EP0371763B1 - Betriebsverfahren eines Ventils - Google Patents
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- EP0371763B1 EP0371763B1 EP19890312362 EP89312362A EP0371763B1 EP 0371763 B1 EP0371763 B1 EP 0371763B1 EP 19890312362 EP19890312362 EP 19890312362 EP 89312362 A EP89312362 A EP 89312362A EP 0371763 B1 EP0371763 B1 EP 0371763B1
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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
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
- B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
- B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
- B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
- B41J2/04586—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits controlling heads of a type not covered by groups B41J2/04575 - B41J2/04585, or of an undefined type
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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
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
- B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
- B41J2/045—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
- B41J2/04501—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits
- B41J2/04596—Non-ejecting pulses
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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
- B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
- B41J2202/01—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads
- B41J2202/05—Heads having a valve
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- the present invention relates to a method for operating a valve, notably a reciprocating plunger type of valve in an ink jet printer.
- fluid is supplied under pressure to an array of nozzle orifices arranged so that droplets ejected from the nozzle orifices are applied to a substrate to form the desired image.
- the substrate moves relative to the orifices and fluid is allowed to flow to the nozzles in the desired sequence under the control of a valve mechanism in the fluid flow lines serving each nozzle.
- the valve is an electromagnetic solenoid type valve in which a plunger carrying a sealing member moves in and out of engagement with the outlet to a chamber fed with ink under a pressure of from 0.1 to 2 bar from the ink reservoir. When the valve is open, ink can flow through the outlet to form the droplets.
- the objective is to form sharply defined images on the paper composed of a number of droplets ejected from the nozzle array.
- the rest period can be, for example, a pause during printing or can occur even when a particular nozzle has not been utilised for some reason during part of a print run.
- valve plunger will, over a period of time, tend to move forward under the influence of the return spring after it has nominally seated into its valve closed position and closed the orifice.
- This "creep" occurs due to the resilient nature of the material used for the sealing member and/or the valve seat. The effect of this creep is to increase the separation between the magnetic pole faces formed by the moveable plunger and the fixed components of the valve construction.
- the resilient nature of the material also allows the material of the sealing member to deform around the member which it is bearing against and this may provide a measure of grip between the sealing members. We believe that both these factors contribute to variable droplet ejection after periods of rest.
- CH-A-600 219 discloses a method of solving the problem caused by "grip” and "creep” by applying a transient drive current to the valve means intermittently.
- the present invention provides a method for operating an electromagnetic valve means according to claim 1.
- the present invention also provides a non-contact fluid droplet applicator according to claim 6.
- the invention also provides a programmable control means for operating a valve means according to claim 7.
- the invention is of especial application to the operation of a solenoid valve for controlling the flow of ink through a nozzle in an ink jet printer.
- a solenoid valve for controlling the flow of ink through a nozzle in an ink jet printer.
- the invention will be described hereinafter with respect to this preferred application and with respect to the accompanying drawing which is a digrammatic cross-section through the solenoid valve in such a printer.
- a drop on demand ink jet printer comprises an ink reservoir 1 operated under pressure which feeds ink to a bank of solenoid valves 2, each controlling the flow of ink to a nozzle 3 in a print head comprising an array of the nozzles.
- the print head is to apply droplets to packages 4 or other articles carried transversely past the print head.
- the valves are operated in the desired sequence by a programmable controller 5 to apply the desired image, e.g. a bar code, an alphanumeric symbol or other image, to the package.
- a printer can be of conventional design, construction and operation and many forms of such a printer are available commercially.
- the valve 2 comprises a coil 10 within which is journalled a magnetisable plunger 11 for reciprocation under the influence of a current passed through the coil.
- the plunger extends into a chamber 12 located at one end of the valve and into which ink is fed via inlet 13 from the reservoir 1 and from which ink can flow to the nozzle 3 through outlet 14.
- the valve can have a tangential inlet as shown, or the inlet can be located at the opposed end of the valve so that the ink flows axially though the valve around the plunger 11 and into the chamber 12.
- the plunger 11 can take a number of forms, but is preferably a generally cylindrical member carrying a transverse sealing disc 15 on that end (the valve head) located within the chamber 12.
