IP Library Granted Patent US 7,448,731
Granted Patent B2
US 7,448,731 · App. 11/221,318 · Granted Nov 11, 2008

Liquid droplet ejecting head and liquid droplet ejecting device

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Patent No.
US 7,448,731
App. No.
11/221,318
Granted
Nov 11, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid droplet ejecting head including a channel substrate in which a nozzle and a pressure chamber, which is partitioned off by a pressure chamber dividing wall, are formed; a piezoelectric element substrate having a diaphragm that forms a part of the pressure chamber and a piezoelectric element that displaces this diaphragm; a liquid pool chamber that is formed opposite from the pressure chamber with the piezoelectric element substrate being disposed therebetween an upper substrate disposed opposite from the pressure chamber with the piezoelectric element substrate being disposed therebetween so as to be separated from and face the piezoelectric element substrate; and a dividing wall component provided, when viewing the channel substrate in plane view, along a position corresponding to the pressure chamber dividing wall between the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate so as to contact the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate.

Claims (30)

1. A liquid droplet ejecting head comprising:

a channel substrate in which a nozzle, which ejects liquid droplets, and a pressure chamber, which is partitioned off by a pressure chamber dividing wall and communicated with the nozzle and filled with a liquid, are formed;

a piezoelectric element substrate having a diaphragm that forms a part of the pressure chamber and a piezo electric element that displaces this diaphragm;

a liquid pool chamber that is formed opposite from the pressure chamber with the piezoelectric element substrate being disposed therebetween and which pools liquid supplied to the pressure chamber;

an upper substrate disposed opposite from the pressure chamber with the piezoelectric element substrate being disposed therebetween so as to be separated from and face the piezoelectric element substrate; and

a dividing wall component provided, when viewing the channel substrate in plane view, along a position corresponding to the pressure chamber dividing wall between the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate so as to contact the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate.

2. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 1 , wherein the liquid pool chamber is formed between the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate.

3. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 2 , further provided with a common pool chamber that supplies liquid to the liquid pool chamber, and is formed opposite from the piezoelectric element substrate with the upper substrate being disposed therebetween, wherein

a through-hole is formed in the upper substrate to supply liquid to the liquid pool chamber from the common pool chamber.

4. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 3 , wherein the dividing wall component is arranged so that the entire region of the liquid pool chamber is communicated.

5. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 4 , wherein one through-hole is formed per a plurality of pressure chambers.

6. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 2 , wherein the dividing wall component is arranged so that the entire region of the liquid pool chamber is communicated.

7. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 2 , wherein the dividing wall component is arranged so as to surround exterior sides of each of the piezoelectric element and individual chambers, when the piezoelectric element substrate is viewed in plane view.

8. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 2 , wherein the nozzles are arranged in a matrix pattern.

9. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 3 , wherein the dividing wall component is arranged so as to surround exterior sides of each of the piezoelectric element and individual chambers, when the piezoelectric element substrate is viewed in plane view.

10. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 1 , wherein the dividing wall component is arranged so as to surround exterior sides of each of the piezoelectric element and individual chambers, when the piezoelectric element substrate is viewed in plane view.

11. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 1 , wherein the liquid pool chamber is formed opposite from the piezoelectric element substrate with the upper substrate placed therebetween, and

a liquid supply channel that supplies liquid to the pressure chamber from the liquid pool chamber and a space between the upper substrate and the piezoelectric element substrate are formed by a portion of the dividing wall component.

12. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 11 , wherein the space is communicated to the outside air.

13. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 11 , wherein the nozzles are arranged in a matrix pattern.

14. The liquid droplet ejecting head of claim 1 , wherein the nozzles are arranged in a matrix pattern.

15. A liquid droplet ejecting device having a liquid droplet ejecting head comprising:

a channel substrate in which a nozzle, which ejects liquid droplets, and a pressure chamber, which is partitioned off by a pressure chamber dividing wall and communicated with the nozzle and filled with a liquid, are formed;

a piezoelectric element substrate having a diaphragm that forms a part of the pressure chamber and a piezoelectric element that displaces this diaphragm;

a liquid pool chamber that is formed opposite from the pressure chamber with the piezoelectric element substrate being disposed therebetween and which pools liquid supplied to the pressure chamber;

an upper substrate disposed opposite from the pressure chamber with the piezoelectric element substrate being disposed therebetween so as to be separated from and face the piezoelectric element substrate; and

a dividing wall component provided, when viewing the channel substrate in plane view, along a position corresponding to the pressure chamber dividing wall between the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate so as to contact the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate.

16. The liquid droplet ejecting device of claim 15 , wherein the liquid pool chamber is formed between the piezoelectric element substrate and the upper substrate.

17. The liquid droplet ejecting device of claim 15 , wherein the liquid pool chamber is formed opposite from the piezoelectric element substrate with the upper substrate placed therebetween, and

a liquid supply channel that supplies liquid to the pressure chamber from the liquid pool chamber and a space between the upper substrate and the piezoelectric element substrate are formed by a portion of the dividing wall component.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2005
From: MURATA, MICHIAKI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016974/0910 →