Single pass ink jet printer with offset ink jet modules

Details Single pass ink jet printer with offset ink jet modules Single pass ink jet printer with offset ink jet modules

1996-11-04

1998-06-23

Fuller, Benjamin R.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

347 47, 347 49, 347 71, 347 72, B41J 2155, B41J 214, B41J 2045

Patent

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057710520

ABSTRACT:
A single pass ink jet printer includes a plurality of ink jet modules arranged in adjacent rows extending across the width of the surface of an object which is moved with respect to the printer. The modules are mounted on and joined to a manifold which is mounted in a support frame. Ink is supplied to the manifold through an opening in the frame and the manifold distributes the ink to corresponding openings in the ink jet modules where it is directed to arrays of ink pressure chambers and to an outlet which communicates with a corresponding return passage in the manifold leading back to the ink supply. As a result, ink is circulated continuously through all of the ink jet modules, thereby maintaining pigment in suspension in a pigmented ink. An ink supply is removably connected to the printhead through quick-disconnect couplings and, to prevent contamination of the ink in the printhead, filters are provided in the ink supply and at the inlet to the printhead. An additional filter, designed to trap only those particles which would block the orifices in the orifice plate, is positioned between the ink jet modules and the orifice plate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4318114 (1982-03-01), Huliba
patent: 5296875 (1994-03-01), Suda
patent: 5489925 (1996-02-01), Brooks et al.
patent: 5640184 (1997-06-01), Moynihan

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