Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus with beam-shaped members in flow passage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9770911-B2
Application number	US-201615160167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

In a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus that can suppress deterioration of image quality, a plurality of second beam-shaped members is provided on the downstream side of a first beam-shaped member in a flow passage connected to an ejection element substrate. The first beam-shaped member divides the flow passage into two flow passages in a liquid-flowing direction and the second beam-shaped members sandwich a line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid ejection head comprising:
an ejection element substrate configured to eject liquid; and
a flow passage configured to guide the liquid to the ejection element substrate, wherein the flow passage includes:
a first beam-shaped member configured to divide the flow passage into a plurality of flow passages, and
a plurality of second beam-shaped members which are provided on a downstream side of the first beam-shaped member in a liquid-flowing direction so as to sandwich a line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction, wherein

the flow passage is divided into two flow passages including a first flow passage and a second flow passage by the first beam-shaped member extending in the liquid-flowing direction, and the first flow passage and the second flow passage are different from each other with respect to velocity at which the liquid flows therethrough.

2. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of second beam-shaped members includes two second beam-shaped members, one of the two second beam-shaped members divides a flow from the first flow passage into two flows and the other of the two second beam-shaped members divides a flow from the second flow passage into two flows.

3. The liquid ejection head according to claim 2 , wherein
one of the two second beam-shaped members is provided on a downstream side of the other of the two second beam-shaped members in the liquid-flowing direction.

4. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of second beam-shaped members is configured by three second beam-shaped members.

5. A liquid ejection head comprising:
an ejection element substrate configured to eject liquid; and
a flow passage configured to guide the liquid to the ejection element substrate, wherein the flow passage, includes:
a first beam-shaped member configured to divide the flow passage into a plurality of flow passages, and
a plurality of second beam-shaped members which are provided on a downstream side of the first beam-shaped member in a liquid-flowing direction so as to sandwich a line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction, wherein

the plurality of second beam-shaped members includes two second beam-shaped members, one of the two second beam-shaped members divides a flow from the first flow passage into two flows and the other of the two second beam-shaped members divides a flow from the second flow passage into two flows,
a flow passage located downstream of the flow passages divided into two by the first beam-shaped member is divided into three regions by the second beam-shaped members, and
the region sandwiched by the two second beam-shaped members is a widest region of the three regions.

6. The liquid ejection head according to claim 5 , wherein
a distance from the other of the two second beam-shaped members to the line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction is longer than a distance from one of the two second beam-shaped members to the line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction.

7. A liquid ejection apparatus capable of mounting a liquid ejection head including an ejection element substrate that ejects liquid and a flow passage configured to guide the liquid to the ejection element substrate, wherein
the flow passage includes:
a first beam-shaped member configured to divide the flow passage into a plurality of flow passages, and
a plurality of second beam-shaped members which are provided on a downstream side of the first beam-shaped member in a liquid-flowing direction so as to sandwich a line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction, and wherein

the flow passage is divided into two flow passages including a first flow passage and a second flow passage by the first beam-shaped member extending in the liquid-flowing direction, and the first flow passage and the second flow passage are different from each other with respect to velocity at which the liquid flows therethrough.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Inada Genji
• Amma Hiromasa
• Iwano Takuya
• Muraoka Chiaki
• Kudo Tokuji
• Yoshikawa Shimpei
• Matsui Monta

Classifications

• B41J2/17509 Primary

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• B41J2/19

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