidably moved over the line cassette head block 16 by a belt 20 which has a plurality of suction holes (not shown) therein, the belt 20 being moved by a pair of pulleys 18, 19.
  • the recording paper 17 is maintained in tight contact with the belt 20 by a vacuum means 21.
  • FIG 10 there is shown a colour printer comprising a printer head frame 33 which carries four printing heads 32.
  • Each of the printing heads 32 comprises a box-shaped casing member lh having grooves 11 therein within which are mounted arms 34 by means of which the casing member lh is carried by the frame 33.
  • Ink 9 is provided in an ink reservoir 9a within each casing member lh, a pair of pulleys 4d, 5d being rotatably mounted within each ink reservoir 9a.
  • the inks 9 in the ink reservoirs 9a are of the various colours described above.
  • a film 7b which is composed of thin metal, or of a resin material such as polyimide, are connected to the pulleys 4d, 5d.
  • a driving shaft 25 is rotatably mounted in the casing member Ih above the pulleys 4, 5.
  • One end of the driving shaft 25 protrudes outwardly of the casing member lh and has a gear member 25a.
  • An idler 26 is provided between the driving shaft 25 and the pulley 5d and a further idler 26 is provided between the pulleys 4d, 5d.
  • the driving shaft 25,by way of the idlers 26, drives the pulleys 4d, 5d.
  • the pulleys 4d, 5d and the film 7b are driven in the same direction. However, if desired, it is possible to rotate the pulleys 4d, 5d and drive the film 7b by pressure contact therebetween which does not involve a gear connection.
  • One end portion of the film 7b extends outwardly of an open portion 27 which is provided at the top of the casing member lb, the film 7b passing between sealing members 30 and protrusions 29 of a plug 28 so that ink is prevented from escaping from the casing member Ih.
  • An ink filling plug 31 ( Figure 12) is detachably mounted at the side of the casing member Ih so that ink may be introduced into the casing member lh when the ink level drops.
  • each printer head 32 is constituted by an ink cassette which is detachably attached to the printer head frame 33. It is thus possible to remove a cassette printer head 32 from the printer head frame 33 by moving the respective supporting arms 34 away from each other and pulling a knob 32a by hand.
  • a plurality of thermal heads 3 are mounted on the printer head frame 33, one for each of the four ink cassettes 32 which may contain inks of the four colours Y, M, C and BLK.
  • An exposed portion 7c of each film 7b i.e. a portion thereof disposed outwardly of the respective casing member lh, extends in contact with an outside surface of the respective thermal head 3.
  • Each of the gear members 25a of the ink cassette printer heads 32 drivingly engages a timing belt 37 of a printer body 35 and is also engaged by a further pulley 28 which is mounted on the printer head frame 33.
  • the printer head frame 33 is arranged to be reciprocated over a pair of guide bars 39 of the printer body 35.
  • the driving shafts 25 are thus rotated by the timing belt 37, so that a paper 41 on a platen 40 can be printed.
  • ink in holes or recesses 6 is jetted onto the paper 41 by bubble pressure produced by heating the thermal head 3.

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US5801742A (en) * 1994-02-23 1998-09-01 Oce Printing Systems Gmbh Thermal transfer printing device for transferring a printing image onto a recording medium

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US3640214A (en) * 1968-06-21 1972-02-08 Precisa Ag Selective printer employing inking spark discharge
US3834301A (en) * 1971-11-17 1974-09-10 Battelle Memorial Institute Process and device for non-impact printing with liquid ink
EP0014918A1 (fr) * 1979-02-16 1980-09-03 SMH-ALCATEL Société anonyme dite: Dispositif destiné à déposer sur un support des gouttes d'encre
US4387384A (en) * 1979-11-27 1983-06-07 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Recording device
GB2142583A (en) * 1983-06-23 1985-01-23 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Thermal ink transfer printer

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US3640214A (en) * 1968-06-21 1972-02-08 Precisa Ag Selective printer employing inking spark discharge
US3834301A (en) * 1971-11-17 1974-09-10 Battelle Memorial Institute Process and device for non-impact printing with liquid ink
EP0014918A1 (fr) * 1979-02-16 1980-09-03 SMH-ALCATEL Société anonyme dite: Dispositif destiné à déposer sur un support des gouttes d'encre
US4387384A (en) * 1979-11-27 1983-06-07 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Recording device
GB2142583A (en) * 1983-06-23 1985-01-23 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Thermal ink transfer printer

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IBM-TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 20, no. 1, June 1977, pages 440-442, Armonk, New York, US; M. RONAY: "Matrix screen printer" *

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US5801742A (en) * 1994-02-23 1998-09-01 Oce Printing Systems Gmbh Thermal transfer printing device for transferring a printing image onto a recording medium

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