Ink-jet head

Abstract

An ink-jet head includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, a first flat plate layer formed by aligning a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles respectively and including at least one sheet of flat plates, a second flat plate layer formed with a common ink chamber having a shape elongated in a direction of aligning the pressure chambers and comprising at least one sheet of the flat plates, an ink supply passage connecting the common ink chamber and an ink supply source, a flat plate member in a shape of a thin film disposed between the first flat plate layer and the second flat plate layer, a restriction flow passage formed at the flat plate member for communicating one end thereof to the pressure chamber, communicating the other end thereof to the common ink chamber and controlling a flow of ink between the pressure chamber and the common ink chamber, and a damper chamber formed at the flat plate layer facing the flat plate member on a side thereof opposed to the common ink chamber.

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