Patents Assigned to SII Printek Inc.
  • Patent number: 10654271
    Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of improving the ejection stability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves each filled with liquid, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves, and a cover plate having a through hole through which the liquid flows into and/or from the ejection groove, and a wall part adapted to cover the ejection groove. A flow channel of the liquid in a part adapted to communicate the through hole and the ejection groove with each other includes a principal flow channel section, and an expanded flow channel section provided to the wall part, and adapted to increase a cross-sectional area of the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamura, Daichi Nishikawa, Tomoki Kameyama, Misaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10611180
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid jet head capable of dealing with jet of a variety of types of liquid, and at the same time superior in easiness in handling. The liquid jet head includes a main body part having a liquid jet head chip and a cooling section, and an inflow side connection unit and an outflow side connection unit each configured so as to selectively be attached to and detached from the main body part. As the inflow side connection unit, it is possible to select the first inflow side cover unit and the second inflow side cover unit. As the outflow side connection unit, it is possible to select the first outflow side cover unit and the second outflow side cover unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Midorikawa, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Naohiro Tomita, Shuji Sato, Yuki Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10611145
    Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a plurality of nozzles adapted to jet liquid, a piezoelectric actuator having a plurality of pressure chambers communicated individually with the nozzles and each filled with the liquid, and adapted to change a capacity of each of the pressure chambers, and a control section adapted to apply at least one pulse signal to the piezoelectric actuator to thereby expand and contract the capacity of the pressure chambers to jet the liquid filling the pressure chamber. The pressure chambers adjacent to each other of the plurality of the pressure chambers are set so as to belong to a plurality of groups different from each other. The control section makes the pulse signals different in timing between the plurality of groups and sets a shift amount of the timing in the pulse signals between the respective groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Tasuku Yonehara, Yuki Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10589524
    Abstract: Reduction of the size of the droplet in 1-drop ejection is easily performed. A liquid jet head according to an example of the disclosure includes a nozzle adapted to jet a liquid, a piezoelectric actuator having a pressure chamber communicated with the nozzle and filled with the liquid, and adapted to vary a capacity of the pressure chamber, and a control section adapted to apply a pulse signal to the piezoelectric actuator to thereby expand and contract the capacity of the pressure chamber so as to jet the liquid filling the pressure chamber. The control section applies the pulse signal adapted to expand the capacity in the pressure chamber when jetting 1 drop of the liquid so as to include a first pulse signal having a pulse width one of equal to or shorter than an on-pulse peak, and a second pulse signal disposed with a predetermined time interval from the first pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Takayuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10583676
    Abstract: A liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording device capable of accurately detecting the temperature of the ink are provided. A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a flow channel member provided with a flow channel of a liquid, and having a high heat conduction part disposed so as to have contact with the liquid flowing inside the flow channel, and a low heat conduction part having lower thermal conductivity than thermal conductivity of the high heat conduction part, a temperature detection element disposed outside the flow channel, and attached to the high heat conduction part, and a liquid jet section from which the liquid is jetted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamura, Masaru Midorikawa, Naohiro Tomita, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Shuji Sato
  • Patent number: 10543681
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a liquid jet head and a liquid jet device each capable of improving the print quality even in the case in which an error occurs in the print data. The liquid jet head includes a receiving section adapted to receive print data, a discriminant section adapted to discriminate whether or not the print data received is non-defective, and a control section adapted to hold the print data in a case in which the print data is non-defective, or perform printing based on the print data held currently without holding the print data received in a case in which the print data received is defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Shunji Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 10513117
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an ink jet head (liquid ejecting head) includes an actuator plate and a cover plate (see FIG. 8). As illustrated in FIG. 1, channel grooves for a discharge channel (ejection channel) and a non-discharge channel (non-ejection channel) in a Z-direction are formed on a front surface of the actuator plate, so as to be alternately arranged in an X-direction, by cutting with a dicing blade or the like. The discharge channel and the non-discharge channel are formed to have a groove width W of smaller than 70 ?m, in order to correspond to high density of nozzles. In the embodiment, the discharge channel and the non-discharge channel are formed to have a groove width of 55 ?m, 50 ?m, or 40 ?m, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakayama, Takeshi Sugiyama, Daichi Nishikawa, Eriko Maeda
