This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0122329 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sep. 14, 2021, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure generally relates to an inkjet printing device. More particular, the present disclosure relates to an inkjet printing device having multi axis of the inkjet head and increasing a degree of integration of the inkjet head.
Display devices are increasing in importance along with development of multimedia. In response to this, various types of display devices such as an organic light emitting device (OLED) and a liquid crystal display (LCD), and the like, are being used.
As a device that displays an image of a display device, a display panel such as an organic light emitting panel or a liquid crystal panel is included. Among them, a light emitting display panel may include a light-emitting element, and for example, in a case of a light emitting diode (LED), there are an organic light emitting diode (OLED) using an organic material as a fluorescent material and an inorganic light emitting diode (LED) using an inorganic material as a fluorescent material.
Meanwhile, an inkjet printing device may be used to transfer an inorganic photo luminescent diode or to form an organic material layer included in the display device. After printing any ink or solution with an inkjet printing device, a post-processing process may be performed to transfer the inorganic photo luminescent diode or to form an organic material layer. The inkjet printing device may perform processes of supplying a predetermined ink or a solution to an inkjet head, and spraying the ink or the solution onto a predetermined substrate through the inkjet head.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the present disclosure, and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art.
Example embodiments are to provide an inkjet printing device having 6-axis individual alignment of the inkjet head and increasing a degree of integration of the inkjet head.
An inkjet printing device according to an example embodiment includes: an alignment plate; a substrate positioned on one surface of the alignment plate in a third direction; and an inkjet head disposed on the substrate, wherein the alignment plate includes: a plurality of position adjustors having a first position adjustor positioned on a first side surface of the alignment plate in a first direction; and a second position adjustor, a third position adjustor, a fourth position adjustor, a fifth position adjustor, and a sixth position adjustor positioned at a second side surface of the alignment plate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and each of the position adjustors individually adjusts the position of the substrate.
A first ball directly connected to the first position adjustor and in contact with a first side surface of the substrate, a second ball directly connected to the second position adjustor and in contact with a second side surface of the substrate, and a third ball directly connected to the third position adjustor and in contact with the second side surface of the substrate may be further included, and motion directions of the first position adjustor, the second position adjustor, and the third position adjustor and the motion directions of the first ball, the second ball, and the third ball may be the same.
A fourth ball connected to the fourth position adjustor through a connecting member and in contact with a rear surface of the substrate in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, a fifth ball connected to the fifth position adjustor through a connecting member and in contact with the rear surface of the substrate in the third direction of the alignment plate, and a sixth ball connected to the sixth position adjustor through a connecting member and in contact with the rear surface of the substrate of the alignment plate in the third direction may be further included, and motion directions of the fourth position adjustor, the fifth position adjustor, and the sixth position adjustor and motion directions of the fourth ball to the sixth ball may be perpendicular to each other.
The first position adjustor, the second position adjustor, and the third position adjustor may adjust linear movement of the substrate in the first direction and in the second direction, and rotational movement of the substrate about the third direction.
The fourth position adjustor, the fifth position adjustor, and the sixth position adjustor may adjust rotational movement of the substrate about the first direction and about the second direction, and may adjust linear movement of the substrate in the third direction.
The substrate and the inkjet head may be connected through a connection bracket, and a position of the inkjet head may be adjusted through a position adjustment of the substrate.
The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth position adjustors may be moved vertically in an axis direction of the position adjustor.
The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth position adjustors may be controlled automatically or manually.
The inkjet head may include a spraying nozzle positioned on the third side surface of the alignment plate in the second direction, and an injection nozzle and a control cable connected to the inkjet head.
Each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth position adjustors may be respectively connected to a hydraulic pressure cable, and each position adjustor may rise or fall through a pressure applied to the hydraulic pressure cable.
The second position adjustor and the third position adjustor may be positioned in a same column, and the fourth position adjustor, the fifth position adjustor, and the sixth position adjustor may be positioned in the same column.
