Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Karl H Dreinhoff

Harald Schulz

A method for fashioning ink channels in a write head for a dot-matrix ink printer means, whereby respective form needles cylindrically surrounded by piezo electric drive elements are aligned in a casting mold in accord with the desired course of the ink channels to be fashioned, are cast out with a casting compound and, after the curing of the latter, are removed upon formation of the respective ink channels partially surrounded by the allocated piezo electric drive elements, and insulation of the drive elements from a writing fluid in the ink channels is acheived in a way that is simple in terms of production engineering. The ink channels are filled with a liquid or dissolved plastic and are emptied after the inside channel walls are moistened with the plastic, so that a thin protective layer remains on the inside channel walls. The new method serves for the manufacture of ink printer heads that work based on the principle of individual drop ejection (drop on demand).

Method for fashioning ink channels in a write head for a dot-matrix ink

A method for fashioning ink channels in a write head for a dot-matrix ink printer means, whereby form needles respectively coated by parting agent and cylindrically surrounded by piezo electric drive elements are aligned in a casting mold in accord with the desired course of the ink channels to be fashioned, are cast out with a casting compound and, after the curing of the latter, are removed upon formation of the respective ink channels partially surrounded by the allocated piezo electric drive elements, and isolation of the drive elements from a writing fluid in the ink channels is achieved in a way that is simple in terms of production engineering. An envelope coat is applied to the form needles coated with parting agent, being applied thereto before they are introduced into the casting mold, this envelope layer forming the inside channel wall of the appertaining ink channel after the removal of the form needles and of the parting agent. The new method serves the purpose of manufacturing ink printer heads that work based on the principle of individual drop ejection (drop on demand).

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Karl H Dreinhoff