Patent classifications
B41J2/14201
HEAD UNIT AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
A head unit includes a recording head, a head-side frame, a unit frame, a first head mounting member, a second head mounting member, a head angle adjustment mechanism, and an urging member. The unit frame is configured to hold the recording head on both side surfaces of a main frame standing along a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium. The urging member is arranged on a side opposite to an opposing surface of the first head mounting member and the second head mounting member with respect to the main frame, and is configured to urge the head-side frame in a direction of separating away from the main frame, A counteraction of a pressing force that acts on the head-side frame from the urging member acts on the first head mounting member and the second head mounting member from the head-side frame.
Fluid ejection devices including electrical interconnect elements for fluid ejection dies
A device includes a plurality of fluid ejection dies, wherein each of the fluid ejection dies includes a contact pad and a plurality of fluid actuation devices. The device includes an electrical interconnect element in contact with the contact pad of each of the fluid ejection dies to electrically interconnect the plurality of fluid ejection dies.
Fluid actuators connected to field effect transistors
Examples include a fluidic die. The fluidic die comprises an array of field effect transistors. Connecting members electrically connect at least some of the field effect transistors of the array of field effect transistors, and the field effect transistors of the array are arranged into respective sets of field effect transistors. The fluidic die further comprises a first fluid actuator connected to a first set of field effect transistors having a first number of field effect transistors. The die includes a second fluid actuator connected to a second respective set of field effect transistors having a second number of field effect transistors that is different than the first number of field effect transistors.
Fluid ejection polymeric recirculation channel
A fluid ejection assembly may include a fluid ejection die comprising a back face and a front face through which fluid is ejected. The fluid ejection die may further include a fan-out fluid passages converging towards the back face of the fluid ejection die, the fan-out fluid passages comprising a first fan-out fluid passage and a second fan-out fluid passage and a recirculation channel extending within a polymeric material from the first fan-out fluid passage to the second fan-out fluid passage adjacent the back face of the fluid ejection die.
Inkjet printing apparatus and controlling method
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit having ejection parts, each configured to eject ink by using a piezoelectric element to be displaced in response to a change in electric potential. The inkjet printing apparatus also includes a circulation unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The circulation unit executes ink circulation in a circulation path inclusive of the printing unit. The determination unit ejects the ink from each ejection part, detects residual vibration generated at an ejection part due to ink ejection, and determines an ejection state of ink ejection at the ejection part based on the detected residual vibration. The inkjet printing apparatus determines a printing state of ink ejection in the printing unit based on the ejection state. The control unit causes the determination unit not to make the ejection state determination in parallel with causing the circulation unit to execute the ink circulation.
LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE
A liquid ejecting head of a side shooter type includes a plate including a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction and an actuator with a plurality of pressure chambers arranged along the first direction. Each pressure chamber communicates with a corresponding one of the nozzles. The actuator further includes dummy chambers, each of which is between two otherwise adjacent pressure chambers. Common chambers are provided in the actuator. The pressure and dummy chambers are arranged between the common chambers. The end portions of the pressure chambers are connected to a common chamber. The width of the end portions of each of the pressure chambers is less than the width of a portion of the pressure chamber between the end portions.
LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
A liquid ejecting head includes a flow passage, an energy producing element, and a nozzle. A direction in which a portion which is a part of the flow passage and with which the nozzle is in communication extends is defined as a first direction. A direction in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle and which is orthogonal to the first direction is defined as a second direction. A direction which is orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction. Given this definition, the nozzle includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being located closer to the flow passage along the second direction than the first portion is. The cross-sectional area size of the first portion when viewed in the second direction is smaller than the cross-sectional area size of the second portion when viewed in the second direction. The width, in the third direction, of an overlapping portion that is a part of the second portion and is included in a first region is greater than the width, in the third direction, of a non-overlapping portion that is a part of the second portion and is included in a second region. The first region is a region where the second portion overlaps with the first portion in the first direction. The second region is a region where the second portion does not overlap with the first portion in the first direction.
Droplet ejection head, manifold component therefor, and design method
A manifold component for a droplet ejection head, the manifold component comprising: a mount for receiving an actuator component that provides one or more rows of fluid chambers, each chamber being provided with a respective at least one actuating element and a respective at least one nozzle, the at least one actuating element for each chamber being actuable to eject a droplet of fluid in an ejection direction through the corresponding at least one nozzle, each row extending in a row direction; a manifold chamber, which extends from a first end to a second end, and widens from said first end to said second end, the second end providing fluidic connection, in parallel, to at least a group of chambers within said one or more rows and being located adjacent said mount; and at least one port, each port opening into the manifold chamber at the first end thereof; wherein at least one portion between the first end and second end of the manifold chamber is shaped as a hyperbolic acoustic horn.
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
The first nozzle channel includes a first portion including an end of the first nozzle channel and a second portion including another end of the first nozzle channel, and a width of the second portion in the second direction is larger than a width of the first portion in the second direction.
Liquid discharging head
A liquid discharging head is provided with: individual channels; a first common channel; and a second common channel. The individual channels include: first individual channels which have first pressure chambers and which are aligned in a second direction to form a first individual channel array, and second individual channels which have second pressure chambers and which are aligned in the second direction to form a second individual channel array; the first individual channel array and the second individual channel array are arranged in a third direction. The first common channel communicates with both of the first individual channels and the second individual channels; and the first pressure chambers and the second pressure chambers do not overlap with the second common channel in a first direction, and do not overlap with each other in the second direction.