EP1317340A1 - Reinigungseinheit für eine tintenstrahl-druckvorrichtung - Google Patents
Reinigungseinheit für eine tintenstrahl-druckvorrichtungInfo
- Publication number
- EP1317340A1 EP1317340A1 EP00991650A EP00991650A EP1317340A1 EP 1317340 A1 EP1317340 A1 EP 1317340A1 EP 00991650 A EP00991650 A EP 00991650A EP 00991650 A EP00991650 A EP 00991650A EP 1317340 A1 EP1317340 A1 EP 1317340A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- cleaning unit
- opening
- printhead
- suction
- ink
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 238000007641 inkjet printing Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 8
- 238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 8
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
- B41J2/1652—Cleaning of print head nozzles by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head
- B41J2/16532—Cleaning of print head nozzles by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head by applying vacuum only
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16505—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out
- B41J2/16508—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out connected with the printer frame
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
- B41J2/16535—Cleaning of print head nozzles using wiping constructions
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
- B41J2/16552—Cleaning of print head nozzles using cleaning fluids
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16585—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads
Definitions
- the invention relates to a cleaning unit for an inkjet printing device according to the preamble of claim 1.
- ink jet printing devices The problem with ink jet printing devices is that ink residues inevitably accumulate at the outlet nozzles and in the vicinity of the print head. In the event that they are exposed for a sufficient period of time so that the solvents contained therein can evaporate, these ink residues can harden. Furthermore, when using ink that can be hardened by means of UV light, hardening can occur when the ink residues harden due to the incidence of light. If this occurs, the operational safety of the inkjet printing device cannot be guaranteed with the required reliability, since a crusting of the outlet nozzles can occur, which will adversely affect the printing result. State of the art
- a cleaning unit according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from DE 40 00 416 AI.
- a suction and cover cap is placed on the printhead, ink is sucked out of the printhead and the printhead is wiped off by a suitable device. While this known device is suitable for ensuring the operational safety of the ink print head when using solvent inks, when using inks which can be cured by UV light, there is a risk that the ink residues due to the incidence of UV light on the print head harden before they can be removed with the known cleaning device.
- the invention has for its object to provide a cleaning unit for an inkjet printing device that reliably ensures cleaning of the print head even when using ink that can be cured by UV light, and can prevent the formation of incrustations on the print head ,
- the cleaning unit according to the invention is designed in such a way that a suction and parking cap has an opening which is completely light-tight to a print head can be created.
- a suction and parking cap has an opening which is completely light-tight to a print head can be created.
- this ensures that no light, in particular no UV light, is applied to the print head before, during and after the suction reached, which would lead to hardening of ink residues and incrustation of the nozzle outlets.
- the measure that the printhead can be placed in a light-tight manner against the opening of the suction and parking cap is supported by the use of suitable materials and covers to ensure that no light that can lead to hardening of the ink gets onto any ink residue.
- suitable covers can be used so that when the printhead moves from its "usual" writing position to the cleaning unit, no UV light falls.
- an extended guide which is required for the method of the printing carriage, can be used in two ways. When using UV ink, the carriage movement must be extended on both sides so that the UV lamps on both sides of the carriage can also completely irradiate the printed area.
- the print head must be moved a little laterally outside the printed area so that the UV lamp attached to the print carriage can be arranged over the edge area of the area just printed.
- a slide guide that is extended in this way can advantageously be used so that the pressure slide that can be moved over the edge region can be arranged on at least one side on the cleaning unit according to the invention.
- both the cap itself and all the lines leading to the opening that can be made on the printhead, for example to apply negative pressure to suck off the ink will be made of opaque material, so that here too no incidence of light can occur which would lead to hardening of the ink residues on the printhead.
- suction and parking cap preferably the entire cleaning unit according to the invention
- the suction and parking cap can be raised in a preferred embodiment in order to create the opening on the printhead by lifting the cap or the entire cleaning unit.
- the cleaning unit can be provided in a fixed manner, and the print head can be designed to be lowered onto the cleaning unit.
- a cover on the cleaning unit This can preferably be moved by a motor, so that it is pushed away from the cleaning unit in such a way that the cleaning unit is accessible to the printhead or printheads when cleaning is to take place.
- a stop on the cover for example, which allows the printhead moving to the cleaning unit to move the cover as it approaches.
- the cleaning unit according to the invention which is especially adapted for the use of inks that can be cured under UV light, that suction of ink is effected from the ink print head.
- the suction and parking cap with its opening can be placed not only light-tight on the printhead, but also in a hermetically sealed manner, so that a vacuum suitable for suction can be applied.
- a first-order delay element in the hydraulic circuit which is used to generate the negative pressure.
- a system with a volume and a nozzle is created to implement a first order delay element.
- the first order delay element consists of a volume formed by a waste liquid bottle.
- a choke is also provided.
- the system consisting of throttle and volume has a retarding effect when a negative pressure prevails in a pressure tank.
