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Liquid container, head cartridge, liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejection control method

US6106111A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1997
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/17553
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid ejecting head cartridge includes a liquid ejection head, the liquid ejection head including; a first liquid flow path in fluid communication with an ejection outlet; bubble generation region; second liquid flow path distributed adjacent the first liquid flow path; a movable member disposed faced to the bubble generating region and displaceable between a first position and a second position more remote from the bubble generating region than the first position; wherein the first and second liquid flow paths are capable of being supplied with different first 1 and second liquids, respectively; wherein the movable member is displaced from the first position to the second position by pressure produced by the generation of the bubble in the bubble generating portion to direct the pressure toward the ejection outlet, thus ejecting the liquid through the ejection outlet; and the cartridge further comprising: a liquid container device for supplying the liquid to the liquid ejection cartridge, wherein the liquid container device may have a first liquid container accommodating at least the first liquid, or a second liquid container accommodating third liquid which is different from t…

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