公开(公告)号：US08777347B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-15

申请号：US13445992

申请日：2012-04-13

申请人： Osamu Shinkawa ,  Toshiyuki Suzuki

发明人： Osamu Shinkawa ,  Toshiyuki Suzuki

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/0451 ,  B41J2/04581

摘要： A printer has a plurality of dischargers for discharging ink, a detector for detecting an electric signal SW, and an inspector unit for inspecting the dischargers on the basis of the electric signal SW; and a grounding terminal connecting a drive element of a discharger being inspected is electrically disconnected from another grounding terminal and a grounding line GL when the electric signal SW is detected by the detector.

摘要翻译： 打印机具有用于排出墨的多个放电器，用于检测电信号SW的检测器和用于基于电信号SW检查放电器的检查单元; 并且当检测器检测到电信号SW时，连接被检查的放电器的驱动元件的接地端子与另一接地端子和接地线GL电连接。

公开(公告)号：US08708449B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US13096291

申请日：2011-04-28

申请人： Osamu Shinkawa

发明人： Osamu Shinkawa

IPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/16526

摘要： A liquid ejection device includes a plurality of nozzles and a common ejection testing portion. The nozzles are arranged to eject a liquid. The common ejection testing portion is provided in common to the nozzles, the common ejection testing portion being arranged to perform ejection testing of each of the nozzles during printing. At least one of the nozzles is selected to be tested using the common ejection testing portion when the liquid is ejected from the nozzles based on print data. The nozzles that eject liquid being identified based on the print data, and one of the nozzles, which have not been tested, having low ejection frequency based on the print data being selected as the at least one of the nozzles to be tested.

摘要翻译： 液体喷射装置包括多个喷嘴和公共喷射测试部分。 喷嘴布置成喷射液体。 公共喷射测试部分与喷嘴共同设置，公共喷射测试部分被布置成在打印期间执行每个喷嘴的喷射测试。 当基于打印数据从喷嘴喷射液体时，使用共同喷射测试部分选择至少一个喷嘴进行测试。 基于打印数据识别出的液体的喷嘴，以及未被测试的喷嘴之一，其喷射频率基于被选择为要测试的至少一个喷嘴的打印数据而具有低喷射频率。

公开(公告)号：US08371676B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-12

申请号：US13106342

申请日：2011-05-12

申请人： Osamu Shinkawa

发明人： Osamu Shinkawa

IPC分类号： B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/19 ,  B41J2/2142

摘要： A liquid ejection device includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a drive signal generating portion, a selection portion and an ejection testing portion. The nozzles are arranged to eject a liquid. The piezoelectric elements are provided in respective correspondence to the nozzles. The drive signal generating portion is arranged to generate a drive signal which repeats for each of ejection cycles in which the nozzles eject the liquid onto a pixel, there being a plurality of selectable periods provided in the ejection cycles, at least one of the periods being a testing period. The selection portion is arranged to selectively apply the drive signal to the piezoelectric elements in each of the periods. The ejection testing portion is arranged to perform ejection testing of the liquid from at least one of the nozzles to be tested.

摘要翻译： 液体喷射装置包括多个喷嘴，多个压电元件，驱动信号产生部分，选择部分和喷射测试部分。 喷嘴布置成喷射液体。 压电元件分别对应于喷嘴。 所述驱动信号产生部分被布置成产生驱动信号，所述驱动信号针对每个喷射循环重复喷射循环，其中喷嘴将液体喷射到像素上，在喷射循环中设置有多个可选择的周期，其中至少一个周期为 测试期间。 选择部分被布置成在每个周期中选择性地将驱动信号施加到压电元件。 喷射测试部分被布置成对待测试的喷嘴中的至少一个进行液体的喷射测试。

公开(公告)号：US08100491B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-24

申请号：US11780357

申请日：2007-07-19

申请人： Atsushi Oshima ,  Kunio Tabata ,  Toshiyuki Suzuki ,  Osamu Shinkawa ,  Tomoki Hatano

发明人： Atsushi Oshima ,  Kunio Tabata ,  Toshiyuki Suzuki ,  Osamu Shinkawa ,  Tomoki Hatano

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

摘要： A liquid jet apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles provided to the liquid jet head, an actuator provided corresponding to each of the nozzles, drive unit that applies a drive signal to the actuator, drive waveform signal generation unit that generates a drive waveform signal providing a reference of a signal for controlling the actuator, modulator unit that pulse-modulates the drive waveform signal generated by the drive waveform signal generation unit, a digital power amplifier for power-amplifying the modulated signal, which is pulse-modulated by the modulator unit, and a low-pass filter provided individually corresponding to the actuator and for supplying the actuator with the power amplified modulated signal power-amplified by the digital power amplifier as a drive signal after smoothing.

