Inkjet printhead having laterally flared fluid outlets

US9950527B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Memjet Technology Limited · IE

Inventors

• Garry Raymond Jackson · Sydney, AU
• Norman Micheal Berry · Sydney, AU
• Michael John Hudson · Sydney, AU
• Brian Robert Brown · Chatswood, AU
• Samuel George Mallinson · Sydney, AU
• Geordie McBain · Chatswood, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2018
• Expiry date: May 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/21
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet printhead includes: an elongate fluid manifold having a plurality of fluid outlets positioned longitudinally along a base of the fluid manifold; one or more printhead chips attached to the base of the fluid manifold, each printhead chip receiving printing fluid from one or more fluid outlets. Each fluid outlet is laterally flared towards a longitudinal edge of a respective printhead chip.