- the valve head can be formed as a wider end section to the plunger so that it resembles a mushroom head if desired.
- the sealing disc 15 is made from any suitable material, for example a natural or synthetic rubber or resin.
- the sealing disc 15 engages the open end of the outlet tube 14 which extends through the end wall of the chamber 12 or with one or more sealing ribs formed on the inner face of the end wall and surrounding the entry to the outlet 14.
- the plunger is normally urged into the valve closed position by a spring (not shown) so that the sealing disc 15 bears against the rim of the outlet tube 14 whenever the valve is in the closed position.
- the sealing material can be located around the rim of the outlet tube, e.g. as upstanding ribs or the like, which engage with the end face of the plunger 11.
- the invention will be described in terms of a valve head which seats against the rim of an outlet tube 14.
- valve is conventional and many forms of such valves are available commercially.
- the problem of erratic droplet formation is due at least in part to creep occurring in the material of the sealing disc 15.
- the rim of the outlet 14 may become sufficiently imbedded in the sealing disc 15 for the material of the disc to deform around the outer edge of the tube 14 so as to provide a positive grip between the plunger and the outlet tube.
- a transient current is applied to the coil 10 to cause the plunger 11 to retract slightly from the chamber 12. This has the effect of breaking the adherence between the sealing disc 15 and the rim of the outlet tube 14, so that when the full drive current for the drive stroke of the valve is subsequently applied to open the valve, the valve moves as designed to give the desired droplets.
- the transient current required to achieve the desired effect will depend upon many factors, for example the material from which the disc 15 is made and the pressure exerted by the return spring. On the other hand, the transient current should not cause the disc 15 to move away from the outlet 14 sufficiently to allow fluid to flow through the valve.
- the optimum value for the transient current to be applied and its duration can be readily determined by simple trial and error tests. However, we have found that the current will usually be in the range of from 50 to 100% of that required to drive the plunger for its opening stroke, and that the duration of the transient current will be from 25 to 50% of the duration of the drive current application. Typically, the transient current will be applied at a frequency of from 50 to 500 Hz.
- the transient current can be applied immediately preceeding each drive current application. However, it will usually be necessary to apply the transient current independently of the drive current so that performance benefit is obtained immediately after periods when the valve has been at rest with no drive current applied. Thus, it will usually be preferred to apply the transient current whenever the time between one drive stroke and the next exceeds a specified period. The value of this period will vary from valve to valve and can be readily determined by simple trial and error.
- the invention can readily be applied both to new and existing ink jet printers with little or no modification of the printer mechanisms. The invention can thus be applied to a wide range of ink jet printers to reduce the problems encountered during the initial printing of droplets from one or more of the nozzle orifices.
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Claims (7)
- Verfahren für den Betrieb eines Magnetventils mit einem Ventilkolben, der in einem Ventilkörper gelagert ist und sich unter der Wirkung einer elektrischen Spannung in einem Arbeitshub von der schließstellung des Ventils in die Offenstellung des Ventils bewegt, wodurch das Ventil die Strömung eines Fluids zu einer in einem berührungsfreien Tröpfchenapplikator angeordneten Düsenöffnung steuert,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
in diesem Verfahren intermittierend ein Einschwingstrom auf das Ventil beaufschlagt wird, dessen Stärke zwischen 50 und 100 % der Stärke beträgt, welche notwendig ist, um den Kolben (11) während seinem Arbeitshub in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu treiben, und dadurch, daß der Einschwingstrom für eine Dauer beaufschlagt wird, welche 25 bis 50 % der Dauer der Beaufschlagung des Stromes beträgt, welcher notwendig ist, um den Kolben (11) in seinem Arbeitshub in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, und dadurch, daß der Einschwingstrom nicht ausreichend ist, um den Kolben (11) in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, so daß Fluid durch die Düsenöffnungen (3) austreten kann. - Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
