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Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus

US10576742B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2018
Grant dateMar 3, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2002/14403
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate in which a plurality of nozzles to discharge a liquid is formed in a nozzle array direction, a channel plate including partition walls to form a plurality of individual chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a diaphragm bonded to the channel plate to form a wall of the plurality of individual chambers, and a plurality of electromechanical transducers bonded to the diaphragm to deform the diaphragm to generate a pressure in the plurality of individual chambers, and a cycle of vibration of natural vibration generated in the liquid in the plurality of individual chambers is equal to or larger than a cycle of a primary mode of lateral vibration of the plurality of electromechanical transducers in the nozzle array direction.

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