Seiko Epson Corporation

Ryoji Uesugi

Nagamitsu Takashima

Fujio Akahane

Kazushige Hakeda

Akiharu Kurebayashi

Koichi Saito

Yasunori Koike

Kenji Ozawa

Katsunori Ono

Akio Todoriki

Provided is a transport apparatus including: a transport roller which is formed in a cylindrical shape such that a pair of facing end portions of a metal sheet is close to each other or abuts on each other, which has a joint provided with a spot welding portion, and in which a high friction layer is formed on a surface thereof to transport a recording medium; and a support portion which supports a portion deviated from the high friction layer of the transport roller so that the transport roller rotates in the circumferential direction.

Transport apparatus and recording apparatus

A transport device includes a transport roller that is formed into a cylindrical shape in such a manner that a pair of end surfaces thereof are matched with each other by press working, and includes a medium supporting region in a part thereof in a longitudinal direction, while the medium supporting region supporting a medium; and a bearing that pivotally supports a region of the transport roller, the region being other than the medium supporting region. The transport roller includes an opening in the region other than the medium supporting region in a seam formed by matching the pair of end surfaces with each other.

Transport roller, transport device and printing apparatus

A male die for forming a member incorporated in a liquid ejection head is disclosed. Each of a plurality of first forging punches is operable to form a first recess on a metal plate. The first forging punches are arranged at a fixed pitch to form a punch row in a first direction. Each of a plurality of second forging punches is operable to form a second recess on the metal plate. The second forging punches are arranged adjacently to first forging punches located at both ends of the punch row. The first recess is to be a first part of the member which is used to eject liquid from the liquid ejection head, and the second recess is to be a second part of the member which is not used to eject liquid.

Forging punch, method of manufacturing liquid ejection head using the same, and liquid ejection head manufactured by the method

In order to manufacture a die for forming recesses in a metallic plate which are adapted to be pressure generating chambers in a liquid ejecting head, it is prepared a metallic block adapted to allow a plurality of dies arrayed in a first direction to be cut out, and having a flat end face extending in the first direction. The dies are cut out from the metallic block. A distance between a first part of each of the dies which is adapted to be working members for forming the recesses and the flat end face is made uniform.

Manufacturing method of die for manufacturing liquid ejecting head, and material block used in the same

An object is to provide a fine forging method for forming partitions of recesses precisely and forming recess shapes for pressure generation chambers etc. with high accuracy as well as a liquid ejection head that is produced by using the fine forming method. A fine forging method for forming groove-shaped recesses that are arranged at a prescribed pitch. After groove-shaped recesses are formed tentatively in a material plate by a first punch in which tentative forming punches are arranged, finish forming is performed on the tentatively formed groove-shaped recesses by using a second punch in which finish forming punches are arranged. An end portion of a projection strip is formed with slant faces or a slant face, whereby an end portion of each groove-shaped recess is formed precisely. A liquid ejection head produced by the above method exhibits stable liquid ejection characteristics and its manufacturing cost can be reduced by virtue of simplified working of forging.

Liquid ejection head having improved ejection performance

A male die is adapted to be opposed to a first face of a metallic plate member. The male die includes a plurality of punches which are provided on the male die and arranged side by side in a first direction with a fixed pitch. A guide member is formed with a guide face which supports a side portion of the male die, at least when the punches are pressed into the plate member in a second direction, to form through holes therein.

Guided punching apparatus

There is provided a first die in which a plurality of projections are arrayed in a first direction with a fixed pitch. Each projection is elongated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first die faces a first face of a plate member. A second die is opposed to the first die while supporting a second face of the plate member. At least one dam member is provided in at least one of the first die and the second die, so as to project from one of the first die and the second die toward the other. The first and second dies are approached so that the dam member is dug into at least one of the first face and the second face. The first and second dies are further approached so that the projections are dug into a first region in the first face, thereby forming partitioned recesses to be pressure generating chambers of a liquid ejection head. The dam member is situated in the vicinity of at least one of ends in the first direction of the first region, thereby suppressing a plastic flow of the material in the first direction caused by the dug projections.