  • Patent number: 10513116
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an ink jet head includes a pair of actuator plates, a return plate, and a flow passage plate. The pair of actuator plates are disposed to face each other in a Y-direction. In the actuator plate, a plurality of channels which extend in a Z-direction are arranged at a distance in an X-direction. The return plate is disposed on an opening end side of the channels in the pair of actuator plates. A circulation passage which communicates with the channels is formed in the return plate. The flow passage plate is disposed between the pair of actuator plates. An inlet flow passage into which an ink flows and an outlet flow passage which communicates with the circulation passage are arranged in the Z-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Kubota, Daichi Nishikawa, Daiki Irokawa, Eriko Maeda, Yutaka Hongo
  • Patent number: 10500852
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet device capable of achieving reduction in size. There are included a first head chip and a second head chip stacked on one another in the Y direction, a first flow channel member disposed on the ?Y direction side of the first head chip, and having an inflow port communicated with an ink tank, and a first ink flow channel adapted to communicate the inflow port and the first head chip with each other, a second flow channel member disposed on the +Y direction of the second head chip, and having a second ink flow channel communicated with the second head chip, and a communication flow channel located between the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member, and adapted to communicate the first ink flow channel and the second ink flow channel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hamano, Kazuyoshi Tominaga, Takanori Koyano, Atsushi Kozuki, Kenji Suzuki, Masaki Miyagi
  • Patent number: 10500855
    Abstract: There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of enhancing the reliability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first plate having a plurality of pressure chambers adapted to apply pressure to a liquid, a second plate having a plurality of nozzle holes adapted to jet the liquid in response to application of the pressure, and a third plate disposed between the first and second plates, and provided with a plurality of through holes individually communicated with the plurality of pressure chambers and the plurality of nozzle holes, respectively. In the through hole, a second opening region opposed to the second plate is larger than a first opening region opposed to the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Daiki Irokawa
  • Patent number: 10471716
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a liquid ejecting head chip includes an actuator plate and an in-channel electrode. In the actuator plate, a plurality of channels are arranged at a distance in an X-direction. Each of the channels includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion. The extension portion extends in a Z-direction. The raise-and-cut portion continues from the extension portion toward one side of the Z-direction and has a groove depth which is gradually reduced toward the one side of the Z-direction. The in-channel electrode is formed on an inner surface of each of the channels, with a plating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10427404
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a liquid ejecting head chip includes an actuator plate, a cover plate, a common electrode, and a connection wiring. In the actuator plate, a plurality of discharge channels and a plurality of non-discharge channels which extend in a Z-direction are alternately arranged at a distance in an X-direction. The cover plate is stacked on an AP-side-Y-direction inner side surface, so as to close the plurality of discharge channels and the plurality of non-discharge channels. The common electrode is formed on an inner surface of each of the discharge channels. The connection wiring is divided so as to be formed in at least 3 or more places in the X-direction on the cover plate, and the common electrode connects the connection wiring to the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Kubota, Daichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10350889
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording device each capable of appropriately cutting off the liquid column formed immediately after being jetted from the jet hole to prevent the satellite droplet from generating, and further achieving easier maintenance of the jet hole part. The liquid jet head includes a drive actuator, a jet hole plate, and a flow channel operating actuator. The drive actuator applies a pressure variation to a liquid filled therein. The jet hole plate is disposed on a downstream side of the drive actuator and adapted to jet the liquid having flown out from the drive actuator from the jet hole to the outside of the drive actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Daiki Irokawa
  • Patent number: 10343411
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is mounted on a carriage in which a first positioning hole defined by a first inner surface is provided. The liquid ejecting head includes a first positioning member and a first intermediate member. The first intermediate member includes a first expansion portion being capable of being inserted into a first positioning hole and abutting on the first inner surface by expanding in a radial direction intersecting with an insertion direction of the first expansion portion. The first expansion portion includes a first insertion hole into which the first positioning member is inserted and expands in the radial direction by the first positioning member being inserted into the first insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Midorikawa, Naohiro Tomita, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Shuji Sato, Yuki Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10336067
