1. A plug-in type busbar comprising:
an insulating housing; a plurality of busbar parts made of conductive materials, disposed inside said insulating housing and insulated from each other; wherein, each of said busbar parts comprises a connector base and a plurality of connectors which are integrally formed on one side of said connector base and extend out of said insulating housing for being electrically connectable in the form of a connector set to an electrical appliance, and the connector set is formed by adjacently arranged connectors respectively connecting with an individual connector base; said busbar, comprising a first end and a second end, is provided with two pluggable interface sets respectively disposed at each end, the interface set at the first end is provided with a structure that is adapted for being connected with the interface set at the second end in a plugged manner, said busbar is connectable with another two said busbars through the interface sets at both ends thereof; an electrical connection is formed between two connector sets of two adjacent busbars after busbars are connected together; wherein, said connector set comprises a first connector set disposed close to the interface set at the first end, a second connector set disposed closed to the interface set at the second end, and an intermediate connector set disposed on the middle segment of said connector base; the connectors of said first connector set are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of said busbar; the connectors of said second connector set have the corresponding arrangement to that of the connectors of said first connector set, and each two adjacent connectors of said first connector set and said second connector set formed on the same connector base are spaced apart with each other in the direction of thickness of the connector; after two said busbars are connected together by one busbar being plugged in another, each connector of said first connector set on one busbar part is only connected in an overlapped manner with a connector of said second connector set of a corresponding busbar part of an adjacent busbar, and in the direction that two connectors approach to each other, the difference between the deviation of one connector and that of the other connector is equal to the thickness of a corresponding connector.
2. The busbar of claim 1, wherein,
after two busbar are connected together, the tops of connectors of said first connector set and that of corresponding connectors of said second connector set on the connector base are in contact with each other.
3. The busbar of claim 2, wherein,
said connector base comprises a flat segment and a staggered segment, said first connector set is formed on said staggered segment, said second connector set and said intermediate connector sets are formed on said flat segment; and each two connector bases are electrically insulated with each other, after connected together in an overlapped manner.
4. The busbar of claim 3, wherein,
each of said connectors is perpendicular to said connector base; the difference between the distance that each connector of said first connector set deviates from said connector base and the distance that each corresponding connector of said second connector set deviates from said connector base is equal to the thickness of said connector.
5. The busbar of claim 4, wherein,
step-shaped ends of said busbar are formed after busbar parts are arranged in an overlapped manner, and the two interface sets disposed at two ends of the insulating housing are respectively provided with a step-shaped connecting structures.
6. The busbar of claim 5, wherein,
the end portions of said step-shaped connecting structures have tongues and grooves formed thereon.
7. The busbar of claim 6, wherein,
each of said tongues is dovetail shaped; and each of said grooves is also dovetail shaped, adapted for allowing a corresponding tongue to be plugged in.
8. The busbar of claim 7, wherein,
said busbar comprises a first busbar part, a second busbar part and a third busbar part;
said interface set at the first end of said busbar comprises three tongues, which comprise a first tongue, a second tongue and a third tongue, all of which projects towards an adjacent busbar after two said busbars are connected together; and
said interface set further comprises
a first groove, located between said first tongue and said second tongue;
a second groove, located between said second tongue and said third tongue; and
a third groove, located on one side of said first tongue far away from said second groove;
said first tongue is adapted for being plugged in said second groove in an engaged manner, said second tongue is adapted for being plugged in said first groove in an engaged manner, and said third tongue is adapted for being plugged in said third groove in an engaged manner;
said interface set at the second end of said busbar comprises four tongues, in which a fourth tongue projecting towards an adjacent busbar after two busbars are connected together is arranged on one side of said first tongue close to said third groove, and said third groove is located between said fourth tongue and said first tongue.
9. The busbar of claim 7, wherein,
said busbar comprises a first busbar part, a second busbar part, a third busbar part and a fourth busbar part;
said first interface set at the first end of said busbar comprises four tongues, which comprise a first tongue, a second tongue, a third tongue and a fourth tongue, all of which projects towards an adjacent busbar after two said busbars are connected together; and
said first interface set further comprises
a first groove, located between said first tongue and said second tongue;
a second groove, located between said second tongue and said third tongue;
a third groove, located between said third tongue and said fourth tongue;
a fourth groove, located on one side of said first tongue far away from said second groove;
said first tongue is adapted for being plugged in said third groove in an engaged manner, said second tongue is adapted for being plugged in said second groove in an engaged manner, said third tongue is adapted for being plugged in said first groove in an engaged manner, and said fourth tongue is adapted for being plugged in said fourth groove in an engaged manner;
said interface set at the second end of said busbar comprises five tongues, in which a fifth tongue projecting towards an adjacent busbar after two busbars are connected together is arranged on one side of said first tongue close to said fourth groove, and said fourth groove is located between said fifth tongue and said first tongue.
