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Ink jet printing head

US4528575A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1982
Grant dateJul 9, 1985
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Expiry dateAug 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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