Composite orifice plate for ink jet printer and method for the manufacture thereof
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsAlfred I. Pan, Ellen R. Tappon
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Abstract
A composite orifice plate for a printer such as a thermal inkjet printer includes a first layer of non-wettable material and a second layer of wettable material joined to the first layer. In the orifice plate, at least one orifice is formed to extend through the first layer and at least one opening is formed to extend through the second layer, the orifice and opening are in fluid communication and aligned in an axial direction with an ink outlet located on a surface of the first layer facing away from the second layer and an ink inlet located on a surface of the second layer facing away from the first layer.
Claims10
A composite orifice plate for a printer such as a thermal ink jet printer, comprising:
- a first layer of non-wettable polymer material;
- a second layer of wettable material joined to the first layer;
- a barrier layer on the second layer;
- and
- at least one orifice extending through the first layer and at least one opening extending through the second layer, the orifice and the opening being in fluid communication and aligned in an axial direction with an ink outlet located on a surface of the first layer facing away from the second layer and an ink inlet located on a surface of the second layer facing away from the first layer, the opening being formed by converging sidewalls which converge towards the orifice;
- such that the barrier layer has a surface separated from the converging sidewalls of the second layer by a dead space, which is small enough to prevent static bubbles in the ink for printing from being trapped therein.
A composite orifice plate for a printer such as a thermal ink jet printer, comprising:
- a first layer of non-wettable polymer material with an orifice extending between opposed surfaces thereof;
- a second layer of wettable material with an opening extending between opposite surfaces thereof;
- a barrier layer on the second layer;
- and
- the first and second layers being joined together such that the orifice and the opening are in fluid communication and aligned in an axial direction, the opening being formed by sidewalls which converge towards the orifice and the orifice being formed by substantially non-converging sidewalls, and the sidewalls forming the orifice being thicker than the sidewalls forming the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.