10. The busbar of claim 7, wherein,
said busbar comprises a first busbar part and a second busbar part;
said interface set at the first end of said busbar comprises two tongues, which comprises a first tongue and a second tongue, both of which projects towards an adjacent busbar after two said busbars are connected together; and
said interface set further comprises
a first groove, located between said first tongue and said second tongue; and a second groove, located on one side of said first tongue far away from said second groove;
said first tongue is adapted for being plugged in said first groove in an engaged manner, and said second tongue is adapted for being plugged in said second groove in an engaged manner;
said interface set at the second end of said busbar comprises three tongues, in which a third tongue projecting towards an adjacent busbar after two busbars are connected together is arranged on one side of said first tongue close to said second tongue, and said second groove is located between said third tongue and said first tongue.
11. The busbar of claim 8, wherein:
said insulating housing is formed by plastic molding, and said insulating housing has a heat sink formed thereon.
12. The busbar of claim 3, wherein,
each of said connectors is parallel to said connector base; the difference between the distance that each connector of said first connector set deviates from said connector base and the distance that each corresponding connector of said second connector set deviates from the connector base is equal to the thickness of said connector.
13. The busbar of claim 12, wherein,
step-shaped ends of said busbar are formed after busbar parts are arranged in an overlapped manner, and the two interface sets disposed at two ends of the insulating housing are respectively provided with a step-shaped connecting structures.
14. The busbar of claim 13, wherein,
the end portions of said step-shaped connecting structures have tongues and grooves formed thereon.
15. The busbar of claim 14, wherein,
each of said tongues is dovetail shaped; and each of said grooves is also dovetail shaped, adapted for allowing a corresponding tongue to be plugged in.
16. The busbar of claim 15, wherein,
said busbar comprises a first busbar part, a second busbar part and a third busbar part;
said interface set at the first end of said busbar comprises three tongues, which comprise a first tongue, a second tongue and a third tongue, all of which projects towards an adjacent busbar after two said busbars are connected together; and
said interface set further comprises
a first groove, located between said first tongue and said second tongue;
a second groove, located between said second tongue and said third tongue; and
a third groove, located on one side of said first tongue far away from said second groove;
said first tongue is adapted for being plugged in said second groove in an engaged manner, said second tongue is adapted for being plugged in said first groove in an engaged manner, and said third tongue is adapted for being plugged in said third groove in an engaged manner;
said interface set at the second end of said busbar comprises four tongues, in which a fourth tongue projecting towards an adjacent busbar after two busbars are connected together is arranged on one side of said first tongue close to said third groove, and said third groove is located between said fourth tongue and said first tongue.
17. The busbar of claim 16, wherein:
said insulating housing is formed by plastic molding, and said insulating housing has a heat sink formed thereon.
18. The busbar of claim 15, wherein,
said busbar comprises a first busbar part, a second busbar part, a third busbar part and a fourth busbar part;
said first interface set at the first end of said busbar comprises four tongues, which comprise a first tongue, a second tongue, a third tongue and a fourth tongue, all of which projects towards an adjacent busbar after two said busbars are connected together; and
said first interface set further comprises
a first groove, located between said first tongue and said second tongue;
a second groove, located between said second tongue and said third tongue;
a third groove, located between said third tongue and said fourth tongue;
a fourth groove, located on one side of said first tongue far away from said second groove;
said first tongue is adapted for being plugged in said third groove in an engaged manner, said second tongue is adapted for being plugged in said second groove in an engaged manner, said third tongue is adapted for being plugged in said first groove in an engaged manner, and said fourth tongue is adapted for being plugged in said fourth groove in an engaged manner;
said interface set at the second end of said busbar comprises five tongues, in which a fifth tongue projecting towards an adjacent busbar after two busbars are connected together is arranged on one side of said first tongue close to said fourth groove, and said fourth groove is located between said fifth tongue and said first tongue.
19. The busbar of claim 15, wherein,
said busbar comprises a first busbar part and a second busbar part;
said interface set at the first end of said busbar comprises two tongues, which comprises a first tongue and a second tongue, both of which projects towards an adjacent busbar after two said busbars are connected together; and
said interface set further comprises
a first groove, located between said first tongue and said second tongue; and a second groove, located on one side of said first tongue far away from said second groove;
said first tongue is adapted for being plugged in said first groove in an engaged manner, and said second tongue is adapted for being plugged in said second groove in an engaged manner;
said interface set at the second end of said busbar comprises three tongues, in which a third tongue projecting towards an adjacent busbar after two busbars are connected together is arranged on one side of said first tongue close to said second tongue, and said second groove is located between said third tongue and said first tongue.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A drop emitting device comprising:
a first linear array of fluidically coupled first finger manifolds;
a second linear array of fluidically coupled second finger manifolds;
the first linear array of first finger manifolds and the second linear array of second finger manifolds being interleaved so as to be alternating along an X-axis and forming a composite linear array of finger manifolds that extends along the X-axis, and wherein the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds extend obliquely to the X-axis; and
respective pluralities of drop generators fluidically coupled to respective first finger manifolds and second finger manifolds, whereby a respective plurality of drop generators fluidically coupled to each of the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds.
2. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel.
3. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the drop generators comprise piezoelectric drop generators.
4. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein each of the drop generators includes an ink pressure chamber that is behind the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds.
5. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel, and wherein each respective plurality of drop generators includes a linear array of outlet channels that is substantially parallel to the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds.
6. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of drop generators is adjacent a finger manifold to which such drop generator is fluidically connected.
7. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds receive ink of a first color, and wherein the second finger manifolds receive ink of a second color.
8. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds receive magenta ink, and wherein the second finger manifolds receive cyan ink.
9. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds receive yellow ink, and wherein the second finger manifolds receive black ink.
10. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds receive melted solid ink.
11. The drop emitting device of claim 1 wherein the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, and the plurality of drop generators are implemented in a laminar stack of metal plates.
12. The drop emitting device of claim 1 further including a first elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the first finger manifolds and a second elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the second finger manifolds, the first elongated primary manifold and the second elongated primary manifold extending generally along the X-axis.
13. A drop emitting device comprising:
a first linear array of fluidically coupled first finger manifolds, the first linear array extending along a first axis and the first finger manifolds being oblique to the first axis;
a second linear array of fluidically coupled second finger manifolds, the second linear array extending along the first axis and the second finger manifolds being oblique to the first axis;
the first linear array and the second linear array being interleaved to form a first composite linear array extending along the first axis;
a third linear array of fluidically coupled third finger manifolds, the third linear array extending along the first axis and the third finger manifolds being oblique to the first axis;
a fourth linear array of fluidically coupled fourth finger manifolds, the fourth linear array extending along the first axis and the fourth finger manifolds being oblique to the first axis;
the third linear array and the fourth linear array being interleaved to form a second composite linear array extending along the first axis;
the first composite linear array and the second composite linear array being side by side generally along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis and forming a 2-dimensional array of finger manifolds; and
respective pluralities of drop generators fluidically coupled to respective first, second, third and fourth finger manifolds, whereby a respective plurality of drop generators fluidically connected to each of the first, second, third and fourth finger manifolds.
14. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel, and wherein the third finger manifolds and the fourth finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel.
15. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, the third finger manifolds and the fourth finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel.
16. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, the third finger manifolds and the fourth finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel, and wherein some of the first finger manifolds are longitudinally aligned with some of the third finger manifolds, and wherein some of the second manifolds are longitudinally aligned with some of the fourth finger manifolds.
17. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the drop generators comprise piezoelectric drop generators.
18. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the drop generators respectively include an ink pressure chamber that is behind the finger manifolds and a nozzle that is in front of the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, the third finger manifolds, and the fourth finger manifolds.
19. The drop emittings device of claim 13 wherein the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, the third finger manifolds and the fourth finger manifolds are substantially mutually parallel, wherein the respective pluralities of drop generators comprise substantially mutually parallel columnar arrays of drop generators, and wherein the drop generators of a columnar array of drop generators is fluidically coupled the same finger manifold.
20. The drop emitting device of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of drop generators is adjacent a finger manifold to which they are fluidically connected.
21. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein:
the first finger manifolds receive ink of a first color;
the second finger manifolds receive ink of a second color;
the third finger manifolds receive ink of a third color; and
the fourth finger manifolds receive ink of a fourth color.
22. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein:
the first finger manifolds receive magenta ink;
the second finger manifolds receive cyan ink;
the third finger manifolds receive yellow ink; and
the fourth finger manifolds receive black ink.
23. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein:
the first finger manifolds and the second finger manifolds receive ink of a first color; and
the third finger manifolds and the fourth finger manifolds receive ink of a second color.
24. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, the third finger manifolds and the fourth finger manifolds receive melted solid ink.
25. The drop emitting device of claim 13 wherein the first finger manifolds, the second finger manifolds, the third finger manifolds, the fourth finger manifolds and the plurality of drop generators are implemented in a laminar stack of metal plates.
26. The drop emitting device of claim 13 further including a first primary manifold fluidically coupled to the first finger manifolds, a second primary manifold fluidically coupled to the second finger manifolds, a third primary manifold fluidically coupled to the third finger manifolds, and a fourth primary manifold fluidically coupled to the fourth finger manifolds.
27. The drop emitting device of claim 13, further including a first elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the first finger manifolds, a second elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the second finger manifolds, a third elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the third finger manifolds, and a fourth elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the fourth manifolds, the first through fourth elongated primary manifolds respectively extending along the first axis.
28. The drop emitting device of claim 13, further including an elongated first primary manifold fluidically coupled to the first finger manifolds, an elongated second primary manifold fluidically coupled to the second finger manifolds, an elongated third primary manifold fluidically coupled to the third finger manifolds, and a fourth elongated primary manifold fluidically coupled to the fourth finger manifolds, the first and second elongated primary manifolds extending generally along the first axis and located on one side of the 2-dimensional array of finger manifolds that comprises the first through fourth finger manifolds, and the third and fourth elongated primary manifolds extending generally, along the first axis and located on another side of the 2-dimensional array of finger manifolds that comprises the first through fourth finger manifolds.