公开(公告)号：US20110285775A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-24

申请号：US13106364

申请日：2011-05-12

申请人： Osamu SHINKAWA

发明人： Osamu SHINKAWA

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/19

摘要： A liquid ejection device includes a plurality of nozzles, an ejection testing portion and a controller. The nozzles are arranged to eject a liquid. The ejection testing portion is arranged to perform ejection testing of the liquid from each of the nozzles. The controller is arranged to eject the liquid from the nozzles to print an image onto a medium, and to perform a flushing operation when printing on the medium is not being performed. The ejection testing portion is arranged to perform the ejection testing of each of the nozzles during the flushing operation. The controller is arranged to terminate the flushing operation in midcourse when results of the ejection testing for the nozzles are normal.

摘要翻译： 液体喷射装置包括多个喷嘴，喷射测试部分和控制器。 喷嘴布置成喷射液体。 喷射测试部分被布置成执行来自每个喷嘴的液体的喷射测试。 控制器被布置成从喷嘴喷射液体以将图像打印到介质上，并且在不执行在介质上打印时执行冲洗操作。 喷射测试部分被布置成在冲洗操作期间执行每个喷嘴的喷射测试。 控制器布置成在喷嘴的喷射测试结果正常时终止中间的冲洗操作。

公开(公告)号：US20110285773A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-24

申请号：US13106342

申请日：2011-05-12

申请人： Osamu SHINKAWA

发明人： Osamu SHINKAWA

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/19 ,  B41J2/2142

摘要： A liquid ejection device includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a drive signal generating portion, a selection portion and an ejection testing portion. The nozzles are arranged to eject a liquid. The piezoelectric elements are provided in respective correspondence to the nozzles. The drive signal generating portion is arranged to generate a drive signal which repeats for each of ejection cycles in which the nozzles eject the liquid onto a pixel, there being a plurality of selectable periods provided in the ejection cycles, at least one of the periods being a testing period. The selection portion is arranged to selectively apply the drive signal to the piezoelectric elements in each of the periods. The ejection testing portion is arranged to perform ejection testing of the liquid from at least one of the nozzles to be tested.

摘要翻译： 液体喷射装置包括多个喷嘴，多个压电元件，驱动信号产生部分，选择部分和喷射测试部分。 喷嘴布置成喷射液体。 压电元件分别对应于喷嘴。 所述驱动信号产生部分被布置成产生驱动信号，所述驱动信号针对每个喷射循环重复喷射循环，其中喷嘴将液体喷射到像素上，在喷射循环中设置有多个可选择的周期，其中至少一个周期为 测试期间。 选择部分被布置成在每个周期中选择性地将驱动信号施加到压电元件。 喷射测试部分被布置成对待测试的喷嘴中的至少一个进行液体的喷射测试。

公开(公告)号：US07883204B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-08

申请号：US11950510

申请日：2007-12-05

申请人： Osamu Shinkawa ,  Yusuke Sakagami

发明人： Osamu Shinkawa ,  Yusuke Sakagami

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/385

CPC分类号： B41J11/0005

摘要： An ink jet printer includes: ink jet heads that discharge aqueous ink droplets onto a printing surface of a printing medium that is transported in a predetermined direction; a vapor supply unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a direction in which the printing medium is transported and supplies vapor to a surface of the printing medium opposite the printing surface of the printing medium having the liquid droplets discharged from the ink jet heads in a non-contact manner; and a vapor electrostatic deposition unit that deposits the vapor supplied from the vapor supply unit to the surface of the printing medium opposite the printing surface of the printing medium using electrostatic force.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印机包括：喷墨头，其将水性墨滴喷射到沿预定方向输送的打印介质的打印表面上; 蒸气供给单元，其设置在所述喷墨头的下游侧，沿着所述打印介质的输送方向，并且向所述打印介质的表面提供蒸气，所述表面与所述打印介质的打印介质的表面相反，所述打印介质的表面具有从 喷墨头以非接触的方式喷头; 以及蒸气静电沉积单元，其使用静电力将从蒸气供应单元供应的蒸汽沉积到与打印介质的打印表面相对的打印介质的表面上。

公开(公告)号：US20100220133A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-02

申请号：US12161201

申请日：2007-01-17

申请人： Atsushi Oshima ,  Kunio Tabata ,  Osamu Shinkawa ,  Toshiyuki Suzuki ,  Tomoki Hatano

