摘要:
A liquid discharge head comprises a grooved member including plural discharge ports for discharging liquid, plural grooves for respectively constituting first liquid paths directly communicating with the discharge ports, and a recess for constituting a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plural grooves and serving to supply the first liquid paths with liquid, plural element substrates, each including plural heat generating members for generating bubble in the liquid by giving heat thereto and walls of second liquid paths corresponding to each the heat generating members, and arranged along the direction of array of the discharge ports of the grooved member, and a partition wall positioned between the element substrates and the grooved member, and including, in positions respectively opposed to the heat generating members, plural movable members adapted to respectively displace toward the first liquid paths by the pressure of generation of the bubble.
摘要:
A method to produce a liquid ejecting head having an ejection outlet for ejecting a liquid, a heat generating element for applying thermal energy to the liquid, a liquid flow path comprised of a first path portion in fluid communication with the ejection outlet and a second path portion disposed below the first path portion and provided with the heat generating element in a bottom surface thereof, a partition wall for partitioning the liquid flow path into the first path portion and second path portion, and a movable member disposed above the heat generating element in the portion wall and arranged as displaceable to a side of the first path portion in accordance with a bubble generated in the liquid by the thermal energy in which upon generation of the bubble the first path portion and the second path portion are in fluid communication with each other and the pressure is directed toward said ejection outlet by the movable member displaced to eject the liquid droplet. The method comprises a step of preparing a substrate provided with the heat generating element, a step of forming a grooved partition wall having the movable member and side walls of the second path portion, and a step of joining the grooved partition wall to the substrate to form the second path portion.
摘要:
A micromachine comprises at least one heat generating unit arranged on the surface of a substrate, a housing for retaining liquid having a liquid retaining portion along the heat generating unit, and a rotator rotatively supported in the liquid retaining portion of the housing for retaining liquid. This rotator is structured to rotate by way of the boiling of liquid in the liquid retaining portion by heat generated by the heat generating unit. The micromachine, such a micropump or a micromotor, is incorporated in a liquid jet recording head to cause recording liquid to flow compulsorily in order to remove accumulated bubbles in the liquid paths for maintaining good performance of the liquid jet recording head at all times.
摘要:
An ink jet head for discharging ink comprises a plurality of elemental substrates having a plurality of discharge energy generating elements arranged in line for discharging ink, a grooved member having a plurality of walls joined with the plurality of elemental substrates arranged to constitute ink paths for each of the discharge energy generating elements, these ink paths being formed by joining the walls of the grooved member under pressure with the plurality of elemental substrates thus arranged, and among the plurality of walls, a plurality of ribs formed on the bottom of each wall arranged on each boundary between elemental substrates, and configured along this boundary line to abut upon each of different elemental substrates, respectively. In this way, any gaps and steps existing between the elemental substrates are sealed by the ribs formed for the walls of the grooved member when this member is joined with the elemental substrates under pressure, thus preventing any ink leakage from such gaps or steps, and also, suppressing the pressure wave cross talk between ink paths in order to perform recording in good condition.
摘要:
A liquid discharging head includes a discharge port for discharging liquid, a liquid passage communicated with the discharge port, a bubble generating area for generating a bubble in the liquid in the liquid passage, the bubble generating area including a heater for heating the liquid in the liquid passage, and a movable member disposed in a confronting relation to the bubble generating area in the liquid passage and adapted to be shifted by pressure caused by generating the bubble at the bubble generating area to direct the pressure toward the discharge port and to be returned to its initial position by negative pressure due to contraction of the bubble, and wherein resistance of the movable member against the liquid in the liquid passage when it is shifted is smaller than that when it is returned.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a liquid jet head, which is provided with first liquid flow paths communicated with discharge ports for discharging discharge liquid; second liquid flow paths having heat generating elements for creating bubbles in bubbling liquid which are arranged corresponding to the first liquid flow paths; and a movable separation film for essentially separating the first liquid flow paths and the corresponding second liquid flow paths from each other at all the time, comprises a first step of forming organic film becoming the movable separation film, and a second step of providing permanent distortion for the organic film formed in the first step. Here, in the second step, stress beyond yielding point is provided for the movable separation film, and the movable separation film should preferably contain polyparaxylene. With the method thus arranged, it becomes possible to manufacture a liquid jet head capable of changing the discharging droplet into a larger one with the application of the same bubbling power applied to the smaller one, thus leading to making the life of the head significantly longer.
摘要:
A liquid discharge head has a plurality of first liquid flow passages connected to outlets for discharging the discharge liquid, a plurality of second liquid flow passages having an element board with heating elements for generating a bubble in the bubbling liquid and corresponding to the first liquid flow passages, and movable separation films substantially and mutually separating the first liquid flow passages and the second liquid flow passages at all times, wherein the movable separation films are mutually independent individual separation films for each of the second liquid flow passages. It is possible to directly provide a flow passage wall configuring a side wall of a first liquid flow passage onto the element board by the low temperature junction by using surface activation since the movable separation films are individual separation films. The junction of the flow passage wall to the element board is surely performed and the dispersion in discharge characteristics depending on the lot of products can be restrained.
摘要:
An ink jet recording head includes an element substrate; a plurality of ejection outlets, provided on the element substrate, for ejecting ink in a direction perpendicular to the element substrate; and a nozzle formation member having a plurality of ink flow paths which are in fluid communication with the ejection outlets, respectively. The ink flow paths are arranged at a density higher than 1200 dpi in an arranging direction of the ejection outlets and widths of flow passage walls forming the ink flow paths are smaller than heights of the ink flow paths and are smaller than widths of the ink flow paths.
摘要:
An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection type recording device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid onto a recording material while scanning the recording material in a direction crossing with a feeding direction of the recording material, and a recovery unit for sucking the liquid through a nozzle of the liquid ejecting head. The ink cartridge includes a receiving portion for receiving the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head by the recovery unit; a liquid containing portion for accommodating the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head; and a connecting portion for connecting the receiving portion and the suction recovery unit, wherein the connecting portion is disposed at a position upstream of a front end surface portion of the ink cartridge with respect to an inserting direction in which the ink cartridge is inserted into the liquid ejection type recording device.
摘要:
A joint member is made of an elastic member whose cross sectional shape is an almost M-character shape and which has: an inserting portion formed with an opening portion and a slit; an outer edge portion as an outer peripheral portion of the joint member; and a supporting fixing portion for coupling the inserting portion and the outer edge portion on the upper portion side. A cross sectional shape of an opening of the opening portion is a shape of a circular cone frustum in which the opening and a bottom surface are coupled via an inclined surface. The slit is formed in the rectangular bottom surface. The joint member is sandwiched between a casing and a pressing plate. The inserting portion and the supporting fixing portion exist in planes which are different in the inserting direction of a liquid supply needle.