Polymeric piezoelectric drive element for writing jets in mosaic ink printing devices
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMax Guntersdorfer, Peter Kleinschmidt, Klaus Dietrich
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Abstract
A piezoelectric drive element which surrounds an ink channel in a writing jet in a mosaic printing device is a winding formed by plies of thin synthetic foil having piezoelectric properties. The plies of the foil contact adjacent plies over large areas of adjacent plies and form a compression chamber in the interior of the winding which surrounds the ink chamber. Application of a voltage of a first polarity to the winding expands the winding and application of a voltage having an opposite polarity then contracts the winding forcing ink out of the chamber for printing. The winding and chamber may be surrounded by a covering of silicon rubber.
Claims6
In a fluid ejecting writing jet having a cylindrical channel containing said fluid which terminates in a discharge aperture, a drive element for separately forcing droplets of said fluid out of said channel comprising a power consuming winding having a plurality of adjacent plies of a first foil comprised of piezoelectric material and a second foil comprised of insulating material which cylindrically surround a portion of said channel, said foils being coiled together such that said plies are in contact with adjacent plies over a substantial portion of their respective surfaces, and a means for connecting said winding to a pulsed voltage source for expanding and contracting the interior diameter of said winding and generating pressure for expelling said droplets of fluid from said channel.
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