Liquid discharge head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11020972-B2
Application number	US-201916522800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a liquid discharge head including: an individual channel member including individual channel rows; a first common channel member including first common channels and a first partitioning wall, and a damper joined to the first common channel member with adhesive. The damper has first portions that are elastically deformable and overlap with the first common channels and a second portion joined to the first partitioning wall and connected to the first portions. The second portion is thicker than the first portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid discharge head, comprising:
an individual channel member including a plurality of individual channel rows, each of the individual channel rows including a plurality of individual channels arranged in a first direction, the individual channels including a plurality of nozzles respectively, the individual channel rows being arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,
a first common channel member stacked on the individual channel member in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction, the first common channel member including:
a plurality of first common channels provided for each of the individual channel rows, connected to the individual channels forming one of the individual channel rows corresponding thereto, and arranged in the second direction, and
a first partitioning wall partitioning the first common channels adjacent to each other in the second direction, and

a damper joined to the first common channel member with adhesive so that the first common channel member is disposed between the individual channel member and the damper in the third direction,
wherein the damper has a plurality of first portions that are elastically deformable and overlap in the third direction with the first common channels and a second portion that is joined to the first partitioning wall, extends in the second direction to positions overlapping in the third direction with the first common channels, and is connected to the first portions, and
the second portion is longer in the third direction than the first portions.

2. The liquid discharge head according to claim 1 , further comprising a damper chamber member that includes: a plurality of damper chambers joined, with adhesive, to a surface of the damper on a side opposite to the first common channel member in the third direction and overlapping in the third direction with the first common channels; and a second partitioning wall partitioning the damper chambers adjacent to each other in the second direction,
wherein the second portion is joined to the second partitioning wall and the second portion extends in the second direction to positions not overlapping in the third direction with the second partitioning wall.

3. The liquid discharge head according to claim 2 , wherein the second partitioning wall is positioned between ends of the first partitioning wall in the second direction.

4. The liquid discharge head according to claim 1 , wherein the damper includes a first damper member and a second damper member stacked in the third direction,
a plurality of through holes is opened at portions of the second damper member overlapping in the third direction with a first common channel,
each of the first portions is a portion of the first damper member overlapping in the third direction with the through holes, and
the second portion is a portion, of the damper, overlapping the first damper member with the second damper member in the third direction.

5. The liquid discharge head according to claim 4 , further comprising a damper chamber member that includes: a plurality of damper chambers joined, with adhesive, to a surface of the damper on a side opposite to the first common channel member in the third direction and overlapping in the third direction with the first common channels,
wherein the first damper and the second damper include a plurality of connection holes arranged in the first direction and separated from each other, the plurality of connection holes being connected to the first common channels, and
the damper chamber member includes a second connection channel connected to the connection holes.

6. The liquid discharge head according to claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of through hole of the second damper is positioned between the connection holes in the first direction.

7. The liquid discharge head according to claim 5 , wherein the through hole of the second damper overlaps in the third direction with a plurality of portions of the first common channels separated from each other in the first direction, and
the plurality of through hole of the second damper is arranged in the first direction.

8. The liquid discharge head according to claim 5 , further comprising a second common channel member disposed on a side opposite to the damper with respect to the damper chamber member in the third direction and having a plurality of second common channels connected to the connection holes,
the number of the plurality of second common channels is smaller than the number of the plurality of first common channels, and
the second connection channel connects the first connection channel communicating with two or more of the first common channels and one of the second common channels.

9. The liquid discharge head according to claim 1 , wherein the first partitioning wall includes a third partitioning wall and a fourth partitioning wall that is longer in the second direction than the third partitioning wall,
the second portion includes a portion joined to the third partitioning wall and a portion joined to the fourth partitioning wall, and
the portion joined to the third partitioning wall is longer in the second direction than the portion joined to the fourth partitioning wall.

10. The liquid discharge head according to claim 1 , further comprising a damper chamber member that includes a plurality of first damper chambers joined, with adhesive, to a surface of the damper on a side opposite to the first common channel member in the third direction and overlapping in the third direction with the first common channels,
wherein the damper chamber member includes a second damper chamber arranged adjacently to the first damper chambers in the second direction and not overlapping in the third direction with the first common channels.

11. The liquid discharge head according to claim 10 , wherein the second damper chamber is shorter in the second direction than each of the first damper chambers.

12. The liquid discharge head according to claim 1 , further comprising a damper chamber member that includes a plurality of damper chambers joined, with adhesive, to a surface of the damper on a side opposite to the first common channel member in the third direction and overlapping in the third direction with the first common channels,
wherein the damper chamber member includes: a first communicating channel extending in the second direction and causing the damper chambers to communicate with each other; and a second communicating channel extending in the second direction, the second communicating channel being connected to one of the damper chambers disposed at a position closest to one side in the second direction and to an atmosphere.

13. The liquid discharge head according to claim 12 , wherein the damper chamber member includes a plurality of plates stacked on top of each other in the third direction, and
a plurality of through holes forming the first communicating channel and the second communicating channel are formed in one of the plates that is positioned closest to the damper in the third direction.

14. The liquid discharge head according to claim 12 , wherein the damper chamber member includes a plurality of plates stacked on top of each other in the third direction, and
a plurality of recesses forming the first communicating channel and the second communicating channel are formed at a part included in one of the plates closest to the damper in the third direction and positioned at a side of the damper.

15. The liquid discharge head according to claim 12 , wherein a positi

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Hideki

Classifications

• B41J2/161

  of film type, deformed by bending and disposed on a diaphragm · CPC title

• B41J2202/11

  characterised by specific geometrical characteristics · CPC title

• B41J2002/14403

  including a filter · CPC title

• B41J2002/14241

  having a cover around the piezoelectric thin film element · CPC title

• B41J2202/20

  Modules · CPC title