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Process for producing ink-jet printer member

US6383436B1 · kind B1 · utility

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6Claims
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Filing dateOct 29, 1998
Grant dateMay 7, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A multi-color injection molding process for producing an ink-jet printer member having a plastic substrate and an elastic material layer that are integrally composited, by melt-injecting into a mold in turn, a material for a plastic substrate and an elastic material composed of a thermoplastic elastomer. The above process is well suited for the production of the ink-jet printer member such as an ink tank valve for supplying a recording head with an ink to be filled in an ink chamber, also of a sealing member which is installed at an ink supply port or on the main body of an ink-jet printer and prevents an ink from leaking through the ink supply port or through the recording head.

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