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Drop placement error reduction in electrostatic printer

ActiveUS8651632B2Reduce drop placement errorIncrease the print marginOther printing apparatusLiquid jetError reduction
A group timing delay device shifts the timing of drop formation waveforms supplied to drop formation devices of one of first and second nozzle groups so that print drops from the nozzle groups are not aligned relative to each other along a nozzle array direction. A charging device includes a common charge electrode associated with liquid jets from the nozzle groups and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and liquid jets which provides a charging waveform that is independent of a print and non-print drop pattern. The charging device is synchronized with the drop formation devices and the group timing delay device to produce a print drop charge state on print drops of a drop pair, a first non-print drop charge state on non-print drops of the drop pair, and a second non-print drop charge state on third drops.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

Motor control system for oil extractor in oil field

The invention relates to a motor control system for an oil extractor in an oil field, which comprises a plurality of permanent magnet motors, a three-phase rectifying cabinet, a super capacitor and aplurality of inverters, wherein the three-phase rectifying cabinet is externally connected with a three-phase power-frequency alternating-current power grid and outputs a direct-current power supply;the positive end of the direct-current power supply is connected with the positive end of the super capacitor, while the negative end is connected with the negative end of the super capacitor; the positive end of the super capacitor is connected with the positive end of each of the inverters respectively, while the negative end is connected with the negative end of each of the inverters respectively; and the three-phase output end of each of the inverters is connected with the three-phase input end of each of the motors respectively. Through the direct-current parallel-in operation of the plurality of permanent magnet motors, the motor control system provides the energy generated by dropping potential energy of an oil extraction rod of the oil extractor in the oil field for the permanent magnet motors which raise electromotion so as to greatly improve the operation efficiency of the whole system.
Owner:SHANGHAI EDRIVE

Method for resolving and determining satellite counterglow oriented object posture for effectively avoiding ground gas light influence

The invention discloses a method for determining a satellite counterglow oriented object posture based on double-vector azimuth information by using a resolving method, in particular an object posture determining method for making a star sensor effectively avoid ground gas light influence. The method can ensure an object concerned by a satellite posture orientation, and at least one star sensor is available in the whole process. The satellite counterglow oriented object posture is determined by finding a condition of making the star sensor furthest avoid the ground gas light interference influence, combining the counterglow orientation requirement and using the simple resolving method of double-vector posture fixation. The method solves the problem of a method which must combine a star rotating trial to establish the proper target posture, is favorable for reducing and controlling the complexity, cost and risk, and overcomes the defects that the conventional method cannot perform off-line pre-design and previously avoids the ground gas light interference influence.
Owner:AEROSPACE DONGFANGHONG SATELLITE

DC residential energy router based on multi-port converter and control method thereof

The invention discloses a DC residential energy router based on a multi-port converter and a control method thereof. The energy router is characterized in that the energy router is composed of four H bridge modules, two-way buck / boost converter modules BB1 and BB2, four external series inductors, and a high-frequency four-winding transformer; driving signals used to control on-off of full-control power devices in the converter modules BB1 and BB2 are obtained by means of pulse width modulation; and driving signals used to control on-off of full-control power devices in the H bridge modules are obtained by means of single phase shift modulation. The energy router integrates photovoltaic energy, stored energy, a power grid, and a residential load with different voltage grades. Two-way power flow between stored energy and the power grid is realized. Maximum use of renewable energy, reduction in power exchange with the power grid, charge and discharge based on stored energy, input source use priority, control on port voltages and power balance control in the system are realized.
Owner:HEFEI UNIV OF TECH

Drop placement error reduction in electrostatic printer

ActiveUS8651633B2Reduce drop placement errorIncrease the print marginInking apparatusOther printing apparatusLiquid jetError reduction
A group timing delay device is provided to shift the timing of drop formation waveforms supplied to drop formation devices of nozzles of one of first and second groups so that print drops formed from nozzles of the first and second groups are not aligned relative to each other along a nozzle array direction. A charging device includes a common charge electrode associated with liquid jets formed from the nozzles of the first and second group and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and liquid jets. The source of varying electrical potential provides a charging waveform that is independent of print and non-print drop patterns. The charging device is synchronized with the drop formation device and the group timing delay device to produce a print drop charge state on print drops and a non-print drop charge state on non-print drops.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

