Printhead with circulation channel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11970010-B2
Application number	US-201917772760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2019
Priority date	Nov 13, 2019
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

An example printhead includes a circulation channel having an inlet for receiving a fluid and an outlet for expelling the fluid, a first nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the first nozzle being operable at a first absolute pressure, and a second nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the second nozzle being operable at a second absolute pressure, the absolute second pressure being lower than the first absolute pressure. The absolute pressure in the circulation channel decreases as the fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet, and the first nozzle is positioned closer to the inlet of the circulation channel than the second nozzle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printhead, comprising:
a circulation channel having an inlet for receiving a fluid and an outlet for expelling the fluid; and
a first nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the first nozzle being operable at a first absolute pressure; and
a second nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the second nozzle being operable at a second absolute pressure, the absolute second pressure being lower than the first absolute pressure,
wherein the absolute pressure in the circulation channel decreases as the fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet, and
wherein the first nozzle is positioned closer to the inlet of the circulation channel than the second nozzle.

2. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle has a first exit area and the second nozzle has a second exit area, wherein the first exit area is larger than the second exit area.

3. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the fluid is ejected from the first nozzle at a greater flow rate than the second nozzle.

4. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle is part of a first nozzle array coupled to the circulation channel and the second nozzle is part of a second nozzle array coupled to the circulation channel,
wherein each nozzle in the first nozzle array is operable at the first absolute pressure, and
wherein each nozzle in the second nozzle array is operable at the second absolute pressure.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fluid is ejected from the high drop weight nozzles at a greater flow rate than the low drop weight nozzles.

6. An apparatus, comprising:
a fluid reservoir; and
a printhead, the printhead comprising:
a circulation channel coupled to the fluid reservoir, the circulation channel being to flow a fluid therethrough; and
a first nozzle array fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the first nozzle array having a first set of nozzles; and
a second nozzle array fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the second nozzle having a second set of nozzles,

wherein the first set of nozzles includes more high drop weight nozzles than the second set of nozzles,
wherein the second set of nozzles includes more low drop weight nozzles than the first set of nozzles, and
wherein an exit area of the high drop weight nozzles is greater than the exit area of the low drop weight nozzles.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first set of nozzles are arranged along chevrons formed in the first nozzle array and the second set of nozzles are arranged along chevrons formed in the second nozzle array.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first set of nozzles and the second set of nozzles are arranged along chevrons, each chevron being formed across the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the high drop weight nozzles are operable at a first absolute pressure and the low drop weight nozzles are operable at a second absolute pressure, the first absolute pressure being greater than the second absolute pressure.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first nozzle array is positioned upstream along the circulation channel from the second nozzle array.

11. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the fluid is flowed in a first direction through the circulation channel for a first print quality and in a second direction for a second print quality, the second direction being opposite the first direction.

12. A fluidic die, comprising:
a circulation channel to flow a fluid therethrough; and
a first nozzle array fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the first nozzle array having a first set of nozzles; and
a second nozzle array fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the second nozzle having a second set of nozzles,
wherein the first set of nozzles and the second set of nozzles each include high drop weight nozzles and low drop weight nozzles, and
wherein an exit area of the high drop weight nozzles is greater than the exit area of the low drop weight nozzles.

13. The fluidic die of claim 12 , wherein the first nozzle array includes substantially same number of high drop weight nozzles as the second nozzle array, and wherein the first nozzle array includes substantially same number of low drop weight nozzles as the second nozzle array.

14. The fluidic die of claim 12 , wherein the first nozzle array includes a greater number of high drop weight nozzles than the second nozzle array, and wherein the second nozzle array includes a greater number of low drop weight nozzles than the first nozzle array.

15. The fluidic die of claim 12 , wherein the high drop weight nozzles are operable at a first absolute pressure and the low drop weight nozzles are operable at a second absolute pressure, the first absolute pressure being greater than the second absolute pressure.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Lum Jacob
• Feinn James A
• Lu Mengqian
• Clark Garrett E

Classifications

• B41J2/18 Primary

  Ink recirculation systems · CPC title

• B41J2/14145

  Structure of the manifold · CPC title

• B41J2202/12

  with ink circulating through the whole print head · CPC title