TWI455832B - 具有消除墨水壓力激變的墨水線之印表機 - Google Patents

具有消除墨水壓力激變的墨水線之印表機 Download PDF

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TWI455832B
TWI455832B TW097131292A TW97131292A TWI455832B TW I455832 B TWI455832 B TW I455832B TW 097131292 A TW097131292 A TW 097131292A TW 97131292 A TW97131292 A TW 97131292A TW I455832 B TWI455832 B TW I455832B
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Kent Benjamen Kwan
Nicholas Kenneth Abraham
Christopher Hibbard
Kia Silverbrook
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  1. 一種印表機,包括:一列印頭,其具有一墨水入口及一墨水出口;一墨水室,用於供應墨水至該列印頭,該室具有一出口通孔;一上游墨水線,其互連該出口通孔及該墨水入口;一下游墨水線,其連接至該墨水出口;及一與該下游墨水線相通之第一空氣蓄壓器,該第一空氣蓄壓器被組構用於在列印期間消除該列印頭中之墨水壓力脈衝其中該下游墨水線包括一用於注入該列印頭及/或使該列印頭排墨之線上墨水泵,且其中該第一空氣蓄壓器被定位在該墨水出口及該泵之間。
  2. 如申請專利範圍第1項之印表機,其中該列印頭包括一或多個與該列印頭中之墨水通道相通的第二空氣蓄壓器,該等第二空氣蓄壓器被組構用於在列印期間消除該列印頭中之墨水壓力脈衝。
  3. 如申請專利範圍第2項之印表機,其中該一或多個第二空氣蓄壓器被組構用於消除相當高頻之壓力脈衝,且該第一空氣蓄壓器被組構用於消除相當低頻之壓力脈衝。
  4. 如申請專利範圍第3項之印表機,其中該第一空氣蓄壓器比該一或多個第二空氣蓄壓器之每一個具有一較大容量。
  5. 如申請專利範圍第1項之印表機,其中該泵係一可 逆轉之蠕動泵。
  6. 如申請專利範圍第1項之印表機,其中該下游墨水線包括定位在該泵的任一側面上之線上過濾器。
  7. 如申請專利範圍第1項之印表機,其中該下游墨水線互連該墨水出口及該室中之一返回通孔,用於回收進入該室之墨水。
  8. 如申請專利範圍第7項之印表機,其中該室包括一由該返回通孔延伸至該室中之墨水的一位準上方之通氣管。
  9. 如申請專利範圍第8項之印表機,其中該室包括一通至大氣之排氣孔,該排氣孔與該墨水上方之頂部空間相通,以便等化該等上游及下游墨水線中之靜壓。
  10. 如申請專利範圍第8項之印表機,其中該室係一調壓室,用於控制一供應至該列印頭的墨水之靜壓。
  11. 如申請專利範圍第9項之印表機,其中該室包括用於相對該列印頭維持該室中之墨水的預定第一位準之機構。
  12. 如申請專利範圍第11項之印表機,其中相對於大氣壓力之該靜壓被界定為ρ gh,其中ρ係墨水之密度,g係由於重力之加速度,且h係該墨水相對該列印頭之預定第一位準的高度。
  13. 如申請專利範圍第11項之印表機,其中用於維持墨水之該預定第一位準的該機構包括一與浮閥配合之墨水儲存器,該浮閥被包含在該調壓室中。
  14. 如申請專利範圍第13項之印表機,其中該浮閥包括:一支臂,其繞著一樞軸樞轉地安裝;一浮球,其被安裝在該支臂的一端部;及一閥桿,其附接至該支臂,該閥桿具有用於關閉一閥座之閥頭,其中該閥座被定位在該調壓室的一入口通孔。
  15. 如申請專利範圍第14項之印表機,其中該調壓室之該入口通孔及該出口通孔被定位朝向該室的一基底。
  16. 如申請專利範圍第14項之印表機,另包括一與該入口通孔流體相通之墨水儲存器。
  17. 如申請專利範圍第1項之印表機,其中該列印頭係可於該印表機中被移去地替換的。
  18. 如申請專利範圍第17項之印表機,其中該列印頭包括一入口耦接件及一出口耦接件,該入口耦接件係可分離地連接至一互補之上游墨水線耦接件,且該出口耦接件係可分離地連接至一互補之下游墨水線耦接件。
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