Biomimetic crop picking robot

A biominetic crop picking robot comprises picking pipes based on pneumatic artificial muscle, a generator used for feeding air pressure into inner cavities of the picking pipes, pneumatic pressure rate control valves used for controlling the air pressure fed into the inner cavity of each picking pipe, a pressure sensor used for detecting air pressure fed into the inner cavity of each picking pipe, a pneumatic pressure rate controller used for coordinating and controlling each pneumatic pressure rate control valve, a pulse type vacuum generation module used for sucking picked objects, a picking control subsystem used for controlling and performing picking action, a container used for collecting the picked objects, a microprocessor used for intelligently analyzing a video, autonomously navigating and controlling the action of the picking pipes based on the pneumatic artificial muscle and a walking part used for the work of a picking robot in a picking crop area. The biominetic crop picking robot has the advantages of excellent natural flexibility, simple mechanism, low control complexity, high picking efficiency, excellent environmental adaptability, and low manufacturing and maintenance costs.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH

Novel bandwidth allocation algorithm based on OFDM-PON

The invention discloses a dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm applied to an OFDM-PON (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Network) system and belongs to optical fiber communication systems. The invention utilizes an interruption application response method to realize the bandwidth request and allocation; a plurality of subcarriers in the system are divided into three parts, namely, a communication channel control part, an ONU (Optical Network Unit) default bandwidth part and a part stored in a dynamic pool; when the load on the link is light, each ONU compares respective local flow with local threshold value so as to decide whether an interruption application for extra bandwidth is started; and when the load on the link is heavy, an OLT (Optical Line Terminal) allocates the surplus subcarriers based on the requiring ratio of the ONUs under the condition that the rated bandwidth of the ONUs is met firstly, so as to realize dynamic allocation. The invention ensures low time delay and low package loss rate of a high priority service, also performs bandwidth allocation as required, and can meet the equal allocation between the ONUs and the equal-level priority service when the load of link service flow is heavy.
Owner:BEIJING UNIV OF POSTS & TELECOMM

Biped walking bionic robot

The invention provides a biped walking bionic robot which comprises a machine body, two connecting rod mechanisms, two foot mechanisms and a control device, wherein the machine body is connected with the two foot mechanisms which comprise a left foot mechanism and a right foot mechanism; the left and the right foot mechanisms are arranged at the left and the right sides under the machine body in parallel; the connecting rod mechanisms are respectively connected with the machine body and the foot mechanisms; the structure of the left foot mechanism is the same as that of the right foot mechanism; the left and the right foot mechanisms respectively comprise a leg support rod, a turning steering engine, a rotating rod, a foot plate, a steering engine connector and a rotating disc, wherein the upper and the lower ends of the leg support rod are respectively connected with the machine body and the rotating rod; the two ends of the rotating rod are connected on the foot plate; the turning steering engine is fixed above the foot plate; the rotating disc is positioned under the foot plate; the steering engine connector is fixed under the turning steering engine and is connected with the rotating disc; and the control device is respectively connected with the machine body and the foot mechanisms. The biped walking bionic robot has the advantages of flexible turning, low cost and multiple functions, and is applicable to popular entertainment education.
Owner:SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH +1

Three-finger-three-knuckle under-actuated mechanical arm with finger tail end path being controllable

The invention relates to a modular under-actuated mechanical arm, in particular to a three-finger-three-knuckle under-actuated mechanical arm with a finger tail end path being controllable. The three-finger-three-knuckle under-actuated mechanical arm with the finger tail end path being controllable is used for solving the problem that because of the coupling of the joint movement of an under-actuated mechanical arm, the finger tail end path is not certain during movement, and then an existing under-actuated mechanical arm loses necessary finger flexibility. A finger rotation motor (71) is installed in the middle of three under-actuated fingers which are triangularly arranged. A drive gear (72) is installed on an output shaft of the finger rotation motor (71). A first driven gear (73) and a second driven gear (74) are arranged on connection sleeves (2) of two adjacent under-actuated fingers, the drive gear (72) is meshed with the first driven gear (73), and the first driven gear (73) is meshed with the second driven gear (74). The three under-actuated drive fingers are installed on an under-actuated mechanical arm base (70). The three-finger-three-knuckle under-actuated mechanical arm with the finger tail end path being controllable is used as a tail end execution mechanical arm of an intelligent robot.
Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH

