Ink jet printing head with buffering chamber wall having gas transmitting property and printing apparatus using same
US5777649A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14379
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet print head includes ink ejection outlets for ejecting ink, passages communicating with the ejection outlets; a common chamber for supplying the ink to the passages; ejection energy generating elements for producing energy for ejecting the ink; an ink supply passage for supplying the ink to the common chamber; a buffering chamber disposed at a position through which a pressure wave resulting from driving of the ejection energy generating elements propagate, the buffering chamber containing a gas for attenuating the pressure wave, wherein a part of a wall constituting the buffering chamber has a gas transmitting property permitting introduction of gas external of the print head into the buffering chamber and preventing passage of ink from the common chamber through the gas transmitting member.
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