WO2021235338A1 - Dispositif d'enregistrement - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- the present invention relates to a recording device in which water-based ink is ejected from a head toward a recording medium, in which the tip of a wiper that wipes the nozzle surface of the head is cleaned by a cleaning member that holds a cleaning liquid.
- a printing device in which a recording medium to which ink ejected from a nozzle of a print head adheres is heated by a heater to fix the ink on the recording medium (see Patent Document 1).
- the nozzle surface of the print head is wiped with a wiper to obtain a nozzle.
- the ink adhering to the surface is removed. Since the ink removed from the nozzle surface adheres to the wiper, the cleaning member holding the cleaning liquid comes into contact with the wiper, and the wiper is cleaned.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a means for preventing water-based ink from staying in a portion of a cleaning member that holds a cleaning liquid in contact with a tip portion of a wiper. be.
- the recording apparatus includes a head that ejects water-based ink from a nozzle, a wiper having a tip portion that wipes the nozzle surface of the head, a cleaning member that comes into contact with the tip portion, and cleaning held by the cleaning member. It is equipped with a liquid.
- the water-based ink contains a coloring material.
- the viscosity of the cleaning liquid is 120 mPa ⁇ S or less.
- a recording device in which the following formula 1 holds when the density of the water-based ink is A and the density of the cleaning liquid is B. (Equation 1) B> A
- the water-based ink does not easily stay in the portion that comes into contact with the tip of the wiper.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the recording device 10.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the recording device 10.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a print head 34, a cap 71, a wiper 72, and a cleaning member 74.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a cleaning operation.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a modified example of the cleaning member 74.
- the recording device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. It is needless to say that the embodiments described below are merely examples of the present invention, and the embodiments can be appropriately changed without changing the gist of the present invention. Further, in the following description, the direction from the start point to the end point of the arrow is expressed as the direction, and the traffic on the line connecting the start point and the end point of the arrow is expressed as the direction. Further, in the following description, the vertical direction 7 is defined with reference to the state in which the recording device 10 is usably installed (the state in FIG. 1), and the side where the discharge port 13 is provided is the front side (front side). The front-back direction 8 is defined as, and the left-right direction 9 is defined when the recording device 10 is viewed from the front side (front side).
- the recording device 10 includes a housing 20, a panel unit 21, a cover 22, a paper feed tray 23, and a paper output tray 24 held in the housing 20.
- the recording device 10 records an image on the sheet 6 (see FIG. 2).
- Sheet 6 is an example of a recording medium.
- the sheet 6 may be a recording medium cut to a predetermined size, the sheet may be drawn from a roll wound in a cylindrical shape, or may be a fan fold type. good. Further, the sheet 6 may be uncoated paper or may be coated paper.
- the "coated paper” refers to, for example, a paper made of pulp such as high-grade printing paper and intermediate-grade printing paper coated with a coating agent for the purpose of improving smoothness, whiteness, glossiness, etc. Specific examples thereof include high-quality coated paper and medium-quality coated paper.
- the sheet 6 may be a tack paper in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive and a release paper are combined.
- the panel unit 21 includes a touch panel and a plurality of operation switches.
- the panel unit 21 accepts user operations.
- the paper feed tray 23 is located at the lower part of the housing 20.
- the output tray 24 is located at the bottom of the housing 20 and above the paper feed tray 23.
- the cover 22 is located on the right side of the front surface of the housing 20. The cover 22 is rotatable with respect to the housing 20. When the cover 22 is opened, the tank 70 for storing ink is accessible.
- the tank 70 is not limited to the one that stores ink of one color such as black, and for example, black, yellow, cyan, and magenta 4 It may have four storage chambers for storing colored inks, respectively.
- the housing 20 holds the printing engine 50 inside.
- the printing engine 50 mainly includes a printing head 34, a feeding roller 25, a transport roller 26, a discharging roller 27, a platen 28, and a heater 38.
- the feeding roller 25 is held in a frame (not shown) provided in the housing 20 so as to be able to come into contact with the sheet 6 placed on the paper feed tray 23.
- the feeding roller 25 is rotated by a motor (not shown).