Passive analog thermal isolation structure

A thermal isolation structure for use in passively regulating the temperature of a microdevice is disclosed. The thermal isolation structure can include a substrate wafer and a cap wafer defining an interior cavity, and a number of double-ended or single-ended thermal bimorphs coupled to the substrate wafer and thermally actuatable between an initial position and a deformed position. The thermal bimorphs can be configured to deform and make contact with the cap wafer at different temperatures, creating various thermal shorts depending on the temperature of the substrate wafer. When attached to a microdevice such as a MEMS device, the thermal isolation structure can be configured to maintain the attached device at a constant temperature or within a particular temperature range.
Owner:HONEYWELL INT INC

Chained SVG module voltage-equalizing control method and circuit

The invention discloses a chained SVG module voltage-equalizing control method and circuit. Each phase of power module in a three-phase power module comprises a plurality of H-bridge modules, a central controller, a plurality of sampling controllers and a plurality of voltage-equalizing branch circuits. A direct current side capacitor of each H-bridge module is connected with one voltage-equalizing branch circuit in parallel, a direct current bus of each H-bridge module is connected with one sampling controller, a data output end of each sampling controller is connected with an input end of the central controller, a control input end is connected with an output end of the central controller, and a control output end is connected with a control input end of each voltage-equalizing branch circuit. The central controller is used for collecting voltage values of the direct current buses of all the H-bridge modules in a link through the sampling controllers, carrying out averaging operation and voltage-equalizing control operation on the direct current voltage values, and emitting control pulses of the H-bridge modules through optical fibers. The chained SVG module voltage-equalizing control method can ensure that the H-bridge modules are completely uniform, the process is simple, and mass production is facilitated. The voltage-equalizing effect is irrelevant to the strength of current, so a promising result can be achieved when the current is quite weak.
Owner:XINFENGGUANG ELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD

Asphalt concrete pavement construction machinery group operation procedure intelligent controlling method

The present invention relates to the intelligent control technology of engineering machines, construction machines and building machines. The distributive hierarchy intelligent tree control mode of asphalt concrete road constructing machinery includes four control unit of central intelligent control, intelligent mixing control, intelligent spreading control and intelligent densifying control. The central intelligent control controls the other control units and the transport system, the intelligent mixing control unit controls the production of intelligent loaders and intelligent stirrers and the transport of dumpers, the intelligent spreading control unit controls the dumpers and the intelligent spreaders to complete the spreading job, and the intelligent densifying control unit controls the intelligent road roller to complete the rolling job. The present invention has the advantages of dispersed intelligence, power error tolerance, high reliability and high construction quality.
Owner:TIANJIN ENG MACHINERY INST

Double battery management system of engine automatic start and stop vehicle

The present invention relates to a double battery management system of an engine automatic start and stop vehicle. The double battery management system is provided with a starter; a first battery only used for power supply of the starter; a second battery used for power supply of loads of the whole vehicle; a generator used for power supply of the first battery and / or the second battery and the whole vehicle; a first battery sensor used for acquiring electric quantity information and charging / discharging information of the first battery; a second battery sensor used for acquiring electric quantity information and charging / discharging information of the second battery; a battery switching module used for switching connection / disconnection of the first battery, the second battery and a whole vehicle network; an engine control module used for controlling an engine; and a vehicle body control module used for controlling the battery switching module and performing information interaction with the engine control module, the first battery sensor and the second battery sensor.
Owner:SAIC GENERAL MOTORS +1

Liquid drop mixing unit based on electro-wetting digital micro-fluid chip

InactiveCN102836653AHigh-speed automatic transport mixingEasy to integrateFlow mixersMixing methodsElectricityFluidics
The invention belongs to the technical field of digital micro-fluidics, and in particular relates to a liquid drop mixing unit based on an electro-wetting digital micro-fluid chip. The mixing unit comprises three parts consisting of an inlet zone, a mixing zone and an outlet zone; the fast, high-efficiency, automatic and reliable mixing of the liquid drops can be realized via the special bidirectional driving electrode and closed-loop electrode arrangement and simplified electrode connection mode. The liquid drop mixing unit has the advantages of novel design, easiness in control, high reliability, excellent practicability, high automation degree, and the like, so that the liquid drop mixing unit can be widely used in various digital micro-fluid chips.
Owner:FUDAN UNIV

