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US08096638B2 Nozzle assembly for a printhead arrangement with gutter formations to prevent nozzle contamination 失效
用于具有沟槽结构的打印头布置的喷嘴组件,以防止喷嘴污染

  • Patent Title: Nozzle assembly for a printhead arrangement with gutter formations to prevent nozzle contamination
  • Patent Title (中): 用于具有沟槽结构的打印头布置的喷嘴组件,以防止喷嘴污染
  • Application No.: US12140265
    Application Date: 2008-06-17
  • Publication No.: US08096638B2
    Publication Date: 2012-01-17
  • Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Applicant: Kia Silverbrook
  • Applicant Address: AU Balmain, New South Wales
  • Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
  • Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
  • Current Assignee Address: AU Balmain, New South Wales
  • Main IPC: B41J2/14
  • IPC: B41J2/14
Nozzle assembly for a printhead arrangement with gutter formations to prevent nozzle contamination
Abstract:
A printhead arrangement for a printer, the arrangement having a plurality of nozzle assemblies formed on a wafer substrate by means of micro-electromechanical (MEMS) techniques. Each assembly includes an ink chamber with at least one ink supply channel etched into the substrate, and a heater element suspended in the ink chamber. Each assembly also includes drive circuitry for driving said heater element, and a nozzle plate defining two ink ejection nozzles. The nozzle plate has gutter formations about each nozzle to collect ink run-off.
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