According to one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes an actuator with a plurality of pressure chambers. A cover covers one side of the actuator and includes a common liquid chamber that connects to the plurality of pressure chambers and an air bubble venting flow path connected to the common liquid chamber. A nozzle plate is on a side of the actuator opposite the common liquid chamber and includes a plurality of first nozzles that faces the plurality of pressure chambers and a second nozzle that faces an outlet of the air bubble venting flow path. A mask plate covers the nozzle plate on a side opposite of the actuator and has a first window exposing the plurality of first nozzles and a second window exposing the second nozzle.

Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. The carriage on which a liquid ejecting head is mounted is configured to reciprocate. The first electrode and the second electrode are mounted on the carriage so as to face a support portion. A surface of the support portion facing the liquid ejecting head, the first electrode, and the second electrode is constituted by an insulating body.

A method of operating an electrostatic ink jet printhead, the printhead comprising: one or more ejection tips from which, in use, ink is ejected, the one or more ejection tips defining a tip region; a printhead housing, the printhead housing defining a cavity in which the one or more ejection tips are located; the method comprising the steps of, during a printing operation, passing a vapour into the cavity to reduce evaporation of ink in the tip region.

A liquid ejecting head includes a flow passage member and an energy generating element. The flow passage member includes an individual flow passage including a nozzle and a pressure generating chamber communicating with the nozzle, a supply-side common flow passage, and a drain-side common flow passage. The energy generating element effects a pressure change in the liquid in the pressure generating chamber to discharge the liquid from the nozzle. The individual flow passage includes a supply-side individual flow passage between the supply-side common flow passage and the nozzle and a drain-side individual flow passage between the nozzle and the drain-side common flow passage. A second partition wall that separates a plurality of the drain-side individual flow passages from each other is thicker than a first partition wall that separates a plurality of the supply-side individual flow passages from each other.

A narrow type inkjet print head chip is disclosed and includes a silicon substrate, an active component layer and a passive component layer. The active component layer is stacked on the silicon substrate and includes plural ESD protection units, plural encoder switches, plural discharge protection units and plural heater switches. The ESD protection units, the encoder switches, the discharge protection units and the heater switches are disposed in each of at least two high-precision regions of the active component layer. The corresponding positions and quantities of these components are the same in the at least two high-precision regions. The passive component layer is stacked on the active component layer and includes plural heaters, plural electrode pads, plural encoders and plural circuit traces. The circuit traces are electrically connected to the ESD protection units, the encoder switches, the heater switches, the heaters, the electrode pads and the encoders.

A liquid discharge head includes: an actuator substrate; an electromechanical transducer held by the actuator substrate; a damper; and a damper holding substrate holding the damper, wherein the damper disposed between the actuator substrate and the damper holding substrate and joined to the actuator substrate and the damper holding substrate with an adhesive, the damper has a joint portion having a recess or a through hole.

A jetting assembly that can be used to print a high-temperature print material such as a metal or metal alloy, an aqueous ink, or another material, includes an actuator for heating a gas such as a non-volatile gas within a gas cavity. The actuator rapidly heats the gas within the gas cavity, which rapidly increases a volume of the gas, thereby applying a pressure to the print material within an expansion channel that is in fluid communication with the gas cavity. In turn, the print material within the expansion channel applies a pressure to the print material within a nozzle bore, which forces a drop of the print material from a nozzle. The jetting assembly further includes a supply inlet that supplies the print material to the expansion chamber and the nozzle bore, for example, from a reservoir.

The present disclosure relates to an induced electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus including an induced auxiliary electrode, and the induced electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus including an induced auxiliary electrode according to the present disclosure includes a nozzle for discharging supplied solution towards an opposite substrate through a nozzle hole formed at one end; a main electrode coated with an insulator and interpolated inside the nozzle, thus not contacting the solution inside the nozzle but separated from the solution; the induced auxiliary electrode made of a conductive material and formed at an outer surface of the nozzle; and a voltage supply for applying voltage to the main electrode.

Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus capable of cooling a control board of a liquid ejection head without cooling a liquid supply path. Ae liquid ejection unit ejects ink onto paper. Ae control board controls the operation of the liquid ejection unit. Ae head housing covers and houses the control board inside thereof. Ae liquid supply path supplies ink to the liquid ejection head. Ae main body housing covers and houses a portion of the liquid ejection head except for the liquid ejection unit. A fan causes air to flow between the main body housing and the head housing. The liquid supply path is inserted from the outside to the inside of the main body housing in the vicinity of the liquid ejection head, and is connected to the liquid ejection head.

A repulsive-force electrostatic actuator includes a first actuator layer including a first substrate, a first electrode pattern, and a second electrode pattern. The actuator includes a second actuator layer spaced apart from the first actuator layer that includes a second substrate, a third electrode pattern, and a fourth electrode pattern. The actuator includes a voltage source connected to the first, second, third, and fourth electrode patterns such that the first electrode pattern is at an opposite voltage relative to the second, the third electrode pattern is at an opposite voltage relative to the fourth, and the first and second actuator layers are arranged to have a repulsive electrostatic force therebetween. The actuator further includes an actuator frame connected to the first and second actuator layers such that at least a portion of at least one of the first and second actuator layers is movable due to an applied voltage to effect motion to an object.