An inkjet printing device according to another example embodiment includes a plurality of inkjet printing units overlapping in a third direction, wherein each inkjet printing unit includes: an alignment plate; a substrate positioned on one surface of the alignment plate in the third direction; and an inkjet head disposed on the substrate, and the alignment plate includes: a plurality of position adjustors having a first position adjustor positioned at a first side surface of the alignment plate in a first direction perpendicular to the third direction; and a second position adjustor, a third position adjustor, a fourth position adjustor, a fifth position adjustor, and a sixth position adjustor positioned as a second side surface of the alignment plate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and third direction, and each of the position adjustors adjusts position of the substrate.
A first ball directly connected to the first position adjustor and in contact with a first side surface of the substrate, a second ball directly connected to the second position adjustor and in contact with a second side surface of the substrate, and a third ball directly connected to the third position adjustor and in contact with the second side surface of the substrate may be further included, and motion directions of the first position adjustor, the second position adjustor, the third position adjustor, and motion directions of the first ball to the third ball may be the same.
A fourth ball connected to the fourth position adjustor through a connecting member and in contact with a rear surface of the substrate in the third direction, a fifth ball connected to the fifth position adjustor through a connecting member and in contact with the rear surface of the substrate of the alignment plate in the third direction of the substrate, a sixth ball connected to the sixth position adjustor through a connecting member and in contact with the rear surface of the substrate of the substrate in the third direction may be further included, and motion directions of the fourth position adjustor, the fifth position adjustor, the sixth position adjustor and motion directions of the fourth ball to the sixth ball may be perpendicular to each other.
The first position adjustor, the second position adjustor, and the third position adjustor may adjust linear movement of the substrate in the first direction and in the second direction and rotational movement of the substrate about the third direction.
The fourth position adjustor, the fifth position adjustor, and the sixth position adjustor may adjust rotational movement of the substrate about the first direction and the second direction, and linear movement of the substrate in the third direction.
The substrate and the inkjet head may be connected through a connection bracket, and position of the inkjet head may be adjusted through position adjustment of the substrate.
position of the inkjet head of each inkjet printing unit may be independently controlled.
at least two inkjet printing units may be overlapped in the third direction.
The inkjet head may include a spraying nozzle positioned at a third side surface of the alignment plate in the second direction, and an injection nozzle and a control cable connected to the inkjet head.
According to example embodiments, an inkjet printing device capable of 6-axis individual alignment of the inkjet head and increasing the degree of integration may be provided.
The present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which example embodiments of the disclosure are shown. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure.
Descriptions of parts not related to the present disclosure are omitted, and like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.
Further, since sizes and thicknesses of constituent members shown in the accompanying drawings are arbitrarily given for better understanding and ease of description, the present disclosure is not limited to the illustrated sizes and thicknesses. In the drawings, the thickness of layers, films, panels, regions, etc., are exaggerated for clarity. In the drawings, for better understanding and ease of description, the thicknesses of some layers and areas are exaggerated.
It will be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region, or substrate is referred to as being “on” another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on” another element, there are no intervening elements present. Further, in the specification, the word “on” or “above” means positioned on or below the object portion, and does not necessarily mean positioned on the upper side of the object portion based on a gravitational direction.
In addition, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the word “comprise”, and variations such as “comprises” or “comprising”, will be understood to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements.
Throughout the specification, the phrase “on a plane” means viewing the object portion from the top, and the phrase “on a cross-section” means viewing a cross-section of which the object portion is vertically cut from the side.
Hereinafter, an inkjet printing device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to drawings below.
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Then, the alignment plate 100 is described in more detail below.
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The first position adjustor to the third position adjustor AC, AC2, and AC3 are directly connected to the first ball to the third ball B1, B2, and B3. The first position adjustor to third position adjustor AC, AC2, and AC3 are involved in the linear movement Tx in the first direction, the linear movement Ty in the second direction, and the rotational movement about the axis of the third direction Rz.
