US3893623A - Fluid jet deflection by modulation and coanda selection - Google Patents

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US3893623A
US3893623A US427193A US42719373A US3893623A US 3893623 A US3893623 A US 3893623A US 427193 A US427193 A US 427193A US 42719373 A US42719373 A US 42719373A US 3893623 A US3893623 A US 3893623A
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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
    • B41J2/07—Ink jet characterised by jet control
    • B41J2/075—Ink jet characterised by jet control for many-valued deflection
    • B41J2/08—Ink jet characterised by jet control for many-valued deflection charge-control type
    • B41J2/085—Charge means, e.g. electrodes
    • 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
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  • the deflected droplets are caught in a gutter.
  • FIG. 3A VOLTAGE RESERVOIR PATENTED m 8191B SHEE'J 2UP 2 FIG. 3A
  • This invention relates to ink jet recording and more particularly to means for forming a continual stream of ink droplets from a continuous stream of ink and then deflecting the droplets formed in response to an input signal.
  • the electromagnetic and electrostatic deflection equipment require, in addition to excitation or drop formation means, separate equipment for deflection downstream from the orifice such as magnetic coils as deflection plates in addition to a power supply.
  • magnetic deflection means provide relatively slow changes in deflection angle.
  • variable excitation plus a transverse air current requires a separate source of pneumatic pressure and shows a substantial chain of drops extending beyond the air slot, so that no suggestion is made that individual drops can be selected on a one for one basis. Rather, the dot stream is shown as being either on or off.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a new fluid drop selection technique for switching trajectories of a fluid along alternate trajectories.
  • a second object of this invention is to provide a fluid drop selection technique wherein alternate drops are routed along separate trajectories without providing any additional deflection force to the system, other than drop formation excitation.
  • a fluid jet switching system in which a high speed stream of fluid is deflected by first modulating the diameter of the stream of ink to produce discrete droplets.
  • the droplets are sent past a deflecting surface adjacent to the stream and located down stream from the jet at a critical location where it deflects droplets separated from the stream within a predetermined range of distances from the jet in response to a predetermined range of modulation.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially schematic sectional view of an ink jet ejection system made in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a waveform of the voltage signals applied to the excitation electrode of the ink jet.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B show a side view or profile of ink drops in response to various voltage levels of excitation applied at the ink jet as the ink drops form and pass the ink deflecting weir.
  • FIG. 4 shows an elevational view of ink ejection nozzles taken along line 44 in FIG. 1.
  • An ink jet ejection system shown in FIG. 1 includes a pressure regulated variable output pump 10 preferably made of stainless steel supplying ink to a stainless steel manifold 11 connected to an ink jet 12 composed of a block 13 preferably made of quartz secured to the manifold 11.
  • An orifice 14 with a diameter of about 0.002 inches is formed in block 13 by electron beam milling or the like.
  • the orifice 14 is about 0.050 inch long, extending through block 13. Orifice 14 communicates with manifold 11 through opening 15. Pump 10 supplies ink under pressure from reservoir 16 to manifold 11 through lines 17 at a pressure level of 25-50 psi so that a continuous stream of ink 18 is ejected from the orifree 14. Air under pressure in manifold II and pressure sensor 25 controlling pump 10 via line 26 regulate pressure in manifold 11.
  • FIG. 4 several orifices 14 are shown in parallel alignment with printed circuit electrodes 19 formed around them connected to control wires 20 for connection to control circuits 2], which generate a DC. voltage of about 180 Volts and a series of pulses shown in FIG. 2 having an amplitude of about 10-20 volts yielding higher A1 pulses intended to prevent printing and lower A2 pulses intended to produce printing.
  • the effect produced by the Al and A2 pulses respectively upon the ink stream is to perturb the ink jet stream by modulating the waveform envelope of the ink. Relatively high voltages cause the ink jet stream to form relatively larger diameter drops transversely with respect to the axis of the ink jet orifice 14.
  • a curved surface weir" 22 is located to contact slightly more than tangentially at its apex 23 the path of the drops excited by the larger Al pulses. But apex 23 is spaced away from the path of the drops excited by the smaller A2 pulses.