- the feature described above is a measure that does not necessarily have to be combined with the light-tight ability of the printhead to be applied to the suction and parking cap according to the invention.
- the provision of a first-order delay element also has its advantages in other cleaning units which are designed for solvent inks, since, as mentioned, the suction of air into the ink lines and the formation of bubbles can advantageously be prevented.
- a wiping unit is preferably provided which has a deflecting roller that can be raised and lowered with an absorbent cloth, preferably made of nonwoven.
- the procedure for cleaning the ink outlets is as follows. First, ink is sucked out of the print head in order to set a defined ink state at the nozzle outlets. Subsequently, the printhead is wiped by the wiping unit to wipe off any ink residue in the vicinity of the ink spouts.
- the arrangement can be such that the vertex of the roller is at the printhead outlets when it is in a wiping position.
- the surface of the printhead outlet is touched all over and the ink is absorbed by the absorbent cloth.
- the wipe can move relative to the printhead outlets, so that it is wiped over the printhead outlets to a certain extent.
- one Movement of the print head and the cloth are effected simultaneously, so that the cloth completely touches the surface of the print head outlets, but there is no relative movement between the print head nozzles and the cloth, so that the nozzles are protected.
- a particularly gentle yet effective cleaning of the printhead outlets is also achieved in accordance with the preferred embodiment in which the apex of the deflection roller is arranged laterally next to the printhead outlets.
- the surface of the print head outlet is not touched over the entire surface, but the excessive ink is, as it were, sucked off to the side.
- the suction and parking cap of the cleaning unit according to the invention preferably also has a second opening into which a solvent can be introduced.
- This is a measure which, particularly when using solvent inks, ensures that the printhead is safely "parked", even over a long period of time, since the printhead outlets are flushed with solvent, so that the ink cannot harden.
- the measure mentioned is fundamentally adapted for the use of solvent inks and also leads to considerable advantages regardless of whether the print head can be placed on the suction and parking cap in a light-tight manner, the formation of a second opening which can be filled with solvent is also necessary when using inks which are under UV light are curable, suitable for secure parking of the printhead.
- a first so-called parking liquid pump is preferably provided, which pumps the parking liquid, that is to say a solvent, from a parking liquid tank into the cap.
- a second parking liquid pump which pumps the used parking liquid into a waste tank.
- the cap is essentially formed by a cuboid component in which the openings mentioned are formed on two different sides. Accordingly, one opening for suction can be subjected to negative pressure, and solvent can be introduced into the other opening separately from the first-mentioned opening.
- the two openings could of course also be provided side by side on an approximately plate-shaped suction and parking cap, and the cap could accordingly be designed to be displaceable in order to selectively place one or the other opening on the printhead.
- FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of the cleaning unit according to the invention without a cover
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the cleaning unit according to the invention with two print heads arranged thereon;
- FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a wiping unit of the cleaning unit according to the invention.
- Fig. 5 is a hydraulic circuit diagram showing an arrangement which is used for sucking ink from a print head in the cleaning unit according to the invention.
- a preferred embodiment of the cleaning unit 10 has a cover 12, in which four pairs of recesses 14 are formed, through which the suction and parking caps, which will be explained in more detail below, are accessible to the print heads .
- the illustrated embodiment of the cleaning unit 10 is an embodiment which is suitable for a four-color printing device, in which two print heads are provided for printing one color, so that there are four pairs of print heads.
- the cleaning unit 10 can be raised and lowered, so that the print heads pass through the slots 14 with their outlets and are placed against the respective suction and parking cap 16. In the embodiment shown, two openings are formed in each suction and parking cap 16.
- both openings are provided with a sealing lip 18 which, in the case of the one opening which is used to suck ink from the printhead, is required for the opening to be applied to the printhead with a sufficient seal so that a Suck off ink using negative pressure.
- this opening of the cap 16 is referred to below as the “suction opening” 20. It is assumed that the suction opening 20 is at the top in the orientation of the respective caps 16 shown in FIG. 1.
- the other opening which is referred to below as the flushing opening 22, is located on one of the sides of the cap 16 and can be seen in FIG. 2.
- a cover 76 that can be moved by means of a motor or by means of the pressure slide can be seen therein and is designed to be light-tight, so that the entire cleaning unit 10 can be covered in a light-tight manner.
- the cap 16 can in each case be rotated about a horizontal axis, so that one of the two openings 20, 22 can optionally be arranged at the top, so that the cap 16 with this opening on the printhead can be created.
- a vacuum can be applied to the suction opening 20 by means of suitable lines and the like, which lead to a vacuum source.
- a solvent supply is connected to the flushing opening 22, so that, for example, during a longer one Break in operation, the printhead applied to the opening 22 can be flushed with solvent.
- 1 and 2 show further details of the cleaning unit according to the invention, which are of no further importance for the explanation of the invention. However, it should be noted that the cleaning unit 10 can be lifted as a whole in order to put all the caps 16 on the associated print heads at the same time.
- FIG. 3 Such a position for two print heads 24 is shown in FIG. 3.
