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US 10,052,869 B2Granted
Inkjet head, inkjet head module, and inkjet printer
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsMasanori Shimazoe, Yasuo Nishi
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Abstract
An inkjet head includes a head chip and an ink chamber. The head chip has a nozzle substrate provided with nozzles which discharge ink. The ink chamber is located over the head chip. In the ink chamber, the ink to be supplied to the nozzles is stored. The inkjet head is mounted on a mounting member. Between the nozzle substrate and the ink chamber, the inkjet head has a position reference substrate provided with butting parts. The butting parts are butted against the mounting member to position the inkjet head when the inkjet head is mounted on the mounting member.
Claims11
An inkjet head comprising:
- a head chip having a nozzle substrate provided with nozzles which discharge ink;
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- an ink chamber which is located over the head chip and in which the ink to be supplied to the nozzles is stored, and
- a position reference substrate interposed between the nozzle substrate and the ink chamber, the nozzle substrate and the ink chamber being joined to and supported by the position reference substrate
- wherein the inkjet head is mounted on a mounting member and the position reference substrate is provided with butting parts which are butted against the mounting member to position the inkjet head relative to the mounting member when the inkjet head is mounted on the mounting member, and the position reference substrate supports the nozzle substrate and the ink chamber relative to the mounting member.
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