Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11840085-B2
Application number	US-202217662990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2022
Priority date	May 14, 2021
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

A liquid ejecting head includes: a plurality of individual flow channels provided with nozzles; a common supply flow channel through which a liquid is supplied to the plurality of individual flow channels; a common discharge flow channel through which the liquid is discharged from the plurality of individual flow channels; and a bypass flow channel that bypasses the plurality of individual flow channels and causes the common supply flow channel and the common discharge flow channel to communicate with each other. A combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel and the plurality of individual flow channels is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common supply flow channel and is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common discharge flow channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid ejecting head comprising:
a plurality of individual flow channels provided with nozzles;
a common supply flow channel through which a liquid is supplied to the plurality of individual flow channels;
a common discharge flow channel through which the liquid is discharged from the plurality of individual flow channels; and
a bypass flow channel that bypasses the plurality of individual flow channels and causes the common supply flow channel and the common discharge flow channel to communicate with each other, wherein
a combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel and the plurality of individual flow channels is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common supply flow channel and is greater than a flow channel resistance of the common discharge flow channel.

2. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
the combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel and the plurality of individual flow channels is equal to or greater than 50% and equal to or less than 70% relative to a combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel, the plurality of individual flow channels, the common supply flow channel, and the common discharge flow channel.

3. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
a flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel is less than a combined flow channel resistance of the plurality of individual flow channels.

4. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 3 , wherein
the flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel is equal to or greater than 25% and equal to or less than 55% relative to the combined flow channel resistance of the plurality of individual flow channels.

5. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of individual flow channels includes a pressure chamber for applying pressure to eject the liquid from a plurality of the nozzles, an individual supply flow channel through which the liquid is supplied to the pressure chamber, and an individual discharge flow channel through which the liquid is discharged from the pressure chamber.

6. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 5 , wherein
a flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel is less than a combined flow channel resistance of the individual supply flow channels included in the plurality of individual flow channels.

7. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 5 , wherein
the flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel is less than a combined flow channel resistance of the individual discharge flow channels included in the plurality of individual flow channels.

8. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 5 , wherein
a flow channel resistance of each of the individual supply flow channels included in the plurality of individual flow channels and a flow channel resistance of each of the individual discharge flow channels included in the plurality of individual flow channels are substantially equal to each other.

9. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
the flow channel resistance of the common supply flow channel is greater than the flow channel resistance of the common discharge flow channel.

10. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
a flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel is equal to or greater than 2.23×10 10 [N·s/m 5 ] and equal to or less than 6.69×10 10 [N·s/m 5 ] when a viscosity of the liquid is 6.00 [m·Pa/s].

11. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
the combined flow channel resistance of the bypass flow channel and the plurality of individual flow channels is equal to or greater than 1.67×10 10 [N·s/m 5 ] and equal to or less than 5.02×10 10 [N·s/m 5 ] when a viscosity of the liquid is 6.00 [m·Pa/s].

12. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
the flow channel resistance of the common supply flow channel is equal to or greater than 9.76×10 9 [N·s/m 5 ] and equal to or less than 2.93×10 10 [N·s/m 5 ] when a viscosity of the liquid is 6.00 [m·Pa/s].

13. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
the flow channel resistance of the common discharge flow channel is equal to or greater than 1.39×10 9 [N·s/m 5 ] and equal to or less than 4.18×10 9 [N·s/m 5 ] when a viscosity of the liquid is 6.00 [m·Pa/s].

14. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 , wherein
when a direction in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzles is defined as a first direction,
a direction orthogonal to the first direction is defined as a second direction, and
a direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction,
the bypass flow channel has
a first portion which extends along the first direction and is coupled to the common supply flow channel,
a second portion which extends along the first direction and is coupled to the common discharge flow channel, and
a third portion which extends along a plane parallel to both the second direction and the third direction and is coupled to each of the first portion and the second portion.

15. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 14 , wherein
the third portion has a U-shape as viewed in the first direction.

16. The liquid ejecting head according to claim 14 , wherein
a flow channel resistance of each of the first portion and the second portion is greater than a flow channel resistance of the third portion.

17. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
the liquid ejecting head according to claim 1 ; and
a control section that controls an ejection operation of the liquid performed by the liquid ejecting head.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Eiichiro
• Okui Hiroaki

Classifications

• B41J2/145 Primary

  Arrangement thereof · CPC title

• B41J2/04581

  controlling heads based on piezoelectric elements · CPC title

• B41J2002/14306

  Flow passage between manifold and chamber · CPC title

• B41J2/1433 Primary

  Structure of nozzle plates · CPC title

• B41J2/14233 Primary

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