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In addition, in the case of the linear movement Ty of the substrate 200 in the second direction Y, as shown in
In the case of the rotational movement Rz of the substrate 200 about the axis of the third direction Z, it may be adjusted by varying the momentum of the second position adjustor AC2 and the third position adjustor AC3. That is, as shown in
In this way, the first position adjustor to the third position adjustor AC1, AC2, and AC3 are directly connected to the first ball B1 to the third ball B3, so that the plane movement Tx in the first direction of the substrate 200, the plane movement Ty in the second direction, and the rotational movement Rz about the axis of the third direction may be adjusted.
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Similarly, the sixth position adjustor AC6 and the sixth ball B6 are connected by a connecting member (not shown) located inside of the alignment plate 100, and the up and down motion in the second direction Y of the sixth position adjustor AC6) is converted to an up and down motion in the third direction Z of the sixth ball B6.
The fourth position adjustor AC4, the fifth position adjustor AC5, and the sixth position adjustor AC6 are involved in the linear movement Tz in the third direction, the rotational movement Rx about the axis of the first direction, and the rotational movement Ry about the axis of the second direction.
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In this way, each of the fourth position adjustor to the sixth position adjustor AC4, AC5, and AC6 are respectively connected to the fourth ball to the sixth ball B4, B5, and B6 through the connecting member that converts the motion direction, and are involved in the linear movement Tz in the third direction of the inkjet head, the rotational movement Rx about the first direction X as the axis, and the rotational movement Ry in the second direction Y as the axis.
In this way, the alignment plate 100 according to the present embodiment includes six position adjustors AC, and through these six position adjustors, the substrate 200 and the inkjet head connected thereto may be straight-line moved and rotated in all directions. That is, the inkjet head may move with three linear movements in the first, second, and third directions Tx, Ty, and Tz, and move with three rotational movements about the first, second, and third directions Rx, Ry, and Rz about the first direction X, the second direction Y, and the third direction Z. Therefore, precise alignment of the inkjet head is possible.
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The first position adjustor to the sixth position adjustor AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, AC5, and AC6 adjust and align the position of the substrate 200 in the same principle as described in
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In this way, the inkjet printing device according to the present embodiment may precisely adjust the position of the inkjet head including six position adjustors for three linear motions and three rotational motions. In addition, 5 of six position adjustors are positioned on the second side surface in the second direction Y, and the other one is positioned on the first side surface in the first direction X, not in the third direction Z, so that the inkjet printing device may be used by overlapping in plural in the third direction Z.
In this way, the inkjet printing device in which a plurality of inkjet printing units are combined may increase the printing resolution. That is, since the resolution of the spraying nozzle 410 is limited, it is difficult to increase a DPI (Drop per inch) or a NPI (Nozzle per inch) to more than a certain number. However, the inkjet printing device according to the present embodiment overlaps a plurality of inkjet printing units, and at this time, the spraying nozzle 410 of each inkjet printing unit may fill the space at a regular interval with each other, thereby increasing the printing resolution.
In this case, in each inkjet printing unit, the position adjustor is positioned at other part that is not the first side surface in the first direction and the second side surface in the second direction like the present embodiment, the scale of the inkjet printing device in which the inkjet printing unit is integrated becomes too large, and the distance between the spraying nozzles of each unit increases, so the spraying precision may be reduced. However, in the inkjet printing unit according to the present embodiment, as shown in
Also, as described above, in the inkjet printing device according to the present embodiment, through six position adjustors, the linear movements Tx, Ty, and Tz in the first, second, and third directions and the rotational movements Rx, Ry, and Rz about the first, second, and third directions as the axis are possible for the inkjet head. Therefore, the position of the inkjet head may be precisely adjusted and the print quality may be improved.
While this disclosure has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical example embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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10-2021-0122329 | Sep 2021 | KR | national |