Inkjet printing spray head, inkjet amount measuring system and method and inkjet amount controlling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10751992-B2
Application number	US-201816327093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2018
Priority date	Sep 22, 2017
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

An inkjet amount measuring system, an inkjet amount measuring method and an inkjet amount controlling method. The inkjet amount measuring system includes: an inkjet printing spray head; and electricity applying device configured to apply electric charges to ink droplets passing through a nozzle of the inkjet printing spray head; a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field to deflect the charged ink droplets; a test board having a surface for carrying ink droplets; and a processor configured to calculate an amount of ink droplets according to positions of falling points of the ink droplets on the surface of the test board, an electric charge amount of the ink droplets, and a magnetic field intensity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inkjet amount measuring system, comprising:
an inkjet printing spray head;
an electricity applying device configured to apply electric charges to ink droplets passing through a nozzle of the inkjet printing spray head;
a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field to deflect the charged ink droplets;
a test board having a surface for carrying ink droplets; and
a processor configured to calculate an amount of ink droplets according to positions of falling points of the ink droplets on the surface of the test board, an electric charge amount of the ink droplets, and a magnetic field intensity.

2. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein a reference position mark is provided on the surface of the test board.

3. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 2 , wherein the reference position mark of the test board is one reference line or a plurality of reference lines parallel to each other.

4. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 2 , further comprising an alignment lens configured to measure distances between falling points of the ink droplets and the reference position mark.

5. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the electricity applying device is disposed on the inkjet printing spray head.

6. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , further comprising an electric field generating device configured to generate an electric field to accelerate dripping of the charged ink droplets.

7. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the test board is provided with an alignment mark.

8. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , further comprising a windproof device configured to isolate the charged ink droplets from an external environment.

9. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the electricity applying device applies an equal amount of electric charges to all of ink droplets passing through the nozzle.

10. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the inkjet printing spray head comprises:
a cavity configured to contain ink; and
at least one said nozzle in communication with the cavity for inkjet printing.

11. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one said nozzle in communication with the cavity for inkjet printing comprise a plurality of nozzles.

12. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of nozzles are arranged in one column or in a plurality of columns parallel to each other.

13. An inkjet amount measuring method, comprising:
applying electric charges to ink droplets passing through a nozzle of an inkjet printing spray head;
generating a magnetic field and making the charged ink droplets pass through the magnetic field to deflect dripping trajectories of the ink droplets;
dripping the charged ink droplets onto a surface of a test board and recording falling points of the charged ink droplets; and
calculating an amount of ink droplets according to an electric charge amount of the ink droplets, a magnetic field intensity and positions of falling points of the ink droplets.

14. The inkjet amount measuring method according to claim 13 , wherein a reference position mark is provided on the surface of the test board, distances between the falling points of the charged ink droplets on the surface of the test board and the reference position mark are recorded, and the amount of ink droplets is calculated according to the electric charge amount of the ink droplets, the magnetic field intensity and the above distances.

15. The inkjet amount measuring method according to claim 14 , further comprising: measuring distances between falling points of the ink droplets and the reference position mark by an alignment lens.

16. The inkjet amount measuring method according to claim 13 , further comprising: applying an electric field to the charged ink droplets to accelerate the dripping of the ink droplets.

17. The inkjet amount measuring method according to claim 13 , further comprising: aligning the inkjet printing spray head with the test board by using an alignment mark on the surface of the test board and an alignment mark on the inkjet printing spray head.

18. The inkjet amount measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the inkjet printing spray head comprises an alignment mark.

19. An inkjet amount controlling method, comprising:
applying an inkjet signal corresponding to a predetermined amount of ink droplets to a nozzle of an inkjet printing spray head;
applying electric charges to ink droplets passing through the nozzle;
generating a magnetic field and making the charged ink droplets pass through the magnetic field to deflect dripping trajectories of the ink droplets;
dripping the charged ink droplets onto a surface of a test board and recording falling points of the charged ink droplets;
calculating an amount of ink droplets according to an electric charge amount of the ink droplets, a magnetic field intensity and positions of falling points of the ink droplets;
comparing the calculated amount of ink droplets with the predetermined amount of ink droplets, and adjusting the inkjet signal according to a comparison result; and
applying the adjusted inkjet signal to the nozzle to make the ink droplets have the predetermined amount.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Dejiang

Classifications

• B41J2/2135 Primary

  Alignment of dots · CPC title

• B41J2/135 Primary

  Nozzles · CPC title

• B41J2/10 Primary

  magnetic field-control type · CPC title

• H10K71/135

  using ink-jet printing · CPC title