- printheads 24 when the printheads are to be cleaned, there are also associated printheads 24 on the other three pairs of suction and parking caps 16.
- the surface of the printhead outlets is located on the underside (according to the illustration in FIG. 3) of the printheads 24 , which is arranged completely by the application to the respective opening 20, 22 within the opening, so that ink can be sucked out of all printhead outlets, and these are also sealed according to the invention in a light-tight manner with respect to the surroundings.
- this opening can be flooded with solvent, so that any ink residues present on the printheads 24 can be loosened and the formation of new incrustations can be prevented.
- the wiping unit 26 has an absorbent cloth wound on a roller 28, which is guided over various rollers up to an apex 30 of a deflection roller 34.
- the apex 30 can either be placed directly on the surface of the printhead outlets, or a little laterally next to it to wipe off any ink residue from the printhead outlets or to suck it off by capillary action and, in the second case, to protect the printhead outlets themselves at the same time.
- a first valve 42 and a second valve 44 are provided, which can also be referred to as "prime purge valves" or intake / exhaust valves.
- the two valves 42, 44 are open and connect the pump 46 to ambient pressure.
- the pump 46 can be started.
- the first valve 42 is energized, the pump in the tank 48 creates an overpressure.
- the second valve 44 is energized, the pump 46 generates a negative pressure in the tank 48.
- blow-out pressure control sensor 50 By means of the hysteresis of two pressure sensors, a blow-out pressure control sensor 50 and an exhaust pressure control sensor 52, the pressure is kept constant by means of a two-point control. Furthermore are a blow-out pressure sensor 54 and an intake pressure sensor 56 are provided for function monitoring. A relay 58 is used to switch between the two operating modes, positive pressure and negative pressure. A so-called “silencer" 60 connected to the first valve 42 and the second valve 44 prevents annoying whistling noises.
- a first suction valve 62 is energized, a second suction valve 64 is not energized, and an ink waiting valve 66 is energized. Finally, a blow-out valve 68 of the cleaning unit assigned to the print head 70 is excited. Ink is then drawn through the printhead. After the printhead 70 is filled, it is closed with the park position device (not shown), and an overpressure is created in the tank 48 by switching between the first valve 42 and the second valve 44, with an appropriate start-up method interposed therebetween. By briefly switching on the second suction valve 64, air bubbles are "hammered out" in the print head 70. In this way, air bubbles can be removed from the printhead 70. It should also be mentioned that the ink waiting valve 66 locks in the deenergized state and thus prevents the ink from escaping if, when the device is switched off, the vacuum in a tank (not shown), in which vacuum is present, slowly drops due to leaks.
- the suction of ink from the print head 70 in the cleaning unit works as follows.
- a system consisting of the volume of the waste ink bottle 74 and a throttle (not shown) reduces the negative pressure prevailing in the tank 48 Delay applied to printhead 70.
- the cleaning unit is delimited by the dashed lines in the lower right area of FIG. 5 from the printing carriage which is shown in the upper right area of FIG. 5.
- the exhaust valve 68 is energized for suction, and a vacuum is built up in the waste ink bottle 74 with a delay. This vacuum is also applied to the printhead 70 for the defined suction of ink.
- the blow-out valve 68 is turned off, ambient pressure is established in the waste ink bottle 74, again delayed by the throttle (not shown).
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- Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| ITBZ000038 | 2000-09-15 | ||
| IT2000BZ000038A IT1316140B1 (it) | 2000-09-15 | 2000-09-15 | Unita' di pulitura per dispositivo di stampa a getto di inchiostro. |
| PCT/EP2000/013333 WO2002022366A1 (de) | 2000-09-15 | 2000-12-29 | Reinigungseinheit für eine tintenstrahl-druckvorrichtung |
Publications (2)
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| EP1317340A1 true EP1317340A1 (de) | 2003-06-11 |
| EP1317340B1 EP1317340B1 (de) | 2004-05-26 |
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Country Status (9)
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| US (1) | US20040021726A1 (de) |
| EP (1) | EP1317340B1 (de) |
| JP (1) | JP2004508973A (de) |
| AT (1) | ATE267706T1 (de) |
| AU (1) | AU2001233672A1 (de) |
| DE (1) | DE50006633D1 (de) |
| ES (1) | ES2220587T3 (de) |
| IT (1) | IT1316140B1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2002022366A1 (de) |
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| ATE267706T1 (de) | 2004-06-15 |
| JP2004508973A (ja) | 2004-03-25 |
| IT1316140B1 (it) | 2003-03-28 |
| ITBZ20000038A1 (it) | 2002-03-15 |
| US20040021726A1 (en) | 2004-02-05 |
| WO2002022366A1 (de) | 2002-03-21 |
| WO2002022366A8 (de) | 2002-07-04 |
| EP1317340B1 (de) | 2004-05-26 |
| DE50006633D1 (de) | 2004-07-01 |
| ITBZ20000038A0 (it) | 2000-09-15 |
| AU2001233672A1 (en) | 2002-03-26 |
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