- the rotating feed roller 25 feeds the sheet 6 to the transport path 37.
- the transport path 37 is a space partitioned by a guide member (not shown). In the illustrated example, the transport path 37 is curved and extends from the rear end of the paper feed tray 23 to a position above the paper feed tray 23, and then extends forward.
- the transport roller 26 is located downstream of the paper feed tray 23 in the transport direction of the sheet 6.
- the transfer roller 26 constitutes a roller pair together with the driven roller 35.
- the transport roller 26 is rotated by a motor (not shown).
- the rotating transport roller 26 and the driven roller 35 transport the sheet 6 sent to the transport path 37 by the feed roller 25 while sandwiching it.
- the discharge roller 27 is located downstream of the transport roller 26 in the transport direction of the sheet 6.
- the discharge roller 27, together with the driven roller 36 constitutes a roller pair.
- the discharge roller 27 is rotated by a motor (not shown).
- the rotating discharge roller 27 and the driven roller 36 convey the sheet 6 while sandwiching it, and discharge it to the paper discharge tray 24.
- the platen 28 is located between the transport roller 26 and the discharge roller 27 in the front-rear direction 8, downstream of the transport roller 26 in the transport direction of the sheet 6, and upstream of the discharge roller 27.
- the print head 34 is located between the transfer roller 26 and the discharge roller 27.
- the print head 34 is a so-called serial head. That is, the print head 34 can move along the left-right direction 9.
- the print head 34 is always located at a maintenance position described later and is covered with a cap 71 (see FIG. 3).
- the print head 34 has an internal flow path through which ink flows. The flow path is communicated with the tank 70 by a tube 31. That is, the ink stored in the tank 70 is supplied to the print head 34 through the tube 31.
- the print head 34 has a plurality of nozzles 33 that open toward the platen 28.
- the ink supplied to the print head 34 through the flow path is selectively ejected as ink droplets from the plurality of nozzles 33 while the print head 34 is moving.
- the print head 34 may be a line head instead of a serial head.
- the wiper 72 moves with respect to the line head and the nozzle surface is wiped.
- the platen 28 is located below the print head 34.
- the upper surface of the platen 28 is the support surface of the sheet 6.
- an opening for generating suction pressure is formed on the upper surface of the platen 28. The suction pressure generated on the upper surface of the platen 28 causes the sheet 6 to come into close contact with the upper surface of the platen 28.
- the heater 38 is located above the transport path 37, downstream of the print head 34 and upstream of the discharge roller 27.
- the heater 38 is a so-called halogen heater.
- the heater 38 is located downstream, that is, in front of the print head 34 in the transport direction.
- the heater 38 has a halogen lamp 40 which is a heating element that radiates infrared rays, a reflector 41, and a housing 42.
- the housing 42 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and opens downward.
- the opening 43 is located on the lower wall of the housing 42. Heat from the halogen lamp 40 and the reflector 41 is radiated to the outside or blocked through the opening 43.
- the halogen lamp 40 is located in the internal space of the housing 42.
- the halogen lamp 40 has an elongated cylindrical shape, and the left-right direction 9 is the longitudinal direction.
- the reflector 41 is located above the halogen lamp 40.
- the reflector 41 is a metal plate coated with a ceramic film or the like, and is curved in an arc shape with the vicinity of the opening 43 as the central axis.
- a halogen lamp 40 coated with a ceramic film or the like may be used.
- the heater 38 heats at least one of the sheet 6 passing under the opening 43 and the ink adhering to the sheet 6. In this embodiment, the heater 38 heats both the sheet 6 and the ink. When the ink is heated, the resin fine particles are transferred to the glass, and the sheet 6 that has passed under the heater 38 is cooled, so that the glass-transferred resin is cured. As a result, the ink is fixed on the sheet 6.
- the heater 38 is not limited to a halogen heater as long as it can heat a sheet or ink.
- the heater 38 may be a carbon heater, a dryer, an oven, a belt conveyor oven, or the like.
