Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Gunter Rosenstock

Klaus Dietrich

Reiner Lichti

Ingolf Depta

Martin Behrens

The invention relates to a write head for ink printer devices comprising tubular ink channels which are surrounded over a part of their length by individually drivable small piezo tubes and which are situated proceeding between an ink supply part and the discharge openings of the write head. The ink channels applied to a carrier part form a pre-fabricatable channel block together with this carrier part. A channel plate is secured either to that side at which the ink channels end free or to the back surface of the carrier part. In one embodiment, the channel plate comprises a layer plate having through holes into which the free ends of the ink channels equipped with the small piezo tubes are pluggable. Transition channels for guiding the ink flow and the discharge openings of the write head for fashioned in further layer plates of the channel plate.

Write head for ink printer devices

A circuit for operating recording nozzles in ink mosaic recorders, each nozzle having an associated ink channel cylindrically surrounded by a piezoelectric transducer having a diameter which expands upon the application of a voltage thereto having a polarity which is opposite to the direction of polarization of the transducer and contracts upon the application of a voltage having a polarity in the direction of the transducer polarization, has a charging circuit which connects the transducers in a rest state to a common voltage source having a polarity in the direction of polarization of the transducers so that the transducers assume a state of contracted diameter. The circuit further includes a discharging circuit operated by a control input for each transducer operable for discharging an ink droplet from the nozzles after ink is drawn into the channels by operation of the charging circuit. The charging circuit contains a switching arrangement so that the charging circuit can be interrupted independently of the operation of the discharging circuit.

Circuit for operating recording nozzles

A recording head for ink mosaic printers has a plurality of channels communicating with an ink supply each of which has an individually controllable electro-mechanical transducer operable to eject ink droplets from respective channels and each channel further having at least two nozzle openings through which the ink is ejected toward a carrier medium for achieving a finer pattern of droplets on the carrier medium for improved resolution and adaptability to different types of texts.

Recording head for ink mosaic printers

An ink head printer is disclosed having an interchangeable ink supply tank detachably attachable to the printing head assembly to supply ink to the printing head. In order to eliminate air bubbles at the on set of use of the printing head assembly, the printing head is flushed with isoparaffin supplied from a flushing tank attached to the printing head in substitution for an ink supply tank.

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Munich, Germany

Gunter Rosenstock