Ink jet printhead with inner and outer heating loops
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
An ink jet printhead comprising: a substrate; a plurality of chambers supported by the substrate for receiving therewithin bubble forming liquid; a nozzle aperture formed in a surface of each chamber; a beam suspended within each chamber, the beam comprising at least one respective heater element. The at least one respective heater element heats at least part of the bubble forming liquid to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble therein, thereby causing ejection of a drop of the bubble forming liquid through the nozzle aperture corresponding to the heater element.
Claims10
An ink jet printhead comprising:
- a plurality of chambers;
- and
- a heater beam suspended within each chamber, the heater beam comprising at least an outer heating loop and an inner heating loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.