- Cap 71 and wiper 72 As shown in FIG. 3, the cap 71 is made of an elastic material such as rubber. The cap 71 is located below the print head 34 in the maintenance position. The cap 71 has a cup shape that opens upward. The cap 71 can be moved in the vertical direction 7. As shown by the broken line in FIG. 3, the cap 71 is in close contact with the nozzle surface 33A of the print head 34 at the maintenance position and covers all the nozzle 33 openings.
- a waste ink tube 71A is connected to the cap 71. Specifically, a discharge port is formed at the bottom of the cap 71. One end of the waste ink tube 71A is connected to the discharge port so that fluid can communicate with the discharge port. The other end of the waste ink tube 71A is connected to a waste ink tank (not shown).
- the print head 34 is covered with a cap 71, and a flushing process or a purge process is executed.
- the ink in the print head 34 is forcibly ejected by the flushing process or the purging process.
- the ink discharged from the print head 34 is received by the cap 71 and guided to the waste ink tank via the waste ink tube 71A.
- the wiper 72 can move up and down 7 on the side of the cap 71.
- the wiper 72 moves in the vertical direction 7 while holding the tip of the wiper blade made of an elastic material such as rubber upward.
- the tip portion 72A of the wiper blade abuts on the nozzle surface 33A of the print head 34 that moves along the left-right direction 9.
- the ink droplets adhering to the nozzle surface 33A of the print head 34 are wiped off by the wiper 72.
- a cleaning member 74 is located below the print head 34.
- the cleaning member 74 includes a cleaner carriage 75 and a wiper cleaner 76.
- the cleaner carriage 75 is a resin frame having a rectangular outer shape when viewed from above.
- the wiper cleaner 76 is supported by the cleaner carriage 75.
- the wiper cleaner 76 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape.
- the wiper cleaner 76 is a foam (foam) that wipes the ink adhering to the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72, and examples thereof include melamine foam.
- the wiper cleaner 76 holds the cleaning liquid.
- the lower surface of the wiper cleaner 76 is located along the front-rear direction 8 and the left-right direction 9, and is located slightly below the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 located below (cleaning position) as shown by a solid line in FIG.
- the upper surface and the upper portion of the wiper cleaner 76 are located above the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 located below (cleaning position).
- the ink contains a resin-dispersed pigment (an example of a coloring material) as a pigment, resin fine particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water.
- the pigment may be a self-dispersing pigment that can be dispersed without a dispersant, or a resin-dispersed pigment.
- the resin-dispersed pigment can be dispersed in water by, for example, a pigment-dispersing resin (resin dispersant).
- the resin dispersion pigment is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include carbon black, inorganic pigments, and organic pigments. Examples of carbon black include furnace black, lamp black, acetylene black, and channel black. Examples of the inorganic pigment include titanium oxide, iron oxide-based inorganic pigment, carbon black-based inorganic pigment, and the like.
- organic pigment examples include azo pigments such as azolake, insoluble azo pigment, condensed azo pigment, and chelate azo pigment; phthalocyanine pigment, perylene and perinone pigment, anthraquinone pigment, quinacridone pigment, dioxazine pigment, thioindigo pigment, isoindolinone pigment, and quinophthalone.
- Polycyclic pigments such as pigments; dye lake pigments such as basic dye type lake pigments and acidic dye type lake pigments; nitro pigments; nitroso pigments; aniline black daylight fluorescent pigments; and the like.
- resin dispersion pigments other than these include C.I. I. Pigment Black 1, 6 and 7; C.I. I.
- the ink may further contain other pigments, dyes and the like. Further, the ink may contain only a dye as a coloring material.
- the pigment solid content of the resin dispersion pigment in the total amount of the ink is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately determined, for example, depending on the desired optical density or saturation.
- the pigment solid content is the mass of the pigment only, and does not include the mass of the resin fine particles.
- One type of resin dispersion pigment may be used alone, or two or more types may be used in combination.
- the resin fine particles for example, those containing at least one of methacrylic acid and acrylic acid as a monomer can be used, and for example, a commercially available product may be used.
- the resin fine particles may further contain, for example, styrene, vinyl chloride, or the like as the monomer.
- the resin fine particles may be contained in, for example, a resin emulsion.