  • the larger drops strike the surface of weir 22 which is curved in such a way that the drops attach to the surface in accordance with the Coanda effect as shown in FIG. 3A. Portions of such drops detach from the wall but their path is deflected to a lower angle to a sufficient degree so they strike the baffle 30 and spill back into the gutter 31 flowing through drain hole 27 to drain line 28 returning to reservoir 28.
  • Baffle 30 prevents deflected ink from striking the paper 29.
  • FIG. 2 shows a series of Al and A2 pulses from control circuit 21 of 20 and 10 volts respectively on top of a DC. bias of I volts applied to control wire 20.
  • the larger Al pulses cause greater perturbations of the ink jet 12 as shown in FIG. 3A in which case the outer amplitude of the wave is larger and the breaking off of drops from the integral stream occurs earlier than for the A2 jet stream of FIG. 2.
  • the A2 drop just above weir apex 23 is just barely clearing that surface without touching it or grazing it and like other A2 drops, it will pass over baffle 30 to strike a target 29.
  • the Al drops beyond weir apex 23 decline in elevation along the space defined by a line at angle with respect to the usual A2 path of drops towards the target, with portions of the drops hugging the angle 0 line and portions attached to the curved surface of weir 22 as a function of curvature, the kinetic energy contained in the drops, and the surface tension forces within the drops.
  • the apex 23 is spaced within a range from 0.040 to 0. l 50 inch, for example, 0.080 inch away from the nozzle at the apex 23 with a radius of curvature of 0.040 inch.
  • the angle 6 is selected as 7 to 8.
  • the jet velocity is 700 inches/sec.
  • the location of the apex 23 is a function of jet velocity, excitation and jet diameter which determine the distance at which the jet separates into drops.
  • baffle 30 It is also possible to follow the separation stage beyond baffle 30 with a raster scanning electrostatic or magnetic deflection unit.
  • the ink can include an electrolyte such as HCl although it is preferred that the excitation be achieved by electrostatic forces without current flow between electrodes l9 and the ink jet 18.
  • an electrolyte such as HCl although it is preferred that the excitation be achieved by electrostatic forces without current flow between electrodes l9 and the ink jet 18.
  • the curved surface can be composed of quartz as shown or brass, aluminum, TEFLON (polytetrafluoroethylene) or a porous material pumped down by pumping means into line 28 to provide filtration.
  • Embodiment A periodic perturbation of a cylindrical jet of fluid causes it to disintegrate into droplets of uniform size and spacing as shown in FIG. 3A.
  • D/2 is about one jet radius.
  • the most unstable mode of the jet corresponds to a drop spacing A of about 4 l/2 jet diameters, or, using l to a frequency of perturbation At this frequency, one easily infers that the ratio of the diameter of the unperturbed jet and to the diameter of the drops d is about l/2,
  • a capilliary jet or drop strikes a convex solid surface 22 as depicted in FIG. 1, with an impact parameter b of less than one drop radius, then it flattens and adheres to the surface provided the radius of curvature of the target, the drop diameter, and the velocity of the drop or jet are suitably chosen.
  • an impact parameter b of about l/6 of a drop diameter is sufficient to cause capture of a drop by a suitable convex target surface.
  • the phenomenon of adherence and capture of a capilliary drop or jet described above can be used to capture selectively deflected drops from a jet subjected to a perturbation of fixed frequency and amplitude as depicted in FIG. 1.
  • the amount of deflection necessary to capture a drop by this means is about 1/10 the amount required by usual means such as electrostatic deflection. In those cases, what corresponds to the impact parameter b must be one drop diameter plus a margin of clearance.
  • the preferred method of capturing an arbitrary subsequence of a uniform drop stream is by modulation of the amplitude of the perturbation of the jet.
  • This scheme of capturing drops without any selective deflectionis as follows. Two levels of the amplitude of the perturbation are chosen. To each level there corresponds a drop separation distance, say L and L At a distance L, L L, from the nozzle a convex target is placed such that, at the smaller amplitude, the continuous portion of the jet just grazes the target, or has a slightly negative impact parameter, as in FIG. 38. At the larger amplitude of perturbation the drop detachment point lies between the nozzle and the target as in FIG. 3A. Since the ratio of drop to jet diameters is about 2 at the optimal frequency, a difference in impact parameters of about one drop radius can be achieved by suitable location of the target.