der berührungsfreie Fluidapplikator ein nach Bedarf Tröpfchen abgebender Tintenstrahldrucker ist, und daß das Ventil ein Magnetventil (2) ist, welches den Tintenfluß durch eine Düse (3) in dem Tintenstrahldrucker steuert. - Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
der Einschwingstrom eine Frequenz von 50 bis 500 Hz hat. - Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
das Ventil (2) eine Wicklung (10) aufweist, die um einen Körperteil des Ventils gewickelt ist, und in diesem Körper hin- und herbeweglich ein magnetisierbarer Koben (11) angeordnet ist, welcher sich in eine Kammer (12) erstreckt, die an einem Ende des Ventlkörpers angeordnet ist, und daß durch einen am gegenüberliegenden Ende des Ventilkörpers angeordneten in die Kammer (12) mündenden Fluideinlaß (13) Fluid in axialer Richtung durch das Ventil um den Kolben (11) und durch die Kammer (12) zu einem Auslaß (14) fließt, mit dem eine auf dem Kolben (11) sitzende Dichtung (15) zusammenwirkt, um den Auslaß (14) aus der Kammer (12) zu öffnen oder zu schließen. - Verfahren nach Anspruch 4,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
der Kolben (11) ein weitgehend zylindrisches Element ist, welches an dem Ende, das innerhalb der Kammer (12) angeordnet ist, eine querverlaufende Dichtscheibe (15) trägt, welche das offene Ende eines Auslaßrohres (14) erfaßt, das sich in axialer Richtung durch eine Endwand der Kammer (12) erstreckt. - Ein berührungsfreier Fluidtröpfchenapplikator, welcher bei Betrieb eines Ventils unter der Steuerung einer programmierten Kontrollvorrichtung Tröpfchen abgeben kann,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
die Kontrollvorrichtung (5) dafür programmiert ist, einen Einschwingstrom auf das Ventil (2) zu beaufschlagen, der eine Stärke von 50 bis 100 % des Stromes hat, der notwendig ist, um den Kolben (11) in seinem Arbeitshub in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, und daß der Einschwingstrom eine Dauer hat, welche 25 bis 50 % der Dauer der Beaufschlagung von Strom auf den Ventilkolben (11) beträgt, um ihn in seinem Arbeitshub in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen und daß die Dauer der Beaufschlagung des Einschwingstromes nicht ausreichend ist, um den Kolben (11) in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, so daß Fluid durch die Düsenöffnung (3) fließen kann. - Eine programmierbare Steuerung für den Betrieb eines Ventils für die Regulierung der Strömung eines Fluids in einem berührungsfreien Fluidtröpfchenapplikator,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
die Steuerung (5) so programmiert ist, daß sie bewirkt, daS ein Einschwingstrom auf das Ventil (2) beaufschlagt wird, welcher 50 bis 100 % der Stärke des Stromes hat, welcher notwendig ist, um den Kolben (11) in seinem Arbeitshub in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, und daß der Einschwingstrom für eine Dauer beaufschlagt wird, die 25 bis 50 % der Dauer der Beaufschlagung von Strom auf den Kolben (11) beträgt, um ihn in seinem Arbeitshub in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, und daß die Beaufschlagung des Einschwingstromes nicht ausreicht, um den Kolben (11) in die Offenstellung des Ventils zu bewegen, so daß Fluid durch die Düsenöffnung (3) fließen kann.
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GB8828047 | 1988-12-01 | ||
GB888828047A GB8828047D0 (en) | 1988-12-01 | 1988-12-01 | Method of operating valve |
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EP0371763A2 EP0371763A2 (de) | 1990-06-06 |
EP0371763A3 EP0371763A3 (en) | 1990-07-25 |
EP0371763B1 true EP0371763B1 (de) | 1993-09-15 |
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EP19890312362 Expired - Lifetime EP0371763B1 (de) | 1988-12-01 | 1989-11-28 | Betriebsverfahren eines Ventils |
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EP (1) | EP0371763B1 (de) |
BR (1) | BR8906291A (de) |
DE (1) | DE68909187T2 (de) |
GB (1) | GB8828047D0 (de) |
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EP0371763A3 (en) | 1990-07-25 |
BR8906291A (pt) | 1990-08-21 |
EP0371763A2 (de) | 1990-06-06 |
GB8828047D0 (en) | 1989-01-05 |
DE68909187D1 (de) | 1993-10-21 |
DE68909187T2 (de) | 1994-01-13 |
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