Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent leakage of ink from the ink ejecting means of a head due to variation in the attitude of the head, especially in a line type head. SOLUTION: The ink jet printer comprises an ink jet head 120, and ink holding containers 122c coupled, respectively, with at least one ink ejecting means 123, 124 in the head ejecting ink of different colors. A plurality of ink holding containers are provided for each ink ejecting mean corresponding to each color of ink and each ink holding container is coupled with each group of a plurality of nozzles 125a arranged in the longitudinal direction of the ink ejecting mean while being divided.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a head which has stable ejection characteristics with a high degree of accuracy for a long period of time, by preventing a change in wettability on a surface subjected to ejection of an ink droplet, while ensuring the dimensions and positions of a nozzle and a nozzle sheet with a high degree of accuracy. SOLUTION: The nozzle sheet 17 having the nozzle 18 for ejecting the ink droplet is formed and is manufactured by the following processes: a first process wherein a resist pattern 34 corresponding to an opening including at least the nozzle 18 is formed on a matrix 30; a second process wherein a corrosion-resisting metal layer 35 is formed on the matrix 30 and around the resist pattern 34; a third process wherein an electrocast layer 36 is formed on the layer 35 and around the resist pattern 34; and a fourth process for removing the resist pattern 34. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further improve print quality by reducing the vibration of a nozzle sheet in a composition in which head chips are arranged in the nozzle sheet, a sheet material made by preparing a nozzle row by applying to a full line printer head and a printer using the printer head concerning a printer head, a printer and a printer head manufacturing method. SOLUTION: The nozzle sheet 31 is formed in such a manner that at least a site with a formed nozzle 39 is locally decreased in thickness. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress displacement (curving) of a nozzle array formed on a nozzle sheet of a printer head. SOLUTION: In the inkjet printer head provided with the nozzle sheet where a plurality of nozzles 18 for discharging ink liquid drops are formed, a head frame for supporting the nozzle sheet through bonding of the nozzle sheet thereto, and a substrate member which has a heating resistor for heating ink when ink liquid drops are discharged from nozzles 18 and which is bonded to the nozzle sheet, the head frame and the substrate member have nearly equal coefficients of linear expansion, and the nozzle sheet has a coefficient of linear expansion larger than that of the head frame and the substrate member. An opening 19 is formed in the nozzle sheet for exposing electrodes of the substrate member to join the electrodes. Moreover, an opening 20 is formed at the opposite side region to a region where the opening 19 is formed via an array of the nozzles 18. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrict a positional deviation between an energy generating element for discharging ink from an ink discharge nozzle and the ink discharge nozzle to be as small as possible. SOLUTION: A head frame 4 formed of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion approximately equal to the coefficient of linear expansion of a semiconductor substrate 7 which becomes a base of a substrate member 6, for example, a silicon substrate and larger than the coefficient of linear expansion of a nozzle sheet 2 is attached beforehand to the nozzle sheet 2 at a temperature lower than the room temperature. Then, base members 6, 6 and the like are attached to the nozzle sheet 2 at a temperature not lower than the attaching temperature of the head frame 4 and the nozzle sheet 2.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make as much as small a positional deviation between an ink pressure chamber provided with a heating resistor and an ink discharge nozzle corresponding to the ink pressure chamber, and enhance the rigidity as a printer head. SOLUTION: In a printing head 1 including at least the ink pressure chambers 9, the heating resistors 8 and the ink discharge nozzles 3, there are provided a substrate member 6 which constitutes side wall parts and one end faces of the ink pressure chambers and is equipped with the heating resistors, a nozzle- forming member 2 which constitutes the other end faces of the ink pressure chambers and has the ink discharge nozzles corresponding to the ink pressure chambers formed thereto, a head frame 4 which supports the nozzle-forming member, and head chips HT constituted by attaching the substrate member to the nozzle-forming member so that each ink discharge nozzle is separately made corresponding to the ink pressure chamber. The nozzle-forming member is a single common member, and the head chips are arranged by a plurality of numbers in a direction orthogonal to a feed direction of a printing medium. Head chip arrangement holes 5 for separately surrounding the head chips are formed to the head frame. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lessen the projecting amount of a wire material from a semiconduc tor chip by adjusting the bonding order of an electrode located at a high posi tion and that located at a low position. SOLUTION: A method is provided for connecting an electrode 9 on the semiconductor chip 4 with an electrode 15a located at a position lower than the electrode formation surface of the chip 4 by a wire bonding. The electrode 15a is connected with the electrode 9 by a first bonding, and the electrode 9 on the chip 4 is connected with the electrode 15a by a second (subsequent to the first) bonding.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink jet printer and its head cartridge in which reduction in the size of the printer is facilitated by enabling effective use of the space in the printer. SOLUTION: The head cartridge 120a comprises an ink jet head 120, and a plurality of ink holding containers 122c containing ink being ejected from the head wherein each ink holding container is connected with one head chip 124 having a plurality of nozzles. A plurality of head chips are arranged along the longitudinal direction while being shifted alternately, in the way, in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to have an overlap 124d at the end part. A space 122e is formed by shifting the space for containing the ink holding container at the end part in the longitudinal direction based on the overlap.