Humanoid robot foot plate mechanism with multiple degrees of freedom

The invention discloses a humanoid robot foot plate mechanism with multiple degrees of freedom, which belongs to the technical field of robots and comprises a central fixing plate and four foot plates. Two connecting plates are respectively hinged on each of the front side and the rear side of the central fixing plate, and each connecting plate is correspondingly connected with one of the foot plates, so that the four foot plates are respectively positioned on the left front side, the right front side, the left rear side and the left rear side of the central fixing plate. A torsion spring is mounted on a rotating shaft of each hinge. When the various foot plates in the foot plate mechanism contact with an uneven ground, a certain angle is formed between each foot plate and the corresponding connecting plate according to curvature of the ground surface contacting with the foot plate due to the effect of the corresponding torsion spring, and accordingly, a spatial supporting surface with at least four contact points is formed by the foot plate and the ground; and when the foot plates leave away from the ground, initial states of the foot plats are restored under the effects of the torsion spring. The humanoid robot foot plate mechanism is simple in structure, the foot plates can adaptively fit with an optional rough ground without being driven, the problem of matching the foot plates with the uneven ground is solved, and the characteristic and a function of automatically adapting to concave and convex changing ground surfaces and shapes are realized.
Owner:BEIHANG UNIV

Movement device having a stewart platform

A movement device having a Stewart platform has a supporting body disposed on a horizontal plane, a movable platform, and four extensible links rotatably connected between the supporting body and the platform. The extension directions of the upper extensible links are in parallel with one another. When the movement device is in an equilibrium condition, the upper extensible links lie in a first common plane. When the movement device is in an equilibrium condition, vertical projections of the extension directions of the extensible links on a normal plane slant toward the horizontal plane; the vertical projection of the extension direction of the first bottom extensible link slants toward a first direction whereas the vertical projections of the extension directions of the other three extensible links slant toward a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction.
Owner:YUAN ZE UNIV

Display device and electronic equipment

The invention relates to a display device. The display device comprises a backlight module and an array substrate, wherein the array substrate comprises a base, thin-film transistors which are arranged in a first area at one side of the base and a photoelectric sensor which is arranged in a second area at one side of the base and is used for recognizing fingerprints according to received invisiblelight; the backlight module comprises a plurality of first light sources and at least one second light source corresponding to the second area; the second light source is used for emitting invisiblelight; when the photoelectric sensor is located a state of being about to recognize fingerprints, a control chip controls the thin-film transistor, corresponding to the second area, in the thin-film transistors and the second light source to be opened. According to the display device, the second light source corresponding to the second area is additionally arranged in the backlight module, so thatinvisible light can be emitted to be recognized by the photoelectric sensors, thereby avoiding the influences, on fingerprint recognition, of visible light in external environment and ensuring the correctness of recognition results.
Owner:BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD

Charging device and method for charging an electrical energy store

The present invention relates to a charging device (10) for charging an electrical energy store (20), comprising a first and a second input voltage terminal (12, 14), for connecting the charging device (10) to an AC voltage source, a first and a second output voltage terminal (16, 18) for connecting the charging device (10) to the energy store (20) to be charged, a rectifier voltage converter circuit (22), which on the input side is connected to the input voltage terminals (12, 14) and on the output side is connected to a first and a second intermediate circuit voltage terminal (24, 26) and is designed to provide an intermediate circuit DC voltage (UZK) between the intermediate circuit voltage terminals (24, 26), a DC voltage converter circuit (32) which on the input side is connected to the intermediate circuit terminals (24, 26) and on the output side is connected to the output voltage terminals (16, 18) of the charging device (10), wherein the DC voltage converter circuit (32) is designed to provide a DC output voltage (UO) and a DC output current (10) at the output terminals (16, 18), wherein the intermediate circuit DC voltage (UZK) can be set by means of the rectifier voltage converter circuit (22) in order to set an electrical power (P) that is transmitted from the input voltage terminals (12, 14) to the output voltage terminals (16, 18) or the energy store (20) to be charged.
Owner:ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

