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US 2011/0234706 A1Published application
Ink-jet apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsHIDEHIRO YOSHIDA, KAZUKI FUKADA, KEISEI YAMAMURO
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Abstract
An ink-jet apparatus includes an ink supply flow path, an ink discharge flow path, and an ink flow path connecting them, in which piezoelectric elements are provided in the ink flow path having at least one turn part, the piezoelectric elements are arranged to be opposed to the ink flow path and are provided upstream of the turn part in the ink flow path and downstream of the turn part in the ink flow path, and a nozzle is provided between the piezoelectric element and the turn part in the ink flow path.
Claims12
An ink-jet apparatus comprising:
- an ink supply flow path supplied with ink from an ink inlet;
- an ink discharge flow path configured to discharge the ink to an ink outlet;
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- an ink flow path configured to connect the ink supply flow path to the ink discharge flow path, having at least one turn and having a nozzle configured to eject the ink, wherein
- piezoelectric elements are provided in the ink flow path, and
- the piezoelectric elements are arranged to be opposed to the ink flow path and are provided upstream of a turn part in the ink flow path and downstream of the turn part in the ink flow path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.