摘要:
When a nozzle (21) with a stepwise cross-section, which is provided with a small cross-section nozzle portion (21a) formed on the front side thereof and with a large cross-section nozzle portion (21b) formed on the rear side thereof in a discharge direction, respectively, is formed by applying etching to a silicon wafer (200) for forming a nozzle plate (2), a resist film (210) is formed on a surface (200a) of the silicon wafer (200), and patterning by half-etching and patterning by full-etching is applied to the resist film (210). Next, anisotropic-dry-etching is applied to the silicon wafer (200) by ICP discharge, thereby forming grooves at the full-etched portions. Next, the resist film at the half-etched portions is removed and anisotropic-dry-etching is applied to the portions from which the resist film is removed by ICP discharge. As a result, there can be simply formed on a monocrystalline silicon substrate an ink nozzle having a stepwise cross-section and further having an action, which is larger than that of a conventional ink nozzle, for aligning the directions of pressures applied from cavities to nozzles in a nozzle axis direction.
摘要:
An electrostatic ink jet head (1) using an electrostatic actuator and its manufacturing method, comprising pressure chambers (6) communicating with ink nozzles (21) and an atmospheric pressure chamber (12) open to the atmosphere, wherein diaphragms (5) are formed on the bottom surfaces of the pressure chambers (6), a voltage is applied between the diaphragms (5) and electrodes (43) to vibrate the diaphragms (5) electrostatically so as to inject ink droplets, vibration chambers (41) communicate with a pressure compensating chamber (49), a displacement plate (16) which is displaceable toward the outside of the bottom surface of the pressure compensating chamber (49) according to a variation in atmospheric pressure is formed on the bottom surface of the pressure compensating chamber (49), the volume of the pressure compensating chamber (49) is increased or decreased according to the displacement of the displacement plate (16) so that the inside pressure of each vibration chamber (41) communicating with the pressure compensating chamber (49) is regulated to the atmospheric pressure, whereby the vibration characteristics of the diaphragms (5) can be kept constant even if the atmospheric pressure is varied so as to maintain an appropriate ink-droplet injecting operation.
摘要:
An electrostatic ink jet head (1) using an electrostatic actuator and its manufacturing method, comprising pressure chambers (6) communicating with ink nozzles (21) and an atmospheric pressure chamber (12) open to the atmosphere, wherein diaphragms (5) are formed on the bottom surfaces of the pressure chambers (6), a voltage is applied between the diaphragms (5) and electrodes (43) to vibrate the diaphragms (5) electrostatically so as to inject ink droplets, vibration chambers (41) communicate with a pressure compensating chamber (49), a displacement plate (16) which is displaceable toward the outside of the bottom surface of the pressure compensating chamber (49) according to a variation in atmospheric pressure is formed on the bottom surface of the pressure compensating chamber (49), the volume of the pressure compensating chamber (49) is increased or decreased according to the displacement of the displacement plate (16) so that the inside pressure of each vibration chamber (41) communicating with the pressure compensating chamber (49) is regulated to the atmospheric pressure, whereby the vibration characteristics of the diaphragms (5) can be kept constant even if the atmospheric pressure is varied so as to maintain an appropriate ink-droplet injecting operation.
摘要:
An ink jet head wherein a charge is applied to a thin plate-shaped diaphragm formed on a Si or other semiconductor substrate, and to an electrode disposed in opposition to said diaphragm to electrostatically deform the diaphragm and eject ink, and wherein a single layer or multiple layer metallic coating forming ohmic contact with the semiconductor substrate is formed as a common electrode on the semiconductor substrate. In addition, a group III or group V element is doped to a high concentration where the common electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The diaphragm can therefore vibrate at high speed, and an ink jet head capable of high speed printing can be provided because supply and elimination of the charge to the diaphragm can be accomplished at high speed.