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Ink jet printer

Details

Inventors: Doring, Michael;
Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Miller, Jr.; George H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Smith; Robert S.

An ink jet printer comprising conical pressure chambers (2). The pressure chambers have to be filled with ink without inclusion of bubbles. To this end, the pressure chambers (2) are constructed as very flat cones, the ink being supplied to the base thereof via a supply duct (5) which opens into the cone envelope. The ink is discharged from the apex of the cone via a discharge duct. Under the influence of capillary forces, an air bubble is enclosed in the pressure chambers by the ink and is discharged via the apex.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
An ink jet printer, comprising at least one conical pressure chamber which comprises a supply duct for ink which opens into the cone envelope and a discharge duct which leads to a jet nozzle and which is arranged in the apex of the cone, the base of said pressure chamber being constructed as a diaphragm and forming a part of a piezoelectric crystal transducer by means of which the ink can be subjected to a changing pressure for the drop-wise ejection of ink via the jet nozzle, characterized in that the pressure chamber is shaped as a cone, the diameter of the base thereof being several times larger than the height, so that the cone envelope encloses a very acute angle (.
alpha.
) with respect to the base, the edges of the cone envelope and the base being in immediate contact with each other, the supply duct opening into the pressure chamber at the area of the connection between the cone envelope and the base.
2.
An ink jet printer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the diameter of the supply duct (5) amounts to approximately half the height of the cone.
3.
An ink jet printer as claimed in claim 1 or 2, comprising more than one jet nozzle, characterized in that the diaphragm (7) is constructed as a plate (71) and is common to all pressure chambers (2).
4.
An ink jet printer as claimed in any of the claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the pressure chambers (2) and the supply ducts (5) are recessed or punched into the printing head housing (13).

Description:
The invention relates to an ink jet printer, comprising at least one conical pressure chamber which comprises a supply duct for ink which opens into the cone envelope and a discharge duct which is arranged in the apex of the cone and which leads to a jet nozzle, the base of said pressure chamber being constructed as a diaphragm and forming a part of a piezoelectric crystal transducer by means of which the ink can be subjected to a changing pressure for the drop-wise ejection of ink via the jet nozzle

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