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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147034 | Liquid discharge recording head and recording apparatus A liquid discharge recording head includes a flow passage forming member having discharge ports and a flow passage, the discharge ports configured to discharge droplets, the flow passage communicating with the discharge ports. The flow passage forming member also ha... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128201 | Non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector A fluid ejector having a first surface, a second surface, and an orifice that allows fluid in contact with the second surface to be ejected. The fluid ejector has a non-wetting layer exposed on at least a first surface of the fluid ejector, and a overcoat layer expo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128202 | Nozzle plate, method for manufacturing nozzle plate, droplet discharge head, and droplet discharge device A nozzle plate includes: a nozzle for discharging a liquid as droplets; a liquid-repellent film suppressing attachment of the droplets on one surface of the nozzle plate; and a first bonding film formed on the other surface of the nozzle plate and bonded with a subs... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109608 | Micro-fluid ejection head and stress relieved orifice plate therefor A micro-fluid ejection head and methods for improving the fabrication and operation of the micro-fluid ejection head. The ejection head includes a photoimaged thick film layer attached to a substrate containing fluid ejection actuators. An orifice plate is laminated... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087747 | Ink jet recording head unit and production process thereof In an ink jet recording head unit, on a surface of an ejection outlet surface of an ink jet recording head, a tape is applied so that a portion of the tape with a relatively high adhesiveness corresponds to an area of the ejection outlet surface with a relatively hi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087748 | Ink jet recording head, producing method therefor and composition for ink jet recording head An ink jet recording head having a high durability and high ink resistance can enable high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. Such an ink jet recording head can ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083321 | Removable radiation cured composition and process for protecting a micro-fluid ejection head There is disclosed a removable radiation cured member suitable for use in protecting a micro-fluid ejection head. Further, a reactant mixture suitable for sealing a micro-fluid ejection head comprising a vinyl-containing oligomer, a filler, and optionally a reactive... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075094 | Liquid ejection head and process for producing the same An aspect of the present invention is a process for producing a liquid ejection head including an ejection orifice member provided with ejection orifices for ejecting liquid. The process includes supplying to a surface of a base material for forming the ejection ori... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057013 | Ink-jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the printhead. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate through which an ink supply passage is formed, a chamber plate stacked on the substrate having an ink chamber filled with ink supplied through the ink supply p... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047630 | Liquid drop ejecting head and image forming apparatus, liquid drop ejecting apparatus, recording method The same water-repellent process is provided on a nozzle forming part and the outer circumferential part of a nozzle formation member. A first water-repellent layer is formed through a first water-repellent process on the surface of a nozzle forming part (which form... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042908 | Fluid ejector device A fluid ejector device, including: a fluid nozzle layer defining an orifice therein; and at least one epoxy resin layer established on the nozzle layer, the at least one epoxy resin layer having first and second opposed surfaces with a thickness there between and a ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038260 | Pattern of a non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector and apparatus A fluid ejector is provided, having an internal surface, an external surface, an orifice that allows fluid in contact with the internal surface to be ejected, a first non-wetting region of the external surface, and one or more second regions of the external surface ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7946681 | Nozzle plate, ink ejection head, and image forming apparatus A nozzle plate includes: a plate substrate in which a nozzle is formed, ink being ejected through an ejection port of the nozzle in the plate substrate; and a p-type doped layer which forms a whole perimeter of an edge portion defining an inner perimeter of the ejec... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926910 | Nozzle plate for inkjet head and method of manufacturing the nozzle plate A nozzle plate for an inkjet head and a method of manufacturing the nozzle plate includes a silicon substrate having a nozzle, a thermally oxidized silicon layer formed on an outer surface of the silicon substrate and an inner wall of the nozzle, an adhesion layer d... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918534 | Droplet ejection head having a liquid ejection energy driving device, method of producing the same and droplet ejection apparatus The present invention provides a droplet ejection head having a liquid ejection energy driving device to eject a liquid from a nozzle, the droplet ejection head including: a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle to eject liquid droplets; a tetrahedral amorphous carbon... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914116 | Droplet discharge head, manufacturing method thereof, and droplet discharge apparatus A droplet discharge head includes a nozzle substrate having a nozzle opening for discharging a liquid as a droplet; a flow path substrate having a flow path for the liquid, the flow path communicating with the nozzle opening; and a diaphragm constituting a wall surf... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7883179 | Nozzle plate usable with inkjet printhead A nozzle plate usable with an inkjet printhead includes a substrate through which a plurality of nozzles are formed, an ink-philic material layer formed on an outer surface of the substrate and inner walls of the nozzles, and a plurality of nonwetting coating layers... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7866793 | Printhead assembly for re-directing ink droplets A printhead assembly includes a printhead, in turn, including a plurality of ink ejection nozzles. A nozzle guard is formed from hydrophobic photoresist and is mounted to the printhead. The nozzle guard defines a plurality of channels located in register with respec... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7854493 | Method of manufacturing inkjet printhead and inkjet printhead manufactured using the method A method of manufacturing an inkjet printhead, including forming a nozzle layer by radiating actinic radiation to a cross-linked polymer resist composition including a precursor polymer, a cationic photoinitiator, and a solvent, in which a concentration of the catio... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7837299 | Liquid ejecting head and method of manufacturing the same, image forming apparatus, liquid drop ejecting device, and recording method A liquid ejecting head with a nozzle forming member in which plural nozzle sequences formed by aligning nozzles configured to eject a liquid drop of recording liquid are arranged such that nozzles of respective sequences are provided in a zigzag pattern and a water-... