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Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,442 · App. 18/227,571 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Liquid jetting apparatus

Inventor: Keita Sugiura (Toyokawa, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 12,172,442
App. No.
18/227,571
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.

Claims (24)

1. A liquid jetting apparatus, comprising:

individual channels;

a first manifold commonly provided for the individual channels; and

a second manifold commonly provided for the individual channels,

wherein each of the individual channels has:

a nozzle;

a first pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction, connected to the first manifold, and extending along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction;

a second pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in the predetermined direction, connected to the second manifold, and extending along the plane;

a first connecting channel connected to the first pressure chamber and extending obliquely with respect to the predetermined direction from a connected part connected to the first pressure chamber toward the nozzle; and

a second connecting channel connected to the second pressure chamber and extending obliquely with respect to the predetermined direction from a connected part connected to the second pressure chamber toward the nozzle, and

wherein liquid flows from the first pressure chamber to the second pressure chamber.

2. The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a link channel linking the first connecting channel and the second connecting channel, and connected to the nozzle.

3. The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the link channel extends parallel to the plane,

a connected part, of the link channel, connected to the first connecting channel has a length in the predetermined direction shorter than a diameter of a connected part, of the first connecting channel, connected to the link channel, and

another connected part, of the link channel, connected to the second connecting channel has a length in the predetermined direction shorter than a diameter of a connected part, of the second connecting channel, connected to the link channel.

4. The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

when projected in a direction in which the link channel extends,

the connected part of the link channel connected to the first connecting channel is within a range in which the first connecting channel is arranged, and

the another connected part of the link channel connected to the second connecting channel is within a range in which the second connecting channel is arranged.

5. The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

when projected in the direction in which the link channel extends,

an edge of the connected part of the link channel connected to the first connecting channel is positioned inside an edge of the first connecting channel, and

an edge of the another connected part of the link channel connected to the second connecting channel is positioned inside an edge of the second connecting channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2023
From: SUGIURA, KEITA
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064420/0663 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-179822 · Sep 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17572023 · Jan 10, 2022
Continuation 16830556 · Mar 26, 2020
Continuation 16131089 · Sep 14, 2018
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