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Ink jet printing head

Patent 4528575 Issued on July 9, 1985. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 27, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

Printing ink supply device for ink jet printer
Patent #: 3988745
Issued on: 10/26/1976
Inventor: Sultan

Method and apparatus for recording with writing fluids and drop projection means therefor
Patent #: 4189734
Issued on: 02/19/1980
Inventor: Kyser ,   et al.

Ink jet head
Patent #: 4229751
Issued on: 10/21/1980
Inventor: Tamai

Multi-layer ink jet apparatus Patent #: 4392145
Issued on: 07/05/1983
Inventor: Parkola

Inventors

Application

No. 06/414363 filed on 08/27/1982

US Classes:

347/71, Layers, plates347/40, Array of ejectors347/47, Nozzles347/85Fluid supply system

Examiners

Primary: Goldberg, E. A.
Assistant: Reinhart, M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

B41J 2/14 (20060101)
B41J 2/145 (20060101)
B41J 2/15 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1980-12-30 JP

Abstract

An ink jet printing head which includes a head body provided with an ink filling port (18), a plurality of rows of nozzles (32A1 through 32A5, 40B1 through 40B5) arrayed in a staggered formation, pressure chambers (21A1, 21A2, . . . , 21B1, 21B2, . . . ), one for each of the nozzles, and ink passages (28A1, . . . , 33A1, . . . , 38B1, . . . , 41B1, . . . ) connecting the ink filling port with the nozzles via corresponding pressure chambers. (19A1 through 19A5, 19B1 though 19B5). The pressure chambers are formed inside the head body and adjacent to the surface of at least one side of the head body. Piezoelectric elements are mounted on the outside of the head body at positions corresponding to the pressure chambers.

Other References

  • IBM Tech. Disc. Bull., v. 23 No. 7A 2, Dec. 80, Lee, Mills, and Talke, pp. 2955-2957
  • IBM Tech. Disc. Bull., v. 20 No. 12, May 78, Anschel et al., pp. 5425-5428
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