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837300 | Liquid jet head, manufacturing method of the liquid jet head, image forming device, nozzle member of the liquid jet head, repellent ink film forming method, cartridge, and liquid jet recording device A liquid jet head includes a nozzle forming member having a water repellent layer formed on a liquid drop jet side surface of a nozzle base having a nozzle hole configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid; wherein the water repellent layer is made of silicon... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7766454 | Liquid discharge head, liquid discharger, and image forming apparatus, including silicone resin layer formed on discharge side of head A liquid discharge head configured to discharge liquid is disclosed that includes a silicone resin layer formed on the side of a surface from which the liquid is discharged. The silicone resin layer serves as a water-repellent layer. The number of water-repellent mo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758158 | Ink jet head and its manufacture method An ink jet head is formed with a nozzle surface having a liquid repellent characteristic. The nozzle surface comprises a condensation product made from a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine containing group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cati... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7722159 | Inkjet head and inkjet recording device There is provided an inkjet head including a nozzle plate in which a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected are formed. The nozzle plate has a nozzle surface on which nozzle orifices corresponding to the plurality of nozzles are formed. The nozzle surface ha... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7686421 | Fluid injection head, method of manufacturing the injection head, and fluid injection device Provided is a liquid jet head, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid jet apparatus, in which liquid ejecting characteristics can be kept constant for a long period and in which nozzle blockage is prevented. In a liquid jet head including a passage-forming... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677696 | Liquid discharge head In order to suppress peeling of a film formed on a base, and improve the durability and reliability of the film, an overhang is provided on a side surface of a sacrifice layer, whereby a film is formed, which has an edge portion having a thickness distribution, in w... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7658468 | Ink jet recording head and method of manufacturing the same An ink jet recording head is formed by laminating a nozzle plate, ink pool plates, a through plate, an ink supply path plate, a pressure chamber plate and a vibrating plate in order. These members of the head are bonded to each other with an adhesive. An inner wall ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7641311 | Ink jet print head and manufacturing method thereof An ink jet print head includes a print element substrate having an ink ejection energy generator, a support substrate to support the print element substrate, and an ultraviolet light and heat combination setting adhesive bonding the print element substrate to the su... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7641312 | Liquid ejecting head with nozzle opening and liquid ejecting apparatus including same A liquid ejecting head of the present invention has a nozzle plate including a nozzle substrate composed of a non-conductive material in which nozzle openings pass through the nozzle substrate and a conductive film formed to cover at least a part of the inner periph... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7562964 | Method of manufacturing nozzle plate, nozzle plate, liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus The method manufactures a nozzle plate. The method comprises: a liquid-repelling film forming step of forming a liquid-repelling film on an entire surface of a nozzle plate forming substrate having been formed with nozzles for ejecting liquid droplets; a liquid-repe... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7530667 | Nozzle plate and method of manufacturing nozzle plate The method manufactures a nozzle plate in which a liquid-repelling film is formed on a surface of a nozzle forming substrate having nozzle holes for ejecting liquid droplets, the surface being on a droplet ejection side of the nozzle forming substrate. The method in... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7484829 | Liquid droplet jetting apparatus having liquid-repellent jetting surface, nozzle plate having liquid-repellent jetting surface, and method for producing the nozzle plate A plurality of nozzles is formed in a nozzle plate. A first liquid repellent film which surrounds an ejecting port of each of the nozzles and which has a liquid repellent property higher than a liquid repellent property of an inner surface of the nozzle is formed on... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7445314 | Piezoelectric ink-jet printhead and method of manufacturing a nozzle plate of the same In a piezoelectric ink-jet printhead, and a method of manufacturing a nozzle plate, the piezoelectric ink-jet printhead includes a flow path plate having an ink flow path including pressure chambers to be filled with ink to be ejected, a piezoelectric actuator forme... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441868 | Nozzle plate and method of manufacturing the same A nozzle plate in which plural nozzles that eject ink droplets onto a recording medium are formed includes: a base plate that forms a nozzle plate main body; a water-repellent plate laminated on a surface of the base plate and having water repellency; and the nozzle... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441871 | Liquid-repellent member, nozzle plate, liquid-jet head using the same, and liquid-jet apparatus To provide a liquid-repellent member such as a nozzle plate having high liquid repellency and liquid-repellent durability, a liquid-jet head using the same, and a liquid-jet apparatus. A liquid-repellent member includes: an underlayer film which is provided o... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438386 | Nozzle guard suitable for redirecting ejected ink droplets A nozzle guard for a printhead is provided. The nozzle guard has a plurality of channels therethrough, each channel corresponding to a respective nozzle on the printhead such that, in use, ink droplets ejected from each nozzle pass through their respective channel t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434913 | Inkjet head, method for producing inkjet head, inkjet recorder and inkjet coater An inkjet head for jetting an ink from a nozzle 6 which is formed on the main body 1 of the nozzle of a metal member, wherein an SiO2 film 2 comprising SiO2 as the main component is formed on the surface of the nozzle main ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426783 | Method of manufacturing an ink jet head In order to avoid any positional misalignment between an ink passage hole formed on a manifold plate and a nozzle formed on a nozzle plate, the nozzle plate on which no nozzle has been formed, is stacked on and bonded to the manifold plate having the ink passage hol... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425058 | Multi-nozzle ink jet head and manufacturing method thereof A multi-nozzle ink jet head using piezoelectric elements and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A head (1) has a nozzle member (10) in which a plurality of nozzles (12) are formed, a pressure chamber wall member (14) in which a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7410241 | Ink jet head, ink jet printer and method for manufacturing ink jet head An ink jet head, which can prevent non-discharge due to face wetting, has an ink nozzle for discharging ink through a discharge port communicating with the ink nozzle and formed in a water-repelling surface. A hydrophilic groove is formed in a nozzle plate in which ... | 08/12/2008 |
