Solid state ink jet print head
US6000787A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14387
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet print head having a substrate with an upper surface, and an ink supply conduit passing through the substrate. An array of independently addressable ink energizing elements are attached to the upper surface of the substrate. An orifice layer has a lower surface conformally connected to the upper surface of the substrate, and has an exterior surface facing away from the substrate. The orifice layer defines a plurality of firing chambers providing communication to the ink energizing elements, and each of the orifices is positioned in registration with a respective single ink energizing element. The exterior surface defines a plurality of nozzle apertures, each providing the upper terminus of a single firing chamber. Each of the firing chambers is laterally separated from all other firing chambers by a septum portion of the orifice layer.
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