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Piezoelectric printer and piezoelectric multilam actuator used therein
Assignee: Piezo Electric Products Inc
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Filing: 1982-08-23
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Granted: 1983-12-13
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Expires: 2002-08-23
Abstract
Abstract A piezoelectric printer including: a frame; a plurality of printer units mounted on the frame; each unit including a piezoelectric multilam including at least two piezoelectric members and having a mounting portion and an actuating portion; the actuating portion moveable in an actuating direction and a cocking direction, the multilam being tapered in its lateral dimension and being larger at the mounting portion and smaller at the actuating portion; a weight carried by the multilam for increasing the energy transfer of the multilam; and a printing element driven by the actuating portion; means for applying a cocking voltage and an actuating voltage to the members, which voltages are less than the rupture voltage in the poling direction and less than the depoling voltage in the depoling direction, for cocking and actuating the multilam to drive the printing element to the printing position and guide means attached to the frame for guiding the printing elements; the printer units are arranged in sets of stacked arrays, which may be overlapped and may include holes in each of the inferior printer units for receiving printer elements from superior printing units.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry H. Kolm
- 👤 Eric A. Kolm
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-24 12:53
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/22; B41J2/23; B41J2/27; B41J2/295; H; H10; H10N; H10N30/00; H10N30/20; H10N30/204; H10N30/2041; H10N30/2042; H10N30/2043; H10N30/2047; H10N30/2048
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A piezoelectric actuator comprising: a piezoelectric multilam including at least two piezoelectric members and having a mounting portion and an actuating portion; said actuating portion being movable in an actuating direction and a cocking direction; said multilam being tapered in its lateral dimension, being larger at the mounting portion and smaller at the actuating portion; a weight carried by said multilam for increasing the energy transfer of said multilam; means for applying a cocking voltage and an actuating voltage to said members which voltages are less than the rupture voltage in the poling direction and less than the depoling voltage in the depoling direction for cocking and actuating said multilam, the duration of said cocking voltge being approximately the period of the resonant frequency of said multilam.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A piezoelectric actuator comprising: a piezoelectric multilam including at least two piezoelectric members and having a mounting portion and an actuating portion; said actuating portion being movable in an actuating direction and a cocking direction; said multilam being tapered in its lateral dimension, being larger at the mounting portion and smaller at the actuating portion; a weight carried by said multilam for increasing the energy transfer of said multilam; means for applying a cocking voltage and an actuating voltage to said members which voltages are less than the rupture voltage in the poling direction and less than the depoling voltage in the depoling direction for cocking and actuating said multilam, the duration of said cocking voltge being approximately the period of the resonant frequency of said multilam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The piezoelectric actuator of claim 1 in which said multilam is generally trapezoidal in shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The piezoelectric actuator of claim 1 in which said weight in concentrated at said actuator portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The piezoelectric actuator of claim 1 further including means for applying a voltage to said multilam.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The piezoelectric actuator of claim 4 in which said means for applying a voltage includes electrodes attached to said multilam.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The piezoelectric actuator of claim 1 in which said multilam includes more than two piezoelectric members.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
128 words
A piezoelectric actuator comprising: a piezoelectric multilam including at least two piezoelectric members and having a mounting portion and an actuating portion; said actuating portion being movable in an actuating direction and a cocking direction; said multilam being tapered in its lateral dimension, being larger at the mounting portion and smaller at the actuating portion; a weight carried by said multilam for increasing the energy transfer of said multilam; means for applying a cocking voltage and an actuating voltage to said members which voltages are less than the rupture voltage in the poling direction and less than the depoling voltage in the depoling direction for cocking and actuating said multilam, the duration of said cocking voltge being greater than the period of the resonant frequency of said multilam.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
128 words
A piezoelectric actuator comprising: a piezoelectric multilam including at least two piezoelectric members and having a mounting portion and an actuating portion; said actuating portion being movable in an actuating direction and a cocking direction; said multilam being tapered in its lateral dimension, being larger at the mounting portion and smaller at the actuating portion; a weight carried by said multilam for increasing the energy transfer of said multilam; means for applying a cocking voltage and an actuating voltage to said members which voltages are less than the rupture voltage in the poling direction and less than the depoling voltage in the depoling direction for cocking and actuating said multilam, the duration of said cocking voltge being greater than the period of the resonant frequency of said multilam.
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