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Inkjet array and method of production

US5757404A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1995
Grant dateMay 26, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49401
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet array provided with a piezoelectric member and a member in the form of a plate opposite the piezoelectric member, the plate member having a surface which faces the piezoelectric member provided with a number of parallel elongated ink ducts, while the piezoelectric member is provided with a number of elongated parallel piezoelectric elements substantially rectangular in cross-section, each piezoelectric element being situated opposite an ink duct, the piezoelectric member being received in a recess in a baseplate which abuts the ink duct surface of the plate member containing the ink ducts, and which is fixed to the plate member.

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