    Abstract: An ejection volume of a liquid can more finely be adjusted without lowering the ejection speed. The liquid jet head includes a plurality of nozzles adapted to jet the liquid, a piezoelectric actuator having a plurality of pressure chambers corresponding respectively to the nozzles and filled with the liquid, and adapted to vary a capacity of each of the pressure chambers, and a control section adapted to apply a pulse signal to the piezoelectric actuator to thereby expand and contract the capacity of the pressure chamber so as to jet the liquid with which the pressure chamber is filled. The control section generates a drive waveform including a plurality of the pulse signals adapted to expand the capacity of the pressure chamber, and sets a crest value of either of the pulse signals other than the pulse signal applied last to a different value from a crest value of another of the pulse signals in the drive waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SII Printek Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Toshiaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10308022
    Abstract: A liquid jet head includes: a nozzle plate including a nozzle array, the nozzle array including a plurality of nozzle holes each extending in a Z direction, the nozzle holes being arranged side by side in an X direction; a head chip disposed in a +Z direction with respect to the nozzle plate and including ejection channels communicating with the respective nozzle holes; a manifold disposed in a +Y direction with respect to the head chip, the manifold being configured to support the head chip by a face facing a ?Y direction and including an ink flow path communicating with the ejection channels; and a drive board supported on the face facing the ?Y direction of the manifold and electrically connected to the head chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hamano, Yutaka Hongo
  • Patent number: 10279591
    Abstract: A discharge channel and a non-discharge channel are formed to have a similar shape, that is, to include extension portions and raise-and-cut portions continuing from end portions of both the extension portions, respectively. Then, imparting of a catalyst, washing of an unnecessary catalyst, plating, and the like are performed on a target surface, as a plating step. In an embodiment, an electrode clearance groove is formed after the plating step. Since channel grooves for the discharge channel and the non-discharge channel have a similar shape, it is possible to cause a water flow to uniformly flow in the channels when washing is performed, and thus to avoid an occurrence of a situation in which a lump is formed in the channel groove by plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakayama, Takeshi Sugiyama, Daichi Nishikawa, Eriko Maeda
  • Patent number: 10272681
    Abstract: A liquid jet head includes an actuator plate on which are formed ejection channels which extend in a channel extending direction and are filled with ink, and dummy channels which extend in the channel extending direction and are not filled with ink. A nozzle plate is laminated on the actuator plate and includes nozzle holes each communicating with a corresponding ejection channel at a central part in the channel extending direction of the ejection channel. The actuator plate includes a first channel row and a second channel row each of which includes the ejection channels and the dummy channels alternately arranged side by side in the X direction, the first and second channel rows being spaced apart in the channel extending direction. The ejection channels and the dummy channels are each symmetric with respect to a plane that passes through the center in the channel extending direction and perpendicular to the channel extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Daichi Nishikawa, Yoshinori Domae
  • Patent number: 10195849
    Abstract: Channel grooves for a discharge channel and a non-discharge channel are formed in the surface of an actuator plate by cutting. The discharge channel includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion, and the non-discharge channel also includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion. In an embodiment, an electrode clearance groove is formed in advance by cutting with a dicing blade or the like. After the electrode clearance groove is formed, an electrode is formed by plating. Since plating is performed after the electrode clearance groove is formed, a clearance groove electrode is integrally formed with an AP-side common pad in the electrode clearance groove, and thus the clearance groove electrode and the AP-side common pad are short-circuited. Thus, an electrode separation portion is formed by cutting a short-circuited portion of the clearance groove electrode and the AP-side common pad through cutting or irradiation with laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakayama, Takeshi Sugiyama, Daichi Nishikawa, Eriko Maeda
  • Patent number: 10173425
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: actuator plates having discharge channels to be filled with an ink; sub-plates stacked on the ?Z-direction end surfaces of discharge channels in the actuator plates along a flow direction of the ink and having communication paths communicating with the discharge channels; and a nozzle plate stacked on the ?Z-direction end surfaces of the communication paths in the sub-plates along the flow direction and having nozzle holes communicating with the discharge channels through the communication paths. The ?Z-direction end surfaces of the sub-plates are polished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SII PRINTEK INC.
    Inventor: Daiki Irokawa