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US 2006/0050113 A1Published application
Inkjet printer head having arrangement for even distribution of ink into ink inlets
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHisaki Sakurai
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Abstract
An inkjet printer head includes: (a) a head unit having a plurality of ink inlets and operable to eject an ink which is supplied through the ink inlets from an ink source, for performing a recording operation; (b) an ink channel held in communication with the ink source; (c) a plurality of branch channels held in communication with the ink inlets; and (d) a rollable body movably disposed at a fork at which the ink channel is divided into the branch channels.
Claims17
An inkjet printer head comprising:
- a head unit having a plurality of ink inlets and operable to eject an ink which is supplied through said ink inlets from an ink source, for performing a recording operation;
- an ink channel held in communication with the ink source;
- a plurality of branch channels held in communication with said ink inlets;
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- a rollable body movably disposed at a fork at which said ink channel is divided into said branch channels.
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An inkjet printer head comprising:
- a head unit having a plurality of ink inlets and operable to eject an ink which is supplied through said ink inlets from an ink source, for performing a recording operation;
- an ink storage chamber in which the ink is to be temporarily stored;
- a rollable body rollably disposed on a recess formed in a bottom wall which defines said ink storage chamber;
- an ink channel connected to said ink storage chamber through an opening formed through an upper wall which is opposed to said bottom wall and said rollable body, such that the ink can be supplied to said ink storage chamber from the ink source through said ink channel;
- and a plurality of branch channels extending from respective regions of said ink storage chamber which are adjacent to said bottom wall, to said ink inlets of said head unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.