Abstract:
A method for forming a pattern on a substrate by ejecting droplets containing pattern forming material onto the substrate is disclosed. First droplets containing the pattern forming material are ejected in a first ejecting direction inclined with respect to a normal line of the substrate from a plurality of first ejection ports, which are aligned along a certain direction with respect to a surface of the substrate. Second droplets containing the pattern forming material are ejected in a second ejecting direction and onto areas between adjacent pairs of the first droplets on the substrate from a plurality of second ejection ports, which are aligned along the certain direction.
Abstract:
A cleaning bath is provided on a base of a liquid ejection apparatus. A cleaning liquid supply section and a cleaning liquid discharge section are connected to the cleaning bath. The cleaning liquid supply section supplies cleaning liquid to the cleaning bath. The cleaning liquid discharge section drains the cleaning liquid from the cleaning bath. After having formed dots, a head unit is moved to the position immediately above the cleaning bath. Reflective mirrors are then immersed in the cleaning bath in the vicinity of an inlet pipe through which the cleaning liquid is introduced into the cleaning bath. An ejection head is also immersed in the cleaning bath in the vicinity of an outlet pipe through which the cleaning liquid is drained from the cleaning bath.
Abstract:
To provide a liquid discharger and a method to discharge liquid in which lowering of the precision of the assembly and the discharge accuracy of the high-viscosity liquid caused by thermal deformation, such as thermal expansion, is suppressed when the discharge heads of the inkjet apparatus are heated to accurately discharge the high-viscosity liquid, a liquid discharger having discharge heads to pressurize functional liquid contained in cavities communicating with nozzles and discharge the functional liquid from the nozzles, a mounting plate having openings to mount the discharge heads, a tank to contain the functional liquid discharged from discharge heads, and a liquid supply channel to supply the functional liquid from the tank to the discharge heads, the discharge heads mounted to the openings of the mounting plate at a same temperature as the temperature the functional liquid is discharged from the discharge heads.
Abstract:
According to an aspect of the invention, a liquid ejection apparatus including a head unit is provided. The head unit is movable on an object at least in two-dimensional directions. The head unit includes an ejecting portion and a radiating portion. The ejecting portion ejects droplets onto the object. The radiating portion radiates a laser beam onto the droplet received by the object. A controller adjusts the position of the ejecting portion and the position of the radiating portion in correspondence with a movement direction of the head unit. Thus, productivity is improved by efficiently drying and baking ejected liquid droplets.
Abstract:
A liquid droplet discharge apparatus that discharges liquid droplets onto a work includes a liquid container that contains liquid, a head that discharges the liquid droplets, and a liquid supply device that is disposed between the liquid container and the head and that supplies the liquid from the liquid container to the head. The liquid supply device includes a first tube connected between the liquid container and the head that supplies the liquid, a second tube surrounding an outer circumference of the first tube, and a fluid circulating unit that contains deaerating fluid in a space defined between the first tube and the second tube to circulate the deaerating fluid while deaerating gases contained in the deaerating fluid to outside the second tube through the second tube.
Abstract:
Aspects of the invention can include an imaging step for imaging a region including a plurality of substrates arranged on a pallet having a plurality of housing units by an imaging unit, an actual applying region detecting step for detecting a region corresponding to the plurality of substrates as an actual applying region based on the result of the imaging in the imaging step, and an applying step for applying an orientation film ink from an ink jet head to the plurality of substrates based on the actual applying region. Accordingly, the invention can improve yield.
Abstract:
Aspects of the invention provide a method that discharges and allocates stably a given amount of liquid crystal by securely filling the liquid crystal in a discharge head. More particularly, the invention can provide a method for discharging the liquid crystal in which the liquid crystal is discharged from a discharge head and disposed in a predetermined area of a substrate. And the method can include a heat processing in which the liquid crystal is heated until it reaches a temperature which exceeds its transition point.
Abstract:
A magnetic head assembly within a transducer is caused to float over the recording surface of a medium during operation while being in contact with the surface in the non-operational state. The transducer is supported by a load beam via a flexible member which deforms under the influence of frictional force between the transducer and the surface during landings and take-off. The load beam has integral stop plates which abut against a part of the transducer to regulate the deformation of the flexible member so that it stays within a predetermined range in the event of any relatively high frictional force being applied to the transducer.
Abstract:
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit that ejects a liquid onto a medium; a first liquid accommodation unit that accommodates the liquid; a second liquid accommodation unit that is different from the first liquid accommodation unit; a first flow channel that communicates with the first liquid accommodation unit and the head unit; a second flow channel that communicates with the first flow channel and the second liquid accommodation unit; and a liquid supply unit that delivers the liquid from the first liquid accommodation unit to the second liquid accommodation unit through the first flow channel and the second flow channel and that returns the liquid from the second liquid accommodation unit to the first liquid accommodation unit through the second flow channel and the first flow channel.
Abstract:
A droplet discharge device includes a head for discharging a functional liquid, a driving voltage generation unit for generating a driving voltage to drive the head, first and second temperature acquisition units, a temperature difference computing unit, and a driving voltage correction unit. The first and second temperature acquisition units are configured to acquire temperature of the functional liquid in the head as first and second temperatures, respectively, when the head is in a head waiting state and in a head driven state, respectively. The temperature difference computing unit is configured to compute a temperature difference between the first and second temperatures. The driving voltage correction unit is configured to correct the driving voltage based on the temperature difference. The driving voltage generation unit is configured to generate the corrected driving voltage to the head when the head is in the head driven state.