Ink jet printer head manufacturing method thereof, and polycyclic thiol compounds
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHitoshi Fukushima, Satoru Miyashita
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable ink jet printer head exhibiting a water-repellent property, low deterioration of ink drop ejection performance, and high friction resistance, along with a method of manufacturing this ink jet printer head. According to the present invention, in the case of an ink jet printer head wherein ink drops are ejected from nozzles formed in a nozzle surface, the ink jet printer head has a metal layer comprising metal formed on the nozzle surface and a self-organized film layer consisting of a polycyclic thiol compound formed on a top of the metal layer.
Claims13
An inkjet head, wherein ink drops are ejected from nozzles formed in a nozzle surface, comprising:
- a metal layer comprising metal formed on said nozzle surface;
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- a self-organized film layer consisting essentially of a polycyclic thiol compound formed on a top of said metal layer.
A polycyclic thiol compound comprises an undermentioned general formula (I) or (II):
- wherein Cf is CF3(CF2)n, CF3(CF2)n(CH2)m, (CF3)2CF(CF2)n, (CF3)2CF(CF2)n(CH2)m, (CF3)3C(CF2)n or (CF3)3C(CF2)n(CH2)m, n is an integer greater than or equal to 0, m is an integer greater than or equal to 1, k is an integer greater than or equal to 3, p is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and l is an integer from 1 to 4.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.