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Granted Patent B2
US 9,738,074 · App. 15/273,492 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus

Inventor: Shingo Tomimatsu (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/1433
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Patent No.
US 9,738,074
App. No.
15/273,492
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid ejecting head includes a head main body in which a nozzle N that ejects liquid is formed; a case member which includes a space that stores liquid to be supplied to the nozzle and an opening that communicates with the space; a flexible seal plate that closes the opening from an outside of the case member; and an overhang portion disposed on an end of the opening and having an inclined surface that overhangs from an inner peripheral surface of the opening.

Claims (20)

1. A liquid ejecting head comprising:

a head main body in which a nozzle that ejects liquid is formed;

a case member which includes a space that stores liquid to be supplied to the nozzle and an opening that communicates with the space;

a flexible seal plate that closes the opening from an outside of the case member; and

an overhang portion disposed on an end of the opening and having an inclined surface that overhangs from an inner peripheral surface of the opening.

2. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined surface of the overhang portion is inclined relative to the inner peripheral surface of the opening and an inner wall surface of the seal plate.

3. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 2 , wherein the inclined surface of the overhang portion includes a first inclined surface section which is inclined relative to the inner peripheral surface of the opening and the inner wall surface of the seal plate, and a second inclined surface section which is inclined relative to the inner peripheral surfaces of the opening, the inner peripheral surfaces being adjacent to and intersect with each other.

4. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined surface of the overhang portion is inclined relative to the inner peripheral surfaces of the opening, the inner peripheral surfaces being adjacent to and intersect with each other, and the inner wall surface of the seal plate.

5. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein the overhang portion has a thickness between the inclined surface and the inner wall surface of the seal plate.

6. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening includes a first inner peripheral surface extending in a first direction,

the overhang portion is disposed on an end of the first inner peripheral surface, and

a length of the overhang portion in the first direction is not more than ⅛ of the entire length of the first inner peripheral surface.

7. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined surface of the overhang portion is a curved surface.

8. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein

the case member is made of a resin material, and

the overhang portion integrally formed with the case member.

9. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a transportation mechanism that transport a medium; and

the liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid onto the medium according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2016
From: TOMIMATSU, SHINGO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039837/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-186807 · Sep 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170087835A1 · Mar 30, 2017