Inkjet printhead having flared outlets

US10589537B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Memjet Technology Limited · IE

Inventors

• Garry Raymond Jackson · Sydney, AU
• Norman Micheal Berry · Sydney, AU
• Michael John Hudson · Sydney, AU
• Brian Robert Brown · Chatswood, AU
• Samuel George Mallinson · Sydney, AU
• Geordie McBain · Chatswood, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/21
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet printhead including: an elongate fluid manifold having a base defining a plurality of fluid outlets; and printhead chips attached to the base, each printhead chip receiving printing fluid from a plurality of the fluid outlets. All fluid outlets are laterally flared towards a side of a respective printhead chip.