Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 印刷装置
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Application No.: US11493571Application Date: 2006-07-27
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Publication No.: US07708384B2Publication Date: 2010-05-04
- Inventor: Hiroto Sugahara
- Applicant: Hiroto Sugahara
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-216922 20050727
- Main IPC: B41J2/06
- IPC: B41J2/06

Abstract:
A printing apparatus which discharges an electroconductive ink includes an ink transporting head having a head main body in which a discharge port and an individual ink channel are formed, an individual electrode which is formed on a surface defining the individual ink channel, and an insulating layer which covers the individual electrode, and a transfer drum which is rotatably supported. When a drive voltage is applied to the individual electrode, since a liquid repellent property of the insulating layer is declined due to an electrowetting phenomenon, the ink is discharged from the discharge port. Furthermore, a distance between the discharge port and the transfer drum is less than a diameter of a liquid droplet equivalent to a liquid discharged at a time from the discharge port. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a printing apparatus having a simple structure, and of which a size can be reduced easily.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070024669A1 Printing apparatus Public/Granted day:2007-02-01
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