Rope parallel device based on translation constraint structure

The invention discloses a rope parallel device based on a translation constraint structure. The device comprises a static platform, an intermediate platform and a moving platform, wherein rollers and driving units are arranged on the static platform; ropes wind around the rollers and the driving units and are connected with the moving platform; the intermediate platform is connected with the static platform and the moving platform by the aid of rigid rod pieces, each rigid rod piece comprises rigid rods and hinge devices at two ends, and the rigid rods which are equal in length and are parallel constitute parallelogram mechanisms; and springs are connected on diagonal lines of the parallelogram mechanisms and are in the stretched state to provide tension for the ropes. The terminal degree of freedom of a rope parallel mechanism is constrained by the aid of a translation mechanism, and the device inherits the advantages of simple structure, high carrying capacity, easy mounting and dismounting and the like of the rope parallel mechanism and effectively avoids terminal attitude errors, so that the terminal trajectory accuracy is improved.
Owner:TSINGHUA UNIV

Quad-rotor unmanned helicopter explicit prediction control method based on loft optimization

ActiveCN105652664AAvoid the problem of multiple derivativesOvercome the problem of high trajectory requirements and difficult application of complex trajectoriesAdaptive controlKinematicsAlgorithm
The invention discloses a quad-rotor unmanned helicopter explicit prediction control method based on heuristic bionic loft optimization. The method comprises the following steps that 1, a quad-rotor unmanned helicopter model is built according to aerodynamics and kinematics, and a relation between the controlled quantity and the state quantity is given; 2, a loft optimization algorithm is initialized, and the number D of sampling points required in a linearization track is given; 3, a cost function is designed; 4, map compass factors are utilized for optimization; 5, loft optimization landmark operators are utilized for optimization; 6, sample target points optimized by a loft are obtained to construct a linear interpolation function; 7, the interpolation function optimized by the loft is applied to the model obtained in the first step; 8, simulation or experiments are performed to obtain related results and verification. According to the method, the control complex difficulty can be lowered, the problem that explicit prediction control has the high requirement for the track and is hard to apply is solved, the online optimization process is avoided, a large amount of time is saved, and the control cost is lowered.
Owner:BEIHANG UNIV

Direct power active disturbance rejection control method for three-phase voltage source PWM rectifier

The invention discloses a direct power active disturbance rejection control method for a three-phase voltage source PWM rectifier. The method includes the following steps that the input instantaneous active power and the input instantaneous reactive power of the three-phase voltage source PWM rectifier are obtained; the instantaneous active power and the instantaneous reactive power serve as input of an expanded state observer, and based on the real-time observation value, the active power instruction value and the reactive power instruction value of system disturbance quantity, active power control quantity and reactive power control quantity can be respectively obtained according to the active power control rate and the reactive power control rate; according to the active power control quantity, the reactive power control quantity and a network voltage sampling value, the alpha-beta axis component instruction value of the input voltage on the alternating-current side of the rectifier is calculated; according to the alpha-beta axis component instruction value of the input voltage on the alternating-current side of the rectifier, a rectifier switching signal is obtained through a PWM module. Through the method, direct power control over the rectifier is achieved in a static coordinate system, no phase-locked rings are needed, and phase information of network voltage does not need to be detected in real time.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Plug-and-play mechanical arm system based on distributive control

The plug-and-play mechanical arm system based on distributive control in robotic technology includes system unit, USB interface module, central controller, internal distributive control system and mechanical arm. The system unit is connected via a USB cable with USB interface module, and the central controller is located between the USB interface module and the internal distributive control system, which are connected to the central controller via parallel bus. The internal distributive control system consists of several parallel subsystems with the same functions, and each of the subsystems includes one PID controller, one DC motor driver and one DC motor with feedback; and connected via control lines to the mechanical arm. The present invention provides complete interface and control scheme for the popular future robot.
Owner:SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV

Play scene reduction method, system, playing terminal and control terminal

The invention discloses a play scene reduction method, a system, a playing terminal and a control terminal. The play scene reduction method comprises steps of receiving play scene obtaining request transmitted by the control terminal of a main playing device, wherein the play scene obtaining request comprises first account information of logging of a target APP, determining whether a record matching with first account information exists in a scene database by the main play device, if yes, transmitting description information of K play scenes contained in the record matching with the first account information to the control terminal, receiving a target scene reduction order transmitted by the control terminal by the main playing device, obtaining the playing parameters of the target play scene from the record according to the description information of the target play scene, and forwarding the playing parameters of the target playing scene from the playing device. The invention can realize the fast reduction of the playing scene and can reduce the control complexity.
Owner:GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMM CORP LTD

