Recorders – Markers and/or driving means therefor – With ink supply to marker
Patent
1985-08-02
1987-02-03
Hartary, Joseph W.
Recorders
Markers and/or driving means therefor
With ink supply to marker
310369, G01D 1518
Patent
active
046411550
ABSTRACT:
A mechanically balanced pulsed ink droplet mechanism includes a disk or ring of piezoelectric ceramic material positioned within a metal ring of rectangular cross section having an annular channel in its inner surface that is sealed by a thin metal diaphragm to form an annular ink chamber. The piezoelectric transducer is in mechanical engagement with the inner surface of the annular diaphragm, but the ink is electrically insulated from the ceramic. A voltage pulse applied to opposite sides of the disk causes it to expand and eject a droplet of ink from the printing orifice.
The ink chamber is shallow and has a ratio of cross section to wetted perimeter or hydraulic radius approximately equal to the diameter of the orifice which quickly damps oscillations resulting from the ejection of each droplet of ink and permitting higher speed operation. The ink chamber is sealed without the use of compliant materials resulting in minimal additional compliance to the liquid. The construction causes the displacement produced by the transducer to be efficiently transmitted to the ink chamber, producing droplets with improved definition at greater efficiencies.
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Advanced Color Technology Inc
Barrett E. Thorpe
Hartary Joseph W.
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