IP Library Granted Patent US 11,987,051
Granted Patent B2
US 11,987,051 · App. 17/745,552 · Granted May 21, 2024

Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge device

Inventor: Jun Takamura (Mishima Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
B41J2/14201
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Patent No.
US 11,987,051
App. No.
17/745,552
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber and a nozzle. The pressure chamber extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end and forms a flow path for a fluid to be ejected from the nozzle. The nozzle is for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The nozzle is at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber.

Claims (36)

1. A liquid ejection head, comprising:

a pressure chamber extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end as a flow path for a fluid; and

a nozzle for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the nozzle being at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber, wherein

the first end is open to a first common chamber from which fluid can flow into the pressure chamber, and

the second end is open to a second common chamber into which fluid can flow from the pressure chamber.

2. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is closer to the second end than the first end.

3. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is at a position less than one-half the total length of the pressure chamber in the first direction from the second end.

4. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is offset from the midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction by one-quarter or less of the total length of the pressure chamber in the first direction.

5. A liquid ejection head, comprising:

a plurality of pressure chambers, each extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end as a flow path for a fluid, each pressure chamber having a nozzle for ejecting liquid from the respective pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the nozzle being at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber, the pressure chambers being spaced from each other in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions, wherein

the first ends of the plurality pressure chambers are open to a common chamber from which fluid can flow into the pressure chambers, and

the second ends of the plurality of pressure chambers are closed to fluid flow.

6. The liquid ejection head according to claim 5 , wherein

each nozzle is closer to the first end of the respective pressure chamber than the second end of the respective pressure chamber.

7. The liquid ejection head according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a liquid tank fluidly connected to the common chamber.

8. The liquid ejection head according to claim 5 , wherein each nozzle is offset from the midpoint of the respective pressure chamber in the first direction by one-quarter or less of the total length of the respective pressure chamber in the first direction.

9. A liquid ejection device, comprising:

a liquid ejection head including:

a pressure chamber extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end as a flow path for a fluid, and

a nozzle for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the nozzle being at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber; and

a conveyance device configured to convey a medium past the liquid ejection head, wherein

the first end of the pressure chamber is open to a common chamber from which fluid can flow into the pressure chamber, and

the second end of the pressure chamber is closed to fluid flow.

10. The liquid ejection device according to claim 9 , wherein the nozzle is closer the first end than the second end.

11. The liquid ejection device according to claim 9 , wherein the nozzle is offset from the midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction by one-quarter or less of the total length of the pressure chamber in the first direction.

12. A liquid ejection device, comprising:

a liquid ejection head including:

a pressure chamber extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end as a flow path for a fluid, and

a nozzle for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the nozzle being at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber; and

a conveyance device configured to convey a medium past the liquid ejection head, wherein

the first end is open to a first common chamber from which fluid can flow into the pressure chamber, and

the second end is open to a second common chamber into which fluid can flow from the pressure chamber.

13. The liquid ejection device according to claim 12 , wherein the nozzle is closer to the second end than the first end.

14. The liquid ejection device to claim 12 , wherein the nozzle is at a position less than one-half the total length of the respect pressure chamber in the first direction from the second end.

15. The liquid ejection device according to claim 12 , wherein the nozzle is offset from the midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction by one-quarter or less of the total length of the pressure chamber in the first direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2024
From: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: RISO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068493/0970 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2022
From: TAKAMURA, JUN
To: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059921/0963 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-122701 · Jul 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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