IP Library Granted Patent US 7,278,714
Granted Patent B2
US 7,278,714 · App. 11/154,477 · Granted Oct 9, 2007

Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing solution guide

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Patent No.
US 7,278,714
App. No.
11/154,477
Granted
Oct 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a liquid ejection head for electrostatic ink jet capable of ejecting ink droplets at a low voltage and at high speed. The liquid ejection head includes: an ejection substrate in which ejection openings are formed; ejection electrodes that respectively correspond to the ejection openings; and solution guides that pass through the ejection openings and protrude from the ejection substrate. The solution guides are each a member whose at least tip end portion is made of a composite material containing a resin material and particles of a high-dielectric material dispersed in the resin material.

Claims (12)

1. A liquid ejection head that ejects droplets of a solution in which charged particles are dispersed by exerting electrostatic forces on the solution, comprising:

an insulative ejection substrate in which a plurality of through holes for the droplet ejection are formed;

ejection electrodes that are each arranged in correspondence with each of said through holes and exert the electrostatic forces on the solution; and

solution guides that pass through said through holes and protrude toward a droplet ejection side of said ejection substrate,

wherein said solution guides are each a member whose at least tip end portion is made of a composite material containing a resin material and particles of a high-dielectric material dispersed in the resin material.

2. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein said solution guides each have a shape that is gradually narrowed toward a tip end.

3. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein said solution guides are each a member whose at least tip end side with respect to a corresponding ejection electrode is made of said composite material.

4. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin material is any one of a silicon resin, an epoxy resin, an urethane resin, a polyimide resin, and a phenol resin, and

the high-dielectric material is any one of PZT, PMN—PT, barium titanate, and strontium titanate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2005
From: KANEKO, YASUHISA
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016701/0304 →