Patent · US Expired

Printer head for an ink-on-demand type ink-jet printer

US4514742A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 1983
Grant dateApr 30, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7891
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer head, for an ink-on-demand type ink-jet printer, squirts ink droplets onto a printing medium. The printer head includes a nozzle for delivering the ink droplets and a passage for supplying ink from an ink tank. The ink is pressurized in accordance with an electric signal which commands the delivery of the ink droplets. Fluid control valves are deformed under the action of the ink pressure.

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