- the resin emulsion is composed of, for example, resin fine particles and a dispersion medium (for example, water or the like). The resin fine particles are not in a dissolved state with respect to the dispersion medium, but are dispersed in a specific particle size range.
- Examples of the resin fine particles contained in the resin emulsion include acrylic acid-based resin, maleic acid-based ester resin, vinyl acetate-based resin, carbonate-type resin, polycarbonate-type resin, styrene-based resin, ethylene-based resin, polyethylene-based resin, and propylene-based resin.
- Examples thereof include resins, polypropylene-based resins, urethane-based resins, polyurethane-based resins, polyester-based resins, and copolymer resins thereof.
- the content of the resin fine particles in the total amount of the ink is not particularly limited. One type of resin fine particles may be used alone, or two or more types may be used in combination.
- water-soluble organic solvent examples include glycerin, triethylene glycol, butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, thiodiglycol, trimethylolpropane, trimethylolethane, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and the like.
- glycerin triethylene glycol
- butylene glycol dipropylene glycol
- tripropylene glycol tripropylene glycol
- thiodiglycol trimethylolpropane
- trimethylolethane trimethylolethane
- polyethylene glycol polypropylene glycol and the like.
- One type of these organic solvents may be used alone, or two or more types may be used in combination.
- the water is preferably ion-exchanged water or pure water.
- the ink may further contain a conventionally known additive, if necessary.
- the additive include a surfactant, a pH adjuster, a surface tension adjuster, an antifungal agent and the like.
- the viscosity adjusting agent include polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose, and water-soluble resins.
- a resin dispersion pigment, resin fine particles, a specific organic solvent, water, and if necessary, other additive components are uniformly mixed by a conventionally known method, and an insoluble matter is removed by a filter or the like. It can be prepared by removing it.
- the cleaning liquid contains a water-soluble organic solvent and water.
- the saturated vapor pressure of the water-soluble organic solvent at 20 ° C. is preferably 0.1 hPa or less, and more preferably the saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C. is 0.02 hPa or less.
- the saturated vapor pressure of the water-soluble organic solvent is in this range, the water-soluble organic solvent is less likely to volatilize from the cleaning liquid. As a result, the ink adhering to the wiper 72 and the cleaning liquid held in the wiper cleaner 76 are easily replaced, and the cleaning effect of the wiper 72 is maintained for a long time.
- water-soluble organic solvent examples include glycerin, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, butylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, thiodiglycol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and the like.
- One of these water-soluble organic solvents may be used alone, or two or more of them may be used in combination.
- the content of the water-soluble organic solvent in the total amount of the cleaning liquid is preferably 50% by mass or more, more preferably 70% by mass or more.
- the average molecular weight of polyethylene glycol is, for example, 180-200.
- the water is preferably ion-exchanged water or pure water.
- the content of water in the total amount of the cleaning liquid is, for example, preferably 50% by mass or less, and more preferably 30% by mass or less.
- the water content may be, for example, the balance of other components.
- the viscosity of the cleaning liquid is preferably 120 mPa ⁇ S or less, more preferably 80 mPa ⁇ S or less, and particularly preferably 5 mPa ⁇ S or more and 80 mPa ⁇ S or less.
- the density (B) of the cleaning liquid preferably has a relationship of (formula 1) with respect to the density (A) of the ink, and more preferably has a relationship of (formula 2).
- Equation 1 B> A
- Equation 2) BA BA ⁇ 0.03
- the ink 5 flowing from the tip end portion 72A of the wiper 72 to the wiper cleaner 76 exists near the lower surface of the wiper cleaner 76 immediately after the cleaning operation. Since the density (A) of the ink 5 is smaller than the density (B) of the cleaning liquid (B> A), with the passage of time, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), near the lower surface of the wiper cleaner 76. The ink 5 present in the above moves upward. As a result, in the subsequent cleaning operation, the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 comes into contact with the lower surface and the lower portion of the wiper cleaner 76 in which the ink 5 is scarcely present.
- the cleaning member 74 moves relative to the wiper 72 while being positioned above the tip 72A in a posture in which the wiper 72 faces upward, the lower surface of the wiper cleaner 76 does not necessarily move in the front-rear direction 8 and left and right. It does not have to be along the direction 9.
