EP0593040A3 - Liquid jet recording head and liquid jet recording apparatus - Google Patents

Liquid jet recording head and liquid jet recording apparatus Download PDF

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EP0593040A3
EP0593040A3 EP93116573A EP93116573A EP0593040A3 EP 0593040 A3 EP0593040 A3 EP 0593040A3 EP 93116573 A EP93116573 A EP 93116573A EP 93116573 A EP93116573 A EP 93116573A EP 0593040 A3 EP0593040 A3 EP 0593040A3
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jet recording
liquid jet
recording apparatus
recording head
head
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EP0593040B1 (en
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Yutaka Koizumi
Hiroto Matsuda
Toshiaki Hirosawa
Jiro Moriyama
Torachika Osada
Hidemi Kubota
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Canon Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1632—Manufacturing processes machining
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14016—Structure of bubble jet print heads
    • B41J2/14024—Assembling head parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1601—Production of bubble jet print heads
    • B41J2/1604—Production of bubble jet print heads of the edge shooter type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1623—Manufacturing processes bonding and adhesion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1626—Manufacturing processes etching
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1632—Manufacturing processes machining
    • B41J2/1634—Manufacturing processes machining laser machining
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1637—Manufacturing processes molding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
    • B41J2202/01—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads
    • B41J2202/21—Line printing

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
  • Ink Jet (AREA)
EP19930116573 1992-10-15 1993-10-13 Liquid jet recording head and liquid jet recording apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0593040B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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JP27708192 1992-10-15
JP277081/92 1992-10-15
JP27708192A JP3190454B2 (en) 1992-10-15 1992-10-15 Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus

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EP0593040A2 EP0593040A2 (en) 1994-04-20
EP0593040A3 true EP0593040A3 (en) 1995-09-27
EP0593040B1 EP0593040B1 (en) 2000-03-22

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SG59905A1 (en) * 1994-03-04 1999-02-22 Canon Kk An ink jet recording apparatus
US5888333A (en) * 1994-10-31 1999-03-30 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head production method, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus
US6209988B1 (en) 1998-01-22 2001-04-03 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus
JP4218477B2 (en) 2003-09-19 2009-02-04 富士ゼロックス株式会社 Inkjet recording device
JP5009093B2 (en) * 2007-08-27 2012-08-22 株式会社リコー Piezoelectric actuator, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge apparatus, and image forming apparatus

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US4343013A (en) * 1980-10-14 1982-08-03 Ncr Corporation Nozzle plate for ink jet print head
US4564851A (en) * 1983-02-22 1986-01-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Recording device functioning with fluid droplets
US4629926A (en) * 1985-10-21 1986-12-16 Kiwi Coders Corporation Mounting for piezoelectric bender of fluid control device
EP0440469A2 (en) * 1990-02-02 1991-08-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording head
US5121225A (en) * 1989-02-21 1992-06-09 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Photoelectric converter and image reading apparatus mounting the same

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4343013A (en) * 1980-10-14 1982-08-03 Ncr Corporation Nozzle plate for ink jet print head
US4564851A (en) * 1983-02-22 1986-01-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Recording device functioning with fluid droplets
US4629926A (en) * 1985-10-21 1986-12-16 Kiwi Coders Corporation Mounting for piezoelectric bender of fluid control device
US5121225A (en) * 1989-02-21 1992-06-09 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Photoelectric converter and image reading apparatus mounting the same
EP0440469A2 (en) * 1990-02-02 1991-08-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording head

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JP3190454B2 (en) 2001-07-23
EP0593040B1 (en) 2000-03-22
JPH06126943A (en) 1994-05-10

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