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Printing head for an ink jet printer with titanium plate comb

US5886717A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 1995
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2202/03
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing head for an ink jet printer is provided with a plurality of ink jet sets. Each of the ink jets. Each of the ink jets includes an ink nozzle through which ink is ejected; a pressure chamber communicated with the ink nozzle and having a diaphragm made of a flexible plate; and a piezoelectric member bonded on an outside of the diaphragm for deforming the diaphragm to eject ink through the ink nozzle from the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric member includes a layer, having titanium an upper PZT layer chemically bonded on an upper surface of the titanium layer and polarized in a first direction; and a lower PZT layer chemically bonded on a lower surface of the titanium layer and polarized in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The titanium layer includes an interconnecting member and titanium members interconnected to each other by the interconnecting member forming a single titanium plate comb having teeth corresponding to the titanium members extending from two sides of the interconnecting member.

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