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US 9,539,809 B2Granted
Fluid ejection apparatuses including compressible material
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJames McKinnell, Tony S Cruz-Uribe
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Abstract
An example provides a fluid ejection apparatus including a plurality of nozzles, a common fluid supply channel in fluid communication with the plurality of nozzles, and a compressible material forming, at least in part, a wall of the common fluid supply channel.
Claims7
A fluid ejection apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- an ejector structure supported by the substrate and comprising:
- a plurality of nozzles;
- a plurality of firing chambers, each of the plurality of firing chambers fluidly couples a common fluid supply channel to a corresponding one of the plurality of nozzles;
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- a compressible material between the substrate and the ejector structure forming, at least in part, a wall of the common fluid supply channel to compress in response to an increase in pressure in the common fluid supply channel and expand in response to a decrease in pressure in the common fluid supply channel,
- the substrate including a recess formed to a depth less than a full thickness of the substrate, the compressible material between the recess and the common fluid supply channel, fluid provided to the common fluid supply channel via the recess, and
- the recess having a plurality of posts formed therein between spaced sidewalls of the recess to contact and limit deformation of the compressible material into the recess, the posts having a height corresponding to the depth of the recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.