IP Library Granted Patent US 9,403,369
Granted Patent B2
US 9,403,369 · App. 13/852,430 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Flow channel member, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus

Inventor: Keiji Hara (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/175B41J2/17523B41J2/19B41J2/1404B41J2/14032B41J2/17513Y10T137/86292
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Patent No.
US 9,403,369
App. No.
13/852,430
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The flow channel member includes an attachment member having a first flow channel to be connected to an ink cartridge; a flow channel plate having a second flow channel to be connected to a head main body ejecting an ink; an adhesive arranged on a first joining surface and a second joining surface where the attachment member and the flow channel plate are opposing each other, and enclosing openings of the first flow channel and the second flow channel; a seal member arranged on the joining surfaces, enclosing an outer side of the adhesive; and an air chamber between the adhesive and the seal member, in which a communication channel allowing the air chamber to communicate outward is disposed in the attachment member, and the communication channel is capable of communicating with an outward open channel of the ink cartridge.

Claims (58)

1. A flow channel member comprising:

a first member having a first flow channel communicating with liquid supply means for supplying a liquid;

a second member having a second flow channel downstream from the first flow channel, and being joined to the first member;

a first joining section arranged on joining surfaces where the first member and the second member oppose each other, and enclosing openings of the first flow channel and the second flow channel;

a second joining section arranged on the joining surfaces, enclosing the first joining section; and

an air chamber accumulating air between the first joining section and the second joining section,

wherein a communication channel allowing the air chamber to communicate outward is disposed inside at least any one of the first member and the second member,

wherein the communication channel of the first member does not have a pressure adjustment section adjusting a pressure inside the air chamber, and

wherein the communication channel of the first member is capable of communicating with a pressure adjustment section disposed in the liquid supply means to be attached to the first member.

2. The flow channel member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressure adjustment section releases the air outward and imparts diffusion resistance to the circulating air.

3. The flow channel member according to claim 1 , wherein the first flow channel has a vertical flow channel penetrating the first member in a thickness direction and a horizontal flow channel disposed on the joining surfaces and communicating with the vertical flow channel.

4. The flow channel member according claim 1 , wherein the first joining section has a higher air permeability or vapor permeability of a liquid than any one among the second joining section, the first member and the second member.

5. A liquid ejecting head comprising:

the flow channel member according to claim 1 ; and

a head main body.

6. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 5 ,

wherein the head main body has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid, a manifold which becomes a common storage section for the liquid to be supplied to the nozzles, a flexible compliance section partially defining the manifold, and a compliance space disposed to oppose the compliance section, and

wherein the compliance space communicates with the air chamber.

7. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 6 ,

wherein a flow channel communicating with the compliance space and the air chamber does not include a pressure adjustment section adjusting a pressure inside the air chamber.

8. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

the liquid ejecting head according to claim 5 .

9. A flow channel member comprising:

a first member having a first flow channel communicating with liquid supply means for supplying a liquid;

a second member having a second flow channel downstream from the first flow channel, and being joined to the first member;

a first joining section arranged on joining surfaces where the first member and the second member oppose each other, and enclosing openings of the first flow channel and the second flow channel;

a second joining section arranged on the joining surfaces, enclosing the first joining section; and

an air chamber accumulating air between the first joining section and the second joining section,

wherein a communication channel allowing the air chamber to communicate outward is disposed inside at least any one of the first member and the second member,

wherein the communication channel is capable of communicating with the pressure adjustment section disposed in the liquid supply means to be attached to the first member, and wherein the pressure adjustment section releases the air outward and imparts diffusion resistance to the circulating air.

10. A flow channel member comprising:

a first member having a first flow channel communicating with liquid supply means for supplying a liquid;

a second member having a second flow channel downstream from the first flow channel, and being joined to the first member;

a first joining section arranged on joining surfaces where the first member and the second member oppose each other, and enclosing openings of the first flow channel and the second flow channel;

a second joining section arranged on the joining surfaces, enclosing the first joining section; and

an air chamber accumulating air between the first joining section and the second joining section,

wherein a communication channel allowing the air chamber to communicate outward is disposed inside at least any one of the first member and the second member, and

the first flow channel has a vertical flow channel penetrating the first member in a thickness direction and a horizontal flow channel disposed on the joining surfaces and communicating with the vertical flow channel.

11. A flow channel member comprising:

a first member having a first flow channel communicating with liquid supply means for supplying a liquid;

a second member having a second flow channel downstream from the first flow channel, and being joined to the first member;

a first joining section arranged on joining surfaces where the first member and the second member oppose each other, and enclosing openings of the first flow channel and the second flow channel;

a second joining section arranged on the joining surfaces, enclosing the first joining section; and

an air chamber accumulating air between the first joining section and the second joining section,

wherein a communication channel allowing the air chamber to communicate outward is disposed inside at least any one of the first member and the second member, and

the first joining section has a higher air permeability or vapor permeability of a liquid than any one among the second joining section, the first member and the second member.

12. The flow channel member according to claim 9 ,

wherein the pressure adjustment section releases the air outward and imparts diffusion resistance to the circulating air.

13. The flow channel member according to claim 10 ,

wherein the pressure adjustment section releases the air outward and imparts diffusion resistance to the circulating air.

14. The flow channel member according to claim 11 ,

wherein the pressure adjustment section releases the air outward and imparts diffusion resistance to the circulating air.

15. The flow channel member according to claim 9 , wherein the first flow channel has a vertical flow channel penetrating the first member in a thickness direction and a horizontal flow channel disposed on the joining surfaces and communicating with the vertical flow channel.

16. The flow channel member according to claim 11 , wherein the first flow channel has a vertical flow channel penetrating the first member in a thickness direction and a horizontal flow channel disposed on the joining surfaces and communicating with the vertical flow channel.

17. The flow channel member according to claim 9 , wherein the first joining section has a higher air permeability or vapor permeability of a liquid than any one among the second joining section, the first member and the second member.

18. The flow channel member according to claim 10 , wherein the first joining section has a higher air permeability or vapor permeability of a liquid than any one among the second joining section, the first member and the second member.

19. The flow channel member according to claim 14 , wherein the first joining section has a higher air permeability or vapor permeability of a liquid than any one among the second joining section, the first member and the second member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2013
From: HARA, KEIJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030762/0767 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-131407 · Jun 8, 2012 · national
JP 2013-065266 · Mar 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130327852A1 · Dec 12, 2013