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Ink jet channel wafer for a thermal ink jet printhead

US5971527A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1996
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/1642
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet channel wafer for an ink jet printer has a first surface in which a plurality of anisotropically etched ink channels and an anisotropically etched ink reservoir are directly connected to one another. The ink jet channel wafer is etched using an admixture of at least one alkali metal hydroxide and at least one alcohol compound.

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