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Liquid jet recording head

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1986-11-24
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Granted: 1988-01-19
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Expires: 2006-11-24
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Abstract

Abstract A liquid jet recording head comprises a substrate having a resistive heater layer and at least one pair of mutually confronting electrodes electrically connected with the resistive heater layer at least one part of each of said one pair of electrodes being coated with the resistive heater layer. A liquid jet recording head comprises a support, an electrothermal transducer provided on the support which is composed of at least a resistive heater layer and one pair of electrodes mutually confronting and electrically connected with the resistive heater layer, and a liquid flow path constructing member provided in correspondence with the electrothermal transducer and constituting a liquid flow path communicating with an orifice for ejecting liquid. The electrodes and the resistive heater layer are formed successively on the support to form the electrothermal transducer.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masami Ikeda
  • 👤 Makoto Shibata
  • 👤 Hiroto Takahashi
  • 👤 Hirokazu Komuro
  • 👤 Hiroto Matsuda
  • 👤 Hisanori Tsuda

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 14:27
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/135; B41J2/16; B41J2/1621; B41J2/1623; B41J2/14; B41J2/14016; B41J2/14088; B41J2/14112; B41J2/14129; B41J2/1601; B41J2/1604; B41J2/1626; B41J2/1631; B41J2/164; B41J2/1642; B41J2/1646; B41J2202/00; B41J2202/01; B41J2202/03

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 102 words
A liquid jet recording head comprising: a supporting member; an electrode layer laminated on said supporting member to form mutually confronting electrodes; a resistive heater layer laminated on said electrodes and said supporting member in electrical contact with said electrodes to provide a heat generating portion disposed on said supporting member between said mutually confronting electrodes and arranged to correspond to a liquid flow path of the recording head; and an upper layer laminated on said resistive heater layer, wherein said resistive heater layer and said upper layer form successive protective layers between said electrodes and liquid in said liquid flow path.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 102 words
A liquid jet recording head comprising: a supporting member; an electrode layer laminated on said supporting member to form mutually confronting electrodes; a resistive heater layer laminated on said electrodes and said supporting member in electrical contact with said electrodes to provide a heat generating portion disposed on said supporting member between said mutually confronting electrodes and arranged to correspond to a liquid flow path of the recording head; and an upper layer laminated on said resistive heater layer, wherein said resistive heater layer and said upper layer form successive protective layers between said electrodes and liquid in said liquid flow path.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 51 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 1, wherein the width of at least of the portion of said resistive heater layer laminated on said electrodes is greater than the width of said electrodes, so that said resistive heater layer completely encloses said electrodes in cooperation with said supporting member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 2, wherein the width of the portion of said resistive heater layer laminated on said supporting member between said electrodes is less than the width of the portion of said resistive heater layer laminated on said electrodes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 2, further comprising a flow path defining means attached to said supporting member to provide the liquid flow path.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 19 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 1 wherein the upper layer is composed of inorganic insulating materials.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 1 wherein the upper layer comprises inorganic insulating materials and organic materials.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 125 words
A liquid jet recording head comprising: a supporting member; an electrothermal transducer, including a pair of mutually confronting electrodes laminated on a first portion of said supporting member to define a second portion of said supporting member between said electrodes, and a resistive heater layer, laminated on said electrodes and said second portion of said supporting member in electrical contact with said electrodes, to provide a heat generating portion disposed on said second portion of said supporting member and arranged to correspond to a liquid flow path of the recording head; and an upper layer laminated on said resistive heater layer, wherein said resistive heater layer and said upper layer form successive protective layers between said electrodes and liquid contained in the liquid flow path.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 125 words
A liquid jet recording head comprising: a supporting member; an electrothermal transducer, including a pair of mutually confronting electrodes laminated on a first portion of said supporting member to define a second portion of said supporting member between said electrodes, and a resistive heater layer, laminated on said electrodes and said second portion of said supporting member in electrical contact with said electrodes, to provide a heat generating portion disposed on said second portion of said supporting member and arranged to correspond to a liquid flow path of the recording head; and an upper layer laminated on said resistive heater layer, wherein said resistive heater layer and said upper layer form successive protective layers between said electrodes and liquid contained in the liquid flow path.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 51 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 7 wherein the width of at least of the portion of said resistive heater layer laminated on said electrodes is greater than the width of said electrodes, so that said resistive heater layer completely encloses said electrodes in cooperation with said supporting member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 45 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 8, wherein the width of the portion of said resistive heater layer laminated on said supporting member between said electrodes is less than the width of the portion of said resistive heater layer laminated on said electrodes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 28 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 7, further comprising a liquid flow path constructing member attached to said supporting member to provide the liquid flow path.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 18 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 7 wherein the upper layer is comprises inorganic insulating materials.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 60 words
A liquid jet recording head according to claim 7 wherein the upper layer comprises a layer comprising inorganic insulating materials and organic materials provided on at least a part of the upper portion of the electrodes and a layer comprising inorganic insulating materials and inorganic materials provided on at least a part of the resistive heater layer between the electrodes.

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