发明人： Atsushi Oshima ,  Kunio Tabata ,  Osamu Shinkawa ,  Toshiyuki Suzuki ,  Tomoki Hatano

IPC分类号： B41J2/045

CPC分类号： B41J2/04596 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04548 ,  B41J2/04568 ,  B41J2/04578 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04581 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/04591 ,  B41J2/04595

摘要： A head drive device of an inkjet printer having a nozzles and corresponding actuators that jet liquid drops. A drive section applies a drive signal to the actuators. The head drive device includes a drive waveform generating section that generates a drive waveform signal which is used as a reference of a signal to control drive of the actuators. A modulating section modulates a pulse of a drive waveform signal generated by the drive waveform generating section. A digital power amplifier amplifies power of a modulated signal subjected to the pulse modulation. A low pass filter smoothes a power-amplified modulated signal subjected to the power amplification by the digital power amplifier and supplies the signal as a drive signal to the actuators. A frequency characteristics adjusting section adjusts frequency characteristics of the low pass filter as a function of the number of the actuators.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印机的头驱动装置，其具有喷嘴和喷射液滴的相应致动器。 驱动部分向驱动器施加驱动信号。 磁头驱动装置包括驱动波形产生部分，其产生驱动波形信号，该驱动波形信号用作用于控制致动器驱动的信号的参考。 调制部调制由驱动波形生成部生成的驱动波形信号的脉冲。 数字功率放大器放大经受脉冲调制的调制信号的功率。 低通滤波器对由数字功率放大器进行功率放大的功率放大调制信号进行平滑，并将该信号作为驱动信号提供给致动器。 频率特性调整部分根据致动器的数量调节低通滤波器的频率特性。

公开(公告)号：US20100103237A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-29

申请号：US12605445

申请日：2009-10-26

申请人： Keiji HARA ,  Osamu SHINKAWA

发明人： Keiji HARA ,  Osamu SHINKAWA

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  F26B19/00

CPC分类号： B41J11/002 ,  B41J3/543

摘要： A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a target from an upstream side of a transport direction to a downstream side of the transport direction, a recording unit having a configuration in which at least one of a plurality of unit heads is deviated from another unit head in the transport direction, and performing a recording operation by attaching liquid to a target by each unit head, the unit heads allowing liquid ejecting nozzles to form nozzle arrays in a width direction of the target perpendicular to the transport direction, and a plurality of drying units having an arrangement identical to the arrangement of the unit heads in the transport direction and the width direction at a downstream side of the transport direction as compared with the recording unit, and drying the target.

摘要翻译： 记录装置包括：传送单元，其将目标从传送方向的上游侧传送到传送方向的下游侧;记录单元，具有多个单元头中的至少一个偏离另一单元的结构 在运送方向上前进，并且通过每个单位头将液体附着到目标物进行记录操作，所述单元头允许液体喷射喷嘴在垂直于输送方向的目标物的宽度方向上形成喷嘴阵列，并且多个 干燥单元具有与记录单元相比在输送方向的下游侧的输送方向和宽度方向上的单元头的排列相同的布置，并干燥目标。

公开(公告)号：US20090289980A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-26

申请号：US12509915

申请日：2009-07-27

申请人： Kunio TABATA ,  Toshiyuki SUZUKI ,  Atsushi OSHIMA ,  Osamu SHINKAWA ,  Tomoki HATANO

发明人： Kunio TABATA ,  Toshiyuki SUZUKI ,  Atsushi OSHIMA ,  Osamu SHINKAWA ,  Tomoki HATANO

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J29/38 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04568 ,  B41J2/04573 ,  B41J2/04578 ,  B41J2/04581 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/04593 ,  B41J2/04596

摘要： A liquid jet apparatus including a plurality of nozzles provided to a liquid jet head, an actuator corresponding to each of the nozzles, and drive unit that applies a drive pulse to each of the actuators, wherein the drive unit includes correction value storing unit that stores a drive pulse application timing correction value corresponding to the number of actuators to be driven at the same time, and drive pulse application timing correction unit that corrects the drive pulse application timing using the drive pulse application timing correction value stored in the correction value storing unit.

摘要翻译： 一种液体喷射装置，包括设置在液体喷射头上的多个喷嘴，对应于每个喷嘴的致动器，以及向每个致动器施加驱动脉冲的驱动单元，其中驱动单元包括校正值存储单元，其存储 与同时驱动的致动器的数量相对应的驱动脉冲施加定时校正值以及使用存储在校正值存储单元中的驱动脉冲施加定时校正值来校正驱动脉冲施加定时的驱动脉冲施加定时校正单元 。