IP Library Granted Patent US 7,465,025
Granted Patent B2
US 7,465,025 · App. 11/706,307 · Granted Dec 16, 2008

Nozzle arrangement with nozzle having dynamic and static ink ejection structures

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,465,025
App. No.
11/706,307
Granted
Dec 16, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate that defines an ink inlet channel. A nozzle includes a static structure that extends from the substrate and surrounds the ink inlet channel. A dynamic structure surrounds the static structure and is movably mounted with respect to the static structure to define a variable-volume nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel. The dynamic structure further defines an ink ejection port through which ink can be ejected when the dynamic structure is moved relative to the static structure. The static structure defines an internal surface configured to facilitate ink ejection when the dynamic structure moves relative to the static structure decreasing a volume of the nozzle chamber.

Claims (9)

1. A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead, the nozzle arrangement comprising:

a substrate defining an ink inlet channel; and

a nozzle comprising a static structure extending from the substrate and surrounding the ink inlet channel and a dynamic structure surrounding the static structure and movably mounted with respect to the static structure to define a variable-volume nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel; the dynamic structure further defining an ink ejection port through which ink can be ejected when the dynamic structure is moved relative to the static structure; the static structure defining an internal surface configured to facilitate ink ejection when the dynamic structure moves relative to the static structure decreasing a volume of the nozzle chamber.

2. A nozzle arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal surface has a substantially flat profile facing a direction of ink ejection.

3. A nozzle arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the dynamic structure includes a roof structure that defines the ink ejection port and a wall that depends from the roof structure.

4. A nozzle arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the wall is orthogonal to said internal surface.

5. A nozzle arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said internal surface is defined by a free end portion of a wall extending from the substrate.

6. A nozzle arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said free end portion comprises a sealing structure that extends towards the wall of the dynamic structure and a ledge extending into the nozzle chamber.

7. A nozzle arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , in which the sealing structure has a reentrant profile.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: ZAMTEC LIMITED
To: MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033244/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2012
From: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LIMITED AND CLAMATE PTY LIMITED
To: ZAMTEC LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028569/0828 →