Disk drive with servo synchronous recording

A read clock circuit for a disk drive includes a phase-locked loop / voltage controlled oscillator (VFO / PLL) and a frequency synthesizer. The VFO / PLL receives a servo sector transition signal that is related to detected transitions in a servo sector field of a magnetic recording disk, and outputs a servo frequency signal that is synchronous to the servo sector transition signal. The frequency synthesizer receives the servo frequency signal and generates the read clock signal that is synchronous with the servo frequency signal. In a banded recording disk drive the frequency synthesizer generates a unique read clock signal for each data band.
Owner:HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NETHERLANDS BV

Bottom door opening-closing mechanism, bottom door device and drop-bottom hopper car

A bottom door opening-closing mechanism includes a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a swing rod, a bottom door opening-closing drive cylinder and a transmission shaft. The swing rod is hinged to the second connecting rod and the piston rod of the bottom door opening-closing drive cylinder. One end of the first connecting rod is hinged to the second connecting rod, and the transmission shaft is connected to the second connecting rod. The cylinder body of the bottom door opening-closing drive cylinder is fixedly connected with a first locking hook, and the swing rod is fixedly connected with a second locking hook which can be caught by the first locking hook. A bottom door device and a drop-bottom hopper car are further provided. In the present invention, the first locking hook and the second locking hook are caught with each other to achieve a secondary locking. Such an arrangement has some advantages such as a simple structure and low manufacture and maintenance costs. Further, a secondary locking may be achieved while closing the bottom door only by controlling the bottom door opening-closing drive cylinder, so that the complexity of the control system is reduced.
Owner:CRRC QIQIHAR ROLLING CO LTD

Negative ion air cleaner high-voltage direct current power supply

The invention discloses a negative ion air cleaner high-voltage direct current power supply. A noise reduction rectification filter circuit is connected with an alternating current power supply, an output of the noise reduction rectification filter circuit is connected with a DC-DC voltage regulator circuit which is connected with an inverter circuit, the inverter circuit is connected with a boosted circuit and a high frequency boosting transformer, the high frequency boosting transformer is connected with a voltage doubling rectifying circuit, the voltage doubling rectifying circuit is connected with a negative ion air cleaner, and corona wire heater voltage of the negative ion air cleaner is generated by a low-voltage secondary winding of the high frequency boosting transformer. According to the negative ion air cleaner high-voltage direct current power supply, the DC-DC voltage regulator circuit is added on the front stage of an inverter to achieve voltage adjustment, reduction of electromagnetic interference is facilitated, and control complexity of the inverter is lowered; a corona wire heating alternating current power supply is additionally arranged, the winding used for heating is wound on the outer layer of the high-voltage transformer on the premise that cost and complexity of a negative ion generator are not improved, therefore, the transformer can provide corona voltage and corona wire heating alternating voltage at the same time, and insulating treatment is eliminated.
Owner:SICHUAN DITEL ELECTRONICS

Drop placement error reduction in electrostatic printer

ActiveUS20130249982A1Reduce drop placement errorIncrease print marginOther printing apparatusLiquid jetEngineering
A group timing delay device shifts the timing of drop formation waveforms supplied to drop formation devices of one of first and second nozzle groups so that print drops from the nozzle groups are not aligned relative to each other along a nozzle array direction. A charging device includes a common charge electrode associated with liquid jets from the nozzle groups and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and liquid jets which provides a charging waveform that is independent of a print and non-print drop pattern. The charging device is synchronized with the drop formation devices and the group timing delay device to produce a print drop charge state on print drops of a drop pair, a first non-print drop charge state on non-print drops of the drop pair, and a second non-print drop charge state on third drops.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

Liquid ejection system including drop velocity modulation

ActiveUS8657419B2Minimizing drop volume variation of dropQuality improvementPrintingLiquid jetSpray nozzle
A continuous ejection system includes a chamber containing liquid under pressure sufficient to eject a liquid jet through a nozzle. A drop formation device modulates the jet causing portions to break into drop pairs including first and second drops separated in time on average by a drop pair period. A charging device includes a varying electrical potential source providing a waveform including first and second distinct voltage states and a period equal to the drop pair period. The charging device produces first and second charge states on first and second drops of the drop pair, respectively. A drop velocity modulation device varies a relative velocity of first and second drops of selected drop pairs causing first and second drops of selected drop pairs to form combined drops having a third charge state. A deflection device causes the first, second, and combined drops to travel along different paths.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO
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