Abstract:
A liquid jet head including: a nozzle plate including a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row each formed of a plurality of nozzles; and a piezoelectric plate including a plurality of first ejection grooves communicating to the plurality of nozzles of the first nozzle row, and a plurality of second ejection grooves communicating to the plurality of nozzles of the second nozzle row, in which each of the plurality of first ejection grooves and each of the plurality of second ejection grooves are separated from each other by a partition wall located between the each of the plurality of first ejection grooves and the each of the plurality of second ejection grooves.
Abstract:
To prevent deterioration of an ejection characteristic, which is caused by adhesion of an air bubble mixed in liquid to channels (6) and slits (13) communicated therewith, provided is a liquid jet head, including: a supply port (2) through which liquid is supplied; a discharge port (3) through which the liquid is discharged; a liquid supply chamber (4) communicated with the supply port (2); a liquid discharge chamber (5) communicated with the discharge port (3); a channel row (7) forced of a plurality of channels (6), which are provided in parallel between the liquid supply chamber (4) and the liquid discharge chamber (5) and communicated with the liquid supply chamber (4) and the liquid discharge chamber (5); and a communication path (9) for bypassing the liquid from the liquid supply chamber (4) to the liquid discharge chamber (5). An air bubble is removed outside via the communication path (9).
Abstract:
A liquid jet head chip capable of exerting an excellent ejection performance while having a compact configuration is provided. The liquid jet head chip is provided with an actuator plate, a common electrode, a common electrode pad for external connection, a cover plate, and a sealing plate. The actuator plate has an obverse surface, a reverse surface, and an ejection channel penetrating in a thickness direction and extending in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The common electrode is disposed on an inner surface of the ejection channel. The common electrode pad is disposed in an end part region in the first direction out of the reverse surface, and is coupled to the common electrode. The cover plate is disposed so as to be opposed to the obverse surface of the actuator plate, and has a liquid flow hole opposed to the ejection channel. The sealing plate is disposed so as to be opposed to a channel formation region other than the end part region out of the reverse surface of the actuator plate, and closes the ejection channel.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes: a groove forming step of alternately forming ejection grooves and non-ejection grooves in a reference direction on an upper surface of an actuator substrate; a cover plate processing step of forming a recessed portion on an upper surface of a cover plate and slits penetrating the cover plate from a bottom surface of the recessed portion through a lower surface located opposite to the upper surface of the cover plate; a substrate bonding step of bonding the lower surface of the cover plate to the upper surface of the actuator substrate to allow the slits to communicate with the respective ejection grooves; and an electrode forming step of simultaneously forming conductive films on side surfaces of the ejection grooves, side surfaces of the non-ejection grooves, and inner surfaces of the slits and the recessed portion.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes: a through hole forming step of forming through holes on first and second base plates; an actuator plate bonding step of bonding actuator plates to the respective base plates; and an electrode forming step of forming electrodes on the bonded bodies of the base plates and the actuator plates. In the through hole forming step, the through holes are formed on the base plates and the inner surfaces of the through holes are roughened. In the electrode forming step, second extraction electrodes are routed to a principal surface of the first base plate through the through holes.
Abstract:
A liquid jet head includes: a piezoelectric substrate which includes ejection grooves formed in an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and arranged in a reference direction, and a side flow path formed in a first side surface of the piezoelectric substrate and communicating with the plurality of ejection grooves; cover plate bonded to the upper surface; and a nozzle plate bonded to the first side surface and including nozzles communicating with the ejection grooves.
Abstract:
Individual electrode pads to be connected to individual electrodes are formed on a first principal face of an actuator substrate at a +X side end thereof. Common electrode pads to be connected to common electrodes are formed on a −X side with respect to the individual electrode pads on the first principal face of the actuator substrate. A groove is formed along a Y direction between the individual electrode pads and the common electrode pads on the first principal face of the actuator substrate.
Abstract:
A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an actuator substrate having slender ejection grooves and slender non-ejection grooves partitioned by slender walls each including a piezoelectric body. The non-ejection grooves have, at ends on one side thereof, respective inclined surfaces rising from bottom surfaces thereof to upper surface openings at upper portions thereof, common electrodes are provided in a strip form along a longitudinal direction of walls on both side surfaces of the walls facing the ejection grooves, active electrodes are provided in a strip form along the longitudinal direction of the walls on both side surfaces of the walls facing the non-ejection grooves, and the active electrodes are provided from positions in the vicinity of the ends on one side of the non-ejection grooves to ends on the other side thereof.
Abstract:
A liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an actuator substrate formed by arraying a plurality of grooves, which penetrates from an upper surface to a lower surface of the actuator substrate and is long in a surface direction, a cover plate provided at the actuator substrate so as to cover an upper surface opening of the groove, and a nozzle plate provided at the actuator substrate so as to cover a lower surface opening of the groove. The groove includes an ejection groove and a non-ejection groove which are alternately arrayed, and is formed in such a manner that configurations of the lower surface openings of the ejection groove and the non-ejection groove are different.