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An ink jet print head is disclosed which includes a flow path unit with nozzles, a pressure generating unit disposed on the flow path unit and having ink pressure chambers formed behind the respective nozzles, and piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements each disposed on a wall defining a corresponding ink pressure chamber, for deforming the wall to change a pressure of the ink pressure chamber, whereby the ink in the ink pressure chamber is jetted through the corresponding nozzle. The pressure generating unit includes a spacer plate having windows which closed by a closure plate and a connecting plate disposed on the spacer plate, so as to give the respective ink pressure chambers. The connecting plate has communication holes through which the ink pressure chambers communicate with the nozzles. The spacer plate, closure plate and connecting plate are formed from respective ceramic green sheets, which are laminated on each other and fired into an integral ceramic structure as the...

ErfinderKohei Kitahara, Yukihisa Takeuchi, Hideo Masumori, Nobuo Takahashi, Hideaki Sonehara
Ursprünglich BevollmächtigterSeiko Epson Corporation
Erster Prüfer: Raquel Yvette Gordon
Aktuelle US-Klassifikation347/70; 29/253.5
Internationale Klassifikation: B41J 2045; H04R 1700

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Ansprüche

1. A method of manufacturing a layer-built ink jet type print head comprising:

laying a green sheet of ceramic material having a thickness suitable for formation of a vibrating member, a green sheet of ceramic material having through-holes corresponding to ink pressure chambers, and a green sheet having through-holes corresponding to flow paths to said ink pressure chambers, one on another in the stated order in order to form a pressure generating basic unit;
firing said green sheets to thereby form said pressure generating basic unit comprising a vibrating plate, a spacer plate and a connecting plate;
forming signal applying electrodes in correspondence to said ink pressure chambers and lead-out electrodes on said vibrating plate;
bonding a green sheet of piezoelectric material to each of said signal applying electrodes;
firing said green sheet of piezoelectric material with said fired pressure generating basic unit to form a pressure generating unit;
laying a first metal plate, in which are defined a flow path to an ink tank and which has through-holes through which nozzle openings are communicated with said ink pressure chambers and said ink pressure chambers are communicated with an ink supply channel, a second metal plate having a through-hole corresponding to said ink supply channel and through-holes through which said ink pressure chambers are communicated with said nozzle openings, and a nozzle plate having said nozzle openings, one on another in the stated order and fixing said metal plates and said nozzle plate together to form a flow path unit; and
joining said pressure generating unit and said flow path unit.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of joining said pressure generating unit to said flow path unit comprises applying an adhesive agent.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in applying said adhesive agent, a region is left around said through-holes containing no adhesive agent.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive agent is a macromolecular adhesive.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said through-holes through which said ink pressure chambers are communicated with said nozzle openings are respectively reduced in diameter towards said nozzle openings.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said through holes through which said ink pressure chambers are communicated with said nozzle openings are reduced in diameter stepwise in each of said green sheet, said first metal plate and said second metal plate.