Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Ejector mechanism
Reexamination Certificate
2001-10-25
2004-01-20
Gordon, Raquel Yvette (Department: 2853)
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Ejector mechanism
Reexamination Certificate
active
06679581
ABSTRACT:
THE FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to inkjet printheads, and more particularly to surface deformation of a carrier for printhead dies.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional inkjet printing system includes a printhead, an ink supply which supplies liquid ink to the printhead, and an electronic controller which controls the printhead. The printhead ejects ink drops through a plurality of orifices or nozzles and toward a print medium, such as a sheet of paper, so as to print onto the print medium. Typically, the orifices are arranged in one or more arrays such that properly sequenced ejection of ink from the orifices causes characters or other images to be printed upon the print medium as the printhead and the print medium are moved relative to each other.
In one arrangement, commonly referred to as a wide-array inkjet printing system, a plurality of individual printheads, also referred to as printhead dies, are mounted on a single carrier. As such, a number of nozzles and, therefore, an overall number of ink drops which can be ejected per second is increased. Since the overall number of drops which can be ejected per second is increased, printing speed can be increased with the wide-array inkjet printing system.
Mounting a plurality of printhead dies on a single carrier, however, requires that the single carrier perform several functions including fluid and electrical routing as well as printhead die support. More specifically, the single carrier must accommodate communication of ink between the ink supply and each of the printhead dies, accommodate communication of electrical signals between the electronic controller and each of the printhead dies, and provide a stable support for each of the printhead dies. Unfortunately, effectively combining these functions in one unitary structure is difficult.
To effectively combine the functions of fluid and electrical routing and printhead die support, the single carrier may include multiple components each formed of different materials and joined or assembled together to create the single carrier. As such, the various components may have different coefficients of thermal expansion. Thus, joints between the various components must withstand high temperatures and/or temperature variations during operation of the printing system as well as stresses such as shear, compressive, normal, and/or peeling stresses between the components. In addition, the joints must also be fluid and gas tight to accommodate fluid routing through the carrier.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One aspect of the present invention provides a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a carrier including a substrate and a substructure joined to a first surface of the substrate, and a plurality of printhead dies each mounted on a second surface of the substrate. The first surface of the substrate includes a surface deformation and the substructure is joined to the first surface by an adhesive. As such, the adhesive conforms to the surface deformation.
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Davis Byron K
Gibson Lawrence E
Horvath Janis
Mc Elfresh David K
Rapp Gerald V
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