EP0624474A3 - Printing heads for use in ink jet printing and method for producing the same. - Google Patents

Printing heads for use in ink jet printing and method for producing the same. Download PDF

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EP0624474A3
EP0624474A3 EP94303424A EP94303424A EP0624474A3 EP 0624474 A3 EP0624474 A3 EP 0624474A3 EP 94303424 A EP94303424 A EP 94303424A EP 94303424 A EP94303424 A EP 94303424A EP 0624474 A3 EP0624474 A3 EP 0624474A3
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printing
producing
same
ink jet
jet printing
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French (fr)
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EP0624474B1 (en
EP0624474A2 (en
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Yuji Tanaka
Hiroko Hayashi
Masaaki Itano
Yasuhiro Ouki
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Seiko Epson Corp
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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
    • B41J2/1631—Manufacturing processes photolithography
    • 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
    • B41J2/1607—Production of print heads with piezoelectric elements
    • B41J2/1612—Production of print heads with piezoelectric elements of stacked structure type, deformed by compression/extension and disposed on a diaphragm
    • 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
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2002/14387—Front shooter

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
EP19940303424 1993-05-12 1994-05-12 Printing heads for use in ink jet printing and method for producing the same Expired - Lifetime EP0624474B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP110340/93 1993-05-12
JP110338/93 1993-05-12
JP11034093 1993-05-12
JP11033893 1993-05-12
JP9675194A JP3415260B2 (en) 1993-05-12 1994-05-10 Ink jet recording head and method of manufacturing the same
JP96751/94 1994-05-10

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EP0624474A2 EP0624474A2 (en) 1994-11-17
EP0624474A3 true EP0624474A3 (en) 1995-11-08
EP0624474B1 EP0624474B1 (en) 1998-07-15

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EP19940303424 Expired - Lifetime EP0624474B1 (en) 1993-05-12 1994-05-12 Printing heads for use in ink jet printing and method for producing the same

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JP (1) JP3415260B2 (en)
DE (1) DE69411627T2 (en)
SG (1) SG48032A1 (en)

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JP3485514B2 (en) * 1996-04-11 2004-01-13 シチズン時計株式会社 Ink jet head and method of manufacturing the same
CN112937145B (en) * 2019-12-10 2022-10-11 精工爱普生株式会社 Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4417251A (en) * 1980-03-06 1983-11-22 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head
GB2171107A (en) * 1985-02-12 1986-08-20 Napp Systems Inc Photosensitive resin composition
JPS63218744A (en) * 1987-03-06 1988-09-12 Toyo Ink Mfg Co Ltd Plastic coating agent curable by actinic energy radiation
EP0432795A1 (en) * 1989-12-15 1991-06-19 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Active energy-ray-curable resin composition, ink jet head having ink path wall formed by use of the composition, process for preparing the head, and ink-jet apparatus provided with the head
EP0554912A2 (en) * 1992-02-06 1993-08-11 Seiko Epson Corporation Method of manufacturing ink jet head

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4417251A (en) * 1980-03-06 1983-11-22 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head
GB2171107A (en) * 1985-02-12 1986-08-20 Napp Systems Inc Photosensitive resin composition
JPS63218744A (en) * 1987-03-06 1988-09-12 Toyo Ink Mfg Co Ltd Plastic coating agent curable by actinic energy radiation
EP0432795A1 (en) * 1989-12-15 1991-06-19 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Active energy-ray-curable resin composition, ink jet head having ink path wall formed by use of the composition, process for preparing the head, and ink-jet apparatus provided with the head
EP0554912A2 (en) * 1992-02-06 1993-08-11 Seiko Epson Corporation Method of manufacturing ink jet head

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 013, no. 011 (C - 558) 11 January 1989 (1989-01-11) *

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DE69411627D1 (en) 1998-08-20
JP3415260B2 (en) 2003-06-09
EP0624474A2 (en) 1994-11-17

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