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Method of manufacturing ink jet head and ink jet head

US7169537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2004
Grant dateJan 30, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2002/14475
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To provide an ink jet head having a good stability of ejection and a method of manufacturing the ink jet head, a method of manufacturing an ink jet head that includes a cavity and a nozzle connected to the cavity and ejects fluid contained in the cavity from an ejection opening that is an opening provided on a side of the nozzle opposite to the cavity. An inside-nozzle lyophobic film is formed in the vicinity of the ejection opening and on the inside wall of the nozzle, the inside-nozzle lyophobic film providing a large difference between an advancing contact angle and a receding contact angle for the liquid to be ejected.

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