Inkjet printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11766866-B2
Application number	US-202117557673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2021
Priority date	Feb 18, 2021
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

An inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head including an inkjet head having a nozzle surface; nozzles disposed on the nozzle surface, that spray an ink from the nozzles; and a heater that heats a temperature of the inkjet head to a reference temperature. The nozzles include a first nozzle having a first diameter; and a second nozzle having a second diameter different from the first diameter of the first nozzle, the nozzle surface includes a first area in which the first nozzle is disposed and a second area in which the second nozzle is disposed, the first area has a first temperature in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature, and the second area has a second temperature different from the first temperature in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
a print head including:
an inkjet head having a nozzle surface;
nozzles disposed on the nozzle surface that spray an ink from the nozzles; and
a heater that heats a temperature of the inkjet head to a reference temperature, wherein

the nozzles include:
a first nozzle having a first diameter; and
a second nozzle having a second diameter different from the first diameter of the first nozzle,

the nozzle surface includes:
a first area in which the first nozzle is disposed; and
a second area in which the second nozzle is disposed,

the first area has a first temperature in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature, and
the second area has a second temperature different from the first temperature in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature.

2. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle and the second nozzle are disposed on a same extension line extending in a first direction.

3. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the nozzles include a third nozzle having a third diameter different from the first diameter of the first nozzle and the second diameter of the second nozzle.

4. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
the nozzle surface includes a third area including the third nozzle, and
the third area has a third temperature different from the first temperature of the first area and the second temperature of the second area in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature.

5. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first nozzle, the second nozzle, and the third nozzle are disposed on a same extension line extending in a first direction.

6. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first nozzle and the third nozzle are disposed on a same extension line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

7. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first temperature of the first area is higher than the second temperature of the second area, and
the first diameter of the first nozzle is smaller than the second diameter of the second nozzle.

8. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first diameter of the first nozzle and the second diameter of the second nozzle satisfy:

D
⁢
1

=

b
⁢

1
2

a
⁢
1
⁢
c
⁢
1
⁢

Oh
2

,

D
⁢
2

=

b
⁢

2
2

a
⁢
2
⁢
c
⁢
2
⁢

Oh
2

where D 1 is the first diameter of the first nozzle, D 2 is the second diameter of the second nozzle, a 1 is a density of the ink at the first temperature of the first area, a 2 is a density of the ink at the second temperature of the second area, b 1 is a viscosity of the ink at the first temperature of the first area, b 2 is a viscosity of the ink at the second temperature of the second area, c 1 is a surface tension of the ink at the first temperature of the first area, c 2 is a surface tension of the ink at the second temperature of the second area, and Oh is an Ohnesorge number.

9. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
a print head including:
an inkjet head having a nozzle surface;
nozzles disposed on the nozzle surface, that spray an ink from the nozzles; and
a heater that heats a temperature of the inkjet head to a reference temperature, wherein

the nozzle surface includes areas having different temperatures in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature, and
a diameter of a nozzle in each of the areas satisfies:

D
⁢
n

=

b
⁢

n
2

ancn
⁢

Oh
2

where Dn is a diameter of an n th nozzle disposed in an n th area where a temperature of the nozzle surface is an n th temperature, an is a density of the ink at the n th temperature, bn is a viscosity of the ink at the n th temperature, cn is a surface tension of the ink at the n th temperature, and Oh is an Ohnesorge number.

10. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein
the nozzle surface includes a first area having a first temperature and a second area having a second temperature different from the first temperature of the first area in case that the heater heats the inkjet head to the reference temperature, and
the nozzles include:
a first nozzle unit including at least one first nozzle disposed in the first area; and
a second nozzle unit including at least one second nozzle in the second area.

11. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a first diameter of the at least one first nozzle is different from a second diameter of the at least one second nozzle.

12. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
the first nozzle unit includes first nozzles, and
the first nozzles are spaced apart from each other in a first direction in the first area of the nozzle surface.

13. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the at least one first nozzle and the at least one second nozzle are disposed on a same extension line extending in the first direction.

14. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first nozzles have a same diameter.

15. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
the first temperature of the first area of the nozzle surface is higher than the second temperature of the second area of the nozzle surface, and
the first diameter of the at least one first nozzle is smaller than the second diameter of the at least one second nozzle.

16. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein
the at least one first nozzle is disposed at a center of the nozzle surface, and
the at least one second nozzle is disposed at an edge of the nozzle surface.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Jeong Won
• Huh Myung Soo

Classifications

• B41J2/1433 Primary

  Structure of nozzle plates · CPC title

• B41J2/145

  Arrangement thereof · CPC title

• B41J2002/14475

  characterised by nozzle shapes or number of orifices per chamber · CPC title

• B41J2/01 Primary

  Ink jet · CPC title

• B41J2/21 Primary

  for multi-colour printing · CPC title