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US 12,746,751 · App. 18/975,738 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Liquid jetting apparatus

Inventor: Keita Sugiura (Toyokawa, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
B41J2/14233B41J2/14209B41J2002/14169B41J2002/14225B41J2002/14258B41J2002/14419B41J2002/14459B41J2002/14483B41J2002/14491B41J2/175B41J2202/11B41J2202/12
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Patent No.
US 12,746,751
App. No.
18/975,738
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and first and second manifolds commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a first pressure chamber connected to the first manifold and extending along a plane orthogonal to a predetermined direction; a second pressure chamber connected to the second manifold and extending along the plane; a first connecting channel connected to the first pressure chamber and extending from the first pressure chamber; a second connecting channel connected to the second pressure chamber and extending from the second pressure chamber; and a link channel extending to be parallel to the plane, having a connected part connected to the first connecting channel and another connected part connected to the second connecting channel, linking the first connecting channel and the second connecting channel, and connected to the nozzle.

Claims (28)

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 connected to the first manifold and extending along a plane orthogonal to a predetermined direction;

a second pressure chamber connected to the second manifold and extending along the plane;

a first connecting channel connected to the first pressure chamber and extending from the first pressure chamber;

a second connecting channel connected to the second pressure chamber and extending from the second pressure chamber; and

a link channel extending to be parallel to the plane, having a connected part connected to the first connecting channel and another connected part connected to the second connecting channel, linking the first connecting channel and the second connecting channel, and connected to the nozzle,

wherein a position of the link channel in the predetermined direction is different from positions of the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber in the predetermined direction,

wherein liquid flows from the first pressure chamber to the second pressure chamber through the link channel,

wherein the nozzle is arranged between the connected part connected to the first connecting channel and the another connected part connected to the second connecting channel in a direction in which the link channel extends,

wherein the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber are long in a first direction parallel to the plane, and

wherein a length of the first pressure chamber in the first direction is the same as a length of the second pressure chamber in the first direction.

2 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first pressure chamber in a second direction is the same as a length of the second pressure chamber in the second direction, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction and parallel to the plane.

3 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first pressure chamber in the predetermined direction is the same as a length of the second pressure chamber in the predetermined direction.

4 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first pressure chamber has the same shape as the second pressure chamber when viewed in the predetermined direction.

5 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the individual channels does not have three or more pressure chambers.

6 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a damper chamber overlapping with the first manifold in the predetermined direction.

7 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber are different in position in the second direction, and

the link channel extends in a third direction, the third direction being parallel to the plane and intersecting with the first direction and the second direction.

8 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first manifold and the second manifold are long in a fourth direction parallel to the plane, and

a length of the first manifold in a fifth direction is the same as a length of the second manifold in the fifth direction, the fifth direction being orthogonal to the fourth direction and parallel to the plane.

9 . The liquid jetting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the first connecting channel is the same as a diameter of the second connecting channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2024
From: SUGIURA, KEITA
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069542/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-179822 · Sep 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18227571 · Jul 28, 2023
Continuation 17572023 · Jan 10, 2022
Continuation 16830556 · Mar 26, 2020
Continuation 16131089 · Sep 14, 2018
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