Sony Corporation

Manabu Matsuda

Shota Nishi

Yuji Yakura

Shigeyoshi Fujiki

Atsushi Nakamura

Takeo Eguchi

Yuichiro Ikemoto

Kazuyasu Takenaka

Shigeyoshi Hirashima

Shogo Ono

Atsushi Nakayama

Makoto Ando

A liquid ejection head includes an energy-generating element arranged on a semiconductor substrate, a barrier layer deposited on the semiconductor substrate for forming a liquid chamber in the periphery of the energy-generating element, and a nozzle sheet bonded on the barrier layer and having a nozzle formed at a position opposing the energy-generating element, in which the liquid ejection head ejects liquid contained in the liquid chamber from the nozzle as liquid droplets by the energy-generating element, and the barrier layer is provided with a plurality of depressions, each having an independent contour, arranged within a range, which is separated from the border of the barrier layer, on an adhesive region adhering to the nozzle sheet.

Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method of liquid ejection head

A cleaning blade which wipes a liquid discharge area by being moved relatively with respect to the liquid discharge area of a liquid discharge head having the liquid discharge area in which liquid discharge nozzles are arranged to discharge a liquid is disclosed. The cleaning blade includes: a supporting plate which has an adhesive agent layer on its front surface; and a wipe part which is slid and contacted with the liquid discharge area, the wipe part formed in which an elastic part formed of a synthetic resin is formed in one piece on the adhesive agent layer, and a tip end thereof is cut in a predetermined shape.

Cleaning blade, method of fabricating cleaning blade, and cleaning apparatus for liquid discharge head

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Kanagawa, Japan

Manabu Matsuda