Ink jet printing head
US4528575A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14379
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet printing head which includes a head body provided with an ink filling port (18), a plurality of rows of nozzles (32A.sub.1 through 32A.sub.5, 40B.sub.1 through 40B.sub.5) arrayed in a staggered formation, pressure chambers (21A.sub.1, 21A.sub.2, . . . , 21B.sub.1, 21B.sub.2, . . . ), one for each of the nozzles, and ink passages (28A.sub.1, . . . , 33A.sub.1, . . . , 38B.sub.1, . . . , 41B.sub.1, . . . ) connecting the ink filling port with the nozzles via corresponding pressure chambers. (19A.sub.1 through 19A.sub.5, 19B.sub.1 though 19B.sub.5). 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.
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