Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Ejector mechanism
Patent
1997-09-22
2000-06-06
Barlow, John
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Ejector mechanism
347 54, B41J 2045
Patent
active
060709715
ABSTRACT:
An actuator for an ink jet printer includes: an ink tank comprising a thick substrate having a cavity structure and a vibrating plate covering a cavity; and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive working portion comprising an upper electrode layer, a lower electrode layer, and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive layer between the electrode layers, the piezoelectric/electrostrictive working portion being disposed on the ink tank so that the lower electrode layer contacts with the vibrating plate. The upper electrode is trimmed only in the portion where the piezoelectric/electro-strictive layer covers the vibrating plate so as to control an effective electrode area and adjust an ink jet volume to be appropriate. The upper electrode layer is trimmed with the piezoelectric/electrostrictive layer covering the vibrating plate at least near the portion to be trimmed of the upper electrode layer so as to control an effective electrode area and adjust an ink jet volume.
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Kanaya Munehide
Katakura Takahiro
Okumura Motonori
Usui Minoru
Yamada Tomohiro
Barlow John
Gordon Raquel Yvette
NGK Insulators Ltd.
Seiko Epson Corporation
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