  • the throw distance from nozzle to paper can be as small as V4 inch, thus practically eliminating aerodynamic errors in placement accuracy.
  • a multiple nozzle printing element operating under this principle must have separately addressable drop generators so that the amplitude of each perturbation can be separately controlled.
  • a fluid jet switching system including jet means for producing a high speed stream of fluid, means for modulating the diameter of said stream of fluid to produce discrete droplets, a droplet deflecting surface adjacent to said stream of fluid located downstream from said jet means at a critical location adapted to contact with an impact parameter sufficient to cause capture of a drop by said convex surface and thereby deflect droplets separated from said stream within a predetermined range of distances from said jet means in response to a predetermined range of modulation.
  • a fluid jet switching system including jet means for producing a high speed stream of fluid, means for modulating the diameter of said stream of fluid to produce discrete droplets, a droplet deflecting surface adjacent to said stream of fluid located downstream from said jet means at a critical location adapted to contact and thereby deflect droplets separated from said stream within a predetermined range of distances from said jet means in response to a predetermined range of modulation, said droplet deflecting surface comprising a curved surface having an apex parallel to the direction of said jet adjacent to the drop detachment point of 6 said jet.
  • said means for modulating comprises a source of varying electrical potential with an electrode adjacent the end of said jet means nearest said deflecting surface.
  • a fluid jet switching system including jet means for producing a high speed stream of fluid, means for frequency modulating to vary the size and diameter of said stream of fluid to produce discrete droplets with varying diameters, a convex droplet deflecting surface positioned immediately adjacent to said stream of fluid located downstream from said jet means at a critical location adapted to contact selected droplets with an impact parameter sufficient to cause capture of a drop by said convex surface having a lateral diameter greater when passing said deflecting surface than a predetermined diameter thereby providing a transverse deflection force to said selected droplets, said selected droplets being generated by a predetermined amount of modulation.
  • a fluid jet switching system including jet means for producing a high speed stream of fluid, means for modulating the diameter of said stream of fluid to produce discrete droplets, a droplet selection deflecting surface adjacent to said stream of fluid located downstream from said jet means at a critical location adapted to contact and thereby deflect droplets larger than a predetermined diameter from hitting a target, when said droplets are within a predetermined range of distances from said jet means in response to a predetermined range of modulation, and said contact of droplets being with an impact parameter sufficient to cause capture of said larger diameter droplets by said selection surface.
  • said droplet selection deflecting surface comprises a curved surface having an apex parallel to the direction of said jet adjacent to the drop detachment point of said jet.
  • said means for modulating comprises a source of varying electrical potential with an electrode adjacent the end of said jet means nearest said deflecting surface.

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NL6818587A NL6818587A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1967-12-28 1968-12-24
US427193A US3893623A (en) 1967-12-28 1973-12-21 Fluid jet deflection by modulation and coanda selection
FR7441889A FR2255112B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-12-21 1974-10-22
GB4668274A GB1446269A (en) 1973-12-21 1974-10-29 Ink jet recording
DE2453036A DE2453036C3 (de) 1973-12-21 1974-11-08 Tintenstrahl-Drucker
JP12965674A JPS5518626B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-12-21 1974-11-12
IT29425/74A IT1025690B (it) 1973-12-21 1974-11-14 Sistema per la formazione e la defle sione di goccioline in particolrae per stampatrici a getto d inchiostro
CA214,169A CA1014592A (en) 1973-12-21 1974-11-19 Fluid jet deflection by modulation and coanda selection
CH1536574A CH572397A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-12-21 1974-11-19
YU3223/74A YU35853B (en) 1973-12-21 1974-12-06 Marker with ink jet
NL7416099A NL7416099A (nl) 1973-12-21 1974-12-11 Druppelselectie-inrichting.
ES432831A ES432831A1 (es) 1973-12-21 1974-12-12 Un sistema de registro por chorro de tinta.
SE7415971A SE403842B (sv) 1973-12-21 1974-12-19 Anordning for vetskestraleavlenkning
BE151787A BE823683A (fr) 1973-12-21 1974-12-20 Dispositif de commutation pour gouttelettes de fluide
CS748844A CS203902B2 (en) 1973-12-21 1974-12-20 System for record by the ink ray

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