- the cleaning member 74 is in a state where the lower surface of the wiper cleaner 76 is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction (horizontal direction 9), and the cleaning member 74 refers to the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 in the cleaning operation. May move relative to each other.
- the cleaning member 74 may have a contact portion that comes into contact with the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 and a non-contact portion that is located above the contact portion and does not come into contact with the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72. ..
- the surface of the wiper cleaner 76 in contact with the wiper 72 is along the vertical direction 7, and the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 is in the front-rear direction 8 or the left-right direction 9 (FIG. 5 (FIG. 5). In B), it may move relative to the cleaning member 74 while facing sideways along the left-right direction 9).
- the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 does not move relative to the upper portion 76U of the wiper cleaner 76, the upper portion 76U of the wiper cleaner 76 becomes a non-contact portion. Then, the lower portion 76L of the wiper cleaner 76 becomes a contact portion. Therefore, the ink flowing from the tip portion 72A of the wiper 72 to the lower portion 76L of the wiper cleaner 76 moves to the upper portion 76U of the wiper cleaner 76 with the passage of time.
- Pigment dispersion A Pure water was added to 20% by mass of the pigment (carbon black) and 7% by mass of the neutralized sodium hydroxide of the styrene-acrylic acid copolymer (acid value 175 mgKOH / g, molecular weight 10000) to make the whole 100% by mass. The mixture was stirred and mixed to obtain a mixture. This mixture was placed in a wet sand mill filled with 0.3 mm diameter zirconia beads and subjected to a dispersion treatment for 6 hours. Then, the zirconia beads were removed by a separator and filtered through a cellulose acetate filter having a pore size of 3.0 ⁇ m to obtain a pigment dispersion liquid A.
- the styrene-acrylic acid copolymer is a water-soluble polymer generally used as a dispersant for pigments.
- Resin fine particles "High Loose-X (registered trademark) QE-1042” manufactured by Seiko PMC Corporation
- Water-soluble organic solvent Propylene glycol (saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C: 0.1 hPa), glycerin (saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C: 0.001 hPa)
- Surfactant "Orfin (registered trademark) E1010” manufactured by Nissin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
- the cleaning liquids of Examples 1 to 8 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3 were obtained by uniformly mixing the water-soluble organic solvent with water in the blending amounts shown in Table 2.
- Water-soluble organic solvent glycerin (saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C.: 0.001 hPa), diethylene glycol (saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C.: 0.03 hPa), propylene glycol (saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C.: 0.1 hPa), triethylene Glycer butyl ether (saturated vapor pressure at 20 ° C: 0.01 hPa)
- Table 2 shows the evaluation results of Examples 1 to 8 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3.
- Example 6 in which the relationship between the ink density (A) and the cleaning liquid density (B) does not satisfy (Equation 2), the increase in ink was evaluated as A. Further, in Example 5 in which the viscosity of the cleaning liquid was larger than 80 mPa ⁇ S, the increase in ink was evaluated as A. Further, in Example 6 in which the viscosity of the cleaning liquid was less than 5 mPa ⁇ S, the retention of the cleaning liquid was evaluated as A.
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La présente invention concerne un moyen permettant d'empêcher une encre à base d'eau de rester dans une section d'un élément de nettoyage qui retient un fluide de nettoyage, ladite section venant en contact avec une section d'extrémité de pointe d'un balai d'essuie-glace. Un dispositif d'enregistrement (10) est pourvu : d'un plateau (28) ; d'une tête d'impression (34) ; d'un racleur (72) qui comporte une section d'extrémité de pointe (72A) pour essuyer une surface de buse (33A) de la tête d'impression (34) ; d'un élément de nettoyage (74) qui vient en contact avec la section d'extrémité de pointe (72A) ; et d'un fluide de nettoyage qui est retenu dans l'élément de nettoyage (74). La viscosité du fluide de nettoyage est égale ou inférieure à 120 mPa⋅s. Lorsque la densité de l'encre à base d'eau est A et que la densité du fluide de nettoyage est B, l'expression 1 (B > A) est satisfaite.
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