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On-demand multi-nozzle ink jet head

US6053602A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1998
Grant dateApr 25, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2202/18
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An on-demand multi-nozzle ink jet head includes a diaphragm and a plurality of piezoelectric stacks. The diaphragm forms at least one wall of a pressurizing chamber used to increase the pressure of the ink. When print signals are applied to the piezoelectric stacks. The stacks generate pressure fluctuations in the walls of the pressurizing chamber. An elastic material with adhesive properties is used to bond the diaphragm to the piezoelectric stacks, which elastic material has a Shore hardness of less than 80 on the A scale and less than 30 on the D scale.

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