Method of manufacturing liquid ejection head

There is provided a first die, in which a plurality of projections are arrayed in a first direction with a fixed pitch to form at least one array of the projections. Each of the projections is elongated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first die faces a first face of the plate member. A second die is opposed to the first die while supporting a second face of the plate member. At least one first region is formed on the plate member so as to have a less rigidity than another region of the plate member. The first die and the second die are approached so that the projections are dug into a second region in the first face of the plate member, thereby forming partitioned recesses to be pressure generating chambers of a liquid ejection head. The at least one first region is adjacent to at least one of ends in the first direction of the second region, such that the first region and the second region are arranged in the second direction.

Method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head

A liquid jetting head includes a nozzle plate, a liquid passage plate and a sealing plate. The nozzle plate is provided with a plurality of nozzle orifices. The liquid passage plate has a first face and a second face which are opposite to each other. The liquid passage plate is provided with a plurality of grooves which are arranged in a first direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the groove on the first face, each groove having a communication port which passes through from the first face to the second face. The sealing plate for sealing opening faces of the grooves. The sealing plate is jointed to the first face so that a plurality of pressure generating chambers are formed. The nozzle plate is jointed to the second face such that the communication holes are communicated with the nozzle orifices respectively.

Liquid jetting head and method of manufacturing the same

Fine forging method, manufacturing method of liquid ejection head, and liquid ejection head

There is disclosed a punch for forging a metallic plate member. A first die is adapted to be opposed to a first face of the plate member. A second die is adapted to be opposed to a second face of the plate member. A plurality of first projections are provided on the first die and arranged in a first direction with a fixed pitch. Each of the first projections is elongated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A plurality of second projections are provided on the second die and arranged in the first direction with the fixed pitch. Each of the second projections is elongated in the second direction and provided with a concave portion extending in the second direction at a distal end portion thereof. The plate member is sandwiched between the first die and the second die so that the first projections and the second projections are cut into the plate member in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, to perform a first forging work.

Method for forging plate and method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head

There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a chamber formation plate of a liquid ejection head. The chamber formation plate includes a first region formed with at least recess portions to be pressure generating chambers communicated with nozzles from which liquid droplets are ejected by pressure generated in the pressure generating chambers. A metal plate and a forging die are provided. A reference part is provided on the metal plate. The reference part defines a relative position between the first region and the forging die. At least one deformation absorber is provided at a second region of the metal plate where is between the first region and the reference part. At least one plastic working is performed by the forging die, with respect to the first region to form at least the recess portions, while plastic deformation of the metal plate caused by the plastic working is absorbed by the deformation absorber.

Method of manufacturing a chamber plate for a liquid ejection head

A metallic plate member is provided. A first punch is operable to perform a first forging work to mold a first member in the plate member. The first member has a first function. A second punch is operable to perform a second forging work to mold a second member in the plate member. The second member including at least one kind of positioning member. The first forging work and the second forging work are performed at a single stage.

Forging work method

A metallic plate member having at least one through hole to be a part a common liquid reservoir of a liquid ejection head is provided. In a first die, a plurality of first projections are arrayed in a first direction with a fixed pitch. Each of the first projections is elongated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The plate member is mounted on a second die, and a regulating member is inserted into the through hole. The first projections are pressed against a first region in a first face of the plate member which is adjacent to the through hole in the second direction, so as to generate a plastic flow of a material in the plate member into gaps defined between the first projections, while the plastic flow is regulated by the regulating member. A plurality of recesses formed by the first projections and a plurality of partition walls formed by the material flown into the gaps constitutes a part of the pressure generating chambers.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing a liquid ejection head

A chamber formation plate has a first face formed with a plurality of recesses arranged in a first direction at a fixed pitch such that each of the recesses is communicated with, via a through hole, a second face which is an opposite face of the first face. The chamber formation plate is comprised of nickel. A sealing plate is joined to the first face of the chamber formation plate so as to seal the recesses to form a plurality of pressure generating chambers. A metallic nozzle plate is formed with a plurality of nozzles, and joined to the second face of the chamber formation plate such that each of the nozzles is communicated with associated one of the pressure generating chamber via the through hole. A ratio of a grain size of a crystal of the nickel with respect to a thickness of a partition wall defined between each adjacent ones of the recesses is 60% or less.

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Nagano, Japan

Ryoji Uesugi